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Double-crested Cormorant [Nannopterum auritum] on the beach.
Note the white crests on these western birds.
Magdalena Bay
Baja California Sur, Mexico
1734*
A baby male rose-breasted grosbeak. He's fluttering his wings as his dad is nearby and he's hoping to be fed.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Captured on my previous Street Photography Photo-walk in association with Wex PhotoVideo, with one of the attendees in the background. Enjoy!
A male kōlea in his breeding plumage tuxedo is about two weeks from migration. Kōlea migrate from Hawaii to Alaska for a five-month breeding season. The trip spans over approximately 3,000 miles of open ocean requiring a rigorous, energy intensive effort of 3 to 4 days and nights of nonstop flight at elevation ranging from 3,000 to 16,000 feet. A superb navigator with territorial fidelity, kōlea use the stars and the earth’s magnetic field to find their way over the featureless ocean to the same small patch of territory every year. They may use the earth’s magnetic field visually with the magnetoreception molecules of cryptochrome in their retina.
The physiological changes in migrating shorebirds, like this male kōlea, are astonishing. The necessity of increasing fat load for the sustained energy demands of long-distance migration has been compared to, in terms of percentage body fat, larding up to morbid obesity in humans. The surge in heart and lung capacity and increase in pectoral flight muscle are driven by hormonal changes (without the drudgery of exercise!). This one winters in Hawaii. Some will migrate north from the southern hemisphere. Pacific golden plover, kōlea, Pluvialis fulva.
...seen on a fence post in Madison Park, my old neighborhood in Seattle. Uploaded for Fence Friday. HFF everybody!
Chipping Sparrow is a perennial North American favourite with its dapper chestnut crown in breeding plumage. This bird was feeding on Dandelion seeds in the Canals area of Airdrie, Alberta, Canada.
Chipping Sparrow taken near Oliver, British Columbia, Canada by David
This charming little guy was cooperative enough to allow me to work some nice bokeh into the shot.
My little bean made a thing!
Monocle - Alien Stompers @ SaNaRae [07/26]
pose: [KuddelMuddel] Boredom #1 (edited with animare hud)
A second shot of the bouquet we received after our son's birth. I decided to process into B&W because I thought the lighting would produce a nice result. I like the way the B&W image highlights the dappling.
Here's wishing all of you a great Tuesday! For those in the US Thanksgiving is right around the corner...
Thanks as always for your enlightening and fun comments, faves etc.
Photo taken at : Sunny's photo Studio
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This dapper fella is a black phoebe, a common flycatcher in the Phoenix area. It was pretty vocal and was very busy flying quick patterns over the water to catch insects.
I quite like these birds.
Living by the sea on the North East coast of England they are a constant presence. I often wonder how they perceive our colonisation of their coastal habitat and to what extent we have contributed to encouraging and fostering their pervasiveness as they scavenge our leftovers, and - mmmm - steal our chips!
This fine specimen seems unperturbed as I venture to invade its space..
I waited all day for that wind to disappear and the beautiful light. The strong yellow and orange trees plus the very low angle golden light contributed to this amazing palette of vibrant colors. The sun was just about to disappear at this point. Separation from the other fowl is what I needed to create the isolation shot I wanted. Everything came together at the perfect time in the end. Click for large view.