Africa…Kalahari-Scrub-Robin
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The Kalahari Scrub Robin
Sighted at
Botswana’s
Lekhubu Island
South Africa.
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1600 Tuesday
Kalahari scrub robin
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The Horned Dungbeetle can pull up to 1141 times
its own body weight which is the equivalent of
an average man lifting two fully-laden
18-wheeler trucks.
Baby Elephant is the one that gets me smiling.
It was definitely telling us where to go
with its newfound trunk control.
Our resident New Holland Honeyeater mum (I think) was
giving me a right telling off when I captured this image.
Since then, and more likely,
I think she may have been talking
to wayward offspring.
This little one is our adored granddaughter.
She only has around nine weeks before
she will have to share the limelight with a sibling.
Another 8 weeks thereafter she will
have a cousin…all being well in both camps.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti:…Every-Little-Thing
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya:...Every-Little-Thing
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy:…Every-Little-Thing
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina:...Every-Little-Thing
Lens Artist Photo Challenge Anne:…Every-Little-Thing
Lens Artist Photo Challenge Sofia:…Every-Little-Thing
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A Selfie
Christmas shadows
Bourke Street Mall
Melbourne
Late afternoon shadows on the
MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Baobab tree
Lekhubu Island
Kalahari Desert
Botswana
Two versions of the…
…Kalahari Scrub Robin
Church Shadows
Side lighting
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti:…Light-Shadow
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya:...Light-Shadow
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy:…Light-Shadow
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina:...Light-Shadow
Lens Artist Photo Challenge Anne:…Light-Shadow
Lens Artist Photo Challenge Sofia:…Light-Shadow
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Begin with two images captured in the…
…Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre.
Geelong seagull
Christmas decorations cast shadows on
Melbourne’s Bourke Street.
Kalaharri Scrub Robin
Lekhubu Island
Botswana.
A gum tree casts its shadow
on this church roof…
…walls and door.
Rural reflection.
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Shadows of Christmas decorations in
Bourke Street,
Melbourne
Kalahari Scrub Robin,
Botswana,
Africa.
The tree casting this shadow has been removed…
…and the Church is now surrounded
by a used car lot.
Shadow Selfie.
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Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge:…Shadows
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Seeing out the rest of its days
in the shade of an old gum tree.
Where sheep can be found during
the hottest part of a summer day.
Botswana’s Kalahari Scrub Robin
casting a shadow much larger
than its actual size.
A Geelong Church which has been
converted to a car dealership.
No more shadows because
the tree has been demolished.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti:...Shadow-&-Shade
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya:...Shadow-&-Shade
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy:…Shadow-&-Shade
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina:...Shadow-&-Shade
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Some
Small, Smaller, Smallest fauna
from Africa.
The Masked Weaver, 11–14.5 cm (4.3–5.7 in) long,
which makes it nearly the same length
as the Scrub Robin.
However, at 35 grams, the Weaver weighs
nearly twice as much.
The Scrub Robin is roughly the same length
as the Weaver, however, at just 17–23 grams
it is the Roboin is the smaller of the two.
The of my images today is the Dung Beetle,
which varies in size from 5mm to 30mm,
or about 0.2 to 1.2 inches.
Some dung beetles can bury dung 250 times
their own mass in one night.
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One Word Sunday Challenge:...Small, Smaller Smallest
FriendlyFriday-Shadows
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Kalahari Scrub Robin
and shadow.
Winter shadows on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
The MCG was the site of the 1956 Olympics,
the 2006 Games
and countless Cricket and (AFL) Football Matches.
Shadows at Pisa.
Summer Shadows in…
…Bourke Street,
Melbourne.
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FriendlyFriday: Shadows
Amanda Sandi
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In early morning sun at Lekhubu Island, Botswana,
trying to capture a photograph of the
fast moving small Kalahari Scrub Robin,
was difficult to say the least.
One second it appeared calm.
Then it was off in a flurry of movement and dirt
as it darted away on its next crazy run.
After nearly 100 shots I was left with images
of the ground upon which my Robin
was standing a split second earlier
and many others, like this one.
Almost a total miss.
It took patience and perseverance
to capture some half decent images
of my subject.
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Shadows on a church roof in Geelong.
Lift off on our flight over Botswana’s
Okavango Delta
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