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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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With the low warter over the mudflats, they had plenty of choices of dining location
Nope, although their name "teddy bear cholla" might sound inviting, best not to snuggle with these sharp Sonoran succulents, On a related note, did have a "run in" with one of these fellows one time. Needless to say, I'm a little more cautious now. : flic.kr/p/2nWjv4p .
Taken a few weeks back (I really did take a lot of pictures on this day)... another perspective where the snow allows for sharp contrast and the opportunity to minimalise the lone figure (my wife) walking in the distance, following a path around the local reservoir.
Yesterday was cold but there wasn't a cloud in the sky when this Sharp-shinned Hawk showed up in a neighbor's yard. Yakima county, Washington. IMG_9980
Debated between Cooper's hawk and Sharp-shinned hawk. Had settled on Cooper's hawk but was happy to be corrected as it is a lifer for me. It was perched on a branch overlooking a large bird feeder and was not at all bothered by my presence.
Water level was on the rise at this time but i was not able to wait for high water due to getting back home.
It would have been nice to have had the high water,will return on a planned visit.
Saturday Self Challenge: Sharp
52 in 2024 - Dangerous
Today: 62/100
One branch of a succulent, taken as a macro and converted to black and white.
As the species name suggests, this bird lives near rocky streams and small rivers. This pictures was my second attempt a photographing this species. The particular stream where this individual was photographed is located along a small stream in a dark forest, which required low shutter speeds to keep the ISO relatively low and patiently waiting on top of a rock. The bird eventually appeared and posed for a bit, which made my day. The bird posed on several mossy rocks and logs before making it's final exit. The blurred background, which turned out better than expected is the stream in the background.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Fly Day! :)
Looks like it's going to be a great weekend to turn off the
news, and head outside with the camera... :]
HFDF! :)
This is a record shot of a Sharpie that has been visiting My garden, and eluding My camera. In this shot I managed to capture an image through My window.
Tidnish, Cumberland County,
Nova Scotia
March 2021
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Every year around April, huge flocks of waders head north to Siberia to breed. Among them Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.
A 10,000km or more trip. They stop at several places en route to refuel.
No bad for a bird that weighs in somewhere around 100gm and less than 40gm on its return.
BAL-05, with the CP 6241 and 6303 in their sharp Golden Beaver scheme leading, weave through some curves along the appropriately named Great River Road north of Guttenberg, IA on the west edge of the Mississippi River Valley. An old MILW line pole for some reason hangs on here, one of the few anywhere along this line to my knowledge. The ballast extra with it’s two set of GREX conveyor cars has been trying to weave through traffic southbound on the Marquette sub all day. Some minor signal issues at the siding at Eckards had delayed the train ahead (K50) and now this BAL-05 was running on restricting signals behind the slower freight most of the way to Dubuque it seemed. But that made for a nice chase for me! This sharp SD60 duo didn't last super long before one of them was replaced with a GP20ECo, unfortunately.
The CTC for this stretch around Eckards to Dubuque is relatively new. The CP has slowly been implementing CTC on the Marquette Sub from Sabula, IA to Bluff (La Crescent, MN), and has finally made it to Marquette with just a few "islands" of track warrant control "dark" territory left south of there. Given the increase in traffic on this line that is a key link in the CPKC’s Canada to Mexico route it certainly does seem warranted. Ballast trains are a common sight on the Marquette as they shuttle rock to expansion and heavy maintenance projects all throughout eastern Iowa from the pit at Waterloo, WI.
Sightings of Sharp-tailed Grouse are pretty common in Custer State Park. Good photo ops are less common because they can be a little skittish and spend much of their time in tall, dense prairie grasses.
So, I was happy to find this bird in the open and quite tolerant of my presence.
Photographed at my home in Yakima County, Washington. This bird was here at my house at least 3 times yesterday, probably more. IMG_4518
445) Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
Sharp Tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminate, Kedidi Ekor Tajam
This species breeds in the boggy tundra of northeast Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in South East Asia and Australasia. Rarely seen in Peninsular Malaysia, usually stop for a few days to refuel before continuing journey to Down Under. Consider vagrant in Peninsular Malaysia.
Offensive...? if this offends anyone please let me know....I wasn't sure to share or not....it's nature....trying to stay on the light side...."put your left leg in....put right left leg out"...no????