F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1000.
Marsh Wren
Day 195 / 365
Why did the bird get a ticket?
It broke the law of gravity!
Interesting Fact: The Marsh Wren is a secretive bird; even when singing the territorial male remains well hidden, briefly climbing a cattail for a look at an intruder. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/137/_/Marsh_Wren.aspx )
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/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/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/ )
F/4.2, 1/60, ISO 800.
Day 183 / 365
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, yet the guy at the gallery wouldn’t trade me that painting for my newspaper.
DEMOLITION EXHIBITION : 100 Artists, 30,000 Square Ft of Graffiti, 12:00pm to 8:00pm Till July 4.
410 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Interesting Fact: The Longest Graffiti Scroll was created in Pakistan on the 3rd March 2012 and it measured 1,924 metres in length, and took 274 people to complete. This is an official record and can be found in the Guinness World Record .
F/3.5, 1/250, ISO 100.
Day 182 / 365
The best way to tell if a modern painting is finished is to touch it. If the paint is dry, it is.
DEMOLITION EXHIBITION : 100 Artists, 30,000 Square Ft of Graffiti, 12:00pm to 8:00pm Till July 4.
410 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Interesting Fact: Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and Paterson and is accessible to the world through Google’s Cultural Institute. Monthly party and vinyl imprint, Green Village, is the by product of 5 years of producing DIY parties around the greater North East. In addition to our creative ventures, we offer expertise in event production, creative consulting and project management. Our primary focus is build brand recognition by balancing between an artistic vision and serviceable platform. ( http://www.g.reenvillain.com/about/ )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 100.
Day 179 / 365
Why do firemen wear red suspenders?
To keep their pants up.
Interesting Fact: The first recorded[citation needed] fire-float was built in 1765 for the Sun Fire Insurance Company in London. This was a manual pump in a small boat, rowed by its crew to the scene of the fire. A similar craft was built in Bristol by James Hillhouse for the Imperial Fire Insurance Office in the 1780s. All fire fighting in Bristol was carried out either by private insurance companies or the Docks Company until the formation of the Bristol Fire Brigade as a branch of the police in 1876. In New York City, a small boat with a hand-pump was used to fight marine fires as early as 1809.[4] By the middle of the nineteenth century, self-propelled steam-fire-floats were beginning to be introduced. The FDNY leased the salvage tug John Fuller as the city’s first powered fireboat in 1866.[4] Prior to the “John Fuller”, as early as the late 1700s, the FDNY used hand-pumpers mounted to barges and large rowboats. The first purpose built steam driven boats were introduced by Boston Fire Department (William F. Flanders) and FDNY (William F. Havenmeyer) in 1873 and 1875 respectively. The first European fireboat to appear in Bristol was the Fire Queen, built by Shand Mason & Co., London, in 1884 for service in the city docks. The 53 ft. (16.61 m.) long craft was equipped with a three-cylinder steam pump supplying two large hose reels; one of these was replaced with a monitor, or water cannon, in 1900. Fire Queen served until 1922. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboat )
F/ 5.6, 1/320, ISO 640, Photoshop CS6.
Day 175 / 365
A man rides in on Friday, stays two nights three days and then leaves on Friday.
How is that possible?
His horse was named Friday.
Interesting Fact: In 1850 an English physicist named Joseph Wilson Swan created a “light bulb” by enclosing carbonized paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. And by 1860 he had a working prototype, but the lack of a good vacuum and an adequate supply of electricity resulted in a bulb whose lifetime was much too short to be considered an effective prodcer of light. However, in the 1870’s better vacuum pumps became available and Swan continued experiments on light bulbs. In 1878, Swan developed a longer lasting light bulb using a treated cotton thread that also removed the problem of early bulb blackening. ( http://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx )
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