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Photo captured while driving towards U.S. Highway 101, near post-mile marker 85.40 on Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, near Leggett. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo captured just north of the Freshwater Lagoon alongside U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway. Humboldt County. Early May 2013.
Photo captured at Carmel River State Beach in Carmel-By-The-Sea. Monterey County. Late February 2013.
Photo captured along the beach at Ma-Le'L Dunes in the census-designated place of Manila. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo of the mouth of the Klamath River captured from Del Norte County Road D8 in the town of Klamath. Del Norte County. Early March 2013.
Photo looking towards the King Range captured along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo of Steamboat Rock captured along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
The Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird (Ardeola grayii) is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They are widespread and common but can be easily missed when they stalk prey at the edge of small water-bodies or even when they roost close to human habitations. They are however distinctive when they take off with bright white wings flashing in contrast to the cryptic streaked olive and brown colours of the body. Their camouflage is so excellent that they will close approach before taking to flight, a behaviour which has resulted in folk names and beliefs that the birds are short-sighted or blind.
They appear stocky with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers. Its appearance is transformed from their dull colours when they take to flight, when the white of the wings makes them very prominent. It is very similar to the Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides, but is darker-backed. To the east of its range, it is replaced by the Chinese Pond Heron, Ardeola bacchus.
They are very silent but may give a harsh croak when flushed or near their nests.
They are very common in India, and are usually solitary foragers but numbers of them may sometimes feed in close proximity during the dry seasons when small wetlands have a high concentration of prey. They are semi-colonial breeders. They may also forage at garbage heaps. During dry seasons, they sometimes take to foraging on well watered lawns or even dry grassland. When foraging, they allow close approach and flush only at close range. They sometimes form communal roosts, often in avenue trees over busy urban areas.
The Indian Pond Heron's feeding habitat is marshy wetlands. They usually feed at the edge of ponds but make extensive use of floating vegetation such as Water hyacinth to access deeper water. They may also on occasion swim on water or fish from the air and land in deeper waters
Photo looking toward Highway 101 and of Big Lagoon captured off U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, near post-mile marker 110.59 in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Early September 2013.
Photo of the Battery Point Lighthouse captured in Crescent City. Del Norte County. "State of Jefferson." Early March 2013.
I am constantly reinventing myself…It's the only way to shake off the past, breaking the connection between how I was then and how I am now.
Am I real? Or just an illusion?
Photo captured at a cattle ranch in the town of Orick off U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, with a hint of Redwood National Park behind the pasture lands. Humboldt County. Early March 2013.
Photo taken north of the town of Klamath in Del Norte County. "State of Jefferson." Late January 2013.
shot through a filthy window, I thought the loss of perspective looked interesting, retail therapy photowalk, city of leeds
Photo of the Eel River captured from Dyerville Bar off of Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo of Mount Shasta captured from the Shasta Valley Vista Point on Interstate 5. North of Yreka in Siskiyou County. Early January 2013.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
- Marie Curie, scientist, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1867-1934)
Photo captured from the Humboldt Lagoon State Park Visitor Center at Stone Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
Photo captured along Dyerville Road at Founders Grove near Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch near the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge captured from the Marin Headlands in Marin County. Bay Area. Early December 2012.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch near the Mad River via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens in McKinleyville. Humboldt County. Late December 2013.
Grazing cattle on pasture lands near the national park. Quite a delight to witness as this herd of cattle simply perform life's duties and allows us to experience the smaller things in life. Photo captured at a cattle ranch near Redwood National Park in the town of Orick. Humboldt County. Early August 2013.
This photo has more of a conceptual meaning. It's my hand placed up against a mirror, representing my constant search for who I am.