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I hiked up the trail to the top of Observatory Hill (Saanich, B.C.) this morning to find a Northern Goshawk that was reported to be in the area. It was very peaceful on the hill the morning as the road is closed Sunday and if you want to go to the top one has to hike the steep but short trail or walk the road. I chose the trail. I spent about 2 hours on the hill. This Sharpie landed right in front of me on a dead snag. We looked at each other, I got the shot, the bird cooperated then flew off in search of morning prey.
Calidris acuminata
11 Nov 2016
CA, LA Co., LA River at Willow Street
Found by Bob Schallman earlier in the day
An aperture of F22 renders both the stubble in sharp focus and the accentuated starburst of the sun.
A combine harvester rendered the field rather sharp for laying on too.....
From the same trip to the Fagaras Mountains, Southern Carpathians, Romania.
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Hunts mostly by perching inside foliage and waiting for small birds to approach, or by approaching stealthily through dense cover, then bursting forth with incredibly swift flight to capture prey in its talons. Sometimes hunts by flying rapidly among the trees or low over the ground, threading its way around obstacles, taking prey by sudden surprise.
A new visitor, wonder why all the little birds were gone this AM and why there was a fresh blood trail in the snow, This guy like little birds. Sony A580 Tamron 200-400
Taken at a New Years Day Photo Shootout hosted by Michael Aguilar Photography
Model: Kevin Peo
MUA: Kim Kimani
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
October 17th, 2017
Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 1D X
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS II USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
While I was waiting for the crakes to come out into the open, this very confiding Sharpie would continually come in very close while it foraged for insects along the water's edge.
Mayflower is a steam tug (tugboat) built in Bristol in 1861 and now preserved by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. She is based in Bristol Harbour at M Shed (formerly Bristol Industrial Museum). She is the oldest Bristol-built ships afloat and is believed to be the oldest surviving tug in the world.
She was built by GK Stothert & Co, who were connected with the Bath-based engineering company Stothert & Pitt. A branch of the family came to Bristol to build railway locomotives (later to become the Avonside Engine Company). After 1852, a separate shipbuilding company was established which survived in business until the 1930s.
Mayflower was built to work on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and in the River Severn, one of three tugs ordered after trials had shown how much more efficient than horses they were. Altogether they cost £3000.
Mayflower started working between Sharpness and Gloucester Docks, towing trains of small sailing vessels such as trows and ketches, and, after the new docks at Sharpness were completed in 1874, larger steamers one at a time. By the late 1890s she was the most seaworthy tug in the fleet, and she was altered to make her suitable for work in the Bristol Channel. The old single-cylinder engine was replaced in 1899 with a vertical compound condensing engine supplied, along with a new boiler, funnel, propeller and shafting by W.Sisson & Co. of Gloucester for £940. The steering position, which had previously been behind the funnel, was moved forward, and a waist high iron steering shelter added to give the skipper some comfort. She went back to work outside Sharpness, towing sailing vessels through the dangerous stretches of the Severn Estuary to the mouth of the river Wye and back again.
Around 1907, the Canal Company decided to compete on the River Severn upstream of Gloucester to Worcester. In 1909 Mayflower was again altered when the funnel was arranged to hinge down (counterbalanced with large weights which can still be seen) to enable her to pass under the fixed bridges on this stretch of water. She was now capable of working on every part of the navigation from Worcester to Chepstow, and because of this, became regarded as the training tug in the canal's fleet, which she continued to be until the end of her working life.
In 1922, she was again altered when the entire deck was raised by 12 inches (300 mm) which meant that the area beneath the deck at the stern could become another cabin albeit with very low headroom. At the same time the bulwarks were cut away down most of each side and replaced with stanchions and chains; this reflected the increased barge traffic on the canal, allowing the crew to step onto laden barges easily.
In the late 1930s, a wooden wheelhouse replaced the steering shelter, and some time after this the bulwarks were replaced. In 1948 the British Waterways Board took control of the canal and made efforts to modernise the tug fleet. All the tugs were either scrapped or had diesel engines installed, except Mayflower, as she was too old to be worth bothering with. She was given the job of 'mudding tug' – towing the mud hopper barges filled by the canal dredger to the discharge point. Sometimes she was needed to turn ships at Sharpness Docks and assist them in the entrance lock. In 1962—1963, when the winter was so cold that the canal froze and the diesel tugs had difficulty in working, Mayflower once again took on ship-towing work in the canal. Finally, British Waterways sold Mayflower for scrap in 1967.
She was saved from being cut up for scrap metal by Mr. Anthony H Barrett who at the time was setting out in his business career and regularly attended auction sales throughout the UK. Mayflower had been purchased by an auction ring which Mr. Barrett had to join if he stood any chance of acquiring the tug and fortunately it was Mr. Barrett who was the highest bidder in that 'ring' and he purchased the tug for a sum of £400 initially borrowing the money to pay for her from his cousin, Mr. George Billingham. A consortium was then formed to fund the purchase, and Mr. Barrett was joined by the late Mr. Kevin Donaghy and Mr. Len Sanford two Walsall engineers. All three men took a third share in Mayflower and agreed to share the expenses of keeping her moored at Gloucester Docks. Mr. Barrett who was around 20 yrs old at the time was already involved in the restoration of vintage Rolls Royce motors and it was he that saw the value in preserving Mayflower for posterity! Mr. Barrett wrote to many people and organisations including Prince Charles who was going through his investiture at that time, in his endeavour to find assistance in preserving the vessel, unfortunately to no avail. In the late seventies the two other investors pulled out after some vandals went aboard in the night and opened the 'water cocks' in effect scuttling the old girl, she went to the bottom of the dock. This tragic event cost the consortium in excess of £1400 to re-float the old boat (relatively, a lot of money at the time to find at short notice for three struggling entrepreneurs with young families to maintain). Mr. Barrett soldiered on alone until 1981 when because of a bit of a financial crisis he sadly and reluctantly decided he too must pull out and let someone else take over as custodian of this wonderful example of British engineering and see to her needs. Mr. Barrett and the two other men had done their very best to maintain the tug often under very difficult circumstances in the fourteen years they were custodians of her. It is in no small part due to their earnest intervention that she still exists, had it not been for their earlier efforts Mayflower would certainly not have survived to be enjoyed and appreciated as she is today. In 1981 she was offered for auction by Charles Phillips Auctioneers from outside of Mr. Barrett's home Sneyd Farm Essington, this is when she was purchased by Bristol Museums & Art Gallery and towed back to her birthplace.
Over the next six years Mayflower was restored to working order by a team of volunteers, and she steamed again in 1987. Early in 1988, she steamed back to Gloucester on a courtesy visit.
Mayflower regularly steams during the summer months carrying visitors on trips in Bristol Harbour. She marked her 150th anniversary in May 2011.
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Before the days of Google, this is how I would get my answers to show the Teacher how "sharp" I was. This was taken at Clearview School.
Walkers climbing Blencathra via Sharp Edge. Although it looks more like a scene from the planet of the apes :)
I am fairly certain that this one is a male Sharp-shinned Hawk. It was about the size of a Blue Jay.
A large female Sharp-shinned Hawk overlaps in size with a small male Cooper's Hawk, and a large female Coopers's Hawk overlaps with a small male Northern Goshawk.
A Cooper's Hawk would have thinner and darker breast streaks and a longer rounded tail.
Sharp-shinned Hawks capture their prey from cover or while flying quickly through dense vegetation. They have thick short wings and are adept at navigating dense thickets. The great majority of this hawk's prey is small birds, especially various songbirds such as sparrows, warblers and robins. They also catch lizards, small mammals and various insects.
Cooper's Hawks share the environment with the Sharp-shinned Hawks but can take larger prey as well including jays, woodpeckers, starlings, quail, and doves. The birds they prey on can range in size from warblers to Ring-necked Pheasants. They also eat mammals like chipmunks, hares, mice, squirrels, and bats.
Hawrelak - Emily Murphy Park trail. September 07, 2010.
Also included is a shot of GB Heron in a spruce tree and a RB Nuthatch that happened close by.
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Sharp School - Exterior View, Anderson St., West End, Boston, MA. School building photographs circa 1920-1960 (Collection # 0403.002), City of Boston Archives
Sharpes Volvo B12B Van Hool Alizee T9 TIW 112 is seen in Brighton this afternoon, 26th August, 2017. It was new to Royale, Hounslow, as RE08 PSV.
A display of Sharpes coaches with a Volvo Plaxton Supreme at the front. Seen at the AEC Rally, Newark
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male in ritual display at a prairie grassland 'lek' or dancing ground south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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This one is for a true flickr legend Dustin Diaz. Because of Dustin and his awesome 365 project I have embraced off-camera flash and in the process (I'm hopeful) taken my photography to a new level. I have (and still do) spend an inordinate amount of time studying his photos and diagrams. In a very small way my Project Eighty-Five is a way for me to give something back to those just starting out. Thanks Dustin you're a true inspiration! This one's for you. :)
This is my new Nikkor 16-35 f/4 AF-S VR G ED IF N Aspherical Lens. That's a mouthful!
Incredible lens that's tack sharp. Google it for the reviews or search the tags here on Flickr.
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to use it except for the strobist diagrams. Soon.
I'm beat. Time for some much needed sleep.
Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments and faves. I promise to catch up on your streams this week. Night.
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Nine individual exposures were combined into a stitched HDR image using PTGui Pro.
The result was tone mapped using Photomatix Pro.
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) on a prairie 'lek' or dancing grounds near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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22 May, 2013.
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