F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 400.
The American Goldfinch
Day 194 / 365
What do you give a sick bird?
Tweetment.
Interesting Fact: They are one of the latest nesting birds, starting in late June or early July, when most other songbirds are finishing with breeding. Their late timing may be related to the availability of suitable nesting materials and seeds for feeding young. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/91/overview/American_Goldfinch.aspx )
F/6.3, 1/800, ISO 800.
Wood Duck ( Female )
Day 193 /365
Why don`t ducks tell jokes when they fly?
Because they would quack up!
Interesting Fact: The Wood Duck nests in trees near water, sometimes directly over water, but other times over a mile away. After hatching, the ducklings jump down from the nest tree and make their way to water. The mother calls them to her, but does not help them in any way. The ducklings may jump from heights of over 50 feet without injury. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Duck/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 500.
Baltimore Oriole ( Female )
Day 192 / 365
When should you buy a bird?
When it’s going cheep!
Interesting Fact: Baltimore Orioles sometimes use their slender beaks to feed in an unusual way, called “gaping”: they stab the closed bill into soft fruits, then open their mouths to cut a juicy swath from which they drink with their brushy-tipped tongues. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Baltimore_Oriole/lifehistory )
F/22.0, 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 191 / 365
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Interesting Fact: The ancient Roman historian Pliny suggested that Phoenician merchants had made the first glass in the region of Syria around 5000BC. But according to the archaeological evidence, the first man made glass was in Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3500BC and the first glass vessels were made about 1500BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia. For the next 300 years, the glass industry was increased rapidly and then declined. In Mesopotamia it was revived in the 700BC and in Egypt in the 500’s BC. For the next 500 years, Egypt, Syria and the other countries along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea were centers for glass manufacturing. ( http://www.historyofglass.com/ )
F/5.6, 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 190 / 365
What did the bee say to the flower?
Hello, honey!
Interesting Fact: Lilies can be used for more than just room decor or a gift for a loved one. The oil extracted from lilies actually has been found to have healing and softening properties. The oil has been known to work well for cracked and dry skin. ( http://www.freytagsflorist.com/blog/3-fun-facts-about-lilies/ )
F/10.0, 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 189 /365
A man goes to his doctor because he’s been feeling very ill for days. The doctor gives him several sets of pills.
The doctor instructs; “Take the green pill with two big glasses of water when you get up. An hour later, take the white pill with another glass of water. Take the blue pill with a big glass of water after lunch. Mid afternoon, take the orange pill with plenty of water, and repeat that at dinner. Then, just before going to bed, take the red pill with several big glasses of water.”
The man is alarmed at huge volume of medicine he has been given to take, and nervously asks, “What’s the diagnosis? What’s wrong with me?”
The doctor says, “You’re dehydrated.”
Interesting Fact: Ocean tides are caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun acting on ocean water. ( http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/water.html )
F/6.3 , 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 188 / 365
What did one pencil say to the other pencil?
You’re looking sharp today!
Interesting Fact: Got time to kill? The average pencil holds enough graphite to draw a line about 35 miles long or to write roughly 45,000 words. History does not record anyone testing this statistic. ( http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-pencils )
F/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 800.
Juvenile Ruddy Ducks
Day 187 / 365
Three ducks are in a pond.
One went “Quack quack!”
And the other duck said “Thats funny I was just about to say that!”
Interesting Fact: Ruddy Ducks lay big, white, pebbly-textured eggs—the largest of all duck eggs relative to body size. Energetically expensive to produce, the eggs hatch into well-developed ducklings that require only a short period of care. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruddy_Duck/lifehistory )
F/2.5, 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 186 / 365
We all have a photographic memory. Just some of us are lacking the film.
Interesting Fact: Long before the first public announcements of photographic processes in 1839, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a scientifically-minded gentleman living on his country estate near Chalon-sur-Saône, France, began experimenting with photography. Fascinated with the craze for the newly-invented art of lithography which swept over France in 1813, he began his initial experiments by 1816. Unable to draw well, Niépce first placed engravings, made transparent, onto stones coated with light-sensitive varnish of his own composition. These experiments, together with his application of the then-popular optical instrument, the camera obscura, would eventually lead him to the invention of the new medium. ( http://cool.conservation-us.org/byorg/abbey/an/an26/an26-3/an26-307.html )
F/6.3, 1/640, ISO 200, Photoshop CS6.
Day 185 / 365
Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York and New Jersey Harbor?
Because she can’t sit down.
Interesting Fact: Congress declared July 4th as an official holiday in 1870 as part of a bill to officially recognize other holidays, Christmas being one of them. ( http://list25.com/25-fun-facts-about-4th-of-july-that-will-make-you-want-to-celebrate/2/ )
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