Friday Night Photos Birds Vol 3 Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 5:00pm
Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
I didn't have an opportunity to get out with the camera this week so here are some bird photos from some previous outings at Santee Lakes.
Pied-billed Grebe
Male Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-crowned Parrot
Male Belted Kingfisher
Male Great-tailed Grackle
Comments
A bird, you say.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hi, EL
Oh Shit indeed.
Love the meme.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Good laugh on a rainy Sunday morning
in east central FL, el.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Great pics, sp. Did you coordinate your music with
Joe tonight?
Thanks for the OT
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I can see where one might think that
but, no coordination, just coincidence.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Great minds
think alike.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hi, OTC
Joe has a great mind. As for me having a great mind, the jury's still out on that one.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Nice shots!
The parrot is relaxing and only missing a drink to look way chill.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Hi, snoopy
Maybe a pair of shades to go along with that drink to round out the way chill look.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi all, Hey SP! Awesome
Hi all, Hey SP! Awesome photos as always. Can't go wrong with a good bird pic! I may be prejudiced?
I am so old I still use Audubon's and Myrtle when calling out Yellow-rumped warbler, to distinguish which subspecies (former species) the individual is. Heck we can call them in flight by chip note, so why not differentiate? I think it was a bad lump frankly. The Myrtle has completely different enzymes in its gut to digest waxy myrtle and bayberries Audubon's does not have. To me this indicates different species. Sure they hybridize and produce viable offspring. As many ways to draw species lines as ways to skin a cat. I also never liked the Yellow-rumped name because Magnolia, Cape May and Palm warblers all have yellow rumps. Awesome photo ya got there of it!
Great Belted Kingfisher pic too. As much as any bird, to me, and I have talked with other nationally known top bird photogs about it... the species HATES a lens being pointed at it as much as any. They are generally very ginchy about it. So, GREAT shot!
Thanks for the awesome arangements of pixels!
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, dystopian
Thanks for pointing out that there are two subspecies of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The one posted here is an Audubon's. As for the Kingfishers being extremely camera shy, I haven't noticed that big a difference between them and most other birds. The Red-crowned Parrots on the other hand really seem to love having their picture taken.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
We just call em both butterbutts. n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hi Social
The Grebe looks like such a compact bird, and the Grackle looks like such an expressive one.
Thank you for sharing your photos, and for hosting.
Hi, Janis
The Grackle was expressing it's displeasure at me getting to close. He flew off right after I got that shot.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi all
Moon and stars
The evolution of a Nikau Palm flower cluster. This shows four different stages over a year and a half all together
Have good weekend all
WOW Janis!
Hi Janis! WEEWOW! AWESOME!! Amazing photos!
You are a freakin' magician with that light. And yeah, you artist photogs are a completely different breed!
Totally their own thing. So creative. Beautiful art! Thanks for that!
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
; ) dystopian
I am as attracted to light as you are to birds and insects. I really enjoy all our different perspectives, and the knowledge and understanding of nature it offers.
Nice silhouette shot
with the moon and stars, Janis. Is the 18 month flowering cycle of the Nikau Palm normal for a lot of the plants in NZ or is it the exception?
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
It's not typical
Most native trees bloom once a year, mostly with very small indiscrete flowers. The Puriri and Manuka, as well as the Nikau, produce flowers multiple times a year, at least in my environment.
the yellow rose of Texas
Here is a quickie bit... something that bugs me, and the yellow rose thingie...
A beetle, no ID yet, I am not even sure of family. Most beetles I can ID to family or further on sight.
This is one of the flower Buprestids, genus Acmaeodera, not sure of species, lots similar. The yellow little dots are pollen, which is apparently catnip to them. Buprestids are borers, such as the infamous Emerald Ash Tree Borer we will all soon if not already hate. Many are native though, like these obviously great pollenators. Making Prickly Pear fruit.
One flower had five of them in it!
They were in the famous Yellow Rose of Texas. Which is a Prickly Pear cactus. See the thorns? John Nance Garner, from Uvalde, one of FDR's V.P. fought hard to make this the state flower, and lost by one vote to the Bluebonnet. Every Texan knows the Yellow Rose, half have never seen a Bluebonnet. Mitch Miller about 1955 had a big hit with the song methinks. Though I think the song dates to civil war marching origins, and has no known author...
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
Evening dystopian
Thank you for the yellow rose of Texas. Never knew it before but as a song. Your photo shows its unique rose quality, that of a succulent.
cactus jack
just to add... the battle for the state flower was long, heavy and protracted. John Nance Garner (whom gave Garner St. Pk. to the state) was nicknamed "Cactus Jack" over the course of the battle fighting for the Prickly Pear... and it stuck. He was known forever after as Cactus Jack.
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
There's an unofficial anecdote
that traces the "yellow rose of Texas" back to an alleged mixed-race mistress of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (the anecdote claims that Santa Anna wasn't exactly caught "napping" at San Jacinto - he was, um, "otherwise occupied"). Take with as much salt as you find necessary.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Pretty red beetle, whatever it is.
In about another month the Prickly Pear will be in bloom around here. Not only are they a pretty flower, they also attract a lot of bugs which makes them a great subject for macro photography.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
I mosey over here weekly for this diary and
joe s' LP of the Week. I don't know how you visual magicians do it, but you even make bugs look great. That includes my "faves": spiders.
Hope your reservoirs are replenishing, Sp. We are getting plenty of rain down here, but no tornadoes, thank natural law!! NOT looking forward to storm season! Anywho, Rec'd!! 
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Good morning, orlbucfan
Hope the rain doesn't cause any more flooding. Our forecast calls for a chance of rain from Monday night thru Thursday night. Stay dry and thanks for stopping by.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.