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just a little image to show how busy the flight of a puffin really is..
fantastic litle birds............
Seen the other day in the yard. Interesting in that when I look at the color version I see the birds taking flight against the sky and tree bokeh which is on the verge of Fall colors. You can see the color version in the first comment. When I look at the B&W version I see an amazing pattern of light and shadow (step back a bit) and then when I look closer I see all the wings and birds in flight. To me, it's all about the pattern in the B&W version.
There are seemingly thousands of Canadian Geese living on Sandbar Island - as dusk approaches they take off to who knows where... every so often a flock will swoop over your head, honking like a traffic jam.
The CPR Bridge is my favourite thing about Saskatoon thus far... outside of school, of course.
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This was one of the more difficult memorials to visit for several reasons. The first and most obvious is the loss of 110 people. The second is the difficulty in finding it. At the time of our visit you had to drive through a construction storage area. There are no signs marking it from the road. The third and last reason is the condition of the memorial itself. It desperately needed better upkeep. There was trash and weeds everywhere and the markers themselves needed a good cleaning.
(Six photos in the series)
"This sobering memorial honors the memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed May 11, 1996 in the Everglades. The cause of the crash was determined to be due to expired oxygen generators being improperly carried in the cargo hold. All of the passengers and crew lost their lives during the crash. The memorial was built in 1999 for the third anniversary of the crash."
Source: Atlas Abscura
These two fledgling Burrowing Owls were practicing their concealment skills along Joe Overstreet Road . I think they need to work on it a little more . Mom was only two fence post down keeping a close watch.
In Florida, burrowing owls mainly eat insects, especially grasshoppers and beetles. They can be of special benefit in urban settings since they also consume roaches and mole crickets. Other important foods are small lizards, frogs, snakes, birds, and rodents.
Eggs are primarily laid in March but nesting can occur from October through May. The female lays six to eight eggs over a one-week period. She will incubate the eggs for 21 to 28 days.
At hatching, the young owls are covered with white downy feathers and have their eyes closed. They emerge from the burrow when they are 2 weeks old. At 4 weeks, they are learning to fly but cannot fly well until 6 weeks old. They remain with their parents until they are 12 weeks old.
These two could fly and I observe one of them fly up to the top of a fence post but, I would not call it exactly graceful flight. (smile)
Flight @2020 Akrotiri, Limassol Cyprus -----------------------------------------------------
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Theme : Portrait - Long Exposure Photography Series : Water Nymphs
Location: Akrotiri, Limassol Cyprus
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Up, up, flight I dream.
This is straight from the camera, with some cropping.
I like this, but debated posting. Comments, good or bad are greatly appreciated.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for the visit.
I have never seriously tried to photograph butterflies in flight but a large number of Brimstones when I was at Rutland made me try. Brimstones are rare where I live in the Pennines because their foodplants (Buckthorn/Alder Buckthorn) are absent, so I rarely get photo-opportunities with them. But I wanted to capture the elusive upperwing, which is always clamped tightly shut when they rest. I managed a couple of shots where they were fluttering at a flower, showing some upperwing, but this is a full-on upperwing shot in flight. It is a male, with sulphur yellow wings, after which it was named Brimstone. The female is more of a pale green hue.
They apparently overwinter as adult butterflies among thickets of ivy, and are usually the first butterflies to appear out of hibernation during the first spell of warm weather after winter. Though in my area I usually see Small Tortoiseshells or Peacocks first.
Hooded Mergener and wife seen floating along the Okanagan River in Oliver today (Nov 12). While it was a welcoming sight for a camera, i believe they might have missed their flight on American Airlines. I hope they know what they're in for.
I was sitting on the river bank in Ogmore wondering if the gulls and geese would ever take off. All of a sudden a spaniel jumped in and they sure did move. Funny how they all flew towards him, i guess their instict was to go in the same direction as the ones who started the flight. The spaniel never caught anything apart form a cold perhaps
PS The swan looks unconcerned but 10 secs later it too was taking off
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