Ceropegia's photos
Carousel Horse
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A Spillman Engineering outside row jumper on the Griffith Park Carousel. Built in 1926 by the Spillman Engineering Company and brought to Griffith Park in 1937, the Merry-Go-Round boasts 68 horses, everyone a jumper. Each horse is finely carved with jewel-encrusted bridles, detailed draped blankets and decorated with sunflowers and lion's heads. A Stinson 165 Military Band Organ, reputed to be the largest band organ accompanying a carousel on the West Coast, plays over 1500 selections of marches and waltz music. (DSC02388)
White Pelican Flock
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Part of a migrating flock of a couple hundred birds massed together to drive fish close to shore to catch and eat them on the Coosa River near Godfrey's Marina, off Wharton Bend Road, on the Coosa River, Rainbow City, Alabama. I count at least 94 birds in this photo. (IMG_9965)
White Pelican Flock
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Part of a migrating flock of a couple hundred birds massing together to drive fish close to shore to catch and eat them on the Coosa River on a cold rainy day near Godfrey's Marina, off Wharton Bend Road, Rainbow City, Alabama. I count at least 44 birds in this photo. (IMG_0046)
Eastern Phoebe Babies
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This is the second brood on this nest this year. It is located under my deck on the intake/output pipe of my instant hot water heater. They fledged the next day. The first brood had 5 babies. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0901)
Eastern Phoebe Nest
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Under my deck on the intake/output pipe of my instant hot water heater. This is the second brood in this nest this year. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0856)
Easten Phoebe Nest
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Under my deck on the intake/output pipe of my instant hot water heater. This is the first brood in this nest this year. They fledged the next day. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0586)
A Deceptively Peaceful Setting
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This photo was taken immediately upstream from a low head dam constructed for a Gulf States Steel pumping station that was abandoned in 2000 when the steel plant closed. These types of dams have been called “drowning machines.” As water goes over the dam, it creates a strong recirculating current, called a backroller or boil, at the base of the dam. The force of the backroller can trap boats against the dam and capsize them. People in the water can be trapped, pulled, and held under, even if they are wearing a life vest or personal flotation device. Since 2015 four people have drowned at this dam. Funds were voted to remove it in 2017, but it has yet to be removed. It is located in Attalla, Alabama on Big Wills Creek. Update, finally, in October 2022, the dam was removed.
Eastern Rat Snake
Eastern Rat Snake
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In my garden, Etowah County, Alabama It was about five feet long. Didn't move until I prodded it with a twig. Then it vibrated its tail, coiled up and struck at me. When I backed off, it turned and slithered rapidly away. (IMG_4972)
Keeping My Eye on You
Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse
Blood Wolf Moon
Preying Mantis
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
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Argiope auriantia, aka corn spider, or writing spider. My favorite spider, on my patio, Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_1780)
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Variegated Fritillary
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
