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Explored.Highest # 332 Tuesday 1st June 2010.
Little robin (Erithacus rubecula) having his morning bathe in my pond. Sorry about the quality, but I couldn't get too near and so he had to be blown up and cropped!!!
Playing about with layers...Just for fun! :0)
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Looking a little comical instead of as fierce as he thinks he does, sitting in a tree at twilight puffing himself up to look big to scare other hummers away from "his" feeder. Or maybe he was scolding me for getting too close.
“Happy Manikin in Manners Town,” the merry book of good manners. Illustrated by Mildred Lyon. Written by Laura Rountree Smith, author of “Jolly Polly”, “Tiddly Winks Books”, etc. “A Just Right Book” published by Albert Whitman Co., 1922.
It was comical watching this pair, one the parent and the other a juvenile House Sparrow. The parent (on the right) was feeding the young one, but this view shows a little 'impatience' displayed by the young one. "Mind your manners!" I heard the parent chirp out.
Former Newcastle Busways Volvo B10B / Alexander Strider 21002 (M902DRG) is pictured in the Felling garage comically screened up for Arriva service X4 to Blyth.
1902 was one of 11 demonstration vehicles which were purchased by Busways at the time on a variety of different body and chassis combinations, as part of a company trial. Other vehicles trialled included the Scania L113CRL, which were delivered to Busways with Alexander Strider and Northern Counties Paladin bodywork. Dennis Lances were also acquired with Plaxton Verde and Optare Sigma bodies.
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Sunday morning at Brew Street. Comical Ned, with the funny shaped head has a heart of pewter as he comforts Beryl due to the scrapping of her not very trusty Austin 7. She’s had the old heap for 25 years, but now having lost her licence due to joy riding it’s time for it to go. Poor Beryl you silly old girl.
This comical looking creature with the oversized wings is another member of the planthopper family, this time in a sub-family with the tongue-twisting name "Dictyopharidae".
Dictyopharidae is a family of bugs in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha belonging to the suborder Fulgoromorpha.
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Before I hurl comical comments, I have to remember that this is someone's pride and joy. Just look at the care the owner took to preserve this. How could I possibly ponder a barge or trawler? No, no, no! I won't do that.
But shouldn't the hood have markings for a helicopter pad? Perhaps they are trying to be inconspicuous?
Another one of those comical shots. This one was following my every move and I'm sure he would have followed me home given half a chance.
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An American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) flies in to join the pod; Morro Bay Estuary; Morro Bay; CA; USA
In this comical setting, the man holding the umbrella is looking up at the holes in it as the two women on his sides try to maintain some composure. One of the things I find funny about this image is how you can clearly see the various crudely painted backdrops in the background. Note the door just to the right of the group on the edge of the frame. I doubt this photographer took many landscape oriented photographs as his studio certainly was not set up to do so. I am thinking the man in the photo may actually be the photographer himself playing around a little. It's hard to image that a customer would have payed for this portrait. In all, it is a great example of Victorians having a little fun with a photograph. Photograph by Rose Studio, Lima, Ohio. Found in Ohio.
Time-lapse video of one set of ducks scaring off another set of ducks. It's rather comical given the time-lapseness of the video.
Florence Nightin’owl is our tribute to history’s most famous nurse and to all the nurses, past and present, who have worked tirelessly to care for our children, young people and families. With her smart blue uniform and comical glasses, Florence represents the cour-age, compassion, trust, respect, commitment and sense of fun that our teams show every day at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and throughout the NHS.
Artist: Deven Bhurke
Is an artist and graphic designer with a versatile style. He has previously been involved in similar WIA public art events and he was commissioned by Marwell Wildlife’s Go! Rhinos in 2013, by the National Literacy Trust in 2014, and by Transport for London.
Website: www.devenbhurke.com
Sponsor: Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust
Auction Price: £6000
The Big Hoot captured the imagination of everyone in Birmingham and beyond, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets with their Big Hoot Trail maps to explore the colourful invasion of individually designed owls. Taking in the city’s 10 districts, tourists and residents alike enjoyed their owl adventure, discovering and celebrating the extraordinary creativity produced by many of Birmingham’s artistic community and over 25,000 young people.
The Big Hoot owls went under the hammer on 15 October 2015 at The Big Hoot auction sponsored by Vodafone and we are thrilled to have smashed our target by raising the incredible sum of £508,035!
The money raised from the auction will support Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s £3.65m Star Appeal. This appeal will enable us to create a first of its kind, a Rare Diseases Centre in the UK specifically for children. It will provide co-ordinated care, treatment, support and most importantly hope to children and families living with a rare or undiagnosed condition.
In addition the auction raised £15,000 for G’owl’d by Temper with proceeds going to Edward’s Trust, and £7,800 for Fleet and Free with proceeds going to Birchfield Harriers.
So thank you - we simply couldn’t have done it without you.
Artists have played a major role in The Big Hoot, creating almost 100 owl sculptures. We would like to thank all the artists for their incredible creativity and hard work.
Professional artists from Birmingham, the wider Midlands region and further afield have created extraordinary giant owls that are all unique in style and character and represent the city’s creativity, history and heritage, music, fashion, architecture and attractions.
Birmingham is home to a wealth of artistic and creative individuals and communities and many award-winning and nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. We are delighted with the response from Birmingham’s creative community and are thrilled to work in collaboration with them to transform the streets, squares and parks of the city.
For five months artists have been creating owls in their studios, at home and in The Big Hoot Artists’ Studio at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. Their inspiring and innovative designs have been realised in genres including graffiti, illustration, fine art, graphics, typography, mosaic and new media. They have worked with both community groups and with corporates to realise ideas and create their stunning designs.
The Big Hoot not only provides a high quality and ambitious free public event for families but also supports the creativity of artists and celebrates talent and diversity. The Big Hoot has provided an inspiring relationship between the city and the arts.
The artists have also reached out to communities enabling more people to participate in the arts, to experience working with professional artists and to be inspiring and inspired. From the north to the south of the city residents groups, youth groups and older peoples’ groups have been collaborating with artists to generate ideas, design and create owls for The Big Hoot.
Creativity is everywhere but the opportunity to participate is not. A range of activities have been programmed within Birmingham’s diverse communities and people from the age of 3 – 97 and from wards within the city boundaries have contributed to The Big Hoot and helped make the event extraordinary. Our projects have seen artists working with hundreds of residents and community members including children in looked after care, older peoples’ clubs, young people and residents organisations to design and decorate the owls displayed as part of the 10 week public event.
This is a Black Swallowtail caterpillar in full party mode, including comical hat and jaunty angle.
When excited (ok, when it's concerned something is about to eat it), it inflates an otherwise hidden orange sac out the back of its head. Instant hat for surprise parties!
It is known as the osmeterium, and is said to stink. I thought it had a pleasant citrus smell, "eau du lepidoptera" would be a nice perfume line. It is also said to taste foul to attackers. I did not lick the caterpillar, so regrettably I cannot verify the culinary applications of the appendage.
Lighting and other Info:
-SB80dx in small soft box camera right, snooted SB28. camera left and behind.
-Triggered with rf-602's.
-Some demonstrations involve gently squeezing the caterpillar to get the osmeterium to display, I gently tickled the head of this guy with a little paint brush, which was probably still terrifying for it.
Third brother triplets (it’s complicated I know), Comical Ned (with the funny shaped head), former boxer Gaylord Grip, ‘oh my gawd’ Oliver assisted by Deidre Dinkle - flirty darling of the butter making department at the creamery and Rufus the Hound have formed a splinter moonshine collective. The old shelter and disused loading gauge hut being an ideal location for such an operation for a week or two. Though the occasional passing trains could be an issue, but their crews will easily be bribed I’m sure.
Barry Bullhead, the corrupt official from The Ministry of Misery and moonshine moonlighter Deliberation Dave have heard about the new collective on ’their patch’ and have visited to ‘have a few words’.
Barry and Dave might struggle here, because the third brother triplets are big chaps, Rufus the Hound has the ability to lick forever and Deidre has well known magic charms with any men she meets, even charmless types like Barry Bullhead.
This story will continue I’m sure….
The Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas is named after the late Will rogers, American statesmen, author and comedian. It is also home of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Also, the World Exposition of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America is held here. Will Rogers made many comical comments in his career. Among them, some of my favorites are: I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.
Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.
You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.
Will Rogers, and his with pilot Wily Post, were killed in a plane crash in Northern Alaska.
In 1952, a movie of the life of Will Rogers was made, starring his son Will Rogers, Jr. I saw it many years ago. If ever the chance to see it, it is worth it.
I was a funny fella
The crowd would hoot and holler for more
I wore a drunk's red nose for applause
Oh yes I was a comical priest
"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece"
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and greasepaint
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
now I'm dead, now I'm dead
And I'm going on to meet my reward
I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was scared
He might of never heard God's Comic
So there he was on a water-bed
Drinking a cola of a mystery brand
Reading an airport novelette, listening to
Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"
He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer
the one about my son"
"I've been wading through all this unbelievable
junk and wondering if I should have given
the world to the monkeys"
I'm going to take a little trip down Paradise's
endless shores
They say that travel broadens the mind, till you
can't get your head out of doors
I'm sitting here on the top of the world
I hang around in the longest night
Until each beast has gone bed and then I say
"God bless" and turn out the light
While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe and
you beg and you promise
And you bargain and you plead
Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus
It's the big white beard I suppose
I'm going up to the pole, where you folks die of cold
I might be gone for a while if you need me
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
now I'm dead, now I'm dead and you're all
going on to meet your reward
Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?
Are you scared?
You might have never heard, but God's comic
its becoming a bit of a mantra on here isnt it? I may even make it my personal moto – “you can never have too may robins!”
another from the archives this little chap had sat right in from of me in a bush when the wind picked up and ruffled all his feathers – i loved the comical look on his face as he faced what we would describe as a 'bad hair day'!
this didn’t faze him though as as soon as the wind let-up, he started ‘a-preening and a-plucking’ and generally having a head-to-talon makeover! he even seemed to pull a few feathers out! (possibly finding greys? well, we’ve all done it!)
hope everyone has a fab weekend!
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This comical sow came up to check me out, making sure I wasn't a threat as she had her youngsters nearby.
High ISO so please excuse noise.
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I'm hoping to get one of all 4 of them today. You will notice that Joshy is missing yet another tooth. I love this age! So comical.
Just a reminder, my favourite children's clothing www.scarletstitch.com is all on sale until February 10. I'm not sure what they have left because they've had a few glitches with their site, but you may want to drop them a line even if the item you're interested in says they're out of stock.
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Cheetah (captive)
This beauty can run upwards of 70 mph or 115 kph.
Must be viewed Large On Black!
If we could somehow know every business decision that has ever been made in these offices, and somehow tally the effects of those decisions on the lives of others, my guess is there would be more harm than good. But the building is cute and funny!
For a city (in this case, Hartford) to dangle traffic signals from wires in its downtown, instead of mounting them on poles, is to impart a sloppy-lookin trashiness to the downtown. Generally that's fine with me!
I see the reflective glass panels are becoming discolored, especially at the edges.
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In downtown Hartford, Connecticut, on September 23rd, 2021, "One Corporate Center" (built 1981) at the northwest corner of Main Street and Church Street.
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World War II Pacific Theater Headlines of Japanese aggression as shown in newspaper extras. The parachute troops alarm proved to be false, but most of Luzon was overrun by the Japanese very quickly. By plan, the US and Philippine Armies retreated into the Bataan peninsula, but had not stored enough food and supplies to last long against a reinforced enemy. Furthermore, the "plan" called for the US Navy capital ships to come to their rescue/assistance. The ships were at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. In reality, the United States government had "written off" the Philippines as indefensible long before the war ever began; however, the government continued to send hopeful messages to the Philippines, knowing they were not going to fulfill any promises of help. While not entirely at fault, General Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel were blamed for the disaster at Pearl Harbor in order to save the reputations and political careers of CNO Stark, SecNav Knox, and president Roosevelt. Just as unfairly, General Douglas MacArthur gets a lot of the blame for the disaster in the Philippines, but his military career remained intact until the Korean War. Congress and the President were much more culpable than MacArthur, and dreadfully more so than Short and Kimmel.
Comical formation of Common Terns at Titchfield Haven
Scientific name: Sterna hirundo
Bird family: Gulls and terns
UK conservation status: Amber
These delightful silvery-grey and white birds have long tails which have earned them the nickname 'sea-swallow'. They have a buoyant, graceful flight and frequently hover over water before plunging down for a fish. They are often noisy in company and breed in colonies. The common tern is the tern species most likely to be found inland.
What they eat: Fish.
Measurements:
Length: 31-35cm
Wingspan: 77-98cm
Weight: 90-150g
Population:
UK breeding: 12,000 pairs
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
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 platform out in the bay.
"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 in the evening of 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself somewhat organized and should see to all sorts of important things. 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.