Wires In The Way
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Belding's savannah sparrow, taken in Bolsa Chica Reserve
There is something about birds singing on barbed wire that always appeals to me, especially now.
Driving on the highway this image was pointed out to me. Great lines taken at speed so creating a slight shadow.
This is the exit point of the Wire Pass trail (which passes through a narrow slot canyon) at the conjunction where it enters Buckskin Gulch in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. I love walking in slot canyons. Note the hiker near the far wall for scale.
Taken at my friend's ranch near Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.
This Alder Flycatcher continually and vociferously declared that he offered 'free beer!'...'free beer!'...'free beer!'...I politely tried to tell him that I was a teetotaler, but to no avail. He continued unfazed by my candid remark again offering 'free beer!'...'free beer!'...'free beer!'
You wouldn't have any non-alcoholic ginger beer would you? I am kinda partial to that, after all.
Alder Flycatcher
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naked wires, their thoughts exposed for all to see,,
in darkness they are safe, but here, now they stand vulnerable
This is the first swallow I met this spring. Swallows are back and they are now building their nests with mud and hay. This one is taking a rest, from its work. Notice the beak (its tool for the constructions) covered with mud.
Wires on an old fence covered in tiny ice crystals from days of sub zero temperatures and heavy frosts.
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While looking for birds on our trip west, it seemed many birds I found were sitting on wire fences, especially on the prairies where there weren’t many trees. It has to be easier to install and more cost efficient when putting fencing around vast open spaces. The sound of the Meadowlark is quite distinct and I loved listening to them when we were camping. It was a treat to see them sitting on the fence as opposed to hidden in the grasses. Happy Fence Friday.
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).
Michael Kelly Invented the First Barbed Wire Fencing
The first wire fences (before the invention of the barb) consisted of only one strand of wire, which was constantly broken by the weight of cattle pressing against it.
Michael Kelly made a significant improvement to wire fencing, he twisted two wires together to form a cable for barbs - the first of its kind. Known as the "thorny fence," Michael Kelly's double-strand design made fences stronger, and the painful barbs made cattle keep their distance.
Joseph Glidden Was Considered the King of the Barb.
Joseph Glidden's design made barbed wire more effective, he invented a method for locking the barbs in place, and invented the machinery to mass-produce the wire.
Living patterns of the nomadic Native Americans were radically altered. Further squeezed from lands they had always used, they began calling barbed wire "the Devil's rope."
After its invention, barbed wire was widely used during wars, to protect people and property from unwanted intrusion. Military usage of barbed wire formally dates to 1888, when British military manuals first encouraged its use.
During the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders chose to defend their camps with the help of barbed fencing. In turn-of-the-century South Africa, five-strand fences were linked to blockhouses sheltering British troops from the encroachment of Boer commandos. During World War I, barbed wire was used as a military weapon.
Even now, barbed wire is widely used to protect and safeguard military installation, to establish territorial boundaries, and for prisoner confinement.
I found this barbed wire along with the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly perched on it, at a Polk County park along Lake Kissimmee. Polk County, Florida.
Macros certainly show every bit of dust and debris! Fortunately, my husband had two unused wire brushes with two small bands of bristles. Here you see fewer than half of the bristles.
And then the sun began to shine. The trick was to avoid blowing the highlights...
Tiny. This macro amounts to 2 cm or .79 inches of part of the brush. Thanks for looking.
A toy electric motor as a 1:1 macro. I suppose it belongs to the series "Märklin Metall" from the early 70ies. This was a modular kit system made of metal to construct mechanical things for older kit. This one is a still working motor, driven by a 9V battery. The copper wires induce a magnetic effect propelling this motor like in every electric driven engine.
Voigtlaender 2.5 110mm Macro Apo-Lanthar
(ISO 100, f8 @ 24mm, 1/5sec., 20:50)
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