Thursday, 10 July 2008
...and busy dealing with the consequences of taking six days off.
More to come, but meanwhile...
...anyone have ideas of what/where this is?
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Thursday, 19 June 2008
Full moon:
wee hours, this morning.
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008
(Ardea herodias)
Description:
39-52", Wingspread 70"
A common, large, grayish heron with a yellowish bill. Flies with neck folded, whereas the Sandhill Crane flies with the neck extended. In Florida an all-white form, the “Great White Heron,†differs from the Great Egret in having greenish-yellow rather than black legs.
Voice:
Hoarse, guttural squawk.
Habitat:
Lakes, ponds, rivers, and marshes... This large heron is frequently found standing at the edge of a pond or marshy pool, watching for fish or frogs, which are its principal food...
- from The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region (1977)
Not more than 12' from my position, this heron affects nonchalance, but is about to be harassed by the neighborhood red-winged blackbird, whose nest is about 4' off-camera to the left.
Previous view from the deck here.
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Monday, 02 June 2008
It DID get kind of noisy around here on Friday night.
Last frame is just before the power went out.
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Monday, 19 May 2008
Spent a couple of hours Sunday afternoon helping a friend chase down a landline problem.
Which gave me a suitable excuse for an addition to the test gear department.
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Monday, 05 May 2008
This particular bush got away from me. It is now about twelve feet tall, and will be getting a trim shortly.
Lilacs in the side yard, below...
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Really a bush, but around here they grow tree-size.
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Outside my office.
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The magnolia trees in my yard represent a triumph of hope over experience: I'm far enough north that the blossoms typically begin flowering just in time to get zapped by the season’s last frost. But about one year out of every four, nature gets fooled, and I get...
Below the break, a closer look.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008
We didn’t get as much ice here last night as had been predicted (and it’s practically all gone now).But I did get at chance to snap this picture of the ice on a tree (click for a larger version). With the tree backlit as it is, the effect is quite pretty (I've enlarged the area to the immediate right of the trunk and put it in the inset at the upper right). Camera shake spoiled things a bit; next time I hope to have a tripod handy.
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