NJ Transit: "The Way to Go"
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You can just see the pilot as he concentrates to bring this Cessna Citation Longitude in to land at Houston’s West Side Airport. This is a business jet produced by Cessna, part of the Cessna Citation family. The Model 700 made its first flight on October 8, 2016.
I spent some time today witnessing one of the most remarkable waterfowl sights in the whole world. Somewhere between 10,000 - 15,000 tundra swans are staging right here in the Upper Mississippi River before heading east to Chesapeake Bay for the winter. I took video footage on my smartphone to add some sound, which is sensational, but then I wasn't smart enough to get it on Flickr. Sorry.
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Seen in the Werribee River Park at Werribee South in March last year.
I love to watch Terns negotiate their landing spots. They need to find a spot within the other shorebirds on the rocks and it takes full concentration. The background is the water. The shot was taken very early in the morning.
The shot below is a close-up of its head and feet which show its intense focus.
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
I'm not sure what this one was concentrating on. From 20
The 173,000 heliostats of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility concentrate sunlight onto three towers containing boilers to generate steam for electricity in California near the Nevada border.
Great Egret (Ardea alba) hunting for prey at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Lee County, Florida, USA.
I've been over in South Africa for a couple of weeks hence the lack of postings but thought I'd share this image first as although it was taken at the end of the first week it has a funny story behind it.
We stayed for 4 days in Parson's (Balule) Game Reserve which is part of the Greater Kruger and more specifically at Emhosheni Lodge, www.emhosheni.com.
The lodge is small and luxurious without being over the top like some others and is also far more affordable. They only have traversing over 2,500 hectares but they certainly make the most of that and we saw lots of game including hundreds of elephants and also some lion amongst many others.
On our last morning the only other guests at the lodge decided to sleep in so that it was only Maisie and I on the drive. This meant that we were able to concentrate on birding which we did and also saw a few elephants. On the way back to camp we parked off for a while and Maisie declared that she was desperate for the toilet. So desperate in fact that she agreed to my suggestion that she walk a short way from the vehicle and go behind a brick signpost for one of the lodges. I agreed to keep a watch for any dangerous game and so she made her way to the spot agreed.
Almost as soon as she got there this small herd of elephants appeared from around the bend and the lead elephant (pictured) trumpeted her displeasure at seeing Maisie in her way.
Needless to say we beat a hasty retreat to the relative safety of the vehicle and the herd passed within 3 metres of us without further incident.
Lesson for the day, elephant move a lot faster than you think!
Emhosheni Game Lodge
Parson's Nature Reserve
Greater Kruger
Limpopo
South Africa
Gasteruptiid Wasp (family Gasteruptiidae (subfamily Gasteruptiinae)) female
Usually these Wasps will fly off if I get within five feet of them. This Lady, however, was so engrossed she allowed me to get in very close for a number of shots. I chose this one for today for the Eyes of March Two group.
Happy Eyes of March!
Rework of an old shot from 2011.
The sea was extremely rough and the skipper of the catamaran had his hands full at times.
Knysna
Western Cape Province
South Africa
Met this squirrel today. Unfortunately I had only 50.0 mm lens... It was impossible to get closer.
PS. One more photo in the comments!!!
The County of Essex
This collection of images have been photographed over a long period of time. The greater part has been taken when I have visited a church in that town or village. Some of the villages are so small that apart from a few houses which I won’t post, have no significant features to them that I could find, apart from the village signs. Some of the larger towns have had the greater share of visits, because of their churches and in my book buying travels.
This time I am concentrating on Windmills and other Towers. According to ‘Windmill World’ there are 47 working windmills in Essex and this is the fifth in a series of postings.
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
From the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands on this day last year.