Hello dear friends.

I´m on my feet again , slowly , slowly, I'll be back.

A lot of training right now, and it's hard to sit at the computer.

But I'm glad that finally I'll soon have two healthy knees to go with it.

Thanks for all the encouraging greetings.

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Something a little different today. I always miss seeing the vast fields of late spring / early summer wildflowers from the more northern regions, however, our 'fire wheels' have their own special beauty ...

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone :)

Tricolored Heron from 2017.

Summer days - and I hope everyone is doing fine!

(No new offerings at this point, but I have found quite a few files that for one reason or another I never managed to upload)

We are never fully prepared for life's hard times. And sometimes they bring us to our knees. The only thing I do is let it happen, let it wash over me and wait for better days.

On n'est jamais vraiment preparés pour les coups durs de la vie. Et parfois ils nous mettent a genoux. La seule chose que je fais est que je laisse la vague me prendre et j'attends les meilleurs jours.

Also known as Spotted Dikkop or Cape Thick-knee. This bird seems so very bored with me.

Took my good friend Alfred (www.flickr.com/photos/alfredlockwood) to see the World's premier venue of the beautiful virgin giant Bald Cypress.

Mother Nature served up an eerie/misty daybreak for us that morning.....a photog's dream.....

And though it was a bit late this year......we hit the peak color on top of that. Guess Alfred brought us quite a bit of luck.

While navigating the boat, I spotted this group of cypress surrounded by a nice cluster of cypress knees. The Cajun French name for these is Boscoyo (pronounced boo-ski-o).

For a Cajun Country explanation on these.....here it directly from Alfred's new friend:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUBYXCZYLU4

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Enjoy your Thanksgiving Weekend

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

At Altona beach a few years ago.

Taken Zimanga Private Game Reserve, Mkuze, Zululand, South Africa

Taken Zimanga Private Game Reserve, Mkuze, Zululand, South Africa

......!!I want to go everwhere!!.....

Made at Sunny's Studio

Sweet bad girl Pose 02

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Taken Sedgefield, Wilderness National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

around sunset from a small boat on the beautiful Ken River in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The Great Thick-knee is a large thick-knee ( or stone-curlew ) species ( up to 55 cm or 22" ). It is found on stony banks along large rivers and lakes.

This mostly nocturnal or crepuscular wader has a very large bill and feeds on crabs, large insects etc`

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened

esacus recurvirostris

grote griel

grand oedicnème

Krabbentriel

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Cypress knees along Cibolo Creek in Boerne, Texas 20161112BoerneDxLr8

"rogue knees"

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Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) wading in a puddle at the end of a corn field

Senegal Thick-knee - Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western, Uganda

Bird Species # (651) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

On this trip to Uganda we used Ngoni Safaris Uganda. They provided excellent service. I highly recommend them.

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Redshank

Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

Seen at Altona North beach couple of years ago.

Taken Sedgefield, Wilderness National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Peruvian Thick-knee - Chilca, Lima, Peru

Bird Species # (647) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

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Molting Great Blue Heron stalking its prey.

Common migrant and summer resident. Uncommon in winter.

western sector of the Serengeti, Tanzania

Thick-knees ( Burhinidae ) are also called Stone Curlews or Dikkops and are large waders/shorebirds ( the order Charadriiformes ).

They all have large eyes and long thickly jointed legs.

The Spotted Thick-knee is often active at night when its loud call can be heard from a distance.

This one was resting in the shade together with its partner

Burhinus capensis

Kaapse griel

Oedicnème tachard

Kaptriel

Alcaraván de El Cabo

Occhione maculato

alcaravão-do-cabo

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Near Arusha - Tanzania

Tour boat at the Yang-In Sandbar during high tide, Cagbalete Island, Mauban, Quezon, Philippines. When we first arrived here 3 years ago this sandbar was high and dry with almost up to a kilometer of exposed sand from the shore line.

Despite using my 600mm lens, this bovine was on to me quite quickly despite all the lush green grass it had to dine on! Should wash your knees before dinner though!

© Dominic Scott 2023

Red-kneed Dotterel

Erythrogonys cinctus

Charadriidae

Nairobi National Park - Kenya

Species # 1333

Got down and used the Tilt Screen on my D500 for this Low light Perspective shot.

Got right in amongst the wves for this one to time a wave coming in along with it receding at the same time, caught just about right

Water Thick-Knee, Sunste Dam, Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa

looks like a knee

Kulon plamisty

Burhinus capensis

#2

A deer comes down to the water's edge to get a drink.

Burnham Prairie

Little Blue Heron

Into the stream

Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Wet”

A Tricolored Heron watches carefully as a group of city workers dig out another part of the stormwater system it calls home.

Bison in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Park Wyoming.