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This is actually a rose classified as red called Dublin, although it really looks deep, hot pink. They must've been smokin' somethin' that day! I cannot take credit for growing this prize winning beauty, I did however photograph it! Sorry for the watermark, but another one of my pieces on here - my blood red fantasy rose somehow managed to find its way into google search & has thousands of hits, collecting more daily, so I must protect my work. If you need to use this for any reason, please do not take it without my permission, and if you desire prints minus the watermark, please contact me, thank you! View On Black
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Gray Catbird mimics the songs of other birds, as well as those of tree frogs, and even mechanical sounds.
Gray Catbirds, such as this one photographed at West Rutland Marsh, love to hang out in bushes and thickets. While you don't always see them their constant chatter gives them away. They are considered mimics and can give a variety of sounds interspersed with an occasional cat-like 'mew.'
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), 11/16/2023, The Landings Sparrow Field “Pollinator Garden Berm”, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.
I've been so focused on my daily shots for the 365-2013 group that I've been neglecting my archives, including the hundreds of images from our January whale watching cruise on Monterey Bay.
It was a sparkling blue day - I did not alter the saturation at all on the above image - just converted it from RAW to jpg and straightened the horizon. (It's difficult to maintain a level horizon on a bobbing boat.) The spouts of this pod of 3 gray whales were a beautiful iridescent hue which you can see on the left. We saw 9 whales that day - this pod of 3 and later a pod of 9 whales.
I brought both cameras - the Canon EOS 7D with a 70-300mm lens, and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III with the 24-105mm L lens, but we were so close to the whales that I put the 70-300mm on the 5D and shot with it for the rest of the day. In this particular image, the focal length is only 120mm, which gives you an idea of how close they were. We could hear them breathing, sort of a soughing, sighing heavy sound. The ~25 people on the boat were completely silent...listening and watching the whales in a reverential manner.
Geothlypis poliocephala
Antifacito coronigrís
4 Esquinas, Orotina
Historia Natural
Reproducción
Su nido consiste en una taza de hojas secas de zacate y otras plantas, forrada de zacate fino u otras fibras, incluso de pelo de caballo. Lo ubican a una altura de 15 a 50 cm. entre una macolla grande de zacate.
Ponen 2 huevos blancos, levemente manchados con negro y café oscuro, sobre todo cerca del extremo grueso. Se reproducen de mayo a julio.
Alimentación
Busca abejones, homópteros, orugas y otras larvas, insectos y arañas entre la vegetación baja y densa. En ocasiones sale en pos de insectos voladores. Consume algunas bayas. Con frecuencia levanta o mueve su cola larga.
Comportamiento
Forman parejas o son solitarios.
Cuando se asustan, se posan y cantan desde la punta de arbustos altos o de árboles pequeños, aunque también se esconden entre los matorrales.
Habitat y Distribución
Habitat
Frecuentan potreros y sabanas con algo de zacate alto y matorrales, áreas de crecimiento secundario bajo, áreas cubiertas con el helecho Pteridium y cañaverales.
Distribución
Es una especie residente común en las bajuras a lo largo de ambas vertientes; asciende hasta los 1500 m. o más en el Valle Central. En el lado del Caribe y el área del Golfo Dulce su distribución ha aumentado considerablemente en los últimos 20 años, a medida que extensas áreas de bosque se han convertido en potreros.
Distribución fuera de Costa Rica
Se encuentran desde el norte de México hasta el oeste de Panamá.
Distribución de Area de conservación
ArenalCordillera Volcanica CentralGuanacasteOsaPacifico CentralTempisqueAmistad CaribeAmistad PacificoHuetar NorteTortuguero
Descripción
Descripción científica
Mide 13.5 cm. y pesa 15.5 grs. Es diferente a los otros Geothlypis por su máscara negra, que es menos extensa, el pico más grueso y la cola más larga y escalonada.
El macho adulto presenta el área loreal y orbital y la lista angosta a través de la frente de color negro, y el píleo y los auriculares gris pizarra. El resto de la región superior es verde oliva, más brillante y verdosa en las alas y la cola. Ostenta pequeñas manchas blancas en los párpados superiores e inferiores, y las mejillas y lados de cuello verde oliva. Es amarillo brillante por debajo, con el abdomen más claro, y muestra un tinte oliva anteado en los flancos.
La hembra presenta el área loreal negruzca y una faja angosta gris pizarra a través de la frente y sobre los ojos y el área loreal. El píleo es café grisáceo y los lados de la cabeza, espalda y rabadilla son de color oliva parduzco. Las alas y la cola son más verdes, y por debajo muestran el amarillo menos extenso que el del macho, y el abdomen principalmente blanco anteado. La parte baja del pecho y las coberteras infracaudales muestran un tinte ante. El costado y los flancos son café anteado. El culmen es negro, y el resto del pico y de patas son entre color cuerno claro y color carne.
Los especímenes inmaduros son similares a la hembra adulta, pero el anteado en el costado y los flancos es más extenso, y se extiende a través del pecho. Los machos muestran el amarillo de la región inferior más extenso y más fusco, y un tono gris en la cara, y las hembras muy poco o nada de gris.
Información taxonómica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Aves
Orden: Passeriformes
Familia: Parulidae
Género: Geothlypis
Gray-headed Swamphen (a.k.a. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus) - Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida
'Gotta love shooting these guys "through the weeds",
'cause that's what/how these guys are.
And thank goodness for the auto 10x in the viewfinder when you hit the focus ring on the α7ʀ4 (in MF mode), so you don't have to rely on the monkey in the chip (CPU/chip monkey) to decide what to focus on.
Monkey's may be smarter than rodents,
but I'm still not gonna relay on them to make a good decision.
ellie, my weimaraner, will sit patiently for a portrait no longer than it would take her to eat a piece of chicken. this is her at her most irritated, refusing to look directly into the lens.
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Mexican Gray Wolf at Regenstein Wolf Woods in Brookfield Zoo.
Mexican wolves were once common in the Southwest but were wiped out in the mid-1970s, with only a few of the animals remaining in Mexico. Starting in 1998, 11 Mexican wolves were reintroduced to the wild in Arizona after being bred in captivity.
Although their numbers have grown, there are still only about 300 Mexican wolves in captivity, and another 97 in the wild, according to the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife.
Another fully zoomed and heavily cropped image - I seem to have posted several of these grainy shots recently, lol. Can never get a close shot of a Gray Partridge, though I would love to, as they have beautiful colours and feather patterns. Posting this one so that I can include it in a couple of my Sets.
This photo was taken yesterday, 13 March 2014, when I spent the whole day SE of the city again, with friends Cathy and Terry. What a slow day it was for much of the time. Took us just over 6 hours to find the first Snowy Owl - just the tiniest, distant white speck on the ground, far across a huge field. We were beginning to wonder if maybe all the Snowies had already left to fly north, so we were happy to see this one, and a second one about four hours later, perched on a distant power pole. No photo opportunities for these owls, but it felt to good to know that there were at least these two owls still in the area. We had no luck at all finding a Short-eared Owl - very different from 7th March, when we saw 8 of them, six in flight and two on the ground. In addition to the 2 Snowies, we did see 9 Great Horned Owls, though, some on nests. Weather was beautiful with some interesting clouds for part of the day, clearing much later. Some of the fields looked pretty bare, while others were still covered in snow. The "heat-wave" distortion was really bad all day long. Does anyone know if there is a way to overcome this? It makes good, clear shots impossible.
Our three gray cats this morning on the bed. (The two older cats, Bonkers and Argent, were still wearing their tunics. When it warms up, we'll remove them so they won't get too hot.) Unfortunately, the background (the white wee-wee mats) make the cats look very dark (darker than my eye sees them in real life).