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Fencepost made with new and traditional materials. West Central Texas, USA.
Camera: Argus C3, Tele-Sandmar 100mm lens
Film: Ultrafine Extreme 400 35mm
Developing: Caffenol-C
This winter has had an early start temperature wise, 13 degrees this morning. Hope you all are warm and cozy this morning.
The sweet, lazy whistles of Eastern Meadowlarks waft over summer grasslands and farms in eastern North America. The birds themselves sing from fenceposts and telephone lines or stalk through the grasses, probing the ground for insects with their long, sharp bills. On the ground, their brown-and-black dappled upper parts camouflage the birds among dirt clods and dry grasses. But up on perches, they reveal bright-yellow underparts and a striking black chevron across the chest.
The Eastern Meadowlark breeds throughout eastern and central North America and in Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. This year-round Florida resident is not a lark, as its name suggests, but is in the same family as blackbirds and orioles. In size and shape, a perched meadowlark resembles a starling, but it is quail-like in its explosive take-off from the ground. Insects make up the bulk of the meadowlark's diet, but grass and weed seeds are also consumed.
Eastern Meadowlarks are common on the prairies and pastures of the Florida peninsula, and are found throughout the state in suitable open habitat, including croplands and golf courses. In general, however, scientists have noted gradual population declines throughout the eastern meadowlark's range, probably due to habitat loss. I found this one singing up a storm along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Just a bunch of mosses growing in an old fencepost with what looks like a stream running through it, that's actually a bit of rotting fencepost!
365/97 - Year 10 Photo 3384
Just about anything can look good if there is enough frost on it, including this fencepost and twisted barbed wire.
sorry for my extreme lack of flickrism lately. fall slaughters me. everyone seems to think autum is the only time to have a photo-session for their dog. i'm quadruple-booked until the end of November ... squeeze-in sessions booked on top of squeeze-in sessions ... it's insane.
yesterday the goober accompanied me on a shoot. this doesn't happen often, of course, but in this case (like others) the client was a dog whom merrick knows (in past cases, it has been with repeat clients whom merrick has met). after shooting the client's dog on this post, we started to move on, and then i stopped ... took five minutes to work with the boy on the post because i couldn't resist the skies.
by the way, due to marketing and all that stuff, i've been posting a lot more on the scruffy dog facebook page. i will absolutely try to catch up here on flickr, but if you're wanting to keep up with the all the crazy faces and shoots, following the scruffy dog facebook page. is really your best bet.
Fencepost jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa; Arachnida, Salticidae - Belgium, Boom, 26th November 2023).
Focus stack in the greenhouse, based on 126 images; assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax).
Sony A7RM5 + Metabones adapter + Canon MP-E 65mm at 2x; ISO-100, f/5, 1/30s, -1.3step, diffused LED light. Exif shows data of last frame (f/9, 1/8s).
I found this one today on a fencepost in the shade of some Scots Pine trees.
365/66 - Year 10 Photo 3353
Monday, 31 May 2021: our temperature is PLUS 22C (windchill PLUS 22C) at 11:00 am. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:40 pm. Sunny. We are in for a few hot days this week, reaching a high of 32C on Thursday.
This morning, I have posted the first five photos taken yesterday, 30 May 2021, during our annual May Species Count. Every year, I look forward to this day, especially as the group of three birders with whom I went, covered so many of the roads that I drive many times.
Our group of four travelled in three cars, abiding by the latest pandemic restrictions. "Avoid in-person interactions with people outside your household, especially indoors." We were driving almost the whole time, apart from a special visit to a very welcoming ranch that I look forward to greatly, and the occasional stop for a few minutes to check for birds at various locations. A great day, and one that we made sure was a safe one.
My alarm clocks were set for 4:45 am, but I woke up at 4:00 am, after just a couple of hours of sleep. An extremely early start does not go well with being a complete night-owl! I left home shortly after 6:30 am, hoping to have just enough time to check for Wilson's Snipes on fence posts at their usual place, before going to our meeting place. This year, I found three of them and managed to grab a few shots. At the end of our day, I drove past this area again, and there was not a single Snipe to be seen.
Most of the birds that were seen were species that i had either not yet seen this year or not taken photos of them. Not necessarily unusual birds, such as the Blue Jay and Pine Siskins, but I have been able to get out so few times this spring, especially for walks.
The highlight of the day for me was when our leader spotted a Bobolink perched on a barbed-wire fence! I had quickly looked for them a couple of times recently, but no luck. They are beautiful birds, with a glorious song, and rarely seen here. Funnily enough, it was in almost the exact spot where i saw one last year, possibly even next to the same fencepost.
Other years, we would call in at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park and eat our lunch in the parking lot. We were able to do this last year, eating lunch in our separate cars, but this year, the parking lot was completely full and the narrow road was lined on both sides with endless cars. So, instead, we pulled over at the side of a road in another area and ate our lunch separately.
A great day to be out and, as always, I really appreciated being out with birders who have so much knowledge and skill.
Thank you, guys! Total mileage was approximately 147 km from and back to home.
Oh, I almost forgot to add that when we were driving along one of the roads - perhaps my most often driven road! - towards the end of the day, a car stopped us and said that a Grizzly Bear had just been seen about 400 metres (or was it feet?) further along the road in the direction we were travelling. Needless to say, we kept an eye open, but there was no sign of it.
Snipe are one of my absolute favourite birds to see and photograph.
"These plump, long-billed birds are among the most widespread shorebirds in North America. They can be tough to see thanks to their cryptic brown and buff coloration and secretive nature. But in summer they often stand on fence posts or take to the sky with a fast, zigzagging flight and an unusual “winnowing” sound made with the tail." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/wilsons_snipe/id
"Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. This species was considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe (G. gallinago) until 2003 when it was given its own species status. Wilson's Snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white trailing edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of the typical seven of the Common Snipe. Its common name commemorates the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson's_snipe
According to Fisher and Acorn's book, "Birds of Alberta", "the common Snipe is both secretive and well camouflaged, so few people notice it until it flushes suddenly from a nearby grassy tussock. As soon as the Snipe takes to the air, it performs a series of quick zigzags - an evasive maneuver designed to confuse predators. Because of this habit, Snipes were among the most difficult birds to shoot (in the days when shorebirds were hunted for sport), and skilled sportsmen were known as "snipers" - a term later adopted by the military."
Shorty, keeping an eye on things.
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