Photography

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Good morning, 🕊️🕊️🕊️

3 August 2025

Yesterday morning, while I was out filling the bird feeders, I happened to glance up toward the south and saw a lone pigeon flying as fast as it could in that direction. It wasn’t the first time I’d noticed something like this while tending the feeders. Several minutes later, a hoard of pigeons descended on the backyard. In my imagination, that lone pigeon had spotted the food and rushed off to alert the others—probably heading to Walmart, their usual hangout, which lies in the same direction. I like to think it gathered reinforcements and led them back. I don’t fill the feeders every day, partly to discourage the pigeons and squirrels, foolishly hoping they’ll forget about them.

“You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.” —Claude Chabrol

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The pied wagtails have started bringing there young to our garden.

Also, just realised we have had nesting Dunnocks in our Pycanthia shrub, with 4 chicks now scampering round the garden most of the day...

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Happy Sunday!

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White-Gravenor Hall (Main Entrance), Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2025.

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Scarlet Star Cluster

These reddish flowers, known as Flame of the Woods (Ixora coccinea), are also called Scarlet Jungle Flame and Jungle Geranium. The photo captures a vibrant cluster of small, pinkish-red blossoms, each with four almond-shaped petals. Surrounding the flowers are elongated green leaves, tapering to a sharp point and adding contrast to the vivid blooms.

If you love flowers—or just enjoy discovering their beauty and names like I do—come explore my gallery of blooms captured in moments of wonder and curiosity.

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Blue Jay on Weathered Roof

Here’s a picture of a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) perched on my old bird feeder. And when I say old, I mean it’s probably pushing twenty years—definitely time to move on. I’ve already ordered a replacement, but ambition is a limited resource around here. First I’ll need to remove the old feeder from the post, then install the new one. Honestly, the post itself could use some attention too. I get a little burst of motivation whenever I spot something that needs fixing, but it tends to come in short, unpredictable spurts.

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Catedral de Almería, Spain #2 #photography #building #architecture

I saw bunnies!!!

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A woodland Blue tit

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Goldfinch (Eurasian)

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5 Thurloe Square ("The Thin House"), London, UK, 2024.

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Juvenile Dunnock

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Great tit

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another photo of a Long-tailed tit

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Long-tailed tit

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Greater Spotted Woodpecker

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Masked Acrobat

A few years ago, I captured this image of a Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis), suspended in a quiet moment of grace.

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From this afternoons walk in the local woods

Greater Spotted Woodpecker.

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#PhotoOfTheDay Wizard Island in Crater Lake, Oregon. Crater Lake is gorgeous and amazing!

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Mississippi Kite on Alert

During our Friday walk, I spotted this Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)—the closest encounter I’ve ever had with one. I kind of wish I’d had my other camera with me. My first instinct told me it was a Mississippi Kite, but when I tried to verify the ID using apps and such, things got a bit finicky. I think the uncertainty came from the angle and the way the coloration appears here. The tail looks unusually long, but I believe that’s actually a portion of the left wing extending behind it. The brownish tint seems to be more a trick of the light than true plumage. Fortunately, I managed to get another image from a different angle, which helped confirm the identification.

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Good morning. ☕☕☕

1 August 2025

I almost posted a picture of an old house I passed on a walk. It sits just off the road—like most houses, I suppose. I mean, building one in the road wouldn’t work out too well. Anyway, back on track: it’s a simple house with a gabled roof, still mostly white. What makes it interesting is how the forest has nearly swallowed it. In Louisiana, the woods grow fast—neglect your lawn too long and suddenly you’re living in a grove. This house has clearly been abandoned for a while. Its door hangs wide open, as if inviting any passerby to step inside. But in the photo I took, the house is barely visible—just the faint outline of its roof—so I decided not to post it this morning.

“I always find it curious to discover a home left as if in a state of interrupted daily life…” — Mike Correll, Abandoned Sulphur, Louisiana

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