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In the shade on a hot day, this fall bird is fueling up on insects on California Valley Oaks. Photo taken at Elk Slough, Yolo County, California.
Photographed in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
These very resourceful birds also have a taste for the finer cuisine the forest has to offer--this little guy was munching away on mushrooms. We observed five individuals foraging in close proximity. This is quite possibly a juvenile, but there is little in the way of field marks to distinguish them from adults.
Once fledged, young stay in the natal territory until early June, when the dominant brood-member expels its siblings. Juveniles (dominant and expelled) remain on their natal or adopted territories until the next breeding season begins, when they are expelled in turn by adults. Thus, Gray Jays do not breed cooperatively, with young lingering on to help at the nest, as various other species of jays are known to do.
On 28 January 2025, I decided to try again to see if I could find a Snowy Owl. I had seen two on my previous drive. However, two days ago, I was completely out of luck. I am posting four most uninspiring images from that drive, really just so that I can create an album for my records,
The whole drive was quiet and birdless, except for a flock of Pigeons who landed on a silo. I love Pigeons, with so many colour variations. Also, I came across three groups of Gray Partridge that, as usual, were unseen until they suddenly took off from wherever they had been camouflaged. Seems impossible to ever get a proper photo of this species, which is a shame, as they are very attractive birds.
The back roads were mostly clear of snow, which is one reason I went, seeing that there is more snow in the forecast, starting tonight. Our temperatures are going to plunge, too.
The Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. Generally quite common and conspicuous in wetland habitats from marshes and tidal flats to small ponds, ditches, and wet fields; nests colonially in tall trees. Mainly seen as singles or in small groups, standing quietly in or at the edge of water, less often hunting in fields. Plumage is mostly gray overall, with paler neck; the adult has white crown, black eyebrows, and a black shoulder patch. Like other herons and egrets, flies with neck pulled in to form a bulge.
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Ran across this cute little guy in the Cross Timber oaks east of Norman, OK. The first Gray Squirrel I've ever seen in Cleveland County.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Moldy Crow, a modified HWK-290 courier ship flown by Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn in "Star Wars: Dark Forces" game series. One of my favourite SW ships (though I haven't really played Dark Forces. But I've used to fly it a lot in X-wing tabletop game).
I've tried to make it as accurate as possible, but had to make some compromises, the most visible one being colour. Even though light bluish gray isn't closest to the source material, it has so many more pieces available then Dark Tan, which would be my preferred choice.
A few random facts:
- The model is in more or less minifig scale (I've scaled assuming height of minifig to be ~1,8m).
- There's only space for one crew member inside the cockpit.
- Landing struts fit inside ship\'s body when in flight.
- I've used X-wing tabletop game model as a reference. As far as I know, it\'s the only official physical model of the ship.
- Stand I've used is based on Jerac's, who was kind enough to let me use it. Thanks!
for day 19 of art every day month. about 10.5"x14", ink on watercolor paper. blogged here: creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2009/11/gray-skies....
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus).
Mason bee (Osmia sp?).
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnaris).
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Grayson County, Texas. 28 October 2018.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/10 @ 1/1250 sec. ISO 800.
La majorité des Écureuils gris sont noirs au Lemoine Point Conservation Area /
The majority of Gray Squirrels are black at the Lemoine Point Conservation Area
Plus beau en cliquant sur la photo.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Same Frog, Different Log as www.flickr.com/photos/bprobin/8393561218/in/photostream
I've been trying out different ways of making a background that's neither too boring nor too distracting and also somewhat complimentary to the froggy. This is the same background material as the previous photo, but not as wrinkly means less tonal variation in it.
Lighting Info:
-Sunpak 433d camera right and a little front, in homemade strip box.
-Sunpak 433d camera left fired through 60cm round diffusion panel
-Bare sb-28 at background, a yellow curtain pressed into service.
-Triggered with rf-602s.
September 2010
This young Great Gray Owl was perched on a fence post when I first spotted him... after a few minutes he flew across the road to another fence post... only to fly back to this post where he sat for a few minutes before heading into the woods...
Gotta love those claws...
Though it is still five days till winter officially starts, we have already been living in winter conditions for many weeks. Yesterday, 15 December 2013, I got to experience winter in the mountains, as my plans ended up changing. It was the 62nd (?)annual Calgary Christmas Bird Count and I was signed up for it, as usual. However, I had been worrying all week about how on earth I was going to be able to cope with a day of walking the city residential streets. Last Christmas, I had to stay in the car and wait while the other few participants in my group walked some of the areas, as I was in just too much pain to continue. After doing little other than sitting at my computer recently (well, the last few months!), the pain level is even higher, so I knew I was going to be of little use yesterday. Rather than sit and wait in the car for long periods, I decided to cancel. This meant that I also missed the evening get-together for all the city birders who had spent the day out in the field, and this is always so enjoyable. I felt really bad about cancelling, as I dislike letting people down.
Instead, I spent the day without any walking, other than a few steps whenever I got out of the car to take photos. Friends Cathy and Terry and I drove out to Kananaskis and along the Smith-Dorrien-Spray Lakes road. They were really hoping to see Moose. For me, seeing anything from scenery to maybe a bird or two, is more than enough to keep me happy : ) The only birds we saw were a couple of Ravens and two (or was it three?) Gray Jays (seen in the photo above) and a beautiful male Spruce Grouse. The latter was down on the road when we first saw it in the distance, eating gravel to help its digestive system. Wouldn't you know it, just at that moment, a vehicle came from the opposite direction around a corner, and the bird flew up into a tree and "hid" behind a tangle of branches. You know how that goes - any birder / photographer will have had many similar experiences. Was able to take photos, but nothing too brilliant. Just thrilled to see one of these Grouse, especially a male.
There was a lot of snow on the ground out there, though not on the trees. The road itself had been ploughed, which made driving easier. In one spot, the snow plough must have ploughed a little closer to the snowbank along the edge of the road and then drifting snow had been blown on top. Our front wheels started out in snow that was maybe an inch deep, but the deeper snow pulled the car closer and closer to the snowbank - and into the ditch we went!! We were only driving slowly, thank goodness. The snow came well up my side of the car and there was no way I could get out. Within just a matter of minutes, on this quiet mountain road where we had seen little traffic all day, several cars all came at once. Everyone stopped, discussed the situation, and within a very short time, one of them attached a rope and had us pulled out of the ditch. To say we were very thankful and grateful is an understatement! Can't thank all those people enough for rescuing us - it was later in the day and I knew that light would be fading, and I had visions of us having to spend a very cold night in the car! So, it felt wonderful to once again be on solid ground! For years, I have read about how dangerous this gravel road is, especially in bad weather, but I'd never pictured ending up in a snowbank, lol. Both Terry and Cathy are excellent drivers, so I always feel totally safe being driven by them - this was just one moment of bad luck. One that thankfully ended safely, so we were able to laugh about it afterwards. Thanks, guys, for a lovely day in beautiful scenery! And no walking : ) This morning, I overslept till about 11:00 a.m.!
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Right at the gates of Kanha National Park, where we were waiting for them to let us in, plenty of Langurs were minding their own business. I love monkeys - I wanted to get a few images before we went off hunting for tigers. I managed to get this headshot without scaring him much. Right on cue, there was this pair of Langurs grooming each other.
And if you were around Kanha sometime the first week of December and saw a guy lie down at the on the ground shooting monkeys, that was me :)
Phyllomyias griseocapilla
Hotel do Ypê, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
Endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil. The yellow flanks that contrast with gray underparts are a good ID feature.
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The gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus) or Mexican goshawk[2] is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina plagiata. The species was recently split by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) from the gray-lined hawk. The gray hawk is found from Costa Rica north into the southwestern United States...The grey hawk is 46–61 cm (18–24 in) in length and weighs 475 g (16.8 oz) on average. The adult has a pale gray body, the tail is black with three white bands and the legs are orange. It is a solid, unpatterned gray on the upper parts...Immature birds have dark brown upperparts, a pale-banded brown tail, brown-spotted white underparts and a brown streaked buff head and neck. This species is quite short-winged, and has a fast agile flight for a Buteo. The call is a shrill whistled kleee-ooo...Gray hawks feed mainly on lizards and snakes, but will also take small mammals, birds and frogs. It usually sits on an open high perch from which it swoops on its prey, but will also hunt from a low glide. The nest is of sticks and built high in a tree. The usual clutch is one to three, usually two white to pale blue eggs.[3] The young take about 6 weeks to fledging.