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This Kalahari Scrub Robin…
was moving so quickly that…
one frame it was there, the next..
it had disappeared!
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Daily Prompt: Disappear
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Cee’s
Black and White Challenge.
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A variety of windows, both old and new
Looking out to the street through
the inner stain glass windows.
It was through these doors/windows
that a hail storm blew in
with hail stones landing twenty feet
inside these doors.
Views of the Swan River Bank in Perth, Western Australia.
There was a housing complex similar to this which,
we were told, belong to one family only.
Another Swan River scene.
Number 2 Son had the camera this day as we drove
around our second tree plantation.
Same paddock a couple of weeks ago.
Only this time trees have been harvested and poisoned
in preparation for planting new tube stock.
I nearly took a selfie as our Georgian (USA) born
Plantation Manager acted as chauffeur.
Finally, this photo is tagged as God’s Window
which we visited while in South Africa.
Stunning views as is befitting such a window.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Looking-through-a-Window
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The fastest animal in the world…
was only out for a sedate stroll…
and an ear scratch, the day we met.
But she did have enough energy to bounce around a tree.
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Pic and Word Challenge: Speed
Weekly Photo Challenge-Unlikely
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My contribution for this week’s challenge…
Unlikely
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Beginning with the worst of my photos this week.
This Kingfisher hovered relentlessly…
Before splashing down into the
Okavango Delta waters for its lunch.
There are many images of this
white crowned shrike
sitting, flying or landing,
on the Internet.
However, I could not find one with the bird balanced
as precariously as this as it took to flight.
This African Harrier Hawk seemed to be checking
his feet were not attached to its perch…
before launching into flight.
While the above photos were unlikely occurrences
to capture they were the result
of holding down the shutter button in anticipation.
This last photo is much closer to home.
Our back yard in fact about two weeks ago.
I have never seen a bird of prey
kill another bird before.
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Ups and Downs from everywhere.
Victoria Falls joyride.
A Balloon ride over Melbourne.
Not sure if this is the front or back entrance,
but it was captured in old Sydney.
My recent drive up and down
Mount Buninyong
yielded two roads…
one for the journey up,
the other for the journey down.
And in this case what goes up must come down, on Geelong’s Eastern Beach.
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Two of anything this week.
An African eagle and an
African Starling (I suspect) sharing a tree.
Two giraffes also sharing a tree.
Cape Buffalo
Zebras having a meeting.
A week or so ago, preening seagulls
at Geelong’s Corio Bay.
On Friday I drove up Mount Buninyong,
about a sixty minute drive inland,
and discovered there a two roads.
An up road and a down road.
From Mount Buninyong, two trees were an easy find.
So!
Have just re-read the challenge and realised
that we were supposed to post two different things.
First photo is okay, I think.
So here is Taji and her new toy.
I am told it is a Cong or is that Kong?
And a Juvenile Collared Hawk which decided to
breakfast on an annoying mudlark in
our back yard, a week or so ago.
If I had known that it would be photographed
I would have had the lawn mower out to knock over
the weeds that seem to thrive when
other grasses want water.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Any-Two
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Weekly-Weather-Flood
Living in a reasonably elevated area the closest…
we get to a flood is a few inches of
running water after heavy rain.
Last winter we had a day or two of such rain
and found this resulting ‘flooded’ front yard
and drain in full flow a few days later.
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Weekly Weather: Flood
