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The Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also known as the rufous-bellied pademelon or red-bellied pademelon, is the sole species of pademelon found in Tasmania, and was formerly found throughout southeastern Australia. This pademelon has developed heavier and bushier fur than its northern relatives, who inhabit northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Males reach around 7 kg (15.4 lbs) in weight, 1–1.2 metres in length including the tail, and are considerably larger than the females, which average 4 kg (8.8 lbs).
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If you've seen my previous images of Aghinish, you'll know that it's largely a limestone plain barren of all but a few trees. At the edge of the plain however there is this fine grove of pines that don't suffer from a lack of soil and aren't regularly flooded. I did have to tread gingerly through the saturated ground though, and avoid copious amounts of horse shit, as the land owner normally keeps his Connemara ponies on the property. I don't *think* I had to edit any of their poop out of this image, taken on one of their trails through the pines.
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With the previous day's L580 unable to pull all their assigned tonnage out of Franquet, an extra crew running as W933 was called in Senneterre for 0800.
Plan of the day; running light engine to Franquet, pull the loaded ballast cars stored there, double over the L580 cars and run south towards Quévillon where an engineering department team will meet them for some ballast dropping along the southern part of the line.
After a few moves, marshalling the train in the right sequence and having the power wyed in Franquet wye, W933 slowly pulled off the Matagami subdivision into the Chapais subdivision with the section house still in place, complete with CNR's iconic wood station name sign on it.
We were very glad catching this move on our trip, train 581-580 only running two days a week here and mostly at night, this was a huge bonus for us over this seldom used remote line.
CN W93321-14
9450 9418
Milepost 72.1 Chapais subdivision
Franquet,QC
September 14th 2017
2010-2019 resulted in some great adventures and photographs. I am going to steal some formatting from Brian Plant and share a few from the archives that have not been previously posted.
Often times most of the "fails" end up sitting on the harddrive forever but this seemed like a fun one to share. We were pretty excited to hear the ECO set call the dispatcher and request some railroad back to Conway. We were not so excited to see lite power come around the corner. At least it provides a nice unobstructed view of the now removed signal bridge?
Same flower as previous image just slightly different perspective and details. I did experiment with some dodging on the petals, slightly. I love black and white photography! Converted while editing. Thanks my friends!
ISO of 500, 85mm with a 36mm extension tube, f1.8, 1/2000
Nikon D750
Previously unposted shot from last year. The Sardinian Warbler is a close relative of our Dartford Warbler, he is wearing his evening suit in this shot, whereas his country cousin prefers something a bit less formal. They share the same distinctive eye ring and eye colour. He is perched on a freshly sprouting succulent plant at the edge of the harbour. Taken in the Algarve.
Same evening as the previous post. Deep snow on some of the park roads limited where I could go, but I still had plenty of options. The critters were all lying low in the aftermath of the storm; I spotted one grouse, and a moose at a great distance.
The evening light was pure, and despite a temperature of -7°C (19°F), there was no wind and I didn't feel cold.
At this location the park road runs across a long stretch of upland prairie, through a prairie dog town (where I often see coyotes) with huge, deep coulees on either side. Here is the edge of Laouenan Coulee, looking west. Despite the absence of critters, animal tracks crisscrossed the snowy terrain everywhere I looked: deer, moose, bison, grouse, rabbit. They're out there, just lying low, conserving energy, waiting for spring (like me).
This one's for Bernie, who doesn't like 4x5 proportions. I do, but this image called for the standard 2x3 due to the prominent wing-shaped snow drift in the foreground. I did shoot it from a little farther back, but I prefer this one, the closer shot: 4x5 would have clipped the bottom.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I found this one gathering nesting material in the brambles by the Trent path. She flew out into the reeds and a moment or two later I found her again, flitting up to catch insects in the reeds. She seems to have acquired a passenger on her head on her travels.
As with the male in the previous photo, catching a shot was a bit tricky as the reeds were blowing a bit and she was drifting in and out of clear view as the reeds moved back and forth.
a previously unseen frame from a number of admittedly very similar pictures of 2-8-0 3802 hauling a llangollen railway santa special in the winter of 2010---it is possible that this loco may be back in action later this year
I happened upon this great grey owl in a location I hadn't seen one previously, perched up high in a tree. Not ideal, but I got out of the car and tried to get a decent photo. Nothing. Eventually, it flew across the road and perched on a fence post with its back to the bright sun. Typically, not ideal. However, the background was a line of frost and snow covered willow shrubs, and the crystals were melting in the warming sun, creating very bright highlights all over.
When photographed, but not in focus, those spectral highlights become discs of brighter light which are called 'circles of confusion'. Of course, bokeh is the out of focus portions of a photo. Hence the long and cryptic title. Hope you enjoy the image. Like the owl, I'm still on the fence about it.
My previous upload didn't show in Activity Feed. So, let's try again...
Tiny, short-billed hummingbird of forests, forest edges, and savanna woodlands. Both sexes are green on the back with a white band across the rump, but males have glossy pink throat and a deeply forked tail. Females have a white throat, a short tail, and cinnamon flanks and undertail.
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The previous day, Amtrak zipped through town missing the 5 car Seattle section of the train. That section (led by AMTK 307) smashed a tree west of Spokane and was towed back to Seattle and added to the next day's train. (307 was left behind)
Led by 3 differently painted Amtrak locomotives, an unusually big 14-car Empire Builder flies through town with temperatures just barely hitting +10.
Of course, in 2022, I would have much rather shot AMTK 301 ("Day 1") leading. But I feel like in several years when the GEs are gone or hard to find I'll feel differently about catching a bloody Genesis 45 leading.
Winds kept the Becker plant steam away from the sun but also chilled the bones stepping outside to get the shot.
AMTK 45
AMTK 301
AMTK 303
Years ago, before double track, there was a tree that blocked the billboard and was a better photo prop. Granted the billboard has changed recently, but I still miss the tree.
The two previous shots are in the first two comment boxes. I'm shooting at 14 frames per second - a blink of an eye.
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
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As previously written: "...the entire piece must be balanced and made believable to the discerning eye."
Here, the gulls are captured poetic flight -wings dancing above the wave crests. Creating this is very tedious and a great deal of patience is needed to make it effective.
“In the Spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love”… Locksley Hall, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Apparently the same holds for the American Kestrel. I suspect this might be the same pair photographed by Alice Cahill the previous day. www.flickr.com/photos/alicecahill/52754265295/in/feed-283...
San Luis Obispo County, CA
RKO_2773. Same image as previous upload but now without frame.
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I previously posted a pic of an E/B Southern Pacific TOFC train passing the water plug at Black Butte. Here's what the rear looked like three minutes later. SD40R-7375. Did SP call them helpers, pushers or something else? I've been told helpers is correct.
On all previous occasions that I have been lucky enough to come across a Brocken Spectre whilst in the mountains I have been able to see my shadow within the glory rings. For some reason, perhaps the fact that the cloud base was quite some way below my spectre didn't appear. This must be the only time I can recall coming across such a display.
By way of a little explanation here is an exert I have found online which explains the creation of these rare phenomenons.
The Brocken Spectre materializes when a mountaineer gazes downwards into the mist from a ridge or peak, with the low sun positioned behind them. As the climber's shadow extends forward through the mist, it creates the shadowy figure that is commonly referred to as the "spectre." What adds to the mystique of this spectacle are the shimmering rings and glow surrounding the spectre, known as a glory. The glory is centered directly opposite the sun at the antisolar point, where all shadows converge. It is similar to other atmospheric phenomena such as anti-crepuscular rays and cloud shadows.
By way of the topography of this view, the photo was taken from near the summit of Fairfield and looks down on part of Cofa Pike (the rest was engulfed in the cloud) with the whaleback ridge of St Sunday Crag in the background. My return home route would take me down the treacherous icy descent of Cofa Pike and then back up and over St Sunday Crag. Of course the location of the Brocken Spectre would depend upon where I was on this return track. At one point it partially appeared just twenty yards infront of me.
Rotated 180 from previous version/image and - to me anyway - it creates a whole other abstract journey. HSS!
This is the weathered surface of an usual, spacecraft-like sculpture called 'Time Top' by Jerry Pethick that sits by the water in False Creek under the Cambie Street Bridge. I played around with processing it for the Sliders Sunday group.
As I said previously, I have a few more images of the Copper Coast and all of them show how wonderful this designated UNESCO Geopark Site is. I will be certainly visiting it a lot more in the future and it is not too far to travel.
About twenty minutes previous to seeing these deer we heard a shotgun echo throughout the forest. We were not too concerned because we were in a Bird Sanctuary.
Then we happened upon these three deer. They visited with us for a couple of quick moments and then disappeared like deer do with such ease into the bush.
Two minutes later, three hunters appeared from the same direction from where the deer had come from. It felt strange seeing them all decked out in their camouflage gear and rifles hanging at the ready. It felt strange, but even more I felt completely vulnerable.
I wonder if the deer feel that same emotion - especially when they thought they were alone...
This previously unused shot was taken in February 2025. There are over 160 tors - major granite outcrops - in Dartmoor National Park. This one, Combestone Tor, is high on a hill (1,167 feet above sea level) overlooking the valley of the River Dart. It is within the Holne Woodlands area of Special Scientific Interest. Combestone Tor is my personal favourite because of the stunning views and the fact that there is a small car park just a few feet away. My days of climbing are long behind me!
For a comparison to my previous photo of a Long-Eared Owl, here is a Short-Eared Owl taken five years ago in the same area with my former Nikon D750 and a 300mm prime lens.
Boundary Bay, Delta BC
The short-eared owl is a medium-sized owl measuring 34–43 cm (13–17 in) in length and weighing 206–475 g (7.3–16.8 oz). It has large eyes, a big head, a short neck, and broad wings. Its bill is short, strong, hooked and black. Its plumage is mottled tawny to brown with a barred tail and wings. The upper breast is significantly streaked. Its flight is characteristically floppy due to its irregular wingbeats. The short-eared owl may also be described as "moth or bat-like" in flight. Wingspans range from 85 to 110 cm (33 to 43 in). Females are slightly larger than males. The yellow-orange eyes of A. flammeus are exaggerated by black rings encircling each eye, giving the appearance of them wearing mascara, and large, whitish disks of plumage surrounding the eyes like a mask.
The short-eared owl occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia; thus it has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird. A. flammeus breeds in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. The short-eared owl is known to relocate to areas of higher rodent populations. It will also wander nomadically in search of better food supplies during years when vole populations are low.
Cape Penguin (Previously called the Jackass Penguin because of the noise they make.)losing its fluffy baby coat at Boulders Beach Simons Town near Cape Town. The birds nest among the bushes at the top of the beach and wander down to the water to swim, catch fish and preen.
As seen in the previous photograph, this chair has needed a new seat cover for a long time. I thought I'd show the cute fabric print and give a shoot-out to Spoonflower.com. You choose a pattern and then they print it on the type of fabric you select. I think the sturdy cotton I picked gives it a feeling of vintage barkcloth.
After I filled the holes in the seat, I added "elbow patches" of linen over the areas the cats liked scratching the best--to slow down future damage--before the final fabric covering.
In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.
On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”
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Previously named Baird Court after zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887).
The building still houses rhinoceroses.
I previously posted *part* of this image, warning all that I'd be back when I figured out how to do panoramas. Well, I did, and I have - here's the outcome. Still can't remember exactly where I shot it, though!
Conti Chivalry (previously known as Ever Chivalry) (IMO: 9293791) is a container ship registered and sailing under the flag of Liberia. Her gross tonnage is 90,449, her overall length (loa) is 334 m and her container capacity is 8,084 TEU. She was built in 2006 and is operated by NSB Niederelbe Schiffahtsges of Germany.
I photographed the Conti Chivalry as she passed through the mouth of the Swan River heading into the Fremantle Inner Harbour on 30 April 2021. Her last port of call was Adelaide and her next port of call is Singapore. She was assisted by four tugs, Svitzer Albatross and Svitzer Eagle Svitzer Falcon and Svitzer Redhead most likely due to both her size and the tide. I did notice one of the tugs was working hard to keep her speed down.
Note the plumage similarities with my previous post of a fall female Cerulean--the supercilium (wide pale stripe above the eye), the prominent auricular (cheek patch) patch, the wing bars, and the lighter color below. These plumages can be confused in the field especially with so so views and lighting. The dorsal (back) streaking will never be present in the female Cerulean but back views of these canopy species are not often seen well. I've read about how the auricular patch is "rounded off" in the Blackburnian as opposed to Cerulean but as can be seen above I've found that NOT to be the case in many instances in female Blackburnians. The tail is longer in the Blackburnian with a very short extension of the tail beyond the under tail coverts in the Cerulean. The female Cerulean has more olive tones and the Blackburnian has more brownish tones but with certain lighting this can be difficult to appreciate. Most Ceruleans have migrated to the South by early September whereas Blackburnians can be be found early and late in migration. Much care must be taken in the identification of female type Ceruleans as many if not most of these especially late in the season will be Blackburnians.
I previously posted this photo after doing a pretty sloppy touch up in Lightroom. I decided to use it as my Best Shot of 2024 entry but wanted to clean up the Lightroom edits first. So, if it looks familiar, there is a reason for that.