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I was sitting on my favourite seat waiting for the sun to come out.So I feed the swans and ducks untill it came out.
Large gray-brown honeyeater with a completely bare black head and a distinctive "horn" on the bill. Upperparts are gray and underparts are dull white. Completely bare head is unique among the friarbirds. Typically very loud; emits a variety of harsh, loud squawks. Inhabits a wide range of habitats in eastern Australia, including (especially) open forests and gardens and parks, where it is common. (eBird)
Can be very noisy, almost deafening when in large numbers; considered one of the noisiest birds in savanna of S New Guinea. (Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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We saw these interesting birds a few times on the trip. They are very active and like to interact with each other. For a change, this one was resting for a bit, and I got to admire his ruff and the horn on his bill.
Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Black-Eyed Bulbul is a dull brown color, with lighter underbellies, brownish chests, and a bright yellow under the base of their tails. The flight of Bulbuls is described as bouncy, making them seem playful. They are also known for being very vocal, with a loud alert call when alarmed.
Size: An adult male averages 18 centimeters from head to tail. Compared to other similar passerine birds they have shorter more rounded wings.
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A trip to Banff would not be completed without taking a photo of this iconic turquoise color lake with Victoria Glacier as the backdrop, even on a dull, cloudy and windy day! 😊
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"smile on saturday" theme "flowers in march".
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Today people in Germany celebrate „ Sunday in commemoration of the dead“, traditionally the last Sunday before Advent. Our language even deals with an expression for the typical weather for this day. Totensonntagwetter as we say is dull, grey and misty. And as any self fulfilling prophecy we experienced this in the highest degree the worst pessimist could imagine. Nevertheless we were hiking on the new motorway (will be opened in two weeks). Bikers, skaters and hikers had great fun waking on ta track where in a fortnight vehicles will perform with high speed. Unfortunately the mist was too dense to take goo shots. So I place an October shot in b/w. Porta Westfalica, Ostwestfalen, Germany.
Black-Capped Chickadee.
Between 4 3/4 to 5 3/4 inches long. Black cap and throat, white cheesk, gray back and dull white underparts. Wing feathers narrowly and indistinctly edged with white.
They can be found in deciduous and mixed forests, and open woodlands and suburban areas in winter.
They range from Alaska east across Canada to Newfoundland, and south to northern California, northern New Mexico, Missouri and northern New jersy. Winters south to Maryland and Texas.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
This was a rather grey and dull image.. so I livened it up a bit.. by giving it warmer colours.. I rather like the result.. hope you do too.. View On Black
A rather foggy scene in Teignmouth harbour.. PS please note.. it was like this all day.. not just morning fog.. this was taken a little after 13:30hrs..
Thanks for stopping by.. have a wonderful day..
"Don’t leave your room, don’t commit that fateful mistake.
Why risk the sun? Just settle back at home and smoke.
Outside’s absurd, especially that whoop of joy,
you’ve made it to the lavatory--now head back straight away!
Don’t leave your room, don’t go and hail a taxi, spend,
the only space that matters is the corridor, its end
a ticking meter. She comes by, all ready for caressing,
mouth open? Kick her straight out, don’t even start undressing.
Don’t leave your room, just say you have the influenza.
A wall and table are the most fascinating agenda.
Why leave this place? Tonight you will come home from town
exactly as you were, only more beaten down.
Don’t leave your room. Go dance the bossa nova,
shoes without socks, your body bare and coat tossed over.
The hallway holds its smells of ski wax and boiled cabbage,
writing even one letter more is excess baggage.
Don’t leave your room. Do you still look handsome?
Just ask the room… Incognito ergo sum,
as petulant Substance once remarked to Form.
It’s not exactly France outside. Don’t leave your room!
Don’t be an idiot! You’re not the others, you’re an exclusion!
Choreograph the furniture, essay wall-paper fusion.
Make that wardrobe a barricade. The fates require us
to keep out Cosmos, Chronos, Eros, Race and Virus!"
Joseph Brodsky
1970
It took me 6 hours to walk around this lake... a walk many say can be done in an hour. That is how many times I stopped for photos. It is gorgeous! Most of the time the light was pretty dull. But finally after about 4 hours the sun peaked through the clouds and lit up the lake in gorgeous golden glows. That is when this picture was taken.
In this dull time of the year I thought I would repost this picture of my son Joe taken way back in 2014 ( omg where does the time go ) enjoying the sun and surf on Fistral beach in beautiful Cornwall , spring and summer will soon be here :)
Terrell's Island, Lake Butte des Morts
Omro/Oshkosh/Winneconne, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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De Guzmania komt van nature voor in de tropische regenwouden van Zuid- en Midden-Amerika en bestaat uit enkele 10-tallen soorten. Vaak wordt de Guzmania ook wel aangeduid als Bromelia, maar daar hoort wel een kanttekening bij. De Guzamania behoort tot de Bromeliafamilie, maar is slechts 1 van de vele soorten uit de familie. In dit artikel vind je de Guzmania "Calypso" met zijn rode bloem, maar je kunt hem ook in het geel, paars, oranje en vele andere vrolijke kleuren tegenkomen.
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The Guzmania occurs naturally in the tropical rainforests of South and Central America and consists of several dozen species. The Guzmania is often also referred to as Bromeliad, but there is a caveat. The Guzamania belongs to the Bromeliad family, but is only 1 of the many species in the family. In this article you will find the Guzmania "Calypso" with its red flower, but you can also find it in yellow, purple, orange and many other cheerful colors.
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Het Zegekruid (Nicandra physalodes) is een eenjarige plant
Na de bloei in de periode van juni tot september ontstaat er evenals bij de echte lampionplant een lampion van kelkbladen met daarin een vrucht: een 15 mm grote bruine bes.
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The Zegekruid (Nicandra physalodes) is an annual plant
After flowering in the period from June to September, just like with the real lantern plant, a lantern made from sepals with a fruit in it: a 15 mm large brown berry.
Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
Taken on on local walks!
The common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan.
This is one of several Sylvia species that has distinct male and female plumages. Both sexes are mainly brown above and buff below, with chestnut fringes to the secondary remiges. The adult male has a grey head and a white throat. The female lacks the grey head, and the throat is duller.
This species may appear to be closely related to the lesser whitethroat, the species having evolved only during the end of the last ice age similar to the willow warbler and chiffchaffs. However, researchers found the presence of a white throat is an unreliable morphological marker for relationships in Sylvia, and the greater and lesser whitethroats are not closely related.
This is a bird of open country and cultivation, with bushes for nesting. The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3–7 eggs are laid. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous, but will also eat berries and other soft fruit.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,100,000 territories
I don't let the weather stop me as long as it's not raining.
The Puntledge river near the Comox Lake Dam Courtenay.
Grauscheitel-Ameisenvogel - Sipia laemosticta
This bird is always on the ground of the dark rain forest.
Black-Capped Chickadee.
Between 4 3/4 to 5 3/4 inches long. Black cap and throat, white cheeks, gray back and dull white underparts. Wing feathers edged with white.
They can be found in deciduous and mixed forests, and open woodlands and suburban areas in winter.
They range from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to northern California and east to northern New Jersey. They winter south to Maryland and Texas.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Sidmouth is a town situated on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England. This was taken in October on a day when the weather could not make up its mind whether to be sunny or dull!
A dull wet day and then, suddenly, just before sunset, a gap in the clouds!
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It was a delightful sunny morning at the nearby park. I was hoping to capture some hummingbirds at the cherry trees before the color is over and the lovely blossoms are gone. Got lucky when this female Anna’s hummer came out of the branches and gave me a show. Made my day ;-)
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Anna’s Hummingbird:
Tiny among birds, Anna’s are medium-sized and stocky for a hummingbird. They have a straight, shortish bill and a fairly broad tail. When perched, the tail extends beyond the wingtips.
Anna’s Hummingbirds are mostly green and gray, without any rufous or orange marks on the body. The male's head and throat are covered in iridescent reddish-pink feathers that can look dull brown or gray without direct sunlight.
Anna’s Hummingbirds are a blur of motion as they hover before flowers looking for nectar and insects. Anna’s Hummingbirds are common in yards, parks, residential streets, eucalyptus groves, riverside woods, savannahs, and coastal scrub.
(Nikon Z, 600/6.3, 1/2500 @ f/6.3, ISO 400, edited to taste)
A line from one of my favourite poems.:-)
A walk in the woods near my son's University.Unfortunately it was a cloudy day but there was still a melancholy beauty about the place which I liked inspite of the dull weather.
The third shot I took of the low winter sun rising!
As November turns into December the early mornings can be masked in mist, bright and clear like this, or most often grey and dull. So I tend to grab the chance of the bright photogenic mornings to shoot as much as I can ... to take me through the dull wet mornings 😊
My apologies - but this one seemed perfect for the Saturday Smile challenge of "sunrise". The previous 2 are in the first comment field
HCC and HSoS ;o)
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
iPhone shots: Here
My drive by shots: Here
Local places of interest: Here
Not what I wanted at all. There's supposed to be a castle in the shot. And a lively sea. But things weren't that interesting that week. Flat and dull. And I was looking in the wrong direction.
35028 - Bradenham 01-11-1987 R1067bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
One of the ghastly "ETHEL" train heating diesel locomotives is tucked in behind the locomotive.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...
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