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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

- William Inge.

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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.

The Tit Hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) is one of West Africa’s smallest forest birds, It is also the smallest bird native to Africa! a delicate and easily overlooked presence high in the canopy. Cloaked in soft green tones that mirror surrounding leaves, it moves quietly through fine branches, often betraying its presence only with a thin, high-pitched call. Tiny yet energetic, it forages methodically for insects along twigs and foliage, rewarding patient observation rather than quick glances.

Strongly associated with mature forest, the Tit Hylia favours dense woodland where its subtle plumage provides near-perfect camouflage. Its unobtrusive behaviour and preference for shaded, leafy habitats make sightings brief but memorable, especially for those willing to pause and watch carefully.

This photograph was taken from the canopy walkway in Kakum National Park, Ghana — one of the highest and most exhilarating canopy walks in Africa. Suspended high above the forest floor, the walkway offers a rare perspective into the upper levels of the rainforest, where birds like the Tit Hylia spend much of their lives. Photographing such a small, active species from such a high canopy added an extra layer of challenge, making the encounter all the more rewarding.

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}

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

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.

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

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)

Now the a kin of the crane, the limpkin. We were fortunate to fine a family, and the parents were methodically taking snails out of the water and extracting the innards under the watchful eye of the youngster.

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

I watched this Rock Pipit methodically entering and leaving a whole stretch of Puffin burrows built on the bank on Staple Island, Farne Islands. It was probably searching for scraps left by the Puffin chick.

A single leaf hangs in midair, tethered by something too thin to see. It doesn’t fall. It waits. Its edges are jagged, its surface mottled with decay, but it remains suspended—caught between seasons, between gravity and something else. The background blurs into green and gray, but the leaf is sharp, deliberate, and wrong. It should be on the ground. It should be forgotten. Instead, it hovers like a warning. The thread is not silk. It’s signal. And the forest is changing. The spiders are taking over—quietly, methodically. Their webs stretch between branches like veins, and the leaf is only the first sign. Approach with care. The trees may not be hungry. But the spiders are.

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611 is working methodically upgrade at the former Little Tunnel east of Shawsville filling the air with plenty of black coal smoke.

Tricolored Heron - Juvenile

From Cornel:

Coastal estuaries are a great place to look for Tricolored Herons year-round. They tend to feed alone or at the edge of groups of other waders, so be sure to look at the lone dark bird in the corner. They also forage more commonly in open water and pools than Snowy Egrets and Little Blue Herons. Their white belly readily separates them from Little Blue Herons and Reddish Egrets, and their active foraging style separates them from the slow and methodical Great Blue Heron.

Angsty teenagers aren't just a human phenomenon. As Tricolored Herons get older they often lunge and snap at their parents when they arrive at the nest with food. To appease the youngsters, parents greet them with bows.

Their plumage changes in color rather dramatically from the juvenile stage, when they are mostly brown with blue accents, to their adult form: slate gray with mauve tones. They always have a white belly, but during the breeding season (May – July), they become even more vibrant. Tricolored Heron bills and facial skin take on a bright, cobalt blue hue and their dull, yellow legs transform into pink. Why? These coloration infusions are all about attracting a mate.

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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.

All About Birds

I watched dozens of gulls yesterday in the middle of the lake on a sand bar with shells/clams on it. They would methodically take one in their beak and fly up and hover and then release it! I thought they were doing this to break open the clams on the sand below, but they would dive bomb it after they dropped it, and catch it before it hit, only to wash it in the water. I'm not sure what was going on, cause most of the time they would catch it in mid-air, but sometimes it would fall in the water, and they would retrieve it again. They all seeemd to be doing this, and they didn't seem to be stealing from one another. Fascinating to watch and shoot. 3 of 5

ENG: The futuristic suburban train station „Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz“ on the edge of the beautiful Leipzig city centre. It also bears the nickname "Square of the Peaceful Revolution" and is intended to commemorate the historical events of 1989. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to the city centre.

The station Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is about 20 m underground and has a 140 m long island platform. There are two entrances, north and south of the Martin-Luther-Ring. The staircases, escalators and the two elevators create a dense structure. So that the transparent S-Bahn station with the tidy platform speaks a clear design language. Methodically important part of this station is the extensive restraint in the use of simple, clearly readable elements as well as the glass bricks in the walls and ceilings of the prefabricated elements.

GER: Der futuristische S-Bahnhof "Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz" am Rande der schönen Leipziger Innenstadt. Dieser trägt auch den Beinamen „Platz der friedlichen Revolution“ und soll damit an die historischen Ereignisse des Jahres 1989 erinnern. Er wurde im Rahmen des Projekts Leipziger Stadt Tunnel gebaut und am 15. Dezember 2013 eröffnet, so dass die Fahrgäste direkt mit der Bahn vom Leipziger Hauptbahnhof in die Innenstadt fahren können.

Der Bahnhof Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz liegt etwa 20 m unter der Erde und verfügt über einen 140 m lange Insel-Bahnsteig. Es gibt zwei Eingänge, nördlich und südlich des Martin-Luther-Rings. Durch die Treppenanlagen, Rolltreppen und den beiden Aufzügen wird ein verdichtetes Bauwerk erstellt. So das die transparente S-Bahn Station mit dem aufgeräumten Bahnsteig eine klare Design Sprache spricht. Methodisch wichtiger Teil dieser Station ist die weitgehende Zurückhaltung in der Verwendung einfacher, klar ablesbarer Elemente sowie die Glasbausteinen in den Wänden und Decken der Fertigteilelemente.

My parents obviously thought it a good idea to take me for a studio portrait, shortly before my first birthday. I know this because my dear father,** in his methodical way, wrote the date on the back of the photo.

I re-discovered this while tidying my family history album and have given it a little attention.

Perhaps you are now smiling too?!

**how puzzled my dad would have been by the concept of 'selfie'!!

Jackson County - Oregon - USA

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

Work slowly and methodically and be confident doing your inspection. When your anxious and tense the bees will sense it and get agitated.

Varied Sittella (Orange-winged) (Daphoenositta chrysoptera chrysoptera), Nurragingy Reserve, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

Ebird checklist:

ebird.org/australia/checklist/S129401738

Tiny, short-tailed bird with a thin, slightly upturned bill. Yellow eyering in all plumages, but different subspecies vary tremendously in plumage, ranging from black-headed to white-headed, streaked and unstreaked; in flight all, show prominent pale wingstripe. Inhabits woodlands, where usually seen in small flocks that methodically clamber along tree trunks, probing for insects in bark. Birds give frequent “chip-chip” call as they forage.

Source: Ebird

ebird.org/australia/species/varsit8

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, U.S.A.

The Pine Warbler is a short-distance migrant, with many individuals in the southeastern U.S.—including South Carolina—remaining year-round residents rather than migrating south. Unlike most warblers, it has a notably varied diet that includes not only insects like caterpillars and beetles but also seeds (especially pine seeds) and fruits, making it one of the few warblers that regularly visits bird feeders for suet and other soft foods. True to its name, the Pine Warbler is almost exclusively found in pine-dominated forests, where it forages methodically from the ground to the canopy, often moving more slowly than its warbler relatives.

According to the IUCN Red List, the Pine Warbler has an estimated 13,000,000 mature individuals with a population trend that is increasing.

IUCN Red List Assessment (2020): Least Concern

Street vendor, NYC.

A black-chinned hummingbird works his way methodically through a series of flowers.

Christmas is just a few short days away, and I just put up my Christmas tree. Are you like me and place the ornaments wherever you please, or are you a more methodical tree decorator? Let me know :D

Photo for the **SL pictures that touch us** Christmas Contest

HAIR: Foxy - Tini-Hair

SWEATER: Evani - Anita Sweater (Moon)

JEANS: Evani - Anita Jeans (Blue)

CHRISTMAS TREE: Half Deer - Traditional Set

REINDEER: Just Animals - Reindeer Pack

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS: ~AB~ Red Christmas Presents

POSE: Fashiowl - Squirrels Gacha // 4

I watched dozens of gulls yesterday in the middle of the lake on a sand bar with shells/clams on it. They would methodically take one in their beak and fly up and hover and then release it! I thought they were doing this to break open the clams on the sand below, but they would dive bomb it after they dropped it, and catch it before it hit, only to wash it in the water. I'm not sure what was going on, cause most of the time they would catch it in mid-air, but sometimes it would fall in the water, and they would retrieve it again. They all seeemd to be doing this, and they didn't seem to be stealing from one another. Fascinating to watch and shoot. 2 of 5

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

Wishing everyone a Peaceful Thursday!

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Mom osprey and her chicks enjoying a large pike. She methodically fed the pike to her chicks; perhaps it was the first time all of them ate until they were full. They ate every bite of the unfortunate fish.

Brooding skies and the inviting scent of poplar drift over the northern sawmill town of Hearst, Ontario, as a brisk west wind howls across the rain-soaked ties of the Ontario Northland Railway. The crane at the mill moves methodically, tiptoeing through thousands of logs harvested from the vast, never-ending forests of the region.

On the Kapuskasing Subdivision mainline, Hearst–Cochrane train no. 514 slumbers, poised for an early departure under the cover of darkness the next morning. The crew, who is called for 0500, is undoubtedly fast asleep in the nearby bunkhouse. Meanwhile, the sharp bite of the wind, the distant clatter of the mill, and the hush of the rails until tomorrow’s train set a scene begging for documentation. Railway towns like Hearst carry an inexplicable aura; somehow untouched by modernity, if only for a fleeting moment.

Despite the chill in the air, there’s a familiar warmth in places such as this. Like drifting to sleep beneath heavy blankets on a cold winter’s night, it’s that comforting contrast of safety against the unknown (and familiarity against constant change) that draws me onward into the darkness—camera in hand, chasing the quiet magic of the North.

Wandering Wednesday took me to my local farm today where I picked up some of their beautiful fresh eggs. I stopped and snapped a few quick shots of my eggs. I wandered around and stopped to visit the turkeys, chickens, goats, and the cat who were all very friendly. The turkeys moved in tandem and followed me around, I tried to get a few images of them but nothing turned out that well. Shooting on location is so good for me, I am forcing myself out of my comfort zone. Getting a good shot is much trickier because of the pressure to hurry, I am fairly methodical and work slowly. Happy to be working on my goals and glad to get my to do items checked off.

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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The Great Egret (Ardea alba) is a striking sight, the bolt of lightening in the bird world. It is an adaptive creature, hunting in both fresh and salt water and doing so in the typical heron fashion of slow methodical stalking...followed by the flash of movement as its head is thrown by its long neck at prey items. Hunted nearly to extinction in the 19th century for their plumage--their numbers dropped by 95%!--they have rebounded well now that laws protect them.

Another shot from my archives.

A light snow had fallen overnight and started to melt quickly in the morning sunlight, requiring me to work fast. Crawling around on the ground among the grasses, looking for the right light and backlit water droplets is more like a spray and pray operation than coming up with a methodically thought-out composition. To produce this kind of effect, the lens needs to be wide open, at f1.4 in this case, but the shallow depth of field that goes along with that makes it difficult to come up with something sharp and in focus.

But, as you can see, I had some success.

SMC Pentax 50mm f1.4

The first of two species of motmot that I was blessed to photograph. It is absolutely amazing how a bird so large (maybe a foot long, beak to the tip of its tail) can be so hard to see! Luckily, this one started moving its tail in a grandfather clock, methodic tic-toc pattern giving away its location.

This too was taken in a National Sloth Preserve (name lost in the cobweb covered recesses of my mind) near La Fortuna on 11 January 2024.

Update: I finally found where we were when this shot was taken...it has been constantly bugging me not knowing! It was on a privately owned, wildlife sanctuary called Bogarin Trail. The owners took a large chunk of farmland many years ago and allowed it to just grow back wild. The result...the animals have returned in droves and the trails are nice and flat! Expensive, but well worth the $$!

Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva) is a clear sign of the spring arriving for me.

These brightly coloured but small discrete bees are one of our earliest out in the year and this year I’ve seen good numbers around urban parks and gardens, I’ve even found them at work sitting on the wall in the sunshine.

For a couple of weeks though there was no sign they were collecting pollen yet but the temperatures have finally started to climb and the blossoms on the hawthorn and blackthorn opening seems to have been the trigger.

Having spent a while watching how they move around the bushes I reckoned I had a chance of catching them in flight as they are fairly methodical and it was successful at the first attempt.

.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.

A row of built-in “teeth” along the Little Blue Heron’s middle toe serves as a grooming comb. The bird uses this handy tool to scratch its head, neck, and throat.

The oldest known Little Blue Heron was at least 13 years, 11 months old. It was banded in 1957 in Virginia, and found in Maryland in 1971.

I found this one in Lake Marian in Osceola County, Florida.

Remains of some of the nicer pieces of the history of the Stetler family that were in the house. Most of it was just junk!

The man who was doing the demolition on the house was very methodical about what he did and hopefully the best pieces made it to auction rather than the dump. He was also nice enough to allow us to look through things and buy what we wanted. I was more interested in just taking pictures but now wish I had gotten a few things!

Hiram Stetler Farm Set:

www.flickr.com/photos/equinox27/sets/72157638095104183/wi...

New York based artist Rob Wynne works in a variety of mediums ranging from hand-embroidered paintings and collage to sculpture and digital photography,but at heart he is am alchemist.In recent years he had experimented increasingly with molten glass;each glass piece produced with his assistants is hand-poured without a mold,and silvered after cooling.Then the multiple pieces are shaped into dynamic,often expansive wall installations whose individual components sometimes numbers in the hundreds.Although the entire process is highly methodical and guided by preparatory drawings,the multifaceted end product is ultimately inflected by chance.Wynne is drawn to what he calls the "alchemical nature"at once ephemeral and literal,transformative and obdurate,glass is the ideal medium through which to communicate an elusive multiplicity of meanings.

Wynne transforms not only materials but words,taking phrases from literature and popular culture,detaching them from their original contexts,and repurposing them in cryptic or contradictory ways.Whether poetic meditations,tongue-in-cheek quotations,syntactical riffs on the structure of words,or double entendre inspired by Marcel Duchamp,Wynne's metamorphoses of language lie at the center of his conceptual practice.

Tufted Titmouse feeding from a lady's hand in Central Park, NYC.

Tufted Titmice look large among the small birds that come to feeders, an impression that comes from their large head and eye, thick neck, and full bodies. The pointed crest and stout bill help identify titmice even in silhouette.

Soft silvery gray above and white below, with a rusty or peach-colored wash down the flanks. A black patch just above the bill makes the bird look snub-nosed.

Tufted Titmice are acrobatic foragers, if a bit slower and more methodical than chickadees. They often flock with chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers and are regular visitors to feeders, where they are assertive over smaller birds. Their flight tends to be fluttery but level rather than undulating.

--- allaboutbirds.org

Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

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

ENG: The futuristic suburban train station „Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz“ on the edge of the beautiful Leipzig city centre. It also bears the nickname "Square of the Peaceful Revolution" and is intended to commemorate the historical events of 1989. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to the city centre.

The station Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is about 20 m underground and has a 140 m long island platform. There are two entrances, north and south of the Martin-Luther-Ring. The staircases, escalators and the two elevators create a dense structure. So that the transparent S-Bahn station with the tidy platform speaks a clear design language. Methodically important part of this station is the extensive restraint in the use of simple, clearly readable elements as well as the glass bricks in the walls and ceilings of the prefabricated elements.

GER: Der futuristische S-Bahnhof "Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz" am Rande der schönen Leipziger Innenstadt. Dieser trägt auch den Beinamen „Platz der friedlichen Revolution“ und soll damit an die historischen Ereignisse des Jahres 1989 erinnern. Er wurde im Rahmen des Projekts Leipziger Stadt Tunnel gebaut und am 15. Dezember 2013 eröffnet, so dass die Fahrgäste direkt mit der Bahn vom Leipziger Hauptbahnhof in die Innenstadt fahren können.

Der Bahnhof Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz liegt etwa 20 m unter der Erde und verfügt über einen 140 m lange Insel-Bahnsteig. Es gibt zwei Eingänge, nördlich und südlich des Martin-Luther-Rings. Durch die Treppenanlagen, Rolltreppen und den beiden Aufzügen wird ein verdichtetes Bauwerk erstellt. So das die transparente S-Bahn Station mit dem aufgeräumten Bahnsteig eine klare Design Sprache spricht. Methodisch wichtiger Teil dieser Station ist die weitgehende Zurückhaltung in der Verwendung einfacher, klar ablesbarer Elemente sowie die Glasbausteinen in den Wänden und Decken der Fertigteilelemente.

tough buggers to get to sit still

from Cornell

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.

Early morning denizen of my backyard terrorizing my finches, sparrows, towhees, and wrens. Crows alerted me to its presence, and then they came to scare all its potential prey away from the feeders and bubbler in our yards. The murder members were screaming alarm calls, diving on the Cooper's, and alerting and scattering prey to foil Coop's intentions. The cool thing is that they understood its MO and worked methodically as a team to unravel its success.

I frequently think about stories and potential characters as I take photos or decorate. Those characters, real or implied, might never see a finished story or roleplay sim, but they make the photo or build more special to me. This quiet and methodical young man embarking on an unsanctioned (and unsafe) investigation after hours sprang very vividly to mind. I imagine that he makes a living uncovering truth, perhaps as a CSI investigator, but he's realized that sometimes rules and regulations obstruct rather than serve justice. So here he is, no badge, no shield, searching the dark. For credits and more, check out lostseattle.com

Le terme « SNIPER PHOTOGRAPHIQUE » désigne un photographe qui utilise des techniques de photographie à distance pour capturer des images de manière précise et discrète. Ces photographes sont souvent équipés de matériel sophistiqué, comme des objectifs à longue portée, qui leur permettent de prendre des photos nettes de sujets éloignés sans attirer l'attention. Ils travaillent généralement dans des environnements où la discrétion est essentielle, comme lors d'événements privés ou lorsque leur présence pourrait déranger le sujet. Ils adoptent une approche méthodique et cherchent à capturer le moment parfait sans perturber la scène …

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À l'inverse, les PAPARAZZI sont des photographes spécialisés dans la capture d'images de célébrités dans leur vie quotidienne. Leur approche est souvent intrusive, à la recherche de clichés sensationnels à vendre aux médias. Les paparazzi utilisent également un équipement sophistiqué, mais leur objectif principal est de capturer des moments privés ou embarrassants, ce qui soulève des questions éthiques quant à la vie privée des personnes photographiées. Ils sont souvent perçus comme des intrus qui exploitent la célébrité de leurs sujets à des fins lucratives …

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The term 'PHOTOGRAPHIC SNIPER' REFERS to a photographer who uses remote photography techniques to capture images accurately and discreetly. These photographers are often equipped with sophisticated equipment, such as long-range lenses, which enable them to take sharp pictures of distant subjects without attracting attention. They tend to work in environments where discretion is essential, such as private events or situations where their presence might disturb the subject. Their approach is often methodical, seeking to capture the perfect moment without disturbing the scene...

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In contrast, PAPARAZZI are photographers who specialise in capturing images of celebrities in their everyday lives. Their approach is often intrusive, seeking sensational shots that can be sold to the media. Paparazzi also use sophisticated equipment, but their main aim is to capture private or embarrassing moments, raising ethical questions about the privacy of the people they photograph. They are often perceived as intruders who seek to exploit the celebrity of their subjects for profit...

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The visiting Waxwings are still in Bangor. At least I am guessing it is the same group and that they have eaten their way across Bangor. They are incredibly methodical in the way they work through one bunch of berries before moving to the next so I would not surprised if it is the same group of birds. They will be leaving shortly to head back to Scandinavian. A Swedish gent stopped to comment yesterday and he said back home they form huge flocks that take part in murmurations.

Early morning sun begins to illuminate the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park. I decided to go back to the more difficult sets of HDR images that I took on the trip and methodically implement layer masks to create the HDR and adjust for the wind blowing in the trees.

Third shot of my 52 week challenge to try new photography techniques or visit new places.

The first antler arch was constructed in 1953 through the efforts and fundraising of the Jackson Hole Rotary Club. The National Elk Refuge, a protected haven where hundreds of elk come to take shelter during the winter months, sits just outside of the town of Jackson. Each spring the herd of elk naturally shed their antlers allowing locals and visitors alike to harvest the pieces for art and auction. Using a steel frame as a base and thousands of antlers from the annual spring shed, the rotary club methodically stacked the antlers to form the resulting arch. By the late 1960’s the other three antler arches came into existence and completed the project.

The four arches stood proudly for the sixty years that followed. But as antlers are in fact made up of bone, they eventually began to decompose causing the structures to lose their rigidity and foundational structure. In 2006 the Rotary Club began fundraising efforts to replace the structures altogether with newly formed arches. Using donations and the funds received from auctioning off the original arches, some 14,000 pounds of antlers per arch, the club was able to replace them entirely with new frames and new antlers.

By 2015 the final arch reconstruction was completed and the new adornments are expected to last at least another 50 years. The antler arches have become something of a Jackson Hole icon and a legacy to be passed onto future generations. I can’t imagine walking past the Town Square without glancing at families posing for pictures underneath the antlers or watching the christmas lights strung over them each winter season twinkle with the falling snow. Just as much as the Teton views comprise our familiarity and love for Jackson Hole, so do the arches.

www.jacksonhole.net/blog/the-history-of-the-jackson-hole-...

That early female Monarch that visited a couple of days in late July left behind something priceless - she laid eggs! Long story short: I happened upon caterpillars on 8/2/19 and set up the cage the next day after 4 losses, scanning for every single one I could save as our red wasps methodically scanned milkweed plants right along with me. There are 9 caterpillars safely in the cage growing like crazy - but I will worry about them until they go to chrysalis lest any already be infected. This crew is moving much faster than the group of 30 back in much cooler Spring weather. Stay tuned!

>> female Monarch on red zinnia, our North Georgia yard on 7-21-19

Happy Butterfly Monday!

Link to a video of one doing their comical walk, not my video, so funny! Exactly what this one was doing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6nj9AgY7M

Found this American Woodcock very slowly, methodically and comically crossing the road leading into the refuge. It would take a step, stop, sway its body back and forth, take another step and repeat over and over, taking several seconds for each step, so funny and cute! Have seen videos of them doing this but first time to actually see, made my day. Not the best quality and cropped quite a bit, but a great memory for me. :) Wish I could have taken a video. Check out the link above to see one. I'm sure others have seen these but a first for me.

Photos from a morning at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge near Mound City, Mo. Was hoping to see tons of snow geese during the Spring migration but I think many had flown on north. Crazy windy and dusty! Still a fun morning, sorry for so many photos. :)