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Good morning everyone. And as the title indicates, I finally got some pics of a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis). Been a long time coming since I first spotted one a little over a month ago.
The day this was taken three appeared, but only briefly together. Plus with the colder temps they are now visiting daily. But you need to be there at the right time with camera in-hand when they do. Plus very patient as they are hyper little birds and rarely ever sit still for long.
Just two pics of the same bird on different tree limbs, of which the second one can be found in the comment section and my stream. And while it's difficult to differentiate between gender, I'm pretty sure this is a male.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day and weekend.
Lacey
ISO1600, aperture f/5.6, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 450mm
Horses waiting for their suppliment feed before the Roans arrive, Winter grass has no nutrician at present. Cody left caught coming to a sudden stop
Day 059 - 365/2023 - A Never-Ending Journey
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Night & day
After having to wait for over 2 hours for a conductor to finally arrive, CSX L810 departs Cedartown after working GEO Specialty Chemicals, as seen here as they cross the diamond with Norfolk Southern’s Cedartown District. The reason for the massive delay is a bit unique to this line. Due to union agreements, because this subdivision is former SCL territory & the crews for it would have been based out of Birmingham back when it the whole line between Birmingham & Atlanta was still connected, this local is still manned by “SCL crews” that are based out of Birmingham, even though Cartersville is the official on duty-off duty location. Normally, this isn’t much of a fuss in part because the regular guys that hold it live fairly close & CSX gives whoever works it an extra $100-plus per day for working it as travel reimbursement essentially. This week, however, the regular conductor that holds it was on vacation, so they were having to pull from the extra board for conductors & on this day, they weren’t able to finally get a conductor out of Birmingham to Cartersville until sometime after 9am. This was annoying for me since I had to be at work that afternoon, thus resulting in a short chase for me, but at least a bunch of others had the chance to get it as a result of its late departure. 10-12-23
North Leverton Windmill this evening.
I don't normally shoot star trails this long as I usually nearly die of boredom waiting for the sequence to finish. But when you're in good company with high quality banter, the time just flies by!
This is 223 x 30 second exposures before my battery died....
For the people who were wondering, why I wasn't taking pictures anymore...
I was very busy in the last 3 months with the writing of my phD-Thesis.
Today I finally submitted it!
Now I have to prepare my disputation...
and in 6 weeks from now it will be the end :) !
I finally had the CN heritage unit that matters to me, leading a train of mine. WC painted 3069 for this former WC employee on the point of 93 cars loaded with corn heading to Canada. Unfortunately, the sun was damn near straight down the tracks when the only opportunity during my trip to grab a shot in the daytime (late afternoon) presented itself.
I owe this shot to my husband who spotted this owl in a tree by the road. I approached it slowly and this is as close as I finally got. He gave me 10 seconds and then flew across to a field, luckily for me, on a fence…Happy Friday everyone. :)
Finally got caught by an under cover SL cop ... They say I'm facing 5 to 10 ... THEM BASTARDS!!! lol
For the past several years, I have hoped to get a full on frontal photograph of the Lover's Lane Falls located in the Olympic National Park.
I finally did.
My kids and I tromped through some very heavy underbrush to get this particular angle that you see above. I had hoped to repel down (probably fall, breaking bones!) to the base of the falls, but thought better of this idea based on the steepness of the gorge. It is possible with perhaps more than just a rope. More planning is needed!
We had a wonderful day in the Sol Duc forest and as always, were grateful for each others good company :)
Mons
Nouvelle gare | New station
Située à proximité du centre de la ville de Mons, la gare fut mise en service en 1841 par les Chemins de fer de l'État belge et reconstruite à trois reprises depuis lors.
Le troisième bâtiment, qui datait de 1952, a été démoli en 2013 puis est progressivement remplacé par une nouvelle gare, conçue par l'architecte Santiago Calatrava ; le budget, prévu à 37 millions d'euros en 2006, atteint 480 millions en 2024 (en fin de chantier), soit 13 fois le montant initial.
En août 2023, la fin des travaux de la nouvelle gare (prévue à l'origine pour début 2015) est annoncée pour février 2024. En mai 2024, le chantier « touche à sa fin». La nouvelle gare a finalement été mise en service le 18 décembre 2024 et sera inaugurée le 31 janvier 2025.
source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_Mons#La_gare_de_Santiago_Ca...
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Located near the centre of the city of Mons, the station was opened in 1841 by the Belgian State Railways and has been rebuilt three times since then.
The third building, which dated from 1952, was demolished in 2013 to be gradually replaced by a new station, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava; the budget, planned at 37 million euros in 2006, reached 480 million in 2024 (at the end of the construction), i.e. 13 times the initial amount.
In August 2023, the end of the work on the new station (originally planned for early 2015) was announced for February 2024. In May 2024, the construction site "neared its end".
The new station was finally opened on 18 December 2024 and will be inaugurated on 31 January 2025.
We are trying to get out of the deep darkness in Europe ... perhaps Christmas Light will show us the right way to take back our future.
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Stiamo cercando di uscire dal buio profondo in Europa ... forse la luce del Natale ci indicherà la strada giusta per riprenderci il futuro.
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Happy Immaculate Day and ♪♫♪♫ Merry Christmas ♪♫♪♫ to ♥ ♥ ♥ Everyone ♥ ♥ ♥
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L.A. Arboretum:
It took a while, but I finally got a decent shot of the very attractive male Hooded Merganser. Yay!!! :-)
After spending most of the day sitting on the main & even having a yard crew use for a little to switch the train, M841 departs Etowah with the 3194 on the point. 9-18-22
finally set up a little store for all your oder merch :P sticker packs and a canvas up right now, therell be things up here and there.
I have finally seen 703 take to the sky even though it was in some pretty grotty weather but I had to seize my chance!
So here is Tarnish 9 taking 703, a Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado on another sortie from Warton.
From my recent trip to Northern California.
San Francisco, California, USA
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Finally. June2026. Another structure that I have snapped 4 or 5 times(I don’t bracket)film is expensive. Always had one issue or another. Failure and a win is always nice. Used to be home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas USA. KodakTX400@640. NikonFE2. Nikkor28-105mm. YellowFilter. HC110(f)1:79. AGOFilmProcessor-17minutes. Water Stop. IlfordRapidFix-5minutes. Washed-10minutes. KodakPhotoFlo-1minute. CameraScan:FujifilmXH1.
Something new is out !
After a lot of debating, I finally released my first BENTO animated stands for AO.
"DokiDoki" is a set of 5 cute and feminine stands, with natural breathing effect and light hand/arm animations.
several priority options included.
Now out in cosmopolitan event.
Giving them a trial run lol - always room to improve, but I like them ^^
If you're curious and want to demo - URL:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/128/128/41
Thank you so much to the talented and lovely Sabina Valeska, for making this teaser video <3
More to come....