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An advertisement of Sharps VC 7300 Model video cassette recorder. So easy to operate even a ten year old could use it.
Kickin' off the first day of summer with a concert, food, and fellow co-workers at work!
Fujifilm X-Pro1 | Voigtlander Nokton 50/1.5 Aspherical
Sharp-shinned hawk, checking out the bird feeders. Apparently the chickadees, who were flitting around directly beneath him weren't of interest
I visited a new park (to me) here in Vancouver, BC yesterday. Queen Elizabeth Park is the highest point within the city limits of Vancouver and has so many incredibly beautiful trees that are booming with fall color right now. I was exploring the park for the first time and was looking for birds, specifically owls because I had heard barred owls like to hang out in the large trees here. I had no luck spotting owls in the forest so I moved along just walking the paths taking in all of the beautiful fall colors and song birds singing. I walked up a hill to check out a new area but it did not seem too promising when I got up to the top. So i turned around but had three options to choose from. Either the way I had come, or two new paths. I thought I would go back the way I had come in order to better access a different portion of the park. Man that was a good decision! I must have just walked past this Sharp Shinned Hawk in the forest on the way up. It was my first time coming across one of these guys, they are quite small and mainly prey on smaller song birds. It let me get fairly close and did not seem spooked at all. Eventually it got bored of me and took off right at me and flew over my head to land in a tree behind me where it started to try and find some dinner.
Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver BC
A sharp crystal evening, golden sunlight casting long blue shadows. What a joy to arrive in Lower Slaughter and wander along the river with only the ducks, the jackdaws and a few hardy visitors for company. The jackdaws seem at home in the trees along the River Eye, occasionally descending to hop along the rooftops or to peer at discarded bread crumbs with their grey heads at an angle. Slaughter is thought to be a corruption of slohtre, a marshy place. Many visit Bourton on the water fewer travel an extra mile to see Lower Slaughter it’s smaller, quieter but equally picturesque neighbour.
Stone cottages line the north bank of the river with a small green at their centre, this miniature area of grass is known as The Square and has a Gothic drinking fountain as it’s only adornment.The clear stream water is only visible as it eddies round the piers of the low stone bridges that span it’s broad flow. Follow the canalised river to the upper end of the village and you will find a 19th century brick corn mill with white water crashing over the mill race and 15ft water wheel still turning with the flow. On the opposite bank towards the middle of the village are the Village Hall of 1887 and the National School by Edmund B. Ferrey 1871. Near where the road crosses the river the south bank is dominated by large and luxurious-looking hotel.
The church was rebuilt in 1866-7 by Benjamin Ferrey, the design draws on Early English and Geometrical Decorated styles and though it replaced a picturesque medieval building with a saddle-back tower the Victorian design sits well among the more ancient stone buildings that surround it. Only a Transitional Norman north arcade survives with scalloped capitals and waterholding bases joined by pointed double-chamfered arches. The church has a nave with a north aisle, chancel, south porch and a west tower with broached spire the tip of which was replaced in 1998. Elegant black marble shafts ornament the chancel arch but a similar use of marble in Ferrey’s east window was lost when Hoare and Wheeler provided a new east window and an Italian alabaster reredos depicting the Crucifixion in 1910. Next to the altar a 13th century piscina survives from the older church. The stone font and pulpit are part of Ferrey’s design and there are areas of floor tiling by Godwin. The east window has glass by James Powell and Sons and they provided the attractive design in the north aisle. The west window of the north aisle and the west tower window are by Clayton and Bell 1867. Most of the memorials in the church commemorate the Whitmore family who occupied the neighbouring manor House for more than 300 years. The west tower has six bells, one of c.1450 by Robert Hendley of Gloucester inscribed Santa Anna ORA Pro Nobis St.Anne pray for us. Two are dated 1683 by Edward Neale of Burford and three of 1867 by John Warner and Sons of London.
To the north-east of the churchyard is a 16th century dovecote which is said to have held 1000 birds.
Lower Slaughter lies just off the Fosseway near Bourton on the Water about an hour form Stratford-upon-avon
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Schafer gives training on the Army's Sexual Harrassment and Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program inside the Tin Barn June 6.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
My newest acquisition for 2011. This set exceeded my expectations in terms of overall performance. It has a 2SK3737 FET RF amp after its front end coils which accounts for its very high sensitivity on shortwave. Main IC is a TA2003, audio is a TDA2822M. Operates on AC or 3 "D" size batteries; in-built voltage regulator minimizes frequency drift on power supply fluctuations. The built-in speaker delivers very balanced sound with a bit of bass. This is one great, very well-engineered receiver.
Good day for the hawk ... bad day for the grosbeak. A harsh reality that plays out every day in the life of a wild creature. Out of nowhere this guy struck like lightning and I was lucky to manage one quick shot before it was off into the timber with its prey. My best guess is sharp-shinned but I'm no expert on these guys
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba). First Day of Spring, Vale Wildlife Management Area, Sibley County, Minnesota. March 20, 2016.
Regiones altas del Monte Sharp (5.5 km), Marte. Esta increíble foto fue tomada por el rover Curiosity el 9 de septiembre de 2015. ¡Toda una postal!
Detalle de imagen: go.nasa.gov/1LbYYoC
The mating routine of sharp-tailed grouse involves males displaying communally at a traditional site (one used year after year). This site is known as a “lek.” Males compete for mates by performing a ritualized dance in conjunction with calling (often a booming sound) and inflating purplish air sacs along their necks. Females approach the edge of the lek, observe and eventually select a dance participant to mate with.
Credit: USFWS
I tried lightening this image even more, but then found that I lost the colour of the sky. The original was just a black silhouette and a richer sky, but thought I would lighten a little to show a bit of feather detail. I do have a shot or two of a different Sharp-tailed Grouse, taken in "proper" light, that I will post later.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-tailed_Grouse/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-tailed_grouse
The LAST Nanton Count was originally supposed to have taken place on 28 December 2013, but the weather forecast warned of a Flash Freeze, and so it was postponed till 5 January 2014. The weather was bright and sunny for us that day. However, photos taken on that day did not show how brutally cold it was! On the hour-long drive south of Calgary, we hit -34C (-29.2F)!!!!! It did eventually warm up a few degrees and thankfully, there was no or very little wind, which makes all the difference. The only walking we had to do was when we called in at various farms and homesteads. One backroad in particular had too much snow on it, so we had to leave that one out. Also, there was just too much snow in many of the farmyards, so we weren't able to check out all the trees and bushes as thoroughly as we would like to have done. I absolutely love the scenery on this Count, so I was able to get a few shots to show some typical snowy landscapes.
THIS year's Nanton Count was so different, with snow seen only in places, making the roads so much easier to drive, and temperatures that were much milder. As usual, I didn't get many birds photos, but I was thrilled to get a few shots of one of the Sharp-tailed Grouse. There were two of them on the fence at this farm.
After the Count, we returned to the meeting place at the home of Leah and Bill, where they had prepared a delicious supper that they so generously provide each year for us (as well as a breakfast snack). You couldn't wish for a nicer family (includes their son, Mike, who puts in a lot of effort organizing this annual Count each year).
I'm posting Andrew Hart's E-bird Summary of our small (just four of us in one car) group's day (leader Tony Timmons). Won't be of interest to most of you, but it helps me remember what we see from year to year!
Andrew Hart
BirdLog Checklist Summary for: Dec 14, 2014
Number of Checklists: 7
Number of Species: 14
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Williams Coulee
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 8:20 AM
(2): CA-AB-Cayley - 50.3485x-114.0250 - Dec 21, 2014, 8:57 AM
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 8:55 AM
(3): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 9:45 AM
(4): CA-AB-Nanton - 50.3330x-113.8737 - Dec 21, 2014, 11:18 AM
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 11:18 AM
(5): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 11:52 AM
(6): Williams Coulee
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 2:20 PM
(7): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 2:30 PM
36 Sharp-tailed Grouse -- (2),(3)
6 Golden Eagle -- (1),(3),(5),(6)
3 Rough-legged Hawk -- (2),(3),(6)
102 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (3),(4)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1)
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) -- (4)
1 Merlin -- (4)
1 Prairie Falcon -- (1)
27 Black-billed Magpie -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(7)
42 Common Raven -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(7)
11 Black-capped Chickadee -- (3),(4)
4 European Starling -- (4)
21 Common Redpoll -- (4)
38 House Sparrow -- (2),(4),(7)
Andrew Hart"
I will also add leader Tony Timmons' account - simpler to read : ) A few of the numbers are slightly different in each summary, though I'm not quite sure why. We were so lucky to see so many Golden Eagles this Count.
"Nanton Count-Area D
Species 14
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Golden Eagle 5
Merlin 1
Sharp-tailed Grouse 46
Rock Pigeon 106
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Northern Shrike 1
Black-billed Magpie 36
Common Raven 44
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Common Redpoll 21
European Starling 4
House Sparrow 38
Prairie Falcon 1 Seen in Williams Coulee, included in Area B
Tony Timmons"
Sharpes of Nottingham: (FRA 521L) a Plaxton Panorama Elite bodied AEC Reliance, painted in black and grey livery and captured here parked up at the Imperial War Museum's Duxford Airfield site whilst attending the 2012 Showbus event there.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 16th September 2012.
Ref No. 0032099.
Alena Sharp on the 7th green during Wednesday's practice round at the Ricoh Women's British Open Golf Championship 2016.
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba). In contrast to the Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) that I typically see, in this species the leaflets are pointed instead of rounded. Furthermore, among the Anemone populations I've encountered in Georgia, acutiloba usually has pure white flowers, while americana has purplish flowers. Riverside Day Use Area, Allatoona Dam on the Etowah River (US Army Corps of Engineers), Bartow County, Georgia.