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An immature gull takes flight with a stolen bivalve, looking for a safe place to break the shell and devour the goods.
Wheatear shouting at a Little owl owlet. Massive crop on this shot, but I love seeing the owlet peeping through the grass.
In the battle-grounds of life only strong will survive. After a fight, a male Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was sending the defeated rival with a hard chase in style. In the peak of actions they were frozen in their natural habitat. Interestingly, the vast natural grassland was the battle ground for the males and they were huge in numbers, trying their strengths to establish the dominance hierarchy. Pics was taken from Tal Chhapar Sanctuary in Rajasthan, India.
These birds are often very vocal and this one was none the less so.
She is situated very close to the home of my favourite barnie and so was a lovely diversion from my failed owl watching.
I only saw this little bird due to her endless calling, as again another ground nesting bird showed how they protect the young by drawing predators away.
Sadly the light and distance were not in my favour, but despite this I was quite pleased with the end result.
Sadly still no sign of barnie though I did spot what looked suspiciously like a shortie about to stoop as I passed by on the main road last night.
On another plus we spotted a new owl with gorgeous dark gold upper wings, on our way over last night. sadly i was unable to stop the car for a pic, but another visit may be in order.
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
Quarry Near Lower Barn - Yorkshire Dales
Many thanks as always to those kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even to drop by for a quick peek. It is very much appreciated.
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Same Red Shouldered hawk as yesterday's post but just a second earlier.
I liked this shot, too. So I decided to share it with you.
I was just so happy he stayed long enough for me to get a few shots of him. I hope he comes back again.
There are lots of these hawks in my area and I hear their calls all the time and often see them off in the distance. Rarely do they come this close to my house.
A real treat
You get a real sense of speed from this Spitfire FR Mk XIV as it leaves the ground. The undercarriage is in the process of retracting - we can see the left main wheel folding up into the wing, and the small tail wheel at the rear is almost inside.
The round window on the side is a camera port for taking air to ground photos - this model of Spitfire could be used as both a Fighter and Reconnaissance aircraft, hence the FR designation in the name.
Powered by a Rolls-Royce Griffon engine, this type could achieve more than 440mph in level flight. Photographed at Duxford in Oct 2024.
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The 'Crab' eases out of Irwell Vale on her second run of the day pulling the Santa Special train on day 2
Last night, the 6pm 691 didn't bring the train south. Here we see the 5am Lenexa switch crew doing so instead (6am 692 doesn't work Monday). The Liberty Memorial stands tall on the hill.
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Mean Mugging - To continue with the Bobcat photo dump, here is one of a Bobcat pulling off the quintessential felid paw raise. While this Bobcat looks intimidating, she walked by me as if I were a tree or shrub that didn't even exist. A few memorable Bobcats I have photographed in the past have also behaved like this around me; walking by me as if I wasn't even there. I'm very grateful to have found a young one the past few years that continues this behavior - always nice to be able to watch an animal and document its natural behaviors in such a way. The animal eye autofocus and 20 fps electronic shutter really pulled through here in two ways where DSLRs failed me in the past:
1. Up close, I'd often miss focus on the eye as I wouldn't be able to move the focus point fast enough, resulting in frustrating images with focus on the ear, or rear leg in these direct walking sequences.
2. Because of the slower frame rate I'd miss the best pose in the sequence, which was incredibly frustrating. It can be a bit of a pain to sort through hundreds of thousands of images, but it is awesome to know that the one pose I want is 100% in there somewhere.
Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 800, f/5.6 @200mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
On one of the cold, yet snowless days in December of 2024, SKPL was tasked with a shipment of a power generator/transformer from Wrocław to the harbour in Gdynia - something the company does several times a year. SM31-021 was picked to run the train on the unelectrified sections of the route. In exception to most transports, this one didn't lead over Kościerzyna on the old coal trunk line, but rather continued on the old Ostbahn towards Tczew. I photographed the train on 7.12.2024 as it was on the section between Czersk and Czarna Woda, as TNS 553000 Czersk - Pszczółki.
The particularly humid weather made for an amazing spectacle of steam, which a keen eye will spot just behind the locomotive. It is not the classic exhaust smoke, but rather water from the hot air being burst out of the engine, immediately condensing into steam.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
WC engineer Bob Lewis has them in run 8 on the evening of June 16, 1994 as train 34 accelerates out of Trout Lake with 6543, 4151 and 589 leading the way.
Red Deer Hind in Canal cooling off...
Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
Double click image....
London Royal Parks
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.
The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.
The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.
In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.
Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.
Amazon Kingfisher, (Chloroceryle amazona) showing off as we passed close by. See here in Costa Rica.