I'd rather be ...
I’d been trying to think of a good replacement for the infamous “I’d rather be Russian than Democrat” image. This probably isn’t it, but it’s a start. By the way, most of the tractors I’ve seen in...
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And now for something different - Green Sea Turtles
Something of a feel-good story. At least as far as it goes. My wife and I had a chance to visit Punalu’u Black Sands beach in Hawaii. This is one of the last refuges of the endangered Green Sea Turtle....
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Fall Foliage in Alabama
Something of a break from the intensity of election worries and watching Ukraine.These images are a few I made yesterday with the sun lighting the leaves from behind. Most of the leaves in this part...
View ArticleChickadee and Titmice
Birds on a feeder, in slow motion, not much else but I thought you might enjoy it. These are fairly common fall/winter birds in the Southern Appalachians. I like using slow-ish motion (100fps) because...
View ArticleSandhill Cranes
I visited the Wheeler NWR this morning. It opens at nine am and it is by far best to be there at 9:01 because of both the light (from the east) and the birds. After about 10, the birds move away from...
View ArticleA little squirrel biology
While I’ve been filming the birds at my Huntsville feeder, I’ve also been watching the squirrels. One of the biggest and baddest of the lot is a male with a torn ear. This boar seems to be the dominant...
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Seed Caching
I hadn’t known this until I caught it on camera, somewhat accidentally, but nuthatches cache seeds for eating later. I’m not the first, by a long shot, to observe this and many small birds — like...
View ArticleA Tufted Titmouse
I caught one of “our” tufted titmice eating a sunflower seed. This is a stop-frame video with somewhat lame music (feel free to ignore — it’s from Adobe’s free stock clips). One of the difficulties...
View ArticleFinch Fights
House finches have a not undeserved reputation for being aggressive to other birds. Unlike most of the other visitors to our feeder they will stay on it and eat seed after seed. While they know their...
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