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Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis). Mt. Diablo State Park. Near Clayton, Contra Costa Co., Calif.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which is used to spread awareness to Soldiers while upholding the zero tolerance of sexual assault and harassment in the Armed Forces. Soldiers assigned to the 449th Combat Aviation Brigade along with other brigades and military branches all participate in various activities throughout the month in various locations in the Middle East to include; a five-kilometer glow run, the Clothesline Project, Bingo, Chalk the Walk, movie night and various other activities. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt Leticia Samuels, 449th Combat Aviation Brigade)

Sharp-shinned Hawk, incoming!

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Lagopus leucura

22 Jun 2014

CO, Pawnee National Grasslands

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. – "Ansel Adams"

The Tug 'Sharpness' built by Issac J Abdela & Mitchell, Stroud in 1908. She was one of the first internal-combustion-engined tugs originally destined for towing unpowered boats through the Sapperton tunnel which connected the Severn and Thames Canal.

(Accipiter striatus) Photo taken in Littleton, Colorado.

hawk watch 2014 state line lookout NJ

Sharp shinned Hawk - bathing

Bebo Grove, October 2015 #3593

S18 WPTDS Pittsburgh at Rivers Casino

Lostwood NWR, North Dakota, 5/27/10

Sharp RD-438W.

I walked into my kitchen to carve meat off a turkey and noticed there were no birds at my feeder. That either means there is a cat nearby or that a sharp-shinned hawk has frightened the birds away. Turns out after a short search that I saw the hawk on the ground eating a bird. I had a 400mm lens on my camera. Since the bird was only 12 feet away I couldn't get the entire bird in the first few photos. I changed to a 70-200mm lens and took a few shots until the hawk flew to a planter about 18 feet from me. I took a few shots at 200mm and then changed back to the 400mm. What is remarkable is that I have never been able to snap more than 2 or 3 photos in the past, but this sharp-shinned allowed me to take many photos and even gave me time to change lenses twice.

Photographed with a 70-200mm lens after flying about 18 feet away to this planter.

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Sharp Arbors

Ash Flat, Arkansas

Sharp County until 1967 had two county seats: Evening Shade and Hardy. In that year, the county decided to place the county seat at a more central location and chose Ash Flat. They utilized an existing community center for the courthouse.