I sat for hours watching them from Patrick's point in Northern California. Love the colors in yours. This is what's fun about sunsets is the many different colors in them.
Where are you traveling and who's taking care of the Fred?
I sat for hours watching them from Patrick's point in Northern California. Love the colors in yours. This is what's fun about sunsets is the many different colors in them.
Where are you traveling and who's taking care of the Fred?
This sunset was just stunning to watch as the colors exploded and then faded. Then for a bonus there was an incredible thunderstorm happening to the south of me. The lightening just lit up the sky for well over an hour with some strikes seeming to just hang there for 10 seconds or more. Strikes and sheet lightening inside very dark clouds. There were other people walking that night and totally ignoring both events like nothing unusual was happening. Of course I took my big camera the next night just in case it repeated .....
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I have been caught in a couple of doozies and loved the light shows. A little scary though. I am a sunrise connoisseur due to the fact that I am a morning person. The best ones here are in the winter. They always fill me with awe.
This sunset was just stunning to watch as the colors exploded and then faded. Then for a bonus there was an incredible thunderstorm happening to the south of me. The lightening just lit up the sky for well over an hour with some strikes seeming to just hang there for 10 seconds or more. Strikes and sheet lightening inside very dark clouds. There were other people walking that night and totally ignoring both events like nothing unusual was happening. Of course I took my big camera the next night just in case it repeated .....
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I would love to bird the nature center... I love B & W, having learned photography in the darkroom as a teen, in the late Pleistocene. Great sunset photos Bx and SD! Beautiful!
Texas Indigo Snake at birdbath, probably washing down a Cotton Rat, the snake is 6' long!
Yellow-shafted Flicker, first winter female
Apologies for the fuzzy, male Indigo Bunting
Eastern Wood-Pewee (a flycatcher) feeding Swift Setwing dragonfly to its young
Killdeer, which is a plover, which is a group of shorebirds
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I would love to bird the nature center... I love B & W, having learned photography in the darkroom as a teen, in the late Pleistocene. Great sunset photos Bx and SD! Beautiful!
Texas Indigo Snake at birdbath, probably washing down a Cotton Rat, the snake is 6' long!
Yellow-shafted Flicker, first winter female
Apologies for the fuzzy, male Indigo Bunting
Eastern Wood-Pewee (a flycatcher) feeding Swift Setwing dragonfly to its young
Killdeer, which is a plover, which is a group of shorebirds
I have not keyed this out yet, so it is bug051318a for now
Have a great weekend!
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I have a severe aversion to snakes. Even when I know that they are harmless they make me squeamish.
I would love to bird the nature center... I love B & W, having learned photography in the darkroom as a teen, in the late Pleistocene. Great sunset photos Bx and SD! Beautiful!
Texas Indigo Snake at birdbath, probably washing down a Cotton Rat, the snake is 6' long!
Yellow-shafted Flicker, first winter female
Apologies for the fuzzy, male Indigo Bunting
Eastern Wood-Pewee (a flycatcher) feeding Swift Setwing dragonfly to its young
Killdeer, which is a plover, which is a group of shorebirds
I have not keyed this out yet, so it is bug051318a for now
Have a great weekend!
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Thank you very much eyo for the ID! Actually that is what I thought it was but there are some beetles that are very similar I wanted to check first, though I thought they had segmented antennae from memory. Any bug guy is top notch in my book! I love Kaufmann's photo guides to butterflies, and the insect one especially, is kept on my desk. Bug Guide is a great resource folks (have it bookmarked for years)!
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
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@snoopydawg
Hey S.D. Thing is, study them a bit. Snakes, sharks, and spiders are the three things most are afraid of, mostly due to brainwashing. Learn something about them and the fear evaporates. I grew up rustling snakes, studied and have handled lots of sharks, have no fear of either, but am intimately aware of their behaviors. Yet am still a bit ginchy with spiders, as I remain fairly spider stupid. Despite "The Common Spiders of No. America" being on my desk. Knowledge is power, the power to not be afraid when you don't need to be.
I have a severe aversion to snakes. Even when I know that they are harmless they make me squeamish.
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a yellow headed black bird and thought of you. It flew right next to where I was sitting. The photo I posted is grainy. There must be a trick because it was quite small. Thanks for all the water lily photos.
I didn't notice the deer at first glance. Very nice.
The water lilies are blooming here, so I got some shots of them:
It was a cloudy, rainy day with crappy lighting so I turned up the contrast and saturation on these just enough to bring out the colors.
The other day we went to check on the osprey nest again; this one watched me closely:
The cygnets hatched a couple of weeks ago:
One egg didn't hatch I guess:
The biggest surprise of the week was four sandhill cranes in a field near the church I used to go to; I got some better photos of them:
Another early morning for me tomorrow. Cheers!
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Her name was Mandus McGee Costello. She came from a farm and no one told me that farm cats have such a huge independent streak. I had to go around her because she liked to attack ankles.
A week away and a few photos from the trip.
Dill weed
Orange brush in the background
Yellow headed black bird
Charlie on top of his favorite new toy. Very glad to see us
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Hi mm, GREAT photos, looks like a neat spot! The bird though is not a Yellow-headed Blackbird. I am virtually certain it is a Western Tanager. It has a orangish-red head contrasting with the other yellow color of underparts. Y-h Blackbird is all black below. Also it has a wingbar, which the blackbird does not. Western Tanager is the match. It seems a wooded area, tanager habitat in summer. The Y-head blackbirds are nesting in tule marshes right now. The name of the L.A. Audubon Soc. Newsletter for decades was 'the Western Tanager'. One of the prettiest birds in America.
A week away and a few photos from the trip.
Dill weed
Orange brush in the background
Yellow headed black bird
Charlie on top of his favorite new toy. Very glad to see us
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White wing bands. Yellow belly. The back looks all black. We were in southern Oregon and the guy at the park said it looked like a yellow headed. I dunno. It was beautiful though and stayed around quite a while eating something off the leaves of the trees. The photo I posted was small but got blown up when posted and became quite blurry. Here are a couple of others with no cropping. They may be clearer.
#4 Hi mm, GREAT photos, looks like a neat spot! The bird though is not a Yellow-headed Blackbird. I am virtually certain it is a Western Tanager. It has a orangish-red head contrasting with the other yellow color of underparts. Y-h Blackbird is all black below. Also it has a wingbar, which the blackbird does not. Western Tanager is the match. It seems a wooded area, tanager habitat in summer. The Y-head blackbirds are nesting in tule marshes right now. The name of the L.A. Audubon Soc. Newsletter for decades was 'the Western Tanager'. One of the prettiest birds in America.
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We had an awesome sunset a few nights ago
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Very, very nice, with the water and tree
Here's a recent sunset from suburbia:
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
I love a good sunset
I sat for hours watching them from Patrick's point in Northern California. Love the colors in yours. This is what's fun about sunsets is the many different colors in them.
Where are you traveling and who's taking care of the Fred?
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His Fredship (and Purfleet)
are being looked after by our wonderful neighbour.
We're off to England on aged parents patrol.
Gëzuar!!
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Love the shot of the deer
I saw it right a way. Thought of Narnia or Middle-earth. Magical.
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Beautiful Snoopy
Love the pink behind the tree.
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Thank you, magiamamma
This sunset was just stunning to watch as the colors exploded and then faded. Then for a bonus there was an incredible thunderstorm happening to the south of me. The lightening just lit up the sky for well over an hour with some strikes seeming to just hang there for 10 seconds or more. Strikes and sheet lightening inside very dark clouds. There were other people walking that night and totally ignoring both events like nothing unusual was happening. Of course I took my big camera the next night just in case it repeated .....
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I love thunderstorms
I have been caught in a couple of doozies and loved the light shows. A little scary though. I am a sunrise connoisseur due to the fact that I am a morning person. The best ones here are in the winter. They always fill me with awe.
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Happy Friday the 13th all
I would love to bird the nature center... I love B & W, having learned photography in the darkroom as a teen, in the late Pleistocene. Great sunset photos Bx and SD! Beautiful!
Texas Indigo Snake at birdbath, probably washing down a Cotton Rat, the snake is 6' long!
Yellow-shafted Flicker, first winter female
Apologies for the fuzzy, male Indigo Bunting
Eastern Wood-Pewee (a flycatcher) feeding Swift Setwing dragonfly to its young
Killdeer, which is a plover, which is a group of shorebirds
I have not keyed this out yet, so it is bug051318a for now
Have a great weekend!
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 the lovely
bird photos. And the bug.
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Is the last picture of some type of moth?
I have a severe aversion to snakes. Even when I know that they are harmless they make me squeamish.
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Lichen Moth bug051318a
I saw one on this photo blog: http://www.dpughphoto.com/moths.htm
Great photos, muy bueno. Thanks all.
Bug guide: Species Lycomorpha pholus - Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth - Hodges#8087
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithosiini
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Thank you eyo!
Thank you very much eyo for the ID! Actually that is what I thought it was but there are some beetles that are very similar I wanted to check first, though I thought they had segmented antennae from memory. Any bug guy is top notch in my book! I love Kaufmann's photo guides to butterflies, and the insect one especially, is kept on my desk. Bug Guide is a great resource folks (have it bookmarked for years)!
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
knowledge is power
Hey S.D. Thing is, study them a bit. Snakes, sharks, and spiders are the three things most are afraid of, mostly due to brainwashing. Learn something about them and the fear evaporates. I grew up rustling snakes, studied and have handled lots of sharks, have no fear of either, but am intimately aware of their behaviors. Yet am still a bit ginchy with spiders, as I remain fairly spider stupid. Despite "The Common Spiders of No. America" being on my desk. Knowledge is power, the power to not be afraid when you don't need to be.
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 Bollox, everyone
I didn't notice the deer at first glance. Very nice.
The water lilies are blooming here, so I got some shots of them:
It was a cloudy, rainy day with crappy lighting so I turned up the contrast and saturation on these just enough to bring out the colors.
The other day we went to check on the osprey nest again; this one watched me closely:
The cygnets hatched a couple of weeks ago:
One egg didn't hatch I guess:
The biggest surprise of the week was four sandhill cranes in a field near the church I used to go to; I got some better photos of them:
Another early morning for me tomorrow. Cheers!
This shit is bananas.
Love swans
I would post a shot of the swan family at a local pub a few years ago, but I've gotta go.
Cheers all!
Gëzuar!!
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Very nice photo of the deer, bollox
This is the wonder of photography. Looking at a photo and missing a detail until you look at it again. Well done.
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Hope those ospreys aren’t being harmed by cell-tower electrosmog
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Daenerys I saw a bird
a yellow headed black bird and thought of you. It flew right next to where I was sitting. The photo I posted is grainy. There must be a trick because it was quite small. Thanks for all the water lily photos.
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Isn't that funny?
I too missed seeing the deer in his photo until you mentioned it. The third photo of the lilies is my favorite.
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Thx for posting Friday Photos
A week away and a few photos from the trip.
Dill weed
Orange brush in the background
Yellow headed black bird
Charlie on top of his favorite new toy. Very glad to see us
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Charlie looks like my first cat
Her name was Mandus McGee Costello. She came from a farm and no one told me that farm cats have such a huge independent streak. I had to go around her because she liked to attack ankles.
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bird ID
Hi mm, GREAT photos, looks like a neat spot! The bird though is not a Yellow-headed Blackbird. I am virtually certain it is a Western Tanager. It has a orangish-red head contrasting with the other yellow color of underparts. Y-h Blackbird is all black below. Also it has a wingbar, which the blackbird does not. Western Tanager is the match. It seems a wooded area, tanager habitat in summer. The Y-head blackbirds are nesting in tule marshes right now. The name of the L.A. Audubon Soc. Newsletter for decades was 'the Western Tanager'. One of the prettiest birds in America.
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
White wing bands. Yellow belly. The back looks all black. We were in southern Oregon and the guy at the park said it looked like a yellow headed. I dunno. It was beautiful though and stayed around quite a while eating something off the leaves of the trees. The photo I posted was small but got blown up when posted and became quite blurry. Here are a couple of others with no cropping. They may be clearer.
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