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I wanted to wish all of you in the U.S.A. a very Happy Thanksgiving day and week-end!
To everyone else I wish you a very happy day and week-end!
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The Anhinga was one of 4 birds I really wanted to see while I was in Florida in September and I saw 3 of them! One male and two Females…I think.
It’s another pre-historic cool looking bird.
I think this is a male because his neck is black. He’s drying his wings.
Here’s the female also drying out her wings. Like Cormorants they don’t have waterproof feathers so they get on a perch or land and spread them open to dry them out.
Fun Facts:
Fun facts gleaned from https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Anhinga/overview
We may have a break from the wind and beat the rain this morning so I’m going birding with friends which means I’ll be a bit late checking out your blogs, and reading comments.
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I woke up Friday morning pretty early to go birding with a group I’m in. When I opened the garage door to leave I discovered there was snow on the ground and flurries still swirling.
I was heading about an hour northeast from home so, I checked my email to make sure they hadn’t canceled the outing…they hadn’t so off I went.
It wasn’t snowing when I arrived at the meeting spot but, while birding the snow started to fall pretty heavy. It wasn’t in the weather forecast the day before! It was still a good morning of birding. We saw 22 species of birds. One White-crown Sparrow favored us with a nice look perched on snowy grass.
By the time we left it had quit snowing so my drive home was easy, and while the snow was sticking to the ground where I was birding it hadn’t had home. The upcoming 10 day forecast looks like we’re snow free.
Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm| PS CC
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It’s been awhile since I shared any birds so I’m going to share several I saw while in Florida this past September. It was a fantastic trip. I saw 21 new to me birds aka “Lifers”. I won’t share all of them in this post. 😊
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
A Magnificent Frigatebird. This was the first time I’d ever seen it in the United States. I have seen it in Mexico before.
And a White Ibis
Aren’t they great? I’m still excited to have seen them.
How’d you all do with the time change for those of you in states and places that end Daylight Savings Time? How many clocks did you have to reset? We have 8 clocks we needed to change including the thermostat and our cars. I’ve been waking up earlier than normal so back to my natural rhythm at last!
I hope you all have a lovely week-end.
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Beginning Friday we’ve had rain and snow up in the mountains. I woke up yesterday to this.
It’s the most wonderful time of year!
Happy Sunday Everyone!
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The two expression this Chipmunk made while I was taking its photo had me chuckling.
I got it!
Uh, what nut?!
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With the all the intense Solar activity in the way of flares, and CME’s there have been Auroras are as low as Northern Nevada! I got an alert telling me the aurora was in my town and the KP rating was 8. Nine is the highest rating so I looked out the back door and I could see it so, I grabbed my camera, tripod, and cellphone, slipped into my shoes without tightening up my laces and dashed out the door. I didn’t grab a jacket, or my headlamp I was so excited. Here’s one of the many images I made.
I’ve wanted to see the northern lights since I first learned about them as a kid. I always thought I’d have to travel way up north in the winter to have the best chance of seeing them.
Why is it pink? What causes the colors? I had to look it up because the Northern Lights (aurora borealis), here have been bright pink with some blues and purples, and very little green.
They are created when energized particles from the sun slam into Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds up to 45 million mph (72 million kph). Our planets magnetic field protects us from the onslaught.
Earth’s magnetic field redirects those particles towards the poles transforming that energy into the dazzling display we call the Northern Lights or in the Southern Hemisphere the Southern Lights (aurora australis).
Most Northern Lights are green but when there’s been intense solar activity the color can be red, pink, blue, or purple.
Here’s a linkhttps://sciencenotes.org/aurora-colors-explained-southern-and-northern-lights/ to Science Notes that explains the Aurora colors in more detail.
I’m hearing and reading that it’s been seen all over the country. That’s so exciting!
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