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Got a shot of a backyard visitor yesterday... the Lesser Goldfinch. He was eyeballing me while I put some sun flower seeds in the feeder. It was a good morning : )
Lesser Goldfinches are tiny, stub-billed songbirds with long, pointed wings, and short, notched tails. They are most common in California and Texas, with pockets of local populations throughout the rest of its U.S. range. They are quite small in stature, approximately 2.5 inches tall and weigh approximately ½ oz
Lesser Goldfinches feed in weedy fields, budding treetops, and the brush of open areas and edges. Depending on food availability, they may concentrate in mountain canyons and desert oases, but they are also fairly common in suburbs.
These finches primarily eat seeds of plants in the sunflower family, and they occur all the way south to the Peruvian Andes. Listen closely to their wheezy songs, which often include snippets from the songs of other birds.
(Nikon, 500 mm + TC 1.4, 1/2500 @ f/5.6, ISO 800, edited to taste)
A Tricolored Heron Lurching into the Marsh to catch a little minnow. Within a split second he demonstrated his agility by leaping from a log wirh head under water, then this shot coming up with the minnow, to flying with it.
Somehow I was able to keep this fast flying Peregrine Falcon in frame and using the new eye tracking firmware. My Canon is loaded and ready to fire! Peace Valley Park, New Britain PA.
Got some wild results from reflecting my LED lights in an old CD. I know I say this nearly every week, but I took loads of these and a couple of others for the theme, so difficult to choose the final post!
HMM!
Unusual Patterns
Kuznetsky Most is one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets in the historical center of Moscow.
The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.
Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.
In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.
During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.
After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.
Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.
Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.
Happy to be back here after spending time in hospital.. maybe soon I 'll be able to shoot a few new pictures.. let 's hope to be as lucky! Enjoying yours again anyway!!
Still got the blues (Gary Moore) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_YMLDvvnw&list=LLFwPg4rR56t...
I finally got my flight shot of the White Ibis. It took two years of going back to the Ocean City rookery. Two years ago there was one and you were lucky to see it. I got a shot of it on the ground. Went back yesterday and there were 20 of them flying in and out.
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Hair: Arvil - bonbon [Kustom9 event - June round]
Earrings/ Necklace/ Bangles: D Flame Diamond Set - Majesty X Cold [Cakeday event - June round]
Bikini: Useless bikini (Salmon) - American Bazaar
Special greetings to my English friends - do you still remember this one? Way back in the good old days in 1990; Germany won the championship, but England sang the better song ;-)
New Order - World in Motion (1990)
P.S.: I was always wondering why a football song talks about love - so I did some research. Here is what I found:
When the FA (English Football Association) heard "love's got the world in motion", they asked the band to replace "love's" with "we've". The band refused. "It's an anti-hooligan song", they said.
Looking at all the trouble everywhere around us these days, I'd wish there was more love among men.
Love's got the world in motion - without the world will stop turning.
A great egret in breeding plumage. I've wanted to get a shot like this for a long time and finally got a cooperative egret to pose in the right place and light and season.
Fire Flag Plume Moth (Sphenarches anisodactylus) family Pterophoridae
This one was leading me all around the garden today, finally pausing for a brief rest.
Details here :
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♫♪♫ ... I got the horses in the back
Horse tack is attached
Hat is matte black
Got the boots that's black to match
Riding on a horse, ha
You can whip your Porsche
I been in the valley
You ain't been up off the porch, now ... ♪♫♫
Back yard birding, Yakima County, Washington. I got much better photo of this bird yesterday (Sept. 17) than I did on the 16th, assuming that this is the same bird. Every year a few migrants stop by on their way south. This week I have seen Yellow Warbler and Orange-crowned Warbler. This is a young 1st year bird that I had difficulty identifying the first time I saw it. Smoke cut down on available light and the air quality continues to be reported as hazardous.
The first White-crowned Sparrow of the season showed up yesterday. I saw one at daylight and about an hour latter there were at least 20. I will post photos latter. IMG_3875
Had a wonderful Tennessee trip this year. Got to guide Flickr friend Ruthie Kansas for 2 days plus a 3rd morning. I also got to explore some new locations in Kentucky one of which had more Ceru1ean warblers than I've ever encountered-over 30 singing in a bit over 5 miles of road.
... Got lotta enemies
Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy
They tryna take the wave from a nigga
So tired of savin' all these niggas, mayne!
Fuckin' with the kid and pray for your nigga
Eynergy - Drake - Listen
(Flickr Friday: #321 Adage)
According to the current theme, group members were supposed to represent an adage in a photo. I chose "You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette", which means that if you want to achieve something, you often have to destroy something or make difficult sacrifices. I used an egg cup, a chocolate egg filled with colourful sweets and a teaspoon for the photo.
De acuerdo con el tema propuesto, los miembros del grupo teníamos que representar un dicho en una foto. Escogí aquel que dice que “no se puede hacer tortilla sin romper los huevos”, el cual significa que se tienen que destruir algo o hacer sacrificios difíciles para lograr algo. Para la foto, utilicé una huevera, un huevo de chocolate relleno con dulces coloridos y una cucharilla.
A black-crowned night heron with its catch at the local ponds. ✔️
Night herons stand still at the water's edge and wait to ambush prey. This fellow stood there for about 10 minutes testing my patience. Eventually, both of us got rewarded.