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Adults have long pink legs and a long thin black bill. They are white below and have black wings and backs. The tail is white with some grey banding. A continuous area of black extends from the back along the hindneck to the head. There, it forms a cap covering the entire head from the top to just below eye-level, with the exception of the areas surrounding the bill and a small white spot above the eye. Males have a greenish gloss to the back and wings, particularly in the breeding season. This is less pronounced or absent in females, which have a brown tinge to these areas instead. Otherwise, the sexes look alike

It is the largest North American heron, Notable features include slaty flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season. The bill is dull yellowish, becoming orange briefly at the start of the breeding season, and the lower legs gray, also becoming orangey at the start of the breeding season. Immature birds are duller in color, with a dull blackish-gray crown, and the flank pattern only weakly defined; they have no plumes, and the bill is dull gray-yellow.

The Willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus.-- is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks. Its closest relative is the Lesser Yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which both species show in breeding plumage. Adults have gray legs and a long, straight, dark and stout bill. The body is dark gray above and light underneath. The tail is white with a dark band at the end. The distinctive black and white pattern of the wings is a common sight along many North American coastal beaches

ANSH #4
anything dinosaur

my sons dinosaur has come to life

ANSH# 10
letting go

I have never had an issue with my hair length. I have gone from long to pixie boy cuts. But latetly I have had my hair the longest it has been since I was a child. Well, since my weightloss surgey, my hair has been falling out ike crazy. It is a common side effect of the surgery that lasts around 7 or 8 months and I knew it was going to happen, but wasnt prepared when actual chunks of hair started coming out. I was told to lighten the load...CUT IT OFF...
I tried, I sat in the chair, and when she came towards me I started crying..I couldnt cut it...so we ended up compromising...shoulderblade length and lots of layers. I really like it but really miss my hair. I have cut off 6 1/2 inches total so far, and hopefully I wont have to "LET GO" of any more!!! This was right after all the silly tears and drama......