I was lucky to see one of these Zebra finches and was busy photographing it, when all of a sudden I had two of them in my viewfinder. They stuck around for a while so got quite a few shots of them. A Grade Honours Feb 2008 / North Shore Photographic Society
A male Calypte Anna (Anna’s hummingbird) pauses briefly for his portrait proudly displaying his best colors to impress a Lady Anna. / Salem, Oregon /
This is a male Micronesian Kingfisher. They are extinct in the wild. /
Mr Robin displaying for the girls. One was interested and was replying in response to his calling, bobbing & weaving activities. I was able to get about 30 images before I reluctantly left this Romeo serenading his Juliet. It was very difficult selecting one to share. / Will there be wedding bells and the patter of tiny footsteps? / 090608 / SH9 crop g- / 090608 This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
Dedicated to my favorite Baseball team, St. Louis Cardinals.
a male northern cardinal sits out a snow storm in a pine tree, shot taken in winter of 2007. /
Splendid fairy wren – malurus splendens / Breeding Male – mostly dark blue , narrow black band on upper breast extending to black collar on neck . / Non breeding male – wings partly and tail wholly dull blue; rest of upper parts greyish brown ; under parts whitish. / Female – tail dull blue ; rest of body greyish brown with whitish under parts For more images of cozmist: / Busselton Jetty Images / Christmas Cards / Dogs / Birds / Scenery / Creatures
Macro shot of a male cardinal. Was holding this little biter in my hand. As is, straight from the camera.
Bright red male Cardinal sitting in my very iced over pecan tree. Turned into a digital painting. Taken the morning following the 2007 Oklahoma Ice Storm. /
transformational prophetic innocence …...brilliant and unafraid…full of vision and heart minus the judge. i was inspired to share this after reading ben’s taylor’s story ( karin’s lovely son) he is an achiever of wondrous things!
self portrait
this simple media piece…I don’t think I used but paint and pencil in this one…..was painted as a LOVE of mine….a projection of mine. His reflection…. one of solid presence projecting strength balance care space truth…..holder of HOME. Like I said, he WAS for me to see these qualities in myself. Now I can thank him. It has taken me some time….. From his heart flowers emerge to greet meet so sweet …from his head hand reaches to stars….is he from mars…..since he spoke so often of the wars….of the sexes….mind vexes….or maybe it’s ‘cause I’m from Texas? The distance definitely sweetens this dream…...
Featured recently in DSLR Users, A Vision of Flight, and 5 other groups since being uploaded. Winner in the Best of K Challenge in Alphabet Soup. Photographing kingfishers is a challenge. They are shy of humans. They don’t sit still for long, and when they move, they are very fast. Tracking them is very difficult, requiring lots of patience and good luck. This image was captured at the Oyster Bay Shoreline Park on Vancouver Island, Canada. Nikon D300, Nikkor 600 mm lens, ISO 800, 1/1000 sec, at F8
Top Ten placement in the Mine,mine mine challenge / Featured in the LMAO Art group / Featured in the Your Accepted group / Featured in the Seagull group / Featured in the Dimensions group Pair of male seagulls beside the sea at Lancashire UK Shot with Canon eos 350D and Sigma 70-300mm lens
~ Woodland Park Zoo ~ Seattle, Washington / Sony a700 70-200mm f/2.8 lens / 200mm f/2.8 1/500 ISO400 AP ~ 2009 01 31 Featured in Out of the Blue / ~ 2009 02 04 Featured on the Home Page of RedBubble
Mandarine ducks from Warsaw park. :) Shot from a ‘frog perspective’ Canon 400D / Tamron 17-50 f2.8
This strange male Pigeon harassed me, he even landed on my back once when i bent down to shade my camera while reviewing. Barb said he was in love with me, but who understands pigeons? Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28, taken at a wildlife park near Murray Bridge, South Australia.
Common Redpoll (male) on a spruce branch during a moment of late sun (in his warm coat of feathers). Carduelis Flammea. Among the smallest of Alaska’s birds at between 5 and 5.5 inches in length, redpolls are sparrowlike in appearance, with red splotches or caps on their heads and small black bibs. Males also sport pinkish breasts. They can endure the extreme cold of Alaskan winters partly because of a specially adapted seed-storage system: While feeding, they stockpile some seeds in an esophageal pouch, or crop, a feature shared with other finches. Through the nights, which in winter may last 20 hours or more, redpolls eat and gradually digest the seeds stored in their pouches. The birds also have dense winter plumage they fluff for added insulation. Their core body temperature remains about 105 degrees, even when the air temperature drops as low as 58 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. So these tiny creatures can maintain a temperature 163 degrees warmer than the air. Says animal physiologist Pierre DeViche of Arizona State University, who has conducted arctic research, “Think if you could make a coat with that sort of insulative ability. It’s incredible, really.” A group of redpolls is collectively known as a “gallup” of redpolls. (from identifywhat.bird.com) Featured in Wildlife-Appeal – Thank you! Featured in Photography 101 – Thank you! Featured in Alaska – Beyond Your Dreams – Thank you! Nikon D200, Sigma 150-500mm DG 5-6.3 lens 500mm, f/6.3 , 1/200, ISO 250, -0.3ev, manual exposure mode, Manfrotto tripod / 3220×2147 pixels
Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird work as a team when feeding their babies. Both are avid hunters, going wherever the pickings can be found. In this case, Dad’s serving up cricket casserole while Mom’s whipping up some spider souffle. Babies aren’t particular; they eat just about anything. I love watching this pair appear at the nestbox with a wide variety of fare. Dad tends to serve things on a larger scale while Mom offers daintier portions. I saw him with multiple caterpillars dangling from his bill; quite a feat to catch and carry but he does it expertly! It’s very rare that both male and female land on a given spot together so I spliced two photos together in order to convey the idea of their concerted efforts on behalf of their little family.
Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XSI.. AS IS Straight from the Camera ….....Virginia State Birds / The cardinal or, more correctly, the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) was adopted as the official state bird of the Commonwealth of Virginia on January 25, 1950. / 672 views 11-4-09 / 4 features and a challenge win
a gorgeous male goldfinch sits on a branch near the niger feeder, waiting his turn at the feeder. The male goldfinch will lose his bright ye;;ow plummage in early fall, turning to a greenish-yellow feather color. Come spring, he will once again don his golden feathers. camera used is Olympus E-3
a male cardinal, brilliant in red, has hgis big bright eyes on the lookout for predators. Cardinals love to sit in the pine tree to check the sunflower seed feeder for safety before coming in to feed. This affords an excellent opportunity for some candid, closeup shots. I love the way the pine needles frame the cardinal, and radiate out from him.
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