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Photo of the Day - March 2021
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Bird's Revenge. I put up a dish with sunflower seeds for the squirrels because they were constantly eating off the bird feeder. Now this bird is getting back at them!
They really pop against the blue background. Very nice.
Thank you! You can't see it in this photo but the two tulips are in a blue vase that is pretty much the same vibrant blue as the Replica Surfaces "Midnight" background. Just as in black-and-white photography, the use of contrast in color shots can be very effective.
I am not surprised - I have heard that sunflower seeds have a great amount of energy in them, compared to other foods that birds might eat. So we almost always put out sunflower seeds in our bird feeders.
And then your squirrels come over to my house and eat the sunflower seeds - Squirrel's Revenge.
As many long-time participants in this thread will remember, when I was feeding birds on my deck last summer, I was surprised at how quickly first one squirrel, and then another, found the new birdseed goodies and were gobbling them up. OK, time to change the strategy, so I put out a second tray with sunflower seeds, thinking that this would keep the squirrels happy -- and while they enjoyed them they also STILL ate the birdseed, too! The birds after a while decided that they'd explore the tray with the sunflower seeds and soon I had everybody eating out of both trays..... It was fun watching (and photographing) them! Won't get to do that this coming spring and summer, though, since my neighbors didn't appreciate the birds and the squirrels coming on their decks, too.... Since I'm in a condo apartment building on a lake, no back yard here in which to set up feeders, unfortunately.
I just discovered that a new visitor to my porch is a very rare Albino Raccoon. Last night was the second time I saw him scurry by my door. I will try and get a good picture of him, but he is very shy.
Info: "A genetic mutation causes albino raccoons to lose the traditional black and gray color including the bandit strip across the eyes. This color goes all the way down to their feet. Many people have never spotted one because they are pretty rare. In fact, a raccoon has a 1 in 10,000 chance of being born with albinism and your chance of seeing one is 1 in 750,000 – the same as your odds of being struck by lightning- and they are so rare that most people do not even know they exist."
Info: "A genetic mutation causes albino raccoons to lose the traditional black and gray color including the bandit strip across the eyes. This color goes all the way down to their feet. Many people have never spotted one because they are pretty rare. In fact, a raccoon has a 1 in 10,000 chance of being born with albinism and your chance of seeing one is 1 in 750,000 – the same as your odds of being struck by lightning- and they are so rare that most people do not even know they exist."
The squirrels can’t get to my feeders, so I believe they conspired with the sparrows, who just fling all the seed out of the feeders onto the ground. The squirrels don’t even have to work at it. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this was a protection agreement, as I have seen a squirrel chase a hawk away. I guess it’s all worth the cost of admission for me. ?
Spent today on one of the many phases required to move house. Heres something more interesting from 3 years ago, walking off a hill in Glenshiel. Sony Rx100
it was one of those march days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade // charles dickens
Pacifica-201126-112.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Pacifica -20180903-08.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Here is the female stray cat that has been coming by for food for well over a year. She is slowing getting socialized, I am hoping sometime this year we can either rescue her and bring her into the house or take her a local humane society for adoption.
Picture taken with iPhone XR camera, Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/485.
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Picture taken with iPhone XR camera, Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/485.
[Edit: fixed misplaced word]
Stretching the limits of the little FujiXP-90. Taken at 140mm equiv then zoomed some more post process. The old Kodak with it's CCD sensor and longer optical zoom would have given me a crisper image for sure.
I see that her ear has been clipped which means that she was picked up, neutered and returned to feral population. Socialization needs to be done when they are kittens, otherwise it takes a lot longer to overcome their life style. Make sure you find a 'no kill' shelter.
Yeah, we did that (getting her neutered) so she wouldn't have any more kittens. We call her "Momma Kitty" for now.
Unfortunately she acted like she had already been outside for a while when we first saw her come into our backyard.
We are making progress, though - now she comes up and sniffs my fingers and she rubbed against my fingers briefly this morning.
iPhone XR. I added the puff of clouds because the sky was so boring.
Within the heart of a tiny village in Ariege, where it appears that time has stood still. Ariège being one of the least populated and most unspoiled regions in south-west France.
Sony Alpha6400; Sony 16-50mm f3.5-5.6
A well known area for British rock climbers for autumn climbing. Had quite a few trips, lovely area.