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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, egret a diminutive of Aigron, heron. The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.
It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. It has also begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of least concern..
IMG_1989 2021 08 07 file
touring Lawton, OK - Old Town District- during the weekend celebration of Lawton's 120th birthday.
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Seen on the E.London/Essex borders, its still taxed and MOT'd until Spring 2023 too! Rarely see a 309 now in London....
Tehachapi!
UP 1989, DRGW heritage, drops down grade with a Spring, Texas bound auto train. The train is framed by a classic SP signal bridge that once watched over Tehachapi's eastern slope where the desert meets the mountains.
UP 1989 ~ ABESPX ~ Mojave, California
Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision
12.31.2011
Carl Schönenberger. Kenia 1989. Masai Mara. Löwe hält Siesta am Wegrand.
Foto analog mit Canon A1. Ab Negativ eingelesen.
Der heutige Throwback-Thursday führt uns in das Harzvorland. Die Köf 323 860 rangiert Güterwagen im damals noch ansehnlichen Bahnhof von Bad Gandesheim.
Carl Schönenberger. Kenia 1989. Masai Mara. Junger Löwe im Steppengras..
Foto analog mit Canon A1. Ab Negativ eingelesen.
This appears to have done a massive 174,000 miles, although it's hard to be 100% sure. It was on 95,000 in 2013, but there have been some odd readings since.
In nice condition.
Finally caught the DRGW heritage unit in the wild! First time railfanning the LA&SL in more than a year, and I forced myself to go out. There were a couple trains I observed in the pre-sunrise hour, so I set up at Nipton. The trains met at Calada, and then I heard the westbound was UP 1989 on the North Platte! I picked the perfect day to end my dry spell for sure.
Rough late 80s BMW seen in the Rayners Lane area, no sign of the 205GTi that is sometimes parked here!
1989 Jaguar Sovereign auto.
2919cc.
In present ownership since July 1999.
Last SORN declaration expired in February 2024 and last MoT test expired in June 2013.
Older vans really disappeared en masse in London post LEZ, although occasionally something like this would linger in the outer fringes of the city. This is still around, albeit on SORN currently. It seemed remarkably tidy at the time.
Late 80s Jagaur seen on the London/Herts borders, will get the blue Volvo next time, its taxed to Dec 2025.