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Thanks, Suzanne. I think I have the birds to thank for developing a bit of a sense for anticipation. So much of the time you have to focus ahead of where you think they’re going to have any chance of getting them into the frame.
4 years agoYou are a true photographer, predicting and waiting for the perfect shot.
4 years agoThat, or a Selenicereus. They both look like climbers, and spectacular night bloomers.
4 years agoI hadn't noticed that. They must have coordinated this show ahead of time!
4 years agoThat was my reaction too. Some of these blades were fifteen or more feet above ground.
4 years agoThe Singing Cyclign Cowboy! It’s been far too long since we’ve heard his dulcet tones in these parts.
4 years agoThis was pretty special alright. It was a pretty great day already, and then this.
4 years agoI don’t know them well either. We don’t have all that many of them in the northwest, and they’re so small and elusive. Pretty lucky to catch two of them together like this.
4 years agoAnd I didn’t even mention the Italian dinner we enjoyed at the end of it. Pretty much a perfect day.
4 years agoThat's my kind of Christmas gift!
4 years agoFrom what I have been able to find, I think you might be correct. But like you, I am no expert... Well, I am not even familiar with warblers for that matter.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Townsends_Warbler/id
https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/audubons-yellow-rumped-warbler-bull-setophaga-coronata-auduboni.html
Can't you just hear the voice of the Singing Cycling Cowboy?
"I'm a lonesome cowboy, riding all day long ... See them tumbling down ... (something, something) .. tumbling tumbleweed!"
Wow!
4 years agoI don't know .. I think the ginkgo and Rachael look quite pretty together.
4 years ago
Ow-ow-ooooo!
4 years ago