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I can't say the same thing about the photographer, since I forgot to reset the shutter speed on my camera and had a lot of blurry shots! (I'm surprised I got any in focus). The Red-tailed hawk flew across the road in front of me and caught a mouse or vole. It proceeded to devour its prey in all its bloody goriness. Those of you who hate that kind of shot will be happy to know they all came out blurry. It took less than a minute for the prey to be devoured.
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In a friend's office, each time that they have a successful business, they ring the bell as a way to motivate their team.
I wish it sounds many times this year for him and every of you too.
pic uploaded for FlickrFriday theme #ring.the.bell.
A Barred Owl takes shelter from some very upset squirrels with his catch -- another of their species.
MTM announced this week at SDP40 325 and GN coach 1096 were being shipped to Albia Iowa in the coming weeks for repaints.
A massive private donation is seeing that both 325 and 1096 are repainted in Great Northern orange and green.
The 325 wore the simplified orange scheme for the first few years of her existence. seen here:
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Both will return to the roundhouse in time for the 2023 operating season, so I've heard.
Being with the "big leagues" I've mostly fallen out of touch with MTM but maintain a few connections.
Fundraisers to repaint it Big Sky Blue (plan A) were deemed not successful, and the museum is giving the option of refund, reallocation, or hold for future 325 cosmetics.
Seen here are 325 & 1096 at Osceola in October 2018, when I made my last run as a volunteer.
Looking forward to seeing the finished product in a few months.
Honestly, with the chaos that is MTM the past year, I didn't think there was a snowball's chance in hell it would happen. But, money talks and the money wanted orange, even though I, along with many others, was rooting for blue.
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Explore #407 April 4th 2009. Thx Brendamb
Epipogium aphyllum, Aflenz, Steiermark, Austria. The rain during the last week was very helpful for these rare orchids. Unlike last year, they showed up in abundance. Nice and fresh.
Great Blue Heron
The water in the pond was frozen, but it didn't stop this Heron from looking for a meal!
The Heron wasn't very successful, but I was....got lots of pictures!
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A successful fighter of WW1, over 5,000 'Brisfits' were built.
Despite being a 2-seater, the Brisfit had the speed and manoeuvrability of a single seat fighter. The Lewis 0.303in machine gun, operated by the second crew member, is clearly visible in the picture.
An unusual design feature of the Bristol Fighter was the placement of the body of the aircraft midway between the two wings, instead of attached directly to the lower wing, as was usually the case with biplanes. This was intended to improve the field of fire for the observer.
The Shuttleworth Collection's Bristol F.2B Fighter was photographed at the Festival of Flight at Old Warden, June 2025.
I can count the number of successful days photographing Barn Owls during the last 8 years on one hand. Luckily 2 of them were at the end of December, which has at least given me some shots to post on Flickr during lockdown.
There is nothing quite as magical as watching a daylight hunting owl in action, whether it is a barnie or SEO.
Taken on a beautiful morning soon after sunrise.
Sacred Kingfisher with a very small fish from the Sandy Camp Road Wetlands. This went straight to its brood in a termite-mound nest nearby.
Continuing the chase of my 8th successful Batten Kill day that brought my 'batting average' up to .500
Very much on home rails, G&J 4116, a veteran ex D&H Alco RS3 (blt. Sep. 1952) has just crossed Main Street at MP A136.9 on the old Delaware and Hudson Washington Branch as measured from Albany the long way around via Catleton, Whitehall, and Mechanicville.
At right is the historic old Agway warehouse that was recently restored as the recipient of a 2019 New York Main Street Grant. While now residential apartments it has retained its classic exterior appearance and looked better than ever Surely D&H switch crews of yore spotted many a 40 ft boxcar at the warehouse doors on the siding here over the years. Check out this photo from last year before the remodel:
Cambridge, New York
Monday October 17, 2022
This capture was taken when I arrived at Max-Eyth-See on Sunday morning. The sun was still fighting to find a way through the clouds and about one hour later it was successful, even if it was only a short victory.
The southbound Denali Star exits one of the most maintenance prone sections on the Alaska Railroad. The are just about to the location of the former Moody Tunnel daylighted in 2008 I believe.
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Conowingo Dam Harford County, Maryland.
A successful dive only takes a few seconds but a big trout tends to swim to the bottom to escape and can drag the osprey with him. When this happens he will lay in the water for a few seconds before he gets airborne again.
Successfully used in combat in the Battle of France, accounting for about a third of the AdLA victories.
Typically French, the throttles had to be modified to operate in the opposite direction to aircraft for the US and UK.....
Have a wonderful, bright, successful, blissful and healthy New Year and beyond!
“Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” – Charles Lamb
“We will open the book. It’s pages are blank. We are going to put words on the ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – 2018
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
¡Tenga un Año Nuevo maravilloso, brillante, exitoso, dichoso y saludable y mucho más!
"Dejemos que nuestra resolución de Año Nuevo sea la siguiente: estaremos allí el uno para el otro como compañeros de la humanidad, en el mejor sentido de la palabra". Charles Lamb
"Nosotros abriremos el libro. Sus páginas están en blanco. Vamos a poner palabras sobre nosotros mismos. El libro se llama Oportunidad y su primer capítulo es el día de Año Nuevo ". - 2018
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Just up the shoreline from the Least Terns, this is a Forster's I think. On this May Gray day, the lone fisherman nailed one. I was a little slow finding the water exit (behind it), but I'm still pretty happy with the 2x on my little 300. It's actually lighter than my big 200-600 zoom by a few ounces, my new walkabout lens.