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A couple of Shoveler Ducks to carry you over the weekend as I shovel off (pardon the pun) out looking for some new photos.
Love the bills on these ducks which is obvious for their name.
The general cargo ship 'Scot Trader' under tow by the tug 'Duke II'. en-route from Rochester to Hull. Again they appear to be riding out the coming storm 'Jorge' by sailing back and forth a few miles off Cley.
'Seaway Moxie' also at anchor.
Again a monster zoom.
Woohoo! I did it! I've gotten a few photos of the belted kingfisher(s?) who have been hanging around our lake in east Loveland, Colorado, but not one that really satisfies. Well, this afternoon, this female posed nicely (albeit briefly) for me on the post of our dock!
Shaking it Off
Reed cormorant shaking off the water after going fishing. Cormorants do not have the same level of waterproofing as most aquatic birds and thus have to spend a lot of time drying out their feathers between dives
We are off to New York for 7 days...Hannah and Lucy are coming with us and there is so much we want to see and do.
The last time we went was one week, exactly to the time, before the Twin Towers came down. I have photographs of the boys at the very top looking out and at the bottom drinking hot chocolate from a little stall that stood there.
I remember the pains that shot down my legs when I heard the terrible news. I was at work and just couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
George watched the news and tried to make sense of what he was seeing. Charlie, younger, coped better in his way.
George turned to me and said,
‘We would have been okay Mum....we could have held onto the mast at the top and gone down with it...like a ride.’
I have never held my sons so close as I did that night.
There but for the grace of God.......
take care my friends.....with love always....xx
The temperature hovers at 107 degrees in the depths of the Sacramento River Canyon at Delta. It's almost too hot to handle. The air is still, making the heat feel unbearable. But the approach of a train at the last minute, coupled with some beautiful light, makes it worth staying for a minute. Thankfully, the train approaching was a shorty. UP 5274 leads a short northbound maintenance of way train up the canyon. A quick retreat to an air conditioned car was in order after the train's passing.
I stopped to take some pictures but, the only one I really liked at this location was the one I took of my truck. Go figure.
International call IBOF
Classifications RINA 100-A-1.1-NAV.IL; Re; Ap(pl)-IAQ-1;Ice Class IC; FFQ-2
Delivery 1980
Yard Odense Staalskibsvaert A/S - Lindo
Flag Italian
Gross tonnage 1,894 GRT
Net tonnage 568 NRT
Deadweight 1,965 t.
Lenght overall 62,96 m
Breadth moulded 15,50 m.
Maximum draft
6,45 m
Propulsion 2 controllable pitch propellers in fixed nozzles
2 bow thruster 600 HP
1 stern thruster 600HP
Main engines 4 x MAK 8M AK total 13.300 HP
Bollard pull 140 tons continuos; 156 tons maximum
Speed 16.50 Kn
TOWING/ANCHOR HANDLING WINCHES
Manufacturer/Type Brattvaag triple drum waterfall
Max Pull 270 tons
Brake Pull 400 tons
Capacity of Drums 1200mt of 64 mm dia. wire
Tugger winches 2 x 10 tons
Capstan 2 x 9 tons
Towing pins 2 x ACTA indipendently and remotely controlled vertical rollers
Shark Jaw swl 1 - 300 tons
Stern roller 5 mt lenght, 2.5 mt dia
Anchor Type 2 + 1 spare anchors of 2.100 kos each
Anchor Windlass 2 x Brattvaag B12 type 1.045 m of 38 mm U3 chain in each locker
DRY BULK/DISCHARGING CAPACITY
Dry bulk 208.00 cbm
Discharge rate 40 cbm/h
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Monitors 4 x Skuteng type FM300
Capacity 1.800 cbm/h each (pressure 20 bar) at 150mt
Pumps 4 x type JMW 2222 - 309
DECK
Deck cargo 1000 tons
Deck space 37x12.5m - 462.5sqm
Deck strenght 5 tons/mq (aft of frame 100 - 15 tons/sqm)
Cargo rail height of cargo rail 2.15 m
Deck crane n.1 telescopic electro hydraulic driven - 3 TONS SWL at 16,5 m
NAVIGATION AND COMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Gyro Compass, 3 Radars, 2 Echosounder, Auto pilot, GPS navigator, GMDSS n.424768730/424768830.
e-mail: ahportosant@les-raisting.de
LIQUID AND CARGO CAPACITY / DISCHARGE RATES
Fuel oil 730.40 cbm 100 cbm/h at 70 mt
Potable water 438.60 cbm 100 cbm/h at 70 mt
Drill water 229.00 cbm 100 cbm/h at 70 mt
Brine 207.00 cbm 471 cbm/h at 70 mt
Drilling Mud 200.00 cbm 471 cbm/h at 70 mt
Dispersant 52 cbm
OIL RECOVERY
Oil booms 300 m
Skimmer 300 cbm/h
Oil rec capacity 500 cbm
ACCOMMODATION
Officer/crew cabin n. 16x1 berth cabins
Cabins 2 x 2 berth cabins
The rising sun lit up the foreground while the thick spring fog rising from the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth Harbor dominated the background. Shot taken from Fort McClary in Kittery, ME.
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Lift off.
Downy Woodpecker, June 13, 2020, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Lucky timing on this shot, of course if you take enough images you will get a few like this.
Dryobates pubescens
Downy Woodpeckers have been discovered nesting inside the walls of buildings.
sometimes one just has to get away from the noises of everything else.
Paper and pen.
Tent.
Fire.
Dogs for company.
Watching deer feed, listening to coyotes, Barred Owls, and watching fireflies.
I fell sound asleep before the Milky Way appeared but that is OK.
We slept soundly and until way after dawn broke.
PS, this is the second time I've ever camped.
Northern Shoveler escaping the birding hordes in Cape May. Photographed at the NJ Aubdubon's fall festival - October 2013.
All sizes! Looks like crap without it. Umm, well, I can't say anything about this picture, to prevent spoilers. But it is for a creation of mine.
Anyhow, I got my braces off today! I'm licking my teeth soo much. Maybe I'll upload some pictures of me without them. I get my rutainer (sp?) on Thursday. I can't believe school already starts on Monday! I've been so productive lately in terms of sim pictures. lol.