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I spied this heron perched in a bush as it watched for fish. Then it made its move to a lower branch closer to the water. I liked the catchlight in the shot.
This cormorant was working one part of the lake, then evidently was dissatisfied, so moved to the west end. Fortunately for me, I was well situated for the flight.
It's still "Mother's Day" in my time zone so I'm sneaking this one in under the wire. Long-tailed Weasel mom relocates her youngster, half dragging half carrying. She's probably saying something like "I TOLD you not to play in the street". I'm sure our hard-working moms of the world can relate.
Had to relocate some mantises that were protecting our cucumber patch so I could remove the old and plant some new. I was worried about doing so thinking it would freak out and move on. It didn't. Just after putting this one down it immediate caught a bug and proceeded to have lunch like business as usual.
Black Skimmers relocating along the shore line on a wind swept day.
From FWC:
Appearance:
The black skimmer is a seabird with defining physical characteristics that make it easily distinguishable from others. The key physical feature of the skimmer is its large red and black bill. The bill begins to widen at the top and gradually becomes smaller as it forms a sharp tip at the end of the bill. The lower part of the bill is longer than the top, which is important because they use their bill to skim along the top of the water to catch fish, for which they are aptly named. Skimmers can reach a height of 19.7 inches (50 centimeters) with a wingspan of 3 to 3.5 feet (.9-1.1 meters) (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2011, E. Sachs pers. comm. 2011). Skimmers have a black back, black wings with white edging, and a white belly and head.
On one of the roads towards the great freshwater lake named Tonle Sap, central Cambodia. Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia flooding a vast area in the rainy season and retreating significantly in the dry season. Small homes are often relocated closer to the waters edge in the dry season.
Cormorants moving from one end of the pond at Delores Fenwick Nature Center to the other. About 50 birds in this mini-migration. Could have used more DoF. Pearland, Texas.
At Fernald, Lodge Pond is a sure-fire spot to observe many ducks. if one is patient, afternoon light hits the ducks flying in or simply relocating across the pond. The dry weeds on the banks provide great background.
I was thrilled to see this bird standing in the upper most pond of Fernhill Wetlands mitigation area. I got as close as I could without scaring it, took numerous photos of it sitting still and hunting, but I really wanted a flight shot. I don't intentionally disturb birds, so I waited and waited. Finally after about an hour, two people walked up to the pond even nearer the bird, and loudly said, "I WONDER WHAT THAT PHOTOGRAPHER IS LOOKING AT?" Seconds later I had my shot!
WBD Z-WSPALT6-18A keeps us from relocating any further. Once you get a spot, its tough to move when they run in fleets on the Fe! Ransom, IL.
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I relocated this hydrangea in my yard this past summer because she was not doing well where I had originally planted her. She is thriving now and, here at the end of October, has the tiniest of flowers blooming. I was taken aback by the visitors she had drawn in as well!
BNSF 6643 heads down the BNSF Hannibal Sub. just north of Elsberry, MO. with 25 CitiRail Gevo's in tow. Running in a 1x2 formation to haul the units at this point of the journey under the symbol D-ALNSTL3 05T. This is 1 of 4 planned moves to relocate the units from Alliance, NE to St. Louis, MO. The units are headed for the Prairie Lines yard for storage in St. Louis, MO., I'm guessing that Citi got tired of paying BNSF for storage.
CitiRail units in this move: 1333, 1410, 1212, 1350, 1429, 1303, 1332, 1434, 1412, 1347, 1318, 1435, 1213, 1208, 1325, 1338, 1210, 1310, 1345, 1415, 1411, 1314, 1419, 1316, & 1201.
Praying Mantis
A species of Mantid that I don't see very often. You can see some yellow colouring. This year we have cleared the garden alongside our driveway where these appeared from time to time. This one was on our Wisteria, looks like it has found a new home.
Marsh Life 11
Spring returns to the Fobbing Marsh. A swan, sensing a presence, relocates 100 metres downstream. No panic, no drama.
Fobbing, Essex, England
This birdhouse has been moved a few times under my watchful eye. I didn’t think it was being used enough. Location, location, location is that the problem. Well I did move it to its current location. I think my “Birdhouse Relocation” program was a success as I see it’s getting more use. Gratitude and Kindness are being paid by the current occupants.
Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
It is the relocation project of a three-span arch bridge. The work had been carried out over approximately three years, and it was successfully completed two days after this day.
Relocation of a puffin (Fratercula arctica) conference
Umzug einer Konferenz von Papageitauchern (Fratercula arctica)
It's embarrassing how many cobwebs and dog hairs the small animals find behind our furniture. Here I bring this stag beetle girl outside. Yesterday we had a cornu aspersum with cobwebs and dog hairs. We've put it outside. Fun fact is, that the giant house spiders don't collect dirt before I find them and scream (I would be good in a bad horror movie). Two days ago, I saw a giant house spider in the bathroom. I screamed, and the brave husband caught the girl (it was a girl) in a glass and threw her outside. I'm sure she comes right back inside to look for a cosy spot for to make a cocoon. She was completely clean!
Sitting along the Northeast Corridor in Harrison, NJ under a fresh dusting of snow is a handful of AEM-7 AC rebuilds waiting to complete their trip to their new home in Connecticut for storage.
The night before there were nearly twice as many but due to a multiple lite engine restriction on Metro-North's New Haven Line the collection of retired motors had to be cut in half to complete the move.
Unassigned Power @ Hudson Yard, Harrison, NJ
AMTK AEM-7AC 905
AMTK AEM-7AC 941
AMTK AEM-7AC 917
AMTK AEM-7AC 919
AMTK AEM-7AC 920
AMTK AEM-7AC 908
AMTK AEM-7AC 935
With a span of 154 feet, Mantle Rock has the longest span of any arch or natural bridge east of the Rocky Mountains. It also is the location of a very sad part of American history. It is on the Trail of Tears, the route the Cherokee took during their forced relocation from North Carolina to Oklahoma. During the winter of 1838-39, they stayed here where many perished.
At Fernald, Lodge Pond is a sure-fire spot to observe many ducks. if one is patient, afternoon light hits the ducks flying in or simply relocating across the pond. The dry weeds on the banks provide great background. See the next frame in comments
With Canada Day and the concomitant fireworks coming, I decided to experiment with previous fireworks photos. I took a 2023 fireworks photo from one location and merged it with a daylight phone photo from 2026 from another location. Obviously, I darkened the daylight photo.
HSS
©AnvilcloudPhotography
Looking to be freshly rejuvenated, an S1, possibly of Long Island origins, waits in Conrail’s Allentown Yard for a ride to its new home. The vintage Alco will soon be working for Missouri Farmer’s Association in Mexico, Missouri.
I uploaded a shot of noisy miners having a great splash around in our bird bath last week. These shots are not technically great I know, I am limited by space and interfering objects from getting in close and it was one of those dash for the camera and hope something might work. No time for niceties. But I thought my bird loving flickr friends might like this shot of one of the noisys enjoying backstroke. How it got into that position I don't really know but they throw themselves into the whole bathing experience with such gusto, I guess anything can happen.
Thanks for everyone's comments on today's shots in advance. We have a very busy weekend attending to my in-laws relocation needs and I am not sure how much time I will have on flickr. Enjoy your weekend everyone, be safe friends and COVID free.
After hiking out from south of Iona Island I relocated to this signature spot on the US Route 9W because I knew I had three northbounds coming. Only two minutes after Metro North 841 rolled north on the opposite side the river came the third freight here on the west side. CSXT B72621 (Conrail Shared Assets Oak Island Yard to CPKC Bensenville yard empty unit ethanol with 0 loads and 94 empties totalling 5759 ft and 4188 tons) rumbles across the low trestle over Popolopen Creek at MP 42.5 on the River Line before plunging into the thousand foot long Fort Montgomery Tunnel behind a pair of ragged but colorful KCS Southern Belle GEs.
CSXT's River Sub (ex Conrail, Penn Central, New York Central, nee West Shore) dates from 1883 in this area and despite being a relative latecomer its mainline up the west bank of the Hudson has only grown in importance over the decades as traffic patterns have shifted. Today this line between northern New Jersey and the Albany area is by far the busiest north south route in the northeast, while conversely virtually the entirety of the West Shore's route to Buffalo along the south side of the Mohawk River has long been abandoned.
Spanning the river and dominating the scene is the Bear Mountain Bridge. When it opened a century ago it was the longest suspension bridge in the world spanning 2255 ft across the Hudson River and 155 ft above the water line and with its towers reaching another 205 ft skyward! Originally a private toll road it has been property of the state of New York since 1940.
The bridge has a couple railroad connections I found interesting as well. The original Hudson Highland Suspension Bridge as chartered in 1868 was originally planned to be a railroad bridge which if built would have been the farthest south rail crossing of the river. Despite raising capital, completing engineering work and even starting excavation of the anchor pits it never came to fruition and the second charter finally expired nearly a half century after the first.
When the state then authorized the private highway bridge instead in 1922 one of the directors of the new company was E. Roland Harriman of the famous banking company who was the youngest son of legendary Union Pacific and Southern Pacific president E. H. Harriman who purchased the UP out of bankruptcy in 1898 and then acquired the SP in 1901. His leadership until his death in 1909 turned them into modern economic and corporate powerhouses that would be hugely influential throughout the 20th century leaving a legacy that carries on to railroading today....but I digress!
Across the river can be seen the double track Metro North Hudson Line main and Middle Tunnel at MP 44.4.
Highlands, New York
Thursday October 23, 2025
Building the Intercolonial Railway back in the 1860s and 1870s was not for the faint of heart. ICR Chief Engineer Sanford Fleming endured more than a decade of engineering challenges in order to link Halifax with the western markets of Quebec City and Montreal.
A few site were more complicated than others like this one, located a mile and a half west of St.Noël, Fleming, in order to save the cost of building a bridge over Tartigou River, had it's construction crew bore a tunnel thru the rock in order to reroute the river away from the not yet constructed roadbed.
Talk about ingenuity !
The rock debris, issued when ICR crews pierced the roadbed thru the same rock cut, was used to stabilize the embankment along with keeping an acceptable rolling grade.
I made the walk -in heavy rain no less- from St.Noël to the tunnel on a cold autumn day, hoping to catch Campbellton-bound L562 passing the site of one of Fleming's legacy.
CN L56221-21
2294 8845
Milepost 85.6 Mont-Joli subdivision
St.Noël,QC
October 21st 2025
After crossing 4MP5 at Bolivar, loaded Aurizon grain service 4152S from Bowmans to Pelican Point skirts past the Dry Creek North yard with CLF6/CM3308/CM3309 on Thursday the 22nd of December 2022.
The two CM's are on lease to Aurizon from operator Rail First Asset Management (Formerly CFCLA) to assist with local duties in Broken Hill on behalf of the Tronox Mineral Sands contract, but were sent to Adelaide in November to assist on local and grain duties whilst the Sands train and it's associated shuttle trips to Ivanhoe are on hiatus. The CM's will be relocated to Western Australia in the coming weeks for work in that region.
© Dom Quartuccio 2022.
im almost 100 percent sure this was the last time we shot in this field; its since been fenced off. which is so totally unfair.
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thanks to brenda starr for the texture...she has free ones available at www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/4485511681/in/pool-140.... if i can get my head around textures i'll definitely be saving up for some of the flypapers from borealnz...jill your images are amazing and i'm saving my $'s :).
starting to get colder here so i'm jealous of all the spring shots from my contacts. thought i'd enjoy a tasty mac's dark beer and have some fun in photoshop. have a great weekend everyone!
u-ziq...bic runga | drive
View On Black...to step into the ultimate dream batch|crib :)...well for me anyway...come on lotto!