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First roll of expired Kodak Ektagraphic HC Slide Film. Developed in HC-110. Not digitally manipulated.
Photographer: Mark Ramsey
Title:Wood Duck Pair"
Location: 14 miles north of Salisbury, MO near Bynumville.
Why the photo is important to me and/or from a conservation standpoint: We manage our farm just for wildlife, mostly deer, turkey, quail, rabbit, and other song birds. So when we get waterfowl on our place I get excited. This is on our pond we have back in the timber just for wildlife. We have Wood Duck that frequent it in the Spring mainly we have two nesting boxes so far they haven't taken to them but have nested on the creed that runs through our 120 acres.
My favorite pair of shoes.
Unfortunately while shooting this, the plastic tip of the heel broke off and now my right foot is walking on a nail.
They've now become my favorite pair of shoes which will sit in my closet until I take them to a shoe repairman.
Some friends may notice that I am a fiend for linear forms, and I finally caught this one today, using my new DiMAGE x1 camera. I think that the "Anti-Shake" and the 8 mpx camera really makes a difference. It's good to view this much larger than the medium size shown in my photo stream.
Our PASSPORT Craft Beer and Food Pairing Tour to benefit New Hampshire Public Television and Strawbery Banke Museum, was held September 13, 2013. Thanks to all who came and made our sold-out PASSPORT benefit a success! Photo credit: Grazier Photography
a pair of A-10c's of the 81st Fighter Squadron appearing at Mildenhall 75th Anniversary Open Day 15.5.09
Taken at Staverton Airport, Gloucestershire.
The red & white one is a 1965 125cc and the lilac & white one is a 1967 200cc model.
A pair of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum), at Santee Lakes, Santee, CA. This was my first chance at seeing these beautiful birds. They are much smaller than I had imagined, and quite hard to see as they perched in the top of a large tree and very much match the color of the dead leaves.
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3
Focal Length: 500 mm
Exposure: 1/1500 sec at f/6.7
ISO: 640
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The wine and cheese pairing station features selections of Trius white and red wine paired with a blue cheese stuffed date, Albert's Leap brie and goat cheese, and Gunn's Hill handeck cheese.
September 25, 2016 - The following text comes from Galapagos Conservation Trust website: "The Galapagos flightless cormorant is an endemic species to Galapagos and is not only the heaviest cormorant species, but also the one which cannot fly out of 29 species. As the name suggests, they cannot fly away and are therefore confined to the lava shoreline and beaches of Isabela and Fernandina. The adults are black on top and dark brown underneath with bright turquoise eyes. They have stunted wings that are one third the size of the wingspan they would require to fly. They have four webbed toes (like all members of the cormorant family) and the females tend to be smaller than the males. Natural selection led to the species no longer having functional wings as they had very few land predators, and individuals that were better suited to swimming were more successful in passing on their genes.
Currently there are around 1,000 breeding pairs of flightless cormorants on Isabela and Fernandina. Although their wings are stunted, they are used for balance when the cormorant jumps from rock to rock along the coast. As their wings don’t produce very much oil, they have lost some of their waterproofing so after a dive they can be seen to hold their wings out in order for them to dry.
Their diet consists mainly of eels and octopus, which they reach by diving deep to the ocean floor. Unlike penguins, they do not ‘fly’ underwater, but tuck in their wings and kick with their powerful hind legs, using their flexible necks to spear octopus and fish from inside small refuges in the reefs and rocks. On the surface they sit very low in the water, with only their necks visible from a distance.
Couples perform a strange and unique courtship dance that involves them intertwining their necks whilst twirling in a tight circle. The mated pair then makes a nest a few metres from the sea out of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam.
Most eggs are laid between May and October, which are the coldest months, resulting in an abundance of marine food and less heat stress on the hatchlings. The eggs are incubated for 35 days until they hatch, after which the parents take turns to feed the chicks. Eventually the male is left to care for the chick and the female starts a new breeding cycle, which can happen up to three times in one season. When the chicks become adults, they develop the trademark blue eyes"
- See more at: galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/flightless-cormoran...
This pair of Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) was nesting on our balcony at the Far View Lodge in Mesa Verde National Park, CO. The male (foreground) is far brighter than the female.