101 1/6 Scale Adventures
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THE SIGHT, SOUND, AND SMELL of a large PUFFIN colony combine so that a visit to one is an unforgettabe birdwatching experience. Among the most spectacular is Skomer Island where over fifty percent of all the U.Ks population is situated.
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AN ENDEARING and unmistakable seabird. At many colonies like the Farne Islands, captured above, observers can get a close and excellent view of Puffins. The Puffin is also a true sea bird, and only comes ashore during the breeding season. A tribute to all those I missed on Skomer !!
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STALKS creeps and runs on the floating surface vegetation of lakes and pools. Frequently squabbles, rising wings in a threat posture to a potential aggressor. Flight is low and for short distances on rounded wings with legs hanging or held straight out behind. Very vocal at all times. We saw far fewer of these this visit, and this image sorry to say does not show its very large feet.
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BRITAIN IS THE MOST NATURE-DEPLETED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
Quote Sir David Attenborough
"Am ashamed of our record Tom.
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GAMBIA TOUR feb. 2020
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Fifth and last in the series of G.B waders seen in the Gambia, where you can approach much closer.
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Stay well and safe.......God bless..............................Tomx
A DISTINCTIVE WADER, one of my favorites to photograph, attractive, trusting, a distinctive call, and there can be few sights and sounds more evocative of the countryside than a lapwing performing a noisy display flight over its territory in the spring. Seen at Elmley Marshes,NR Sheppey Kent. Taken from my archives !
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OBSERVED these in November last, and was so thrilled as they are in a very steep decline, a small partie of them, feeding in an open grassed field. They are so very wary because it is heavily persecuted in many parts of the region, and they prefer to run from danger rather than fly. .
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LOVE NEVER FAILS
Even in the darkest moments, love gives hope.
Love compels us to fight against Coronavirus
Love compels us to stand together in Prayer
Love compels us to give and act as one
As we pray in our individual homes around the world, we are united as one family. In this moment of hope and peace, thank God for all he has done and is doing..............Amen.
SMELL AND SOUND, of a large PUFFIN colony combine so that a visit to one is an unforgettable birding experience!!! An endearing and unmistakable seabird, am leaving Skomer now, hope you enjoyed them as much as me, have dragged them out a bit, as so little about in Kent at the moment.
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THANK YOU for your support and kind comments, it is very appreciated. Keep a smile on your face, and love in your heart, God bless .....................Tomx.
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YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, GODs BEAUTY IS SIMPLY AMAZING !
AS A CHILD, can remember walking in the local arable farmland with Mum, and seeing many hundreds of these distinctive waders, mainly on the corn stubble, and their can be few sights and sounds more evocative of the country than performing lapwings. And now farmers plough over the stubble and reseed soon after cutting, To see any reasonable number of them, I have a hour drive to Elmley Marshes, a working farm, where nature is put first.
Please note that Elmley is currently closed, because of Covet19
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WITH MUCH OF THE WORLD SHUT DOWN, and people told to stay in their homes, this is a good time for us to think- to consider where we are spiritually, to consider what God wants and expects us to do, to make choices we may have put off far too long.
Phaeum - 'Samobor'
These very small geraniums are quite difficult to photograph, for me at least. They are small and leggy even though only about 30cm or so tall, but with the buds and flower at the top they dance around in the slightest breeze, so trying to locate them through my 20x magnifier which reduces the LCD size by about 80 or 90% can be tricky. It's worth it though, they are such unusual pretty little things.
Trying to catch a bee can be difficult too even plotting up a single bloom on a still day - actually I haven't succeedded even though they love them - because they are open the bees thump into them and once again they disappear off the screen, by the time I relocate the flower or it returns naturally, the bee is nowhere to be seen! Chuckle.
DISTINCTIVE wader with a spiky crest, a bird of open habbitats. And during the breeding season it is found on undistured grazed grassland, moors . Seen a Elmley Marshes, Sheppey Kent.
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Enjoy the weekend, but stay safe, and may God bless you richly !...............................................Tomx.
AN ENDEARING and unmistakable seabird, and after spending three amazing days with them on the Island of Skomer, have so many images and unforgettable experiences with my brother and fellow island residents, will treasure them to my dying day.
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RECALLING GAMBIAN images from my 2013 trip, so wish I was there now. Hope you enjoy my Big footed capture, seeing them Stalk, creep, and runs on floating surface vegetation of lakes and pools, occasionally forages on open farmland.
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Reading a big book
[The subject is 30cm tall. The book is the large Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary. External and internal camera flashes were used]
C'est un oiseau exotique d'une taille de 30cm qui vit au sud-est de l' Australie, en Nouvelle Zélande et en Tasmanie. Je n'en avais jamais vu et je connaissais pas cet oiseau. J'ai cherché mes renseignements sur le Net.
Comment ce magnifique oiseau s'est-il retrouvé là ? Il est bagué. Je suppose qu'il s'est échappé d'une cage ou d'une volière, car on peut en acheter pour 70 Euros en animalerie !!!
Ou alors, on l'a abandonné... j'espère qu'il survivra à l'hiver.
Je l'ai vu arriver sur la branche, et il n'était pas farouche. Il a mangé des mûres sèches...Il se nourrit de graines, fleurs, fruits et parfois d'insectes.Il peut vivre à proximité des cours d'eau.
Il est resté un long moment, j'ai pu admirer ses magnifiques couleurs.
C'est un mâle, la femelle est moins colorée.
La tête est blanche et rouge écarlate la poitrine est aussi rouge écarlate.
La partie supérieure du ventre est d'une belle teinte jaune qui vire au vert pâle sur le bas de l'abdomen. Les couvertures sous-caudales sont rougeâtres. Les plumes du manteau du dos et des scapulaires sont noires avec une large bordure jaune, ce qui donne à ces régions un aspect fortement écaillé.
Les moyennes couvertures sont noires. Les petites couvertures, l'extérieur des couvertures secondaires et les rémiges sont bleues. Le croupion est vert clair. Les rectrices centrales sont vert-bouteille alors que les rectrices externes sont sont bleues avec des extrémités blanches. Les iris sont bruns, les pattes grises.
Un arc-en-ciel à lui tout seul ce bel oiseau !
J'ai été hyper heureuse de le voir, quel cadeau !
Mais il ne vit pas en France à l'état sauvage...
DISTINCTIVE wader, looks black and white at a distance, but in certain angles, you can see a green an purple sheen, Found at Elmley Marshes, a working farm, where they put nature first, often amoung grazing cattle, where they feed, breed and nest on the ground. Numbers have declined alarmingly as a result in farming pratices . Always a joy to see, and few sights and sounds more evocative of the countryside than a lapwing performing a noisy display flight over its territory in the spring.
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THANK YOU, for your visit and kind comments, hpoe you are enjoying the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend, despite it turning quite cold in the U.K again. Stay well and safe, God Bless......
..................................Tomx.
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SANDWICH BRED, One of only a very few that have been successfully raised at the scrape Sandwich bay ,Kent, as most full fowl to foxes ect, so its good to see! The crest will get longer in adulthood and the male will get a orange vent.
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Enjoying the sound of the trumpet
[The subject is 30cm tall. External and internal camera flashes were used]
WELL-MARKED gamebird. The species is generally wary because it is heavily persecuted in many parts of the region. Grey Partridges are Native to the region, out of breeding season are often seen in small parties that prefer to run from danger rather than fly. Favors open grassland which is in short supply in Kent, a rare find for me!
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This edible, cream coloured, large agaric can reach up to 25cm in diameter and 30cm in height. The white gills and brown-marked stem bearing a prominent double ring make this mushroom quite identifiable....This one is half way through its growing stage...Currently there are over 10.000 types of Mushrooms.
THE PUFFIN is a true sea bird and it only comes ashore during the breeding season. It breeds in colonies and nests in underground burrows on grassy sloping cliffs here at Skokhlom. The puffin is an endearing and unmistakable seabird, loved by me and so many others, so you will have to put up with many more images of them.
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Young leaves of the swamp Banksia, Banksia robur. Their size, colour and hairiness contrast with those properties of mature leaves. These leaves are less than 2cm long. The mature leaves can be over 30cm long and 12cm wide, green above, paler below, serrated and leathery. Part of a mature leaf can be seen to the right and below the new leaves.
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Yes, 20-30cm, depending where you live.
PS I took these photos from our home here at almost sea level
Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
For "Crazy Tuesday" group theme "Somewhere to sit"
Went up into the garage store to remind myself of what was in my daughter's box labelled 'dolls house'. I was really looking to take the little silver coffee pot that I knew was there, and then saw this chair - all of 2" high.
Couldn't resist photographing it for this week's theme!
One desklight creating the shadow on a piece of white paper, and some black velour hanging at the back.
Camera is on a tripod.
A minimum of post-processing.
A minimumal photo too - a case of 'keep it simple, stupid' (KISS)
Now looking at the result I can see that there is dust on the chair, but who cares?
Pentacon f3.5 30cm.
ZOOM IN ON ITS FOOT.
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RATHER SHY, flight low and short, stalks, creeps, and runs on floating surface vegetation of lakes and pools. The above is a Juvenile, who came fairly close to the hide in Abocko Forest Gambia. A joy to see as appearances are only occasionally seen.
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Keep safe and well my friends, God bless .........................Tomx
A bulbous perennial to 30cm in height, with lance-shaped, greyish-green leaves and 1-2 nodding, bell-shaped purple flowers, the tepals tessellated with pale pink in a checkerboard fashion. Widely naturalised in Britain, but probably not a true native
Galaxy invite
Esta noche de esta planta del tamaño de un pomelo...abrieron tres flores de 30cm de largo por 14 de diámetro. Las puse adentro porque el viento las estaba maltratando un poco.
Dejo fragmento de la letra de la canción de Alberto Cortez que me gusta a rabiar
"Pablo gorrión, Pablo poeta y marinero,
Pablo arlequín, Pablo pintor, Pablo torero,
Pablo y ""el cant dels ocells"", Pablo maestro,
Pablos de todos, Pablos de nadie... Pablos nuestros.
Eran tres, eran tres, eran tres...
Tres senderos, tres huellas, tres caminos,
tres Quijotes venciendo a los molinos
con un cello, un poema y un pincel."
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=+Video+de+Alberto+cortez+los...
Well maybe. This statue stands around 30cm/inches tall. I picked it up in a charity store with the intention of using it somewhere in the garden. I couldn't not bring it home.
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30cm diameter. 'Crops' of these monsters are growing from the wood chips around the avocado trees in a newly planted orchard.
Late afternoon on the Ord River cliffs and a Monjon rock wallaby (Petrogale burbidgei) appears, apparently to sit back and relax. Monjons are the smallest rock wallabies on the planet (1.3kg, 30cm) and only found in the remote northwest Kimberley and neighbouring Bonaparte Archipelago. Their speed and agility over the vertical and craggy cliff face are astounding. A rewarding capture after a long journey through the remote Australian bush.