View allAll Photos Tagged grayghost
U.S.S. IOWA Battleship BB-61, is seen while underway at sea during the Korean era, early 1950's. It appears that there is a small tanker seen heading in the opposite direction in the background. During this time period the IOWA was often referred too as the "Gray Ghost," or "Big Stick." The U. S. Navy IOWA BB-61 class ship was the lead ship of a group that consisted of four battleships, followed by New Jersey BB-62, Missouri BB-63 & Wisconsin BB-64. From the looks of it, the ship is probably cruising at approximately eight to ten knots in this scene, as determined by the wake. It appears that Boeing Vertol Division HUP-2 Retriever helicopter is sitting near the fantail area of the battleship.
The name of the photographer that captured this aerial image on film is unknown.
Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
These are the one of the few raptorial birds known to practice polygyny – one male mates with several females. Up to five females have been known to mate with one male in a season. The nest is built on the ground or on a mound of dirt or vegetation. Nests are made of sticks and are lined inside with grass and leaves. Four to eight (exceptionally 2 to 10) whitish eggs are laid. The eggs measure approximately 47 mm × 36 mm (1.9 in × 1.4 in). The eggs are incubated mostly by the female for 31 to 32 days. The male usually passes off food to the female, which she then feeds to the young, although later the female will capture food and simply drop into the nest for her nestlings to eat. The chicks fledge at around 36 days old, though breeding maturity is not reached until 2 years in females and 3 years in males.
Lylah catching the flower petals falling in the air, she thought this was the coolest thing ever!
© All Rights Reserved. No reproduction/usage without written permission from kiasrkid.
KCS 2016, a relatively rare "Grey Ghost" GP38-2, idles away at the Hi-Cone plant in Itasca, IL with local switch job I47, waiting for its crew to return from a nearby convenience store.
While it waits, METX 503 scurries by with an outbound MD-W train.
Quite the contrast between old and new locomotives.
Gray ghost surprise!!
It's always good to wash your fruit in the morning. You may ask...."But why?".....The answer...because it means you're facing your big sliding glass doors and might spot something wonderful out in the open space behind your house. That's exactly what happened. I saw a hawk come swooping in and land right behind my fence. I assumed it was our resident red-tailed hawk.....but when I went over to look...it was flying away from me and I could see it had a white patch on top of it's tail which could only mean a Northern Harrier. However, what I didn't expect was that it was a MALE harrier or as many call it a Grey ghost!!! We have never seen a male harrier hunting behind our house. I made some inaudible sounds with my excitement.....grabbed my camera and bolted out of the back door. I really didn't expect it to hang around very long, and it didn't. It flew out of sight, but then back in sight, and then repeated this numerous times. Finally he started making some circles and made a few passes right in front of me. He also managed to fly with some very nice fall colors behind him in the distance. I will have a few more to share, but here are some of my favorites.
Nikon Z9 with Nikkor 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 lens at 600mm, 1/1600sec, F8, various ISO's from 360 to 720, handheld and cropped. (Please view images large for best details) Nov 16 2024 Northern Colorado
Photo taken at Moulton Meadows Park, Laguna Beach, CA on April 10, 2017
More images can be found here: ocbirds.com/?p=2533
Kia is our huntin girl! She is BIRD CRAZY! Kia earned her JH (Junior Hunter title) within days of her 1st birthday! She earned her 1st 2 legs running in a "Double Double" - (2 legs in 1 day) at just under 8 months quite a day for a pup! She was one tired Weim :o)
In her 3rd & 4th leg she cleaned up the field - finding 6 birds in 8 minutes on her 4th leg & an addtional bird right after time was called. GOOD GIRL Ki'. Way to get em!
Kia is now 18 months old & is getting ready to do her SH (Senior Hunter) Tests this season.
© All Rights Reserved. No reproduction/usage without written permission from kiasrkid.
The Gray Ghost.
While I was focused on counting Snowy Plovers on my bi-monthly survey this morning I was lucky enough to get this Mouse-eye's view of a male Northern Harrier gliding overhead.
Good thing I'm not a mouse.
Crystal Cove State Park, Newport Beach, California
I appreciate living in a place where during a Sunday drive it's possible to stumble upon a piece of history I didn't know existed. We spotted the Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church and stopped because the building looked interesting. Next to the church is a cemetery and while it contains a number of grave markers these caught my attention. On July 6, 1864 Mosby's Rangers attacked and killed, wounded or captured over 100 Union soldiers. Mosby had eight men wounded and only one of those mortally wounded. The grave markers in this picture are those of 12 Union soldiers killed during that battle.
Managed to snag a nice shot of a male Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) today. It was attempting to catch sparrows, but came up a little short.
© Steve Byland 2014 all rights reserved
Watch the trailer here...
Vigilante Vigilante premieres tonight at 7pm and 9pm at the ROXIE ( www.roxie.com ) in San Francisco, CA.
More information about the film on their website… www.vigilantefilm.com
ABOUT THE FILM:
A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight-warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters.
Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they have turned to illegally and destructively painting other people’s property. VIGILANTE VIGILANTE is the story of two filmmakers who set out to expose these mysterious characters and discover a battle of expression that stretches from the streets to academia.
Important Things I Learned from Amanda Faye
If you give love, it comes back to you.
Never give up trying to get where you need to go.
Cheek kisses are wonderful.
Take every opportunity to travel.
Nothing is more important than sharing undivided attention with each other.
Car rides are the best because you never know what fun is around the corner.
A quiet moment to touch the ones you love is the best medicine.
words by Sharon