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Have always wanted to find a large aggregation of these little ladybirds. This wasn't especially large, but the most I've seen on a structure (previous sightings were in grass, so not as impressive). Interestingly, they were all on this one fencepost! I checked dozens of others either side, but not a soul to be found on them!
Abbey Wood - Shropshire
I have photographed several bird species around Ao Nang, in Thailand but this chestnut-headed bee-eater (merops leschenaulti) was, for me, a single and surprise sighting. More at "Colin Pacitti Wildlife Photography" - www.colin-pacitti.com.
Puerto Jimenez
Osa Peninsula
750 Acre Forest Reserve
Costa Rica
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large red, yellow, and blue Central and South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical Central and South America. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat destruction, or capture for the parrot trade, but in other areas, it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras.
A typical sighting is of a single bird or a pair flying above the forest canopy, though in some areas flocks can be seen. They may gather at clay licks. Scarlet macaws communicate primarily through raucous honks; however, vocal communication is highly variable, and captive macaws are known to be adept mimics of human speech.
They also love to eat insects and larvae.They are seen feeding heavily on bugs, snails and foliage. Snails and bugs are great source of protein, as they need additional protein during breeding seasons. They also add flowers and nectar to their diet as a supplement.
While comparatively docile at most times of the year, scarlet macaws may be formidably aggressive during periods of breeding. Scarlet macaws are monogamous birds, with individuals remaining with one partner throughout their lives. - Wikipedia
Native Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) perplexus)
My second sighting of this species of Masked Bee. I am hoping they will settle and set up a colony here.
A Louisville-bound Indiana Railroad freight was passing through Bedford on a hot humid day. This was one of the final INRD moves to Louisville before the traffic was shifted to the Louisville and Indiana and this trackage was abandoned.
Going back to this location, you'd never know a railroad once ran here. At least that homeowner got a larger yard.
This is now the Milwaukee Road Transportation Trailway.
"To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart." ~Henri Cartier-Bresson
I'm learning...
Silhouettes
It's precious sight today to see another lovely sunny day, so I'm off adder hunting again , I'm hoping the warm weather forecasted (18) will bring some more new ones out. I've found over 25 individuals so far . Precious Sight is by Richard Hawley.
One part of the rocky steps up to Thuya Gardens. Taken the day before Summer Party when it was more gray and overcast.
Confession: There were a lot of steps. It was near the end of the day. Michael had gone down to look at Northeast Harbor. Sarah and I took the trail up to the Thuya Gardens. There seemed to be no end in sight to the steps and no, you couldn't see from the bottom just how high up you had to climb. Sarah went ahead to reconnoiter and when she came back, we decided that I would come back the next day while she and Michael did their mostly vertical hike to the top of Cadillac Mountain.
Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED
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The end of a cold day out in the Yorkshire Dales and what a sight well after the sun went down.
This was certainly not a planned shot!! I had spent the morning over on the Southerscales plateau beneath Ingleborough before joining up with fellow Flickr pal John Bleakley in Arncliffe. We had planned to try a sunset shot from up above the village on Brayshaw Scar looking up the Cowside Valley.
The sunset turned out to be rather unremarkable and we packed up and made our way back down to the cars. As we arrived back in Arncliffe Village the sky suddenly started to go on fire.
I said goodbye to JB then set off up the narrow lane up Cowside heading back home over the Moors past Malham Tarn. On the way up Cowside I spotted this scene and stopped quickly to catch the fabulous sky. The only pull in on the narrow lane was here just before the Barn, so I had to clone my car out of the shot in post processing.
It was another case of the afterglow turning out to be far better than the actual sunset!
for the Smile on Saturday challenge "music in B+W"
I couldn't resist this week's challenge! I love music, especially classical music. I used to play the clarinet, and now there's just a recorder and a fife in the house to remind me - and plenty of sheet music (arranged primarily for piano). Together with the joke tea towel with dozens of musical puns and expressions.
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
B/W Tinted and Mono Here
Still Life Compositions: Here
Dad, I got a bead on Putin. Now, how do you start this thing?
"Clancy, he'll do himself in eventually."
Long live Ukraine.
"Long live Ukraine."
(Waiting for snow is the hardest thing to do, so hard I almost started a war with Russia all by myself out of frustration. Damn you Putin, and damn you global warming. When Dad was a kid he was at the outdoor skating rinks every Christmas day trying out new hockey gear. These days it's 50-50 that we'll even have a white Christmas. Take it to the streets, take it to your leaders, do your own part, and let's reverse this problem before we get to the point where nothing else will matter.)
(This photo is from our 2016 trip to the St. Lawrence River, by a monument to the Battle of Chrysler's Farm, War of 1812.)
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St. Lawrence River, Morrisburg, Ontario
We're now about halfway between the summits of Mayar and Driesh, with Driesh visible in the distance. Those with eagle eyes may spot 2 people at its summit, to give some sense of scale, but between us is the very steep rocky climb to then reach the gentler upper slopes of Driesh. The sun may be out again, but it's mighty windy up here and it's a constant battle against the wind as it blows us sideways.
After a trip back up to Aberdeen for meetings at the office, I stayed a little longer to climb Mayar and Driesh. Mayar stands at 928 meters (3044 feet) and is my 29th Munro, and gives me the 10% of Munro's bagged I have always wanted. Driesh, at 947 meters (3106 feet), is my 30th Munro and the 2nd of the two I climbed this day.
One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them, one Ring to bring them all and in darkness bind them
✈ Taken at Naturally Naughty Studio ✈
♪ Dream Theater - The Dark Eternal Night ♪
No one dared to
Speak of the terrible danger
The hideous ancient warnings
Forged in the void of night
He has risen up
Out of the blackness; chaos
Belongs to the prophet's sister
A sickening monstrous sight
Through that stifling heat underneath the pale green moon
(Hungered with the thirst to see things not yet seen)
Climbing endless stairs, leading to the choking room
(Eager to explore his most shocking mysteries)
Drifting beyond all time
Out of the churning sky
Drawn to the beckoning light
Of the dark eternal night
......
Last night (12 Aug) at 9:30 pm I received a phone call that Tidda was running at full speed on this bridge, trying to get home! There are big logging trucks going over this narrow bridge and even at night there are trucks and traffic with gaps only just long enough for a dog to run across at high speed. It was a bold and daring move but her only possible way home.
Unfortunately, once again people trying to catch her drove her to turn around and disappear into the bushes on the wrong side of the river again. I was there within 10 minutes - I was in such a rush that I even forgot my phone - but could not find her. I called her and walked around and then later sat near where she disappeared until almost 5 a.m.
Still no Tidda, but this new sighting is very good news. She is well. She is remaining in the area. She is trying to get home. She still has her leash on.
I can refocus my strategies and am really, really hoping for a reunion in the near future!!
Length of bridge 1938 feet, 591 meters.
Width 26.9 feet, 8.2 meters.
Built 1932.
Average daily traffic 6200.
...on my way to work today. Not a typical image but this made me smile. As have all the amazing polaroids this week. Roid Week 2014/5
At last I gain the summit plateau of Ben Avon and the rocky tor marking its peak is within sight. I'll have to climb on top to claim the Munro bag but fortunately my legs still seem up the task.
Climbing Ben Avon (pronounced Ben A'an) which stands at 1171 meters (3842 feet), and Beinn a'Bhuird (pronounced Ben a-voashed) standing at 1197 meters (3927 feet), sees me covering a distance of just over 24 miles. They are my 2nd & 3rd Munro's of the season, and bring me to a total of 26 now.
TGIF right? It’s been highly anticipated this week to be honest. I’m still roaming around the town and looking to shoot some more IR images. It gets me out of my usual routine and that is always a good thing. If you would like to try something different in your photography, what would that be?
CP 7015 higballs through Minnesota City, MN with the RCP OCS. This was the first revenue train for 7015 as well as any given CP Heritage ACu rebuild.
I am blessed. My house back onto natural bush land. So today in he misty rain I venture down the back to see what is around and I spot this fellow. Not sure of what it was but was able to sneak up to within 5m and get a few shots off. My first time sighting and photographing one of these.
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On the summit of the precipice and in the deep green woods emotions as palpable and as true have agitated me as if I were surveying them with the blessing of sight. There was an intelligence in the winds of the hills and in the solemn stillness of the buried foliage that could not be misleading. It entered into my heart and I could have wept, not that I did not see, but that I could not portray all I felt.
~James Holman, "A Voyage Round the World"
Another one from Forest Park. This particular spot along the Hardesty Trail filled me with a sense of wonder, and you will certainly be seeing more photos from this area.
Two shots combined, taken with my Nikon FM.