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Very large, primarily ground-based cuckoo. Adults are streaked rusty brown in nonbreeding plumage. In breeding plumage the head and front are black. They can fly, but are more typically seen running/flapping across roads, or clumsily crashing into dense vegetation. Unlike many cuckoos this species builds its own nest and does not lay eggs in nests of other species. Voice is a familiar repeated ‘whoop,’ and a screeching cat-like hiss. (eBird)
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We heard coucals many times during our trip, but this was one of the very few times we actually saw one. It was in the midst of its morning ablutions and sun bath (hence the ruffled feathers on its back), when we came around the bend in the river. It stopped briefly to peer at us, determined we were not a threat (it was far away and very high), and went back to its bath.
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
Yellow Waters Cruises.
A brief visit to Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire this evening. The light and calmness were great. Without a wide lens to hand, I had to use my phone to get an image.
Roadside Hawk sounds like such a pedestrian name. It’s a common hawk in Costa Rica but quite beautiful in my opinion with its reddish highlights. This Tropical Kingbird, however, didn’t appreciate the beauty and wanted this raptor out of its neighborhood. As usual, the little tough guy got his way and took a brief ride as the hawk was getting out of town. (Roadside Hawk – Buteo magnirostris; Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus) (I changed the identity of the hitchhiker from a Gray-capped Flycatcher thanks to the correction from Larry Waddell, below.) (Sony a1, Sony 400mm f/2.8 with a 1.4 extender; 560mm, f/4, 1/2500 second, ISO 1250)
After a sunny day this beautiful rainbow appeared during a brief shower to end the last Sunday of summer .
Collab with my dear friend leanresident who took me back in time :-)
The title for the photo is also the title of a movie from 1945.
What a touching story! <3
Details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter
Location: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bora%20Lota/204/46/42
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Painted Turtles - 1223
This was a treat to watch. When I came across these turtles, there were two, sharing what might be described as bigger than a branch, but smaller than a log. Let’s call it a small log....
A third turtle decided to join them, but in the process the other two got deposited into the water as the small log rolled. As the other two climbed back on, all three ended up in the drink. This process continued with various permutations for about 20 minutes until all three ended up on the small log............... for a brief time until one of them moved.........
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Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
I took some time out to visit the Vic Uni Pond today to see if there were any signs of the Grebe Chicks hatching. While there I spotted a good number of Dragonflies flying around. This Percher obliged by pausing for a brief rest so I could get a shot.
……They lasted only for a brief moment but it was a sight to behold for sure. What you can't hear are the gentle tumbling of pebbles as the tide ebbs and flows - quite magical. Alan:-)…….
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A brief encounter with 37403 "Isle of Mull" in platform 2 at Carnforth.......... having rode behind her down from Preston, back in August. 2016.
The film "Brief Encounter" 1945, was based on a one act play of 1936 by Noel Coward, titled "Still Life".........
As many SL photographers I roam the sims looking for something to shoot. I came upon the water’s edge seeing a woman sitting all alone… for some unknown reason I put my camera down and sat beside her.
Here are her thoughts as I did that …
There is a woman, sad, broken wandering aimlessly from place to place. Thinking of nothing… just numb and in pain, wanting only to speak to no one but be alone.
She comes upon this peaceful beach one of many she has visited just to sit and stare at sky and waves dashing against the sand.
A man quietly speaks to her, not in the rude way of most but quietly softly perhaps even a gentle tone.
She finds she can bear to exchange words with him and soon the sun started it's decent
The sky ablaze with color as it starts to darken for the night
He offers his hand she takes it somehow knowing it will be ok. Her hand planted in his firm and warm as the night starts she thinks with a small smile hmm nice…
Chatting quietly as if they had been close friends for awhile, they were so at ease… a soft kind of happiness that just lays over you gently.
Night approached…and soon they parted wondering if there will be another time such as that.
The night started and the moon smiled brightly just for a brief moment… ~CarryAnne
An endless field of sunflowers on a farm in Kansas. It's rather sad that these beauties only last a few weeks at best, but what a glorius few weeks it is.
Mike D.
On my last visit to De Hoge Veluwe I actually managed to find the mouflons living there, or perhaps I should rather say they managed to find (and then elude) me because every time they appeared I didn't have my camera ready. This was the one occasion when I was able to bag a few shots of a ram before he disappeared into the undergrowth again. Unfortunately, he was quite a distance away, but I'm still rather pleased with the result.
Yoho Park's jewel glowing on a stormy day. There was little sun the day I was here but when it does come out this lake really pops, richer in color than Lake Louise but greener than Moraine Lake. Amazing place.
"The first non-indigenous person to set sight on Emerald Lake was Canadian guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882. A string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he first entered the valley. The lake had an impression on even the most seasoned of explorers: "For a few moments I sat [on] my horse and enjoyed the rare, peaceful beauty of the scene." It was Wilson who gave the lake its name because of its remarkable colour, caused by fine particles of glacial sediment, also referred to as rock flour, suspended in the water. However, this was not the first time Wilson had dubbed a lake 'Emerald'. Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same moniker, and the name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise." Wiki
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My last photo from my latest brief Fairlie Burn stop, most times I take a manual lens with me as well as an "Auto" lens for my Sony camera and try and get test shots with it.
In this case my 1964 Jupiter 8 50mm lens.
I am testing out all of my lenses on my full frame Sony to see what they do. Put it on a tripod and shot at all apertures, this seemed the best for overall sharpness...
It didn't hang about long enough for me to work out whether flare or rogue grass stems were causing the fuzzyness.
I like the early morning glow though..
Despite the quarantine, I am still thankful to be able to get outdoors and enjoy the beauty of nature all around me. It is soothing to my soul... I love squirrels, and this adorable critter briefly posed for me in this lovely garden, captivating me with its beauty...
Praying dear friends you are continuing to stay safe and well during these trying times and grateful to those who take the time to view, fave, or comment. It is truly appreciated...
Couldn't help but capture this brief moment as the sun started to poke through the trees and highlighted this forlorn branch with a few scrappy leaves. Lighting was harsh but quite like how this turned out. Taken in Hillock Wood, Princes Risborough.
I don't usually like sharing similar comps particularly so soon after a previous submission but I came across this one the other day and quite like how the sun momentarily illuminated the sea close to the beach.
I rarely get to capture the sea with a blue turquoise colour, it only ever happens when the light direction is overhead which for me is not a good time to capture the sea, I never seem to get the exposure right. But with the sky being one giant softbox at the time the conditions were quite lovely for beach photography and especially with the incoming rain. Think I'll print this one..
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From Ham Hill, South Somerset. Same view, different day, different clouds, and a hint of sunlight over the landscape. Also known as British Summer.
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
Pondering which flower on the Gum tree might have the sweetest nectar.
In all my travels I have never seen light like this. Not the best picture as we were racing back to camp, you have to be in by dusk. If you look really close you can see a rainbow.
If i just had 5 minutes and a tripod!
These amazing aeronauts have been around for million of years.
i am no entomologist, but I think these are Common hawkers.
Fossils of very large dragonflies have been found which are over 325 million years old.
Dragonflies are predators, both in the many years they spend as aquatic nymphs, and for the few days or weeks they spend on the wing as adults. The encounter with the air is a brief one, long enough for reproduction, forming that familiar heart-shaped posture, as can be seen in the photo.
It's amazing to watch as a dragonfly darts around the reeds, they really aerial experts, dashing speeds and changing direction in the blink of an eye, and even flying backwards.
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I watched as this Bewick's wren darted around our maple - and finally it stopped long enough for me to get this shot (the D7100 with the 200-500 with extender is a _slow_ focusing rig). Outside Beaverton, Oregon.
This collared kingfisher (todiramphus chloris) would sometimes make a brief, early morning appearance on a tree at the edge of the sea. The bird would invariably fly back into thick mangroves after a short time. Photographed at Rimlay Bay, Hat Yao Noi, Phang Nga, Thailand.
Taking that breath, composing oneself, before breaking down another wall and building another bridge
Model: Krystal Smith
As I walked up the Elgol Road back to the car I spotted this ewe nicely silhouetted against the evening sky. Sheep can be very skittish, so I approached cautiously and managed to get off a couple of shots before she bolted.
After covering the same stretch of path for quite a while, managed to picture this Green Fritillary on the South Downs near Truleigh Hill West Sussex - June 2022.
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