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I'm still watching a neighbors crab apple tree for waxwings, but a flock of Sharp Tail Grouse are still doing their best to eat all the berries before the trees are found by the waxwings.
I had a pretty modest ISO going since I had been shooting lightning in a storm for quite awhile, and was pretty dialed in on it all. Then this mega blast struck Sharp Top and just blew out everything. It lit up the entire photo brighter than daytime. I took the settings way down and was able to bring out the scene, but the color was so mangled I just made it b & w.
I don't mind a few interruptions when I am gardening if that means I can get good photos of birds. After pruning roses I walked around the corner of my house and this bird flew out of a Golden Currant shrub chasing a sparrow. that it did not catch. It landed in this willow tree. I watched it for about half hour before it tried again to make a kill. It missed again and landed in the far side of the same tree. I went back to my yard work and for the next hour or more it sat there, even though there were American Goldfinches, House Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos in the same tree and on the ground. I went in the house to eat lunch, checked again and found this bird in the same place. Back in the house I noticed California Quail and all of the above mentioned birds out my back window. I turned away from watching for about a minute, turned around and looked out my window, and saw this hawk on the ground, then in my apricot tree with no prey, so it missed a 3rd time. I went out the front door walked around the corner of my house and got a couple more photos. I'm not sure why because I ended up with slightly over 50 shots. Sometimes it would be better if birds flew away so I didn't take so many photos that look almost identical. I will upload a couple of more latter. IMG_4059
I'm still watching a neighbors crab apple tree for waxwings, but a flock of Sharp Tail Grouse are still doing their best to eat all the berries before the trees are found by the waxwings.
The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is famed for its elaborate courtship display, which is imitated by Native Americans during their traditional dances. The short tail has elongated central feathers, giving the tail a pointed or ‘sharp’ appearance.
Sharp-shinned Hawk. He landed on one of the perches in my feeding area... maybe 15 feet away. I almost ... well, no, I did completely freak out. Beautiful bird and my first chance to photograph a bird of prey. After landing he just calmly looked around for some dinner, maybe 40 seconds and then flew away. I must say, he is welcome back anytime!! I was stunned by his presence and keep replaying the moment in my mind because it did not seem real. I think this visit made my year!!
HP5+ expired 2/94; HC110[B]; hoped the stronger dilution would improve the result compared to the last roll which was dunked in dilution [H]...but I don't think it helped. I can't get over how the bright areas are clumpy grain and the dark lines are so crisp. Sometimes the chemistry of this whole think just confuses me! Rolleiflex Automat.
Wishing everyone a Happy Easter. I won't be around much over the Easter weekend and probably won't be posting any images. I have a couple of tips on birds that I have been wanting to see for a long time so, hopefully, will be out n about looking for them.
"In human closeness there is a secret edge"
-- Anna Akhmatova
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Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 AIS, Nikon D5500. ISO 200, f8, 1/800.
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male performs on the "lek" or "dancing ground" in defence of its territory on the prairie landscape near the Great Sandhills south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Fortunately the landscape is groomed by a herd of beef cattle which keep it in a nice state for photographing the birds on the grass cover.
22 May, 2018.
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Versute Sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta) - Power-cut west of Bethany Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland
A colorful, tiny little, hoppy guy.
And yes it is a "sharpshooter".
Not so much that it shoots things,
but more like a "sharp dressed man" kinda sharp,
that "shoots" from one leaf to the next when it hops.
Explored: May 10th
Best Position: 186
I don't really care for this shot anymore. Sure the knife and dof is cool and all but I would have done alot differently today. Strangely it made explore some time back...
A male great white shark makes a sharp right turn just before he reaches my camera.
A few of the sharks at Guadalupe were coming very close to the camera on my last trip in September. A couple of individuals seemed more curious than normal, but none of them ever attempted to grab the camera, fortunately.
Another Alexander convoy, this time involving three operators. Sharpes 1999 ex-Dublin Volvo Olympian CLZ 208 is tailed by much newer TrentBarton and NCT vehicles on 11.10.21
Arkwright Street, Nottingham.
Sharp Sky Associates have now risen into global awareness. With the massive deplete of DARKWATER troopers and facilities in Europe and the Middle East, Sharp Sky has made their move. Now Sharp Sky has bigger plans and will complete any task as long as the employer has a deep enough pocket.
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For the Purge
Now while waiting for my minifigcat order, I thought I might showcase Sharp Sky troops.
Tympanuchus phasianellus
This morning we had a lot of fun watching the antics of the Sharp-tailed Grouse on their lek. There was a little cloud cover making photography a little more challenging than the other mornings on the trip so far. It also didn’t help that a Northern Harrier kept buzzing the lek but I think everyone got nice photos anyhow. An added treat was a hybrid Greater Prairie Chicken – Sharp-tailed Grouse that looked like a Greater Prairie Chicken with purple air sacs and very short pinnae and a display that was a cross between the two species. The poor guy wasn’t getting any attention at all. Here is a typical Sharp-tailed Grouse.
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