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'Wishing you' a Happy and Peaceful Christmas' and all Best Birding to you in the New Year 2023, Steve.
Barn Owl carving photograph: Taken at Chatsworth House, Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1PP, December 2023.
What did they call the Barn Owl before barns were first built?
Ghost Owl, Hobgoblin Owl, Demon Owl, Death Owl, Hissing Owl, Church Owl ? to mention a few! ..Barn Owls were around long before the first farmers built barns to keep their animals or crops dry! They lived in rock crevices and hollow trees, and sometimes still do. But about 5,500 years ago, as soon as people began to build haystacks and animal shelters, Barn Owls moved in.
Its latin name—Tyto alba—simply means 'White Owl. ... Perhaps because of their white, ghost-like, appearance or their preference to hunt in open areas that can include cemeteries, barn owls have been associated with bad omens and even death!
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Barn Owl Notes and Information:
The Barn Owl is a species of open country, favouring lowland habitats such as farmland and young plantation woodland. Populations have recovered somewhat from an earlier period of decline and have benefited from the erection of nest boxes and appropriate habitat management. Barn Owl is listed on Schedule One of the Wildlife & Countryside Act and so receives additional protection during the breeding season; a Schedule One licence is required to visit the nest of this species.
Calls and identification Calls
The Barn Owl is not a particularly vocal species, the drawn out screech of the male only likely to be heard during the early stages of the breeding season.
Barn Owl chicks make a hissing call, sometimes referred to as ‘snoring’, when in the nest. This is used as a begging call and may be heard early in the evening when the chicks are waiting for one of their parents to make a feeding visit. The extent to which a chick calls provides an indication to its siblings of the individual’s willingness to compete for the next food item to be delivered.
Some individuals can look particularly ‘washed out’, while others are darker and have more strongly patterned plumage. Female Barn Owls are typically darker in their colouration than males and, additionally, have marked speckling on their flanks and underwing, which is rare in males. The dark-breasted race guttata, which occurs on the continent, may sometimes appear in Britain; such individuals are much darker in their appearance than our resident birds. In flight, adult Barn Owls may be confused with Short-eared Owl, a species alongside which they may hunt, though the latter species has more strongly patterned plumage and piercing yellow eyes.
Ecology and Conservation
Ecology
Distributed widely across Britain and Ireland, the Barn Owl is limited by winter weather conditions and so is absent from upland areas and the most northerly regions. The species is most familiar as an owl of lowland farmland – both pastoral and arable – with peak densities occurring in East Anglia, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Within Ireland the core breeding range is now centred on the south-west of the country. Favoured habitats contain areas of rough grassland and woodland edge, within which populations of Field Vole (the favoured prey) are sufficiently abundant. These habitats include the early successional stages of commercial plantation forest. In some areas, such as the arable landscapes of the Fens, secondary prey species like Wood Mouse become more important in the diet. The availability of small mammal prey shapes breeding behaviour; breeding may be delayed or not take place at all in those years when small mammal populations are at a low.
The Barn Owl is a cavity nester, favouring large cavities within mature hedgerow trees or the ledges found in old agricultural buildings. The species has adapted well to nest boxes, and it is likely that a significant proportion of the breeding population – probably well in excess of 25% - now uses them for breeding. Incubation begins with the first egg and, since consecutive eggs are laid at intervals of c.2 days, the resulting brood of chicks can vary in age by as much as two weeks. This strategy increases the chances of at least some chicks surviving if prey availability is low during the chick rearing period; the oldest and largest chicks will receive food first, at the expense of the last to hatch.
Key facts
Clutch Size: 4 – 6 eggs
Incubation: 32 days
Fledging: 53 – 61 days
First Clutches Laid: April – May
Number of Broods: 1 – 2
Age at First Breeding: 1 year
Typical Lifespan: 4 years
Maximum Age from Ringing: 15 years 3 months 21 days (set in 2016)
Conservation
The Barn Owl was certainly a far more common species at the beginning of the 20th century than it is today, but numbers have recovered from a low point evident during the 1970s and 1980s and may now exceed 10,000 breeding pairs. The last national survey, carried out between 1994 and 1997, but the population at c.4,000 breeding pairs. Though previously Amber listed through its loss of UK range, the species was moved to the UK Green list in 2015.
The efforts of volunteers have helped the species, with the erection of nest boxes replacing nesting opportunities that had been lost to the removal of hedgerow trees and the conversion of old farm buildings. Road mortality remains an important cause of death for young birds, particularly during the period of natal dispersal when they move away from where they were raised to establish a breeding territory of their own. Agricultural chemicals, including pesticide seed dressings and rodenticides, may have had an impact on Barn Owl populations, making ongoing monitoring an important priority. Work to provide suitable hunting habitat, and to tackle other potential causes of mortality, has also benefited the species BTO notes.
South façade of Pier Nine Casino which now occupies the Art Deco building designed by W.R.Glen, opened 1930 as the Savoy Cinema. Grand Junction Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
The growing presence of planes worried the Tongorian Army as the equipment in service was deemed outdated. The answer to this was these two weapons being mounted on the trusty ZIS-6 truck.
The two variants can engage faster planes (quad .30cal and twin 13.2mm mount) and hugh altitude bombers (76.2mm AA gun).
The light truck comes at a 0.33pp per 1 (3 for 1pp) while the heavy AA variant is 0.7pp per truck (7pp for 10)
Façade detail of Pier Nine Casino which now occupies the Art Deco building designed by W.R.Glen, opened 1930 as the Savoy Cinema. Grand Junction Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Lots of ambient, plus some flash CR. Blended in the windows using a flashy frame at 1/80...any slower than about 1/50 and the windows were super bloomy. Shot for an interior designer.
This was the main 'overall view' of the space (though we did also take one from the far right looking back towards the sofa). I'm not super crazy about this camera angle. Camera is in a doorway. There was a hall to the right that allowed for a 1PP (with the window on the right as vanishing point), but I really didn't like the 1PP for this space. There wasn't a lot of room to move the chest/table, but wish we'd moved it as close to the sofa (near the book) as possible, to eat up a little more carpet space. Probably could have even had it touching the sofa, without that being noticeable from the camera.
Wish I'd angled the guitar so that it wasn't facing the camera so directly. Client wasn't 100% sure about the tulips, so I shot it with and without. I kind of like them...
Feedback and suggestions are always appreciated. Thanks!
Kimmerian troops have long called it the "trackbus," a naming convention taken from Transnistrian liaisons over the years. That was then turned into "comfybus," as all the seats and walls are padded to reduce shock. Some KNA soldiers have since figured out how to remove the padding and build pillow forts out of it, given the KNA's recent lack of budget to actually do anything.
Muh peeanque
VM-T - APC (1pp)
Gun - 12.2mm (-1)
Armor - 30mm (0)
Speed - 80 kmh (0)
Amphibious (+1)
Comfy (+1)
Turretless IFV/AVF/APC (-1)
Chatsworth House with the emperor fountain with a little foreground display! The fountain is gravity-fed and can achieve a height of 280 feet - apparently the highest in the world.
Chatsworth is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.
The 105-acre gardens are magnificent too, worth a visit in their own right.
Ambient + flash frames blended in PS & finished in LR. 2 YN560s - 1 flash on a stick BOC above camera, STU CR. Still practicing 1PP so CC appreciated.
So things could be in a better situation for me at home, and I wasn't ready to try my luck this weekend at LDD. Worse, my little brother got no less than three Lego games for his birthday, so I doubt I will be able to use LDD for a while now.
So I asked NightmareSquid if he would be interested in modifying my Tigris. Even with the political tensions over the weekend he still found time to modify it. Bloody noble of him.
Once I received it I sent it off to Thomas for editing and rendering because NMS had used his own thin wheels.
So both of them have rights to edit the file and produce their own versions. Win win win.
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Onto the build. The basic parameters was to make the forward bit shorter, and add a ring for the .50cal machine gun to give it a 360 degree turning radius. The result is a vehicle with much more horsepower than the original, strong enough to pull field weapons, and a highly mobile assault vehicle perfect for raids and scouting.
I may ask one of them to make a version with a 25mm gun on it too.
All for the very cheap sum of 1pp for ten of these, designated as "cars".
A blend of several frames, mostly ambient.
This was taken for a builder, who is also a cabinet supplier. We took several shots of this kitchen. This is the only one showing the near side of the island and lower cabinetry. Client wanted a shot that emphasized these things, hence this view.
The balance in this composition is bugging me. Found it a little hard to decide where to place the camera. Further right and the fridge came into view (which client didn't want in the frame), and also the far corner of the island started to blend into the line of the oven. So I settled on this spot. With the 1PP, though, I really wish the vertical line in the window were in line with the center line of the double cabinets below. Also wish there were more of the cabinet pulls visible on the right edge. In retrospect, think I should have stepped forward a couple inches, then shot a little wider (which I hate doing!) - maybe 25-26mm? - to 'clear' the fridge and see more of the cabinet pulls and stove backsplash. And maybe by adding a bit more on the right side, the comp might feel more balanced?
Would love some feedback on the composition, camera placement, crop. This is cropped down from 3x2. I've pretty much maxed out the width, but there is plenty of ceiling and floor that I could add back in.
ps Absolutely hating the angle of the faucet! I angled it so it wouldn't get lost against the oven, but now it looks so...deliberately angled. No, not liking it at all.
Did some desaturation of the whites, but not 100%. I can still see some green and some warmth in areas...is it egregious? :)
Feedback on composition, or anything else, is much appreciated...thank you!
Chatsworth House is a stately home in Derbyshire, England, in the Derbyshire Dales 3.5 miles northeast of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549. Wikipedia
Address: Bakewell DE45 1PP
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The Stridsvagn m/41 was a WW2 light tank used by Sweden. While Sweden was neutral for the entirety of WW2, it still needed tanks that could keep up with the rapid developments of the war. The STRV m/41's 37mm anti-tank gun was deemed adequate as of the time it was introduced, although by the end of the war it was clear that this gun was hopelessly obsolete when it came to anything besides infantry support.
The Stridsvagn m/41 served into the 1950's with the Swedish Army's armored divisions before being retired and converted into PBV 301 armored personal carriers.
Perks and Quirks:
Gun: 37mm +0
Armor: +2
Speed: -1
Low Maintenance: +1
Prone to Cook-Off -2
Cost 1pp
Southern BREL Class 313/2 - 313201 (313001) repainted as part of a C6 overhaul at Wolverton in 2017.
2S22 13:55 LITTLEHAMPTON - 14:50 PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA on 19/05/2021 at Havant Station, Havant P09 1PP
This turned out shockingly well, in my opinion: probably because I modeled it after an actual real-life gun for once, instead of just eyeballing it.
Field gun: 3/1pp
The Pansarvärnskanonvagn Pvkv II and III was based on the Strv m/41 light tank chassis and were an attempt by Sweden to reuse the obsolete hulls as tank destroyers. They were lightly armored and had a large open topped turret, which depending on the version was armed either with a 57mm gun or a 75mm gun, both with a commendable 12 degrees of depression. In the end, the project was canceled in favor of other superior AT platforms and the m/41 light tanks were mostly turned into Pansarbandvagn 301 APCs
Perks and Quirks:
Gun: +1 (57mm)
Armor: +0
Speed: -1
Low Maintenance: +1
Open Roof: -1
Cost 1pp
Note: this is partially based on my friend Lego4life's work, check him out!