I took this photo way back in 2012. Uganda is one of the most difficult places to travel in (unless you want to spend a lot more than I was willing to spend). But the National Parks and wildlife make it absolutely worthwhile.
It's not enough to bash in heads, you have to bash in minds
Or at least I thought I did, this little bird (a juvenile Brown-Headed Cowbird, I think) followed me around for at least 30 minutes at the Bird Sanctuary Saturday. He was so close to me as a walked, I was worried I might step on him.
Once I got home and tried to identify this bird I found out that this species:
Forages mostly by walking on the ground. Often associates with cattle or horses in pastures, catching the insects flushed from the grass by the grazing animals. Originally, was closely associated with bison herds on the Great Plains.
So maybe he wasn’t being friendly just hanging around and catching insects I inadvertently flushed from the grass.
I have been playing around with Luminar photo editor and I think the the Sunrays filter is interesting.
What do You think?
Vancouver’s annual fireworks festival started Saturday night. It was stunning as usual.
More of the same wood duck and her duckling from Stanley Park
Unsurprisingly XKCD nails it, but head on over there to read the mouseover text, I am sure it perfectly describes more than a few Planet3.0 readers (and writers!). And we wouldn’t want it any other way.
The recent approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline by National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act review panel has brought a renewed flurry of attention to the project.
