Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: symbol

I hastily add that this photo was taken at the Calgary Zoo, LOL! Though I am lucky enough to often see Bald Eagles in the wild, they are always at a great distance. This is what one really looks like when close : ) On the rare occasion when I visit, one of the Bald Eagles at the Zoo comes down to bathe in a tiny creek that runs through their outdoor enclosure and very close to the wire fence where I'm standing. Amazing to stand and watch them. My apologies to my Contacts for just replacing all three of my photos that I posted 7+ hours ago! I almost added a comment to a Help thread just now about photos not showing up in My Contacts, but decided I'd rather try reposting instead. For about a week now, my newly uploaded images can eventually get maybe a couple of comments and a handful of views in hours and hours - very strange and unusual. I HATE replacing any of mine, as it really annoys me when some people do this every day, sometimes more than once, pushing everyone else's images further away from the first page of My Contacts Images. Occasionally, the date on which the image was taken is even changed, when they replace it many hours later. I think if one has had maybe 150 views and 60 or 70 comments on a particular photo, it's very thoughtless and selfish to replace it, obviously to get even more views, comments, etc. If it didn't bury other people's images, that would be something else. However, it does do this. In fact, I have so often missed Contacts' images because I've noticed a particular image in My Contacts' images and not realized it had been replaced and so appeared nearer the beginning again. I mistakenly just assumed not many people had posted new photos. PLEASE do be thoughtful towards your Flickr friends and Contacts. This and certain other practices have begun to really disappoint me in recent times, and taken away a lot of the enjoyment of Flickr : )

Too many fungi (OK, Machel and Doug - you know I'm not serious, ha) , too many flowers .... I need a bird! This handsome, spectacular Bald Eagle lives at The Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre in southern Alberta, near Lethbridge. The Centre is a wonderful place that rescues and tries to rehabilitate injured birds of prey. Those that are able to be released are released and those that are injured too severely are kept and used in an educational way. I often see Bald Eagles in the wild, but never this close : )