King County, WA: Largest County in WA; 14th in the US!
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Time of a bit of colour!
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Massive flowers on this protea ,the biggest of this genus.
Also known as honeypot and king sugar bush.
National flower of South Africa.
Its autumn here the weather is cooler 30c today.
Have a wonderful week.
King Tides, the term is non-scientific and refers to when the moon, sun and Earth align at their closest points and the gravitational pull on the Earth is the greatest. This happens for three day periods during the months of November, December, and January. We finally had a break in the weather and went in January to shoot these big waves at high tide. This is at Shore Acres down by Coos Bay.
Opening. I will post another shot when it is fully open. It is a very large flower - perfect for drying when it 'Dies'. :)
Done for Crazy Tuesday.
A little bit of wildlife. A king vulture or Sarcoramphus.
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Taken at Gold Harbour, South Georgia. This was a nesting site with thousands of these penguins. Taken on our cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica 2019.
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Taken during my stay at Barrow,Alaska with SonyA1 gear.
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King Vulture that is!! When I photograph birds, I usually choose Not to take photos of vultures. But I make exceptions to the colorful King Vulture.
Rallus Elegans
One very tough bird to get in the open, but if you wait long enough, it does pop out very briefly.
Montgomery, PA
Using just the lights outside in the yard and what lights were on inside. A Timeline events photo charter.
With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher seems to have an air of self-importance as it patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band.
In South Florida they call the belted kingfisher the "Don King" of birds because of its distinctive, permanent bad-feather-day look that makes it easy to identify even at a distance.
I found this female along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
I "Broke Out" the old SX50 for a few shots!
So, do we call a female King Parrot a Queen? I think we should. This beauty was lurking in the depths of my old computer which I managed to wake this morning from what has been a year long sleep. Had all sorts of dramas with it, but it seemed to wake up fine and I was able to salvage a thousand or so old images from it.
Taken near Apollo Bay in Victoria where they regularly visited the local houses and gardens. So wonderful to get close!
Lifer taken in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
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Day and night versions of Dubrovnik, the night version had to be lower because the Lovrijenac fort where I took the day photo was already closed, and I was standing at the top of the steps in front of the gate to the paid area. It was super windy in both cases. I wonder who will die in tonight's GOT episode.
Female King Eider
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Beside the fact that humans release lots of bred mallards in nature every year this duck have several own adaptations that make them so succesful. One of these adaptation is there way of flying off from water when danger lures. Mallards are one of few aquatic birds that can take off without any "starting distance". In a split second they birst directly from the water to the air! This take off reminds of a launched missile!
I slightly missed focus on this shot but I like it anyway
I'm by no means a mushroom specialist and also not the biggest fan in the world in terms of mushroom dishes but I think this might be a nice penny bun. The forest below Easdon Tor in Dartmoor National Park was full of all sorts of fungi, the shamrocks added a nice bit of additional interest to the woodland scene. I would however not dare to pick any as I have no idea about what is delicious and what is lethal....
Here a video of our walk up to Easdon Tor and through the woods: