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This Moorhen was fluffing his feathers up for quite a length of time and I am pleased I managed to get a nice photograph of it. They build large untidy nests on the water in spring but when this bird is not nesting it spends more time out of the water than in it. They have a varied diet anything from snails, insects, small fish and berries, when these birds are disturbed they normally take cover under vegetation as they are not very good at flying but if it does fly its only for short distances and not very elegantly. When its breeding season the male bird swims towards the female with its bill in the water and the two birds eventually nibble at each others feathers when this behaviour stops the birds then find a suitable place to build their nest which is made up of twigs and they will defend the nest vigorously. The female bird lays between 7 and 8 eggs and they take turns to incubate them, this is for about 3 weeks and its both birds that look after the chicks, the chicks do not have a bright red shield when they hatch. It has been documented that Moorhens have eaten other Moorhens eggs if they get the chance and it is believed they do this as a precaution to protecting their own eggs. Moorhens have been known to have 2 to 3 broods in a season also its possible that their previous years birds will help their parents with the current brood.
NS I78 enters Suffolk VA with a very long train of intermodal heading to portlock yard with two BNSF gevos and a UP gevo trailing. Goodness the foreign power has been awesome recently, you would think we were in Iowa lol. This train did put a smile on my face. i love my NS but to see a train with no black and white was a nice change of paces. I did plan on catching this in Downtown Suffolk but ended up checking google maps and wanted to go for a shot. Half way to the spot, i realized that i would be shotting completed backlit. It was to late for me to turn back so i had to make it work. I end up walking down a little on the lit side and ended shotting next to a farmers cotton felid and sitting on a stick of wood to get some height. I ended up puling this off and I'm super happy with it. It may still just be a wedge shot but I'm still pleased with the results
Fluffs, dust and scratches on glass plate I use to create my MacroMondays macros make me always some headache. But for todays theme the fluffs monster transforms to an elegant dancing queen.
Seeds of butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, photographed in situ. This orange-flowered milkweed is not invasive here. It also isn't toxic enough to protect monarch caterpillars from their prey. Monarch butterflies will stop for nectar on the flower but will not lay eggs, given a better alternative.
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I wanted to test out the new EOS R grip so I went out in the light rain. This guy was al cuffed up. Coming from the 1dx II, I really like the feel of the grip.
Sorry for posting so many today, feels like play instead of work. Love days like this except no actual work is getting done.
7DWF Wednesdays Theme: Macro or Close-up.
This fluffed-up Woodpigeon was trying to keep warm perched between two branches, I don't blame it either!!!!
It was "Brass-monkeys" really chilly.
By Sean.
Sweet little Blue Tit. E-M1 MKII/100-400mm.
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This place belongs to my personal story ever since - here I can experiment the taste of freedom, of gift and peace.
I have scores of photos showing the monumental dolomitic ridge of the Pietra Grande, and it's so much nailed into my heart that those clouds won't remove it!
Madonna di Campiglio, western Dolomiti di Brenta - Italy.
Cold temperatures during Minnesota winters is responsible for many actions that are not needed in warmer months.
For us humans, we put on layers of clothing to ward off the cold. We find it more difficult to move around freely as we did last summer and as an added negative, we tend to eat more resulting in many life-like Santa Claus profiles.
Wildlife similarly adjust as well. Some species can go days without eating during severe stretches of winter. Others head south before the cold sets in.
For birds like this Goldfinch, fluffing up their feathers is their way of simulating Thinsulate wear. For this wee bird that weighs about the same as a ketchup packet in a cafe, the fluffing traps their body heat so that during the worst of the winter helps them survive temperatures lower than -40F for nearly a day at a time.
I do worry a little about how they keep their feet warm. I may know somebody in our house that wouldn’t let them in bed.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
This male Magpie Lark (Peewee) was all fluffed up with the hot weather and needed to preen. It is interesting to see the patterning in its feathers. They can be annoying, ubiquitous birds but are lovely to see. Grallina cyanoleuca. It seems the male bird has a black throat and white eyebrow. Happy Wing Wednesday. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie-lark
.......love the Long Tailed Tit's, taken in gloomy light. Sony A9/200-600mm.
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Created for the TMI October contest: "Clouds, the design of the sky".
Created with Wombo using my photo as a template and then blending with that same photo in PS.
Usually I see these Reddish Egrets back lit. At first this one was back lit too, but then he flew away.
It took me about 20 minutes to to reach him in his new fishing grounds. Luckily for me, the light was good there.
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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