Swamp: when humans can’t read signs.

From Lofty:

Cycling up the linear path gracing our local Torrens River I stopped for a breather at a storm water retention pond which sported a large sign reading: PLEASE DON’T FEED THE DUCKS.

First a couple of moorhens idled by, then the pigeons staggered over for a look. Soon the entire population of the pond had to come and check me out. Tough luck for them for I was a literate human. Click for full size.

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The Daily Bird #52

Fluffy Sparrow.

Here’s Lookin’ At You.

From Giliell, a stunning shot. Click for full size.

Here Comes the Sun.

From Kengi:

The photo includes Sunspots 2562, 2563, and 2564. The three sunspot groups form a triangle on the left side of the sun with 2562 on the bottom, 2563 on the top and 2564 on the left. There’s another sunspot just coming around further to the left.

Taken through a ND-5 thin film (.002″ thick) polymer filter. That’s ND-5 in astronomy, not ND-5 in photography, which are not the same. Remember, never look into the sun without a proper astronomical solar filter.

Click for full size.

Japanese Beetles.

Japanese beetles (popillia japonica) on a sunflower leaf, from Kengi. Breathtaking! Click for full size.

The Daily Bird #51

Blue Jay. Click for full size.

Faces.

A woman confronts stormtroopers. Credit: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters. Source.

A man being “detained”. Credit: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters. Source.

Ieshia Evans. Credit: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters. Source.

Police arrest activist DeRay McKesson during a protest along a major road that passes in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters. (Max Becherer/Associated Press).