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I hope the coming year is a great one for everybody! This past year exceeded my wildest expectations as an amateur nature photographer, with a steady trickle of requests to publish my work, including several international newspapers and magazines. 'Wally the Weasel' was recently published in the Globe and Mail, which I only learned after a neighbor said he had seen it there. 'Swallows in a Spring Snowstorm', seen here, has been unbelievably successful, published in more international newspapers and magazines than can be listed, many high profile. Best of all, I'm still getting royalty payments, talk about a goldmine! Currently it will be featured in the Jan/feb edition of Canadian Wildlife and Biosphère. It was a runner-up in the World Bird Photo contest and is being considered for publication in the newest edition of the Handbook of World Birds. Some of the raven images have also been very popular and featured in several publications.
“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night
and stealing Oreo cookies.”
— Diane Arbus
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Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna
Bird Overview: The Musk Lorikeet specialises in feeding on the nectar which is produced by flowering eucalypts, and sometimes also from the flowers of banksias and grevilleas. They collect nectar with their brush-shaped tongues. Musk Lorikeets are usually seen feeding in large noisy flocks in the canopy of eucalypts, often associating with other nectar-feeding birds, especially Rainbow Lorikeets and honeyeaters. The movements of Musk Lorikeets are often correlated with the flowering of trees, with birds appearing when the trees are in bloom, and leaving after the flowering has finished.
Identification: The Musk Lorikeet is a medium-sized, sturdy lorikeet, sometimes seen in large flocks when trees are flowering and often in mixed flocks with other parrots and other birds. They are active and noisy. This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast. It has a bright red forehead and band through the eye to the ear coverts. The crown is blue, with females having less blue than males. In flight, brown flight feathers and the golden tail are revealed. Flight is fast and direct, with short angular wings and a medium-length, pointed to wedge-shaped tail.
Songs and Calls: The usual contact call is a shrill metallic screech, higher than the Rainbow Lorikeet, in flight and when perched. They constantly chatter when feeding.
Habitat: Musk Lorikeets are found in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. They are also seen in suburban areas, parks and street trees. They roost or loaf in tall trees away from their feeding sites.
Behaviour: Musk Lorikeets are gregarious, often mixing with other parrots when feeding, including Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Little Lorikeets and Swift Parrots.
Feeding: Musk Lorikeets feed in all levels of the canopy and are very active when foraging. They eat mainly pollen and nectar from eucalypts using their specialised brush-tipped tongues, but also eat seeds, fruits and insects and their larvae.
Breeding: Musk Lorikeets breed in hollow branches and holes in living eucalypts, often near watercourses. The entrance holes are usually very small, so they have to squeeze in. Eggs are laid on a base of chewed or decayed wood. The female incubate the eggs and both parents roost in the hollow at night.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/musk-lorikeet/?srsltid=AfmB...)
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The group, "Color My World" features a different color each day of the week. On Sunday, it's "black and white day."
So, for fun, here's an image of a certain dressed-up bird, with "Color My World" in mind.
The Head, Web and Foot of a basic flat-bottom rail profile can be easily seen in this close-up cross-section look at a frost-covered rail from a trackside hardware supply pile of the Union Pacific Railroad at North Lake, Wisconsin. – November 2015 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
The best way to turn a woman's head is
to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
(Sacha Guitry)
Taken in the deep countryside of West Wales (Ceredigion) and uploaded for
7 Days with Flickr #BlackAndWhite
ƒ/4.5
100.5 mm
1/800 Sec
ISO 200
Dedicated to C.F. (ILYWAMHASAM)
And we’ll sit on our single beds nothing on our hearts and tears on our threads, for we know the last unicorn is dead♪
Profile picture that I did for my sister, Winter.
I do take clients if interested. IM Lauryn Sigall in world for details!