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A Tri-colored Heron recoils after a missed opportunity for a quick meal.
Thanks for your views and comments and have a great weekend!
Saturday, several of us are gathered at Commonwealth Lake (at safe distancing), waiting for the osprey. Finally, one showed up, and did take the strike position a few times, but never took a dive.
Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
Images today are from a visit to Truganina Park on this day in 2019.
As I wandered along the southern bank of Laverton I met Flickr mate and fellow birder Rodger www.flickr.com/photos/62434662@N05 with a couple of other birders who were on a Birdlife walk in the area. They told me they had heard a Fieldwren further along. Sure enough as walked I heard the call and was happy to see it pop up unto this branch and stay long enough for a couple of shots.
#SundayFunday - Hollywood "The Devil Wears Prada (2006) The Younger Years
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9J0P27GC3g
What are you looking at?
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue (vogue, vogue)
Vogue (vogue, vogue)
Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor
And here's what it's for, so
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need is your own imagination
So use it, that's what it's for (that's what it's for)
Go inside for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)
It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar
Yes, that's what you are, you know it
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body groove to the music (groove to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue (vogue, vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
The flower these insects chose as a stopping place was less than two inches in diameter. At first glance, I thought the green bits on top of the flower were little bits of leaves. Upon further examination, I discovered they were insects. A quick dash up the stairs of my house allowed me to grab my camera, all the while whispering the mantra...'Don't move, don't move!' Imagine my surprise when I returned to find them still posing for me. Less than two minutes later, they hopped away. Whew!
This anhinga has spearded this fish underwater and brought it to the surface.
The question remains, how do you get a double speared fish off your twin beaks and down your throat?
Well I will tell you if you have patience.
First and foremost is keep tension on your beaks; keep them spread apart so the fish can't 'wiggle' off your beaks.
Next - keep it at the end of your beak(s) for a long time, why?
Well you want it to stop struggling ....
Then, thrash it all about..................
See the photos in the comments
Now that the anhinga has moved it (quite quickly) up, down, sideways, and upside down, the anhinga prepares for the end of this phase of the process, which is the...........
Pose: Janus 5 by Spartin Parx Poses @ the Darkness Event
This is what happens when you lose your net and your service provider tells you it aint comin back for 5 days... no internet.. no phone... no cable... so I played with this pic I took a few nights ago and edited while half ass watching a bootleg Korean copy of Pitch Perfect 2 that I'm pretty sure was cammed on an airplane... The gods took pity on me and my net returned :P That was some touch and go next level Amish livin...
PS: Sooo sorry to the B the E and the OEG.. I totally fucked up our plans. :(
Mule deer in the yard. Deer didnt care about my dog, dog didnt care about the deer. Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI HMMM!
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Fui ali . Vamos???
Nao cortei nao fiz nada. Nen reduzi. Ta tudo em alta...
Off I go.
No cuts no signature no nada.
Just a cool picture
After seeing how small a Least Bittern was I was amazed at the size of this American Bittern, a much larger bird. Here this bird is about to strike and eat a frog that still had it's tail. I loved watching this bird move like a glacier as it first spotted the frog, then contorted its body to position itself for the strike. Its concentration seems absolute!
Another new bird for me on my Florida trip this April!
Sorry I haven't been doing Flickr much this week, I'm recovering from an Influenza A strain which struck me like a train.
Taken 6 April 2019 at Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, Florida.
Looks like our reservoir is now frozen over. However, it is still a place that delivers marvellous opportunities for terrific compositions. This time in black & white.
Credits:
Hair - Stealthic - Embers
Necklace - Swallow - Savannah
Top - Bumblebee - Kristen
Jumpsuit - Bumblebee - Kristen
Shoes - Cult - Suzi
Backdrop - Foxcity - Illuminated
Pose - Foxcity - Spirited Away