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After some of my feathered friends visiting my feeders. I don't like it but hey we all have to eat to live.
A friend ask me to come out looking for Hawks and he took me to a place that had a family of Sharp Shinned Hawks. This is Dad preparing the meal for the little hawks.
I thought this was a Coopers Hawk. After studying more of it, I think it is a Sharp-shinned. I took this from about 70 feet away as it is a heavy crop.
Green Cay, Boynton Beach, Florida
Gallistel Woods, University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin. From my first spring wildflower outing of 2016.
Tonight, I have posted another four photos taken on 27 June 2022.
It had been just over a month since I did a full day drive. On 27 June, it was the annual spring cleaning of our parking lot and all vehicles had to be removed by 7:30 am. I don't have street parking, so it meant that I needed to fill the time away from home. What better excuse for a long drive! On 25 May 2022, I had taken my daughter out for the day, driving SE of Calgary. Part of my drive on 27 June 2022 was along some of the same roads.
It felt so good to be out seeing birds and other wildlife. Old familiar barns, too; even several kinds of wildflower. This spring, I have had to miss just about all the wildflowers, as well as many bird species. On this day, I was so lucky to have several much-appreciated sightings, including finally coming across a Sharp-tailed Grouse walking across the road way ahead in front of me. I used to love seeing these birds, but hadn't seen one the last few years.
Two other birds I was so glad to see were a Horned Lark who posed nicely on a fence post, and a Great Horned Owlet. From a distance, I could see the outline of an owl, but it suddenly disappeared from sight. Driving very slowly past the trees, I spotted the youngster deep within the dark tangle of branches. Fortunately, a gap allowed quite a nice view of the young owl.
I always see hawks on this drive, the biggest thrill being a family of Ferruginous Hawks. Usually, I get better photos of the Swainson's and Red-tailed Hawks than I did this day, but I never tire of seeing these majestic birds of prey.
At a final, quick stop before continuing my drive home, all I saw were a couple of Yellow-headed Blackbirds and .... a Wilson's Snipe, one of my favourite birds to see and photograph : ) The latter was a surprise and, with a back view for a change, it did look rather cute.
Being out for 11 hours was a longer day than my usual day trips. I was tired out, but being out in nature rarely fails to leave me on a happy high. Distance travelled was 392 km.
Would love to have been able to sleep in the next morning, but I had to be up very early to welcome a plumber and his mate who came to install a new waste food disposer under my kitchen sink. The old one must have been leaking for a long time into the cupboard. Feels like luxury to be able to use my kitchen sink again, after washing dishes in the bathroom sink for about three weeks! A good thing done. Next thing on the urgent To Do List is to arrange for an electrician to come and repair/service my furnace. Thank goodness this problem arose now and not during the frigid winter months!
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Scolopacidae (Calidris acuminata)
All taken in 2 Hrs at Bird Islands Conservation Park SA
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A random spot, while walking about town! Good thing I lifted my camera...
This photo was taken outside the Portland Leisure Centre, so I can only assume this was on some swimming contract for a school... The driver must have a good book or a film on his phone to keep him from boredom because I can remember the swimming lessons I had at school taking a whole afternoon!
New to Dublin Bus as their AV130, registered as 00-D-70130. Unusually, for a Dublin ALX400, this bus was specified with bonded glazing, a standard driver's windscreen and centre exit door, the latter of which was removed when Sharpes aquired this bus in 2015 via Mc Gonagle's of Buncrana.
The vulture at the yorkshire wildlife park coming into land on a post just out of shot , it was quick and i was slow hence the cropping of the wings but it does quite work ?
Second and third update. Thank you Nick and Eric. You may have disagreed at first but appreciate any help I can get.
UPDATE: After seeing recent photos of Merlin's (Falco columbarius) here at Flickr and an Internet search I now think this bird might be a Merlin. Any help will be appreciated.
I got a number of good shots today in the Yakima River Canyon, and especially of birds near Ellensburg. I always struggle with distinguishing Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks. Adult of both have red eyes, and juveniles of both have yellow eyes. I called this a Cooper's because it is larger than the birds that I see at and near my home that I have called Sharp-shinned hawks. I have received comments on that the smaller hawks I photograph at my home are also Cooper's hawks, although I think they are sharp-shinned hawks. Anyone disagree with my ID of this bird? Comments welcome. I could be wrong.
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Circa early 1900s. The bridge carried the railway line that brought coal from the Forest of Dean collieries (from the right) to the coal tippler beside the dock. Note the Severn Railway Bridge in the background.
From a Real Photo postcard
Another look of this guy..
Thanks for looking,
Kurt
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