Determination.
I thought that this neotropic cormorant was trying to take off and fly away. But the cormorant just expended a tremendous amount of energy to move about 50 feet then settled down again. Maybe it was just getting some exercise.
I took this photo at the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
"Neotropic Cormorantβs calls are sometimes likened to piglike grunts. In Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, local names that allude to this call include βpig duckβ (pato cerdo, pato puerco), βdirty duckβ (pato chancho), and βoinking duck (pato gruΓ±Γ³n)!" - allaboutbirds.org
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Since we're on the subject: a quick basic primer on light leaks in film photography!
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Light leaks happen in film photography when light gets in where it shouldn't - this can happen when loading & unloading film, if you mistakenly open the back of the camera mid-roll (we've all done it!), or sometimes just where an old camera has dodgy light seals and it leaks in around the joins in the camera.
It often looks something a bit like this π
Our Special Investigative Correspondent on #Extremism @stevanzetti joined the fab @andreagrimes on the Marc Steiner Show, part of @therealnews, to discuss #Fascism in #Texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVmAM1fOD8
#TexasNeedsAnObserver #politics #news #USpol #TXlege #GregAbbott
@ScottSoCal @johnmacintosh BUT JUST LOOK AT THOSE CARTS
Itβs traditional after 100 days in power to assess how things are going with our leaders in Washington. So how does the GOP House Majorityβs record look, at just over 100 days in?
In #TheBigPictureβs installment today, we look at the failed promises, emotional distractions and rudderless agenda of the Republican House Majority. Read more here: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/first-100-days-gop-house
I made this video years ago. #Trump is finally on trial for one his assaults. #EJeanCarroll #MelBrooks
It's good that everyone has forgotten her, but if you want to understand what the current #Republican party is, it started the day Steve fucking Schmidt decided Palin would be McCain's running mate. That was the day the party overtly embraced fascism. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jon-ward-testimony-evangelical-movement-excerpt-1234714038/
@KFuentesGeorge @ScottSoCal I remember how people justified the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Someone said the park/playground where Tamir was playing was in a bad neighborhood; another said the kid was 5'7" tall. (I guess they never heard of growth spurts among 8th graders.) There was no scrutiny aimed at the police officer in question, who washed out of the academy at a small-town police force before joining the Cleveland police force.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.