Surveying
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Viewed by naturalists and other scientists as one of the best outdoor laboratories in the world, this vast swamp, a national wildlife refuge, is nearly 113,00 acres (45729 hectares) in size.
Our first American president, George Washington, was an early surveyor of this landform.
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Adult gannets are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea.
Taken at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, UK
Coyotes are always on the watch, surveying their territory for opportunities or threats.
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
Beach Chicken surveying the beach at my favorite place on the California coast, Pescadero State Beach, between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz.
Chestnut Teals look beautiful floating on the water and that's where I'm used to photograph them. I came upon this male when he was inspecting a cavity in a dead tree some 3 meters above the ground. That's what the Wood Ducks usually do when looking for a suitable nesting site. I wonder what he had in mind.
A surveyor in early times found human remains here and gave it the name. It is safe now apart from avoiding sea lions. There was one at each end of the beach and tracks of another one mid beach. Sorry to show summer beach pictures if you are under snow.
The Surveyors Memorial, north of Hawker, South Australia, taken during astro twilight for the colour on the horizon. Venus and Jupiter are prominent in the Zodiacal Light under the Milky Way. Sigma lens, processed in Lightroom with daylight white balance. The foreground was lit in two separate exposures, the exposure blend made in Photoshop.
A orphaned cub we raised in the wild since meeting her in June. Here watching something as the Autumn Sunset comes down, She is on a Hay Bail and can say that this has been one of my best times with wildlife. We have the story in two local papers and now an agency has taken images from myself and friend.
Young lady who works for Wildlife Preservation Canada. I have chatted with her a number of times over the last couple years. She is part of a team that keeps track and records the population and movement of the Endangered Species ,The Loggerhead Shrike. Birders come from all over Ontario in search of this rare bird.
Last year, I saw 2 of them and photographed them and this year I have seen only 1 and it was about 150-200 yards out from the roadside.
Her and her team have permission from all the land owners to access their properties in search of these birds.People like myself must obey the No Trespassing signs and can not do an open search through Carden Alvar.
I like chatting with her when I bump into her from time to time because she updates me on everything to do with the Loggerhead Shrikes. She told me that unfortunately the numbers are down and they only know of 6 pairs within a large radius.
They are also involved in an captive breeding process in hopes to increase their numbers in the wild.
wildlifepreservation.ca/blog/loggerheadshrike/
Carden,Ontario
Canada
This red shouldered hawk was quite the distance away, surveying a set of fields on one side, and the marshland on the other. We observed as many as five of these birds simultaneously in the span of about a thirty minute period.
Portrait of a barred owl as it tilts its head back to peer over the trees toward horizon, just before it takes off toward a new perch.
Hillsboro, OR
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Profile portrait of Archie surveying some of his territory and ensuring it is safe.
When he first had the outside world to explore he was bold and hopped over fences until we heard an almighty ruckus and Archie flew over the fence having received a pierced ear. Poor Archie has not ventured outside of the garden since and cowers whenever a neighbouring cat comes into the garden.
He does, however, seem to be enamoured by one cat that very occasionally appears in the neighbours garden. An intact male that we call Barry, which may or may not be his name, and Archie spends time every day looking through the fence to see if Barry is there. It is a fine 'bromance' indeed.
I had to pick up my camera at least once in February on my path to rekindling my relationship with photography and this is the result. Photography twice in two months might not sound like much but it is a massive improvement on where I was last year. Archie may have some form of kitty trauma but my PTSD is complex and a difficult hurdle to overcome. Baby steps.
Thank you all so much for your love and support throughout this difficult battle to reclaim my life from trauma.
Best wishes.
On a walk with my grandson, we visited the Mimico Creek Stormwater Management facility, that has a pedestrian bridge for people to observe the birds and wildlife.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy your weekend and week ahead.
Beautiful golden winter sun, as the storm clouds gathered.
The imposing Kew-Y-Ahn granite tor overlooks the historical village of Hartley in the Central Tablelands here in New South Wales. This curious name was first recorded by Surveyor Liddell in 1877, but the original meaning is not known. It was also known as Bell's Rock to the European settlers.
From the tor one can enjoy a unique view of the village, be able to see Mount Blaxland and contemplate on 40,000 years of human endeavour in the Hartley Valley.
It is believed that these rocks are of significance for the local First Nation peoples of the Gundungurra tribe. The site is thought to have been a meeting place and to have spiritual significance.
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It was a peaceful scene as this lone wild horse looked over the landscape in Theodore Worth National Park just before sunset.
I was interested to learn that Thomas Telford was the surveyor for Fortrose Harbour in 1817. One of these wooden seats that you see is dedicated to him.
His work and influence is everywhere in the Highlands, bridges, harbours, churches and of course the Caledonian Canal.
And yet another Red-shouldered Hawk surveying the yards from his vantage point on the fence!
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Down from the impressive Al Hajar Al Sharqi Mountains descend precipitously a number of Wadis: Tayin, Dima, Khabbah, all flowing together. From the village of Tul downward the resulting flow is called Wadi Dayqah. It's in this Wadi that a large double dam (a Saddle Dam and a Main Dam) has been constructed (2012). Here in the photo is part of the resulting lake. Overflow courses downward through an alluvial plain to the town of Daghmar just south of Quriyat, murderously sacked by the Portuguese at the beginning of the sixteenth century and part of their seaborne empire until the middle of the seventeenth. Today it's a bustling fishing town with some impressive forts.
Surveying a view of the lake was this Dragonfly!
PS I wonder whether someone will identify it for me... It looks like a Darter of some kind. Thanks.