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A male Ruffed Grouse displaying for three hens perched up in a Balsam Fir Tree in the Hersey Lake Conservation Area located in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Description
The scientific name for the Ruffed Grouse is Bonasa umbellus. Both terms are from the Latin: Bonasa means good when roasted and umbellus, a sunshade. This refers to the ruff or dark-coloured neck feathers that are particularly large in the male. When he is in display before the female, these are erected and surround his head almost like an umbrella. By nodding his head and ruffs, and spreading his tail and strutting, the male identifies himself to the female and encourages her advances.
The male Ruffed Grouse is about the size of a bantam chicken and weighs about 500 g. The females are smaller. Unlike the chicken, the grouse has a broad flat tail that is usually held down but that may be erected and spread into a half circle.
The dappled and barred plumage ranges in colour from pale grey through sombre red to rich mahogany. In the east, most grouse are predominantly grey, although some are red. Greys are in the majority in the central parts of the continent, and on the west coast most grouse are reddish brown.
The colours worn by the grouse are related to their habitat: the dark-coloured grouse inhabit dark forest, as on the coast; grey grouse live in lighter bush. This camouflage helps protect the grouse from their predators.
Males are hard to tell from females at a distance, but they are larger with larger ruffs and a longer tail. In the male the broad band of dark colour in the tail is usually unbroken.
The Ruffed Grouse is frequently called the “partridge.” This leads to confusion with the Gray, or Hungarian, Partridge, which was introduced to Canada from Europe. The Ruffed Grouse is only distantly related to the Gray Partridge, which is a bird of open areas, not woodlands.
Source: Hinterlands Who's Who
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Le martin-pêcheur se nourrit principalement de poissons pris depuis un perchoir au-dessus de l'eau. L'oiseau reste posé pendant de longs moments, regardant attentivement l'eau à la recherche de proies, tournant et inclinant la tête et le corps. Quand la proie est détectée, il plonge à pic et capture le poisson sous l'eau, pouvant aller jusqu'à un mètre de profondeur. Ensuite, utilisant ses ailes, il se propulse vers la surface et s'élève, le bec tendu vers le ciel, et retourne sur son perchoir.
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The kingfisher feeds mainly on fish caught from a perch above the water. The bird remains resting for long periods of time, looking carefully at the water for prey, turning and tilting the head and body. When the prey is detected, it plunges sharply and captures the fish under water, up to one meter deep. Then, using its wings, it propels itself towards the surface and rises, the beak stretched towards the sky, and returns on its perch.
One of my attempts at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "Backside".
Shot with a Schneider Kreuznach "M-Claron 60 mm F 5.6" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
This is Upper Sheffield Covered Bridge. It’s the site of the first officially documented UFO sighting back in 1969.
F-16C Fighting Falcon
Melbourne, Florida, USA.
Two USAF Air Demonstration Squadron F-16Cs (Thunderbirds 5 and 6) perform the calypso pass at the 2017 Melbourne Air and Space show. Thunderbird 5 always performs the inverted part of the calypso pass and generally spends so much time upside down during the show that the number "5" is also inverted so it appears normal in photographs.
I had trouble taming the noise monster on this one as I compensated for very unfavorable light. I should have shot in RAW but wasn't sure the buffer on the D7200 would hold up. Realistically, however, it doesn't take a gazillion shots - just a handful at the exact right time. Still learning as always!
Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.
Oleta river park
Lifer
Credit for bird ID is for Alex Lamoreaux and Smith
This is first siting of this bird in our area
Mit einem Regio nach Catania war am 5.6. 464 296 unterwegs und konnte kurz vor Letojanni abgelichtet werden.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Château de Rully
À la fin du xive siècle, la maison forte est composée d'un donjon carré, de trois tours d'angle rondes et d'une tour de flanquement. Tous les éléments, réunis par des courtines surmontées d'un chemin de ronde, étaient crénelés au sommet et protégés à la base par un large fossé profond, franchissable sur un seul pont-levis, dont l'emplacement est bien visible sur la face sud. Au xve siècle, les Saint-Léger font construire, sur les faces est, nord et ouest de la cour intérieure, des bâtiments avec de magnifiques charpentes en chêne, appuyées extérieurement sur le chemin de ronde en encorbellement et recouvertes de tuiles plates bourguignonnes. À la fin du xixe siècle, les transformations font en partie disparaître certains aspects de la maison forte du Moyen Âge: comblement des douves sèches, suppression du pont-levis et des grosses portes qui interdisaient l'accès à la cour d'honneur, construction d'un bâtiment néo-gothique avec mâchicoulis à l'intérieur de la cour, au pied du donjon.
This Canada goose is churning up the water down at the lake.
HD Pentax-DA f4.5-6.3 55-300mm ED PLM WR RE
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Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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► █░▓ ...AND A HAPPY NEW DAY! The first 15 minutes of the skiing in the morning.
ꒌ Скијалиште „Савин Кук“ на Дурмитору, петак ујутру, 15 минута после пуштања у рад жичара
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