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It means winter is upon us
But wonderful to see those flappy wings and big yellow eyes again
Inconveniently taken the day before lock-down
It's a conundrum!
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“We often mingle with the world, but our discovery is hidden away, as it can be in a small compass, and no one suspects who or what we are. We pass as tourists among our fellow-men.”
– Mystery Airship Pilot 1858-1898
Edit: Wow, this photo was chosen to be the Pic of the Day for Linden Lab. I'm rather taken aback.
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When a Steampunk doctor arrives with alarming equipment and looking gleeful and wide eyed once he removes his Reliquary Fumigator mask...perhaps its time to be sick for another day and slam shut the door in his face. Hilted's Little Flappy managed to hang on while I used my ROSOREGALIA wings, and still looks adorable while everyone stares in horror at the fingers....UNGOD's Steam Injector Claws will certainly concentrate the mind of even the sickest patient.
Get well soon...
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!R! Esteemed Fumigator Visage/ Special Ed.
ROZOREGALIA_KALAVINKA*WING_Friends
HILTED - Little Flappy - Black/Gold (on left shoulder)
UNGOD Steam Injector Claw
@ The Engine Room Till Oct 20th 2020
Sintiklia - Hair Somnus @TMD Event till Sept 30th 2020
[ContraptioN] Thibaut Tailcoat *???* Jake
[ContraptioN] Dapper Dandy's Gloves *ASTROM* A Jake 2.0
Both @Mainstore
LeLUTKA.Head Skyler 2.0 @Mainstore
-Belleza- Jake 2.1 Bento @Mainstore
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Lighting created by winlight sliders in Firestorm.
Pose created me.
Backdrop created by me.
A general sense of horror at the thought of Steampunk doctors treating you while you are sick....your own.
Hollering getting some lift, figuring out how those big flappy things work while mom feeds Hot and Hangry over on the right
An unmistakable large, crow-sized woodpecker, all black with a red crown, which is reduced in females. Powerful, straight, and rather flappy flight without the undulations of other woodpeckers. Very noisy, with a strident "ke-yaa" given when landing or perched and a "krry-krry-krry" call uttered in flight. Found in a range of forest types, especially older mixed forest.
Black Woodpecker female (Dendrocopus martius)_4599
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" Dog Face" Rock formation - Treasure Lake area...Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
the lazy life of couch labs...Shadow and Timber after a tough day or fetching the wubba : ))
Happy Furry Friday!
Visiting @ The looking Glass - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizon%20Dream/15/21/27
Listening to Drake - www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTHCInxt8o&ab_channel=Flappy...
Unmistakable large, crow-sized woodpecker, all black with a red crown, which is reduced in females. Powerful, straight, and rather flappy flight without the undulations of other woodpeckers. Very noisy, with a strident "ke-yaa" given when landing or perched and a "krry-krry-krry" call uttered in flight. Found in a range of forest types, especially older mixed forest.
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American wigeon are such fun birds to photograph ... they're quite beautiful and generally pretty active as they dabble for food, which is generally lots of plant matter. They possess a short bill which allows them to efficiently pluck the vegetation in search of the good stuff, while also allowing them to discard easily what they don't want. This female mama wigeon was taking a break from her babies and thus had a great flappy going on as it arose from the water surface with a strong and purposeful flap and stretch forward of its wings, followed by a back flap ... forward and backward flaps repeated for quite some time before she settled back into position. I just love seeing those feathers like that. After some time her young joined her in the lake. Such is the life. :-)
Hope that you enjoy.
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Another one of those disappearing down a route you weren't expecting whilst reading stuff on the internet.
For some reason I had it in my head that Barley Mow was a character from a children's TV programme. I initially thought it was either The Magic Roundabout or Trumpton.
This led to a good hour I won't get back reading about them. I now know that The Magic Roundabout was a French programme that was dubbed into English and the script, storylines and characters bore no reflection on the French version. Dougal was called Pollux ( after Castor and Pollux, so presumably must've had a twin sibling in the French version,) and is supposed to be a drop eared Skye Terrier. Dylan, the hippy rabbit was named after Bob Dylan and in the French version was called Flappy. Now I'm not saying the world is a little messed up because of children's TV programmes but it might go some way to explaining one or two things!
Similar journeys happened for Trumpton, Mr Benn and finally Bod, where I realised I wasn't remembering incorrectly and the farmer was called 'Farmer Barleymow.'
Mr Benn was on immediately after Bod and reminded me of a rather drunken night where a friend came up with the line 'Bennliness is next to Bodliness,' which at the time was hysterical.
This led on to why some pubs are called the Barley Mow which led to the history behind popular pub names in the UK.
It dates back to 1393 under the reign of Richard ll when he ordered pubs to have a sign hanging outside them with a picture on it as the population was largely illiterate. This was done so the monarchy could gather more taxes. Many landlords opted for something to do with the trade they were in, hence pubs with names like The Barley Mow and The Three Barrels etc. Others opted for a Royal theme, thus The White Hart was born, after Richard ll's main heraldic symbol and showed the landlord was loyal to the monarch. The Rose and Crown became popular after the end of The War of the Roses.
Freshly fledged juvenile Peregrine Falcon getting the hang of those flappy things. Taken on Saturday - left the nest Wednesday.
Norwich Cathedral.
I love these birds, they manage to be clumsy, awkward, delicate, dainty, elegant, powerful, brutish and magnificent all at the same time.. Well, not all at the same time, in fact I don't know why I said that, most of the time they just look awkward. But when they come into land, then they look magnificent.
Best viewed zoomed
Green Heron (a.k.a. Little Green Heron; Butorides virescens) - Center Road, (a.k.a. P.A.P.I. Lights Road), Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Wilson, Florida
First he got flappy, then landed and gave me The Eye.
"Remember the photo of this same series? I had made it through my first month (almost) of life. It was time to celebrate that milestone as little goslings aren't always this lucky.
I had discovered these flappy things on my back and loved using them too. I would often jump up and down, flapping these things and run quick spurts for exercise. Mom and dad said soon enough I would be needing these things called wings to fly up, up, up high. I can't wait!"
- The Gosling ❤️-
This may be the baby Osprey's first flight. I had watched it earlier flappy vigorously to strengthen it's wings and some hopping up into the air. About 30 minutes later from the other side I watched it fly from one end of the nest to the other. It would bet it will leave the nest very soon. As the only "food" I saw the adult bring was a stick, twice.
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Flappy flappy little one - A young Sandhill Crane colt tests out it's stubby little wings in the sunrise light as it follows its parents around eating breakfast at the wetlands.
Wood ducks are among the most beautiful ducks ... at least the male is with all of its colors shining in the sunlight.
This particular day, there were lots of them swimming about, males and females, and this male decided to climb out of the water and onto the ice. It was shaking off the excess water and flapping its wings back and forth. It was so fascinating to observe and photograph.
Happy Winter Solstice. Hope that your Tuesday has been good to you so far. :-)
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
My favorite grebe is the eared grebe, especially in their breeding plumage. Found this one solo on the surface of the golden light shining down on the surface of the water. It was imitating the sequence of puffing up partially out of the water, getting ready to perform a wing "flappy", as I call it.
These grebes spend 3/4 of their lives flightless ... making them the world's longest flightless birds (at least of those who are capable of flight, of course).
I just love the way that red eye stands out and how the golden light matches its golden ear tufts.
I hope that everyone has a golden day today. :-)
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Unmistakable large, crow-sized woodpecker, all black with a red crown, which is reduced in females. Powerful, straight, and rather flappy flight without the undulations of other woodpeckers. Very noisy, with a strident "ke-yaa" given when landing or perched and a "krry-krry-krry" call uttered in flight. Found in a range of forest types, especially older mixed forest.
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) female Spring_L4104
*sings.... Pigeon hoppin n boppn, wing flapping jive yeah yeaahhhhh
hitting the happy town beat feathers on heat.
Wilbur Dances like everyone's watching and knows his the Beat!
explore the alleys and side streets for cool places.
Shot @ The Backyard.
Sorry, but I will not be revealing the location of this hooded merganser. If I did, the throngs of excited birders would likely "flock" to the location, disturbing the bird and annoying the patrons of the Port Orchard Marina. Oh... oops.
This may be the baby Osprey's first flight. I had watched it earlier flappy vigorously to strengthen it's wings and some hopping up into the air. About 30 minutes later from the other side I watched it fly from one end of the nest to the other. It would bet it will leave the nest very soon. As the only "food" I saw the adult bring was a stick, twice.