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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA
不知為什麼, 看著這張相片讓我想起了是安徒生童話中的一個故事" 拇指姑娘 "
從前，有一個農婦在她的花園中種了一株大麥。後來大麥長出了花苞，農婦便在花苞上親吻了一下，許下了想得到一個拇指般小的姑娘的願望。在花苞盛開出花朵後，農婦發現一個迷你但美麗的小女孩從舒展開的花瓣中出現，十分驚喜。由於小女孩的身體僅像農婦的拇指般大小，因此農婦將小女孩命名為拇指姑娘Thumbelina。092815
This Townsend's warbler was near a flock of bushtits enjoying the fir trees. Always happy to see their splash of color in the dreary winter!
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA
This Townsend's Solitaire is my first sighting ever at the Garden. They generally nest in open coniferous forest at higher elevations. They may winter at lower elevations, but I have never seen one until today. This loner was perching on a Santa Cruz Island Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus), flying to a Summer Holly (Comarostaphylis diversifolia) nearby and back, feeding on berries of the Summer Holly.
Fifty shades of gray. I always love to catch a Solitaire. They are not common here at this time as they breed in the mountain regions of Alberta. A few regularly spend their winter in central Alberta.
They are are a Thrush, and related to Robins and Bluebirds.
Edmonton, Alberta.
The weather was shower off and on with sun breaks, so yesterday, I shot in our yard. Fortunately, the birds responded well to each sun break, becoming quite active during each. This Townsend's warbler made repeated visits to our plum blossoms, affording multiple occasions to capture him. This specific move was repeated a few times: perching on a branch, then fluttering to reach for another, but returning to the perched position on the original.
I stopped by the bushes where I usually see Anna's hummingbirds, and today was blessed with this Townsend's warbler visiting.
This is a Townsend's solitaire. It was seen on Sunday at Koll Center wetlands, and soon had attracted bird watchers and photographers to try to catch a view of it. I wasn't fortunate enough on Sunday, but did get to see it today - a lifer for me! Thanks to Keith Todd for calling my attention to the location!
The way we usually see them - high on the top of a spruce spire.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton. Alberta.
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Every year, this time of year, I have the pleasure of seeing the Townsend's warblers. They're likely around other times, too, and I just don't know where to look for them. But in the Spring, I can watch this tree as it blossoms, and will eventually see one. One of our flashier warblers!
This Townsend's warbler was working around our Sequoia, and came to the south edge where I was waiting with camera.
I was looking out the window today, and spotted this Townsend's warbler working through the plum blossoms. Such a nice setting if not an ideal capture!
South Fork of the Snake River, Idaho
A rather plain but interesting bird. These breed in the American and Canadian west just below timberline, often in elevations over 11,000 feet. In the winter they drop down, at least in my area, to juniper dominated river valleys were they establish and vigorously defend feeding territories. They are somewhat unique in that they have a very beautiful song that they sing on these territories much like any spring time breeding bird. The call sounds like a rusty gate being opened. A fascinating bird.
After a month using the mirrorless camera, I love it even more each day because I dont see any dust spot yet. My 5 DSLR cameras, I got dust spot as soon as I opened it from the box lols.
A Townsend's Solitaire among the Fall leaves and berries at Silver Creek Preserve near Picabo, Idaho
"The Townsend’s Solitaire is an elegant, wide-eyed songbird of western-mountain forests. Their drab gray plumage gets a lift from subtly beautiful buffy wing patches and a white eyering. Though they're thrushes, they perch upright atop trees and shrubs to advertise their territories all year long, and can easily be mistaken for flycatchers. Their sweet jumbling song gives them away and enlivens their evergreen forest and juniper woodland homes. In winter they switch from eating primarily insects to eating fruit, particularly juniper berries."