Milkweed Seed

World Famous Frazier Studio

Elgin, Illinois

November 23, 2020

Technical: AB400 in socked beauty dish camera right, triggered by pocketwizard

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Lynn shot this guy when he was all fluffed up

My attempt to turn something pastel - definitely a challenge for someone who loves highly saturated colors. HSS!

Purple sandpiper fluffing up its feather

Looks like first snow on the street...but it is not, it is seeds from nearby willow trees, dropping them now, end of November.

Fluff wild flower seeds

A quick flick on the hook and the water drops fly. The Spotted Towhee is damp from its bath, now ragged and fluffed.

Fynn enjoyed some outdoor time this morning as the weather was quite nice. I tried to take some photos of him which turned out to be rather difficult as he behaved like a crazy kitten. Lots of blurry shots were the result. In the meantime all cats are indoors again as we are expecting stormy weather later this afternoon. The main storm front will hit northern Germany and we are in the south, so I hope that it won't be too bad but I still prefer if the cats stay at home until it's over.

The lumberjacks (Perisoreus canadensis) are quite fluffed these days, increasing loft in their feathers during the cold, to hold more body heat.

Another -40 f (-40 C) morning.

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another pic of the rook on the garden wall ,don't often get a chance to get this close to these.taken through a double glazed window

Cotton candy clouds

Strange weather here in W. Kentucky! Bitter cold, (well for Kentucky) and then 75 degrees, and then temps plummet and tornadoes carve a path of death and destruction through the Mid South. Prayers, please, for those who lost loved ones and for those who lost things they loved.

Ya gotta love it when you get a shot like this!

Mallard hen fluffs her wing feathers, Palace of Fine Arts

Taken at Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN

Gray Jay looking well fed. Manning Provincial Park, BC

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Shot by Nikon D500 with 500mm f/5.6E PF lens.

The last of my Bohemian Waxwing shots from the weekend. The sun had finally come out after the earlier driving rain. It was still very windy so this bird was turned into the wind and 'fluffed up' for warmth.

This shot was taken at Radnor Lake. The owl had for some reason fluffed up, while resting, and here is the shot!

Little Owl sitting in abandoned building fluffing himself up to keep warm

Another occasional visitor.

love how he is so colorful here. He's sitting in my ornamental flowering plum tree. it's raining just a little

This is taken from my upper back deck which sits about even with where this little guy was

Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, El Paso, TX

We just had this go over plus it left lots of hard rain, some hail but no damage and lots of lightning with rolling thunder.

backyard visit

I found this old slide recently,it was taken sometime in the late 70's. Fluff was my grandad's dog who we adopted when my grandad died. Camera was most probably a Pentax MV.

From my archives!

Back to the task at hand -- afterall, can't have untidy cushions!

A portrait of our Top Cat, our much loved old Fluff who is beginning to look old now.