Fire on the Mountain and Geese on Lake Siri

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 356 is Electricity.
I saw this when walking up one of the mountain roads on Sunday.

I also heard lots of sirens. Tuesday, I took a look at the source of that smoke. I heard an electrical problem is a suspect.

I'm also linking to Michelle's Nature Notes (#339).
These Blacknose Dace live in Warm Spring Run along with the guppies. (I tried to get a better picture of them, but they are quite wary.)

I was wondering how close the geese by Lake Siri would let me get...



Update: I'm also linking to Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday 174. Here's Mrs. Downy Woodpecker at the suet feeder, and a Carolina Wren through the basement sliding doors.


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Capital Wheel

Here's a picture I took out the window on the way to landing at National Airport. A brief check on the great gazoogle tells me that is the Capital Wheel.

Here's another out-the-jet-window shot, somewhere between Las Vegas and Detroit:

Here's another picture of the Nixon Fish at MGM Grand:

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Do Fish Wear T-shirts?

I linked to Matt Taibbi's mock JP Morgan haiku contest at Jennifer's, and she noted...

Matt Taibbi: The entry by "Fish" I liked because of the clever Twitter-age five-syllable ending – this is like one of those actual Japanese haikus where a single sound symbol may count as two on:

Alas, feesh did not win one of the two t-shirts. But keep living the dream, feesh!

Cross-posted at Three Bulls!. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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A Goldie: The Wrath Of Cod

Starring Klaus Koldfish and directed by Warner Heezcod.







DOUBLE FEATURE!

Eight Legged, Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail-Fearing Freaks









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Chicory and Halping Fish

Chicory:



Halping Fish:

Stickleback fish show initiative, personality and leadership

August 15, 2012

These personality traits include qualities such as leadership and initiative, as well as the tendency to follow others. The results reveal a rather sophisticated social awareness in fish that was only previously hinted at.

Fish spend a lot of time in groups in order to decrease the risk of predation, but remaining part of a cohesive group is hard, as individuals often want different things. The emergence of leaders and followers settles these conflicts.

'It is a puzzling process as it means that some individuals win, while others lose out,' says Dr Shin Nakayama, from the University of Cambridge and first author of the research published in PLoS ONE.

P.S. Fish sunk to the bottom of the tank.
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Final Orange Post

One last ORANGE post. (Until the next one.)

Here is a Pearl Crescent Butterfly, Phyciodes tharos.



And swimming in Lake Siri, a three foot long goldfish.



Now for some rain movies.







And orbs!




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Halping fish

Because feesh needs all the halp he can get.



Other Beesness: A White-breasted Nuthatch, assorted Hairy Woodpecker pics, Lake Siri, and the moon.













(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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Orange Cat Friday

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Feed The Fish - 25 Cents

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But we decide which is right...And which is an illusion.

Carp Czar Battle Plan Sparks Great Lakes Row






Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan



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P.S. Helping fish.
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It's Kick-A-Hippie Day! / Damn You Fish

Lieberals are the Emmanuel Goldstein of DLC Corporatism. And also the Emmanuel Goldstein of GOBP Corporatism. But it's totally different!!!!








P.S. There are two major problems with this post. I'll attempt to fix both now.

Stolen from Roy (for educational porpoises, of course):

Fish kicking indoctrination:


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