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Tug crew has a front row seat as they bring the Plover Arrow up the Yarra River to Appleton Dock Melbourne.
You can see why, in the past, the Double -barred Finch was sometimes referred to as the "Owl Finch". The white face, outlined with black, slightly resembled a little Barn Owl. They were also called Bicheno's Finch.
The periwinkle is probably to be considered in full bloom in the front yard, always delightful at this time of year.
Contrails in the morning sky - vapour trails from jets hang about longer to the naked eye. When the warm front close. 20 mins before the sky was red, shepard's warning.
"The common open-country woodpecker of eastern Mexico and northern Central America. It crosses the border mainly in southern Texas, where it is very common, noisy, and conspicuous. Similar in appearance and behavior to its relative, the Red-bellied Woodpecker. Where their ranges meet in Texas and Oklahoma, the two species aggressively defend territories against each other, and they sometimes interbreed."
www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/golden-fronted-woodpecker
I took this and the other photos in this south Texas bird series as a participant in Brian Loflin's South Texas Bird Photography workshop.
After a fabulous day over the Settle-Carlisle line with just a couple of disappointments, notwithstanding the reduced exhaust effects brought about by the higher than the forecast temperature, it was too much to ask for yet another shot of the 'Waverley' charter in sunshine. A weather front had rapidly closed in since I had left the summit at Ais Gill and it was touch and go whether to call it a day and head on home. I am never one to give up as easily as that though! A late departure from Hellifield was forced upon the charter, as a result of a late-running Carlisle to Leeds service, the 'Waverley' being held for twenty-two minutes. This allowed sufficent time for the clouds to roll in, leaving just a few small and brief intermittent periods of brighter light between the thicker cloud cover. With the best exhaust of the day that I had witnessed from the Gresely 'A3' Pacific, it was getting into its stride with a full head of steam, successfully clawing back time on its schedule when a chink of light through the clouds illuminated the scene sufficently to provide a glint on the locomotive and train and provided some contrast to the scene. 60103 'Flying Scotsman' heads the 1Z46 16:16 Carlisle to York 'Waverley' charter near Otterburn on Sunday 13th August 2017 . And what a finale to a most memorable day!
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Here’s one of the regulars from the Lower Rio Grande Valley from this past week. The Golden-fronted Woodpecker is high on my list of must see birds when in south Texas and this one performed beautifully.
Melanerpes aurifrons
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A very strong blustery cold front blasted its way through Newcastle this afternoon, moving tree canopies around and stripping deadwood from them.
HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f2.8 with ND1000 filter.
Day 20 of Pentax Forum's Daily in July 2018 Challenge.
A westbound South Shore train is coming into the reverse curve on 11th St. The front and rear of the train can be seen now that several houses have been torn down for the double track project.
Jacamará Coroniazul , Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Galbula cyanescens.
Hacienda Armorique
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Manif "contre la loi sécurité globale à Paris et lutte contre la précarité" qui était organisée de la Porte des Lilas à la Place de la République.
J'ai rejoint la manif à pied (un peu avant 14 h, heure de départ officielle du cortège), en remontant la rue St Fargeau puis en prenant le bd Gambetta. J'ai été sidérée par le nombre de policiers tout le long de mon trajet, une véritable armée. Entre 13h30 et 14h, rue Saint Fargeau, des centaines de gendarmes, et plus d'une centaines de cars de gendarmes qui étaient garés (moteur ronflant) cul à cul tout le long de la rue St Fargeau. A partir du bd Gambetta, des centaines de CRS formaient une double file de chaque côté du boulevard. Ils laissaient passer les passants qui visiblement rejoignaient la manif (et qui allaient repartir dans l'autre sens avec le cortège). C'était impressionnant, toute cette armée policière en tenue robocop, et important à bien avoir en tête pour comprendre la suite...
Quand j'ai appris en effet par la suite qu'il y avait eu des "casseurs" bd Gambetta, la manipulation était évidente : c'était IMPOSSIBLE, avec cette armée de policiers en place une demi-heure avant le départ, de casser, sans leur "accord", une vitrine ou une voiture, alors même que les forces de police étaient assez nombreuses (des centaines) pour former une double haie d'honneur tout le long du bd Gambetta !
On devine évidemment l'objectif de cette manipulation (parce que cela en est une) pour la police, la préfecture et l'Etat : on communique à fond sur des "casseurs" en ne parlant que de "violences" de manifestants (les manifestants n'étaient pas violents) au lieu évidemment de parler des violences policières, de la loi de "sécurité globale", des bavures policières, des yeux crevés de manifestants... ce pourquoi on était venu manifester. Une diversion grossière.
Et je ne parle même pas de la suite : on enfume les manifestants avec des gaz lacrymo, on les "nasse", on les oblige à quitter le cortège par les petites rues adjacentes (impossible de revenir ensuite). Et on communique en donnant des chiffres sous-évalués du nombre réel de manifestants pour dire que la mobilisation s'affaiblit. Tout cela largement relayé par certains gros médias très complaisants qui s'égosillent sur les "casseurs".
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Yeah.. routine again.. and bad weather has come again.. I want summer holidays..
Sí.. la rutina otra vez.. y el mal tiempo ha vuelto de nuevo.. quiero vacaciones de verano..
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