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The number of pictures I have of 317s operating on the WCML can be counted on one hand - I just completely ignored them due to their ugliness. This was a rare exception thanks to the dramatic storm lighting as a pair raced towards the next stop at Birmingham International on a New Street - Northampton service.
Ginger: Solki, don't waste time with your credentials, we just need your help. Dusty and Rusty are busy with auditions but these rubber duckie brats appear to be having a dispute about corns. Is there a hierarchy?
Dr Solki Blythe: I was just discussing this with them about the relative polycerate value. It comes down to a comparison between quantity and rarity. In some cases, especially with this group who seem to have little regard for the math or nomenclature involved, they have renamed their appendages 'corns' -- this was started by unicorn ducks who have, as the name indicates, one corn. Bicorn creatures have two but other creatures in nature who have things sticking out of their heads are not even horns at all, like antlers and tusks. No point confusing the issue, here. Their appendages are, for the most part, rubber, or PVC if you want to get technical.
Ginger: For the most part?
Dr Solki Blythe: : Yes, some of these ducks appear to be polycornate or having multiple corns when in fact they are actually wearing hats. Some of these are clown hats, others are crown hats. So we have 2 unicorns and 4 bovine bicorns. I would classify the rest as hatticorns. The clownicorn and the heffaduck (who is busy rehearsing) could conceivably have a corn under the hood as they attest. The jester and the queen claim royalty which I cannot dispute, but my examination reveals nothing but crowns. We'll call them crownicorns.
Ginger: What about the Santa and the Elf Ducks?
Dr Solki Blythe: I asked them and Santa said, "Don't be re-duck-ulous. They're just hats."
“Counting chikens is hard work, whether they’ve hatched or not!”
Poor Zyanya. It looks like she will be in the barnyard all day trying to get the right number. Will she count the dogs in chiken suits, I wonder?
It was the annual May Species Count on the weekend of 28 and 29 May 2016. My group's Saturday Count was down in Fish Creek Provincial Park at Votier's Flats and Shaw's Meadow. On the Sunday, our usual small group (six of us in two cars) covered an area SW of the city - which happens to be one of my favourite and most visited areas. We had a great day, stopping at a few wetlands and calling in at Barb Castell's acreage where she usually has amazing birds to show us. Several special species were missing, but we were delighted to watch a teeny Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We stopped at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park and ate our picnic lunches and then did a short walk to look for Calypso Orchids. I took too long to try and get a sharp photo of a group of fungi that I missed the orchids, but that was OK, as I have seen them a few times before.
After the Count came to an end, I drove a few of the back roads again, taking a few more shots of the Wilson's Snipe, including this one that was standing with one leg tucked up inside its feathers..
I will add the final list from our leader - 70 bird species seen, wow!
"The count goes May 28-29: Calgary birders have been out in force every May since 1979, contributing to a broad census of the constantly changing patterns of bird distributions in North America. Last year (2015) we found 212 species. The count circle is the same as previous years, extending from Olds to Nanton, and from Exshaw to Standard, and includes a variety of environments." From NatureCalgary.
"May species count, Terr. #22, Priddis Area: Plummers Rd, from Hwy 22 to #762, SW of Calgary, 0730-1530, Sun. 29May2016. 58 km. Mostly sunny, becoming overcast at noon, S wind, becoming gusty, 10 -20 kph. 13-18°C.
Canada Goose-45
Gadwall-2
American Wigeon-6
Mallard-29.
Blue-winged Teal-16
Cinnamon Teal-8
Northern Shoveler-3
Green-winged Teal-4
Redhead-6
Ring-necked Duck-12
Lesser Scaup-29
Bufflehead-5
Hooded Merganser-1 f.
Ruddy Duck-11
Ring-necked Pheasant-3
Great Blue Heron-1
Swainson’s Hawk-2
Red-tailed Hawk-6
American Kestrel-2
Sora-6
American Coot-10
Killdeer-5
Spotted Sandpiper-8
Wilson’s Snipe-10
Wilson’s Phalarope-4
Black Tern-22
Mourning Dove-1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1
Red-naped Sapsucker-1
Black-backed Woodpecker-2
Northern Flicker-3
Western Wood-Pewee-5
Least Flycatcher-6
Easterm Phoebe-1
Easterm Kingbird-1
Gray Jay-2
Clark’s Nutcracker-1
Black-billed Magpie-6
American Crow-4
Common Raven-5
Tree Swallow-86
Cliff Swallow-6
Barn Swallow-2
Black-capped Chickadee-3
Mountain Chickadee-1
Boreal Chickadee-2
Red-breasted Nuthatch-2
House Wren-9
Mountain Bluebird-29
American Robin-13
Gray Catbird-2
European Starling-8
Tennessee Warbler-11
Yellow Warbler-6
Cape May Warbler-1
Chipping Sparrow-8
Clay-coloured Sparrow-13
Savannah Sparrow-4
Song Sparrow-1
Lincoln’s Sparrow-4
White-throated Sparrow-1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak-7
Black-headed Grosbeak-1, or hybrid.
Red-winged Blackbird-178
Western Meadowlark-2
Yellow-headed Blackbird-2
Brewer’s Blackbird-7
Brown-headed Cowbird-6
Baltimore Oriole-4
American Goldfinch-5
Richardson’s Ground Squirrel-11
Muskrat-1
Mule Deer-1
White-tailed Deer-4
Boreal Chorus Frog-10+
Green Comma Butterfly-2
Western White-1
Tiger Swallowtail-2
Gus Yaki"
I headed out to Papago Park today to catch the Phoenix flyover with Hunt's Tomb in the foreground. More or less got what I was after, though I always feel like I 'overcook' my backlit shots when I edit them.
Yeah?!
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Mariah Carey in a Barbie Fashion in the Regent Miniature Mansion by Ken Haseltine is counting down the days.
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Wiki added herself for scale in this set up for only part of an instant. I could only gab this!
For Our Daily Challenge topic 'Included for Scale.'
The great blue herons gathered in abundant numbers near Pickwick Dam on this day. After intense study, I found nine in this image.
Sunday morning: A good time to count your blessings.
Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
105mm
F8@1/20th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_1146.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
Less than three weeks until I leave for Maine and can wake up to this view every morning. All I have to do is survive 4 more truck days (full of back to school shoes and BOOTS...shoot me NOW!!) at work and dreaded inventory. I'm going to make it.
Looks like it will just be my brother-in-law and I going, which means I won't have my car...which could be a problem ... because I have plans. It will be interesting to see if my brother-in-law will be able to stand me after one week. (I have my doubts).
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