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Today was productive morning spent in pursuit of Minnesota Commercials Hennepin Job. It took some time for the unit to get facing nose forward, and the sun to shine.Eventually I was rewarded with one of the few if only RS-18s working in the country in nice light.Here job #52 crosses 33rd avenue in Lauderdale with some nice smoke. 01/29/16
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
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I haven't been out into the landscape for some weeks but a trip through the archives has prompted me to post. A few trips lined up for the year and one of them is a return to Sleddale is one of them. I hope you are ll keeping well and have had a productive winter.
A productive morning down the lake today. The mist was hanging around and this was my last shot at 9am. I waded into the water (wellies on) for a better angle and caused the ripple effect. I quite like it, I think the texture adds to the focal point. The lake is much higher than normal, I presume the bubbles are trapped air...
A productive morning of completing the 'big garden birdwatch', a citizen science project organised by the RSPB. Saw plenty of these guys, along with more rare visits from a blackcap and a redwing.
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NEW JERSEY 2017 (Year End) BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
My most productive rose bush, a Queen Elizabeth, is wrapping up its Spring bloom. Due to extreme drought conditions here, now rationing water for the next 3-4 months, or til rain returns in the Fall.
Note, 6 July 2021; My roses bloomed for two months this spring, all May & June.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
So not my most productive weekend this weekend ... a painful foot and a determination to walk through the pain for a few hours on the Saturday meant Sunday was pretty much a wash ;( However the pain eased today, on my last day, to at least allow me to visit the foot of Pucks Glen and wade up the river to get this shot. It's a focus-stack of 3 shots to get everything from the close boulders to the far trees in focus. This is another shot that would be difficult to get if it was not for the low rainfall over the preceding few weeks. Heavy rain last night at least meant that the river was more that a trickle :)
... And here I am again, with another photo from my last sunrise session at the beautiful, peaceful meanders of the river Adda, just downstream the Eastern arm of Lake Como, just before the river leaves the last hills to patiently delve into the Padan Plain. A little, precious world blessed with wetlands and strange, lazy bends and widenings of the river that thwart productive utilization of the area, safeguarding it.
It was just another clean, bright, absolutely cloudless sunrise (we have been experiencing mostly clean, dry weather for months now, leading to a severe drought, with the Adriatic sea flowing upstream the river Po for some 15 km as of today). Yet the early morning was gifted with a beautiful golden light that made the springy colours of the fresh buds literally burst with life.This is another detail of that amazing place I have captured by zooming in a bit, so enthralled by the beauty all around me to forget to put the lens hood on. This quiet corner of our much troubled world has the potential to heal my soul - for a while, at least. And I hope that it stirs positive feelings inside you as well - this is my gift for this weekend.
Some words about the title, that would strive for having both a literal (the weather) and a metaphorical meaning (which is totally up to you). As my fellows addicted to Douglas Adams novels would have got right in a split second, the title of this photo is related to the entry about the Earth in The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. After some 15 years or so of conscientious and extensive field research by one of its collaborators the editors, the Editors resolved to publish a somewhat drier entry:
The Earth - Mostly harmless.
Two words. Full stop. A clean, nice, simple answer to the Fermi paradox - after all, who would be interested in visiting a planet that is merely "mostly harmless"?
Explored on 2022/06/11 nr. 57
I have processed this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-2.0/-1.0/0/+1.0/+2.0 EV] by luminosity masks with the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot).
Along the journey - post-processing always is a journey of discovery to me - I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic to give a slight tonal boost to several parts of the scene. As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Raw files processed with Darktable.
And a productive photographic 2025 TO YOU ALL
This shot: Crowfoot Glacier AB Canada
From the Icefields Parkway AB
About 34 km (21 miles) northwest of Lake Louise, the Crowfoot Glacier is one of the first glaciers you see on the Icefields Parkway. Situated on the northeastern side of Crowfoot Mountain, the glacier overlooks Bow Lake---if you stop at the Bow Lake pullout, you can see the glacier and mountain on the other side of the lake. Runoff from the glacier flows into the Bow River, which runs from Banff National Park to the City of Calgary and beyond to the prairies.
"The shadow, when it is realized, is the source of renewal; the new and productive impulse cannot come from established values of the ego. When there is an impasse, and sterile time in our lives—despite an adequate ego development—we must look to the dark, hitherto unacceptable side which has been at our conscious disposal….This brings us to the fundamental fact that the shadow is the door to our individuality. In so far as the shadow renders us our first view of the unconscious part of our personality, it represents the first stage toward meeting the Self. There is, in fact, no access to the unconscious and to our own reality but through the shadow. Only when we realize that part of ourselves which we have not hitherto seen or preferred not to see can we proceed to question and find the sources from which it feeds and the basis on which it rests. Hence no progress or growth is possible until the shadow is adequately confronted and confronting means more than merely knowing about it. It is not until we have truly been shocked into seeing ourselves as we really are, instead of as we wish or hopefully assume we are, that we can take the first step toward individual reality.
There are at least five effective pathways for traveling inward to gain insight into the composition of our shadow: (1) soliciting feedback from others as to how they perceive us; (2) uncovering the content of our projections; (3) examining our “slips” of tongue and behavior, and investigating what is really occurring when we are perceived other than we intended to be perceived; (4) considering our humor and our identifications; and (5) studying our dreams, daydreams, and fantasies."
------ Connie Zweig from "Meeting the Shadow" -----
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productive photo afternoon while on my walk to the local co-op. firing at an unusual-for-me ISO of 5000, using a high-contrast acros film simulation
NEW JERSEY 2017 (Year End) BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
What's better than paying attention during meetings? Doodling!
This was created while in an exciting meeting for Crazy Tuesday 'office supplies' theme (9-May-2023),
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From a productive trip to explore fall colors in Washington State this past Sunday. We saw rain, snow, sun, and a whole lot of colors.
Autumn foliage surrounds the Wenatchee River in Tumwater Canyon, Leavenworth, Washington, USA.
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This tree is very productive. Based on last year, some of these apples will be touching 500g in October. I have another Bramley's in the garden that is on a bigger rootstock and it produces more than 10 times as many apples but never produces big apples.
we are having a poor summer - cool and wet but that suits the apple trees. Not so good for the honey crop - i will probably get about 25% of the honey that I harvested last year. Four weeks ago in the sunny warmth it seemed to winding up to be a bumper year for honey. Then the rainy weather started and the bees had to consume stores rather than store honey. But i am happy to go with the flow, none of it is important to me economically, and any mood effects can be put into perspective by listening to the news on the radio.
My one annual beekeeping stat that I remember for years each year is colony winter survival ....anything less than 90% is problematic to my conscience. This year I will have a lot of nucs (small, half sized, colonies) overwintering so may need to reduce my conscience threshold to 75% but still hope for 90%
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The Jesus And Mary Chain - Nine Million Rainy Days
After a super productive morning of household chores and errands I stopped by Mer Bleue to see how autumn was looking out there.
I was not disappointed and had I of thought ahead and worn better walking shoes I may still be out there enjoying the sunny day.
Probably a good thing I couldn't stay too long. I came home and had a productive afternoon and will be having my folks over for dinner shortly... and I'm sure they'd like me to serve food and not leaves from Mer Bleue.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Wild Goose_Gèadh
Supervision, Kinship, Productive Power
“Gèadh brings creative and productive power. It allows you to open up to this power, knowing for sure that your relationship, your family or your business partners will provide you with a sufficiently stable scenario to serve as a crucible for your business.”
Oca Selvatica Gèadh
Vigilanza, Parentela, Potere Produttivo
"Gèadh porta il potere creativo e produttivo. Ti permette di aprirti a questo potere, sapendo per certo che la tua relazione, la tua famiglia o i tuoi soci nel lavoro ti offriranno uno scenario sufficientemente stabile per fungere da crogiuolo per la tua attività."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
www.edizionilpuntodincontro.it/libri/l-oracolo-dei-druidi...
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
One of the most productive birding sites in the Kruger National Park is the bird hide at Lake Panic, situated close to the Skukuza Rest Camp. A visit to the hide will nearly always be fruitful for birders and photographers alike. The photographers are, almost without exception, treated to the most wonderful fly-pasts of the herons, providing excellent bird-in-flight opportunities.
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
The black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is mainly resident, but some west African birds move further north in the rainy season.
This species usually breeds in the wet season in colonies in trees, reedbeds or cliffs. It builds a bulky stick nest, and lays 2–4 eggs.
It often feeds in shallow water, spearing fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill. It will also hunt well away from water, taking large insects, small mammals, and birds. It will wait motionless for its prey, or slowly stalk its victim.
The black-headed heron is a large bird, standing 85 cm tall, and it has a 150 cm wingspan. It is nearly as large as the grey heron, which it resembles in appearance, although it is generally darker. Its plumage is largely grey above, and paler grey below. It has a powerful dusky bill.
The flight is slow, with the neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks. The white underwing coverts are striking in flight.
This image was captured at Lake Panic, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
©2014 Duncan Blackburn
Tonlé Sap (literally large river (tonle); fresh, not salty (sap), commonly translated to "Great Lake") refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonlé Sap Lake and an attached river, the 120 km (75 mi) long Tonlé Sap River, that connects the lake to the Mekong.
They form the central part of a complex hydrological system, situated in the 12,876 km2 (4,971 sq mi) Cambodian floodplain covered with a mosaic of natural and agricultural habitats that the Mekong replenishes with water and sediments annually. The central plain formation is the result of millions of years of Mekong alluvial deposition and discharge. From a geological perspective, the Tonlé Sap Lake and Tonlé Sap River are a current freeze-frame representation of the slowly, but ever shifting Lower Mekong Basin. Annual fluctuation of the Mekong's water volume, supplemented by the Asian Monsoon regime causes the unique flow reversal of the Tonle Sap River.
The Tonlé Sap Lake occupies a geological depression (the lowest lying area) of the vast alluvial and lacustrine floodplain in the Lower Mekong Basin, which had been induced by the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The lake's size, length and water volume varies considerably over the course of a year from an area of around 2,500 km2 (965 sq mi), a volume of 1 km3 (0 cu mi) and a length of 160 km (99 mi) at the end of the dry season in late April to an area of up to 16,000 km2 (6,178 sq mi), a volume of 80 km3 (19 cu mi) and a length of 250 km (160 mi) as the Mekong maximum and the peak of the South-West monsoon's precipitation culminate in September and early October.
As one of the world’s most varied and productive ecosystems the region has always been of central importance for Cambodia's food provision. It proved capable to maintain the Angkorean civilization, the largest pre-industrial settlement complex in world history. Either directly or indirectly it affects the livelihood of large numbers of a predominantly rural population to this day. With regards to a growing and migrating population, ineffective administration and widespread indifference towards environmental issues the lake and its surrounding ecosystem is coming under increasing pressure from over-exploitation and habitat degradation, fragmentation and loss. All Mekong riparian states have either announced or already implemented plans to increasingly exploit the river's hydroelectric potential. A succession of international facilities that dam the river's mainstream is likely to be the gravest danger yet for the entire Tonle Sap eco-region.
The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, that contains an exceptional large variety of interconnected eco-regions with a high degree of biodiversity is a biodiversity hotspot and was designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1997.
Explored 24th October 2016
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Fairly productive day at Delamere Forest
It wasn’t the most productive of Peak District afternoons. So far, we’d got up late - after a very long Saturday when the oil had been burned at both ends - and wandered into the centre of Buxton for a restorative pint of Neck Oil at a sunny bench outside the King’s Head, before returning via a snack based foray at the local Sainsbury’s to our rented cottage to watch the last day of the Premier League season on the TV. It was hot outside, and with a plain blue sky on a Sunday afternoon we quickly surmised that landscape photography could take a back seat until after the football - even though the outcome of the latter seemed all but certain. For the evening, once the final knockings were complete, we had a plan.
Among the forty or more locations where I sunk pins into the map before coming to the area, some were pleasingly close to the handsome market town in which we were based. We’d already visited one of them for a grand Flickr gathering before sunrise the previous morning, and another almost immediately after arriving here on Friday evening at the end of nine and a half gruelling hours on the road. More of those to follow. And while we were tempted to return to Hitter Hill for sunset, we agreed that after such a lethargic day, the Three Shires Waterfall might offer rather more in the way of photographic opportunities. All we had to hope was that the good burghers of the three counties might have disappeared by the time we arrived so that we could concentrate on our compositions without unwanted distractions and interventions in the two hours leading up until sunset.
We might as well have wished for the moon to be made of cheese. By 7pm, the deep river valley was well and truly in shadow as we’d expected. Surely by now, with no sun to bathe in, the local weekend hedonists might be heading for home? But no, around the bridge and the bathing area below the waterfalls, they gathered in numbers, filling the space we hoped to point our cameras at. While I headed straight into the foray and clambered down a rocky platform to the water to get something in the bag from the main draw, Dave and Lee didn’t even bother to stop, continuing past the bridge to see what else lay further along the river.
Later, I’ll come back to my efforts among the masses, but for now I’m going to whisk you forward twenty minutes or so, by which point I had decided to see what the other two were up to. Either they’d found something to photograph, or they’d decided to wait for the chaos to settle and eat what they’d found in Sainsbury’s earlier. I found them sitting on the riverbank just above the bridge, chewing on sandwiches and gazing hopefully at a small waterfall just a little further along, beneath a modest beech tree, currently out of bounds, thanks to the presence of a young couple with a picnic table and furtive expressions. Even in the spaces beyond the main attraction here it seemed we’d have to be patient. Whether the waterfall would be worth the wait, none of us were sure, but it was worth a closer examination - or at least it would be once the trysting pair had moved on and found a nearby hotel in which to carry on with their wooing.
Eventually, the young woman set forth from the space beneath the tree, armed with folding chairs, him following closely, balancing the picnic table on one side with the empty hamper on the other. We watched carefully, if only to see where they’d crossed the river, and once they’d departed for the long trudge back up the valley to the road, Dave slipped across and set up his tripod. Lee and I soon followed - both of us considerably shorter of limb than my brother, who’d made it look easy. Somewhere in my memory I summoned up the mighty leap that earned a podium place in the fourth year boys long jump final at school sports day in the summer of 1980 and made it across without incident, only to watch Lee attempt the same and come squelching ashore with one soggy foot.
Once I’d finished laughing, I set up the tripod and zoomed into the fall, an intimate scene where ferns spread their green tendrils out from the black bank towards a simmering white crescendo. Here in the borderlands, just a few yards upriver from the splashing hoots of the late crowd was a different world, where few stopped to admire the simple beauty. The wait had been worthwhile, and perhaps now we could move on to the area below the bridge that we’d come for.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
The olives from the olive trees on the right are picked, not those on the left.
Las aceitunas de los olivos de la derecha están recogidas, no las de la izquierda.
Entre Partida Sanadorlí y Rambla de Alcalá.
Benicarló (Baix Maestrat/ Castelló/ Spain)
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Golden-winged warbler. Michigan. 5/25/2018.
www.warblerwhisperer.com/tour-michigan
This is a highly sought after warbler species by both birders and photographers. It is a ground nester so care must be taken NOT to walk thru the habitat, where one could inadvertently trample a nest. This is my third year in the last four returning to this rich area for this species. This year we located 2 Blue-winged warblers and 2 Brewster warbler hybrids in the GWWA area where the same time last year I had none of each. David Cree (DavidCreeBirder) joined me this trip as he did my first time here, and Hemant (DigitalPlumeHunter) joined us for a day as he did a year ago when I was there alone. The temperatures were much hotter than normal for this area this time of year, but we still had a very productive trip. My research yielded a rich Ceru1ean warbler location within a reasonable drive, as David wanted to try to shoot that species as well on this trip. We finished what amounted to a full 3 days of shooting with Kirt1and's warblers the last morning, and I think David was very happy with his images of this species at the location I took him too.
After my extremely productive hour at Blue Island I wanted to check out the equally famous and slightly busier (though harder to photograph) Dolton Junction about five miles to the east. After seeing UP 1988 pass me eastbound on the IHB I had a hunch that if they weren't yarding the train at Blue Island then maybe that train was on it's way to home rails because Dolton is where the Union Pacific's Villa Grove Sub (ex MoPac nee CE&I) comes into the city from Saint Louis.
When we drove across the overpass at the east end of the IHB yard it looked like they were holding the mainline around the south side of the yard so I acted on my hunch and headed to the 142nd Street crossing just south of the Dolton Jct. diamonds. Sure enough not moments after I arrived they swung around the corner off the IHB on to home rails here at MP 17 and called for permission into Yard Center. Whether that was their destination or of they were headed through to points south I don't know.
If you missed the earlier shot of them at Blue Island and the story accompanying it check out this shot: flic.kr/p/2m96w5u
Dolton, Illinois
Friday July 2, 2021
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This year's summer holiday to the Bavarian and Austrian Alps has been quite productive from a photographic standpoint for me and I am still going through all the photos I took there, processing one after another. This is a photo which I capture at the famous Krimml Waterfalls which are Austrians highest falls, having a total height of 385 m over three steps.
I've already been to many waterfalls which claim to be the highest of their country and I have to say that often they don't live up to the hype. Especially if you want to photograph them, more height doesn't equal better photographic opportunities. In fact it's often the other way round which small waterfalls looking better than larger. But Krimml is different. This is certainly a very impressive waterfall with many different photographic vantage points. And the good thing is that you can feel its raw power by getting very close to it. For me it already ranks upon the top ten of waterfalls I visited in Europe.
In this photo I stepped back a little bit and tried to capture not only the fall itself but also the beautiful forest surroundings and the stream further down. It can get quite busy at the falls with many tourists visiting there every day, but if you leave the main tourist spots and walk away just for a few hundred meters like in this photo, you are already feeling the idyllic nature and can listen to nothing else but the rush of the water.
As the last 4 weeks have NOT been productive photography wise I am relying on my session at this little wood in Wiltshire to carry me through early summer image wise! I had already photographed this composition earlier in the morning but when the light started to break through the mist i just had to go back and get another shot. That side lighting is simply scrumptious (a word taken directly from the Enid Blyton part of my brain!) and transforms the scene from an okay one to something a little special imo.
In other news I have bought another drone. Yes, I know I had two beofre and got rid of both of them but let me explain my extravagences here a second before you judge me and start tutting lol. My first buy was the mini 2 and to be fair it was good at filming but lousy at photography. I upgraded to the Air 2s but after nearly losing it on its maiden flight I got incredibly anxious flying it and also needed a butt ton of paperwork to fly it pretty much anywhere. However it did take very nice photos. But I couldnt get passed the anxiety so it also went and I vowed not to get another one......until they released the Mini 3 pro. Now this thing can take images almost as good as the Air 2s, and better in some circumstances and is far superior image wise to the mini 2 due to a much larger sensor and a capability of a whopping 48mp image! Its also incredibly easy to fly, can be flown pretty much wherever I like and fits nicely into my camera bag. Also, as i am likely going to be hitting my YT channel hard in the coming months it will be useful for that all important aerial B roll footage that seems popular with most of the well known Yters out there.
This argument has convinced my missus so it better have convinced all you too!
Dont forget i also now have a website where I post hi res images of my best work and a weekly blog too. I ssume if you have read this far you find my written word pleasing? Or you are just INCREDIBLY bored at work!
And finally I am getting published in Nphoto magazine!
They contacted me out of the blue a few weeks ago now and asked if I would be interested in submitting an article for their Your stories section. I was blown away that they liked my work this much and of course said yes, so look out for that article in Julys issue of Nphoto magazine!
Thanks for reading!
There are lots of factors that need to be in sync for me to make the final decision to go out on a nightscape photography shoot. Last Friday night (Sept 11) those ducks were all in a row for me, as the saying goes. The weather forecast included cloudless skies; the Moon wasn’t due to rise until around 2:00 am on Saturday; the Milky Way would be in the western sky for hours on end, and I could sleep in once home and the daylight hours came around.
Despite all of that fortune, there were several times on my outbound trip that I found myself wanting to turn my car around and go back home. The gnawing self-doubt that assails me during most of my waking hours was once again urging me to give up, to head for home and to stop kidding myself that any of my photographs are worth looking at, let alone posting online.
After working on today’s photo, though, I’m glad that I pushed through. Being able to capture and share the beauty that I saw in the sky–and the wonders that only the camera can record–reminds me that perseverance often pays off. The Milky Way was very low in the southwestern sky over this man-made pond in the Jerrawangala National Park when I shot the two frames that I used to create the final stitched composite image. You can see the stretched reflection of the red supergiant star Antares on the muddy pond’s surface, with the star itself hovering over the eucalyptus trees in the distance.
I captured the two individual photos that make up this final image with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens @ f/2.0, using an exposure time of 13 seconds @ ISO 3200.
A productive day spent in the kitchen trying to restock the freezer. By the end there were peanut butter cookies, pumpkin loaves, orange and cranberry muffins and blueberry muffins. Now to sit down with a coffee and have a quick taste test. After all I wouldn't want to keep anything that didn't meet standards.
A productive few hours was had on the hill earlier this week in between rain showers, after a few frustrating trips out attempting to catch those American 'grey & pointies' in Wales recently. Proof, as if I needed reminding(!) that one still needs to put the time in to get results.
This was a Hawk T.2, lead of a pair out of RAF Valley.
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NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Henge, and alignment? No problem!
I had another productive 22 hours from 4am Thursday to 2am Friday! Around 3000 photos taken (including ~1200 for time lapses) and good luck! You’ll be bombarded by so much beauty I witnessed in that 22 hours (I was in the office for 8 hours and wasted 5 hours in commute, but took photos for 8-9 hours, including sunrise, sunset, moonset, and Milky Way! And a lot of wildlife)
This is shot on #Canon R5 + #Sigma 150-600C at 150mm
Planned on #Photopills
Tripod: #Manfrotto 190XPRO
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NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
A productive outing in the Peak District this morning.
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It hadn't been a very productive day on August 23, 1978 around Waseca with rather poor weather and high humidity but a northbound Montgomery turn on the former M&StL that broke into the last rays of sun near Palmer made it all worth while. F3 208 leads 313, 318 and 6612 along with 7 cars of ballast to be spread in a rough patch just north of here. A friendly crew to say the least, the head brakie motioned me up for a ride on 208 and then all the way back to Waseca on 6612 after we dumped the rock. My Dad brought the car back to Waseca so I could enjoy some cab time on the Louie. The 208 was the only CNW F I ever rode in. I'm working on rescanning a bunch of stuff and while I posted a small version of this a couple years ago I felt like it was good to revisit this one.