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A pair of Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) roosting in a pond in the Gilbert Riparian Area in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
14 February, 2017.
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Wrapping up my waterfowl series with this pair of Trumpeter Swans photographed at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri.
From the Cornell Lab:
" Trumpeter Swans demand superlatives: they’re our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 pounds - almost twice as massive as a Tundra Swan. Getting airborne requires a lumbering takeoff along a 100-yard runway. Despite their size, this once-endangered, now recovering species is as elegant as any swan, with a graceful neck and snowy-white plumage. They breed on wetlands in remote Alaska, Canada, and the northwestern U.S., and winter on ice-free coastal and inland waters."
As long as their noses / point in the same direction / and their taste is similar / the couple remains a pair.
Dahlias after a rain.
Edited with an effect in Topaz Studio.
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Another photo from my files. I'm keeping an eye on the reports of where these birds are this year and hoping that if they do arrive here I can use my camera again.
I came across a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, she seemed a little rounder so maybe she is carrying eggs or was just fluffed up.
One last swan image, I am quite excited about this pair and hoping to be able to observe them with their family.
There were still Trumpeter Swans at Potter Marsh the morning of the 7th of October. These two love birds must have flown in recently since their heads aren't yet brown from digging for vegetation in the marsh. It was great fun to watch them interact with the other swans as well as watch the numerous mallards that swan nearby to pick up the leftovers from the swans feeding efforts.
Two Trumpeter Swans,
I believe a mated pair,
swimming at Potter Marsh,
I captured them there.
Digging for green leaf,
they were hungry for food,
and photographers were aplenty,
all in the mood,
to capture the beauty of creatures so fair,
we waited for shots of interest,
from this loving pair.
Daniel G. 2017
Taken 7 October 2017 at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska.
A pair of earrings. Natural light plus a pencil torch to the left and rear to back light the stones.
It's Christmas time, and who doesn't wish for paired SD-45's at this time of year? Well here you go, Griffith, Indiana in 1974. Eastbound with Lehigh Valley TOFC in tow.
Bearded Tits / Reedlings perform their pair bonding ritual end of Sept to mid Oct - deciding if they have the right partner for the winter. Males and females show off to each other on the top of the reeds - about the only time of year you will see them. Once paired - they stick pretty close to each other - like these 2.
Taken in Norfolk.
These made me think of a mother and daughter out for a walk, the way they grew side by side like that. But they're both on the same plant; one was just much larger.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
Finally!! The planets lined up... sunny day, ponds and creeks are mostly melted and ducks are arriving!
A Harlequin Duck pair (male on the left, female on the right) take a breather from negotiating strong currents and powerful rapids. They were on the Laxá river (the outlet from Lake Mývatn) in the region of Norðurland eystra, Iceland.
Behind a pair of former Southern Pacific units, UP Train MNLTR 10 blasts past the Bunge Corp. Grain Elevator at Boeving on the UP Hoxie Sub.
I always thought those Ex-SP SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors looked pretty slick even in UP paint. By this time many of them were rebuilt into what were called SD40-2T's with 16 cylinder prime movers. 2nd out is a repainted SP Dash-9.
According to the conversation with the dispatcher that Farlow and I overheard on the radio, this train was “the hottest manifest on the UP System” that day with those 10 lost straggler UPS pigs on the head end that they'd picked up en route around Corning, Arkansas.
I have an audio recording of that Prime horn on the cab screaming past. What I wouldn't give to see this today. It sounds as good as it looks.
Locomotives: UP 2834, UP 9613
10-10-06
Junland, MO
A pair of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Hampton, West London.
Shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AF Zoom 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6G lens, and lit with two ceiling-bounced off-camera SB600s. Processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
A pair of Canada Geese walk the shoreline together.
I gave this a high-key and high contrast treatment and presented it in a tan monotone.
All the snow and ice has melted along the lakeshore and the bird migration has begun!
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located on the Cape Peninsula, in Simon's Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist spot because of a colony of African penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.
These African penguins are only found on the coastlines of Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia). These penguins are currently endangered. As a result, the penguins are under the protection of the Cape Nature Conservation.
Although set in a residential area, it is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird (Spheniscus demersus) can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. From just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3000 birds in recent years. This is partly due to the prohibition of commercial pelagic trawling in False Bay, which has increased the supply of sardines and anchovies, which form part of the penguins' diet. as well as the help from former SANDF naval officer, Van the Penguin Man
Bordered mainly by indigenous bush above the high-water mark on the one side, and the clear water of False Bay on the other, the area comprises several small sheltered bays, partially enclosed by granite boulders that are 540 million years old.
The most popular recreational spot is Boulders Beach, but the penguins are best viewed from Foxy Beach, where newly constructed boardwalks take visitors to within a few metres of the birds. It is also a famous swimming beach, although people are restricted to beaches adjacent to the penguin colony.
Some of the world famous cannonballs of the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. These large concretions were formed within the nearby rock layer by the deposition of mineral around a core. They were exposed by the erosion of the softer sediment in which they were born.
The male partner of this pair of leopards appeared to be slightly distracted. The female was determined to get his attention, and crawled into his lap, pushing herself into his body. I was lucky to capture this unusual moment in their courtship, trying for a bit more depth of field to get both animals in focus.