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Female Common Merganser was with a few others as they are the first
to show up here. There will be hundreds later in the season. I have also seen more Bald Eagles showing up as well. They follow the Mergansers.
This weekend we had storm on the isle which brought heavy rain and gusts of wind. Actually theres a wide beach but today there was nothing which was somehow very spectacular!
Using the Sony 1.4 TC. Forced at f/9 in lousy light but I had my shutter up hoping it would fly. In any case, I really don't notice any reduction in sharpness or focus speed in using it. That is a good thing using the full-frame A9...
Fortunately, this was the day after we flew back from the east coast, so our flight wasn't delayed. It was a little early for sticking snow here, and was only a couple of inches. Still, it made the yard look wintery. Of course being the coastal northwest, it melted into rain the next day.
The first snow fell early, on some trees the leaves are still quite green, after three days the snow melts, and the next one will probably fall after Christmas.
While I was out in Arizona on a non-train related vacation, I saw a Facebook post about the Grand Canyon Railway releasing an F40PH painted to celebrate the 250th year of the United States of America. As luck would have it, the innaugural run of it would line up perfectly with our drive home. Here it is departing Williams, AZ, heading to the Grand Canyon.
After arriving in Anchorage we were picking up the rental when we heard 3006 was departing Whittier heading north, in full panic we raced to grab Kelly and shoot south where we made it to Girdwood. Local time is 1020pm and there was enough daylight to chase back all the way to Anchorage in the land of the midnight sun!
First flown in 1940, Corsairs first tasted combat at Guadalcanal. It was there that Corsairs definitely established their aerial superiority over the vaunted Japanese Zero a highly maneuverable aircraft that had previously outperformed all U.S. fighters. The Corsairs were the first American fighters to top 400 miles per hour, and the first to house a 2,000 horsepower engine, making the gull-wing Corsairs the toughest foe faced by enemy pilots. Statements by high
Japanese officers at the end of the war disclosed the fact that they considered the Corsair the top fighter in use by any service in the Pacific.
The nest was about 4-5 m (15 ft) to camera left, and this little goldfinch had just taken it's maiden flight. Mama took awhile to bring it some food, so it sat there and nodded off. Centre Wellington, Ontario. August17, 2022.
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Face Skin: [avarosa] Taeyang LeL EVO X @ Harajuku (December 20th round) *shown on LeLutka Gen
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Eyes: AG. Magnetic Eyes
Hair: Vango. Neil
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