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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.
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.
Hover Fly searching for nectar in the flower of a Potentilla shrub on a rural landscape in the aspen parkland region north of Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.
29 August, 2016.
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This one captured hovering above her nest @ the Wargo Nature Center.. Anoka County, central Minnesota. Note bands on legs.
Low clouds hovering at the base of the mountains in the morning. Just one of the many great views in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2017
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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.
Happy St. Patricks Day to all. This is also a landmark birthday for me... one I won't forget in these strange times.
A close relative of the Blue Jay.
We have a suet feeder for woodpeckers that blue jays ad grackles keep raiding.
It is a piece of log with holes drilled into it that is filled with homemade suet.
Woodpeckers can hold on and feed without problem. The jays have to hover and stab at the suet as this one is doing.
Cyanocitta cristata
The pigment in Blue Jay feathers is melanin, which is brown. The blue color is caused by scattering light through modified cells on the surface of the feather barbs.
I'm yet to nail a Dragonfly in flight this year as their behaviour at my local spot has been sporadic and unpredictable to say the least. Therefore, my attention today turned to Hover flies - equally as challenging to catch in flight but rewarding nonetheless. Not quite as straight on as I would have liked but beggars can't be choosers. I'll keep plugging away at the dragons - watch this space!
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Handheld macro - Latin name Syrphidae.