F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 800.
Day 78 / 365
I made a flute out of this branch. Now watch me play. ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ 🙂
Interesting Fact: Squirrels communicate with each other through various vocalisations and scent marking. They also use their tails as a signalling device, twitching it when uneasy to alert other squirrels of potential danger. ( http://www.onekind.org/be_inspired/animals_a_z/squirrel/ )
F/18.0, 1/60, ISO 100.
Day 77 / 365
Because they peel! 🙂
Interesting Fact: Bananas float in water, as do apples and watermelons. ( http://thebananapolice.com/fun-facts/ )
F/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 560.
Common Merganser
Day 73 / 365
She suspects him of cheating, so she decided to follow him today. She is literally on his tail. 🙂
Interesting Fact: Common Mergansers usually nest in natural tree cavities or holes carved out by large woodpeckers. Sometimes mergansers take up residence in next boxes, provided the entrance hole is large enough. On occasion they use rock crevices, holes in the ground, hollow logs, old buildings, and chimneys. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/lifehistory )
F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 900.
Day 69 / 365
Cause you had a foggy day
You sing a sad song just to turn it around and the road is gone. 🙂
F/4.8, 1/60, ISO 100.
Gerbera
Day 67 / 365
All women deserve flowers on this day.
Interesting Fact: International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a national holiday. ( http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ )
It has been one year since my first post. What a great year! Thank You everyone for your support.
F/6.3, 1/320, ISO 1600.
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Day 66 / 365 Part 1
“Oh sh*t people, time to run”.
Interesting Fact: Ring-necked Pheasants sometimes cope with extreme cold by simply remaining dormant for days at a time. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ring-necked_pheasant/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 800.
Short Eared Owl
Day 66 / 365 Part 2
“I can see clearly now the snow has stopped”!
Interesting Fact: The Short-eared Owl may compete with the Barn Owl in some areas. Some successful nest box programs to attract Barn Owls have coincided with the decline of the Short-eared Owl in the same area. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/short-eared_owl/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1600.
European Starlings
Day 64 / 365
“My family immigrated from Europe”.
Interesting Fact: All of the 200 million European Starlings found in North America today are descendants of approximately 100 birds released in New York City’s Central Park in the early 1890s by an industrialist who wanted to establish, in the U.S., all birds mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/160/_/European_Starling.aspx )
F/6.3, 1/800, ISO 800.
Common Merganser
Day 60 / 365
You quack me up!
Interesting Fact: These large fish-eaters have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey. Along with the Smew and the other Mergansers, they are often known as “sawbills.” ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/416/_/Common_Merganser.aspx )
F/6.3, 1/320, ISO 200.
Bald Eagle
Day 59 /365
And I was going to stay home today! 🙂
Interesting Fact: Immature Bald Eagles spend the first four years of their lives in nomadic exploration of vast territories and can fly hundreds of miles per day. Some young birds from Florida have wandered north as far as Michigan, and birds from California have reached Alaska. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bald_eagle/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 320.
Day 53 / 365
“Did you hear something”? “I say lets bail out of here”!!!
Interesting Fact: Hooded Mergansers are extremely agile swimmers and divers but clumsy when moving on land because their legs are set far back on the body. ( http://www.withmephotographyblog.com/10-interesting-facts-about-the-hooded-merganser )
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