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On a misty spring morning in 1804, John James Audubon crouched beneath a sycamore in rural Pennsylvania, his eyes fixed on a flighty eastern phoebe. Its tail flicked as it darted from a low perch, snagging a beetle mid-flight. Audubon, then a young naturalist with a wild mop of hair and a sketchbook tucked under his arm, had an idea—something no one had tried.
With a thin thread of silk from his wife Lucy’s sewing kit, he gently captured the bird, tying a delicate silver band around its leg. “A marker,” he murmured, “to know you again.” Released, the phoebe fluttered off, its sharp “fee-bee” call ringing through the woods.
As the following spring came to life, Audubon spotted that same thread on a returning phoebe, he grinned—proof of its journey. That simple act, born of curiosity and patience, sparked a legacy of bird banding, forever tying Audubon's name to ornithology.
Idiom: "to throw something into sharp relief"
Fig. [for something] to make something plainly evident or clearly visible
(Taken from The Free Dictionary)
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He took off from the rail and landed a short distance away on a fence post. I followed him, but he didn't like me stalking him, so up and away he goes.
Watched this guy eat my favorite wintering Junco this morning... I saw him almost every day this winter, and now he's gone!! The sharpies sure are amazing predators, but I'm not too excited to see this returning pair of accipiters making themselves comfortable at my feeders...
Sharp-Shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Kabekona Lake, Laporte, MN | 3-18-16
The magic of winter waterfalls... the softness of the snow , the flowing water and the sharp, jagged edges of the ice.
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I enjoyed watching this juvenile sharp-shinned Hawk for a least half hour. Before it decided to perch within 35 feet of me and closer it was apparently perched high in trees and came with great speed out of nowhere attempting to make a kill several times. For those who don't know this hawk eats other birds. I was surprised that I could stand more or less in the open at the end of the blind and not alarm him/her. The noise of my camera shutter made it flinch several times but after hearing the shutter a few times and looking at me he/she decided the camera and I were harmless. This bird made at least 6 attempts to catch sparrows, juncos, or Steller's jays while I watched but was unsuccessful. I was surprised how bold the jays were when this hawk was sitting 10 feet or less from them.
Everyone is probably getting tired of my sharp-shinned hawk photo but they seem want to be photographed. Why else would they fly close to me and pose. I'm not chasing them they are chasing me. In other words I am not making any attempts to move close to them they are moving close to me. That is the best way to photograph birds.
Photographed at Yakima Area Arboretum Sparrow Patch, Yakima, Washington.
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This picture is inspired by ZZ TOP sharp dressed man
Black tie
Gold Watch
Diamond ring (Had to borrow my wife's)
Cuff links
Great Blue Heron. View Large On Black for Detail It feeds in shallow water or at the water's edge during both the night and the day, but especially around dawn and dusk. Herons locate their food by sight and generally swallow it whole. Herons have been known to choke on prey that is too large. It uses its long legs to wade through shallow water, and spears fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill. IMG_7415
The amazing sharpness of the Canon 6D image sensor. Zoom in to see the trees on the far rim of this canyon shot, even through the haze.
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.
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.
I seldom see a Sharpie in the backyard, but today was an exception. This is the first one I've seen in four years. The similar looking Cooper's Hawk is a much more frequent visitor. After attempting to catch one of the small birds at my feeding station - and missing - he perched in this tree to ponder what went wrong.
built by REV. DR. Thomas Sharp
Rector of Rothbury 1720-1758
for the relief of unemployment amongst local stonemasons and use as an observatory.
It is the oldest folly in the country and is a listed building.
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 took a stroll along the canal, it had been dry and sunny all day, but half way through my ambling the skies opened and camera and I became rather wet!! anyway, the rain was short lived and the sky delivered this bust of colour just before nightfall. The Sharpness Canal connects Gloucester to Sharpness, allowing boats to bypass a treacherous tidal stretch of the River Severn. The structure in the foreground is part of the swing bridge mechanism.
The moon’s sharp edge is caught clean against a darkening sky, cropped off-centre so it’s not just a postcard moonrise but a fragment, suspended. Negative space dominates, the eye gets pulled into the black before circling back to that rough texture of craters. A simple shot, but the restraint makes it stronger: one object, one colour field, and the honesty of distance.