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I was really just taking photos of the flowers then I saw these 2 bugs. I watched them and the bigger one actually looked like it turned toward the other one and started talking to it. I found it comical and I pictured them chatting.
As I have been obsessed with Barnies, and Hare uploads lately, I will return to my favourite. Not scenic, but the beauty of this Male shines through, and the immense power of that bill is shown in all its glory. I wont drone on about its habits, as I have described its strange, and sometimes comical behaviour with other images. This taken in Norfolk, and not loaded before, though similar have. Any capture of this glorious bird is a treasure in my opinion. And a sighting of them always stirred/ stirs the soul of myself, late father, Grandfather, and Uncle, who was blessed to observe them in far greater numbers than the present times. Each year I search an estate where they bred in my childhood, hoping a few have returned, and each time I trudge away defeated, because it is very rare that they return to an old haunt, after desertion, even if they have a plentiful supply of favoured sustenance. If you are ever graced with a decent flock, it is so amusing how they drop one by one from the upper boughs, a branch at a time down to the floor. I witnessed this a few years back with 27, to feed along the bottom of a Yew hedge. This charmer is as sharp, and wary as any Jay, or Yaffle.
They make you smile when they call and chat to one another. This lovable Auk is very sociable and is a delight to watch them interact with the rest of the colony.
Taken on a nature trail surrounding the century-old Mill Pond in the heart of historic downtown Milton, Ontario, Canada
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Had a great time watching these two juvenile green herons. Very comical to see these youngsters go about their business.
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Penguins are both timid and fearless. On land, these Gentoo Penguins roam relatively fearless, with no predators. In the water however, sea lions, leopard seals, and killer whales enjoy a tasty penguin snack. Killer whales work with the other members of their pod to coordinate attacks, going so far to try to bump into the ice from below to try to knock a penguin off.
When penguins get close to water, be it at the edge of an ice berg or some rocks like here, there always seems to be some hesitation. Inevitably, one brave (or clumsy) penguin will dive into the water. Within moments, all the other neighboring penguins will follow suit.
It can be pretty comical watching these little hesitation rituals play out. In this case, the penguins were walking in one direction, and would then change their mind and start walking back. After going back and forth a few times, they eventually leapt into the water.
In de kofferbak van deze oldtimer waren waardevolle zaken verborgen, voor ons niet te zien
In the trunk of this car ,two beautifull girls were posing , why do you think these photgraphers are as enthousiast as you see here? it was a comical situation on fotafair , NL
Another shot of my raccoon visitor looking quite comical as it was grooming its tail. The same raccoon climbed the chestnut tree for a snooze last Wednesday and it obviously had such a restful time that it came back again on Saturday morning. This time I caught it having a bit of grooming session before it went back to sleep for the day. A few times it was actually upside down and I was worried it might fall out of the crow's nest and tree as it was at least 35 feet up. But all was well as I think this raccoon has most likely done this before!
I came across this story about a man in Nova Scotia who might have too many raccoon friends!
www.boredpanda.com/raccoons-hot-dogs-james-blackwood-nova...
Another from yesterday, this time with the bird a little more elongated and a tad less comical.
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Was comical to watch these geese trying to walk through the fence before admitting defeat and took a vey short flight over.
A crazy comical cacophony of feathered friends in a feeding frenzy at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary Ladner, BC, Canada
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Well folks as promised, ( The Last ). It ws very comical when he tried to get down from here but after many images of thie behavior, he did make it down and off they went. I thank you so much and you have a very small idea of the behavior of these gorgeous creatures. Thanks for visiting and have a great day.
Another capture of these comical birds. This Puffin was just returning from his fishing expedition with a mouthfull of Sand eels for his young and was taken on the Farne Islands
Here's my 2nd entry for www.flickr.com/photos/bxcustoms/ photo contest in the custom astromech section. I finally received all the pieces to rebuild my #10144 Sandcrawler set and decided what better way to incorporate it into the pic than by actually go crawling through sand!! I did several different shots of this mighty retired LEGO set along with some other comical background figs, but ultimately this is the best one to showcase my custom astromechs. Here we see my "Chrome Dome", my Kashyyykk R2 Unit and R4-M9 being lowered down from the Sandcrawler. These custom droids were made by hand painting and airbrushing pieces and applying decals made by www.flickr.com/photos/kaminoan/. All painting, application, set building and photography was done by me. I hope you enjoy this photo. Watch my Flickr account, as I'll probably upload some of the other shots from this set soon!!
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Jays are splendidly colourful birds. The colour of their body parts almost defies description but the patch at the bend of the wing is unmistakably blue. The smirking black moustache and black and white flecked crown gives them a comical appearance.
(http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Garrulus_glandarius.htm)
Yes, ducks are valiant things On nests of twigs and straws, And ducks are soothy things And lovely on the lake When that the sunlight draws Thereon their pictures dim In colours cool. And when beneath the pool They dabble, and when they swim And make their rippling rings, 0 ducks are beautiful things! But ducks are comical things:- As comical as you.
Frank W. Harvey
Ruddy Duck at Bombay Hook NWR
I enjoy watching these rather scruffy and comical looking small diving ducks
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The Puffin, With it's Clown like face and huge multicolored bill they are loved for their comical appearance and quirky behavior, this one sits at the cliff edge on Skomer Island, just off the Pembrokeshire coast.
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The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction.
This juvenile was photographed at Clearwater Beach, Florida just before it took off and settled in the water for the next 30 minutes or so.
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D5200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 100
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/320 second
Focal Length – 250mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Red List species.
Little Egret, in Portugal. This bird was desperately trying to balance and feed from this wire, except it was too high above the water anyway. It made quite a comical sight at times.
This is Max ( Mad Max ) peering through our Kitchen door looking straight at me and the camera, love his expression !
By the side of the Leeds & Liverpool canal
The aged wooden gate with a comical sign.
Me, Tracey, and Herb had a walk along the Leeds & Liverpool canal yesterday. It was cold and damp. The ham salad sandwich and chips that we got from the cafe at Foulridge wharf made up for the cold.
Foulridge
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Geese are so comical when they land on ice. I watched these geese land and tried to hold my camera steady while I laughed at them slipping and sliding...
snapper in our backyard, up from the creek. i think it got bub's nose. it was very comical watching him dance around this piece of prehistoria.
Yes, back to the archives for the next few days, along with needing to get my Taxes finished. Oops, I sure messed up with the composition, but I do like those beautiful feathers.
"Believe it or not, I had never seen a Brown Pelican before! We only get the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) here. However, there were several of these beautiful birds hanging around the Blue Waters Inn, on the Island of Tobago, when we were there mid-March. Sometimes, they were flying or floating on the aquamarine water of the Atlantic Ocean, or else perched on a small, wooden, floating pier out in the bay. I love the pattern of their wing feathers.
"The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Pelican/id
Bear with me, everyone, as I think I am going to have to post 5 (I posted 6 the first two days) photos from my trip each day, otherwise it will take me many months (years?) to get them on to Flickr. Obviously, no comments expected, unless you happen to like one photo in particular. Actually, I am so disappointed with my photos - never have so many photos come out blurry, many totally blurry and no use at all. I'm not sure why, though the light was often really bad and maybe the humidity had some effect. For some species, I will be posting awful shots, just for the record.
It will take me forever to do much of a write-up about this trip, but I hope to add an extra bit of information about each photo to the very simple, basic description. Right now, I'm not quite sure where I was and when, lol! We arrived back in Calgary three evenings ago, on 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself somewhat organized and see to all sorts of important things. Instead, of course, I have been stuck in front of my computer all day, each day : ) Totally dead beat after such a busy time away, dealing with extremely early mornings and hot, humid weather. Those of you who know me well, know that I am a dreadful night-owl, so getting up around 5:15 am was an absolute killer. Also, heat and humidity don't agree with my body, so each trip out was quite exhausting. In the morning of 21 March, we had to get up around 2:00 am, as we had such an early flight (5 and a half hours) from Trinidad to Toronto - followed by a four-hour flight back to Calgary. On our very first day, we had three flights in a row, as we flew from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Port of Spain on Trinidad, from where we had a short flight to the island of Tobago.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a one-week holiday with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together, spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could chose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with quite a few of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre on the much larger island of Trinidad is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was just enough room for two vehicles to squeeze past each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road took just over an hour each way.
I'm already missing the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing."
This was a brutal summer Saturday morning battling comically bad traffic to get over the canal to the Cape for a great day with fellow railroaders and foamer friends but totally worth it.
With two real live honest to goodness ex New Haven FL9s working on home rails all weekend long, summer on the Cape is now a destination for its rails as much as its beaches....well maybe for .01% of us anyway!
What a thing of beauty this is on "home rails" despite all the modern trappings of the rebuilt yard and modernized FL9.
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Saturday July 20, 2019
This was taken early January - mid-summer in NZ. I made the trip to the beach and, at sunset, a group of friends came down to play cricket on the beach, giving me a fantastic opportunity to take lots of silhouette shots.
I took photos with 2 cameras and quite a few came out really well.
So I'm ready to flood my stream with them. Feel free to swim for it if you get sick of them ;-)
(I know, more silhouette photos!, but they are my new passion after the great ones I got on that perfect winter day at the beach)
>> Here are more of my beach pics on flickr :-)