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The White-throated Sparrow comes in two color forms: white-crowned and tan-crowned. The two forms are genetically determined, and they persist because individuals almost always mate with a bird of the opposite morph. Males of both color types prefer females with white stripes, but both kinds of females prefer tan-striped males. White-striped birds are more aggressive than tan-striped ones, and white-striped females may be able to outcompete their tan-striped sisters for tan-striped males. Source: The CornellLab www.allaboutbirds.org
A young baltimore oriole was a determined feeder for us on this day, May 7, 2024. We put the feeder up just minutes before I got this shot, for which I had to scramble with my trusty old Canon.
Some things are just determined to grow. They simply cannot be stopped. I like that! I want to be that!
So I actually made an attempt on this shot way back in June, but after making the 12 hour round trip and arriving back home, I discovered that everything was very badly out of focus. This wasn't the first time it had happened with this lens. All of my Bisti Badlands shots were also out of focus back in March.
When I got home, I was crushed. I thought I had the focus issue figured out. I had switched cameras and assumed it had something to do with the new sensor size. To make things more confusing, my shots were sharp at F8 but crap at 2.8 when shooting the Milky Way. And my shots were good on that earlier trip in May to the Falls. What was going on with my freaking lens?
After examining it a bit closer, I discovered that the front element had come loose and had actually unscrewed itself. Whenever I would clean it clockwise, it would tighten, and anti clockwise would loosen it. After finally tightening it back in, I was determined to get one more attempt in before the end of the Milky Way arch season. I had tried this shot in August before at Glacier Point, but there is always a bit too much light as the arch appears in the sky.
So two weeks later, I made a stop back at Glacier Point on my long drive up to Vancouver Island. I drove up the 395 (right after the earthquake) and across Tioga Pass, which was still covered in snow in several spots with lake levels higher than I had ever seen before...and finally across the valley and up again, arriving at Glacier around 8:30 PM. I then sat and enjoyed that view, sitting in front of the stone hut for a solid two hours. I had scouted out this area two weeks prior, and I knew right where I wanted to set up for my do-over.
Full disclosure: I had to do some work on this shot. While all of the exposures were taken within a few minutes of each other, I took some liberties in removing the handrails because I just felt they were distracting. I liked how the stones lining the pathway led up to the hut, and the handrails just made the comp too messy. Nevada Falls is in the center of the frame with Vernal behind the tree. The water flow this year is amazing as the record snowfall continues to melt.
After getting my shots, I was back in the car, heading up 120 to a pull out for a few zz's before waking at 4 AM for the long drive to the Oregon Coast.
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Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers. ...from a walk in Oxley Creek Common.
Monarch Butterfly
Scientific Name: Nymphalidae Danainae
Description: The monarch is one of Manitoba's largest butterflies, with a wingspan of up to 100 mm. The body of the butterfly is black with some white spots. The upper surfaces of the wings are orange with black veining. The wing margins are black with white spots. Males can be distinguished from the females by a black patch on their hind wings, called a stigmata. Underneath, the wings are a paler orange, almost beige, with the same black veining and borders. The caterpillar (larva) of monarchs is boldly patterned, too, with black, white and yellow banding.
Distribution: Monarchs occur throughout North America south of the boreal forest zone, in Central America and northern South America. (It has recently been determined that the South American monarch and those found on Jamaica and Hispaniola are separate species, D. erippus and D. cleophile, respectively. Their distributions are not shown on this map.) Monarchs have been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands and to Australia, and are thought to be spreading around to other islands in the Pacific ocean on their own. There are 3 separate populations in continental North America: one east of the Rocky Mountains, another west of the Rockies, and a third, non-migratory population in Florida and Georgia. In Manitoba, they occur in the southwestern 1/3 of the province up to the edge of the boreal forest.
Habitat: Just about anywhere you can find milkweed plants (Genus: Asclepias) and open meadows, you can find monarch butterflies. They frequent prairies, meadows and wetlands, but avoid thick forests. Food for the caterpillars, milkweed plants, and for the adults, flower nectar, are found mainly in grasslands and meadows in Manitoba, so that's where monarchs tend to be.
Food: Food for adult monarch butterflies consists mainly of flower nectar. They fuel their great travels and reproductive efforts by sipping this sugary solution from obliging plants. The plants are, of course, taking advantage of the monarchs and other insects to do the job of pollination. Most of their favourites fall within the Asteraceae family of plants, including such things as fleabanes (Erigeron spp.), asters (Aster spp.), sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) and blazingstars (Liatris spp.), but they are not really that selective when it comes to flower nectar. Any flower that has available nectar could be visited by a monarch.
(Source: www.naturenorth.com/summer/monarch/monarchF2.html)
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The look tells the whole story. A successful fishing trip for this Mature Bald Eagle. Very intense... Headed for a favorite tree to dine and protect the catch.
So, this was shot after the previous photo. I was on my way back to the car to thaw out frozen fingers, frozen face etc., when I passed this lad on his way out onto the frigid pier. He nodded to me with an unspoken assurance that he was going all the way out there, damn it! I silently wished him luck but, didn't stick around to see if he made it... he had a hoodie on, for god's sake! Ah well, perhaps they make the young'uns a little tougher these days... or stupidier...
The Inter City livery of Class 47828 stands out in the gloom as it leads classmate No. 47810 (D1924) "Crewe Diesel Depot' off Dandry Mire Viaduct while heading the 'Settle & Carlisle Statesman', 1Z72 0811 Worcester Shrub Hill - Appleby on 22nd April 2023. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Taken yesterday, November 14, 2014.
Scarlet, or red, maple leaves, against an autumn sky. Straight out of the camera, except for a crop. Most maples in Upstate South Carolina are not this determinedly red.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
Catarata Llanos de Cortes is a popular waterfall and swimming-hole in northwestern Costa Rica. On this particularly hot day in June, it seemed equally attractive to local bathers, colourful ovipositing dragonflies and a group of sweaty, but determined, dragonfly photographers.
Grave of Theodor Mintrop (1814-1870)
Statue (1870) by Jul. Bayerle.
Nordfriedhof, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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This was taken same area, a little ways down from the barn ...
I had determined, I was not getting out of the car again ...
When the Good Lord ,breathes such a glorious shot .....
all I could do, was stand there and know ... " That Was you God !"
Truly wishing, all of you a most wonderful and blessed day ahead ....
~ God bless and be with each of you !
Happy Wednesday ....
( Seriously the Lord knew I needed this! )
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The birds fly out (usually to sea, but this looked dry, so likely from the land) and collect nesting material, then fly back and sometimes walk the rest of the way up to their nests, as this bird was doing. The males normally collect the nesting material, so this is probably a male. He looks very determined!
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March 10, 2025
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The Great Horned Owl Fledgling was seen at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. There are three that are still together. Love the focus and determination in the face. It was a long way off but its eyes were focused on me.
JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel Island, Florida
USA
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The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.
Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. The American anhinga has been subdivided into two subspecies, A. a. anhinga and A. a. leucogaster, based on their location. A. a. anhinga can be found mainly east of the Andes in South America and also the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. A. a. leucogaster can be found in the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Grenada.
Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". - Wikipedia
Large saltwater crocodile determined to get closer to me. At Cahills Crossing Northern Territory Australia.
Today was another photo walk with Mandy Willard
ajlelliott we met at Alfriston and Mandy was determined to kill us with lots of uphill and downhill but the views were amazing. The weather was really good and so lots of varied images for the day.
Adjunto una deliciosa melodía por uno de los mejores saxofonistas del mundo JAN GARBAREK
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LACOMARCA DE BABIA. - Esta comarca es abundante en aguas y verdes praderas que desde siempre determinaron su principal riqueza: la ganadería. Tierra de tradición pastoril y marcada por la trashumancia, actualmente siguen subiendo rebaños de ovejas merinas a los puertos de Babia, que se arriendan para toda la temporada y que comparten los pastizales con el ganado vacuno y, también con el equino, en especial de la raza Hispano-bretona, siendo Babia el referente estatal de este caballo.
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This region is rich in water and green pastures that have always determined their main asset: livestock. Earth and marked by pastoral transhumance tradition, currently still rising flocks of Merino ports of Bahia, which are leased for the season and share the pastures with cattle and also with the equine, especially sheep Hispano-Breton race, being Babia state regarding this horse