The Second Age
Mammalian usurpers long extinguished,
Humanity’s short reign relegated,
to the archaeological record.
On the wings of our avian descendants,
Earth’s second age of the dinosaur,
now in full bloom.
The Second Age
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Tag Archives: #birds
House Sparrow
The pond in the backyard attracts all kinds of birds. While the ducks (click here to see them featured in a previous post) prefer to sunbathe around the edges of the pond, the waterfall is where it’s at for the smaller winged visitors. The images highlighted in today’s Backyard Beautiful post feature a house sparrow that loves to flap around in the cup-sized hole in a stone sitting at the base of the waterfall and acts as a birdbath for our feathered friends.
Images were captured in June 2022 in my backyard in Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Equipment: Canon EOS 60D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Additional processing via Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop.
Copyright 2022 Greg Glazebrook @ GMG Photography, All Rights Reserved.
The Hunter and the Hunted
I think spiders are amazing creatures, using homespun silk to trap the insects looking to feast on my garden. As much as I love these hunters I also have an irrational fear reaction to them at a subconscious level. As ridiculous as it sounds, I lost count of how many times shivers ran up and down my spine as I was searching for the images for this post.
In the tall grasses
Spinning ’round your silky trap
The winged huntress waits
Photo Credit: Vinayak Varma (Spider in Web) via Unsplash and Unknown (Bird Eating Spider)
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