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I’m, ‘using a spoon to pry open your Nestle's Quik tin to get at all that chocolaty goodness’ years old.

Happy Birthday to my Dad. He was a kind person with infinite patience, a wonderful sense of humor, a sharp mind, and a relaxed view of life. I miss him.

Feathered Elegance: A Cardinal’s Profile

Here is a female northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched upon the tip of one of the posts of my fence. Often the females are the colors of sunset, as is this one.

My photo gallery contains more that 700 images that I've chosen to share. Most are there for their visual appeal but there are a few novelty images. You can check out my gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #NorthernCardinal

A Glimpse of the Elusive Thrasher

This is a brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), when I took the photo, I thought it to be a finch.

"It can be tricky to glimpse a Brown Thrasher in a tangled mass of shrubbery, and once you do you may wonder how such a boldly patterned, gangly bird could stay so hidden. Brown Thrashers wear a somewhat severe expression thanks to their heavy, slightly downcurved bill and staring yellow eyes, and they are the only thrasher species east of Texas. Brown Thrashers are exuberant singers, with one of the largest repertoires of any North American songbird." - allaboutbirds.org

Check out my photo gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #BrownThrasher

I Heart You ❤️

This rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) looks like he has a big heart on his chest, doesn't he?

These birds are part of the family Cardinalidae, the same family as cardinals. Many species in this family are colorful.

You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.

Take a look:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #RoseBreastedGrosbeak

Monochrome Munch

Here is an image of a Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) that I saw in forest behind my home. It was pretty dark among the trees and the chickadee was too far away for a detailed closeup. I like the image anyway and thought maybe displaying it in black and white/selective color would make it more interesting. I think a gold frame will set it off.

I've had several inquiries about how to get a print of some my photographs. This is a hobby for me, so I haven't been equipped to handle those requests. But I enjoy what I'm doing and want to share my photographs.

So, I set up an account and website with pixels. My website is:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

If you want a print of one of my photographs, you can get it there, If I haven't loaded it, let me know which one it is, and I'll gladly load it there for you.

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #CarolinaChickadee

CBS News has chosen to be a cowardly entertainment company, not a journalism organization, in its cavalier decision not to do any fact-checking in the VP debate next week.

This is an invitation for Vance -- as prolific a liar as Trump -- to flood the zone with bullshit. There's not enough time in a day, much less 90 minutes, for Walz to refute the lies and make his own points.

CBS knows this, and put its thumb on the scale anyway.

https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10

Branch Out Look

This is a mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) that I saw in the forest.

I don't post all of the photos that I post here to my Pixels gallery, but I post the photos I like best. Some don't make the cut.

You can check out my gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #mourningdove

Elon Musk tweeted.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@hopzzz11/post/DAJO5E_iw7n

I just got a text from Moo Deng who is trying to raise $100,000 for Senator Jon Tester by midnight can we help this lovable creature out ? file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/ac/12/D8662FC0-59D0-4B51-9DB1-59225B664B71/moodeng.webp https://jontester.com/

Right now there are two #CommonKingfisher sharing my stretch of creek. I assume they are siblings, but I can't prove it.

#birding #photography #Kingfisher

Birdwatch: A Colorful Encounter

There are three house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) in this photograph. It caught my eye because I like the way the sky peeks through the forest canopy behind the birds.

As I've mentioned, I have a gallery of my favorite photos at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

Go there and take a look. Prints are for sale along with other doodads and I suppose it is kind of a business for me. But it's the kind of business where I don't care whether I sale anything or not. If you want something, by all means you are welcome to make a purchase. But I just want you to visit and maybe mark your favorites or leave a comment. Cheers 😄

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #HouseFinch

If both my wife and I were archaeologists who used Carbon 14 decay measures to determine the era in which ancient individuals lived, you bet your ass I’d loudly say “WE DATE OTHER PEOPLE” at parties.

Branch-bound Hunter

Here is a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)

"Whether wheeling over a swamp forest or whistling plaintively from a riverine park, a Red-shouldered Hawk is typically a sign of tall woods and water. It’s one of our most distinctively marked common hawks, with barred reddish-peachy underparts and a strongly banded tail. In flight, translucent crescents near the wingtips help to identify the species at a distance. These forest hawks hunt prey ranging from mice to frogs and snakes." - allaboutbirds.org
Visit my photo gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #RedShoulderedHawk

@GottaLaff
Mark Robinson isn't "MLK times 2", he's Herschel Walker times 2.

check my math

so ONE MILLION teamsters endorsed HARRIS
* quick google search *
out of... 1.3 MILLION?

that's 77%.
Well over Sean O'Brien's "34%"
somebody help me out here

h/t @shansterable

Good morning. 🕊️🦅☁️

19 September 2024

Good lord, Ben got me up again at 0430 this morning. This is what? the third morning in a row. Unfortunately, I think this is the current trend. He comes to the bedroom door and just starts barking. He likes to sleep under our bed at night, but I recently started making him sleep in his bed in the family room because he was disturbing my wife's sleep during the night. She isn't gifted with bad hearing like me. Hmmm ... for every action there is a reaction.

We are having a pergola build in our back yard, construction starts this morning some time. Last night, I was thinking about the pigeons and whether or not they will defile the pergola. Wait and see.

"There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction." - Giancarlo Esposito
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #morning #reaction #BlackSkimmers #clouds #sky