Cape Verde

Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Battiste Bed, Breakfast and Birds, Hereford, Arizona

This is a better photography of the this species than the one I had previously posted. The previous post was Bird Species (# 30) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/259878091

Is it bad luck to photograph under a ladder? Trail #3 through Rocky Hollow requires going up (or down) three ladders.

Or....To and From Ladder

Or....Ladder to ???

Yahoola Creek Reservoir

Everybody is looking for answears, everybody wants to know how the story started and how it will end… what’s the use in half a story, half a dream. U gotta climp, all the steps in between. 👱‍♀️🎧🎶 The Ladder ( Prince ) Finland.

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Signs of spring just off the trail in Ruscom Shores Conservation Area near Lake St. Clair.

Dedicated to Tim Noonan on his birthday on 23 June.

Do check out his cool photostream here:

www.flickr.com/photos/timnoonan/

The rectangular geometrics caught my eye.....

Then it was a matter of waiting for the moment....

South Llano River State Park, Junction, Kimble County, Texas

Queensland Parliamentary Library - O'Donovan Collection.

Queensland Parliament 150th Birthday Open Day

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I continue to be a fan of woodpeckers, and I continue to chase these fascinating birds around, trying to get satisfying photos of each species. I have a few species to go, and I have several better photos to go, too.

I first captured the LBWP a few years ago in Arizona, but I wasn't satisfied, so I kept after this guy when in Texas this year. Surprisingly hard to get a good photo of the LBWP. I had a few shots on tree trunks that were fine, but none of them shined. This shot is a little different. Conditions were a bit dark because of dissipating rain. The bird's beak is open because the temperatures and humidity were high. I try to avoid shots during heat when the birds are essentially panting like dogs, but this is the shot I like best for now.

As with all bird photography, the hunt continues. A better shot is always out there.

Zeche Zollverein Essen

Ladder Stile, On the Long causeway,on the way up to stanage..... March 2017, Peak District, UK

Jacob's Ladder is probably the scariest drive in Tasmania. When snow is around it is generally impassable except for all-terrain vehicles. It is a one lane gravel road with room to pass at each hairpin bend.

But the view here from Whymper Bluff looking over to Markham Heights and the valley below is quite spectacular. The name derives from the story of Jacob's dream in Genesis 28. In Jacob's dream he sees a ladder that stretches from earth to heaven, with angels descending upon it.

Whoever gave the road this name certainly had a sense of humour, warning drivers that a simple mistake might be the fastest way to heaven.

Campbell, California.

Ladder Canyon is not far from the Salton Sea in California. The Canyons steep walls are easily scaled due to several ladders and ropes that have been set up along the trails.

Where will my today's job?

Shot standing handheld at 5.28 meters. www.flickr.com/photos/bronosefoetoes/33446757818/sizes/o/

Zeche Zollverein

De este mundo nada comprendía.

Escapar por aquella escalera,

aunque ese lugar no existía.

....in a boats hall

The male is now using the feeder. Sometimes both are there at the same time.

Taken in Second Life at: Taken in Second Life at Furillen

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Textures: www.flickr.com/photos/49123319@N08

The precipitous hairpins of Jacob’s Ladder make up one of the most dangerous stretches of road in Australia. Constructed in 1963 the road winds its way up between a break in the walls of dolerite to an extensive plateau above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) altitude that makes up Ben Lomond. The highest spur on the plateau itself is Legges Tor, at 1,572 metres (5,157 ft). Ben Lomond is located east of Launceston in the Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania. Australia

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Love Life, Love Photography

River Tummel Pitlochry, fish ladder

The Pitlochry fish ladder is a fish ladder next to the Pitlochry Power Station on the River Tummel near Pitlochry that allows salmon to travel upstream during the breeding season.

"Stay on the path" said they.

"Humbug" said I. "If I did that, I wouldn't have gotten this shot".

One of the only birds that had any color to them that landed at the bird blind that day, so I was happy he stopped by for a minute or two.