Friday Night Photos - unauthorized version

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 9:09pm

Hi all,

I can't 'host', as I will be in an out, and have no freakin' clue about how this is supposed to work, but since I don't see a thread up, figured I put a place maybe where some could toss some pix. Since I like seeing everyone's photos so much... So just have at it and I apologize if I am stepping on a foot... Here's a couple to get it going...

Little Yellow - ventral on the right two, dorsal on left individual, puddling as it is known, spray water on dirt to attract butterflies. We keep a small muddy area, it is magic.

Black-and-white warbler - Audubon called it Black-and-white Treecreeping Warbler, as they
act like Nuthatches, they are a bark specialist.

Many birds sun, seeming to go into a trance nearly. It may be to heat up and kill mites. This is a female Cardinal sunning.

If you see one of these keep your eyes peeled for a coyote with a box that says ACME.

Male Painted Bunting, one of the prettiest birds in America

Hope I don't get in trouble for this... I have regretted hitting send before...

Thanks for all the great posts all week to everyone, especially JS's EB, and GJ's news.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 9:13pm

hope this is ok to do!

Hopefully some of y'all will save me and put some pix up so I dont get in trouble...

Or is this how you get 'volunteers' here?

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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

Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:16pm

thanks for posting...

this being a holiday week, i presume the usual suspects who post this diary are resting and relaxing.

here are a few of my older photos to help things move along...

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:36pm

GREAT butterflies!

@joe shikspack @joe shikspack

Outstanding butterfly photos JS! Do you know which Fritillary the first one is? One of the Lesser Frits methinks. I'd have to get out the books, I never lived where they were common and there are a bunch of them. Then maybe an Eastern Comma or Questionmark, and the Common Buckeye is a beauty. Great work! Thanks for posting!

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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

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:31pm

Thanks for Friday Night Potos tonight, dystopian.

Very nice selection of birds.

Here are some shots from a recent trip to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:39pm

Wonderful photos SP

@Socialprogressive

Wonderful photos SP! I love yer resolution! I think the green Macaw is a Military, which is found into N. Mexico, and the bottom macaw is a Hyacinth, big money big bird. That Ring-tailed Lemur is a neat animal. I don't know the other bird, some foreign job.
Thanks for posting! GREAT pix as always!

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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

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 12:14am

Thank you, dystopian.

@dystopian @dystopian @dystopian

You are correct on the ID of both Macaws. I love the Lemurs. They're fun to watch when they're active. The Bald Eagle is a rescue that can no longer fly.

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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.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 11:35pm

Nicely done

Thanks for hosting tonight. Love the photo of the roadrunner. Meep-Meep.

I stayed in the cabin at the bottom left in 1989. There was a full moon and high tides that weekend. The cabins are north of San Francisco close to Stinson beach.

This was just a few days before the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco. Game 3 of the World Series was just about to start when it did. I lived 90 miles to the east from it and felt it. Rocked and rolled for about 15-20 minutes.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 9:12am

beautiful place and pix

@snoopydawg I have been to Stinson when birding up Pt. Reyes-Bodega area. Beautiful. Great pix!

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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

Submitted by MarilynW on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 12:43am

At Lake Matheson, Victoria BC

At the lake outside Victoria BC last week-end. I love the colours of the arbutus tree. This tree is found everywhere near water.

My grandson testing the water. He did go in. The advantage of a 200mm lens is that you can be back in the woods taking photos of the lake and family and people don't realize you are taking their picture.

Dystopian: Great job on this essay, love your photos.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 9:16am

thanks!

@MarilynW Is that Arbutus like a Madrone? The smooth red bark is typical, and the leaf shape looks right. In Texas they called Madrone Indian and Ladies Legs, after the color or smoothness of the bark.

Distant candids are good... I liked zoom lenses for that flexibility, I shoot birds to beetles and it hard to do both well with the same lens. Generally zooms do no have the resolution of fixed focal lenth lenses. But you get to shoot from afar, and closeup.

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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

Submitted by MarilynW on Sun, 07/08/2018 - 12:43am

@dystopian

@dystopian
Yes, it's Madrone. When the smooth reddish bark peels it reveals an lemon/green bark.
A wonderful tree. It's protected here if the trunk is 8" in diameter or more.

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To thine own self be true.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 6:38pm

Hi Marilyn

@MarilynW

We were so close in location at the same time. I was a little more north and west of you. It was my first visit to Vancouver Island, and a place I very much wish to return to. It had a very familiar feeling to me of where I live, almost like its northern counterpart.

Submitted by MarilynW on Sun, 07/08/2018 - 12:39am

@janis b

@janis b
Janis!! did I miss you? Are you still on the island? If so "come on down."

Imagine you coming all that way to Vancouver Island. It is a wonderland here isn't it? You can see why I returned here after living in Montreal most of my adult life.

You can email me. I'll post my email address in my profile.

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To thine own self be true.

Submitted by Creosote. on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 5:26am

Wonderful images - especially the tree-creeping warbler.

And thanks for the advice for attracting butterflies.

If these are your photos I would welcome hundreds more

Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 9:26am

Yes on Varied Thrush, and thank you!

@Creosote. For those that don't know about Varied Thrush... sure they are drop dead fancy gorgeous, but really, ya gotta hear one. Go to www.xeno-canto.org and in the search bar type Varied Thrush. When the list comes up, click the file# number at right of screen. That file will come up, click play on the video/sound window, and have a hear. One of the most awesome North American bird calls and songs. In a foggy ferny redwood forest it is hard to beat. Easily imitated by humming while whistling, I had interesting conversations with several.

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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

Submitted by Creosote. on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 5:33am