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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) displaying on a lek in the prairie grasslands of west central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Courtship display or "dancing" usually begins at first light but photography was not feasible until the sun started to peak over the horizon. When they are actively displaying they will drum their feet while scurrying across the ground, and this drumming can be heard, under calm conditions, for quite a distance from the lek or "dancing grounds". Activity will intensify when a female wanders through the dancing grounds or lek.
They would continue displaying for about a couple of hours then disperse across the grassland pasture to feed and rest.
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22 May, 2013.
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I, at first, thought this was a Sharp Shinned hawk. A friend pointed out the rounded tail. That makes it a Coopers.
The back of 3383 at Quinton reveals some illustrations of Sharp radios at the time (1974) the days before ipods and other devices all a radio had to do was be small and work, the car radio on the bonnet looks a little basic as well.
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GWL43: St Andrews Mansions, St Andrews Road, Hammersmith & Fulham, W6.
I can't reliably distinguish Sharp-Shinned from young Cooper's Hawks, so I'll go with the ID provided via iNaturalist.
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"I welcome this new day.
It is a gift to me, a new creation, a promise of resurrection.
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Teazel, they are the origin of the phrase "to tease something out" as they were used for cleaning up raw wool.
This radio was also branded as a Hoffman BP-708 or OP-708 in the U.S.
The upper dial area of this small, horizontal set is reverse painted.
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Sharp (Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd) was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915. The company started by making pencils...the "Ever-Sharp" pencil to be exact. (I would assume that's where the name Sharp came from). In 1925 they began producing crystal radio sets and made their first AC/tube radio sets in 1928.
They claim to have produced Japan's first commercially released TV set (the TV3-14T) in 1953.
Although this picture is not really sharp I nevertheless like it.
I'm afraid I will be IMacless for a while... as this memory card doesn't want to get out of the CD slot...
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Exploring the sharp edges and cool tones of Hamburg's unconventional dancing towers on an overcast day, reflecting in the building nearby. Architectural gems always present a challenge worth capturing in an intriguing composition. #ArchitecturalGems #CapturingUnconventionality #Hamburg
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•Kendra Sharp in India: Kendra Sharp, newly named Richard and Gretchen Evans Professor in Humanitarian Engineering, tries out the local shovel design with a group of women workers near Chengalpattu, India, earlier this month. Photo by Aspen Flynn.
As I wrote earlier, I have been ill.
All day.
Jools is feeling tip top, so while I lay hovering close to death laying in my pit, she went to the gym for a workout, then, on the way back gets me a coffee from Starbucks opposite the hotel. Opposite and down a bit, then to the left. But close enough.
I drink that pretty quick, but I am not feeling very sharp at all.
So after Jools has a shower, she goes out for a wander and I stay in bed, listening to the radio, whilst my stomach empties.
And by one in the afternoon, I was feeling more human, so I began to think about what to do when Jools came back. And at just gone two, I see her in her coat coming back, carrying a huge cup of coffee for me.
She has been out on the L, going to various points she knew not where, as got lost twice, but had a good time.
What did I want to do?
Ride the L of course.
She sighs. Well, she put the idea in my head.
At quarter to three we go out, walk three blocks to the subway, where three bucks gets us one trip, to anywhere in the system.
We take two stops, then get out and go to the street onto the L, where I am happy as anything, standing at the very back of the train, snapping the scene as the train headed south.
After three stops, and going round a tight curve at a junction, of which I get pictures. And I am happy.
We get off and wander along the streets, stopping off at a health food place for a bag of chips and some juice.
I felt a little better.
Walk some more, back over the river, on a road that ran parallel with Michigan, as the designer shops and crowds are so boring.
After a few blocks, I see a tap room, and I am thirsty, so go over for a pint of porter. Which hits the spot, but goes straight to my head.
Of course.
Meanwhile, the dark clouds that had swept over the city in the afternoon were now producing light rain, and we scuttled north getting closer to the hotel.
We come to a bbq place, and I say, shall we eat here? I mean, its nearly five, eat early, back in our room and relax?
So we do.
Jools has a half baby back rib and I have brisket, both of which were good. Stunning to me who had not eaten in some 22 hours.
As ever, the food came with a side, and we also asked for onion rings. A small mountain of those came, which we made a fair dent in.
The ribs and brisket were stunning, the best of either I have had. So a win there.
But we left so much food as we both had had enough. It will get trashed.
The rain had stopped, so we walk back to the hotel in the thinning crowds as the time approached half six, and back in our room soon after.
Tomorrow, things will change, somewhat....
1st pic out of the new Samsung NX-3000. I am loving the sharpness! I could not get this sharpness with my 400d and a $1000 17-55mm F/2.8 USM IS.
This is the bird that I showed in my previous picture. I had assumed it was a Sharp-shinned Hawk, which are much more common in this area. But bp250 , a sharp-eyed Flickrite, suggested that it was a Cooper's Hawk. Maybe this view of its tail will help. It does have a wide band at the end of the tail.
Please tell me what you think. Thanks!
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Thanks for the expert advice. Sounds like this is a Sharp-shinned Hawk, not a Cooper's Hawk. Thank you.
Operator- Sharpes of Nottingham
Operating Area- Nottinghamshire
Make- Vanhool
Model- EX16M
Chassie-
Fleet No- N/A
Reg- LAZ 130
Location Seen- Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum Telford
Service- N/A
Info- New to Sharpes Nottingham
Seen- 12/11/25
It seemed like he knew I was watching him!
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