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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (38)
flaviok
Impressionante, fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
mickeyrony
All predator lol ....... Nice shot good choice of post. Thank you so much for sharing ((5 + +)) Tous des carnassiers lol....... Belle prise de vue bon choix de post . Merci beaucoup de partager ((5++))
jayfar
Terrific shot and great title.
MagikUnicorn
Great shot
adrie
Fabulous capture and a cool title.
bmac62
The Ibis looks well equipped for deep dumpster diving:) Neat photo...the big go first.
drifterlee
LOL! This is so cute!
emmecielle
wonderful capture! :)
Faemike55
Fantastic capture, Sig! Great shot of the Ibis.
auntietk
This is almost surrealistic! An ibis in a dumpster. Gulls, yes. Crows, yes. But that's because those birds are what I'm used to! Amazing capture.
jocko500
cool looking
bazza
I can just hear the smaller birds thinking, " I hope this big guts don't eat it all" lol.. Great shot Sig!!
theprojectionist
Great shot,ah the Ibis there all over Sydney now into everything edible too eh.
alessimarco
~Cool capture!~
rbowen
Very good capture!
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
whaleman
Nice shot! I don't like to see birds becoming dumpster divers. It doesn't say much for us.
Richardphotos
very humorous.I was hoping that you were not going to say that the cans were being taken to the restaurants as the day's catch.even in a trash can the large bird is beautiful
kbrog
Wonderful capture! :)
renecyberdoc
yeah he said wait a minute little bugger now is my turn.lol.
virginiese
stunning picture of this ibis. And yes, bigger animals can choose their meal before the smaller ones...
kgb224
I see even the Sea Gull is sitting in the row waiting to get a turn. Stunning capture. God Bless.
Feliciti
a perfect Dinner for all !!great capture of this moment!!
bimm3d
fantastic!! gorgeous capture!!
dakotabluemoon
Sweet shot of these guys and so different.
erlandpil
Great shot erland
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
jophoto
I've never seen an ibis in a dumpster! Amazing capture.
flavia49
fantastic and hilarious shot
sandra46
OUTSTANDING CAPTURE