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SQUARE CROP... Hover fly.. HBW..!!
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EXPLORE.. Highest position: #400 on Thursday, May 14, 2009
I've spent almost two hours under the dead tree waiting for the other Falcon (not the one in the picture) to do something.
She went through three rounds of stretching seemingly getting ready to take off but then went back to
her usual role of lazy observer of what's going on around in the shallows and above. Meanwhile, this Falcon kept screeching from the other far out tree definitely wanting something.
It sounded like an invitation to go someplace or do something fun... maybe go hunting? :-) Not getting an adequate response from the first bird, he finally lost patience, took-off and flew by real close. Before flying away, though, he gave 5 seconds hovering performance... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
More of the Hover fly as it shelters inside a fall crocus. This is a 5 image stack. Thank you for your comments and faves.
Crab nets, of course, right? Seldom have I come across something so practical that is ethereally abstracted without the context of a fisherman or a crab.
Epistrophe grossulariae is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Epistrophe Grossulariae
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The Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water bird and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Its black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish make it distinctive.
Males have a double band across the breast while females have a single gorget that is often broken in the middle. They are usually found in pairs or small family parties. When perched, they often bob their head and flick up their tail.
This kingfisher feeds mainly on fish, although it will take crustaceans and large aquatic insects such as dragonfly larvae. It usually hunts by hovering over the water to detect prey and diving vertically down bill-first to capture fish. When not foraging, they have a straight rapid flight and have been observed flying at nearly 50 km/h.
This beautiful Pied Kingfisher was photographed hovering before the dive, on a bird walk along the shores of Lake Naivasha, Kenya.
Borders, thresholds, the haunted spaces in between,
A paradox of time and place, the inception of a dream,
Both here and now, both then and there,
The sound and the silence,
The calm and the storm,
The rhythm and the rest,
Can you feel the gravity of it all?
The way the past tugs on the future?
The way the moon pulls on the tide?
The way the wave hangs in suspension, in the moment of its surrender?
Ripples sweep across my feet, lick my ankles, and retreat,
Criss-crossing, then falling in line,
Folding themselves into the vanishing point,
waters that run deep,
An endless swing and sway,
compelling them across oceans and back,
Where They rise up again and fall in ecstasy at your feet,
In A flash of light and salty kisses,
A transfer of energy,
A revolving portal between us,
Open, Hovering,
At the advent of eternity.
* copyright Anne Renee Silver 2020. No portion of this text of the accompanying image may be used without my written permission.
Until these little beauties return to my yard, I'll have to keep looking at shots from last summer. My best guess is that this is a female Calliope Hummingbird based on the body shape and coloring. However, all the female and juvenile hummingbirds we see here look very much alike. It could also very easily be a juvenile Rufous as we tend to see many of those in late summer when this was taken.
Colorado Springs, CO
lovely when you can lock on to a hovering kingfisher so excuse me for all the shots I had several bursts of eight hovers
I don't know what possessed this bee to hover around the garden's Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) plants but it offered lots of photo opportunities. Even at 1/3200 the shallow DOF made for challenging focus. If you look closely you can see the humble photographer silhouetted against the blue sky.
As we are now well into Winter, there are not too many insects or flowers around, but I got my camera back from Canon yesterday so I had to visit my neighbour's garden and see what was around. We have had a couple of sunny days after a week of rain, so there were lots of tiny Hover Flies buzzing around the grevillea.
Canon say that there is nothing wrong with the camera and that it is the batteries. I have five batteries and I can't believe that they would all die at once, but I have to take their word and have ordered some new batteries. I will be testing them out thoroughly as soon as they arrive as I can't go overseas with a camera that is unreliable.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers. A regular visitor to our refreshment facilities. My patience pays off - he gives himself away with that noisy engine of his - it's like living next door to a biker.
Rather elegant for such a humble creature. I can't discern either compound eyes or ocelli. Unusual serrated antennae.
I finally managed to capture a Hoverfly in flight.
Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods.
This one captured hovering above her nest @ the Wargo Nature Center.. Anoka County, central Minnesota. Note bands on legs.
It was very windy last week at Bempton, especially on Thursday, with a strong wind blowing from the east, right into the cliffs. The Gannets appeared to be hovering on the wind at the edge of the cliffs and had to reverse park when attempting to land. An out of focus Fulmar can be seen approaching in this shot.
Another shot in the comment below.