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demolition sunset IMG 20230815 200014 (1)

nobody@ipernity.com (Andrew Trundlewagon) — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:36:03 +0000

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Urban sunset- a demolition site.

Tangled

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:41:44 +0000

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Spotted on a wall in Langstone Village, Hampshire.

Tangled

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:48:55 +0000

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Orange-stemmed Dogwood in the sunshine( Cornus sanguinea). Taken at Southsea, Hampshire yesterday afternoon.

I've decided to use the "square" (or 1:1) format for my photos a bit more this year, just for a change.

Tangled

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 10:54:31 +0000

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Taken at Brook Meadow nature reserve, Emsworth, Hampshire

Fly in the Spider's Interweb

nobody@ipernity.com (Xysim) — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:10:03 +0000

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Tangled in response mode.

Twisted

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Thu, 16 May 2019 17:01:41 +0000

Keith Burton has posted:

Taken at West Dean gardens.

Pictures for Pam, Day 75: Tangled Grass

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:48:18 +0000

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(+3 insets!) (this image really shines at full size!)

Here's another picture from San Anselmo! On our second hike into the hills, we walked back through the residential streets to get home. Along the way was an endless stream of cool things to take pictures of. I was on a forced march though because Steve and Nathalie rarely stopped to wait for me, so I had to take pictures quickly and move on. I did manage to get some really cool shots though…many hundreds of pictures actually! :D

As I trailed behind Steve and Nathalie, I got a really cute picture of a sparrow in a tree, and later a darling hummingbird! At one point we all saw a bird that was hovering on the wind and I got several pictures that turned out! And Steve and Nathalie never noticed that an American Kestral was sitting in a tree nearby, but I did! :)

As we emerged into the residential neighborhood, I nearly began hyperventilating with all the sights in front of me. There was a lovely garden with wonderful landscaping and they used many kinds of ornamental grass species to dress it up. One group that caught my eye had some peculiar grass I'd not seen before. I saw that a pair of feathery stems had become intertwined and I couldn't resist trying to capture the beautiful tangle. I usually have very little luck with this sort of thing because my depth of field is usually too shallow or there's too much stuff behind that detract from the delicate grass. However, I will always continue to try improving on my failures because at some point I just HAVE to succeed. And so I did on this day! I don't know what kind of grass this is but it's lovely and this pair reminds me of a delicate sculpture. Kind of like a pair of hands clinging to one another.

I am also including insets of the birds that I saw on our walk!

Pam, I did a search on your photo stream for birds and my! You've gotten very lucky with some wonderful pictures! I am so envious--even CARDINALS!! Sensational! This collage you presented has me bouncing with joy, you lucky lady! There are so many wonderful bird pictures that wasn't able to look at even a fraction of them, but I also loved your Papa Bluebird collage too, the splishy-splashy bird bath images are just so much fun! I hope that you get the chance to take more pictures sometime soon, I love your photography so much. Sending my love on this cold and brisk day!

Explored on 1/23/19, highest placement, #1.

Behind the tangled branches

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:58:22 +0000

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On 30 October 2017, I spent the day driving mostly roads that I had been along before (a round trip of 230 km). I still found a few roads so confusing! My destination was partly to check on two old, red barns, including the one in this photo. Having been there once before, with my daughter in January 2015, I knew that there were several other old barns and homesteads en route. This day was definitely a barn day, not a bird or wildlife day.

The large barn in this photo is one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the first time, which I finally did in January 2015. I would love to have been able to get photos from both sides of it, but it was in a farmer's field that was, of course, private property. There is an old, round, wooden grain bin and a smaller barn/shed just to the right of this photo.

The second old barn that I saw in this area is in far worse condition, but I love it. It was funny, because I was standing in the road and had already taken a handful of photos of the crumbling, weathered structure, when I noticed someone walking towards me in the distance. Talk about deja vu! I started walking towards her and it turned out that she lived at the farm just down the road, but had previously lived in the house next to this decaying barn and it was her property. She told me to wander wherever I wished, take as many photos as I wanted. I laughed and said that in January 2015, when my daughter and I had been standing right there in the road, a lady came by on her horse and told us the very same story - it must have been the same person! Felt so good!

Another place I stopped at was a farmyard full of old barns, sheds and vehicles. I pulled over and stood by my car to take a quick shot of an old, blue truck from across the road. A person happened to just appear, walking across his farmyard, so I called out to him and we had a delightful chat. I think he was very amused at my passion for old things and told me to walk around and take whatever photos I wanted. Which I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! I told him what an amazing place he had, full of interesting things. I got the impression that he saw things very differently - lots of old things that needed fixing or tidying up : )

On the way home, I called in at the Saskatoon Farm to see if the restaurant was still open, but it had just closed. I realized I had been enjoying myself so much that I had totally forgotten to eat anything all day. Managed to get a much-needed cup of coffee, though, and I did buy a box of frozen, uncooked Saskatoon Berry and White Chocolate scones. I bought some of these last time I was there and they are SO good, piping hot, straight out of the oven.

A danger to wildlife

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:29:20 +0000

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For maybe a week, I have been having a problem getting my photos to be bright enough. So weird - I never had this happen before. They seem to look OK when I edit them the night before, then, when I post them on Flickr the following morning, they almost always look too dark.

Yesterday morning, 9 April 2016, friends Dorothy and Stephen led a group of us on a birding walk at Carburn Park. Most enjoyable, except for the very strong winds! Down by the river, especially, we were almost blown off our feet. Amazing that any bird can deal with that, but we still ended up seeing a good number of species, including a little House Sparrow busy preparing a tree cavity for a nest. The House Sparrow is an introduced species here.

Fairly near the start of our walk, past the lagoon, I spotted something orange in the low fork of a tree. My first thought was, ooh, a fungus of some kind. When I started walking towards it, I suddenly thought that maybe it was an Easter egg that had been hidden on a family outing, that hadn't been found. Closer to the tree, I realized it was an orange fishing float, along with this hooked fly, caught in the tree by a length of fishing line. My immediate thought was that this should never have been left in the tree, as a bird or maybe a Squirrel could easily get themselves caught by it. After I removed it, one of the birders said he would take the fly home for his Grandson to use. I always remember seeing a beautiful Northern Flickr a few years ago, hanging upside down high up in a tree. It had a lot of discarded fishing line wrapped around its body.

I will add our leaders' final list of species:

Birding for Beginners, Saturday 9 April, 2016. Carburn Park. 9:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Sunny, N.Wind 49 kph. 7-10 degrees C. 22 participants.

1. Canada Goose – 20
2. Common Goldeneye – 10
3. Mallard – 10
4. Common Merganser – 4
5. Hooded Merganser – 1
6. Ring-billed Gull – 34
7. Franklin Gull – 2
8. Bald Eagle – 1
9. Bohemian Waxwings – 12
10. Black-capped Chickadees – 11
11. American Crow – 6
12. Northern Flicker – 6
12. House Finch – 4
13. Magpie – 6
14. Merlin – 1
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
16. Raven – 10
17. American Robin – 15
18. Starling – 2
19. House Sparrow – 4
20. Tree Swallow – 9
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
22. Downy Woodpecker – 5

White-tailed Deer – 6
Black Squirrel – 6

Leaders: Bernie Diebolt, Dorothy & Stephen Spring

Many thanks, Dorothy and Stephen, for giving up a Saturday morning for us all. As always, the trip to Tim Hortons for coffee and lunch after the walk was great.

Tangled

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:42:51 +0000

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On 19 March 2016, I was on a birding day trip with a group of friends, going SE of Calgary, E of High River. Though the day started off rather cold, it gradually warmed up and was a beautiful day to be out in nature.

I will add our leader's report that he sent into eBird, adding that I did not see all of the sightings, as the birds were much too far away. As always, my camera lens was turned to various other things, too. While my birding friends had their binoculars and scope focused on the very distant birds at this location at Frank Lake, my eyes began to wander. Couldn't resist trying to focus on the barbed-wire fence.

Thanks so much, as always, Andrew, for a most enjoyable day! Thanks, too, Anne, for driving - I really appreciated the ride!

"We had 16 participants when we left Calgary on a sunny but frosty morning.

We arrived at the main gate around 10:00 am and set off, in a chilly -5 deg C to walk down to the outfall and then around to the blind. The recent cold nights had refrozen some of the lake, but it is still mostly open water.

Most obvious were the thousands of Pintails and hundreds of swans (mostly Tundra today). We did see the overwintering (presumably) Song Sparrow near the outfall. About 60-80 California Gulls, no other gulls that we could identify.

We left and went to High River for lunch, stopping by the Sutherland Shelterbelt to acknowledge the resident Great Horned Owl.

After lunch we circled the lake on the usual roads and ended up at the Basin 2 West Bay. Several more swans and finally, the Eurasian Wigeon, spotted by Tony Timmons. By lunchtime the temperature had reached about 10 deg C and continued to rise reaching ~14 deg C and making a perfect Alberta Spring (almost) afternoon.

Leaving Frank Lake we stopped in at Blackie to find mostly Starlings, and a few Eurasian Collared Doves.

The list for Frank Lake and Blackie was:

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Frank Lake--NW lookout/blind
Date: Mar 19, 2016, 9:55 AM
(2): Sutherland's Shelterbelt (private property)
Date: Mar 19, 2016, 12:30 PM
(3): Frank Lake--Basin 2 (Southeast Corner)
Date: Mar 19, 2016, 2:15 PM
(4): Frank Lake--Basin 2 (West Bay)
Date: Mar 19, 2016, 3:05 PM
(5): Blackie (hamlet)
Date: Mar 19, 2016, 4:10 PM

650 Canada Goose -- (1),(3),(4)
4 Trumpeter Swan -- (1)
225 Tundra Swan -- (1),(4)
3 Gadwall -- (1)
2 Eurasian Wigeon -- (4)
60 American Wigeon -- (1),(4)
160 Mallard -- (1),(3),(4)
2 Northern Shoveler -- (4)
4550 Northern Pintail -- (1),(3),(4)
24 Canvasback -- (1),(4)
76 Redhead -- (1),(4)
5 Lesser Scaup -- (4)
150 Common Goldeneye -- (1),(4)
2 Gray Partridge -- (2)
1 Northern Harrier -- (4)
2 Bald Eagle -- (1),(3)
5 Killdeer -- (1),(2)
80 California Gull -- (1)
6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (3),(5)
4 Eurasian Collared-Dove -- (5)
2 Great Horned Owl -- (2)
1 Merlin -- (5)
5 Black-billed Magpie -- (1),(2)
1 Common Raven -- (3)
3 Horned Lark -- (1)
51 European Starling -- (2),(5)
2 American Tree Sparrow -- (1)
1 Song Sparrow -- (1)
8 House Finch -- (5)
20 House Sparrow -- (2),(5)

From Blackie we stopped by Third Lake on the way back to Calgary. A huge number of birds there, somewhere between 4000 and 8000, generally somewhat distant. Mostly Pintails, but we also saw American Wigeon, Mallard, a few Canada Geese, and California Gulls.

Clearly Pintails are on the move right now."

Andrew Hart

Snagged Bobber

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:47:59 +0000

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James D. Martin Wildlife Park, a wetland that is part of the Coosa River watershed, Gadsden, Alabama (IMG_4982)

Snagged Bobber

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:47:58 +0000

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James D. Martin Wildlife Park, a wetland that is part of the Coosa River watershed, Gadsden, Alabama (IMG_4961)

Snagged Bobber

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:47:57 +0000

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James D. Martin Wildlife Park, a wetland that is part of the Coosa River watershed, Gadsden, Alabama (IMG_4958)

Entwined

nobody@ipernity.com (oddlittlebird) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:47:56 +0000

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Droplet-Paned Tendril Circle within a Larger Circle!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:48:53 +0000

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I tried very hard to capture this tendril! It was close to the ground and hiding behind leaves. I wanted to get JUST the "droplet pane" in focus while letting the rest of the larger circle fall off into blur and that presented such a challenge! Leaves I moved would move back in the way...droplets kept falling onto the vine and threatening to dislodge the droplets on the circles...and I was getting more and more soaked! But I hoped that after about half a dozen attempts, that maybe one would come out...and I got this one, hooray!!! :D

Gracefully Curled Tendril with Refracted Leaf

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:49:00 +0000

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This beautiful tendril features a droplet of water which contains the end of the tendril and refracts a leaf below!

Musically Inclined Treble Clef Tendril

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:49:08 +0000

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When I saw this tendril, I instantly pictured that special symbol that you find on sheets of music. My husband immediately said what it looked like, "Oh, it looks like a treble clef! :D

177/365: "Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life." ~ Anonymous

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:49:16 +0000

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3 more tendril pictures can be found in the notes above! :)

Yesterday I planned to take pictures of Sweet Pea tendrils but a beautiful Red Milkweed Beetle stopped me in my tracks. This morning I was determined to get to my destination! I'd been waiting for the rain to stop and finally it looked like I could sneak out for a photo session, so out I bounced with my camera in hand! Well, no longer than five minutes after I got to the sweet peas, the rain began again, heavy drops plopping onto the vines, splashing onto my camera, and spattering my glasses. However, I decided to stay as long as I could because I hoped that I might capture the droplets on the tendrils, and indeed I did! This picture actually shows the least amount of droplets, but how could I not choose this for my picture of the day? It shows perfectly how I feel about tendrils, and about this very special place, the only spot on our 26 acres where these wild sweet peas grow! This area is magical, a dark spot in our lower forest where only beams of sunlight shine through the trees, and it is here where I also find many of the special mushrooms that I've shared. How lucky it was that I captured the mood of this place without knowing it...only when I saw this on my computer did I discover how special this image was! :)

Explored on June 27, 2013. Highest placement, page 2 (#31)

Mutton Brook

nobody@ipernity.com (Jen Pedler) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:28:22 +0000

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Tangled!

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:17 +0000

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Ladybird trying to free itself from a strand of spider's web!