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Norfolk Hawker - Anaciaeschna isoceles (F)
Habitat
The optimum conditions for breeding appear to be unspoilt grazing marsh dyke systems with clean, non-saline water, rushy margins, preferably with an abundance of water soldier as well as other aquatic plants.
Threats
Conversion of grazing marsh to arable farming.
Inappropriate ditch management.
Nutrients enrichment.
Pollution.
The impact of global climate change and fluctuations in water levels.
Status & Distribution
The Norfolk Hawker is currently restricted to the fens and grazing marshes that are relatively isolated from polluted water in the Broadlands of Norfolk and Northeast Suffolk. A Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for the Norfolk Hawker has been drafted for Norfolk.
Similar Species
Brown Hawker
Brown wings.
Blue-brown eyes.
Blue and yellow markings.
Management
Norfolk Hawker Management Profile
General management principles include maintaining grazing marshes, controlling saline intrusion, controlling nutrient enrichment. There are also best practice guidelines for managing inhabited sites, particularly the dyke vegetation and the surrounding terrestrial habitats.
Case Study
Work is underway to restore habitats for this species in Norfolk.
陽が沈んだ時、東の空にビーナスベルトが現れました。
しばらくの間私はシャッターを切り続けました。
山で見る星空は美しいですが、満月もまた美しいです。
When the sun went down, the Venus Belt appeared in the eastern sky.
For a while I kept pressing the shutter.
The starry sky seen in the mountains is beautiful, but the full moon is also beautiful.
Nikon D810
24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
ƒ/16.0
120.0 mm
1/10s
ISO100
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis; Antigone canadensis) live in North America and Eastern Siberia. However, a few sandhill cranes stay in Izumi, Japan during winter due to straying. In 2019, 7 visitors came. Among them 4 were members of a family. They appeared to be quite relaxed. I wished their safe return to their home in the coming spring.
カナダヅルは迷鳥として渡来します。出水で出会ったカナダヅルのファミリーは環境がいいのか、とてもリラックスしていました。
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow."
-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
This tiny Wren appeared on the top of the bird feeder outside my window and immediately started singing in a huge voice. It had only just fledged and perhaps had not yet learned all the secretive behaviour typical of a Wren, which is usually heard rather than seen.
It stayed all morning and then came back in the evening.
Perhaps this was its first song? Regardless, it made my day.
This photo shows it larger than lifesize - for comparison, look at the screwhead in the feeder.
Eurasian Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
Amazing how in the middle of Winter the bees suddenly appear when there's a bit of sunshine and flowers to feed from.
Young couple appeared to be returning into harbour at the close of day, but minutes later they made way after purchasing a case of beer. My guess is they lived or were staying close by, as small craft are not equipped to travel safely after dark.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
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I 💖 Steveston
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
~Christie by the River
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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'
A cemetery is a sacred place where dead relatives, relatives and friends are buried. It has long been customary to mark their burials with remarkable signs. Christians set up a cross for this. Where did this tradition come from?
What does history say?
Initially, the tomb cross on the grave was the designation of one or more burials. After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, it acquired a sacred meaning.
Interestingly, in the Roman Empire, death on the cross was considered the most shameful and terrible execution. Such a sentence was given to malicious violators: thieves, murderers and traitors. The criminals died a painful death. They suffered from pain, heat, thirst and annoying insects.
The concept that the body of the deceased is in the earth, and the soul in heaven, appeared in the 5th century. The grave was decorated with a cross depicting the living Christ. After the death of Jesus, a crucifix with a resurrected teacher began to be placed on the cross. In addition, there were a wreath of thorns, blood, etc. Only by the 10th century did Orthodox believers accept the death of Christ and began to portray him as dead.
I personally am far from religion... Epidemics, wars, natural disasters... the funeral business is flourishing... those who buried their relatives and friends understand me.
last night appeared to be very overcast and yet we decided to venture to the shore of Ullsfjorden fjord to take some long exposures and we found that above the flowing clouds was a beautiful Northern sky to admire with occasionally stars showing and green lights showing through. Standing there in this silent immensity puts many things in life into the real perspective: all our self-built worries and preoccupations appear to shrink into little or nothing when witnessing the grand scheme of nature.
I've had a family of thirteen-lined ground squirrels living in my back yard for many years. This female must have had her babies this week as I noticed she suddenly appeared slimmer and she's always scouting for food. These squirrels typically have a litter of 8-10 pups, weighing about 0.1 oz. at birth. Stripes begin to form at about 12 days, and eyes open at about 28 days at which time they leave the burrow to explore the world outside.
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This harmonious scene was disrupted when a man appeared on the beach and unintentionally startled the ducks. See series below.
The aptly named Harlequin Duck is one of the most spectacular species of waterfowl in North America, not only for the male’s striking plumage but for the dramatic landscapes that the duck calls home. The blue, chestnut, and white males, along with the grayish females, breed mainly along whitewater rivers and winter on rocky windswept coasts. Their lifestyle is rough on their bodies, and many Harlequin Ducks endure broken bones from a lifetime of being tossed around in the rough water. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harlequin_Duck/overview
Sundogs can appear as bright coloured patches each side of the sun. Hexagonal plate shaped ice crystals in high cirrus clouds glint sunlight like jewels to produce the prismatic colours. atoptics.co.uk/halo/dogfm.htm
It appears 2013 was a decent year for snow as it was already up to the rails in December. H-SUPNTW with their usual SD60M's and an SD70MAC trailing head for Northtown on the Hinckley Sub. It seems stupid now, but I hated when BNSF moved the headlight to the nose on the SD60M's that had it between the number boards, thus I ignored this train most days.
Fishing Vessels appeared to be encircled by light, colour and clouds
Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay Healthy
~Christie
This rainbow appeared at dusk, after a dramatic storm. It was also my Mom's Birthday. I like to think it was her way of saying she is doing well in Heaven above.
Worldwide Plaza, Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan
Of course, I love the Judy Garland version, but the rendition by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole always gives me goosebumps:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
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...and I raced out outside with new energy!
Gerbera jamesonii blooms. Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2x macro lens. Despite how this might look, the histogram remained within bounds ;-)
I planted this in my wheelbarrow garden around 18 months ago and although the plant grew, no flowers appeared. Peter told me it was a weed and was going to pull it out. After I threatened him, he decided to leave it alone. Imagine my surprise when this week it decided to flower. I am so excited as I have seen them in gardens in the UK when travelling around.
Messier 97 (top) and Messier 108 (bottom) in Ursa Major are two celestial objects that appear to be close to each other but in reality are separated by an immense distance in space.
M97, known as the Owl Nebula, is a planetary nebula located inside our own galaxy at about 2,500 light-years away and has a diameter of about 2 light years. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and it was included in the famous catalogue of Charles Messier as entry 97. Two prominent dark spots inside the nebula give the appearance of an owl’s face.
A planetary nebula is formed by the expanding shell of gases blown off by a dying star at the last stages of its life. The expanding shell is heated by the radiation of the central star (a very faint 16th magnitude star in this case) and it glows mostly in green light of oxygen atoms. The nebula will completely disperse into space over the next several thousand years, while the central star will cool and fade away over the next several billion years.
The estimated age of the Owl Nebula is about 6,000 to 8,000 years.
Galaxy M108, the Surfboard Galaxy, is harder to see in a telescope than M97, because its light is spread out over a larger area. It happens to lie near the same line of sight as M97 but is located at about 45 million light-years away. M108 is an edge-on spiral galaxy, heavily obscured by dust. It was also discovered by Méchain.
Technical Info:
Telescope: Orion EON 80ED refractor, F = 500 mm, f/6.25
Camera: Canon EOS 600Da
Mount: Vixen Sphinx
Filter: none
Guiding: 80/400 Skywatcher refractor - SkyWatcher SynGuider
Light frames: 6 x 5 mins (total: 30 mins), ISO 1600, Custom WB, calibrated with darks.
Date: 26 April 2022
Location Bortle scale: 4
Software: DSS, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom classic.
Heavy dark clouds in front with the sun low in the sky behind. Cropped to remove scanner hardware, no other adjustments.
Mint RF70 camera and Instax Wide film.
The horizon appears tilted, after much examination I think this is lighting and perspective.
Amaiur, Valle del Baztán, Navarra, España.
Amaiur/Maya es un lugar de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra (España), situado en el valle del Baztán, en la Merindad de Pamplona y a 65 kilómetros de Pamplona.
Ya en el siglo XII aparece con el nombre de Amaiur, como una de las "tenencias" o distritos nobiliarios del reino de Navarra.
Fue villa en 1665 cuando se segregó del Baztán hasta su nueva agregación al mismo en 1969.
En lo alto de su monte Gaztelu, se encontraba el Castillo de Maya en donde se produjo una de las últimas resistencias de los navarros a la Conquista de Navarra. En el lugar del castillo hay un monolito en recuerdo a estos. En julio de 2007 se inauguró, además, el Monumento al Resistente Desconocido, impulsado por el ayuntamiento del valle, que se encuentra en el pueblo, al pie del monte.
Amaiur/Maya is a place in the Comunidad Foral de Navarra (Spain), located in the Baztán valley, in the Merindad de Pamplona and 65 kilometers from Pamplona.
Already in the twelfth century it appears under the name of Amaiur, as one of the "holdings" or noble districts of the kingdom of Navarre.
It was a town in 1665 when it was segregated from Baztán until its new addition to it in 1969.
At the top of its mount Gaztelu, was the Castle of Maya where one of the last resistances of the Navarrese to the Conquest of Navarre took place. In the place of the castle there is a monolith in memory of these. In July 2007, the Monument to the Unknown Resistance was also inaugurated, promoted by the valley council, which is located in the town, at the foot of the mountain.
This common merganser appeared to be explaining something to the disinterested hen. Made me think of mansplaining, which I'd explain the definition, but then I'd be mansplaining :)
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from cataract to bubbling fountain... It has infinite variety, and no part is ever duplicated. Its colors, though many and complex at any instant, change with the ascending and declining sun; lights and shadows appear and vanish with the passing clouds, and the changing seasons mark their passage in changing colors. You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths :-)
J. W. Powell, Canyons of the Colorado, 1895
grand canyon national park, arizona
A tiny percent of rain —and lack of wind—drew me outside to photograph wild daisies of some sort. Borrowed my husband's Nikkor 200mm macro/prime lens and rested it on the trusty monopod. On my knees shot.
I know, based on my husband’s reaction, that this will appear too shallow for many. Don’t worry; I don’t expect you to comment ;-)
There appeared to be plenty of good foraging on this buggy, seaweedy stretch of beach, but these two semipalmated sandpipers, part of a mixed flock that also included least sandpipers and a few semipalmated plovers, didn't seem to want to share. Southern Maine
It appears this speed boat was not as good as 007’s. It couldn’t escape all the bullets being shot at it.
It is not a cigarette boat ...more like a cigar boat, I think.
This is the most magical photo I brought back from my Madeira trip. A little treasure for me, because being able to capture such a fleeting moment is something very special.
Originally we had planned something completely different for this day. And we were on the mountains on the opposite side. As you can already guess from here, the visibility was rather low there (it was basically close to zero). However, since we had once worked our way up what felt like 10,000 switchbacks on a very narrow and steep road (half of them in the fog and rain), we looked for an alternative nearby. This was then the valley of the nuns, a beautiful place in the middle of the mountains,
Opposite the small church, which can be seen at the front edge of the village, we had a coffee and the owner encouraged us to drive up here.
Since it was still raining on the other side of the valley, but the sun was just breaking through the cloud cover here, this fantastic rainbow suddenly appeared while we were still hiking.
You can probably imagine the rush that broke out for me to get the camera out of my backpack in time. This is one of two photos I was able to take, after which the rainbow was gone.
Dies ist das magischste Foto, welches ich von meiner Madeira Reise mitgebracht habe. Für mich ein kleiner Schatz, denn einen solchen flüchtigen Moment festhalten zu können ist schon etwas ganz besonderes.
Urspünglich hatten wir für diesen Tag etwas ganz anderes geplant. Und zwar waren wir auf den Bergen auf der gegenüber liegenden Seite unterwegs. Wie man von hier aus schon erahnen kann war dort die Sicht eher gering (im Grunde war sie nahe Null). Da wir uns jedoch einmal diese gefühlt 10.000 Serpentinen auf einer sehr engen und steilen Strasse hier herauf gearbeitet hatten (die Hälfte davon im Nebel und Regen), suchten wir nach einer Alternative in der Nähe. Diese war dann das Tal der Nonnen, ein wunderschöner Ort mitten in den Bergen,
Gegenüber der kleinen Kirche, die man am vorderen Rand des Dorfes erkennt haben wir einen Kaffee getrunken und der Besitzer hat uns dazu animiert hier hoch zu fahren.
Da es auf der anderen Seite des Tales immernoch regnete, bei uns jedoch gerade die Sonne durch die Wolkendecke brach erschien plötzlich, während, wir noch beim Aufstieg waren, dieser fantastische Regenbogen.
Die Hektik, die dann bei mir ausbracht, um die Kamera noch rechtzeitig aus dem Rucksack zu bekommen, könnt Ihr Euch vielleicht ungefähr vorstellen. Dies ist eins von zwei Fotos, die ich in der Lage war zu machen, danach war der Regenbogen wieder weg.
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Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends !
Sentinel Rock appeared through the low clouds as the snow storm moved away. A view from Cook's Meadow, Yosemite Valley, soon after the 15-20cm (6-8 inches) snow. Taken in the first week of December 2018.
Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Yesterday Bewick's swans appeared again at sea near my house, about 40 swans. Unfortunately they were very far from me... I tried to take photos at least of one swan. In fact it was random photo.
These swans are on migration, they don't nest here... and will fly away.
I've never seen these swans in Finland before.
PS. You can see my photos of these swans in the first comment (photos taken 2 weeks ago).
Have a wonderful day, my dear friends! 🌷💙
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Wow, will wonders never cease! We're starting to see some welcome brown patches appear on the ground now as a few chinks in winter's solid white armor start to show up. This white-tailed deer is definitely enjoying the easier walking.
The Pipevine Swallowtails have been doing great on their own this year. There have been more in the yard than in previous years. I have only raised three so far but can't actually count them until they eclose. They are in the pupal stage in protective custody.
However, if all goes well I will have six more to raise. This beauty was sitting on the porterweed when I spotted her. But then she flitted on over right beside me and deposited six beautiful orange eggs. She even let me do a little video clip with my cell phone. Then when she was finished, she flitted away. Of course, I went in to get my snips (clippers) so I could collect the eggs without damaging the plant.
Today, I shall be doing a bit of Hurricane prep. I hear we are going to have a small one move through this weekend. I was really hoping to skip the hurricanes this year 😂. Butterflies don't like hurricanes. They can handle the rain well enough but the wind is not good for them. For the most part, I expect that they know it's coming and they will either leave the area or take cover in one of the oaks. Butterflies predict the weather better than the weather people.
UPDATE: It appears that the word of mouth info I received about the hurricane was not exactly correct. We are expecting a tropical storm. Still, precautions need to be made and I am ready for what comes.
Have a wonderful Wednesday and happy snapping.
Cap Fungus
When one thinks of a mushroom, the first image to appear in their head is the shape of a classic cap mushroom. Although this type of fungus is more common growing on the ground than on a tree, it’s still possible to see them on a tree trunk.
Remember – don’t go around eating random mushrooms! Many are poisonous, hallucinogenic, or deadly, and it’s easy to mistakenly identify different types. Go with a seasoned mushroom forager who knows what they’re doing.
Colmer`s Hill, Symondsbury, Dorset, rises 417ft above the rich fertile pastures of "The green and pleasant land" of England.
It looks like some giant hand has just planted it there as its perfectly symmetrical and it appears suddenly before you like some prehistoric iron age hill fort that has just sprung straight out of the earth.
However, the shape was created naturally over millions of years purely by erosion. The underlying strata consists of soft red sandstone which weathers easily especially in the open wind swept and wet countryside which is typical of the climate of south cost of England during the Winter months.
You can see the path winding its way to the top and the russet brown bracken fronds which are dying back for the winter and they give a nice tinge to the greenery on the slopes..
There are 7 Scots Pine { Pinus Sylvestris } growing on the top and they were planted by Maj W P Colfox during the first world war. For what reason, we dont know but Im certain he wouldnt have to have had a reason!!! They are called " The Magnificent Seven " and Im not going there! Dream on!!! Lol!
So there it stands and I think it looks wonderfully majestic in the soft fading light of a late September " Dorset " evening.
Ive had this pic since last year and Im only getting around to it now. I do hope you like it as much as I do and Im sure Ill find out soon enough!
I hope your week ahead is wonderful!
Hugs, P@t.
I posted a late afternoon image of Mt Shuksan reflected in Picture Lake recently. The morning light has such a different quality than the afternoon light.
The trees appear to be trying to block Mt. Shuksan! Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!
Inspired by Catherine Steinmann's 'New York City' at night - photo as it appeared on the cover of LensWork 28 - Feb 2000.
I thought I would show off how beautiful our little town is at night.
Catnip can be quite invasive. It appears in all kinds of places in the garden (even in winter), to the delight of the cats and the annoyance of the gardener. Sethi immediately discovered this new one, growing on the garden path. Sorry Sethi, but this catnip plant will have to go !