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The entrance gate of Singing Sand Dunes. Singing Sand Dunes in Dunhuang, China, are the sand dunes that, when the wind blows, give out a singing or drumming sound[. They are part of the Kumtag Desert.
A Chipping Sparrow sit on top of a fir tree branch singing away to let everybody know it is there-DSC05843
It is that time of year, singing birds all over the place. The background is actually water rather than the sky here.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
Actually they weren't singing, but having a right old ding dong over some scraps. They kept prizing their beaks together and pulling apart, after a few minutes of angry wrestling. I whipped my phone out in a mad rush, so it's all a bit blurry....but I think maybe it still works. I don't know if it's my imagination, but seagulls seem to be so much bigger than before lock down! I certainly wouldn't of messed with these!!
A new bird for me, this Greater Antillean Grackle sings a few chords from it's repository while perched.
Taken 8 February 2024 at Puerto Rico
Incoming tide with view to the Isle of Rum from Singing Sands Beach, Isle of Eigg, Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Highlands, Scotland, UK
Singing and mating is all the male Dickcissel contributes to raising a brood. The female builds the nest, incubates and feeds the hatchlings. Our Beautiful world, pass it on.
W9 and I just had a new and colorful bird under our belt: The Summer Tanager. Los Angeles was being showered by something called "rain." Were the planets beginning to align? Was the Moon in the 7th house?
Packing the typical gear, we headed out to the South Coast Botanic Garden to find the reported Green-tailed Towhee. We have wanted this bird for years but were not willing to go to sketchy areas unless Jerry was with us. So this was our chance to nail this bird. And the garden is lovely! Nice clean bathrooms! Flush toilets! Free parking!
No sooner do we go into the Children's Garden (I know!) where the bird was reported seen than BINGO. The target bird is there! And singing his pants off! We can't believe our luck!!!!! If only it was this easy. Easy peasy. We are firing off shots and breathing ... all is right with the universe. No one is hungry, tired, lonely, or lost. Focus now. Get the bird. Get the shot. We have time to set up our camp stools.
And then it happens. Two parents with cameras and a child in tow zero in on us. It will be "what are you looking at?" time. (After all, we were in the “Children’s Garden.”) It is a lifer bird for us both. To make the situation worse, the child, a bit older than a toddler, has a camera equipped with a sizable lens. Not a bridge camera. I think it's a Nikon, but I'm doing that semi squeeze my eyes shut thing so that I don't take in any more information.
The trio is heading our way. My brain is shrieking Nooooooooooooo. The father is explaining things to the child about “background.” They stay a reasonable distance away but that's not good enough. With this camera hog of a bird we can just try to draw the family away. Try to get them distracted or better yet, bored.
W9 and I leave this posing beauty and whisper "We'll be back, my love. Wait for us."
But here's how it breaks down. The family sets up camp. We sneak back to check. We try shooting in an area close by with hummers. Who doesn't like hummers???? The mascot and symbol of this Botanic Garden! It’s almost working. The family moves closer to us. They aren't rude or pushy but I have no faith that they can resist the pull ... W9's monopod and all...
After an eternity they move on. We dive back in to get the Green-tailed Towhee. But now the little fart wants nothing to do with us. W9 tracks him, finds him. He briefly visited a puddle and then bolted. W9 finds him again, but this time he’s under bushes, foraging in the shadows. What the hell happened to the showy diva we met earlier when we arrived at the garden party???
So, allow me to present our latest lifer bird.
"There’s nothing quite like the color that gives the Green-tailed Towhee its name—a deep olive lightening to yellow-green on the edges of the wings and tail. Set off by a gray chest, white throat, and rufous crown, this large sparrow is a colorful resident of the West’s shrubby mountainsides and sagebrush expanses—if you can see one. They spend their time scratching at leaf litter under dense cover, occasionally popping into view to whistle a song or give a querulous mewing call." allaboutboids
A European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), signing it's heart out in a hawthorn tree, full of the joys of spring. The strong sunshine was catching his iridescent plumage very nicely, making him look very dapper as he broadcast his presence to the neighbourhood.
🎵🎷🎸🎹🎺🎻🎶
🎵🎤 "Everyone clap your hands!"
Oh, it's Mulan!
Nice beat!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat? 🎶
Mulan got pipes!
WOOOO~~!
...rhythmic clapping...
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in your seats! 🎶
Woohoo!
...rhythmic clapping...
Bijou Planks! 🎵 They're dancing in the First Row! 🎶
Dancing in our seats!
🎵 Over in Fourth Row! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
🎵 Up in the Balcony! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
🎵 All we need is music, sweet music 🎶
Sweet, sweet, music!
🎵 There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swinging, swaying, and records playing
Dancing in your seats! 🎶
🎵 Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy, grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
They'll be dancing~~! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
🎵 They're dancing in their seats! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
🎵 It's an invitation across Paprihaven
A chance for folks to meet! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 There'll be laughing, singing, and music swinging
Dancing in your seats! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Down in Cooperstown!* 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 And West Clampett too!** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Puuiki Beach lookin at you!*** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 And Egolon's Ville!**** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 And Happy Wondersland!***** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 All we need is music 🎶
Sweet, sweet, music!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swinging, swaying, and records playing
Dancing in your seats! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy, grab a girl
Everywhere around the world 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 They're dancing
They're dancing in their seats! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Way over at Jeanne's! ****** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 And at the Ammo Arms! ******* 🎶
🎵 And kingkong21's! ******** 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Every day, they're dancing in their seats 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Let's form a big, strong line 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Get in time, we're dancing in our seats 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Across the ocean blue 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
🎵 Me and you, we're dancing in our seats! 🎶
Dancin' in our seats!
...rhythmic clapping...
...applause...
MU-LAN! MU-LAN! MU-LAN!
Why can't every show be like this!?
That was great!
Though I don't know why she included 4th row!
Happy 🍔🍟 Thursday!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Disney Princess
Mulan
2020, McDonald's
Another fine Bijou Planks entry from Grab Bag #128!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54447615686/
Multi-universal dancing!
* Down in Cooperstown!*
www.flickr.com/photos/135742756@N07/49987952482
** And West Clampett too!
www.flickr.com/photos/atjoe1972/36978824001/
*** Puuiki Beach lookin at you!
www.flickr.com/photos/puuikibeach/882069439
**** And Egolon's Ville!
www.flickr.com/photos/egolon/53627957924
***** And Happy Wondersland!
www.flickr.com/photos/198871136@N03/54323314287/
****** Way over at Jeanne's!
www.flickr.com/photos/50123236@N03/51279740264
******* And at the Ammo Arms!
www.flickr.com/photos/116276346@N05/50417529806
******** And kingkong21's!
UK Rail Leasing Class56 Grids were today in charge of a ECS move from Kilmarnock to Plymouth. Seen here roaring passed Euxton in awful weather are 56098 & classmate 56104 leading the FGW stock.
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.
Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area.
Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3-metre tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound.
The Malabar lark, or Malabar crested lark (Galerida malabarica) is a sedentary breeding bird in western India.
This is a common bird of open country, cultivation and scrub, often at some altitude. It nests on the ground, laying two or three eggs. Its food is seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season.
It sings and it rings :))
It's a wind powered sound sculpture in Burnley, Lancashire made my the artists, Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu. It's an impressive sight close up.
Even with a beak full of seed, this house sparrow still managed to belt out a few chirps. I suppose he was singing for his supper.
A teeny Blue-gray Gnatcatcher singing in a redbud tree. These birds have just arrived and must be weary, but waste no time staking out a breeding territory and displaying for females. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This song sparrow was blasting away from this twig, calling out to get my attention (yeah, I'm sure!)! By the Willamette River in downtown Portland.