Here’s a heron at Turtle pond, Central Park:
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*I* heard there’s a season in Melbourne where magpies attack people.
Here’s a heron at Turtle pond, Central Park:
Here’s a heron at Turtle pond, Central Park:
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It's Australia, everything attacks people.
Majestic birds both.
All I got is turkeys.
Majestic birds both.
All I got is turkeys.
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Terry Pratchett, Jingo
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Only if they see you as a threat during nesting season. Usually bicycle riders will get swooped on streets or park-paths. It's kind if like dogs chasing cars in a way. Occasionally walkers, but I've never had a problem as I tend to talk to them. Our resident family of four that hung around our old house would chase the ravens and occasionally swoop bike riders along the greenway trail behind the house.
Our resident Ravens are entering their spring nesting period. They have been collecting just the right sticks from the yard, and sometimes they will bring things to us in return. Shiny rocks, a wingnut, a tile square, sticks, etc. I'll find my photos and share them.
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Photo by my husband, because this zoom is beyond the capability of my phone.
A nice selection of our shore birds.
Earlier, I missed taking a photo of approximately 679 seagulls flying over my head. My first worry was a Hitchcock scenario, my second, that they don't poop on me, so by the time I thought of pictures they were gone.
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Earlier, I missed taking a photo of approximately 679 seagulls flying over my head. My first worry was a Hitchcock scenario, my second, that they don't poop on me, so by the time I thought of pictures they were gone.
"Aargragaah. It mean lit’rally der time when you see dem little pebbles and you jus’ know dere’s gonna be a great big landslide on toppa you and it already too late to run. Dat moment, dat’s aagragaah.”
Terry Pratchett, Jingo
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Some pictures from Pink Lake, in the Gatineau Hills:
Incidentally, there's nothing pink about this turquoise-green lake; it was named after a family of Irish settlers who cleared a farm in the area in 1826.
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Beautiful!
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Pretty lake. And I immediately thought, there was someone by name of Pink, wasn't there.
"Aargragaah. It mean lit’rally der time when you see dem little pebbles and you jus’ know dere’s gonna be a great big landslide on toppa you and it already too late to run. Dat moment, dat’s aagragaah.”
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A fall photo dump. Hubby is getting his hip replaced in a few days so no long walks in the woods this year but we can still bike the trails.
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A few more of 'friends' we saw along the way. Houston is a kitty that lives in a home on the bike trail who loves scritches.
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Great photos! One thing we lack around here is an abundance of fall colors.
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Fall colors don't last long and it's a little past peak right now. But still lovely. We've had nice weather.
You live in a beautiful area with so much to offer. So much variety. So many amazing wonders.
You live in a beautiful area with so much to offer. So much variety. So many amazing wonders.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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You can find patches of fall color here, mostly up in the Sierra or the wine country. But we are rich in evergreens here.
Rose, lovely photos!
Rose, lovely photos!
"Aargragaah. It mean lit’rally der time when you see dem little pebbles and you jus’ know dere’s gonna be a great big landslide on toppa you and it already too late to run. Dat moment, dat’s aagragaah.”
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You can find just about anything in California. It's a beautiful state.
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We're nearing the end of fall. Here are a few photos of my favorite local park. The 3rd photo that looks distorted is leaves on the water/reflection of the leaves on water.
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Yes, it's pretty although well past peek. The big trees in our yard are just starting to turn do, lots of leaf taking ahead.
Hubby has his hip replacement scheduled for Wednesday. I went on this walk with our daughter. It was a relatively short walk due to time constraints, but I wanted to go. This trail is so eroded that it would not be good for anyone with mobility issues.
Hubby has his hip replacement scheduled for Wednesday. I went on this walk with our daughter. It was a relatively short walk due to time constraints, but I wanted to go. This trail is so eroded that it would not be good for anyone with mobility issues.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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Peak season in Central Park, right now….
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Beautiful places both.
Son came back from a trip North, and was very impressed by the leaf display. But all I got was pictures of him in a boat and of crab rolls.
Son came back from a trip North, and was very impressed by the leaf display. But all I got was pictures of him in a boat and of crab rolls.
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This Red-tailed hawk let me get amazingly close. Maybe 10 feet.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."