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S2 St.Gallen - Rorschach Stadt
Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, Lamy Fountain-Pen, Lamy crystal Ink T53 Topaz, Watertank-Brush, 30‘ Sketch
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While at Okeeheelee Park nature center, we inquired at the information desk where I might find Indigo Buntings. The volunteers there told me that they had never heard of any sightings of Indigo Bunting there, but that the Green Kay Park nature center had some feeders and they had buntings visiting them, but again the volunteers did not know which type of bunting. When we got to the Green Cay feeders we found plenty of Painted Buntings, but no indigoes. Near the feeders, however, there were pruned palm frond stems where some birds would wait their turn to feed at the crowded feeders. I captured several dozen images of several bird varieties and so it was with this image.
According to Wikipedia, the Painted Bunting is a species of bird in the Cardinal family, that is native to North America. The male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America. Its colors, dark blue head, green back, red rump, and underparts, make it extremely easy to identify, but it can still be difficult to spot since it often skulks in foliage even when it is singing. The plumage of female and juvenile Painted Buntings is green and yellow-green, serving as camouflage. Once seen, the adult female is still distinctive, since it is a brighter, truer green than other similar songbirds. Adult Painted Buntings can measure 4.7–5.5 inches (12–14cm) in length, span 8.3–9.1 inches (21–23cm) across the wings and weigh 0.46–0.67 ounces (13–19gm).
The Norwegian Joy ducks underneath the Lions Gate Bridge at low tide on Sunday morning. This boat is one of the largest cruise ships in the world and is slightly longer (14cm) than it's new born sister, the Norwegian Bliss.The arrival time of this monster cruiseship was carefully calculated according to the low tide. It boasts 20 decks, while the Lions Gate Bridge has a clearance of 61 m (200 ft). The ship's main deck illuminates the bridge deck as it passed below. The pilot boat ahead (with a blue light) guides the Norwegian Joy through the first narrows of Burrard Inlet making it's way to Canada Place in Coal Harbour. Beyond the bridge, Ambleside in West Vancouver and Cypress Mountain. Captured at the start of blue hour from Brockton Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ 6:48am, October 6, 2019 💙
Trilling Cisticola, Cisticola woosnami woosnami, 14cm / 4.5in. COMMON in a wide variety of grassland with scattered bush and trees.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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From Conserve Ireland:
Males are larger than females with the average adult male measuring up to 40cm for the head and body while the females are shorter measuring up to 30cm. Stoats have long slender tails in proportion to their bodies which have a distinctive black tip at the end, males grow slightly longer tails than females which can measure up to 14cm in length. Adult males weigh up to 400 grams with females being much lighter weighing on average 200 grams. Unusually for mammals there is a noticeable difference in the size of the Irish population of stoats with individuals in the south being bigger and heavier than those found in more northern areas.
At the Irish Wildlife Photography Woodland hide, Mountmellick, Co Laois.
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Leaden Flycatcher
Scientific Name: Myiagra rubecula
Description: The Leaden Flycatcher is a small bird, mainly dark blue grey above and white below, with a small crest and a broad black-tipped blue bill surrounded by small bristles. It is sexually dimorphic (two forms), with males having entirely dark blue-grey upperparts, head and chest, while females have a blue-grey head and back with a distinctive reddish orange chin, throat and breast merging gradually into white lower parts, as well as a pale eye-ring. Young birds are brown-grey above with streaked wings and mottled brown chests with a reddish wash. Flycatchers have small rictal bristles around their bills. These are modified feathers that act as sensors to help the bird capture flying insects.
Similar species: The Leaden Flycatcher is similar to both the Broad-billed Flycatcher,M. ruficollis, and the Satin Flycatcher, M. cyanoleuca. Both sexes of the Broad-billed Flycatcher are similar in colouring, but lighter and less glossy, to the female Leaden Flycatcher. They differ by having a broader, wide-based bill and a brighter orange on the chest; this species is also found only in far northern tropical habitats. The very similar (and sexually dimorphic) Satin Flycatcher has females and young birds that tend to be darker above, while the males have more glossy heads and chests and a darker chest, wings and tail.
Distribution: The Leaden Flycatcher is found across northern Australia and down the east coast of Australia, from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to eastern Victoria. It is a vagrant to the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia and to Tasmania. It is also found in New Guinea and nearby islands.
Habitat: The Leaden Flycatcher is found in tall and medium open forests, mainly in coastal areas, preferring drier habitats than the Satin Flycatcher.
Seasonal movements: Southern populations make seasonal movements northwards in winter to northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea, returning south to breed in spring. Northern populations tend to be sedentary or only locally nomadic.
Feeding: The Leaden Flycatcher feeds on insects caught while on the wing or gleaned from foliage. They feed in the mid-canopy, darting from tree to tree in pairs or alone, perching only briefly on exposed twigs where they call and fan their short crests.
Breeding: The Leaden Flycatcher builds a shallow, cup-shaped nest of bark and grass held together by spider web and decorated with pieces of bark and lichen, on an exposed limb about 3 m to 25 m above the ground. Both sexes build the nest, incubate the eggs and feed the young. Unlike most other flycatchers, both adults may call from the nest.
Calls: Clear, loud repeated whistling: 'too-whit' or 'too-whee'; also, harsh rattles and buzzes
Minimum Size: 14cm
Maximum Size: 16cm
Average size: 15cm
Average weight: 13g
Breeding season: September to November in south; August to February in north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 15 days
Nestling Period: 15 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, 2nd Edition)
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Esta especie se encuentra solamente en Suramérica. Su nombre Aglaiocercus, significa cola esplendorosa y deriva de las raíces griegas aglaia = esplendor y kerkos = cola. Por su parte el epíteto kingi fue establecido en honor al marinero y explorador inglés Phillip Parker King.
Es un colibrí de pico corto, negro, recto y puntiagudo de aproximadamente 13mm de largo. El macho puede alcanzar una longitud total de 18cm, es verde brillante en la espalda con las partes inferiores más opacas, la coronilla verde iridiscente y presenta cola verde con plumas de longitud gradada, siendo las externas notoriamente largas (hasta 14cm). La hembra mide 9,7 cm, tiene el dorso verde brillante, la garganta y el pecho blancos con puntos verdes y el abdomen color canela. A diferencia del macho, la cola de la hembra es corta, ahorquillada y de color verde azul oscuro con puntas blancas.
En Colombia se distribuye desde 1400 hasta 3000 m de altura sobre el nivel del mar en la Serranía de Perijá, en la cordillera Oriental, en la cordillera Central desde el sur hasta su vertiente occidental en el departamento del Cauca, en la cordillera Occidental desde el sur hasta el departamento del Valle del Cauca.
Carl Zeiss Jena Kipronar 140mm f1.9 old petzval type cine projector lens on Canon 5D III camera.
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Variegated Fairy-wren
Scientific Name: Malurus lamberti
Description: The breeding male Variegated Fairy-wren is brightly coloured. The crown and sides of the head are blue, and the shoulder patch is a rich chestnut. The depth and variety of colours in the male varies among the four subspecies, distributed across the Australian mainland. Non-breeding males, females and young birds are brownish grey. Females in the Northern Territory and Western Australian populations have a blue-grey (rather than brown-grey) plumage. Variegated Fairy-wrens are highly sociable birds, living in communal, territorial groups that always consist of a dominant male and female; the rest of the group are young males and females.
Similar species: Several other species of fairy-wren are found in Australia. The males of each species are quite distinct, but the females and young birds are often difficult to separate. The female Variegated Fairy-wren has a dull grey-blue wash, while female and immature Superb Fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, are mostly brown, with adult females having a pale greenish gloss on the otherwise brown tail. The Variegated Fairy-wren is slightly larger in size and has a longer tail either the Superb or the White-winged Fairy-wrens.
Distribution: The Variegated Fairy-wren is the most widespread of the nine species of fairy-wrens found in Australia. It is found throughout Australia, being absent only from Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania and the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia.
Habitat: The Variegated Fairy-wren is found in forest, woodland and shrub land habitats
Feeding: The Variegated Fairy-wren feeds on insects and a small amount of seeds. The birds feed around the base of small shrubs, and seldom stray into the open. Some food may be found among the bark and foliage of short trees and grasses.
Breeding: The male Variegated Fairy-wren is often mistakenly believed to have a harem of females. The small groups actually consist of an adult female with younger or non-breeding birds. As they have a wide range, Variegated Fairy-wrens have been recorded breeding in almost every month of the year. The nest is an oval-shaped dome, constructed of grasses, and placed in a low shrub. The female alone constructs the nest and incubates the eggs, but is assisted by other group members in feeding the chicks.
Calls: A mechanical 'triri-tirirrit-tirit-trit-tirrririt-trit-tirrit' call only in the breeding season.
Minimum Size: 12cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 13cm
Average weight: 8g
Breeding season: Most of the year
Clutch Size: Three to four.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2016
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Esta especie se encuentra solamente en Suramérica. Su nombre Aglaiocercus, significa cola esplendorosa y deriva de las raíces griegas aglaia = esplendor y kerkos = cola. Por su parte el epíteto kingi fue establecido en honor al marinero y explorador inglés Phillip Parker King.
Es un colibrí de pico corto, negro, recto y puntiagudo de aproximadamente 13mm de largo. El macho puede alcanzar una longitud total de 18cm, es verde brillante en la espalda con las partes inferiores más opacas, la coronilla verde iridiscente y presenta cola verde con plumas de longitud gradada, siendo las externas notoriamente largas (hasta 14cm). La hembra mide 9,7 cm, tiene el dorso verde brillante, la garganta y el pecho blancos con puntos verdes y el abdomen color canela. A diferencia del macho, la cola de la hembra es corta, ahorquillada y de color verde azul oscuro con puntas blancas.
En Colombia se distribuye desde 1400 hasta 3000 m de altura sobre el nivel del mar en la Serranía de Perijá, en la cordillera Oriental, en la cordillera Central desde el sur hasta su vertiente occidental en el departamento del Cauca, en la cordillera Occidental desde el sur hasta el departamento del Valle del Cauca.
Es un habitante común en bordes de bosque húmedo y muy húmedo en donde utiliza el estrato alto de la vegetación. También habita en bosques en sucesión secundaria, claros de bosque y jardines.
Se alimenta principalmente de néctar, aunque también caza insectos al vuelo. Esta especie ha sido observada libando en flores de ericáceas y "Achira" o Canna sp., una planta herbácea de hasta 4m de altura, con inflorescencias de hasta 5 flores cada una.
Su reproducción se presenta prácticamente durante todo el año y el tamaño de la nidada en de dos huevos. Utiliza musgo y fibras para la construcción de un nido cerrado y abultado con entrada lateral, el cual adhiere a una rama con follaje.
Rouge-gorge familier
Erithacus rubecula
Ordre des Passériformes – Famille des Muscicapidés
Espèce très commune et familière (comme son nom l’indique), le rouge-gorge familier reste le roi des jardins. Plutôt solitaire en dehors de la période de reproduction, il est très proche de nous en hiver, quémandant quelques miettes de pain à la porte de la cuisine. Il consommera aussi des insectes, des vers, des fruits, des graines, et chantera pour nous au petit matin dès le début du printemps. Son chant mélodieux nous ravit même s’il nous réveille! Selon les régions, il est sédentaire ou migrateur. Au printemps, il installe son nid à l’abri dans la végétation, bien caché dans le lierre, une haie ou le feuillage serré d’un arbuste. C’est un oiseau territorial qui défendra son espace contre les autres espèces, ou même contre d’autres rouges-gorges. Ces disputes peuvent même parfois devenir violentes.
BIOMETRIE:
L: 14cm: Env: 20-22 cm; Poids: 15-20 g
LONGEVITE: environ 10 ans
DESCRIPTION DE L’OISEAU:
Le rouge-gorge familier est un oiseau particulièrement territorial et sa présence au jardin est source de joies et d’observations intéressantes.
Mâle et femelle sont semblables. La calotte, la nuque, et les parties supérieures, y compris les ailes et la queue sont d’un brun doux et uni. On distingue une barre alaire chamoisée très fine et pas toujours distincte.
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Variegated Fairy-wren
Scientific Name: Malurus lamberti
Description: The breeding male Variegated Fairy-wren is brightly coloured. The crown and sides of the head are blue, and the shoulder patch is a rich chestnut. The depth and variety of colours in the male varies among the four subspecies, distributed across the Australian mainland. Non-breeding males, females and young birds are brownish grey. Females in the Northern Territory and Western Australian populations have a blue-grey (rather than brown-grey) plumage. Variegated Fairy-wrens are highly sociable birds, living in communal, territorial groups that always consist of a dominant male and female; the rest of the group are young males and females.
Similar species: Several other species of fairy-wren are found in Australia. The males of each species are quite distinct, but the females and young birds are often difficult to separate. The female Variegated Fairy-wren has a dull grey-blue wash, while female and immature Superb Fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, are mostly brown, with adult females having a pale greenish gloss on the otherwise brown tail. The Variegated Fairy-wren is slightly larger in size and has a longer tail either the Superb or the White-winged Fairy-wrens.
Distribution: The Variegated Fairy-wren is the most widespread of the nine species of fairy-wrens found in Australia. It is found throughout Australia, being absent only from Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania and the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia.
Habitat: The Variegated Fairy-wren is found in forest, woodland and shrub land habitats
Feeding: The Variegated Fairy-wren feeds on insects and a small amount of seeds. The birds feed around the base of small shrubs, and seldom stray into the open. Some food may be found among the bark and foliage of short trees and grasses.
Breeding: The male Variegated Fairy-wren is often mistakenly believed to have a harem of females. The small groups actually consist of an adult female with younger or non-breeding birds. As they have a wide range, Variegated Fairy-wrens have been recorded breeding in almost every month of the year. The nest is an oval-shaped dome, constructed of grasses, and placed in a low shrub. The female alone constructs the nest and incubates the eggs, but is assisted by other group members in feeding the chicks.
Calls: A mechanical 'triri-tirirrit-tirit-trit-tirrririt-trit-tirrit' call only in the breeding season.
Minimum Size: 12cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 13cm
Average weight: 8g
Breeding season: Most of the year
Clutch Size: Three to four.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2016
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Swamp Flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica infulata, 14cm. / 5.5in. Restricted to Western Kenya there it is COMMON around swamps, papyrus reed beds and along lake shores.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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A 'General Cargo Ship' built in 2006 and currently sailing under the flag of Netherlands. She is 143m in length overall with a 22m beam.
Taken about 15 minutes before sunrise shows Amstelborg anchored in the Thames Estuary just off Shoeburyness East Beach and located behind the WW2 Defence Boom.
The 'Boom' (as is known locally) stretches from Shoeburyness to the deep water channels in the Thames Estuary, with the first section extending ESE for about a mile before turning SE and then in a SSE direction.
This was built as a major defensive structure to stop German submarines and consists of a double row of posts that stand approximately 3m above the sea bed with each measuring about 40cms square. The posts are staggered and stand roughly 1.2m apart laterally and 2.4m apart longitudinally and are tied together by heavy-guage angle iron measuring 11.5cm x 14cm
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Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, mechanical Pencil Pentel 0.7mm, 2B, Van Gogh Aquarell, Watertank-Brush, 30’ Speedsketch
Male Stout Cisticola (Rufous-crowned), Cisticola robustus nuchalis, 14cm / 5.5in. COMMON in open tall grassland, or grassland with scattered bushes.
Maasi Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Mit unseren Frauen und Freunden in Schlans. Warten, bis es Mitternacht wird.
Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, mechanical Pencil Pentel 0.7mm, 2B, Albrecht Dürer Watercolur Pencils, Uni Ball Pigment ink white, Watertank-Brush, 30‘ Sketch
Esta especie se encuentra solamente en Suramérica. Su nombre Aglaiocercus, significa cola esplendorosa y deriva de las raíces griegas aglaia = esplendor y kerkos = cola. Por su parte el epíteto kingi fue establecido en honor al marinero y explorador inglés Phillip Parker King.
Es un colibrí de pico corto, negro, recto y puntiagudo de aproximadamente 13mm de largo. El macho puede alcanzar una longitud total de 18cm, es verde brillante en la espalda con las partes inferiores más opacas, la coronilla verde iridiscente y presenta cola verde con plumas de longitud gradada, siendo las externas notoriamente largas (hasta 14cm). La hembra mide 9,7 cm, tiene el dorso verde brillante, la garganta y el pecho blancos con puntos verdes y el abdomen color canela. A diferencia del macho, la cola de la hembra es corta, ahorquillada y de color verde azul oscuro con puntas blancas.
En Colombia se distribuye desde 1400 hasta 3000 m de altura sobre el nivel del mar en la Serranía de Perijá, en la cordillera Oriental, en la cordillera Central desde el sur hasta su vertiente occidental en el departamento del Cauca, en la cordillera Occidental desde el sur hasta el departamento del Valle del Cauca.
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Superb Fairy-wren
Scientific Name: Malurus cyaneus
Description: Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens are among the most brightly coloured of the species, especially during the breeding season. They have rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. The belly is grey-white and the bill is black. Females and young birds are mostly brown above with a dull red-orange area around the eye and a brown bill. Females have a pale greenish gloss, absent in young birds, on the otherwise brown tail. The legs are brown in both sexes. Males from further inland and in the south-west of the range have more blue on the back and underparts.
Similar species: Several other species of fairy-wren are found in Australia. The males of each species are quite distinct, but the females and young birds are often difficult to separate. Of the species that overlap in range with the Superb Fairy-wren, the female White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus and Red-backed Fairy-wren M. melanocephalus lacks the chestnut colour around the eye, while the female Variegated Fairy-wren M. lamberti has a dull grey-blue wash. Both the Superb and White-winged Fairy-wrens are similar in size. The Variegated Fairy-wren is slightly larger in size and has a longer tail.
Distribution: Superb Fairy-wrens are found south of the Tropic of Capricorn through eastern Australia and Tasmania to the south-eastern corner of South Australia.
Habitat: Seen in most habitat types where suitable dense cover and low shrubs occur. They are common in urban parks and gardens, and can be seen in small social groups. These groups normally consist of one dominant male and several females and young birds.
Feeding: Superb Fairy-wrens feed on insects and other small arthropods. These are caught mostly on the ground, but may also be taken from low bushes. Feeding takes place in small social groups.
Breeding: The nest is a dome-shaped structure of grasses and other fine material. It is usually placed in a low bush and is constructed by the female. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed the young. Other members of the group will also help with the feeding of the young.
Male Superb Fairy-wrens have been labelled as 'the least faithful birds in the world'. Females may be courted by up to 13 males in half an hour, and 76% of young are sired by males from outside the social group.
Calls: The Superb Fairy-wren gives a series of high pitched trills, which are given by both sexes. The male often extends these trills into song.
Minimum Size: 13cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 14cm
Average weight: 10g
Clutch Size: Three to four.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2018
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Hunter's Cisticola, Cisticola hunteri, 14cm. / 5.5in. Forest edges, highland giant heather, remand valley herbage and overgrown cultivated habitat.
En-route to Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve from Nairobi, Kenya.
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"!!!! SUNBATHING OR COOLING OFF "!!!!!!
===================================== This was taken on a very hot day, I thought that birds where trying to reduce their body temperature by doing this, but a few people have commented that this is a sunbathing pose. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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THANK YOU for your visit and support, and comment , it is very appreciated and find encouraging, will return the visit as soon as possible, Stay safe and God bless..........Tomx.
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Am finding Flickr very slow on loading images, and comments, anybody finding the same experience.
Taille approximative 14cm - Poids : 19 à 24g.
Merci à tous pour vos visites, favoris et commentaires.
Bonne .
Thanks you all for your visits, faves and comments.
Have a good day.
Crazy Tuesday - Glass
This is a fused-glass tile I made at a craft evening .....it measures approx 14cm square. It is my interpretation of The Seaside !!
(Just got back from holiday and made it into Crazy Tuesday Group in the nick of time!!)
House Sparrow, (Linnaeus, 1758 Passer domesticus)
Family: Passeridae,
Length: 14cm. Wingspan: 20 to 22cm. Weight: 19 to 25g. Lifespan: 2 to 5 years.
Seen in the U.K. All year.
The House Sparrow is widespread over much of Europe, south to the North of Africa and across into Asia. It is also a resident, in the Scandinavia countries.
Over recent years, the House Sparrow population has declined throughout Great Britain, although still widespread and common, farmland flocks have practically disappeared.
The sexes are easily noticeably different at adult stage. The males colouring being a richer brown with darker markings, which are lacking in the female’s plumage. House sparrows are very social and tend to be seen in “family groups” especially in gardens and parks. They can also be very vocal when together in small groups.
Nesting: Will nest practically anywhere, roof space, cavity in a wall or tree; shrubs and even around wires, that can support their untidy nest in a discreet and secure location. Nests are mainly made up from grass, feathers and sometimes paper litter when available.
3 to 7 eggs are laid and can have 1 to 4 broods a year. (In southern counties, House Sparrows have more of a chance to have 3 to 4 broods).
Feeding: Usually feed on ground, taking seeds and berries, young shoots from trees and bushes. A common visitor on bird tables for nuts and seed mixtures, will also feed on various food scraps. All insects and various arthropods are eaten, so are small vertebrates such as frogs and lizards. The parents will mainly feed the young, insects, spiders, small quantities of seeds and grit until about 15 days after hatching.
Habitat: Farmlands, parks, urban gardens, thrives in towns and villages close to most human habitations.
Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, mechanical Pencil Pentel 0.9mm, 2B, Van Gogh Aquarell, Watertank-Brush, 30’ Sketch
Carl Zeiss Jena Kipronar 140mm f1.9 old petzval type cine projector lens.
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Canon Canonet (~1961)
Canon Lens SE f=45mm, 1:1,9
Copal SV shutter 1s / 1/500 and B
Manual exposure or shutter priority controlled by electric eye (Selenium cell around the lens)
Coupled rangefinder
Flash sync M and X with pc connection in the front
35mm film
This camera started production in 1961.
It was a scandal! Canon manufacturing an intermediate-market camera!
It was the first of many.
The design is superb on the top plate it as only the shutter release, with a ring around it to block the shutter, when at B, then the counter and the accessory shoe.
The other controls are in the bottom plate: the advance lever, the film release, the rewind lever and the back opening system.
The camera is quite big and heavy despite of it's smart look.
14cm(L)x9cm(H)x 7cm(D)
700g(W)
Here are some photos taken with this camera.
The Gun Saluting Battery in Valletta, Malta, is located one level below the Upper Barrakka Gardens. The Saluting Battery served both as a defensive and ceremonial platform from where dignitaries and visiting dignitaries to the island were greeted with gun fire. It also doubled as the official public time marker for the island with the firing of three cannon at sunrise, noon and sunset.
The Saluting Battery was started in 1566 as part of the main fortification belt around the city of Valletta. The Battery sits on a strategic point guarding the Grand Harbor of Malta. It is opposite of the Fort of Saint Angelo. Together, these two armed positions could close the harbor to any enemy navies. Besides a defensive role, the Saluting Battery also played an important ceremonial role. It fired gun salutes at national and religious holidays and festivals. The battery also fired salutes to honor visiting dignitaries to the island. Further, important news such as military victories would be announced with a gun salute. After 1814 when Malta was handed over to the British Empire, the Saluting Battery became the responsibility of the British Royal Navy. The battery would be fired to celebrate the Royal birthday and births of new members of the royal family. It was this function that gave the battery its name.
Another job of the battery was to mark the hour by firing at noon and sunset. It would also signal the opening and closing of the city gates. This function continued until the start of the 20th century with the battery firing at noon so the ships in the harbor could synchronize their ships’ clocks.
The guns have a calibre of 24-pounds (14cm), weigh a rough 2.6 tonnes and have a length of 2.91m. They carry the Royal cipher of King George III. When used in active service these guns could be fitted with fore and rear sights on their second reinforce and cascable respectively. All eight guns are original pieces made by Carron Iron Works of Falkirk in Scotland or Samuel Walker & Co., iron founders of Grenoside near Sheffield. They were made between 1790 and 1810.
Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, Lamy Fountain-Pen, Lamy crystal Ink T53 Topaz, Watertank-Brush, 15‘ Sketch
"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!"
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This female, reed bunting was doing what's on the label, everything to try and stop me getting a clear shot, and succeeded .Resident all year round, but are most conspicuous in the breeding season, at other times like now, the species is rather unobtrusive, and hard to find, so was pleased with this small blessing!
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THANK YOU for your kind comments, love reading them, and find then encouraging, the weekend is almost here, enjoy, keep a smile on your face, and love in your heart, God bless. .............Tomx.
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Grey Fantail
Scientific Name: Rhipidura albiscapa
Description: The Grey Fantail is most easily recognised by its constantly fanned tail and agile aerial twists and turns. Both sexes are similar in appearance: grey above, with white eyebrow, throat and tail edges. This species is quite inquisitive and will closely approach an observer.
Similar species: Willie Wagtail, Rufous Fantail
Distribution: The Grey Fantail is found throughout Australia.
Habitat: The Grey Fantail is found in most treed habitats.
Seasonal movements: Appears to undergo a partial northern migration during winter.
Feeding: The Grey Fantail feeds on flying insects, which it catches by chasing them from the edge of foliage at all levels in the canopy.
Breeding: The Grey Fantail builds its nest in a thin tree-fork, unusually between 2 and 5 metres from the ground. It is made of fine grass bound together with large amounts of spider web. The bottom of the nest is drawn out into a long stem, resembling that of a wine-glass. Both parents share nest-building, incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young when they hatch.
The nest of the Grey Fantail has a long tapering stem that resembles a wine-glass.
Calls: Ascending, tinkling, whistles and squeaks.
Minimum Size: 14cm
Maximum Size: 16cm
Average size: 15cm
Average weight: 9g
Breeding season: July to January
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 21 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Whenever Jan Nagalski and Felicia make it down to Florida, my wife and I make our obligatory visit to the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and on each visit I spend a significant part of the visit looking for the buntings and other creatures that visit the feeders by the entrance to the boardwalk. This year the birding at the sanctuary was again less than exciting. In addition, the feeders by the entrance didn't offer much, but the single feeder further into the sanctuary offered a few Painted Buntings and, very importantly, a perch where the birds would wait their turn at the feeder and where they could be photograph without the intrusive feeder appearing in the image.
The Painted Bunting is a species of bird in the Cardinal family that is native to North America. The male Painted Bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America. Its colors, dark blue head, green back, red rump, and underparts, make it extremely easy to identify, but it can still be difficult to spot since it often skulks in foliage even when it is singing. The plumage of female and juvenile Painted Buntings is green and yellow-green, serving as camouflage. Once seen, the adult female is still distinctive, since it is a brighter, truer green than other similar songbirds. Adult Painted Buntings can measure 4.7–5.5 inches (12–14cm) in length, span 8.3–9.1 inches (21–23cm) across the wings and weigh 0.46–0.67 ounces (13–19gm).
Info above was extracted from Wikipedia.
I still need to think of a good name for this piece--open to suggestions.
Finally completed—the hard parts anyway, still need to polish the glass and metals. The original idea was to build this for use as a candle/votive holder, or simply as a piece of table art—but the inside measurement would allow for a 4” plant pot to sit inside comfortably~~too bad I don’t have a plant—my cats like to eat them.
It took a bit of materials to build~~1 square foot of orange, ½ SF white, at least 5 feet of copper foil, about double that in solder. It surprised me how much lead came—the framing used around all four sides and bottom—it worked out to around 89.5 inches, over 7 feet, over 2 meters.
It’s a heavy piece as well at over 2 pounds, just about a kilogram. It measures 5 ½ inches (14cm) long by wide, 5 ½ inches tall to the tips of the ears. Inside measurement is just over 5 inches long by wide, nearly 13cm.
Stillhard & Birn, 21.6 x 14cm, 270g/m2, Lamy Fountain-Pen, Lamy crystal Ink T53 Topaz, Watertank-Brush, 15‘ Sketch
The male whitethroat does, indeed, have a white throat! Arriving from Sub-Saharan Africa in April, it can be spotted on grassland and scrub, and along hedgerows. It is bigger than the lesser whitethroat.
Category:
Tits, crests and warblers
Length: 14cm
Wingspan: 20cm
Weight: 16g
Average lifespan: 2 years
Streaky brown & grey, darker than a Robin, thinner beak than a sparrow. Creeping, shuffling gait, sits upright when singing its fast warbling song
First shot with new 200-500 lens
Length 13-14cm
Wingspan 19-21cm
Weight 19-24gm
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Superb Fairy-wren (landscape version)
Scientific Name: Malurus cyaneus
Description: Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens are among the most brightly coloured of the species, especially during the breeding season. They have rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. The belly is grey-white and the bill is black. Females and young birds are mostly brown above with a dull red-orange area around the eye and a brown bill. Females have a pale greenish gloss, absent in young birds, on the otherwise brown tail. The legs are brown in both sexes. Males from further inland and in the south-west of the range have more blue on the back and underparts.
Similar species: Several other species of fairy-wren are found in Australia. The males of each species are quite distinct, but the females and young birds are often difficult to separate. Of the species that overlap in range with the Superb Fairy-wren, the female White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus and Red-backed Fairy-wren M. melanocephalus lacks the chestnut colour around the eye, while the female Variegated Fairy-wren M. lamberti has a dull grey-blue wash. Both the Superb and White-winged Fairy-wrens are similar in size. The Variegated Fairy-wren is slightly larger in size and has a longer tail.
Distribution: Superb Fairy-wrens are found south of the Tropic of Capricorn through eastern Australia and Tasmania to the south-eastern corner of South Australia.
Habitat: Seen in most habitat types where suitable dense cover and low shrubs occur. They are common in urban parks and gardens, and can be seen in small social groups. These groups normally consist of one dominant male and several females and young birds.
Feeding: Superb Fairy-wrens feed on insects and other small arthropods. These are caught mostly on the ground, but may also be taken from low bushes. Feeding takes place in small social groups.
Breeding: The nest is a dome-shaped structure of grasses and other fine material. It is usually placed in a low bush and is constructed by the female. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed the young. Other members of the group will also help with the feeding of the young.
Male Superb Fairy-wrens have been labelled as 'the least faithful birds in the world'. Females may be courted by up to 13 males in half an hour, and 76% of young are sired by males from outside the social group.
Calls: The Superb Fairy-wren gives a series of high pitched trills, which are given by both sexes. The male often extends these trills into song.
Minimum Size: 13cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 14cm
Average weight: 10g
Clutch Size: Three to four.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Splendid Fairy-wren
Scientific Name: Malurus splendens
Description: The breeding plumage of the male is predominantly blue, varying from cobalt-blue in the east of its range to violet-blue in the west.It has black bands at the base of the tail (absent in the violet-blue birds), across the breast and from the beak, through the eyes to join a band across the back of its neck. Its crown and cheek patches are paler blue. Wings and long tail are brown with a blue wash. His beak is black and his legs and feet are brown-grey. In non-breeding plumage, called eclipse, he is very similar to the female, being pale brown above and buff to white underneath although he retains the blue wash on wings and tail. The female does not have the blue wash on her wings, but does have a reddish-tan line from beak to eye that extends into a ring around her eye. Her beak is reddish-tan.
Similar species: The male in breeding plumage is quite distinct but in eclipse he is similar to the males of other fairy-wrens in eclipse. A faint wash of blue on male wings during eclipse distinguishes this species from others. The female is similar to females of other fairy-wren species, but has a bluer tail than most.
Distribution: These birds are widely distributed across Australia in two areas. One area is from about Shark Bay south through WA, through SA except the coast to about the Flinders Ranges and the southern and central parts of NT. The eastern area include SA from the Flinders Ranges, the far north-western tip of Vic, NSW east to about Moree and Balranald and south central Qld.
Habitat: These birds live in arid to semi-arid areas, in mostly dense shrublands or woodlands of acacia, and mallee eucalypt with dense shrubs.
Seasonal movements: These birds are mostly sedentary, defending a territory all year, but the younger females may disperse to another territory. In some areas they are semi-nomadic, depending on local conditions.
Feeding: Like most of the fairy-wrens, Splendid Fairy-wrens eat mostly insects and forage on both the ground and in shrubs. They live in groups which forage together.
Breeding: The Splendid Fairy-wren female builds an oval domed nest of dry grass, strips of bark and rootlets, with an entrance two thirds of the way up one side. The female is the only member of the group to incubate the eggs, but all members of the group feed the chicks.
Calls: A rapid series of slightly metallic, high-pitched pips that blend into an "undulating" call.
Minimum Size: 12cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 13cm
Average weight: 9g
Breeding season: mostly September-December, but can extend from August to April
Clutch Size: 2 to 4, mostly 3
Incubation: 15 days
Nestling Period: 11 days
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An Orange Weaver at Osu in Ghana, West Africa. This bird is a member of the Ploceidae family and is 14cm and weighs 21–29gm.
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EXPLOSIVE SONG, is the first indication of its presence, and often the last, as they are very skulking, you have to be very lucky to see one, this was taken at Oare Marshes, Kent, U.K, several weeks ago, came hope thinking it was not good enough to show, but am desperate to find something better at the moment.
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SORRY that many of you will label this as a L.B.B.
Little brown bird, but special to me!
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Esta especie se encuentra solamente en Suramérica. Su nombre Aglaiocercus, significa cola esplendorosa y deriva de las raíces griegas aglaia = esplendor y kerkos = cola. Por su parte el epíteto kingi fue establecido en honor al marinero y explorador inglés Phillip Parker King.
Es un colibrí de pico corto, negro, recto y puntiagudo de aproximadamente 13mm de largo. El macho puede alcanzar una longitud total de 18cm, es verde brillante en la espalda con las partes inferiores más opacas, la coronilla verde iridiscente y presenta cola verde con plumas de longitud gradada, siendo las externas notoriamente largas (hasta 14cm). La hembra mide 9,7 cm, tiene el dorso verde brillante, la garganta y el pecho blancos con puntos verdes y el abdomen color canela. A diferencia del macho, la cola de la hembra es corta, ahorquillada y de color verde azul oscuro con puntas blancas.
En Colombia se distribuye desde 1400 hasta 3000 m de altura sobre el nivel del mar en la Serranía de Perijá, en la cordillera Oriental, en la cordillera Central desde el sur hasta su vertiente occidental en el departamento del Cauca, en la cordillera Occidental desde el sur hasta el departamento del Valle del Cauca.
Es un habitante común en bordes de bosque húmedo y muy húmedo en donde utiliza el estrato alto de la vegetación. También habita en bosques en sucesión secundaria, claros de bosque y jardines.
Se alimenta principalmente de néctar, aunque también caza insectos al vuelo. Esta especie ha sido observada libando en flores de ericáceas y "Achira" o Canna sp., una planta herbácea de hasta 4m de altura, con inflorescencias de hasta 5 flores cada una.
Su reproducción se presenta prácticamente durante todo el año y el tamaño de la nidada en de dos huevos. Utiliza musgo y fibras para la construcción de un nido cerrado y abultado con entrada lateral, el cual adhiere a una rama con follaje.