Canada Geese are very stubborn and very capable to take care of themself.
That's why we now have so many of them in Europe.

Anyway. It's a sign of Springtime when they are flying back home in formation from their "holiday trip".

Is that one of the Canada Geese? They are known for doing rather odd things! Presumably the staff are feeding it? Nor very safe from cats and others though if little ones hatch. Would have thought it would be better off in a sanctuary somewhere.

They are quite aggressive and territorial, a house cat wouldn't stand a chance.

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@Chris
The brick planting box is quite tall. In second picture I am eye level with the goose.

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Nor very safe from cats and others though if little ones hatch. Would have thought it would be better off in a sanctuary somewhere.

Substituting your judgement for the parents? I suspect it knows far more about how to raise goslings that you do. I suspect hawks are a bigger threat than domestic felines.

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I didn't take this picture but a friend did, and she gave me permission to share it with you.
This photo shows two of the greatest Texas icons: the bluebonnets and longhorn cattle.
If the resolution were better, I'd have a large print made for myself, mount it in a nice
frame, and hang it on my wall.



Edit: Incidentally, the yellow flowers that you can see among the bluebonnets are
"bastard cabbage," and are outgrowing the bluebonnets, causing them to disappear.
This particular field of bluebonnets won't last long now that the bastard cabbage has
appeared. :-(
Bastard Cabbage Info

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~Sue~

I think that the original intention of this thread was for people to post pictures that they had taken themselves. Since then some people have got hot under the collar at any of their pictures posted without prior permission. Suzie posted a picture not taken by her but with the photographers permission.

We are all amateurs here, none of us earn a living by retaining copyright or royalties on a picture. If the picture is interesting and non-professional then I would say it fits here.

"Originals" mean those taken by the photographer, and NOT those published on the web by professionals where money is expected to be paid to use them.

I think Mr Castro is being unhelpful.

I also think he is picking nits. Or some nether region which I shall not mention at this juncture.
Thanks to Suzie-Q for the beautiful picture, which IS an original, although she was up front and admitted it was not taken by her personally.
I see no problem, especially as it is her thread in the first place.

MEOW!

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

You just broke your own rule:

Rules:

Post only original photos taken by you.
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So I take it then, that now it's OK to post pictures taken by others, as long as you say you have permission to do so.

Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject

Yeah well, there went the originality of this thread.

Take a look at who created the group and who posted that photo. While the group was, indeed, created
for photos taken by "you" - the setizen - I am willing to tolerate the occasional (i.e. rare) posting of a
photo taken by your friend or family member and yes, you must have his/her permission. It is,
after all, an original photo (as opposed to something that has been shared a hundred-plus times
online.

That being said,,,

I'm am happy that you are being vigilant.

P.S. Does it make you feel good having challenged me publicly rather than via a private message?
(Which is what I would have done, and have done.)

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~Sue~

I think that the original intention of this thread was for people to post pictures that they had taken themselves. Since then some people have got hot under the collar at any of their pictures posted without prior permission. Suzie posted a picture not taken by her but with the photographers permission.

We are all amateurs here, none of us earn a living by retaining copyright or royalties on a picture. If the picture is interesting and non-professional then I would say it fits here.

"Originals" mean those taken by the photographer, and NOT those published on the web by professionals where money is expected to be paid to use them.

I think Mr Castro is being unhelpful.

Simply being interesting and non-professional is not enough. The photo I posted was taken by a friend
who showed it to me privately. I then asked her if I could share it, with this specific group in mind. If you
occasionally run across an exceptional photo (which I believe her's is) taken by a friend, ask for permission
and, if you get it, post it here, I won't make a fuss. But don't make a habit of it. Rules can be bent, but only on a case-by-case
basis.

In this group's case, "original" was meant to mean taken by the poster/seitzen. It was meant to keep the
group free of dozens of non-original, shared-all-over-the-net photos. I believe my exception fits the
original intent of the group which I created. If a number of you disagree, I'll gladly refrain from posting
and ban this sort of photo. Let's call them "second-person originals." Feel free to take a poll.

Someone once got upset (and rightly so) that he had posted his originals here and someone else shared
them elsewhere without permission. That is very wrong. I don't think anyone ever got upset about
someone posting someone else's photo here in this group. I did confront one poster who posted several
photos that looked very much like shared-all-over-the-net photos. He has not posted since then. I have
no idea if he lurks.

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~Sue~

Lets restore some order, and of course pictures.

One of my biggest problems is storage, in the six months I have been here I have amassed nearly 5,500 pictures taking up 24 GB of hard drive :-)

So I was sorting out the last 7 days crop and thought I would post a few here.

Over the years my dad has fed a variety of birds in the garden, seagulls, pheasants and a pair of ducks.

I hadn't seen the ducks last year at all, then a week or so ago there they were eating the birdseed on the ground. The thing is after feeding they will often just sit on the lawn.



Sometimes they even go to sleep.

We have had several sunny days recently and took a this picture looking from Yarmouth back the way I walk.



Almost tropical, taken from Norton Spit looking west.

Now onto boats. In the absence of any nearby trains, and living a short walk from Yarmouth harbour I have started to watch and photograph the different boats I see.

This was a surprise recently, the STS Lord Nelson (unfortunately not under sail) making it way up the Solent towards Southampton



It is run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust Lord nelson

Occasionally I see a one that makes me smile, this one did.



The name is "Buoys Toy" very apt!!

I also think that the darker hulled ships have a certain look ,that makes them stand out from the multitude of white hulled craft.

The is the rather splendid "Robin of Cowes" (Cowes is the port town further east known for sailing)



And finally, I have been trying to get a picture of this for a while.

A little background, there are two passenger craft that during the summer give trips around the needles from Alum bay.

They moor up each night in Yarmouth Harbour. They are the Yarmouth Rose



and the Ramblin Rose



As you can see quite ordinary . This year however they have added this



The Summer Rose, a fast RIB to no doubt to scare the punters silly ;-)

there are two passenger craft that during the summer give trips around the needles from Alum bay.

Alum bay that's the place with natural multi coloured sand and you can see it in layers in the cliff can't you Bernie ?

Sure it was there remember it from when i was a kid , heading down that way for my godparents 50th wedding Ani soon , will try to get the ferry over from Portsmoth Hbr .

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

Alum bay that's the place with natural multi coloured sand and you can see it in layers in the cliff can't you Bernie ?

Indeed, and I did post a couple of pictures last year.








Unfortunately erosion and tourists have started to take their toll, hence the tape in the second picture.

Lots of tourists were digging out their own sand and causing problems.

Reminds me of Rubjerg Knude lighthouse just off Lønstrup (Jutland, Denmark).
There in the 1920s a grass planting was built to prevent sand drift.
But instead the dune grew so much that the lighthouse no longer appeared from the sea.
In 1968 it was taken out of use and today its completely buried in the sand dunes.

Very nice pictures Bernie, always a pleasure to see them. I especially appreciate the Copyright symbol on some of the pics. Nice and clear where we all stand. I remember alum Bay sands as well from my early teens. All the souvenir shops sold what looked like chemi lab test tubes of the various layers of coloured sand. Shame to see it has been a bit vandalised :-(

And what do you think all those test tubes full were? Vandalism?

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Unfortunately erosion and tourists have started to take their toll, hence the tape in the second picture.

Lots of tourists were digging out their own sand and causing problems.

Sorry but the " Tourists " that dig their own are fu##nuts !! , to tight go go to the little shop and spend £ 5 for a couple packs of different coloured sand and a lighthouse to pour the sand in as a souveneir .
I've still got mine and the glass lighthose / sand must be over 30+ years old now at the very least .
Could have the cliffs fenced off now for H&S that bloke got killed near to where i live at Thorpeness when the cliff gave way and buried him when he was walking his dog ( even tho there WERE safty notices saying the cliff was unstable ) .
Remember Alum bay well with the chairlift to take you from the top of the cliff down to the beach and Blackgang chine near as well , good memorys :-)

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

Why do so many British people move to Spain when they have Isle of Wight?

Why do so many British people move to Spain when they have Isle of Wight?

Could say Janne but wouldn't be P.C and probably end up with a perma ban ;-) R.O.F.P.M.S.L ;-)

" The grass is always greener " alegedly ;-)

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

It's a shame that a great thread is being ruined by bored keyboard warriors.

Why do so many British people move to Spain when they have Isle of Wight?

For the Mediterranean weather!!

Hehe:)
Stay put. In a couple of years the Mediterranean weather will be here in our latitudes.

I especially appreciate the Copyright symbol on some of the pics. Nice and clear where we all stand.

Thanks for the laugh of the day. You are so uptight about me owing my own pictures.

In this case these are pictures I uploaded previously to the Marine Traffic website to which I belong

THEY put the copyright notice on every picture uploaded by members, nothing to do with me.

As I said at the time it was quicker to link to them.

If I get a chance later I will look for the originals and upload them instead.

Don't want to upset anyone.

PS OK I have replaced the apparently offensive (to some) pictures with my "originals" they are still copyright of course, they just don't go out of the way to state it.

I think some people need to use a lot less starch in their laundry.

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