Really nice job, I know how tricky it can be from experience.
This very wary mom comes to our backyard a few times a month.
There's a geocache hiding in there!
Also note that the D50 has the in camera focus motor, that was deleted in future models. Greg.
I have seen where people use old cell phones as webcams. Greg.
Looks to be around 11:30am?
Very common in Florida, but not in that coloring. Greg.
Awesome photographs, and an awesome description. There are similar 'columns' along the Verde Valley Scenic Railroad west of Sedona, AZ. I had no idea how they were formed. Greg.
I have been wanting to do this for some time now. Here in Florida there are at least a dozen (or more) of these tiny little wildflowers growing pretty much everywhere. My artistic skills are lacking (understatement). Maybe you have given me the inspiration, nicely done, thanks. Greg.
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Come to think of it, if it was a stay anchor it probably would have at least that much pull on it.
Yes, those are the permanent 'steps', the lineman clips temp steps into those brackets in order to reach the permanent ones. Keeps unwanted folks from climbing the poles unless they're 9 feet tall to begin with. Greg.
I think I quoted the wrong response, I meant the one with the photo looking up a pole with the metal climbing 'spikes' alternating left and right.
[quote=njarendt]Female red-winged blackbirds can be very challenging to identify and often confuse even experienced birders because of ...
Another way is when they 'speak', they sound pretty much the same as males. Greg.
I'll wait until they make one in the 200-500mm size. Greg.
Looks like a monarch to me. Greg.
I too had a Motorola in about 1962 I believe it was at least $60 at the time. I had the little flesh colored plastic ear speaker I would listen to while falling asleep. The battery was expensive too, about the size of a C cell with M/F terminals on the ends similar to a 9V but separated so you couldn't reverse the polarity. Greg.