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Culicivora caudacuta
This tiny Flycatcher is a very handsome bird, but not easy to find.
It is not particularly vocal, and is found in areas of rank dry grass, and thorny shrubs...
We were fortunate to find this individual showing in the early morning.
What a treat this morning. Had a Sharp-Shinned Hawk land on the bird house 15 ft from the kitchen window.
Kinda funky rendering of a sample shot using my Panasonic GF1 body with Tokina 70-210mm f4-5.6 legacy lens attached. Not too bad for an old lens and hand-focused with old eyes!
A Sharp-shinned Hawk that was circling high over Santiago Park, in northeast Santa Ana (Orange County), CA. 3 December, 2016. Appears to show the proportionately shorter tail (vs. Cooper's), with the sharply squared off tail tip. The head size and projection beyond the plane of the wings appears relatively small, this being accentuated in Sharp-shins by the wings, which when soaring are often held just slightly forward from the body (in the above photo this appears fairly subtle, but can be more pronounced in this species). Cooper's, when soaring, always seem to hold their wings straight out--perpendicular to the body--which helps to accentuate the head projection beyond the plane of the wings. Lastly, although this bird was getting fairly distant, it does not appear to show a prominent white terminal band on the tail, which is normally easy to see on a Cooper's Hawk.
Chichester
Olympus C-5060 self-converted to infrared, Hoya R72 filter used, white balance was set for the grass.
Horse Tower, Mexico City.
Strength and manliness. Sharp and well finished. The Horse Tower is one of the coolest buildings i saw in Mexico. Notice that there is a horse sculpture in the top right corner of the building; it gives a nice match detail with the one on the bottom.
There are four facing buildings on this street intersection, but this one takes all the credit.
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Regards.
I came across 4 sharp tailed grouse today. Unfortunately I had too much lens on (not a problem I'm used to), and could not back up and keep the birds in view.
They survive the extreme cold, by borrowing into the snow at cold temps. A few days ago, I saw one with just its head out of the snow, as I approached to investigate, the snow exploded into flying grouse.
You can also see the feathers on the feet to keep them warm even when they are about in the cold.
A wider view of Haydn Road, and Sharpes Coaches NLZ 116, a former Dublin Bus Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL, parked outside Nottingham Free School on 30.4.22
he Burreken is a very hilly area with sharply incised streams, which have created narrow valleys and steep (20% and more) valley walls. The highest point of the central ridge is about 116 meters high. The lowest parts of the Burreken lie at about 50 meters altitude.
The typical Flemish Ardennes landscape in the Burreken consists of fields, woods and grasslands with many rows of trees and wood edges in between. The pronounced relief is accentuated by hollow roads and slopes. In this way, a panoramic mosaic of light deciduous forests, small source woods, humid and flowery meadows and numerous wooded small landscape elements has been created. This patchwork of woods and meadows is intersected by the meandering Krombeek with its deep bed.
High-standard orchards, cattle drinking pools and wooded edges used to be typical of the Flemish Ardennes. Unfortunately, due to intensive agricultural methods and scaling up, many of these small landscape elements have disappeared. Along the footpath there is a unique row of centenary oaks, which are very valuable as linear elements in the landscape. The footpath offers a beautiful view of the woods, meadows, hollow roads and spring brooks.
The name Flemish Ardennes was invented in the last century. Geographically it is meaningless. The only rock one finds here is ironstone on the hilltops. The real Ardennes are a western spur of the Rhenish slate plateau, part of the ancient Hercynian mountains.
Córas Iompair Éireann Leyland Atlantean VZI 9 looking brand new in the middle of Dublin.
On one of my first visits to Dublin as a child, I was fascinated by this brand new Atlantean, as most of the buses at the time were standard open platform buses (of the type also seen in this picture).
Unusually for me at the time, the picture is surprisingly crisp and sharp!
Taken with my basic Kodak Brownie using 120 roll film.
You can see a random selection of my bus photographs here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/southallroutemaster/random/
Coach & Bus UK 2019 took place at the NEC in Birmingham over October 2nd & 3rd. The biennial event is the smaller of the two major UK trade shows which both take place at the NEC in alternating years.
Nonetheless there was still plenty to see including exhibits from ADL, Arriva, BASE, BKM, Dawson, EVM, Harris, Irizar, Mellor, Moseley, Noone, Pelican, Unvi and Volvo to name but a few. I visited on the first day of the show.
When on NCT's brown line buses, I've seen on most days a Sharpes double decker (or two) parked down Haydn Road and it was only a matter of time before I had a walk down to take photos. That time came on 30.4.22 when I'd already seen there was one (despite it being a Saturday) and on my return journey towards town decided to go on foot and take a look.
Rather fortunately, the bus waiting for me was NLZ 116, an ex-Dublin B7TL which I was after a better photo of! It is pictured on Haydn Road outside Nottingham Free School, on a Saturday evening, which seems like a weird time for it to be there. What was weirder was that two days later it was still there, seemingly untouched.
Green heron (Butorides virescens) in the Ohio and Erie Canal in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County Ohio
D51 LWW (ex CLZ 208, NJI 5510, D51 LWW)
Volvo B10M/Van Hool Alizee C50FT
Sharpes Coaches, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
Showbus, Woburn Abbey, 20 September 2015
New to Eddie Brown, Helperby
This turned many heads and was one of my favourites. It was making its debut after an extremely thorough three-year restoration to better-than-new condition and really is utterly stunning.
Field thorns, Kefalonia, Greece
I have yet to identify these interesting prickly organics. A decent book on the flora and fauna of Kefalonia beckons...
Second in the line of Sharpes vehicles was Gemini 2 60 YWX, carrying a registration that was formerly on a Dublin Olympian. IIRC this is an ex-Bournemouth bus, which although still a G2 has come from a city besides Edinburgh for once.
Maid Marian Way, Nottingham
3.12.25
Yet another Siberian bird in RI. A friend suggested there is a portal to Russia in RI. He may be onto something.
Point Judith, RI 11-14-2021
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Recently I've had some rotten luck narrowly missing several good deckers from the coach operators (including Tiger European ex-NCT Y667 DRA), but some good fortune here meant I was in the right place at the right time to get a better photo of Sharpes Volvo B7TL ALX400 MIB 658, which is depicted here on Mansfield Road, but about to turn up Woodborough Road on 21.3.22
Fountain by the Esplanade
Chicago Botanic Garden
September 27, 2015
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Iona Inner Ponds. Lifer. There are always things to be happy about as well as dumb things that we want to kick ourself for. At first, the bird was really far away and using a teleconverter is a reasonable thing. However, I forgot to remove the TC when the bird approach us and become very close. Hence the soft image. :(