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As my Canon is on its way back to me, I thought I'd post a little pic I took last month before it broke :( speaking of broke, this blue tit's leg looks a little funny..... but I think he was just turning to fly off from the bird table and I had managed to figure out how to use the continuous burst mode (although the rest of the pics were too blurred to use lol)
Happy Wednesday Everyone :)
confession- I have slight obsession with knee socks. I think my girls have at least 50 pairs here! I am known to buy a pair and build a whole outfit around it :o)
Serengeti NP, Tanzania.
Thick-knees, dikkops, or stone curlews, are identified by their well-camouflaged brown plumage, large yellow eyes, and long thickly jointed yellowish legs (hence name).
This flamingo looks all wrong... but several were kneeing like this so I guess it is an ordinary posture for them. Does not look very comfortable though!
Another one since this little series seems to be popular. On a side note: This is my current desktop background.
edit: This is no longer my current desktop background.
This tree's knee was seen along the Tranquility Trail in the Morrell Nature Sanctuary, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Unlike a dead stump, a tree's knee remains alive after the trunk is cut away, nurtured by an interconnected root system.
African Elephant. Nsemani Waterhole, Satara, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Explored 14 Apr 2016.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~ Albert Einstein
Anyone who knows me well enough knows that moose are one of my favorite mammals....not sure what it is about them that I find so captivating; perhaps their unusual appearance or their gracefulness & finesse despite their enormous frame. After having spent nearly six days in the park last winter, we never spotted one, which really had me bummed out because part of the reason we stay in Cooke City all the time is for the abundance of moose in that area. On our last day, we spent the night in Gardiner with the intention of spending some time snowshoeing in that area....well, we ended up doing most of that the day previous, so we decided to take one last drive down to the Lamar Valley before heading back out, and I am sooooo glad that we did because as we were turned the corner at Tower-Roosevelt, Mike & I both exclaimed at the same time, "omg, that's a moose." And it just happened to be in almost the same spot that we saw our big bull moose last fall. It was certainly a treat to witness this fabulous sighting :-)
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend; finally finished all the Christmas shopping; now we just have to wrap it all :-) Many thanks for all your visits & comments; I always enjoy reading them!!!!
Measuring 5 to 6mm in length the Black-kneed Capsid is a partly predatory insect feeding mainly on red spider mites.
Testing Olympus 25mm f1.8.
Based on the first few frames shot, the IQ looks promising, but the construction quality is meh compared to the fabled 17mm f1.8. There's no pull-to-focus system, feels more plasticky, no distance scale. On the other hand this lens is provided with lens-hood =) Wouldn't have minded aperture of 1.0-1.2 and would've been willing to pay extra for that (*wink wink* Olympus ;-).
I think the title is self explanatory. In a complete panic to try and get something in front of a stunning sky I had taken perhaps one step too far out and got a thorough soaking as a big tidal surge came in. No damage done thankfully and I don't think anyone else witnessed it!
The Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus), or water dikkop is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae.
The water thick-knee is an African terrestrial wader in the stone-curlew/thick-knee family. It grows to a length of 38 - 41 cm. It is a cryptically colored bird which makes for good camouflage. Like other birds in the family it has large yellow eyes, a short, stout bill and knee joints that are larger than in species of other related families.
Like other thick-knee species, the water thick-knee is mainly nocturnal and will normally rest close to water during the day hidden away in vegetation or amongst rocks. It is somewhat less nocturnal than other thick-knee species making sightings more likely during daytime hours. As the name suggests, it prefer habitats close to water, such as shorelines, riverbanks, mangroves, and other forms of sheltered wetland. At night it will forage alone, in pairs, or in small groups for invertebrates and smaller vertebrates such as reptiles and frogs. It rarely ventures further than 1 km from water.
This beautiful Water Thick-knee is a lifer and was photographed on a late evening game drive in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Chorlo Cabezón, Peruvian Thick-knee, Burhinus superciliaris.
Valle del Lluta
Región de Arica y Parinacota
Chile