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Morning Andi.
Don’t you hate losing an hour. I sure do. I understand all of the reasons for daylight savings, but I have a pathological distaste for being bumped off of my internal clock by an hour, either plus or minus. Of course, minus especially sucks.
I got some more photos of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos this morning and will post anon.
These two (the lower one is facing away) young Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were hanging out in one of our tall pines.
was sitting on the very top of the tree and calling to the rest of the flock while keeping a close eye on the funny creature with the huge eyeball. The trees about forty feet tall, and I had to stand back a bit to get this photo.
as usual.
When we were out walking yesterday, we saw a huge flock of sandhill cranes. And then a hawk came into view and Jim was able to get this nifty shot. He was a little disappointed with the focus but I thought it was pretty good that he could get it all.
Hawk and Cranes
I would have been happy to get that shot.
BTW, Sandhill cranes are easily in my top five birds. When I lived just a corn field off the Rio Grande in NM, they would overwinter near the river and every morning at dawn, thousand of Sandhills and thousands more Snow Geese would rise and circle while honking a greeting the new day.
I love that sound and I’ve always felt especially blessed by it.
We get them and herons. I’m not sure which I like better.
Thousands would be amazing but I’m grateful for whatever we get.
We’ve got White-faced Grey Herons here. Once in awhile we’ll even get one at our pond. There’s also a Green-crowned Heron that I’ve only seen a few times. Lots of egrets, mostly Common or Cattle.
Nothing as spectacular as a Great Blue Heron, which I remember as quite daunting when close up.
Up north they get Brolgas, which are famous for their courtship dance.
All the big birds just amaze me — they are so big and yet so graceful.
I’m still waiting to see my first Albatross. A friend saw one recently, just south of Hobart. Several different species frequent the waters around Tasmania and a few breed on some of our more remote islands.
Oh, and Little Penguins, I have yet to see one in the wild here. They’re only out of their burrows at night, so not much chance of a photo (flash photographing them is not allowed).
albatross and penguins, eh — I think I’m through feeling sorry for you because you don’t have woodpeckers.
Yeah, but the tappity-tapping is so much fun to listen to.
My biggest regret, in terms of birds I left behind, has got to be hummingbirds. Thy’re in their own league for spectacular color, mind-boggling flight, and just plain amazing creatures.
Okay, hummingbirds would be a big loss. I love to watch them.
Even with the time change, seem like you are up later than usual tonight.
Yep, I’m on my own again until Thursday eve.
One last bird pic. Artic Terns I snapped in Alaska many years ago. It was Summer, and I was too near their breeding ground. I nearly got ka-bobbed for my efforts.
Oh, we saw “Pan’s Labyrinth” last night. It’s a bit brutal at times, but a must see on the big screen movie.
Night all. Have a good one.
yeah, great pics, Keres. Fun to see some wildlife from the other side of the world. And yeah, I ain’t no fan of DLS time either.
I’m just in and out here this morning.
to get that hawk in with the SandHill Cranes.
I’ve heard them flying over the farm. I’ve never seen them this close to ground though. They’re usually so high you can barely spot them. I always here their tromboning first, then spend many minutes to locate them. Binocs are definitely a nessecity!
Jim says thank you. He just got a 18-200mm lens so that was a big help in getting the shot.
And yeah, we listened to the flock for about 15 minutes before we saw them.
Here’s the “wide shot” from about a hundred feet away. The young ‘uns are on the far side of the center tree. The weather remains cloudy and “changable” and I kept having to wait for some decent light.
I like that shot — it creates a very subtle sense of solitude and peace.
Despite the difficulties of low to the horizon morning light, it does make for fine photos on occassion. Especially when it lights up the foreground under a broody sky.
Good morning, keres. COunt me (and especially the CBs) among the haters of daylight savings. This is brutal this morning, and I even fell asleep at 10:30 last night.
Hi CG.
We won’t “fall back” for a few more weeks. I’m not looking forward to it. Especially since we never got a proper Summer this year and I’m feeling sun deprived as it is.
Both switches (forward and back) are obnoxious, aren’t they?
I like the longer daylight at the end of the day, but it totally throws me off. I didn’t start dinner until 7 last night because t didn’t look like dinnertime yet.
When we hike in the northwest, it’s not dark until 10:00 or after and we often end up going to bed while it’s still light which feels weird.
The thing that pisses me off is that it was getting close to being light enough to walk in the morning.
Yeah.Now we have to wait for it to get back to that.
I was enjoing the light because it woke the kids up for school for me. Today, everybody got on the bus in the dark.
But I now have proof that old people will save absolutely everything, although I’m out of town and can’t upload the pics. How about an entire drawer full of twist ties going back at least 30 years? Or hundreds of used mayonnaise jars with metal lids and a the little price printed on the lid says 39 cents?
Heh. I was at my mom’s Saturday and among other things I was helping getting rid of “paperwork” — like insurance premium notices from 1988.
It’s 8:30am Pacific Daylight Time…and it’s quiet.
I have my choice of computers.
I can actually THINK without anyone talking at me.
Spouse left for retraining at about 7:20 this morning; he wasn’t expecting to put in a full day (probably more of an orientation, and going over what he needs to work on) so he’ll call me before he heads home. It’s Monday, so that means soup/salad at Sweet Tomatoes tonight.
The stress level has decreased dramatically.
Bed is already made — now I’m trying to decide whether to shower then have breakfast, or breakfast first then shower…
Congratulations on your newfound peace and quiet. 🙂