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There are a variety of reasons a bird will fluff out its feathers. I watched this one for a couple of minutes, and his feathers were fluffed out the whole time.
A young mute swan gliding past on the loch.
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(Cygnus olor)
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Another from our family outing up to Hogganfield Loch.
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A great location I will visit again, a large shallow loch with a wooded island on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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Canon 60D, handheld Bigma @ 500mm.
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Best seen Large on black - Press L
Doubleday hardbound - SFBC edition - printed 1976
comments by CR:
Starlight - Alfred Bester - [634 - Anthology - SF - 10-09-2015]
"Starlight" is an anthology of stories written by Alfred Bester (1913-87). All 16 stories were first published 1941-74 in science-fiction magazines - mostly "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" and a few in "Astounding". The book also includes two non-fiction selections. One is a short appreciation of Isaac Asimov (1920-92). The other item is a lengthy essay by Bester titled "My Affair with Science Fiction". For fans and those just curious this essay is cause sufficient to pick up this anthology. Each story has a perceptive introduction by the author, which this reader found very informative. In fact these introductions are almost as interesting as the stories insofar as we are given Bester's mental ruminations concerning how he came up with his ideas.
Before I comment of the stories the actual book "Starlight" Nelson Doubleday, copyright 1976, 409 pages is a merging of two other Alfred Bester anthologies: "Star Light Star Bright" and "The Light Fantastic".
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC:
"5,271,009" - 36 pgs. - This is the smartest talking devil-wise guy you will ever encounter in fiction.
"Ms. Found in a Champagne Bottle" - 4 pgs. - When the machines take over and last rich man expires we can a breath a sage of relief.
"Fondly Fahrenheit" - 21 pgs. - An overlong take on a deranged robot that goes rogue when it get steamy hot.
"The Four-Hour Fugue" - 19 pgs. - A scientist was concocts exotic perfumes has a strange hobby after hours.
"The Man who Murdered Mohammed" - 14 pgs. - An above average time travel story.
"Disappearing Act" - 19 pgs. - War is madness and combined with time travel it really gets out of hand.
"Hell is Forever" - 76 pgs. - The longest story in the book and the only one I gave up on - much too long in my opinion - the author sure liked it he gave it a 5 pages introduction.
STAR LIGHT - STAR BRIGHT
"Adam and No Eve" - 14 pgs. - A gimmick story that probably was must better in 1941 when it was first published.
"Time is the Traitor" - 23 pgs. - Obsession of the manic wealthy and love lost.
"Oddy and Id" - 18 pgs. - A man who can manipulate events is beyond the control on mere mortals.
"Hobson's Choice" - 16 pgs. - A ho-hum time-travel story.
"Star Light Star Bright" - 18 pgs. - Stuart Buchanan was an above average 5th grader who disappeared when his vacation essay drew the interest of some low-life lawyers.
"They Don't Make Life Like they Used To" - 44 pgs. - The last man and women eventually conclude they are the new Adam and Eve.
"Of Time and Third Avenue" - 10 pgs. - The "oh yes" moment is the last sentence of this excellent story.
"Isaac Asimov" - 5 pgs. - A non-fiction tribute to the good doctor.
"The Pi Man" - 20 pgs. - Any story that makes charts out of words turns me off - like this one did.
"Something Up There Likes Me" - 25 pgs. - A NASA satellite becomes, well, super intelligent is this piece of dated fluff.
"My Affair With Science Fiction" - 22pgs A candid semi-biography of the author's love-hate relationship with science-fiction
One Turkey was walking towards another male making there noise when the other one lowered all it's feathers n walk away.
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You need the fluffiest ears imaginable, you need them for reasons.
Mesh ears in a variety of colors with a link to a PSD file for modding.
Check them out at tumblr: darkendstare.tumblr.com/post/101297285510/my-first-market...
Fluffed Junco
This Junco fluffed up against the cold. Captured next to my birdfeeder. Another example of my "casual" approach to bird photography.
Spofford, NH
Jeff Newcomer, NEPG Member
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At first I thought the white fluff falling from the sky, blowing on the wind, and coating the ground was dandelion fluff, that didn't make sense. A friend from Texas told me she thought it was cottonwood, but I didn't think we had cottonwood trees here. Turns out cottonwood is a type of poplar, and this shedding of white fluff is something poplars do. I only vaguely remember it from past years.
This was along the side of the road.
Maybe I should have saved this for worm's eye view Sunday, but I wanted to post it at the same time as the one with the stuff coming from the sky! (see one photo over)
In the right-of-way of the approach to the Ottawa Rail Bridge
Ottawa, Illinois 41.339316, -88.847120
Thanks to James Ulrich for being the guide on this US 6 road trip.
August 26, 2020
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My upstairs neighbour's cat had kittens when they weren't home and the mother killed all but one. This is Fluff, the only surviving kitten a few days after he was born.
The Northern Shrike, like other shrikes, kills more prey, if it can, than it can immediately eat or feed to nestlings. Such behavior was characterized by early observers as "wanton killing," but the Northern Shrike stores excess prey to eat later. Storing food is an adaptation for surviving periods of food scarcity.
The Latin species name of the Northern Shrike, Lanius excubitor, means "Butcher watchman."
The nest of the Northern Shrike is an open cup, but it is so deep that while incubating, the female is completely out of view except for the tip of her tail.
Description
Size: 23-24 cm (9-9 in)
Wingspan: 30-35 cm (12-14 in)
Weight: 56-79 g (1.98-2.79 ounces)
Medium-sized songbird.
Gray back.
Whitish throat and chest.
Black mask.
Large head.
Medium-long tail.
Stout bill with hook at end.
Wings black with white patch.
Tail black with white outer feathers.
Faint wavy gray barring across chest.
Bill black, with base of lower mandible pale in winter.
Narrow white stripe above face mask.
Black of mask not extending over bill.
Eyes dark brown.
Legs and feet black.
Population trends are difficult to assess because of the Northern Shrike's rarity and remoteness of its breeding habitat. Large areas of suitable breeding habitat in Alaska and northern Canada are protected.
www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Sh...