Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2015

An Unexpected Discovery Down in the Mangroves

mangrove trees, reflection,river

Visiting this forest with the sun setting, gives you some terrific reflections.

Usually, I time my walk to be alongside the river during high tide.

mangrove tree, bark

 When there aren't any interesting wide angle scenes, I do some close-up photography.

That's just to show some of the textures the mangrove provides.


trees, mangroves forest, low tide

 When the tide goes out, the mangrove roots are exposed.

Once in awhile, I visit during low tide, to get deeper into the forest.


bark of mangrove, tree, moss

 This was a great time to capture moss, growing on the shady side of a tree.

There's a myth about the stuff growing on the north side of trees.

But, that depends on what part of the world you happen to get lost in.

Read Outdoor Life for more on the subject of survival. 


television, discarded, trash, mangrove forest

This little surprise has me concerned about survival of the critters in the mangroves.

It could impact the survival of travel and tourism in the mangrove forest, as well.

 It looks like someone couldn't afford the recycle fee for their busted television.

So, they decided to throw it away, in the mangroves.


Something needs to be done, to prevent things like this from happening.

If people continue to throw their trash in the forest it'll start looking like Tomigusuku

Who would pay for an Eco-tour, where you visit a landfill ?


Looking online for some solutions, I sort of like the Singapore solution.

Down that way, a person could get their fanny paddled, for doing stupid stuff like this.

Take a look at some of the punishments Singapore deals out to their criminals.

Then, tell me those kinds of laws wouldn't come in handy, around here !

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Some Kinda Freaking Frigatebird in Okinawa (Photos)

It Was Supposed to Be an Easy Day



Last night a guy sitting in a bar, watching TV, said "Albatross".

The birds they were showing looked like this one, to me.


So, I asked the guy if he's ever seen one of them in Okinawa.

And, he says, "Nope".

Well, I told him, he just gave me an idea for my blog.

These photos were taken back in 2007.

All I had to do was dig through some old files and post them, along with a good link.

That would mean about 20 minutes of work and I'd be done for the day.

The gal behind the counter was nice enough to loan me a pen.

The word, Albatross was scratched down on a napkin and slipped into my pack of smokes.

It's so much fun knowing tomorrow will be an easy day.

Heck, I bought the whole house a round and maybe, had ten more beers, myself.


Then, today happened.

Probably, a few thousand birds, online and called Albatross crossed my eyes.

None of them looked like this one.

Half a day of research is way more than needs to be wasted on one bird.

It was time to get some assistance or, scratch the blog for today.

I voted for HELP !

Twenty minutes after posting them in the Bird ID Forum, the emails started coming.

The bird isn't an Albatross.  It's some kinda freaking Frigatebird.


Moral of the Story


Don't talk to people watching TV in a bar, if you want to have an easy day tomorrow !




UPDATE:  From the Bird Forum.Net--This is a Great Frigatebird !

 

Based upon this information posted by Chris Butterworth,

"It's a 2nd > 3rd stage juvenile, white-breasted morph, Great Frigatebird. 

Lesser has much less white on the underparts and distinct 'spurs' of white running onto the

 underwing coverts and a tawny head at this stage".



More About the Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) at ARKive






Sunday, January 13, 2013

Todoroki Waterfall Okinawa in January (Photos)


Last Friday we made a trip back to visit Todoroki Waterfall.

When the Map It Okinawa dude mentioned going there, I cussed a little.

The last time I took a camera up there, I slipped and fell.  Hard.

So, I decided, this time to stay down near the bottom, while Map It climbed.


 These photos were taken using a Sigma 10-20mm lens on the Pentax K5.

Map It Okinawa was gone a few hours but, I kept myself entertained, no problems.

There was a crew with big TV cameras, filming gals doing yoga. Hah !

If you want to learn yoga visit Waka Yogi on YouTube

She's the expert, a Brand Ambassador for Reebok and was leading the other gals.

They joked and said I looked like some kind of guru.

So, I've been thinking of cancelling my annual beard-cutting, this year.

Maybe, I'll just turn into one of those Yoga-watching Gurus !



To see and hear Todoroki Waterfall, visit OkiNinjaKitty on You Tube