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Such wonderful light. One of those looks like it could be from Calf Creek near Boulder, UT?
We are out on our bikes and stopped at one of our fav restaurants in the historic Canyon Road are of Santa Fe.
Still editing photos while jb writes stories. We are hopelessly behind from our Africa stops.
Large male leopard leaves his resting place at sunset. He already looks well fed, but by morning probably will feed again. Near Lower Sabie Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, July 2018.
Very nice shot, Bollox.
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#2 Such wonderful light. One of those looks like it could be from Calf Creek near Boulder, UT?
We are out on our bikes and stopped at one of our fav restaurants in the historic Canyon Road are of Santa Fe.
Still editing photos while jb writes stories. We are hopelessly behind from our Africa stops.
Large male leopard leaves his resting place at sunset. He already looks well fed, but by morning probably will feed again. Near Lower Sabie Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, July 2018.
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of the cat. I'm drawing a blank. Leopard? Very nice!
The bottom photo is the cemetery I walk at every day with my dawgs getting to play off leash. I usually see something new there every day. Different lighting from one day to the next. The top one was taken at Snow Basin ski resort which is on the backside of Mt. Ogden. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held there and it's where I grew up skiing. These are the Uinta mountains that ring northern Utah.
Hope you will be a regular here. I have wanted to see your photos for some time.
#2 Such wonderful light. One of those looks like it could be from Calf Creek near Boulder, UT?
We are out on our bikes and stopped at one of our fav restaurants in the historic Canyon Road are of Santa Fe.
Still editing photos while jb writes stories. We are hopelessly behind from our Africa stops.
Large male leopard leaves his resting place at sunset. He already looks well fed, but by morning probably will feed again. Near Lower Sabie Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, July 2018.
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Tried to catch up with you last week, to say that I hoped you had a wonderful visit stateside, and a nice trip home. (As SD pointed out, your gorgeous NZ photos indicate that your trip went well! )
While the Tweet I posted isn't as nice a shot as an autumn tree stock photo I found (but may be copyrighted), I did think the colors were very vibrant and beautiful. Can hardly wait until our foliage 'turns.' I look forward to seeing more of your 'spring' photos.
Hey, have a nice weekend; hope you'll soon be settled back into your regular groove/rhythm.
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Tried to catch up with you last week, to say that I hoped you had a wonderful visit stateside, and a nice trip home. (As SD pointed out, your gorgeous NZ photos indicate that your trip went well! )
While the Tweet I posted isn't as nice a shot as an autumn tree stock photo I found (but may be copyrighted), I did think the colors were very vibrant and beautiful. Can hardly wait until our foliage 'turns.' I look forward to seeing more of your 'spring' photos.
Hey, have a nice weekend; hope you'll soon be settled back into your regular groove/rhythm.
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It's very good to see you again, and my pleasure to be here. I so much enjoy the beautiful photos that you "photographer-types" share with us on Fridays.
Speaking of which, the 3 photos you posted further down in the thread are exceptional, but, I especially like the one of the Redwoods.
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Thanks for the great fall color. Great to see you and thanks for joining us.
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dogs (or dawgs, as SD would say ), we love birds--wild and domestic. They're so unique and interesting, since there's so much variance in their size and appearance, as your photos so aptly illustrate.
We are very much attached to our backyard song birds, as we are to our White-Faced Cockatiel. We go to all kinds of measures to keep our Cardinals, Jays, etc., safe from predators. It saddens me that it's not possible to do so--completely.
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Nice shot of the blossoms. What type of tree? I'm guessing cherry.
The migratory birds are starting to show up for San Diego's spring like weather during the winter months.
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We are very much attached to our backyard song birds, as we are to our White-Faced Cockatiel. We go to all kinds of measures to keep our Cardinals, Jays, etc., safe from predators. It saddens me that it's not possible to do so--completely.
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Love your egret. Was it very tame? I hope to get a shot of one like that some day. Ours here are especially skittish around humans.
Love the wood duck photo too, such bright colors!
Nice shot of the blossoms. What type of tree? I'm guessing cherry.
The migratory birds are starting to show up for San Diego's spring like weather during the winter months.
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I would say the egrit was more habituated than it was tame. If I got any closer than about 20 feet it would start to move away.
#4 Love your egret. Was it very tame? I hope to get a shot of one like that some day. Ours here are especially skittish around humans.
Love the wood duck photo too, such bright colors!
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Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
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Yikes. They were the ones that we kid thought would sew our lips shut if we swore at them.
Where did you take the ringtail cat photo?
I do love the shot of that unknown animal. Glad you posted it.
Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week! We are not alone!
Nice shot of the blossoms. What type of tree? I'm guessing cherry.
The migratory birds are starting to show up for San Diego's spring like weather during the winter months.
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The "unknown" is the Ringtail, just was in the dark... I knew what it was, but you can't tell in the pic..., save a mammal expert probably could by eye placement... Both were in our yard, the daylight pic through a windowscreen and so fuzzy but shows the animal anyway. They love attics and barns here and are considered by locals as great "ratters".
Yikes. They were the ones that we kid thought would sew our lips shut if we swore at them.
Where did you take the ringtail cat photo?
I do love the shot of that unknown animal. Glad you posted it.
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When we were in madagascar a few years ago saw some lemuts yhat remonded of ringtails!
#5.1#5.1#5.1 The "unknown" is the Ringtail, just was in the dark... I knew what it was, but you can't tell in the pic..., save a mammal expert probably could by eye placement... Both were in our yard, the daylight pic through a windowscreen and so fuzzy but shows the animal anyway. They love attics and barns here and are considered by locals as great "ratters".
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your photos continue to fascinate, and your comment "We are not alone!" is wonderful. Thanks for showing us so much of the life around us that keeps us company.
Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week! We are not alone!
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Thanks for the photos and the info. Too bad about your corn but what a great shot.
Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week! We are not alone!
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The ringed tailed cat looks a little like the ringed tailed lemur.
Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week! We are not alone!
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We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
I have seen nothing but crows. No jays or even the other little birds around. The crows follow Abby and scold her. Noisey!
We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
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We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
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Sweet little nuthatch. I have coated my seeds with hot oil to keep the rats away. It works but there are also less birds. The morning doves do not like it so much.
We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
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I thought birds can't taste capsaicin? Strange that they would avoid the seed mixed with it.
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Sweet little nuthatch. I have coated my seeds with hot oil to keep the rats away. It works but there are also less birds. The morning doves do not like it so much.
We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
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Evening Bollox and all
What a beautiful image of Spring. It carries the feeling of Spring almost tangibly.
Some more images of Spring as it's happening ...
I can tell you're home
It looks so jungle-ly there. Is it and how's the humidity there? Do you know the name or the plant?
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It's not humid yet, and never achieves the extraordinary humidity of Florida, even though there will be humidity as summer approaches.
I know the names of many of the plants. Was the one in particular you were interested in?
Enjoy the Autumn.
It's in the second photo
White with a red stemmed flower?
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The white are calla lilies
and the blurry red dots are birds of paradise.
Spring as it's happening is looking real good, Janis.
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evenin' Janis...
Love the one in the middle with the vistas. Classic. Spring! Fall here.
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It's that time of year again
Very nice shot, Bollox.
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How inviting!
That's one season I never catch anymore, and I do miss it. Thanks for the photos snoopy.
Lovely fall colors Snoopy...
I want to walk on the path and over the bridge. Thanks for the photos.
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Here's another shot of the bridge
Aspens are my favorite trees in the fall. Love their white bark and golden leaves.
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I once saw Aspens in Fall in NM and CA very much like those,
and it left a very strong impression that you've reminded me of, thank you. They shimmer.
Hey snoopy...
That is a classic photo. Thank you.
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Happy Saturday, sd and all! Is that a cemetary? Beautiful.
Such wonderful light. One of those looks like it could be from Calf Creek near Boulder, UT?
We are out on our bikes and stopped at one of our fav restaurants in the historic Canyon Road are of Santa Fe.
Still editing photos while jb writes stories. We are hopelessly behind from our Africa stops.
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hi do...
Wow, cool photo! Thanks.
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Hello to you magiamma!. Enjoyed
viewing your and others photos here today!
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So glad that you stopped by and posted your photo
of the cat. I'm drawing a blank. Leopard? Very nice!
The bottom photo is the cemetery I walk at every day with my dawgs getting to play off leash. I usually see something new there every day. Different lighting from one day to the next. The top one was taken at Snow Basin ski resort which is on the backside of Mt. Ogden. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held there and it's where I grew up skiing. These are the Uinta mountains that ring northern Utah.
Hope you will be a regular here. I have wanted to see your photos for some time.
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Happy Fall! - my 'favorite' time of the year . . .
Don't have any autumn-themed stock photos in my Photo Library, so, this Tweet will have to do (as my contribution),
Found a breathtakingly gorgeous photo several months ago, but, 'think' it might be copyrighted, so, I'm hesitant to post it.
Thanks for posting tonight's Photo OT, BR. Have a nice dinner/visit.
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Hi Mollie
Thanks for the blazing Fall colour.
I hope this Fall brings good health and happiness to you both.
Hi, Janis--and thank you
for the well wishes!
Tried to catch up with you last week, to say that I hoped you had a wonderful visit stateside, and a nice trip home. (As SD pointed out, your gorgeous NZ photos indicate that your trip went well!
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While the Tweet I posted isn't as nice a shot as an autumn tree stock photo I found (but may be copyrighted), I did think the colors were very vibrant and beautiful. Can hardly wait until our foliage 'turns.' I look forward to seeing more of your 'spring' photos.
Hey, have a nice weekend; hope you'll soon be settled back into your regular groove/rhythm.
Blue Onyx
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Thanks Mollie
It always takes time to settle back in, but I'm working on it.
Howdy Mollie...
Thanks for the great fall color. Great to see you and thanks for joining us.
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Hi, yourself, Magiamma! ;-D
It's very good to see you again, and my pleasure to be here. I so much enjoy the beautiful photos that you "photographer-types" share with us on Fridays.
Speaking of which, the 3 photos you posted further down in the thread are exceptional, but, I especially like the one of the Redwoods.
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Thanks for Friday Night Photos tonight, BR
Nice shot of the blossoms. What type of tree? I'm guessing cherry.
The migratory birds are starting to show up for San Diego's spring like weather during the winter months.
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The duck photo is vibrating ; ). I'll miss seeing the great blue herons that visited in Florida.
Thank you, Janis.
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Here's a few more GBH's until your next visit.
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They look perfectly sculptural.
What beautiful birds. Thank you.
Gorgeous shots, SP--thank you! Second to
dogs (or dawgs, as SD would say
), we love birds--wild and domestic. They're so unique and interesting, since there's so much variance in their size and appearance, as your photos so aptly illustrate.
We are very much attached to our backyard song birds, as we are to our White-Faced Cockatiel. We go to all kinds of measures to keep our Cardinals, Jays, etc., safe from predators. It saddens me that it's not possible to do so--completely.
Blue Onyx
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~~W. R. Purche
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Thank you, Mollie.
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Pelicans and white egrets are my favorite birds
Very nice, SP. love the wood duck too.
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Thank you, Snoopy.
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Outstanding shots Social...
I like them all very much. Thank you. I am partial to the heron.
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Thank you, Magiamma.
I'm also partial to the GBH.
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Evening SP
Love your egret. Was it very tame? I hope to get a shot of one like that some day. Ours here are especially skittish around humans.
Love the wood duck photo too, such bright colors!
This shit is bananas.
Thank yoy, Daenerys.
I would say the egrit was more habituated than it was tame. If I got any closer than about 20 feet it would start to move away.
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I can never get that close to them.
They see me a mile off and fly away. :/ the snowys I saw in Utah were somewhat less afraid.
This shit is bananas.
I have been informed
that it is indeed a cherry.
Very nice birding shots.
Gëzuar!!
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Wow, what a bunch of great
Wow, what a bunch of great pix! S.P. I love yer Wood Duck shot! Janis, all of yours make me want to go there. Beautiful, wonderful. BR do you know what tree that is? Great photo. And SD, I love yer aspens.
Here's a few... I'm too slow and unorganized but a couple of these had Janis' last weeks "abstract" idea in mind... which is hard for a nature nerd...
I don't know what this is, likely a non-native of some sort.
This is a piece of a Texas Coral Snake. Always remember, "Red next to black is a friend of Jack, Red next to yellow will kill a poor fellow. There are a dozen snakes in the U.S. with red, black and either white, cream, or yellow bands. Most are harmless and in fact beneficial. The only dangerous one is the only one where the red bands touch yellow bands. Which means Coral Snake, Americas only true cobra, family Elaphadae. The only people that ever get bit are people that picked them up and played with them. Their mouths are too small to get around anything but a little finger. Actually they are very shy, as they are beautiful.
This is a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (in hand)
My corn didn't work this year, and these guys are finishing it off for me I guess.
This is the eyeshine of a scarce mammal most have never seen. A spectacular beast it is. The flash didn't throw far enough to get the animal, just eyeshine, but I liked it.
It was a Cacomistle, aka Ringtail, or Ringtail Cat, but it is not a cat. They can jump 12' from a standing start, and like to catch bats for dinner from the lip of an emergence cave, which I have seen them do myself. Most often seen as roadkill unfortunately, I-10 through the Edwards Plateau in central Texas is a pretty sure place to see that.
Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week! We are not alone!
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
It's a darning needle dragonfly
Yikes. They were the ones that we kid thought would sew our lips shut if we swore at them.
Where did you take the ringtail cat photo?
I do love the shot of that unknown animal. Glad you posted it.
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Ringtails
The "unknown" is the Ringtail, just was in the dark... I knew what it was, but you can't tell in the pic..., save a mammal expert probably could by eye placement... Both were in our yard, the daylight pic through a windowscreen and so fuzzy but shows the animal anyway. They love attics and barns here and are considered by locals as great "ratters".
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Have only seen a couple of ringtails.
When we were in madagascar a few years ago saw some lemuts yhat remonded of ringtails!
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Thanks dystopian
your photos continue to fascinate, and your comment "We are not alone!" is wonderful. Thanks for showing us so much of the life around us that keeps us company.
hi dystopian...
Thanks for the photos and the info. Too bad about your corn but what a great shot.
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Nice series, Dystopian
The ringed tailed cat looks a little like the ringed tailed lemur.
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Thanks for posting people
off for dessert, but another shot from England:
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Evening Bollox, everyone
We've had nothing but rain and clouds here for about the last three weeks, so no birding and I've had to be happy with whatever shows up in the yard. I still have this red-breasted nuthatch hanging around:
Had to take the photo through the dirty window (it reduces window strikes), with garbage light so not the best photo. They are so tiny, the white-breasted nuthatches look huge compared to them.
Our dark-eyed juncos returned today; I heard them come a couple days ago, but today I saw some under the feeders. Which means winter isn't far behind.
TIL (today I learned) Blue Jays will mimic the call of the broad-winged hawk. I knew they could do red-tailed hawk, but this was a new one. I saw and heard one of ours doing it, but I've never seen or heard a broad-winged hawk so I didn't know what they sounded like, until I looked through my Audubon app to figure out which bird of prey it was. It seems they do several hawk impersonations. Always learning something new!
This shit is bananas.
Boy he is tiny
I have seen nothing but crows. No jays or even the other little birds around. The crows follow Abby and scold her. Noisey!
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Thanks Daenerys
Hope it dries out soon and you all keep warm.
Hi daenarys...
Sweet little nuthatch. I have coated my seeds with hot oil to keep the rats away. It works but there are also less birds. The morning doves do not like it so much.
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Hi Magiamma
I thought birds can't taste capsaicin? Strange that they would avoid the seed mixed with it.
This shit is bananas.
don't think it's the caspian
It must be the oil that it is in. The other small birds are fine with it. And the rats are gone.
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I once tried spraying the leaves of some veggies
with cayenne and was surprised to find it didn't deter the snails.
He's a qute little fellow, Daenerys
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Evening Everyone..
Thanks for posting Bollox. Beautiful photos all.
Persimmon leaves
Pogonip creek
Old growth redwood and friends
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Cool shot of the trees
My attempts to do that have failed. Nicely done.
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Really nice, Magiamma.
Love the perspective on the redwoods.
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Nice
The ancient redwoods supporting the more ancient cosmos. Thanks.