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Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) delicatelyu preens its impressive collection of feathers with its deadly beak on the rocks of Little Manly Point, Sydney Australia
Common darter, Sympetrum striolatum. Female. 7 August 2014. In the garden, Ealing, London, England, UK.
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~ A Prayer in Spring ~
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night
And make us happy in the happy bees
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill
And off a blossom in mid air stand still
For this is love and nothing else is love
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will
But which it only needs that we fulfill
~ Robert Frost ~
The little darting birds have taken over outside our front door... tonight I believe there were close to 15 or more, darting and weaving to and fro, they empty the feeder in a about a day!!! LOL!!! Time to get a couple more feeders I'm thinking.... We have one at the back of the house too off our bedroom deck, but only only little male guards that one, and it's not swarmed like the one in the front of the house! They are enjoyable to watch and a challenge to shoot....
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Because of its long and slender neck, the Australasian Darter is sometimes called the snakebird. Usually inhabiting freshwater wetlands, darters swim with their bodies submerged beneath the water’s surface, with only the sinuous neck protruding above the water, enhancing its serpentine qualities. Darters forage by diving to depths of about 60 centimetres, and impaling fish with its sharp, spear-like beak. Small fish are swallowed underwater, but larger ones are brought to the surface, where they are flicked off the bill (sometimes into the air) and then swallowed head-first.
LAKE Gregory, also known as the Isis Balancing Storage or simply as the "Duckpond" is a small impoundment between Bundaberg & Childers. It is a mere 200 ha in area with an average depth of 3.1 meters & holds just over 6000 ML of water at full capacity.
Officially stocked with only Bass & Silver Perch, several captures of Saratoga & Tarpon have been reported. Being a shallow lake, weed beds dominate the fringes and can be a menace to anglers although there are some deeper sections up to 30 feet.
A Stocked Impoundment Permit (SIP) is required to fish Lake Gregory.
The Sacramento Drowning Accident Rescue Team (DART) utilizes this 1997 Ford F-350 crew cab as the primary boat towing vehicle and for carrying misc. equipment. This is the only vehicle in the fleet that was purchased new by the team.
Darter dragonfly on a wall. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/14997883051/ for a 3D version
A driver change-over at London Road for Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 61 (SK52 OGE) on Service 1.
Few pubic service buses today have a straight vertical drop at the front and this is one of the reasons I like the Dennis Darts. Almost everything else slopes a little and (changing the mode of transport for a mo) this is why I tend to prefer electric train Class 156's and 158's much more to the sloping 170's.
Back to the Dart and what else is there to like? Well the sound of the engine is a bit like my Hoover Senior vacuum cleaner (it's older than I am!) and you can hear them before seeing them!
Oh and they're quite cosy too, especially the back seat in the corner on the near side. Some of them are indeed a trifle whiny but then we can't have everything!
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On Service 42 Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 86 (SN53 AUW) is seen at Comely Bank near to Stockbridge, bound for Craigleith and Davidson's Mains on a chilly winter's day.
There are around 40 Dennis Dart single deckers remaining with Lothian but 2014 is likely to be the last year for many of them as their replacement time advances with a new fleet of Volvo 7900 Hybrids due shortly.
I was chasing this Darter about for ages, everytime he saw me coming for him with the lens he flew off, I'm surprised It turned out so well.
One day, Dennis Dart 9.2 M had a special mission. It needed to on route number 9S, to service people from North Discovery Bay Shopping Mall to the residential areas.
Dart 1608 is still at work in its original paint scheme, and to be fair isn’t looking it’s eighteen years.
Seen at Bluewater waiting a trip on the 481 to Gravesend & Riverview Park via the backstreets.
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An up train shortly after departure from Kingswear, viewed from across the River Dart, c1961. A crop of a small part of a 35mm slide, to show the train in close-up.
Because of its long and slender neck, the Australasian Darter is sometimes called the snakebird. Usually inhabiting freshwater wetlands, darters swim with their bodies submerged beneath the water’s surface.
This one was quite happy to sit and have his portrait taken.