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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Bird photography sounds peaceful. You picture me quietly communing with nature, sipping coffee while majestic creatures flutter by, posing politely like they’re in a Disney movie. That’s a lie. The truth involves hauling lawn chairs, tripods, and a camera bag that weighs more than a third grader across the desert before sunrise—all to sit motionless next to a glorified livestock trough filled with water I wouldn’t let my enemies drink.
This cattle tank, which I have gentrified into a “desert oasis” (by tossing in a stick), is now a fine-dining establishment for birds. The stick is important. I found it on the ground, which makes it natural, and I chose one with bark and lichen because birds don’t like muddy feet—and I like a pretty perch.
Birds don’t just fly in, though. First, they land about twenty-five feet away in what I call the staging area, where they scope things out and decide if it’s safe to drink. Just as I know birds come here for water, they know hawks come here for birds. If it seems risky, they vanish into the brush to post angry tweets about predator privilege.
This time, an American Robin decided to play along. He glided down to the branch, dipped his beak into the water, then raised his head to swallow—because robins, like most birds, can’t gulp. They rely on gravity to get the water down. No swallow muscles. No peristalsis. Just tip and pray.
As he tilted his head back, water spilled from his beak. I fired off a burst of photos. In this frame, he’s in perfect profile, water spilling from his bill, with a few droplets stopped in mid-air and a few reached the surface, sending delicate ripples across the pond.
His reflection was beautiful and haunting, like a bird pondering the mysteries of hydration—or maybe just wondering why some guy shoved a branch in his drinking fountain.
In the desert, water is liquid gold. To birds, cattle tanks are survival. To me, they’re proof that lugging heavy gear into the wilderness to photograph a robin mid-sip is a perfectly reasonable way to spend retirement.
Especially if you're trying to avoid housework.
He lifts his head to the sky—a gravity feed,
’Cause evolution said, “Nah—gulping’s not a need.
I love finding shells on the beach and this one was a winner... you can see little shells growing inside the barnacles that are attached!!
A stunning little beast. Quite fascinating creatures. As ever, Stephen Falk has documented them rather well - www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/7215763704...
A single frame shot taken handheld in a field in Pitstone, UK
hello, dear flickr friends!
been away too long and missing you muchly.
got very tired, for a very long time.
couldn't seem to do much of anything.
nothing has changed but i realize the joy of sharing and enjoying the marvels that you offer has taken it's toll...gonna try again to be in the here and now.
i see a sea creature, do you?
glass on glass
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You would find them in many and perhaps in most of our gardens (mine included). Of course, the garden centres sell them, but why do they and why do we buy such sculptures of children holding a water-spouting fish or that urn with wild men's faces looking at you? It is also true that we have inherited the forms and shapes of these figurines from antiquity and that they re-appeared in the gardens of the rich and the educated particularly from the 18th century on. The garden itself is a kind of alternative world, one of beauty, peace and with space for fantasy. It is therefore not fully controlled by rationality. There are even corners where the uncanny (das Unheimliche) has its place.
The entrance to a safe harbour is guarded by the Ogopogo, the green snake-like animal sitting on top of the billboard in the middle of the picture. The Ogopogo is a mythical supernatural creature that lives in the depths of Okanagan Lake. This serpentine-like creature, as far as I know, has only been seen mostly by tourists who photographed and videoed it. This marina, like others on the lake, is void of boats during winter. This is because the lake may freeze with winter temperatures damaging the boats. This winter has been the exception with very mild weather and no snow. Across the lake is the village of Naramata.
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I haven't seen much in the way of small creatures in my garden lately. I don't mind the absence of slugs of course, but snails are always interesting as subjects. I really enjoyed the antics of this one at the time.
I haven't seen any ladybirds for about 3 years now , but other people tell me they have some in their gardens. There is also a dearth of butterflies in these 'ere parts - apart from the Cabbage Whites. I have plants that are supposed to attract them of course .... I wonder what's going on? Ha ha - I hope it's nothing personal !
The summer crowds have long since fled,
The bright umbrellas, buried and dead.
No laughing child, no gull's sharp cry,
Beneath the vast and iron sky.
The sea itself is old and grey,
And chews the stones from day to day.
It doesn't crash, it only sighs,
A sound of weariness and lies.
It pulls the shingle with a groan,
A creature restless and alone.
The cold wind whips a frothy lace
Upon its sullen, weary face.
There is no green, no gold, no blue,
Just shades of slate and somber hue.
A monster sleeping, coiled and deep,
While all the weary world's asleep.
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Next shot on from the previous image shows this same creature with its head upright and a hint of eye!