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This egret was very successful in its fishing while I watched. Here's one of the fish.

It can take quite a long time for a Great Blue Heron to have some. This guy was one of the lucky ones.

Hawk owl returning to its perch[hydro line LOL] after a successful dive in snow

The vole is covered by its wing didn't get a good angle that shows it other that back side of owl this was sharpest image of the burst

This osprey, and I, were successful that day. I'd been hoping to catch an osprey with fish - missed the actual strike, as it headed down to the other end of the lake, and was behind trees. But it came off the lake more towards me, allowing a few of those treasured flight shots!

Green Grass Dart (Ocybadistes walkeri)

 

After missing out on getting a shot of the Skipper yesterday I managed to get one today. It was still very flighty and the only one around.

Another delightful trout diner.

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A man is a success if he gets up in the morning

and goes to bed at night and in between

does what he wants to do

Finally! During the entire time spent at the Lotus Pond, spending what seemed like ages, slowly circling the entire pond, looking everywhere for those sneaky little frogs who have mastered the skill of hiding in plain sight - I spotted this fellow sitting right out in the open! In the sunlight! And on a pristine lily pad!

 

So, having finally spotted one, I was able to zoom in and get a decent shot. My waning patience finally paid off.

 

Finally hit the Jack Pot at the Lotus Pond at Dauset Trails Nature Center!

L'espoir est le plus grand véhicule du succès, tandis que le découragement le rend impossible...

 

The hope is the biggest vehicle of the success, whereas the discouragement makes him(it) impossible...

A Willet captured here individually but was gathered in a loose flock, probing the sand of a wave-washed beach for marine invertebrates, hunting for its favorites. Here successfully.

This guy strutted his stuff after successfully grabbing a fish. I typically see the snowy egrets get minnows so this was a pretty big catch.

 

Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness.

May all your wildest dreams manifest in 2023.

May you find success, happiness, and everything your heart desires. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy New year 2023!

  

To my darling wife ..I will love you more in 2023 and be the best that I can be . Fill your heart with love ..I adore you baby ♥♥♥

  

From earlier this year. One of the 3 recently fledged juvenile Common Kingfishers with a tasty (albeit tiny) fish. You have to start somewhere.

 

You can tell this female is a juvenile by the dark feet and the remains of the white aiming spot on the end of the bill.

Osprey

 

Point San Pablo, Richmond, California

Again I had this pleasure to observe a pair of Sooty Oystercatchers foraging for food during a very low tide today. They were not particularly concerned with my presence so I walked as close as I considered acceptable for them. This bird presented the catch and walked with it for several meters to find a good place to consume it. This made me feel like a catwalk photographer (minus a cat ;-).

 

(Haematopus fuliginosus)

This is the successful hatching of a new little baby masked lapwing! I was amazed to see this. My previous shot www.flickr.com/photos/143119536@N04/51351333453/in/datepo... of this nest taken a few weeks back showed the flooded lake almost lapping at the eggs themselves, and I worried about whether or not they would be okay. Pleased to report a couple of chicks hatched and survived.

Mama Red Necked Grebe shows me her eggs for the first time. I believe there are three. I went to check the nest this morning after a lot of rain and very strong winds yesterday. Thankfully the nest is about two inches / five centimetres above the waterline and there is no rain in the forecast.

Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)

From the archives

No catch and release here. Looking for a landing spot.

This Puma managed to catch a Patagonia Fox - - a very unusual catch - - our guide had worked in this area for over 15 years and has never witnessed this.

 

Puma / Cougar / Mountain Lion - Patagonia, Chile

Hen harrier with prey / Kornweihe mit Beute

Inmature Bald Eagle had some fishing success.

 

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Bald Eagle

Conowingo, MD

A day trip to Shropshire for a chance to photograph Kingfishers. The weather was sunny intervals. The location light was contrasty and tricky to shoot in. But a good day was had.

 

A Kingfisher climbs away after a successful dive.

This is one of my 2 favourite images of the day.

  

Images best viewed in "lights out" L key

Always great to witness them in action Upon download, found out he lost this fish in a rush. unfortunately fish in mid air shot came out blurry :(

Osprey with catch near Ten Mile river mouth. A Large fish-eating hawk with a wingspan up to 6 Ft. This magnificent raptors broad wings enable it to glide on rising thermals near coastal bluffs. It hoovers on beating wings beflore plunging feet first for fish. This Osprey has re-positioned its catch for better in flight aerodynamics.

“If the day and the night

are such that you greet

them with joy, and life emits

a fragrance like flowers

and sweet-scented herbs, is

more elastic, more starry,

more immortal - that is

your success.”

-HENRY DAVID THOREAU

 

There are days when I wake up, have my coffee on the back deck or front porch, smell my garden and listen to the birds where I feel like "success". This image is from my garden using "in camera" multiple exposures.

Tern with a fish for its chick.

Long Sault, ON

Bald Eagle, Homer, Alaska

Great egret fishing on Abberton reservoir

Actually it's success x 2: the Red Wattlebird got its flying insect and I got the Red Wattlebird in flight (-; exercising my old heavy Nikkor 300mm f/2.8)

 

(Anthochaera carunculata)

  

Short-eared Owl heading back with it's prey.

Great Blue Heron [Ardea herodias]

 

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

 

2342*

Crucifix Orchid (Epidendrum ibaguense)

 

For my 100 Flowers Project - 2024

 

When I photographed Kath's Crucifix Orchid (also known as Fire-star Orchid and Rainbow Orchid) last year, she gave me a cutting which I potted. The cutting seemed to die off and I thought it had failed. Two months later a fresh stem came up and now we have flowers.

In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.

 

On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”

 

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A beautiful kingfisher (Alcedo athis, jégmadár) caught the prey, just emerging from water.

 

We were sitting in a great hide though the open front, lack of heating and the -3 degree Celsius temperature made it a tough challenge to take photos! :) We had bad luck again with weather...dense fog settled over the lake seriously impacting the quality of photos.

 

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