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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris Maritima
In Britain, these birds occur in winter in good numbers principally along the east and south coasts, where they favour rocky shorelines adjacent to the sea.
It is much rarer as a breeding bird, found only in a localised area of the Cairngorms National Park, where 1–3 pairs have bred since the 1970s. Records of breeding by this species in the UK are monitored and archived by the Rare Breeding Birds Panel.
They are late migrants and move to rocky ice-free Atlantic coasts in winter. most go no further south than North Carolina and northern Portugal. They are fairly gregarious, forming small flocks, often with ruddy turnstones. This species is tame and approachable.
Their breeding habitat is the northern tundra on Arctic islands in Canada and coastal areas in Greenland and northwestern Europe. They nest on the ground either elevated on rocks or in lower damp location. The males makes several scrapes; the female chooses one and lays 3 or 4 eggs. The male takes the major responsibility for incubation and tends the chicks. The young feed themselves.
An apparent case of hybridization between this species and the dunlin has been reported from England.
A couple of pairs nest in Scotland, but this species is mainly a winter visitor to almost any rocky coast in the UK. Most are found in Orkney, Shetland and along the east coast of Scotland and northern England - it is scarce south of Yorkshire, other than Devon and Cornwall. The breeding areas in Scotland are kept secret to protect the birds from egg thieves and disturbance.
It is listed on Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
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This buck stops to stretch and rub his face into this spruce bough. They do this as a means to leave their scent , secretions from eye and facial glands, on the bough and leave their mark. They will also nibble on the branch tips and their scent gets left that way as well. This "scrape" is part of their behaviour to mark territory and attract does.
Of the three Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe's at the 74th Members Meeting, two appeared to be new/newly restored examples, this one shown here in the grey finish, and another running in a bare metal condition.
Both, by the end of the weekend, appeared to be suffering some chicane damage, having brushed the wall a little too closely and creating some slight front end scrapes and creases to show for it.
It does show how close to the edge these drivers are when racing, and how every millimetre advantage is used.
This shot was taken at the run in to the start-finish chicane, somewhere that you don't get access to during the Goodwood Revival, so it was nice to try a little bit of panning from here, and to be doing so in a left to right direction for a change.
I've no history on this car, some may come to light over the coming weeks but for now I'll leave it at that.
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The tip of the Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center.
I had a couple of hours before catching a plane in Newark and ended up in the Liberty State Park, a fantastic spot to get great shots of Lower Manhattan skyline.
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(Re-edit of my favorite shot from the Grand Teton NP in Sept 2020)
The day before we had checked the weather and there was a 100% chance of rain with a possibility of snow in higher elevations. After a good night’s sleep from travelling down from Yellowstone NP the day before, I walked outside to find a snow covered car that I had to scrape off before hitting the highway down the road to Mormon Row. To say I was excited would be an understatement.
The Mormon Row road was covered in heavy packed snow that reached the bottom of my Toyota Corolla. I had come to far to not get to this famous structure photographed, so it was onward with a short prayer that I get there without ruining the car.
We had researched the two Moulton Barns on just about every channel but like most people know, you don’t know how it feels to experience anything without being there in person. The sights, the sounds, the smells. There are two Moulton barns a short distance from each other but I thought this one was more iconic. The Mormon settlers were sent out to establish new communites from Salt Lake City to support their growing population.
I had packed winter coats and stocking caps for the off chance that we might need them. We did. There was about 2-4 inches on the ground and the mountains the day before had very little snow on them at all. I got there around 6:40am and first light was to be just shortly before 7am. There were about 10 photographers out there with me waiting for the sun to peak over the mountains behind us. Right on time, the sun began to illuminate the Grand Tetons behind the John Moulton barn. I shot from different perspectives but this was my favorite of the set. Still dark enough to feel the sense of cold (19 degress F) with just enough ample light. I started with my 16-35L but ended up using 24-105L to fill the frame more tightly. I’ve seen plenty of photographs where the barn is higher than the mountain range and that was something I didn’t want. The fence around this barn vs. the other gives it more of a western feel and just compliments the entire area.
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► CLASSÉ PARMI LES PLUS BEAUX VILLAGES DE FRANCE, l'antique village de Ségur offre le visage saisissant d'un ensemble préservé par les griffures du temps.
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Spurn - around the exit of the canal scrape car park. A fearless bird, who's here to eat ants and nothing is going to get in its way. Feeding on one side of the track while its admirers are on the other. Loyal to this area for 4 days now, I went away for 40 minutes for the wood sandpiper, came back and had another session with it, went away for an hour for a skulky barred warbler and had another session with it. Final score was some 1200 images. Not very good with traffic though.
Total of Iberdrola Tower, the tallest building in the Basque Country and the city of Bilbao with a height of 165 meters, inaugurated in 2012.
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Weathered wooden pier bollard with paint scrapes and rusted cable.
China Camp Village Pier, San Rafael, Marin County, San Pablo Bay, Northern California, USA.
4894, the oldest operational locomotive in Pacific National's fleet, entering service in September 1966, rolls through Meadowbank with a short 4124 from Morandoo to Clyde.
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Re-Edit of a shot from Osaka, Japan in 2014. I went there for vacation and of course to take a lot of pictures. This was my 3rd time to Japan, but I want to go back - hopefully soon.
Eurasion Dotterel (F) - Charadrius morinellus
The Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
The dotterel is a brown and black streaked bird with a broad white eye-stripe and an orange-red chest band when in breeding plumage. The female is more colourful than the male. The bird is tame and unsuspecting and the term "dotterel" has been applied contemptuously to mean an old fool.
The Eurasian dotterel is a migratory species, breeding in northern Europe and Asia and migrating south to north Africa and the Middle East in the winter. It nests in a bare scrape on the ground and lays two to four eggs. The male does the incubation and rears the chicks, the female having gone off to find another male and lay another clutch of eggs. It is a common bird with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern".
Adults in summer are unmistakable, with a chestnut breast bordered above with white, black belly and warm brown back. The legs are yellow, and the short bill is black. As with the phalaropes, the female is brighter than the male.
Winter birds lack the rich underpart colouration, apart from the white breast line, and are greyer above. Young birds are similar but have a scaly appearance to their backs.
Distribution and habitat
It breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern Siberia, and on suitable mountain plateaus such as the Scottish highlands and the Alps. This species is migratory, wintering in a narrow belt across north Africa from Morocco eastwards to Iran. Migration stopovers are traditional, and small parties (trips) of dotterels pass through each year at these usually inland arable or grassy sites. The winter habitat is semi-desert.
"Not much real estate to stand there--so get there early". Wise advise, Will.
Though it was technically past sunrise, thick clouds and still being the 0700 hour made grabbing the Santa Train at Pool Point a high ISO, low shutter affair. Still, the masses came before the train showed up to grab the iconic train crossing an equally iconic bridge in what little light was available. This was the Clinchfield I wanted to see.
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I have been dipping into my older files for awhile now, I am getting close to the end of my stash! :)
One thing, then another has prevented me (including laziness) from going out and getting new shots, but mostly, the weather! I don't remember anytime in my past since I have been shooting that has prevented me from doing what I love best in life, but this has been some 'not so productive' months lately.
Hopefully things change soon, or I'll have to just post a blank image and say it's a Platypus or something really special, I am rather good at lying, so I may just resort to that. :)
This male Bufflehead was shot at Centennial Park in Irving, Texas.
Bufflehead
Scientific name: Bucephala albeola
nutria, coypu or river rat
Nutria
[Myocastor coypus]
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