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Tripod, cable release.
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A few of the wild things growing in the back yard. The pole helps support blackberry vines. My backyard looking west in the late afternoon.
Close-up of a young Rio Grande gobbler. Wattles and snood are not fully developed. Young immature gobblers are called 'jakes'. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Thirty-first in the series ‘Wild Bonsai’, this tree is 60 inches (1.5m) in height and perhaps 600 years old.
'Wild Bonsai' is a numbered collection of photos of naturally occurring bristlecones (p. longaeva) generally less than five feet in height (1.5m) and - as nearly as I can estimate - between fifty and five-hundred years old - some much older. Most will have sprouted and survived in tiny cracks and crevices or miniature basins of sand and gravel. Shaped by the elements, flourishing tenaciously in the most minimalist of conditions, their lives are measured not in the millennia of more robust bristlecones, but in centuries...often mere decades.
'Duality', the cover photo for this album, is to me a matriarch of sorts and will remain unnumbered as a small token of a deeply intuitive and unapologetic respect that remains as transcendent and mysterious to me as it may seem odd to others. The essay that accompanies 'Duality' could, in many ways, apply as well to any other tree I may post in this series.
A perspective: Housed in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the fifth oldest living cultivated bonsai in the world is something over 500 years old and is a designated National Treasure of Japan.
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This glorious wild Exmoor pony lives near Bracebridge Pool in Sutton Park - just a short drive away from my home. She looks as if she's expecting a foal soon. I need to get back there and take some more pictures! She came to Little Bracebridge Pool with 14 other ponies, to have a drink. They are entrancing animals - took absolutely no notice of us.
Exmoor ponies were introduced to Sutton Park in July 1999 in an effort to maintain a heath and acid grassland habitat in the Bracebridge area, protecting it from birch and woodland encroachment. In other Exmoor pony trials, not only has the plant species composition been maintained, but birds (such as the nightjar on Skipwith Common, Yorkshire) and butterflies (such as the High Brown fritillary in Silverdale, Cumbria) have also benefitted. 'Before and after' effects have been and continue to be monitored in Sutton Park.
They are doing well and by the look of her, she's in excellent condition.
Low level grazing has been a feature of the park for centuries. It is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain the required 250 head of cattle needed to graze the park. A temporary solution would be to reduce the grazing rent for farmers but this would not be effective in the long-term as farmers simply do not have the beef cattle anymore. Exmoor ponies were chosen after alternatives of sheep, deer, donkeys and horses were ruled out from previous experiences in the park.
Have a great new week everyone. I have a wonderful 4 days off! very much needed.
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Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara County, California
These wild turkey are on our country road and do not like to move for a car. Must not be easy for them this winter with all the snow we have.
I recently spent 5 days in the remoteness of South East Oregon. On the long drive home I was able to visit these wild horses near the Steens Mountain. It was a wonderful experience to watch these beauties just do what they do. Thanks for looking.
This little guy was actually very friendly. He squeezed his eyes in a sleepy manner that´s why he looks so angry.
This european wildcat was photographed at Annecy, France.
Have a wonderful day/night everyone.
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Atop a waterfall, the water rages in its charge to be at home in the sea again. It had a long journey to get here, and is presently causing strife to millions throughout this part of the world (East and Southeast Asia), yet is paramount to our existence. Who knows where it will end up next, perhaps snowfall in the Himalayas, or temperately bubbling in a tycoon's jacuzzi?