Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

The willow is too close to the house.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

In after Baud. Damn.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

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Today, pictures from valued commenter J R in WV.

This is a set of wildlife from Cochise County AZ, where Sandhill Cranes winter by the tens of thousands. There are also many raptors, deer, foxes, coatimundi, raccoons, and lions

Sandhill cranes in the sunlight

Taken on 2009-03-10

Bell Ranch Road, Cochise County, AZ

Formation of Sandhills flying out of the sun.

f/14.0 for 1/3200 sec. 300mm Nikon D70s

Sandhill Crane Swarm

Taken on 2009-02-26

Rt 181 Cochise Co AZ

A swarm of thousands of Sandhill Cranes
f/5/6 1/8000 sec. 105mm Nikon D70s

Hawk!

Taken on 2009-03-13

Gleeson Road, Elfrida, AZ

Perching in a mesquite tree, looking for prey.

f/13.0 1/1600 sec. 300mm Nikon D70s

Hawk in Flight

Taken on 2009-03-13

Gleeson Road, Elfrida, AZ

Flying above the Valley Floor with the Swisshelm Mtns in the background.

f/11.0 1/1250 sec. 262mm

Hawk coming back around

Taken on 2009-03-13

Gleeson Road, Elfrida, AZ

Same Hawk, soaring above in the blue sky

f/13.0 1/1600 sec. 300mm Nikon D70s

Mule Deer

Taken on 2009-03-13

NW of Gleeson, AZ

Deer near Gleeson, AZ

f/11 1/800 sec. 300mm Nikon D70s

Those EYES ! Mule Deer

Taken on 2009-03-13

NW of Gleeson AZ

Dusk photo of Mule Deer with glowing eyes.

 

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  1. 1.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    For the glowing eyes deer, where you using auto-focus? That might account for the glowing eyes.

    ETA: The sun’s a real pain in the ass to take pictures around. I’ve found some success underexposing by 2 stops and then bringing out the dark parts in post. That requires shooting RAW.

  8. 8.

    JeanneT

    Love sandhill cranes! Hawks too, but the cranes are special to me. I need to go check to find out when and where I can go see them this year. Thanks JR

  13. 13.

    Waratah

    I like the hawk in flight photos. The deer is so cute, and hard to spot when their color matches the landscape. thank you JR.

  18. 18.

    J R in WV

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    No, it was nearly dark, and the deer was looking directly at me. So kind of red eye, but mule-deer colored green. Blow that up for a better look.

    I think I have these in the Nikon version of Raw, and I’ve just started using RawTherapee to edit those before using GIMP to resize them for
    sending to Alain.

    @Gin & Tonic:

    And we love you for that! Lucky dawg to be in the land of the midnight sun (well, nearly) this time of year! Take a picture!!

  19. 19.

    J R in WV

    @Waratah:

    The deer were a little hard to see, but nothing like the fox, which I almost put in this set again. He was off to the left as we drove away from the house-building site one evening.

    There’s one photo which I know has the fox in it, because the frame before he’s is obvious and the frame after he is obvious, but in the specific middle frame I can’t see him at all. Where’s Red? He’s in Visible!

    An amazing picture of a very scarce nocturnal critter. Maybe.

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