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After I got the Grasshopper Sparrow (previous post), I was driving home when this beauty of a Barred Owl flew right in front of me. I stopped, turned off the truck, four ways on and I had 20 minutes with it until a motorcycle spooked it. It was meant to be. Bucks County PA.
Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker heading up the tree in search of a good place to get sap. Bucks County PA.
A Least Tern looking for a hopeful mate so he can give her this nice Spearing Fish at Manasquan Inlet NJ.
Bandit and I went for a walk in the brief snow that we had here. He spotted the Red Fox for me. It's harder than one thinks to shoot while the snow is coming down. The camera wants to focus on the flakes. I managed to get a few pics of her. Bucks County PA.
More brightly colored than most wrens, and with a rich musical song, Carolina Wrens are common in open woods and backyards in the southeast. There they busily explore brush piles and low tangles. The adults live in pairs all year, and they may "duet" at any season, with the female giving a chattering note while the male sings. The northern edge of this species' range varies over time: it gradually expands northward during series of mild years, then gets knocked southward again by very severe winters.
Found this one in my backyard in Lake Wales, Florida.
Our male American Kestrel is back and on the hunt. Glad to see him and I can't wait for some flight shots with kills. Bucks County PA.
It's shots like this that makes it worth the while to lay on the beach even though it's getting harder to get up. A Sanderling with a Sand Flea at Stone Harbor point NJ.
There has been one Snow Goose staying with a flock of Canada Geese that come and go on the lake. This was taken in another foggy morning as they were going out to graze in nearby fields. Bucks County PA.
My Red Fox came running from the back up to the bird feeders where the squirrels hang out. There were eight of them and they ran in all directions confusing the old man. Bill's Backyard Bird Blind.
The Painted bunting is a small brightly-colored member of the cardinal family. The males are brightly colored with blue, green, red and yellow plumage. Females and juveniles are bright green with pale rings around their eyes. The male is considered by many to be North America's most beautiful bird, and they are one of the most popular visitors to bird feeders. Painted buntings are one of the most spectacularly colored and visually impressive birds in the United States and are the only U.S. bird with a blue head along with red underparts.
Painted Buntings are still fairly common, but populations have been dropping for several decades. The North American Breeding Bird Survey estimated a decline of 62% between 1966 and 1995, but the 1966-2014 survey does not find significant decreases, suggesting that populations may have stabilized, or at least the decline has slowed, since 1995. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of 13 million, with 80% spending at least part of the year in the U.S., and 51% in Mexico. The species rates a 12 out of 20 on the Continental Concern Score, and is not on the 2014 State of the Birds Watch List. Painted Bunting is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Found this male in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are semi-tropical doves whose native range extends from the southwestern U.S. through Mexico and Central America, into parts of western South America, and to some Caribbean islands. They are also residents in Florida, where they were introduced. The majority of White-winged Doves are seasonally migratory. They overwinter in Mexico and Central America and come to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in April to breed, departing again in September. Some will overwinter in their breeding range, especially in residential areas where food remains available. In the southern parts of their range, they are year-round residents. There are twelve subspecies of White-winged Doves. Western or Desert White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica mearnsii) and Eastern White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica asiatica) are the most numerous and widely distributed subspecies.
White-winged Doves feed on a variety of seeds, grain, and fruit that vary depending on their range and seasonal availability. They consume seeds and fruits of wild trees, grasses, and herbaceous plants, as well as those of ornamental cultivars. Domestic grain crops including sunflower, barley, sesame, sorghum, wheat, corn, and safflower are also an important food source in many parts of White-winged Dove’s range. To supplement their seed-based diet, White-winged Doves will also ingest shells of small snails and other gastropods, or bits of bone extracted from raptor pellets or mammal feces. The bones and shell are an important source of calcium for the doves, necessary for eggshell and crop milk production.
I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.
As this Black Skimmer got up it exposed a newly hatched chick. If you enlarge the pic, look to the left of the two eggs next to the adult. You can make out a wet little chick. Manasquan Inlet, NJ.
One of several Marsh Wrens that were singing and bouncing around the reeds at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, DE.
This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass cover. While foraging, they can wander into denser habitats and even into human inhabited areas, especially if drawn to road kills. They may be found in elevation from sea-level to 4,500 m (14,800 ft). (Wikipedia)
I wasn't going to post this until I had seen Mike Crowle post a Five-spotted Burnet Moth www.flickr.com/photos/mcrowle/53024485947/in/feed-2872474...
He was perched under the feeder chasing the other birds away.
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A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird sits on a nest as the male only sticks around for mating and then he leaves. This is the first nest that I have ever seen. We will be going back to check on the little ones . Wish it was a little lower and not so dark. Bucks Co. PA.
As we were leaving, we came across this Bald Eagle and two Turkey Vultures chowing down on a dead deer. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge MD.
Taken at the park on Nolin Lake in Wax Kentucky.
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“Beauty is an ache, a presage.
A glimpse, a longing, and a
bewildering ecstasy.”
—Beth Powning
The year I turned 40, I flew to Costa Rica to try something that was on my bucket list: surfing. I took the Sunwing “champagne” flight, and stayed with family in a villa just steps from the ocean. It was a dream come true. This photo was taken one evening with my old Canon camera as I walked the beach alone. The sunset was spectacular—just the remedy at the time for my restless heart. It felt like a gift. It took my breath away.
I was raised by the water, but I haven’t always lived by lakes (and later the ocean) that I grew up around. I thought that I would return to the coast permanently at some point, but that hasn’t been in the cards for me. Only people who truly love the water know what it’s like to be separated from it. It is an ache that never leaves you. Although, if I were to leave here, inevitably there would be things to miss (like brilliant autumn leaves, my proximity to Toronto, etc.). You can never have it all, it seems, which is why we must be grateful for what we have. And I am grateful, for opportunities, memories and photos that can take me back—even if only briefly in my mind.
TD: f/5.6, 1/10 sec, ISO 400, @55 mm