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December 28, 2007
Friday Feathers
Here we are at the end of the year and in looking back over the past 12 months, it's hard to believe I've managed 52 weeks' worth of Friday Feathers posts. I'm not 100 percent sure that there are 52 Friday Feathers posts, and perhaps when I have nothing better to do I'll go through the entries and count them. Not that it matters much, but for some reason I'd be really surprised if I actually accomplished that small feat. To me, posting at least once a week is a feat unto itself, but I digress.
What better way to end a year's worth of photos than with the ever-elusive Northern Cardinal. This particular bird afforded me numerous opportunities to make a fool of myself, constantly chasing it around my mom's backyard in pursuit of that perfect photograph. I had a dozen or so chances to get the photo and somehow I've yet to capture the one that really wows me.
But hey, there's always next year, right? As was the case last time around, the new year typically gets off to a slow start photography-wise. Though I already have one photo to begin Friday Feathers 2008, I can only hope that I'll have some new photos to follow that one. We'll see what happens!
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December 21, 2007
Friday Feathers
I photographed this Galah Cockatoo at a zoo. The bird is found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.
This bird is easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs.
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December 14, 2007
Friday Feathers
I featured the European Starling in an earlier post; they always seem to be around and provide numerous opportunities to photograph them.
I think this particular Starling was a juvenile. It was difficult to tell given his perch atop a nearby roof, but it looked younger than the others that were around that day.
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December 13, 2007
Toilet Paper, in Color!
Black, red, orange, green... "luxury" toilet paper rolls here.
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2008 to Arrive Via Subway
A 500 pound, 7-foot-tall numeral 8 will be transported by subway from a factory in the Bronx to New York City's Times Square. The numeral completes the 2008 sign that heralds the new year with the dropping of the crystal ball. The 8 sign will ride on the 6 train and then transfer to the N and R line to Times Square.
The gigantic New Year's Eve numerals will be on display until Dec. 19 at the Times Square information center.
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December 7, 2007
Friday Feathers
The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a medium-sized, white egret with slender black bill. Legs are black while feet are bright yellow. Head, neck and back have long, lacy plumes during breeding season. Sexes are similar.
Breeds locally from Oregon and California east to New England, mainly along coasts. Spends winters regularly from California, Arizona, and Virginia south to the West Indies and South America. Preferred habitats include marshes, ponds, swamps, and mudflats.
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