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Found this Crow collecting nest-building materials… seems there’s always work in progress... somewhere !!
American Crows are large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects, other small animals, and seeds, and fruit. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides.
Crows congregate in large numbers in winter to sleep in communal roosts. These roosts can be of a few hundred up to two million crows. Some roosts have been forming in the same general area for well over 100 years.
Young Crows do not breed until they are at least two years old, and most do not breed until they are four or more. In most populations the young help their parents raise young for a few years.
Crows sometimes make and use tools. Examples include a captive crow using a cup to carry water over to a bowl of dry mash; shaping a piece of wood and then sticking it into a hole in a fence post in search of food.
The oldest recorded wild American Crow was at least 16 years 4 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in New York. A captive crow in New York lived to be 59 years old.
(Nikon, 300/4.0 + TC 1.4, 1/320 @ f/9.0, ISO 1250)
"A small, dark heron arrayed in moody blues and purples, the Little Blue Heron is a common but inconspicuous resident of marshes and estuaries in the Southeast. They stalk shallow waters for small fish and amphibians, adopting a quiet, methodical approach that can make these gorgeous herons surprisingly easy to overlook at first glance."
Cornell Lab of Ornithology"
Photograhed in the wild, Florida, USA.
One of the largest North American birds, the American White Pelican is majestic in the air. The birds soar with incredible steadiness on broad, white-and-black wings.
Their large heads and huge, heavy bills give them a prehistoric look. On the water they dip their pouched bills to scoop up fish, or tip-up like an oversized dabbling duck. Sometimes, groups of pelicans work together to herd fish into the shallows for easy feeding.
American White Pelicans feed from the water’s surface, dipping their beaks into the water to catch fish and other aquatic organisms. They often upend, like a very large dabbling duck, in this process. They do not plunge-dive the way Brown Pelicans do.
They are superb soarers (they are among the heaviest flying birds in the world) and often travel long distances in large flocks by soaring. When flapping, their wingbeats are slow and methodical.
Little Blue Heron
A small, dark heron arrayed in moody blues and purples, the Little Blue Heron is a common but inconspicuous resident of marshes and estuaries in the Southeast. They stalk shallow waters for small fish and amphibians, adopting a quiet, methodical approach that can make these gorgeous herons surprisingly easy to overlook at first glance. Little Blue Herons build stick nests in trees alongside other colonial waterbirds. In the U.S., their populations have been in a gradual decline since the mid-twentieth century.
Breeding adult birds have blue-grey plumages except for the head and neck, which are purplish and have long blue filamentous plumes. Their beak becomes blue around their eyes while the end remains black. Their legs and feet are dark blue/green or greenish. Both males and females are similar in the way they look.
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects. - Wikipedia
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Lorimer Park, Abington, PA, USA
A warbler that looks like a thrush with its long legs and long body. Brown above with a white eyebrow stripe that is wider at the rear. Louisiana Waterthrush are almost always seen near fast-flowing forested streams or creeks.
They methodically bob their rear ends as they forage.
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Nikon Z9 camera with Nikon 500mm f 5.6 E PF lens.
1/250 F5.6 ISO 2500, with fill flash
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 46:9
Standing alone at the water’s edge or on a branch just above the water, the green heron waits patiently for its prey before driving its head into the water and catching its target in its pincer-like bill . Feeding primarily on fish, the green heron is one of very few tool-using bird species and uses a variety of baits and lures, including insects, earthworms, twigs or feathers, to entice fish to where it can grab them. This versatile, intelligent predator has a rather large bill for its size and, as such, can feed on a variety of other large prey, including frogs, reptiles, small mammals and crustaceans. It feeds by day and night in shallow waters, often as little as five centimetres deep, and tends to walk between hunting sites in a slow, methodical, deliberate fashion with the body crouched.
An extremely adaptable wetland bird, the green heron occupies almost any shallow fresh, brackish or saltwater habitat within its range. It is typically found in swampy thickets, preferring to forage around dense vegetation, but may feed in the open when food is available.
I found this one along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
This little warbling vireo is easily mistaken for a drab warbler since it's the same size, but its bill is very stout in comparison to the needle-like beaks on warblers. Warbling vireos tend to work more methodically than warblers too, sometimes sitting for a couple seconds before moving on.
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
The immature little blue heron was photographed standing on a fence, so I decided to crop it to just show the upper part of the body.
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects.
White little blue herons often mingle with snowy egrets. The snowy egret tolerates their presence more than little blue herons in adult plumage. These young birds actually catch more fish when in the presence of the snowy egret and also gain a measure of protection from predators when they mix into flocks of white herons. It is plausible that because of these advantages, they remain white for their first year. – Wikipedia
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We were learning how to use kayaks the past few days, this morning I felt confident enough to carry my camera in a dry bag. Only a few hundred yards from where we launched we discovered this very busy Mother Merganser with 8 chicks. Photography from a kayak is a whole new learning curve plus I did not want to frighten these darling little fuzz balls, so everything I did was in slow motion and very methodical. I got a few shots and the camera survived another adventure :)
'I'm sure there's something down there!?'
Mr Bitterns fishing technique is slow., patient and methodical
But also highly effective!
He displayed all his skills plucking one fish after another out of the water
This was one Bittern that wasn't going to go hungry today!
Alongside the beautiful tawny owl, this cryptic character shuffled out of the darkness. I haven’t had a good look at a badger for years, so it was delightful to watch it for such a long time, rhythmically and methodically swinging its snout to and fro across the ground in search of food.
There aren't many birds more enchanting to watch than a Barn Owl, with that slow methodical flight.
It is the most widely distributed owl in the world, but its behaviour varies signficantly depending on the number of aerial predators, luckily in the UK there are not that many - so we are sometimes lucky enough to see Barn Owls daylight hunting morning and afternoon.
It was a very special moment when this one flew towards me in the morning sun.
I don't normally drop the shutter speed this low if I can help it, but do like the motion blur it creates on the wing tips.
Taken in Norfolk.
Santa Paula is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. Situated amidst the orchards of the fertile Santa Clara River Valley, the city advertises itself to tourists as the "Citrus Capital of the World." Santa Paula was one of the early centers of California's petroleum industry. The Union Oil Company Building, the founding headquarters of the Union Oil Company of California in 1890, now houses the California Oil Museum. The population was 29,321 at the 2010 census, up from 28,598 at the 2000 census.
The area of what today is Santa Paula was originally inhabited by the Chumash, a Native American people. In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, came down the Santa Clara River Valley from the previous night's encampment near Fillmore and camped in the vicinity of Santa Paula on August 12, near one of the creeks coming into the valley from the north (probably Santa Paula Creek). Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary travelling with the expedition, had previously named the valley Cañada de Santa Clara. He noted that the party traveled about 9 to 10 miles (14 to 16 km) that day and camped near a large native village, which he named San Pedro Amoliano. The site of the expedition's arrival has been designated California Historical Landmark No. 727.
Franciscan missionaries, led by Father Junipero Serra, became active in the area after the founding of the San Buenaventura Mission and established an Asistencia; the town takes its name from the Catholic Saint Paula. Santa Paula is located on the 1843 Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy Mexican land grant.
In 1872 Nathan Weston Blanchard purchased 2,700 acres (10.9 km2) and laid out the townsite. Considered the founder of the community, he planted seedling orange trees in 1874. Several small oil companies owned by Wallace Hardison, Lyman Stewart and Thomas R. Bard were combined and became the Union Oil Company in 1890.
In April 1911, Gaston Méliès moved his Star Film Company from San Antonio, Texas to a site just north of Santa Paula.
The large South Mountain Oil Field southeast of town, just across the Santa Clara River, was discovered by the Oak Ridge Oil Company in 1916, and developed methodically through the 1920s, bringing further economic diversification and growth to the area. While the field peaked in production in the 1950s, Occidental Petroleum continues to extract oil through its Vintage Production subsidiary and remains a significant local employer.
A 500-acre (200 ha) master-planned community of 1,500 homes is expected to expand the town significantly when it begins construction in 2016.
Adult male
It is not the most often seen, because it tends to stay out of sight in the leafy treetops, searching methodically among the foliage for insects.
When fall arrives, they head for the Amazon basin, fuelled by a summer of plucking caterpillars from leaves in the treetops.
An exceptionally appreciated place in Poland is the Old Town in Warsaw, entered on the UNESCO list in 1980, not because of its historic value, but as an example of exceptional piety in the almost complete restoration of the oldest part of the city, methodically destroyed by the Germans after the Warsaw Uprising.
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We were hanging out at Schwabachers Landing in Grand Tetons N.P. waiting for the sunset when a pair of beavers left their lodge and started to dine on the brush down-river from their dam. They were very methodical, shearing the bark off a stick like you or I would eat corn on the cob. Starting on one end they would rotate the branch with their front paws stripping and eating the bark off until reaching the other end. Then off to another branch.
Schwabachers Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Elevation: 6,563 ft. September 25, 2015.
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
This little blue was photographed close to its nest which was partially hidden in the shade.
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects.
White little blue herons often mingle with snowy egrets. The snowy egret tolerates their presence more than little blue herons in adult plumage. These young birds actually catch more fish when in the presence of the snowy egret and also gain a measure of protection from predators when they mix into flocks of white herons. It is plausible that because of these advantages, they remain white for their first year. – Wikipedia
The rich song of the Warbling Vireo is a common sound in many parts of central and northern North America during summer. It’s a great bird to learn by ear, because its fast, rollicking song is its most distinctive feature. Otherwise, Warbling Vireos are fairly plain birds with gray-olive upperparts and white underparts washed with faint yellow. They have a mild face pattern with a whitish stripe over the eye. They stay high in deciduous treetops, where they move methodically among the leaves hunting for caterpillars.
They are strong, reliable, fair and conscientious, inspiring confidence in others. They are also calm, patient, methodical and can be trusted. Although they say little they can be very opinionated.
Flying over the Pacific Ocean in the desert of Paracas - wild.
Though closely related, the Peruvian Pelican is almost twice as large as its northern congener, the Brown Pelican. The species breeds along the Pacific Coast of South America in Peru and Chile. Though still common, with about half a million breeding adults, the population has been negatively affected by strong El Niño fluctuations and changes in food fish populations, particularly anchoveta. Peruvian Pelicans are easily observed from shore as they fly back and forth in nearshore waters by means of soaring interrupted by deep, methodical wingbeats. It's an amazing bird.
Conservation Status - Near Threatened
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They compliment its weather. They complain of the earlier months as cold, and so spend them in the city; and they complain of the later months as hot, and so refrigerate themselves on some barren sea-coast. Mother Nature offers us yearly a necklace of twelve pearls; most men choose the fairest, label it June, and cast the rest away :-)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "April Days," 1861 [a little altered —ist]
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rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
What a delight to see an adult male Western Tanager in the backyard blackberry bushes in the early afternoon. I couldn’t believe my eyes.…I was stunned by the striking flaming vibrant colours…not something that you’d typically see in the backyard.
“Western Tanagers are common in western conifer forests during the breeding season. These birds live in open woods all over the West, particularly among evergreens, where they often stay hidden in the canopy. Western Tanagers forage slowly and methodically along branches and among leaves or needles of trees. They eat primarily insects, supplemented with small fruits in fall and winter. They sometimes catch insects in the air. In spring and summer, males sing their hoarse, American Robin-like song frequently. “(Source: AllAboutBirds.org)
Photography: Nikon Z50, Nikkor 200-500mm, @f8, 500mm.
This Yellow Warbler was busy gobbling up every insect it could find when I encountered him a few days ago. I really enjoyed watching him methodically explore every little hiding place in the leaves and branches in his search for fuel for the rest of this tiny bird’s LONG flight north. What an amazing thing it is to be able to witness this spectacle of nature.
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Setophaga petechia
I took a picture of this house over a year ago and it was in a pretty bad state (see the first comment). When I went by it the other day, I noticed that work was being done. The L-shaped back of the house has been completely removed. This is the same viewpoint as the first picture. They have removed the two windows on the side and boarded over them.
At this point, I’m not sure if they are methodically tearing it all down or fixing it up.
I’ll be keeping my eye on it.
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA
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Wilson’s Snipes forage by methodically probing in muddy ground for earthworms and other invertebrates. Their heads move up and down somewhat like a sewing machine running at slow speed. Individuals usually sit tight until suddenly flushing near your feet and flying off in fast zigzags.
Nikon Z9 camera with Nikon Z600mm f 6.3 PF lens.
1/2500 F6.3 ISO 1600
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you".
Luke 6:27-28
The rich song of the Warbling Vireo is a common sound in many parts of central and northern North America during summer. It’s a great bird to learn by ear, because its fast, rollicking song is its most distinctive feature. Otherwise, Warbling Vireos are fairly plain birds with gray-olive upperparts and white underparts washed with faint yellow. They have a mild face pattern with a whitish stripe over the eye. They stay high in deciduous treetops, where they move methodically among the leaves hunting for caterpillars.
My avatar is worried,... could he be? Impossible because he\'s an avatar. But in this case, rather as we always do, our avatar is an extension, a tool. That can be used in multiple ways. I won\'t expand on that, since you all know what I mean. But in this case, I will use it in its physical action, it gives me the permission to identify it with the maximum concern that the world has today. I will not do that, because I have just finished a series of photos about covid-19 and I have written about it. But it is related to those photos in particular with one (that of the sniper).
I also won\'t do an analysis of why I have much less "likes" than other types of photos. It could be because the pictures are not good. The centrality of the photo, mentioned above, allowed me several things. The first one, to see with great happiness how a group of people, responded with very nice comments. The second, I was also very pleasantly surprised by the interaction between these people. I could go into the depths that the comments expressed. That degree of adhesion to the theme, forced me to respond, rather to exchange opinions, in which clearly my position, ideological and political, I carry the centrality in my thoughts.
It\'s finally what I wanted. But the third and absolutely unexpected opportunity, which gave me that photo, is that of having met people with great human value, that without a doubt and is my greatest success with this photo. Some of them I already knew, I mean we shared comments about the photos. Others, no. This is the case of Connor Mitchell . With whom even a friend interceded before a misunderstanding, in defense of his opinion, as well as, I interpret, in defense of my person, which I am infinitely grateful for. But thanks to this exchange of ideas, I was able to get to know Connor Mitchell better, and another recent friend from the Flickr world even gave a wonderful definition of him, with just one word: One person, Goodwill.
And now I can attest that it is. Connor Mitchell , in the search of the answers that I promised to give, returned yesterday to see my photo and with great surprise, for me he leaves in his commentary, "that I manage to read my answers because I enter again to my page, but that I regretted that the other people could not receive the same ones". The reason: I did not make the links correctly. When I explain to myself, how to do it, even sending me a Gyazo so that my poor mind understands, I realized the dimension that had the degree of personal ignorance on that subject. The first thing that I thought is that during two years I was answering the wonderful messages that were coming to me and nobody knew it, the second and the most important thing, I am constantly proclaiming by the lack of interaction, which the world flickr allows us and I am the first one in not giving any miserable answer,...
That\'s why my avatar and I are worried, very worried. And my avatar helped me to be the tool to give this message to everyone. I AM VERY SORRY FOR MY MISTAKE, I QUICKLY THINK OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS SENT ME BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES AND I, NOTHING. I have always read the comments, but I will be honest, it is not my best quality to be METHODIC. But I still think I have responded over two years to more than 50% of them. When I do, I don\'t like to be cold, on the contrary, my best answers have to do with the empathy that the person who transmits his or her emotions produces in me, then that is when the magic happens, just as it happens with writing, it inspires me and I respond extensively, as my mind dictates. I must also thank the many people who have continued to send me messages without receiving answers.
Thanks to this great person, Connor Mitchell , who put me on alert for the mistake and then helped me understand, is that maybe I can only rescue, some of the messages that I love the most, and I wish those people could read it. Ah, as long as my lack of methodical action allows me to.
P/D In my defense, it\'s not my fault that my right brain is more developed. Reason enough to use it as an excuse, laughs. If it were not also a great conflict with the word that sometimes denies me the left side.
Genova Pegli, Villa Durazzo Pallavicini (Liguria - Italia): ripetuti e metodici, attirano lo sguardo e richiamano l'attenzione.
Genova Pegli, Durazzo Pallavicini Manor (Liguria - Italy): repeated and methodical, they attract the eye and draw attention.
Watching the methodical hunting of shorebirds is pretty entertaining for me. I love seeing how they move, look around and poke their beaks down into the sand from time to time. This Marbled Godwit provided some nice photography opportunities yesterday morning out at the Texas City Dike.
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Limosa fedoa
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects.
White little blue herons often mingle with snowy egrets. The snowy egret tolerates their presence more than little blue herons in adult plumage. These young birds actually catch more fish when in the presence of the snowy egret and also gain a measure of protection from predators when they mix into flocks of white herons. It is plausible that because of these advantages, they remain white for their first year. – Wikipedia
A small flock of the Roayal Spoonbills arrived on the drying wetlands. I observed one of them foraging in the shallow waters using its beak with methodical "metal detector" movements, Suddenly it began to dance in some frenetic ballet ....
TBC
(Platalea regia)
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southern Florida
USA
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects.
White little blue herons often mingle with snowy egrets. The snowy egret tolerates their presence more than little blue herons in adult plumage. These young birds actually catch more fish when in the presence of the snowy egret and also gain a measure of protection from predators when they mix into flocks of white herons. It is plausible that because of these advantages, they remain white for their first year. – Wikipedia
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Today’s image was taken a few minutes after the photo I posted yesterday, just as the sun rose above the horizon and illuminated the canyon walls. You can see that the colors in the sky are gone. The light n the canyon walls are much more intense and has taken on a golden hue. The colors during golden hour in this area are usually so intense that I often have to desaturate my images.
When I started photography, I was always concerned about missing a view that I constantly moved from one spot to another. I didn’t want to miss out on an excellent composition for lack of trying. Later I realized that I was trying out many things hoping one would stick instead of planning and executing one good shot. So now I practice being more methodical and taking my time with my images. At Dead Horse Point SP, the canyon view remains the same, and all you can do is find exciting foreground subjects to add depth. But the other aspect that controls your images is light. This being a desert, the changes in light during a short period is often quite dramatic. So for this series of images, I focused on staying at the same location and capturing the change in light. I love how the light makes it feel like a different place.
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southern Florida
USA
The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern US or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range, as far as the Canada–US border.
The little blue heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid. The little blue heron stalks its prey methodically in shallow water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, small rodents and insects.
White little blue herons often mingle with snowy egrets. The snowy egret tolerates their presence more than little blue herons in adult plumage. These young birds actually catch more fish when in the presence of the snowy egret and also gain a measure of protection from predators when they mix into flocks of white herons. It is plausible that because of these advantages, they remain white for their first year. – Wikipedia
My sparrow journey continues with one of North America's most common sparrows, very friendly, never flying too far, being a slow, methodic mover. I always thought its most prominent feature was a large chest spot....but unless I have the ID wrong, it's not always there! They form groups on migration with other sparrows and I never saw one in south Florida, although infrequently they are reported in the upper part of the state.
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All through January while I was working at home I watched these redwings methodically strip this holly from the top to the bottom.
They have moved on now I hope they found another source of food
The common name hepatic means "liver-coloured", namely, brownish-red. The female is yellow, and the male is red. It looks for food in the foliage of trees, moving slowly and methodically; different individuals use different strategies. [Wikipedia}
These guys just dropped into the local pond and methodically criss cross the surface scooping up all its delicious offerings. They almost seem robotic with the synchronized movements of the team.
I think they will make short work of our little pond much to the dismay of the local great blue heron and red winged blackbirds who are not impressed.
The intermediate egret stalks its prey methodically in shallow coastal or fresh water, including flooded fields. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Two to five eggs are laid, the clutch size varying with region.
-Wikipedia
a few years back there was dense shrub in this scene. one day, our neighbors...a little older than me but not by much...started hacking away at the brush and small trees, piling and removing methodically. as onlookers picking up our mail or driving away for groceries, we didn't really get it. no building allowed here and no view to gain. when about 3/4 of the area was cleared, the husband passed away. eventually the rest got cleaned up. i realized this wasn't about the land.
Jackdaws are pleasing to watch. Solemnly and methodically, they stalk the lawn, unhurried in their search patterns, neat and tidy and dignified in their bearing. Unlike the larger and clamorous cousins with which they often flock, their phrases are clipped, their conversations brief.
They pair for life, share food and, when the male barks his arrival at the nest, the female responds with a softer, longer reply. They like manmade structures. Formerly a nuisance as they favoured chimneys for their twiggy bundles, they’re less troublesome in the era of central heating and their liking for church steeples has long been indulged. As the 18th-century poet William Cowper put it, ‘A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too.’ For this habit, the bird was deemed sacred in parts of wales. From the 1930s, the Austrian ornithologist Konrad Lorenz, founder of modern ethology, determined a strict social hierarchy within jackdaw groups (collectively called trains or clatterings). Unpaired females rank lowest in the hierarchy: they’re the last to have access to food and shelter in times of scarcity, and are liable to be pecked at by others without being permitted to retaliate.
However, when a female is selected as a mate, she assumes the same rank as her partner and is accepted as such by all others in the group, upon whom she may impose her status by pecking. Our jackdaw was classified in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus for its habit of picking up bright objects, particularly coins (monedula being from the same Latin stem, moneta, as money).
Indeed, after Adolf Hitler embarked on an art-theft campaign in the 1930s he was derided as ‘the Jackdaw of Linz’, reflecting an appetite for bright objects. A legend among early Christians declared that corvids were indeed white and took black plumage in mourning after the Crucifixion – except magpies, which were too busy pilfering to grieve properly, so turned only partially black.
I am reluctant to post images I've shot on film on Flickr because frankly they are for the most part very poorly received. That is far more to do with the quality of what I produce shooting on film than with the fickle tastes of the Flickr membership in general. But the truth is I probably shoot more on my film cameras these days than I do with my digital cameras. I just enjoy the slow and methodical process it requires and even if I come home with no more than half a roll of images, to me at least, it is always worthwhile. It feels like a different category of photography altogether, where the process of taking the image provides me with more pleasure than the image itself. I often disappear into London for a few hours with one camera, one roll of film, and one lens and then just walk and look for compositions until I jump on a train and come home again.
Anyway, this is shot on B&W film which expired 10 years ago and was taken on my newest analogue gear, a Mamiya 645 medium format camera. The lens is also a Mamiya, a 110/2.8 prime, that equates to something like 70mm in full frame equivalent terms. The camera is definitely old school, fully manual with a waist level viewfinder, no meter (you must use an external meter), and to advance the film and recock the shutter you have to crank a handle on the side of the camera. This model was produced in the mid to late 70s so it's getting on for 50 years old. It's a brute of a camera that you could drop out of an airplane and it would probably survive the fall. It was built to last and it's one of those old cameras that if you are anything like me you just look at it and admire the craftsmanship and the utter quality of the thing.
Mamiya 645 1000s
Mamiya Sekor C 110mm f/2.8
Ilford HP4 Plus 125
Three Crow were eating the remains of a Rattlesnake, it was near a road so I'm guessing they found it rather than killed it.
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Omnivore
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"American Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides, and in habitats ranging from open woods and empty beaches to town centers. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects and other small animals, seeds, and fruit but also garbage, carrion, and chicks they rob from nests. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Peruvian Pelican - Pelecanus thagus - Though closely related, the Peruvian Pelican is almost twice as large as its northern congener, the Brown Pelican. The species breeds along the Pacific Coast of South America in Peru and Chile. Though still common, with about half a million breeding adults, the population has been negatively affected by strong El Niño fluctuations and changes in food fish populations, particularly anchoveta. Peruvian Pelicans are easily observed from shore as they fly back and forth in nearshore waters by means of soaring interrupted by deep, methodical wingbeats. Near threatened. doi.org/10.2173/bow.perpel1.01
Picture taken at Paracas - Peru. Wishing everyone a Peaceful Tuesday Travel!
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To “Chill Out” means to relax after you have done something tiring or stressful, such as Holiday-Season Activities. This White Pelican Demonstrates the Proper Technique : )
The White Pelican is a huge water-bird with very broad wings, a long neck, and a massive bill that gives the head a unique, long shape. They have thick bodies, short legs, and short, square tails. During the breeding season, adults grow an unusual projection or horn on the upper mandible near the tip of the bill.
Adult American White Pelicans are snowy white with black flight feathers visible only when the wings are spread. A small patch of ornamental feathers on the chest can become yellow in spring. The bill and legs are yellow-orange. Immatures are mostly white as well, but the head, neck, and back are variably dusky.
American White Pelicans feed from the water’s surface, dipping their beaks into the water to catch fish and other aquatic organisms. They often upend, like a very large dabbling duck, in this process. They do not plunge-dive the way Brown Pelicans do. They are superb soarers (they are among the heaviest flying birds in the world) and often travel long distances in large flocks by soaring. When flapping, their wingbeats are slow and methodical.
American White Pelicans typically breed on islands in shallow wetlands in the interior of the continent. They spend winters mainly on coastal waters, bays, and estuaries, or a little distance inland.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
(Nikon, 500mm + TC 1.4, 1/500 @ f/5.6, ISO 220)