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Phantom Flight 2
It's first venture into the "real world". Camera setting on Auto at this stage while I get some flight skills ;-)
From the very limited/sold out Crysis 2: Nano Edition
Kicked myself for not pre-ordering this version before release. Now it is no longer available. Was lucky enough to win this off of ebay.com instead.
ALCATRAZ FIGURINE
Produced by First4Figures ( www.first4figures.com/ ), this awesomely detailed figurine of main character Alcatraz perched on top of a New York taxi features unique lighting effects as seen on the Nanosuit 2. It is approximately 11" tall.
These shots show the lighting effects (internal to the suit) in action.
This games kicks some serious A$$
Konica C35 EF3
Legacy Pro 100
1hr Stand Dev - Rodinal
I picked this camera up at Goodwill for $2. It has a Hexanon 35mm 2.8 lens, is shiny plastic red and rectangular in shape. This camera has a light leak but only at the edges and in between frames. Not a bad camera for the price.
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]
A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus,[2] China rose,[2] Hawaiian hibiscus,[2] rose mallow[3] and shoeblackplant,[4] is a species of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae. It is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions, but is not known in the wild, so that its native distribution is uncertain.[5] An origin in some part of tropical Asia is likely.[2] It is widely grown as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics.Hibiscus rosa-sinensis was named in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum.[6] The Latin term rosa-sinensis literally means "rose of China", though it is not closely related to the true roses.[7] The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five petals and their colors can be white to pink, red, orange, peach, and yellow or purple that are 4–18 cm broad. The flowers from various cultivars and hybrids can be either a single flower or a double flower. Flower color in certain species, such as H. mutabilis and H. tiliaceus, changes with age This flower has a crown that consists of 15 - 20 leaves which are alternate and ovate.
At the bottom of every hibiscus bud is the calyx which is green in color. The pointed ends of the calyx are the sepals. When the hibiscus begins to bloom, the petals begin to grow which contains multiple petals and multiple colors. The ovary and other female parts of the flower lie in the main structure of the hibiscus, the pistil, which is long and tubular. The hibiscus has both male and female parts on the same flower. The five hairy red spots on the top of the flower is the stigma (female part) of the flower. The stigma is located at the end of the style branch. At the top of the pistil is known as the stigma, where pollen is collected, and in the middle is the style, which is the section that the pollen travels down to the ovary. The ovary lies at the bottom of the blossom and the hibiscus has only one ovary which is superior.
The male part (stamen) of the flower consists of stem-like filaments and each filament ends with the pollen-producing anther. The anthers, which release the pollen, sits on the filament and these two organs make up the stamen, the male part of the flower. Together, these organs make up the male part of the flower known as the stamen. The hibiscus has hundreds of stamens. Overall, the hibiscus is a dicot, solitary (axillary), complete, perfect, has a superior ovary, regular symmetry, and axile placentation. It has 5 carpels, 5 locules, 5 sepals, and the amount of stamens may vary.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree growing 2.5–5 m (8–16 ft) tall and 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) wide, with glossy leaves and solitary, brilliant red flowers in summer and autumn. The 5-petaled flowers are 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, with prominent orange-tipped red anthers.[8]
The root is a branched tap root. The stem is aerial, erect, green, cylindrical and branched. The leaf is simple, with alternate phyllotaxy and is petiolate. The leaf shape is ovate, the tip is acute and margin is serrated. Venation is unicostate reticulate. (Venation is branched or divergent.) Free lateral stipules are present. （From Wikipedia）
ブッソウゲ（仏桑花、Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of China, Chinese hibiscus）は、アオイ科フヨウ属の低木。扶桑花、仏桑華とも。沖縄では赤花ともいう。
ハイビスカスとも言うが、フヨウ属の学名・英名がHibiscusであることから、この名前は類似のフヨウ属植物を漠然と指すこともあって、複雑なアオイ科の園芸種群の総称ともなっている。極めて変異に富み、8000以上の園芸品種が知られているが、一般的には高さ2 - 5mに達する熱帯性低木で、全株無毛ときに有毛、葉は広卵形から狭卵形あるいは楕円形で先端は尖る。
花は戸外では夏から秋に咲くが、温室では温度が高ければ周年開花する。小さいものでは直径5cm、大きいものでは20cmに及び、らっぱ状または杯状に開き、花柱は突出する。花が垂れるもの、横向きのもの、上向きのものなど変化に富む。花色は白、桃、紅、黄、橙黄色など様々である。通常、不稔性で結実しないことが多い。5裂の萼の外側を、色のついた苞葉が取り巻いているので、萼が2重になっているように見える。よく目立つ大きな花は花弁が5枚で、筒状に合体した雄蕊の先にソラマメのような形の葯がついていて、雌蕊は5裂する。果実は5室の豆果で、多数の種子が入っている。
中国南部原産の説やインド洋諸島で発生した雑種植物であるとの説もあるが、原産地は不明である。本土への渡来は、慶長年間（1610年頃）に薩摩藩主島津家久が琉球産ブッソウゲを徳川家康に献じたのが最初の記録として残っているという。
ほぼ一年中咲くマレーシアでは、マレー語でブンガ・ラヤと呼び、国花として制定している。マレーシア国内で使われているリンギット硬貨にも刻印され親しまれている花のひとつである。
日本では南部を除き戸外で越冬できないため、鉢植えとして冬は温室で育てる。鉢植えの土は砂、ピートなどを多く混ぜた軽いものを用い、ときに液肥をあたえる。繁殖は通常、挿木で行い、梅雨期に一年枝を砂にさし、発根後土に植える。大輪種は在来種に接木を行う必要がある。
沖縄県では庭木、生垣とする。沖縄南部では後生花（ぐそうばな）と呼ばれ、死人の後生の幸福を願って墓地に植栽する習慣がある。
中国では赤花種の花を食用染料としてシソなどと同様に用い、また熱帯アジアでは靴をみがくのに利用するといわれ、shoe flowerの別名がある。
I was tagged by joanneteh_32 daisy plus three and mrs. peel !
1. There has not been a decent photo taken of me in the past couple years. (that is the reason I am posting a photo of my backside from 2006 taken the day before I donated my hair to locks of love :)
2. It really bothers me that I look way terrible in photos but OK in person.
3. I am the baby of the family.
4. I buy scrapbook supplies but hardly ever use them. (way too many)
5. I saw the original rock opera Tommy LIVE !
6. I turn off sad animal commercials because they make me cry.
7.I died after throat surgery in 2000
8. I am a loyal friend
9. I love taking a drive on a pretty day
10. I LOVE music
11. I have a severe fear of public speaking but will talk and talk and talk one on one.
12. I have had Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue for over 20 years.
13. I studied piano for 10 years but never play anymore. (don't remember how !)
14. I have a hard time making decisions.
15. I love old British Comedies like "Keeping up Appearances"
16. I am forever trying to decide what to with my hair but it generally looks pretty much the same LOL
Die Gründung der Kirche geht auf eine Wallfahrt zurück, die seit 1739 bestand. Sie entstand aus der Verehrung einer Statue des gegeißelten Heilands, die 1730 von Pater Magnus Straub und Bruder Lukas Schweiger im oberbayrischen Kloster Steingaden angefertigt wurde. Die Statue wurde 1732–34 bei der Karfreitags-Prozession des Klosters mitgetragen, kam aber 1738 in Privatbesitz eines Bauern auf der Wies, dem Ort des Sommer- und Erholungsheims des Klosters einige Kilometer südöstlich des Ortes. Am 14. Juni 1738 bemerkte die Bäuerin Maria Lory in den Augen der Figur einige Tropfen, die sie für Tränen hielt. Im folgenden Jahr 1739 führten Gebetserhörungen und kleinere Wallfahrten zum Bildnis des Heilands zum Bau einer kleinen Feldkapelle. 1744 wurde die Erlaubnis eingeholt, in der Kapelle die Messe zu lesen, womit die Wallfahrten den offiziellen Segen der Kirche erhielten.[1]
Die heutige Wieskirche wurde von 1745 bis 1754 von den Brüdern Johann Baptist und Dominikus Zimmermann unter der Leitung von Abt Marinus II. Mayer im Stile des Rokoko erbaut. Der Bau brachte das Kloster Steingaden in große finanzielle Schwierigkeiten. So stiegen die Baukosten von den ursprünglich veranschlagten 39.000 fl auf schließlich 180.000 fl. Zusammen mit anderen Verpflichtungen führte das zu einer finanziellen Gesamtbelastung, von der sich das Kloster bis zu seiner Auflösung während der Säkularisation im Jahre 1803 nie mehr ganz erholte.[2]
Häufig wird kolportiert, der bayerische Staat habe im Zuge der Säkularisation geplant, die Wieskirche zu versteigern oder abzureißen, und nur ortsansässige Bauern hätten die Erhaltung des Bauwerks erreicht. Belegen lässt sich allerdings im Gegenteil, dass sich die Aufhebungskommission von 1803 – gegen wirtschaftliche Bedenken des Steingadener Abts – ausdrücklich für die Weiterführung der Wallfahrt in der Wies aussprach.[3]
1983 wurde die Wieskirche zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt und von 1985 bis 1991 für 10,6 Millionen DM restauriert. Heute besuchen jährlich mehr als eine Million Menschen die Kirche. Sie ist regelmäßig Veranstaltungsort von kirchenmusikalischen Konzerten.
Die großen Hauptfeste der Wies sind: am 1. Mai die Eröffnung des Wallfahrtsjahres, am 14. Juni oder am folgenden Sonntag das Fest der Tränen Christi (Gedächtnis der Tränenwunders und Entstehung der Wallfahrt), das Schutzengelfest am ersten Sonntag im September zum Gedächtnis der Kirchweihe und das Fest der Bruderschaft zum gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies am zweiten Sonntag im Oktober. Festlich begangen wird in der Wies auch die Kar- und Osterliturgie. An der Kirche besteht die „Confraternitas Domini Nostri Flagellati“ (Bruderschaft zum gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies), deren Mitglieder sich der besonderen Verehrung des gegeißelten Heilands widmen. Sie umfasst heute über 350 Mitglieder, bestehend aus Priestern und Laien.
The foundation of the church dates back to a pilgrimage, which existed since 1739. It originated from the worship of a statue of the scourged Savior, which was made in 1730 by Father Magnus Straub and brother Lukas Schweiger in the Upper Bavarian monastery Steingaden. The statue was supported during the procession of the monastery in 1732-34, but in 1738 it came into the possession of a peasant on the meadow, the place of the summer and recreation home of the monastery a few kilometers southeast of the village. On 14 June 1738 the farmer Maria Lory noticed in the eyes of the figure a few drops, which she considered tears. In the following year 1739, prayers and small pilgrimages led to the image of the Savior to build a small field chapel. In 1744, permission was given to read mass in the chapel, which gave the pilgrims the official blessing of the church. [1]
The present-day Wieskirche was built between 1745 and 1754 by the brothers Johann Baptist and Dominikus Zimmermann under the leadership of Abbot Marinus II Mayer in the style of Rococo. The construction brought the monastery Steingaden into great financial difficulties. The construction costs rose from the original 39,000 fl to 180,000 fl. Together with other commitments, this resulted in a financial total burden from which the monastery never fully recovered until its dissolution during secularization in 1803. [2]
It is often said that in the course of secularization the Bavarian state had planned to auction or demolish the Wieskirche, and only local farmers would have achieved the preservation of the building. On the contrary, the abolition commission of 1803 - against the economic concerns of the Steingadener Abts - explicitly stated that the pilgrimage to the pilgrimage route in the Wies was [3]
In 1983, the Wieskirche was declared World Cultural Heritage and restored from 1985 to 1991 for DM 10.6 million. Today more than a million people visit the church every year. It is a regular venue for church music concerts.
The main festivals of the Meadows are: the opening of the pilgrimage year on 1 May, the Feast of the Tears of Christ on 14 June or the following Sunday (the memory of the miraculous miracle and the emergence of the pilgrimage), the Schutzengelfest on the first Sunday of September And the Feast of the Brotherhood to the Scourged Savior on the Meadows the second Sunday of October. The Kar- and Osterliturgie are celebrated in festivals. In the church there is the "Confraternitas Domini Nostri Flagellati" (Brotherhood to the Scourged Savior on the Meadows), whose members devote themselves to the special worship of the Scourged Savior. It now comprises over 350 members, consisting of priests and laymen.
Quelle:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieskirche
"This was a really cool idea, and one that we tried hard to make work. There are two things that held it back, though: 1) Toran, the main character, was positioned way to low, and 2) it was simply too much to fit in."
- PSM Staff
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform, and is a tourist location with approximately 500,000 visitors a year, of whom about 30% visit in July and August.[1][2] It is close to the rock arch of Durdle Door and other Jurassic Coast sites.
The cove has formed because there are bands of rock of alternating resistance running parallel to the shore (a concordant coastline). The seaward side the clays and sands have been eroded away. A narrow (less than 30 metre) band of Portland limestone rocks forms the shoreline. Behind this is a narrow (less than 50 metre) band of slightly less resistant Purbeck limestone. Behind this are 300–350 metres of much less resistant clays and greensands (Wealden clays, Gault and Upper Greensand).
Forming the back of the cove is a 250 metre wide band of chalk, which is considerably more resistant than the clays and sands, but less resistant than the limestones. The entrance to the cove is a narrow gap in the limestone bands. This was formed by a combination of erosional processes by wave action and the processes of weathering. The wide part of the cove is where the weak clays and greensands have been eroded. The back of the cove is the chalk, which the sea has been unable to erode as fast as it does not dissolve in the sea acids.
Photo #53 taken as part of 100strangers.com
Cristina was window-shopping on Regent Street when I stopped her to ask if I could take her portrait. It was a cold evening, and she had this amazing coat on, and a certain air about her.
I had terrible trouble getting the focus right - spot A/F didn't work due to the confusing array of lighting behind, and even at f/2 it's a challenge focussing at night manually, which is what I did here. I have a "nicer" shot, but can't bring myself to post it as it's just too blurry, although this one doesn't really do her justice. C'est la vie.
LG enV3 (VX9200)
The LG enV3 is a mobile phone built by LG Electronics, and released from Verizon Wireless in the United States and Telus Mobility in Canada (as the Keybo 2). It succeeded the LG enV2. Along with a slimmer design, the enV3 also boasts a full keyboard, a 2.6 inch screen and a 3.0 Megapixel camera. In addition to standard phone and text messaging capabilities, the enV3 can be used as a portable music player as well as Internet capabilities such as e-mail and web browsing. The phone is Bluetooth enabled.
The enV3 phone has a slimmer design than the previous version. It has a circular D-pad on the front, a number keypad, and a slightly larger external display than the enV2. Along with the number keypad, there is a dedicated Contacts button, a Clear button and the Send and End/Power keys. Once it's opened, the enV3 has a larger 2.6-inch main display and a full QWERTY keyboard. There is a Favorites button for accessing the set favorite contacts and a dedicated text messaging button, which opens a blank text message. The navigation array on the right of the keyboard consists of the typical Send and End/Power keys, a four-way square toggle, a middle OK key, a Clear key, and a dedicated speakerphone key. On the left side of the phone is the camera button and volume adjuster. On the right side, there is a microSD memory card slot and a 2.5mm headset jack. The charger jack is on the bottom of the phone and the camera lens is on the back, as is an LED flash.
It comes in two colors - slate blue and maroon
nrhp # 71000843- Old Iron Town, originally Iron City, is a ghost town in Iron County, Utah, United States.[2] It is located in Dixie National Forest, about 22 miles (35 km) from Cedar City. The settlement was founded in 1868 as a second attempt to mine iron from Iron Mountain after a disappointing yield from Cedar City. The colony lasted until 1876, when strife from the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873 forced its closure. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Brigham Young left Nauvoo, Illinois to establish Salt Lake City in 1847. Young quickly realized that the fastest way to an independent Mormon state was to make the new colony self-sufficient. One important resource in this regard was iron, which was very expensive to ship from the eastern United States. The city of Parowan was founded in 1851 to provide iron for the settlers, which was mined in nearby Iron Mission (Cedar City). Mismanagement plagued these new settlements, and only 400 short tons (360 t) of iron were produced over a six-year period.
Iron was nonetheless needed for continued Mormon prosperity, so a second attempt at mining the region was made in 1868. The newly formed Union Iron Works organized an establishment at the southern base of Iron Mountain on Pinto Creek, west of Cedar City. By the third year, over 2,500 pounds (1,100 kg) of iron was mined every day. The company expanded in 1873 and continued to mine ore for three more years. At its peak, the settlement included a schoolhouse, blacksmith, charcoal furnaces, and a foundry. The city was abandoned in 1876. An attempt was made to revive mining from Iron Mountain, but the church was struggling with litigation over the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873.
Today, the ruins feature a preserved beehive style charcoal oven and a furnace known as an "Arastra", which prepared sands for molds. Parts of the original foundry remain, including the chimney. The site was fenced off by the Sons of Utah Pioneers. It is currently within grounds designated as the Dixie National Forest. The Frontier Homestead State Park Museum in Cedar City provides information about and artifacts from the site. The ruins are found on Iron Town Road, which intersects with Utah State Route 56.
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The Ankh, also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants ˁ-n-ḫ. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest.
The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to Egyptologists, and no single hypothesis has been widely accepted. One of the earliest suggestions is that of Thomas Inman, first published in 1869:[2]
[It] is by Egyptologists called the symbol of life. It is also called the 'handled cross,' or crux ansata. It represents the male triad and the female unit, under a decent form. There are few symbols more commonly met with in Egyptian art. In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun's rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many a crux ansata, emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity
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Coordinates: 56.084°N 4.540°W
Balmaha (Gaelic: Baile MoThatha) is a village on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in the council area of Stirling, Scotland.
The village is a popular tourist destination for picnickers and day trippers from Glasgow as well as walkers on the West Highland Way. Boat trips leave from Balmaha for the town of Balloch and the village of Luss as well as nearby Inchcailloch Island.[1]
Balmaha sits at the westerly foot of Conic Hill, and is roughly 30 kilometres (20 miles) along the West Highland Way.
Etymology[edit]
The name Balmaha derives from the Gaelic Bealach Mo-Cha, 'the pass of Saint Mo-Cha'. The pass referred to is now named The Pass of Balmaha, a narrow route between hills at the north end of the village, carrying the road north along Loch Lomond. The saint referred to is Kentigerna, patron saint of the parish who was culted especially on the nearby island of Inchcailloch ('Island of Nuns'). Mo-Cha is a 'hypocoristic' form of her name, a sort of devotional nickname, common in medieval Gaelic and Welsh use. She is also commemorated in a well in the hills above the village, St Maha's Well.
Facilities[edit]
The village has a visitor centre for the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.[2] It also has a restaurant and Bed and Breakfast, the Oak Tree Inn, a bar and a shop. It is also the home of St Mocha coffee shop and ice cream parlour selling homemade ice cream, loose leaf teas and locally roasted coffee all perfectly crafted by none other than the famous 'Begonna'. Further along the road is Milarrochy Bay.
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Goodwood revival, held at the Goodwood racing circuit near Lord March's Goodwood estate, this racing track was the original perimeter road for RAF Westhampnett during World War 2. It grew into a proper circuit post war, rivaling Silverstone for prestige, holding TT, F1 and the Goodwood 9 hour race. In the mid 60s however, the circuit fell out of use, until being brought back in the late 90s for the goodwood revival.
The Revival celebrates those years from the late 40s to mid 60s, and all non period cars are banned from the area when the event is on. Likewise, the overwhelming majority of the punters that go dress up in period costumes, making the whole event feel like it really is on back in the day.
I hate the watermarks as well. Blame the people that keep stealing images for commercial use.
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Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, literally "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting a large number of visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape, and it is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkaku-ji
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
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For the second consecutive day, an alternate version of the 366 Snaps photo rather than an outtake. Last year's version was processed "in camera." This version, processed on my laptop, is tightly cropped, and sharpened considerably. Frankly, it's pushing the limits of what you can do with a 3 megapixel image.
This is the view from the Holiday Inn Express in St. Ignace. That's Mackinac Island in the distance, and the sky's often magnificent, though on last September 2 it was just a grey as it looks here. I've shared this view before.
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This photograph is an outtake--actually, an alternate version--from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.
Number of project photos taken: 6 (three versions of this photo, and some rocks)
Title of "roll:" Straits
Other photos taken on 9/2/2012: We headed off to Tahquamenon Falls and the Soo Locks. I took 300 or so pix with the Nikon 1. Here's a sample.
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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The Market of San Miguel (Spanish: Mercado de San Miguel) is a market located in Madrid, Spain. Originally built in 1916, it was purchased by private investors in 2003 who renovated and reopened it in 2009.[2] It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2000. San Miguel Market is the most popular market in Madrid among tourists since it is located in the center of Madrid, within walking distance from Plaza Mayor. The market is not a traditional grocery market but a gourmet tapas market, with over 30 different vendors selling a wide variety of freshly prepared tapas, hams, olives, baked goods and other foods. Beer, wine and champagne are also available.
This is the memorial for William Bass in the Pioneer Cemetery just east of Grand Canyon Village.
I took a little winter trip to the South Rim. Hardly any crowds at this time of year. Temperatures in the upper 20's during the day, mid teens at night with windchills into the single digits. I am well prepared for these temperatures and was comfortable most of the time. I stayed at the El Tovar Lodge.
www.nps.gov/places/000/grand-canyon-pioneer-cemetery.htm
Located next to Shrine of the Ages and Parking Lot A, the Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery is the final resting place of many historical figures. involved in the development and protection of Grand Canyon as a National Park. Captain John Hance, Ralph Cameron, Pete Berry, Ellsworth Kolb, Gunnar Widforss, and Eddie McKee are just a few of the folks you might visit here.
People interred at the cemetery include Grand Canyon pioneers, war veterans, tribal members, and employees of the park concessionaires, US Forest Service, and National Park Service. The cemetery, grave markers, and gateway arch are included on the List of Classified Historic Structures in Grand Canyon National Park.
Individuals must have lived at Grand Canyon for no less than three years or have made a significant and substantial contribution to the development of, public knowledge about, understanding of, or appreciation for Grand Canyon National Park to qualify for burial in the cemetery. While the cemetery is still considered open at this point in time, all of the final spots have been allocated.
www.arizonahighways.com/article/grand-canyon-pioneer-ceme...
The Pioneer Cemetery at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim is a who’s who of early 20th century Canyon history. Of the roughly 400 people buried here, only about 10 percent are famous. But in some ways, the unfamiliar names are just as interesting.
I’ve come so early that mine is the only vehicle in the Shrine of the Ages parking lot. The air is fresh and scented of ponderosa pine. Past the arched gate (above) are granite slabs with plaques for information, although a petrified wood marker also catches my eye. Some rough stones have no inscriptions. Even sadder are faded-to-unreadable wooden markers. These people were intended to be remembered and now cannot be.
First resident John Hance, famous for telling irreverent tales to early tourists, was buried here in 1919, before this was officially a cemetery. It would be nine years before the National Park Service and the American Legion dedicated the new burial ground.
Equally noteworthy, for a much different reason, is the monument for some of the 128 people killed when two planes, one United and one TWA, collided over the Canyon in 1956 — an incident that spurred the creation of the modern air traffic control system. Remains from the United flight are here, while those of the TWA victims are in a cemetery in Flagstaff.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_Pioneer_Cemetery
Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located near the Grand Canyon's South Rim. [1][2] It is also known as South Rim Cemetery and the American Legion Cemetery due to its association with the veterans' organization.
The cemetery is home to some 400 individual graves.[3][4] The cemetery closed to new burials in 2017, but remains open for visitation.[5]
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I first got my nipples pierced in 1994, at age 43. I felt compelled to remove them in 2000, for a very physical job I had for 4 months. However, the holes had sealed up, so I had them pierced a second time in September 2000. But after having them in my nipples for more than 20 years, I developed a bad reaction to the presence of the element nickel in the rings. So I had the rings of that second piercing removed in September 2022. Man, I sure missed having those rings.
But, as you may possibly have noticed in photos I've posted and dated since then, I'd been sporting metal "barbell" jewelry in my nipples. That's because in January 2023 I resolved to get my nipples pierced again, but this time to use non-allergic, safe body jewelry made of Titanium. That was my 3rd nipple piercing in 29 years. However, instead of having rings inserted into my nipples, I was persuaded by the piercing parlor to start with Titanium barbells and to keep them in for about 9 months, which would allow the nipples to heal properly before replacing the barbells with Titanium rings.
Well, today, 10 October 2023, I went to finally get real rings inserted. I am so happy to have rings in my nipples again!!! 😁
If you've never had or thought of having your nipples pierced, you may be repulsed by the thought of getting your nipples pierced. Why would any sane person have that done? It is definitely painful to have a tapered needle quickly jabbed through your nipples to create the path for jewelry to be inserted. Well, for me, there are 2 important reasons for having undergone this experience not just once but 3 times. (1) It looks SO SEXY!!!; and (2) It GREATLY enhances the sensitivity of my nipples and stimulates my SEXUAL AROUSAL. To my way of thinking, the very brief (approximately 1 or 2 seconds) and sharp pain felt when getting pierced is FAR outweighed by the years and decades of sexual pleasure that nipple rings have brought me! 😀
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The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům) is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic at Rašínovo nábřeží 80, 120 00 Praha 2.
It was designed by Yugoslavian-born Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.
The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time. Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.
Originally named Fred and Ginger (after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - the house vaguely resembles a pair of dancers) the house stands out among the Neo-Baroque, Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous. Others have nicknamed it "Drunk House".
On the roof is a French restaurant with magnificent views of the city. The building's other tenants include several multinational firms. (The plans for a cultural center were not realized.)
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Dancing Ganesha- 2007.480.2
This sculpture is Dancing Ganesha (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2007.480.2). It was made from red sandstone in the 10th century. It is from Madhya Pradesh, India and was made during the Kalacuri dynasty. Ganesh seems to have lifelike fluid movements and is adorned richly with jewelry. The sculpture is 36 inches high.
I love how delicate these birds seem
The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family (Columbidae). The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove.[2] It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also the leading gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and for meat. Its ability to sustain its population under such pressure stems from its prolific breeding: in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods a year. Its plaintive woo-OO-oo-oo-oo call gives the bird its name. The wings can make an unusual whistling sound upon take-off and landing. The bird is a strong flier, capable of speeds up to 88 km/h (55 mph).[3]
Mourning Doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color. Males and females are similar in appearance. The species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents incubate and care for the young. Mourning Doves eat almost exclusively seeds, but the young are fed crop milk by their parents.
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1 Taxonomy
2 Distribution
3 Description
4 Habitat
5 Migration
6 Sounds
7 Reproduction
8 Ecology
9 Behavior
10 Conservation status
11 As a symbol and in the arts
12 Closest species
13 References
14 External links
Taxonomy
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This species is found perched and on the ground foraging.
The Mourning Dove is closely related to the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) and the Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni). Some authorities describe them as forming a superspecies and these three birds are sometimes classified in the separate genus Zenaidura,[4] but the current classification has them as separate species in the genus Zenaida. In addition, the Socorro Dove has at times been considered conspecific with the Mourning Dove, although several differences in behavior, call, and appearance justify separation as two different species.[5] While the three species do form a subgroup of Zenaida, using a separate genus would interfere with the monophyly of Zenaida by making it paraphyletic.[4]
There are five subspecies of Mourning Dove:
Eastern Z. m. carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Clarion Island Z. m. clarionensis (C.H.Townsend, 1890)
West Indian Z. m. macroura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Western Z. m. marginella (Woodhouse, 1852)
Panama Z. m. turturilla Wetmore, 1956
The ranges of most of the subspecies overlap a little, with three in the United States or Canada.[6] The West Indian subspecies is found throughout the Greater Antilles.[7] It has recently invaded the Florida Keys.[6] The Eastern subspecies is found mainly in eastern North America, as well as Bermuda and the Bahamas. The Western subspecies is found in western North America and parts of Mexico. The Panamanian subspecies is located in Central America. The Clarion Island subspecies is found only on Clarion Island, just off the Pacific coast of Mexico.[7]
The Mourning Dove is sometimes called the American Mourning Dove to distinguish it from the distantly related African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens).[4] It was also formerly known as the Carolina Turtledove or Carolina Pigeon.[8] The species' scientific name was bestowed in 1838 by French zoologist Charles L. Bonaparte in honor of his wife, Princess Zénaide.[9] The "mourning" part of its common name comes from its call.[10]
Distribution
Mourning Dove perched on a wire.
The Mourning Dove has a large range of nearly 11 million square kilometers (6.8 million square miles).[11] The species is resident throughout the Greater Antilles, most of Mexico, the Continental United States, and southern Canada. Much of the Canadian prairies sees these birds in summer only, and southern Central America sees them in winter only.[12] The species is a vagrant in northern Canada, Alaska,[13] and South America.[4] It has been spotted as an accidental at least seven times in the Western Palearctic with records from the British Isles (5), the Azores (1) and Iceland (1).[6] In 1963, the Mourning Dove was introduced to Hawaii, and in 1998 there was still a small population in North Kona.[14] The Mourning Dove also appeared on Socorro Island, off the Western coast of Mexico, in 1988, sixteen years after the Socorro Dove was extirpated from that island.[5] It is also noted or introduced as far as Pakistan in the east.[15]
Description
In California, USA.
The Mourning Dove is a medium-sized, slender dove approximately 31 cm (12 in) in length. Mourning Doves weigh 4-6 ounces, usually closer to 4.5 ounces.[16] The elliptical wings are broad, and the head is rounded. Its tail is long and tapered ("macroura" comes from the Greek words for "large" and "tail"[17]). Mourning Doves have perching feet, with three toes forward and one reversed. The legs are short and reddish colored. The beak is short and dark, usually a brown-black hue.[6]
The plumage is generally light gray-brown and lighter and pinkish below. The wings have black spotting, and the outer tail feathers are white, contrasting with the black inners. Below the eye is a distinctive crescent-shaped area of dark feathers. The eyes are dark, with light skin surrounding them.[6] The adult male has bright purple-pink patches on the neck sides, with light pink coloring reaching the breast. The crown of the adult male is a distinctly bluish-grey color. Females are similar in appearance, but with more brown coloring overall. The iridescent feather patches on the neck above the shoulders are nearly absent, but can be quite vivid on males. Juvenile birds have a scaly appearance, and are generally darker.[6]
All five subspecies of the Mourning Dove look similar and are not easily distinguishable.[6] The nominate subspecies possesses shorter wings, and is darker and more buff-colored than the "average" Mourning Dove. Z. m. carolinensis has longer wings and toes, a shorter beak, and is darker in color. The Western subspecies has longer wings, a longer beak, shorter toes, and is more muted and lighter in color. The Panama Mourning Dove has shorter wings and legs, a longer beak, and is grayer in color. The Clarion Island subspecies possesses larger feet, a larger beak, and is darker brown in color.[7]
Habitat
Mourning Dove in an Orlando, FL neighborhood
The Mourning Dove occupies a wide variety of open and semi-open habitats, such as urban areas, farms, prairie, grassland, and lightly wooded areas. It avoids swamps and thick forest.[13] The species has adapted well to areas altered by humans. It commonly nests in trees in cities or near farmsteads.
Migration
Most Mourning Doves migrate along flyways over land. A few mourning doves have been seen flying over the Gulf of Mexico, but this is exceptional. Spring migration north runs from March to May. Fall migration south runs from September to November, with immatures moving first, followed by adult females and then by adult males.[12] Migration is usually during the day, in flocks, and at low altitudes.[13] Not all individuals migrate, however. Even in Canada some mourning doves overwinter, sustained by the presence of bird feeders.
Sounds
This species' call is a distinctive, plaintive cooOOoo-woo-woo-woooo, uttered by males to attract a mate, and may be mistaken for the call of an owl at first. (Close up, a grating or throat-rattling sound may be heard preceding the first coo.) Other sounds include a nest call (cooOOoo) by paired males to attract their mates to the nest sites, a greeting call (a soft ork) by males upon rejoining their mates, and an alarm call (a short roo-oo) by either male or female when threatened. In flight, the wings make a fluttery whistling sound that is hard to hear. The wing whistle is much louder and more noticeable upon take-off and landing.[6]
Reproduction
Mourning Doves mating
Courtship begins with a noisy flight by the male, followed by a graceful, circular glide with outstretched wings and head down. After landing, the male will approach the female with a puffed out breast, bobbing head, and loud calls. Mated pairs will often preen each other's feathers.[13]
The male then leads the female to potential nest sites, and the female will choose one. The female dove builds the nest. The male will fly about, gather material, and bring it to her. The male will stand on the female's back and give the material to the female, who then builds it into the nest.[18] The nest is constructed of twigs, conifer needles, or grass blades, and is of flimsy construction.[7] Mourning doves will sometimes requisition the unused nests of other Mourning Doves, other birds, or arboreal mammals such as squirrels.[19]
Most nests are in trees, both deciduous and coniferous. Sometimes, they can be found in shrubs, vines, or on artificial constructs like buildings,[7] or hanging flower pots.[18] When there is no suitable elevated object, Mourning Doves will nest on the ground.[7]
The clutch size is almost always two eggs.[18] Occasionally, however, a female will lay her eggs in the nest of another pair, leading to three or four eggs in the nest.[20] The eggs are white, 6.6 ml, 2.57-2.96 cm long, 2.06-2.30 cm wide, 6-7 g at laying (5-6 % of female body mass). Both sexes incubate, the male from morning to afternoon, and the female the rest of the day and at night. Mourning Doves are devoted parents; nests are very rarely left unattended by the adults.[18] When flushed from the nest, an incubating parent may perform a nest-distraction display, or a broken-wing display, fluttering on the ground as if injured, then flying away when the predator approaches it.
Hatching and growth
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Egg in nest Nesting in progress Squabs A juvenile
Incubation takes two weeks. The hatched young, called squabs, are strongly altricial, being helpless at hatching and covered with down.[18] Both parents feed the squabs pigeon's milk (dove's milk) for the first 3–4 days of life. Thereafter, the crop milk is gradually augmented by seeds. Fledging takes place in about 11–15 days, before the squabs are fully grown but after they are capable of digesting adult food.[19] They stay nearby to be fed by their father for up to two weeks after fledging.[13]
Mourning Doves are prolific breeders. In warmer areas, these birds may raise up to six broods in a season.[13] This fast breeding is essential because mortality is high. Each year, mortality can reach 58% a year for adults and 69% for the young.[20]
The Mourning Dove is monogamous and forms strong pair bonds.[20] Pairs typically reconvene in the same area the following breeding season, and sometimes may remain together throughout the winter. However, lone doves will find new partners if necessary.
Ecology
A female Mourning Dove incubating her eggs
Parent and two chicks in Arizona, USA.
Mourning Doves eat almost exclusively seeds, which make up more than 99% of their diet. Rarely, they will eat snails or insects. Mourning Doves generally eat enough to fill their crops and then fly away to digest while resting. They often swallow grit such as fine gravel or sand to assist with digestion. The species usually forages on the ground, walking but not hopping.[13] At bird feeders, Mourning Doves are attracted to one of the largest ranges of seed types of any North American bird, with a preference for canola, corn, millet, safflower, and sunflower seeds. Mourning Doves do not dig or scratch for seeds, instead eating what is readily visible.[7] They will sometimes perch on plants and eat from there.[13]
Mourning Doves show a preference for the seeds of certain species of plant over others. Foods taken in preference to others include pine nuts, sweetgum seeds, and the seeds of pokeberry, amaranth, canary grass, corn, sesame, and wheat.[7] When their favorite foods are absent, Mourning Doves will eat the seeds of other plants, including buckwheat, rye, goosegrass and smartweed.[7]
Mourning Doves can be afflicted with several different parasites and diseases, including tapeworms, nematodes, mites, and lice. The mouth-dwelling parasite Trichomonas gallinae is particularly severe. While a Mourning Dove will sometimes host it without symptoms, it will often cause yellowish growth in the mouth and esophagus that will eventually starve the host to death. Avian pox is a common, insect-vectored disease.[21]
The primary predators of this species are diurnal birds of prey, such as falcons and hawks. During nesting, corvids, grackles, housecats, or rat snakes will prey on their eggs.[20] Cowbirds rarely parasitize Mourning Dove nests. Mourning Doves reject slightly under a third of Cowbird eggs in such nests, and the Mourning Dove's vegetarian diet is unsuitable for cowbirds.[22]
Behavior
Like other columbids, the Mourning Dove drinks by suction, without lifting or tilting its head. It often gathers at drinking spots around dawn and dusk.
Mourning doves sunbathe or rainbathe by lying on the ground or on a flat tree limb, leaning over, stretching one wing, and keeping this posture for up to twenty minutes. These birds can also waterbathe in shallow pools or bird baths. Dustbathing is common as well.
Outside the breeding season, Mourning Doves roost communally in dense deciduous trees or in conifers. During sleep, the head rests between the shoulders, close to the body; it is not tucked under the shoulder feathers as in many other species. During the winter in Canada, roosting flights to the roosts in the evening, and out of the roosts in the morning, are delayed on colder days.[23]
Conservation status
Audubon's Carolina pigeon
The number of individual Mourning Doves is estimated to be approximately 475 million.[24] The large population and its vast range explain why the Mourning Dove is considered to be of least concern, meaning that the species is not at immediate risk.[11] As a gamebird, the Mourning Dove is well-managed, with more than 20 million (and up to 40-70 million) shot by hunters each year.[25]
As a symbol and in the arts
The Eastern Mourning Dove (Z. m. carolinensis) is Wisconsin's official symbol of peace.[26] The bird is also Michigan's state bird of peace.[27]
The Mourning Dove appears as the Carolina Turtle-Dove on plate 286 of Audubon's Birds of America.[8]
References to Mourning Doves appear frequently in Native American literature. Mourning Dove imagery also turns up in contemporary American and Canadian poetry in the work of poets as diverse as Robert Bly, Jared Carter,[28] Lorine Niedecker,[29] and Charles Wright.[30]
Closest species
The Mourning Dove is considered to be the most closely related species to the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), which was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.[31][32][33] For this reason, the possibility of using Mourning Doves for cloning the Passenger Pigeon has been discussed.[34]
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]
Raptors. Bateleur. Jock Safari Lodge. Kruger National Park. South Africa. Dec/2020
Bateleur
The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. Its closest relatives are the snake eagles. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and may be the origin of the "Zimbabwe Bird", national emblem of Zimbabwe.[2] It is endemic to Africa and small parts of Arabia. "Bateleur" is French for "street performer"
The average adult is 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in) long with a 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) wingspan. The wing chord averages approximately 51 cm (20 in). Adult weight is typically 2 to 2.6 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 5 lb 12 oz).[4]
The bateleur is a colourful species with a very short tail (ecaudatus is Latin for tailless) which, together with its white underwing coverts, makes it unmistakable in flight. The tail is so small the bird's legs protrude slightly beyond the tail during flight. The bateleur is sexually dimorphic; both adults have black plumage, a chestnut mantle and tail, grey shoulders, tawny wing coverts, and red facial skin, bill and legs. The female additionally has tawny secondary wing feathers. Less commonly, the mantle may be white.[5] Immature birds are brown with white dappling and have greenish facial skin. It takes them seven or eight years to reach full maturity
Source: Wikipedia
Águia Nailarina
A Águia-nailarina (Terathopius ecaudatus) é uma águia de tamanho médio da família Accipitridae. Seus parentes mais próximos são as águias de cobra. É o único membro do gênero Terathopius e pode ser da origem da "Zimbábue Bird", emblema nacional do Zimbábue. É endêmico na África e em pequenas partes da Arábia. "Bateleur" é francês para "artista de rua"
O adulto médio tem 55 a 70 cm (22 a 28 polegadas) de comprimento e uma envergadura de 186 cm (6 pés 1 in). O acorde de asa mede aproximadamente 51 cm (20 pol). O peso adulto é tipicamente de 2 a 2,6 kg (4 lb 7 oz a 5 lb 12 oz).
O bateleur é uma espécie colorida com uma cauda muito curta (o ecaudatus é latim para o rabo sem cauda) que, juntamente com os seus mantos de asa branca, o torna inconfundível em voo. A cauda é tão pequena que as pernas da ave se projetam ligeiramente para além da cauda durante o vôo. O bateleur é sexualmente dimórfico; ambos os adultos têm plumagem negra, um manto castanho e cauda, ombros acinzentados, coberturas de asas amareladas e pele vermelha facial, bico e pernas. A fêmea também tem penas de asa secundárias tawny. Menos comumente, o manto pode ser branco. As aves jovens são marrons com dappling branco e têm pele facial esverdeada. Leva sete ou oito anos para atingir a maturidade plena
Fonte: Wikipedia (tradução livre)
Jock Safari Lodge
Located within 6, 000 ha of pristine bushveld, Jock Safari Lodge is an exclusive private concession, perfectly positioned in the southern part of the Kruger National Park, South Africa’s largest national park. The wildlife within this region have survived undisturbed without negative impact from mankind, encouraged to thrive. Jock Safari Lodge emerges where the Mitomeni and Biyamiti rivers flow as one – this natural unbroken landscape offers guests one of the best Big Five game viewing experiences in South Africa with its exclusive riverbed traversing rights. Steeped in history, Jock Safari Lodge was the first private concession granted within the Kruger National Park and is named after local legend, Jock of the Bushveld, the canine hero of Sir Percy FitzPatrick’s famous story of courage and loyalty that is set during South Africa’s first gold rush era. Relive one of South Africa’s cultural heritages through this wonderful story and view the original mementoes on display at the Main Lodge.
Source: jocksafarilodge.com/
Jock Safari Lodge
Localizado em 6.000 ha de savana intocada, o Jock Safari Lodge é uma concessão privada exclusiva, perfeitamente posicionada ao sul do Parque Nacional Kruger, o maior parque nacional da África do Sul. A vida selvagem nesta região sobreviveu sem ser perturbada, sem impacto negativo da humanidade, encorajada a prosperar. O Jock Safari Lodge surge onde os rios Mitomeni e Biyamiti fluem como um só - esta paisagem natural contínua oferece aos hóspedes uma das melhores experiências de observação do Big Five na África do Sul com seus direitos exclusivos de travessia do leito do rio. Repleto de história, Jock Safari Lodge foi a primeira concessão privada concedida dentro do Parque Nacional Kruger e leva o nome de uma lenda local, Jock of the Bushveld, o herói canino da famosa história de coragem e lealdade de Sir Percy FitzPatrick que se passa durante o primeiro era da corrida do ouro. Reviva uma das heranças culturais da África do Sul por meio desta história maravilhosa e veja as lembranças originais em exibição no Main Lodge.
Fonte: jocksafarilodge.com/ (tradução livre)
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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Hook and Ladder 8 is the fire-station used in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2. It is still an active fire-station and they have incorporated the Ghostbusters logo into their station badge.
OK, so this is exercise No. 2.
It´s a Basic Barbie repaint (I thing it´s the godess facemold) to look like JLO.
I know that the mold is not perfect for JLO, the face is way to round but that´s not the point. :-P
I was trying again to shade the face... even if you can´t see it properly on the pics, I applied shading to nearly the whole face. Compared with my lame attempt yesterday it´s a lot better, I thing, but still not good. If you have any suggestions, I would really appreciate help to improve....
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
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Capture Date : 08 Feb 2014
Chingay 2014 Day 2
It was our President's turn to be the main guest of honor at the 2nd day of Chingay 2014
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Day #2. It's a self portrait, but my general project isn't a self-portrait 365. I just happened to be cooped up in my house all day, since it's winter break and I didn't have any plans... I wanted to have a different theme each month (sort of), and January was portraits, but the only person to take a portrait of was my mom, and I figured I'd get to her soon, so a self portrait it was. I'm at my keyboard and playing with my new lens (WHICH I LOVE =D =D). I tinted it blue (and I have a version with a quote about blues), because I was in that kind of a mood. Hopefully that doesn't break any rules- I mean it's still a picture I took today, right? So it counts =) mmkay, peace out <3
It's on Demo #2. It had a weird tuning and timing thing so we've never recorded it for anything else. We played it a few times. See here pocuswhiteface.com/songs.php#song_41
The Rolling Stones - No Filter Tour - Konzert - concert im Zürcher Letzigrund Stadion im Kanton Zürich der Schweiz
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2. It's only Rock 'n' Roll ( but I like it ) ( Album - It’s only Rock ’n’ Roll - 1974 )
3. Tumbling dice ( Album - Exile on main st. - 1972 )
4. Hate to see you go - ( L.ittle W.alter c.over - live debut ) ( Album - Blue & lonesome - 2016 )
5. Ride 'em on down ( J.immy R.eed cover ) ( Album - Blue & lonesome - 2016 )
6. Dancing with Mr. D ( Album - Goats head soup - 1973 )
7. Like a Rolling Stone ( B.ob D.ylan cover - by request )
8. You can't always get what you want ( Album - Let it bleed - 1969 )
9. Paint it black ( Single 1966 )
10. Honky tonk women ( Album - Live'r than you'll ever be - Livealbum 1969 )
11. Happy ( K.eith R.ichards on lead vocals ) ( Album - Exile on main st. - 1972 )
12. Slipping away ( K.eith R.ichards on lead vocals ) ( Album - Steel Wheels - 1989 )
13. Midnight rambler ( Album - Let it bleed - 1969 )
14. Miss you ( Album - Some Girls - 1978 )
15. Street fighting man ( Album - Beggars Banquet - 1968 )
16. Start me up ( Album - Tattoo you - 1981 )
17. Brown sugar ( Album - Sticky fingers - 1971 )
18. ( I can't get no ) satisfaction ( Album - Out of our heads - 1965 )
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Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.[1] The arrival of the canons along with their first abbot, Roger, took place on 13 December 1152.[2]
It was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored only to be again burned by Richard II in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly to survive until the Scottish Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland.
The 12th Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds.
Photograph taken from Calshot on 29 August, 2009. This was a busy day for cruise ships and liners in Southampton Docks with five in port. These included Princess Cruises' Grand Princess, Royal Caribbean International’s Independence of the Seas, P&O Cruises’ Oceana, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Black Watch and Cunard’s flagship, RMS Queen Mary 2. It was a spectacular site to see them all passing Calshot within a short space of time.
My submission for Project 2. It's based on an old attraction that used to be in Disney World and was shunned for being too scary, so I imagined what it might look like if it were made into a movie.
The rose, the family Rosaceae , is a genus that includes about 150 species , with numerous varieties endless hybrids and cultivars , native to Europe and Asia, varying in height from 20 cm to several meters , includes species bushy , ramblers , climbing , crawling , shrubs and small trees in bloom big or small, in bunches , panicles or solitary, single or double , with achene fruits contained in a false fruit ( hip ), the wild species in Italy are more than 30, of which we mention the R . hip ( the most common) , the R. Gallic ( uncommon in the moors and rocky places ) , R. glauca (common in the Alps) , the R. pendulina (municipality on the Alps and the Northern Apennines ) and R. sempervirens .
The generic name is derived from Latin rosa , with scholarly tradition or semidotta (absence of ascending diphthong - u - sound and pronunciation of the -s- even in the Tuscan dialect ), perhaps because the tradition of the rose cultivation had been interrupted in the Middle Ages and was started back in the Carolingian period . [1] The Latin pink is not of Indo-European origin , although there are connections with the ancient greek Ϝ ρόδον wródon and the Iranian - WRD * (see Persian gul ) [2] , where [3] Armenian vard [2] . It is likely Mediterranean origin of the word [2 ] , from a rough shape wr ( o) d ( ya) - [3 ] . Rosa is then passed to the Insular Celtic ( Irish rós ) and the Germanic ( Anglo-Saxon Rose, Old High German rose)
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The information contained herein is not medical advice and may not be accurate . This item is for illustrative purposes only and does not replace the advice of a doctor : Read the warnings .
As an ornamental plant in gardens, for splashes of color , borders, trees , or vines to cover the sarmentose pergolas , trellises or fences, the dwarf species from the brilliant hues and blooms with prolonged for growing in pots on the terraces or in rock gardens.
Industrially cultivated varieties erect stems and large flowers , for the production of cut flowers , which occupies approximately 800 hectares in Italy , located in more than half in Liguria, in the rest of Tuscany , Campania and Puglia.
Petals are used for medicinal properties , for the extraction of rose essence and aromas used in perfumery , essenziera industry , in cosmetics , confectionery and liquor . It is one of the most unfailing bases used in perfumery .
As a medicinal plant are used in addition to the petals with astringent, antidiarrheal as the leaves , fruits rich in vitamin C diuretics , sedatives, astringents and wormers , the seeds for the anthelmintic action , and even the galls produced by insects of the genus Cynips rich in tannins for the diuretic and sudorific .
In aromatherapy rose oil are attributed aphrodisiac , sedative , antidepressant , analgesic , antiseptic , tonic, heart , stomach , liver , regulating the menstrual cycle. [4]
The young leaves of wild roses are used for the preparation of a tea rose
Methods of cultivation
The Rose Garden in Florence
It adapts to any type of soil as long worked in depth, well-fertilized with manure mature . The plants are placed planted in the fall or late winter in areas with heavy frosts , fertilization occurs at the start of vegetative growth , incorporating manure into the soil ripe .
The pruning is important for good flowering.
The re-blooming variety , not intended for forcing, are pruned in late winter or early spring , removing old branches and shortening the new ones , leaving 2 to 6 buds per branch depending on the vigor and variety , generally vigorous pruning to encourage flowering exclusion of very vigorous variety for which the rule is to the contrary.
In the re-blooming species are eliminated as the branches that have flowered to stimulate the production of new flowers .
Polyantha roses should be pruned in late winter , after the first flowering in May and subsequent blooms until fall .
The 'rose ramblers ' not re-bloom , like hybrids of R. wichuraiana who have strong hunted , several meters long , requiring the deletion of the branches of three years , the curvature of driven than 1 year , which will bloom the following year.
The ' climbing roses ' re-bloom , should be pruned according to the vigor , removing old branches ( old wood ) and raccorciando the new branches .
The multiplication is done usually by cuttings of woody and jets of the year already planted in the box at the end of the summer, or by grafting eye vegetating in spring and summer.
In industrial crops with varieties grown for cut flower , is practiced grafting of subject R. indicates var . majors that provides the top-graft the right place.
To obtain plants resistant to drought or frost is used as the subject R. Canine obtained by seeding, but getting little objects vigorous and underdeveloped.
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
If you have any information about this photograph, please contact us.
Guaraguao / Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis )
* Status: Residente Comun
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El ratonero de cola roja (Buteo jamaicensis), también conocido como gavilán colirrojo o aguililla cola roja (en Puerto Rico, guaraguao o warawao), es una especie de ave Accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae, ampliamente distribuida desde Alaskahasta las Antillas. Es una de las rapaces más abundantes y más utilizadas en la cetrería en Norteamérica.
Subespecie:
* Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis - Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico y norte de las Antillas Menores.
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The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens.[2] It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaskaand northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is one of the most common buteos in North America. Red-tailed hawks can acclimate to all the biomes within their range. There are fourteen recognized subspecies, which vary in appearance and range.
The red-tailed hawk reaches sexual maturity at two years of age. It is monogamous, mating with the same individual for many years. In general, the red-tailed hawk will only take a new mate when its original mate dies.
The red-tailed hawk is a popular bird in falconry, particularly in the United States where the sport of falconry is tightly regulated and where red-tailed hawks are both widely available and allowed to novice falconers.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Aceitillar, Sierra de Bahoruco, Pedernales, Republica Dominicana.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Buteo
Species:B. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Buteo jamaicensis
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