Friday Night Photos - At Last, Warm Weather edition
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 04/24/2020 - 5:48pm
Virus as maybe, but things are looking up. Fred's on the porch, soaking up the sun.
In the middle of cooking a Thai green curry, so this will be quick.
What with the recent stillness of life:
Glazunov's 1st piano concerto on in the background. If you like Russian stuff, this will turbo charge your tulips.
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Not a birder
but for those of that particular persuasion, a shot from last year:
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
great pix BR
Great pix BR! The bird looks like a Great Blue Heron. I always like habitat shots. I have to crop stuff too much for my liking for my own web pages, and to illustrate here in limited space, so tend to over crop. Not how I would make a print for the wall. A pic with habitat is always better IMHO. My best Marsh Wren photo is just a little bit of wren, and a whole lotta marsh.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks for Friday Night Photos tonight, BR.
Love the lighting on your still life shot.
Didn't get out with the camera this week so some shots from a few years ago.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Pescadero, Ca.
Ghost Pine. Monterey, Ca.
Lone Pine. Monterey, Ca.
Pelican migration. Santa Cruz, Ca
Where the 1% live and play. Seventeen Mile Drive Monterey, Ca.
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Thanks SP
Any idea of the age of that Ghost Pine? It looks rather aged.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
I screwed up.
The names of the two trees are the Ghost Cypress and the Lone Cypress. The Lone Cypress is believed to be about 250 years old. I don't know the age of the Ghost cypress.
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Lone cypress lost the limb on the left
I used to have a picture of how it looks now, but I can't find it. Use your imagination? It got hit by lightening last year.
My mom and I went to all the places in your photos. First stop was the light house and ending at pebble beach. Fun memories, thanks for the trip.
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Hey, Snoopy
I remember seeing something about the Lone Cypress losing a limb not to long ago. These photos were taken in 2013 on a drive I did with my dad and my sister.
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17 mile drive is something to see isn't it?
Looking at how the other side lives in such luxury and surrounded by beauty. I think you either have to pay to drive it now or they closed it off to the ragtag folks.
My mom had come from Utah for an extended weekend and we stayed in Pacific grove just up from Monterey and saw the sites. She woke me up because she said she saw a dolphin swim by our room. lol I doubt she did. My friends said it was them with a cardboard one that they walked by our window.
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great pics SP!
great pix SP! Been right there in those same places... very cool, love yer lighthouse pics. That is a famous seabirding point.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thank you, dystopian.
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Hi Social
The pelican migration photo is stunning, thanks.
Thank you, Janis.
Being able to see the Pelicans on their southern migration was really special.
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More like the .001%
Wonderful photos, comments, and diary. A Friday Nite treat.
Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Wind Point, Wisconsin late February 2020
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Those photos, GLS!
Especially the first and the last one. The crisp, contrasting angles, colour and light are wonderful.
Thank you greatly.
oranges and blues
Good sign things are warming-up out your way.
The blue in the orange dish is striking.
The colors inspired me to dredge this up.
Thanks QMS
Just trying to find something to photo whilst stuck inside.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
neat pic QMS!
nice teak ...
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi QMS
That’s quite a cosy interior, is it a boat?
Yes they are
This one is pulled apart for some projects. When they are dressed up the are stunning. Thr The 30 year old rubbed effect teak lockers, trim and bulkheads have mellowed nicely over the years.
Cheers
Sweet QMS
“The 30 year old rubbed effect teak lockers, trim and bulkheads have mellowed nicely over the years.”
Cheers to you always, and always.
Thanks for the great pix all!
Hi all, just a quick drive-by...
This is an Eastern Phoebe. Phoebes are flycatchers. Eastern Phoebe often nest under eaves around houses. It was likely one of the first birds ever banded in the U.S. John James Audubon tied a silver thread on the leg of the one that nested where he stayed in New Jersey to see if it was the same bird returning each year. It was.
I count four heads in this pic of our nest a few days ago. Actually they fledged the nest in the evening of 4/20, this pic taken that morning.
two of the juveniles a little closer.
Hope everyone is doing well! Play it safe!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Nice shots, dystopian.
How old were the birds when they fledged the nest?
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for most songbirds...
For most songbirds... and that means sparrows, warblers, finches, orioles, thrushes, bluebirds, blackbirds, etc., sort of the back half of your average field guide...
Eggs are laid one a day, incubation is about 2 weeks, and then the fledging of the nest is a couple weeks after hatching. So for most of our songbirds are about two weeks since hatching and a month since egg was laid.
Bigger birds are often much slower from hatching to fledging. Can be months with say hawks or pelicans.
Other birds like quail or ducks, and sandpipers, are precocious, they hatch and bolt. They are on the run (or swim) day one.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thank you for all the info. dystopian.
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Hi dystopian
Thanks heaps for the Audubon Phoebe story, and photos to show the star of the story.
Thanks for posting the POT, Bollox
I can’t imagine even the sun projecting as strong a sense of warmth as your photo does. And a Heron on a nest! Did any of that sunshine/orange go into your curry?
I still don’t have the means to post any of my photos, but to fill the space I’ll include a link to William Giles photos ...
http://www.williamgiles.com/index.php?page=gallery&imageid=751
Be well all.
Little love
My daughter and her daughter came home last Friday.
Is it great yet?
Thank you sincerely Jen,
for such a touchingly beautiful and intimate photo.
Enjoy!
Great news!
Yay for them getting out of hospital and home where they are more safe. Precious picture of their hands. Is the little bit doing okay?
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She's perfect
Little Bit went to the eye doctor and pediatrician on Monday. She was 5 lbs exactly but her eyes are still immature. She goes back to the pediatrician on Monday and back to the eye doctor next Monday. I tried to go to the first appointment with them, but there was a sign up that said companions had to wait in the car. So, I assumed the other place was the same way and stayed home. I was right.
That's my hand in the picture. I feel like I'm the luckiest Mimi in the world to have them here. My in-laws want to see her so badly but my daughter isn't ready to expose Little Bit to more people than she has to just yet. I don't blame her.
Is it great yet?
Just received this from my neighbour ...
https://www.demilked.com/people-match-art-stefan-draschan/
neat pix!
that was very cool Janis! Great photog! Very creative. Love it.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
oopsie daisy...
I did it again... sorry...
was going to stick a pic here to make up for it the uploader is not awake yet...
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
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Miss Kitty
as goal post, and an orange soccer ball. Cool.