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Black tailed Godwit - Limosa Limosa
These large wading birds are a Schedule 1 species. In summer, they have bright orangey-brown chests and bellies, but in winter they're more greyish-brown.
Their most distinctive features are their long beaks and legs, and the black and white stripes on their wings. Female black-tailed godwits are bigger and heavier than the males, with a noticeably longer beak (which helps the sexes to avoid competing for food with each other).
They're very similar to bar-tailed godwits, which breed in the Arctic. Black-tailed godwits have longer legs, and bar-tailed godwits don't have striped wings. As the names suggest, the tail patterns are different, too.
Black-tailed godwits are much more likely to be found on inland wetlands than the more coastal bar-tailed godwit. They migrate in flocks to western Europe, Africa, south Asia and Australia. Although this species occurs in Ireland and Great Britain all year-round, they are not the same birds. The breeding birds depart in autumn, but are replaced in winter by the larger Icelandic race. These birds occasionally appear in the Aleutian Islands and, rarely, on the Atlantic coast of North America.
There is an estimated global population of between 634,000 and 805,000 birds and estimated range of 7,180,000 square kilometres (2,770,000 sq mi). In 2006 BirdLife International classified this species as Near Threatened due to a decline in numbers of around 25% in the previous 15 years. It is also among the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In Europe, black-tailed godwits are only hunted in France, with the annual total killed estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 birds. This puts additional pressure on the western European population, and the European Commission has a management plan in place for the species in its member states.
In England, black-tailed godwits were formerly much prized for the table. Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682) said: "[Godwits] were accounted the daintiest dish in England and I think, for the bignesse, of the biggest price."
Population:
UK breeding:
54-57 pairs of the limosa 'Eurasian' subspecies, and 7-9 pairs of the islandica subspecies
UK wintering:
44,000 birds from the Icelandic population
UK passage:
12,400 birds
Europe:
99-140,000 pairs
Dato il divieto di inoltro nella galleria del passante ferroviario di Torino dei treni che trasportano materie pericolose, per attraversare il nodo del capoluogo piemontese ed evitare il passaggio sotterraneo spesso i convogli merci sono costretti a seguire itinerari alternativi, come nel caso di questo intermodale Gallarate - Modane instradato via Sesto Calende - Novara - Alessandria, fotografato nelle aride campagne appena fuori la città di Novara, assetate dalla persistente siccità di quest'ultimo inverno in Pianura Padana.
Given the prohibition of forwarding trains carrying dangerous materials in the railway tunnel of Turin, to cross the hub of the Piedmont capital and avoid the underground passage freight trains are often forced to follow alternative routes, as in the case of this Gallarate - Modane intermodal routed via Sesto Calende - Novara - Alessandria, photographed in the arid countryside just outside the city of Novara, thirsty from the persistent drought of this last winter in the Po Valley.
While trying to avoid people for two entirely different reasons the fox and I did manage to cross paths near St.John's, NL, Canada.
Taken during the walk in the forest. I very like these flowers :)
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) is an ornamental plant native of Europe. It can grow up to 50cm in height, with leaves that are long, narrow and fresh green. The flowers are white, 20-30mm across and have five distinctive petals split to about half way down. In the wild this plant is often found in hedgebanks, open woods and wood margins. It tolerates a wide range of soils, avoiding only those which are very dry or permanently wet.
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Gwiazdnica wielkokwiatowa (Stellaria holostea) – gatunek rośliny z rodziny goździkowatych. Występuje dziko w Europie, północnej Afryce, Małej Azji i na Syberii. W Polsce gatunek pospolity. Rośnie od niżu po wyżyny, rzadko na pogórzu. Jest typową rośliną leśną, występującą głównie w lasach liściastych: dębowo-grabowych, bukowych i nadrzecznych olszynach. Kwitnie stopniowo od końca kwietnia do początku czerwca, zapylana jest przez owady. W niektórych krajach jest uprawiana jako roślina ozdobna.
My first play with a Canon R7 at Catcott today... (Thanks Steve for letting me have a go with your new toy).
An un-tweaked image, just converted to JPEG at 95% quality in 'Fastone image viewer', a bit of a revelation. Nice colours and detail, eye-tracking and focus locking jolly useful for composition of a static subject like this one. Coped with the whites very well. So mostly all good at f8... things were a bit different at f5.6, very soft around the gills, but to be expected with the lens-TC combo s'pose.
As for birds in flight, it worked well when a gull flew straight in and over, but quite a high miss rate when a few egrets flew across left to right at near and middle distances and with reeds in the background, I guess this is just a setting thing though. I'm sure this was more down to me than the camera, which has more buttons, knobs and wheels than your average TV remote. No idea what I was pressing or what they did, or why I was even pressing them.
Nice to have a bucket load of extra pixels to play with too.
I'm sure with a little time, this digital beast will be mastered, and I'll find a few settings that avoid shutter shock and roll syndrome that will work well for static, macro and in flight shots.... In the meantime, I'll just have to rely on field craft and my trusty old 7D Mkii.
R7 Now on the Christmas list. :@)
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." Ernest Hemingway
(Pedionomus torquatus)
Somewhere 70km North of Deniliquin - NSW
Austrália
When we were planning our trip and looking for interesting places and species to photograph in/around Victoria, we came across this amazing but endangered bird. From that moment, we couldn’t wait to have the oportunity to get some shots of it!
However, when we contacted Patricia Maher in late April, we found out that Philip Maher’s available dates were super limited. Since we’d already booked our internal flights, it didn’t seem doable at first. But we’d left our last day in Melbourne free, partly to avoid the risk of delayed or canceled flights and partly to enjoy the city a bit before heading back home on the 26th.
That gave us a whole day (the 25th) to go for this bird! We booked two nights in Deniliquin and braced ourselves for a birding marathon starting at 6:30 AM and possibly ending at 2 AM on the 26th (luckily, our flight home from Melbourne wasn’t until 3 PM).
Two days before the big day, we got in touch with Patricia again, and she told us the weather forecast wasn’t looking great – rain was expected. But hey, plans are plans.
The day before, we drove from Melbourne to Deniliquin (a 3-hour, 270km drive) under nonstop rain. By this point, we were beyond exhausted: after 4 weeks of birding (our longest trip ever!), dealing with an 11-hour time difference, staying in 12 different accommodations, catching 5 internal flights and 3 international ones, eating food very different from what we were used to (and often skipping meals), waking up most days at 5 AM, we almost decided to turn back.
Plus, we already had a decent collection of photos on our hard drives. Honestly, all we wanted was to head back to Melbourne, relax, and enjoy the photos we’d taken.
The idea of driving in the rain for what might turn out to be a wasted effort wasn’t motivating at all. We were this close to turning around and heading back.
Thank goodness we didn’t! Not only did the rain ease up the next day, but we also managed to spot more than 40 new species – including both the male and female of this gorgeous bird. We got hundreds of photos from all the angles and distances we wanted! The female wasn’t super cooperative (she didn’t show off her pretty legs), but the male was a real show-off and a photographer’s dream. I’ll share his photos later too.
Note 1: This is the female of the species. She’s actually more colorful than the male, though some individuals are even more vibrant than this one.
Note 2: Nope, she’s not in the nest. Fun fact about this species: it’s the male that incubates the eggs and raises the chicks. The female focuses on defending her territory and mates with multiple males.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Austrália (2024) (309)
- All the photos for this order CHARADRIIFORMES (1170)
- All the photos for this family Pedionomidae (Pedionomídeos) (4)
- All the photos for this species Pedionomus torquatus (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2024/11/25 (30)
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The Bumblebee is considered an insect of high social standards existing in colonies of normally 50 - 400 individuals which is considered small compared to honey bees whose numbers can get as high as 50,000 per colony.
Young queen bumblebees exit their nest in the fall season and after mating possibly numerous times will feed frantically to build up fat reserves prior to entering hibernation underground for the winter months. As the weather cools off the males and workers expire including the males the queen mated with. As the weather warms in spring the queens emerge from hibernation and begin searching for a suitable location to begin a colony. Once she has established her site she begins building wax cells that she will deposit her eggs that were fertilized last fall into. The first hatching will produce 4 -8 workers that will take over her duties and feeding future young leaving the queen to focus her attention on laying eggs to populate the colony.
There are over 250 species of bees throughout the world and many of them nest underground to avoid the extreme heat that can be generated from direct sunlight.
The female bumblebee can inflict a sting that is rather painful and she can sting repeatedly but thankfully they tend to avoid people and animals.
A long, hairy proboscis is used to lap up the liquid when feeding on nectar to add to their stores and pollen to to feed to the young. Our red clover crop is pretty much totally dependent on bumblebees for pollination since they are the only insect with a tongue long enough to reach the nectar.
This pictured bee displays the pollen basket adhered to the modified hind leg of nesting bumblebees for transporting pollen back to the nest.
I avoided any curves when building the Federations latest interceptor to give it a sharp edged, aggressive feel.
No curves except this excellent new canopy in trans yellow that is. For this we have @pixarslightyear and Angus MacLane to thank for.
One from the recent archive. Freightliner's 59201, still in DB red, passes stablemate 66561 on the Westbury Avoider whilst in charge of 7C64, the 15.25 empties from Acton Yard to Merehead Quarry.
As soon as spring arrives, the sheep invade the foreshore to come and taste the halophilic plants. The sea flora charged with salt and iodine, combined with the long displacements, gives this so particular taste to the flesh of the lambs, very appreciated by the experts.
Taking the sheep to graze in the foreshore is a local tradition attested since at least the 15th century. Lambing takes place in the sheepfold during the winter, although some farmers schedule births in the spring to avoid supply shortages. For the first two or three months after birth, the lambs are fed mainly on their mother's milk. The animals are taken out in March after the high tides of the equinox and stay in the bay for a minimum of two and a half months, extending into the autumn.
Creeping into Carland and trying avoiding any possible train vs. pedestrian accidents 1225 puts on a show smoking out the classic elevator shot. The engine would soon start pulling out on the throttle and getting back up to track speed. For some reason this was one of the only photos with no Orange barrels in them and no they weren't photoshopped out.
Nylon strings are traditionally tied behind the bridge, but I've found that after years of use strings begin to saw through the wood where they are tied. I've found that using tiny blocks of wood to secure the wood avoids the issue.
Part 1: www.flickr.com/photos/glenbledsoe/50506435473/in/photostr...
Sony ILCE-7M2 | Tamron 35
These dragonflies are about 5cm/2 inches in wing span. The male leads the female, holding the back of her head with his abdominal claspers (at the tip of his tail) as they fly along about 30cm/ 1ft above the water surface. They move quickly and erratically to avoid predation by birds, and at intervals the female deposits her eggs in the water, the conjoined pair bobbing rapidly up and down, near-vertically, then resume their horizontal flight. (See previous picture) By keeping hold of the female, the male prevents other males from mating with her. Lone males can often be spotted in the vicinity of mating pairs as if waiting for an opportunity. That's the last of three pictures on the subject of Common Darter dragonfly mating you'll be pleased to read!
Hmm. Post may be delayed longer than you think. Spotted on my way to a meeting, hence taken on my iPhone.
to avoid the labor of thinking ;-)
Thomas Edison
HMM! HPPT!! Science Matters! Resist the Thoughtless Orange Clown and his Cabinet of Buffoons!
japanese camellia, Nuccio's Cameo' our yard, cary, north arolina
Tickling an image of mine with AI.
In the miniature world of insects, beneath the towering canopies of mushrooms, a bustling community thrived. It was a place where ants marched with purpose, beetles scuttled in search of treasure, and spiders wove intricate webs between the fungal giants.
One sunny day, a curious ladybug named Lila decided to take a stroll under the mushroom forest. As she wandered beneath the towering caps, she marveled at the dappled sunlight filtering through the delicate gills above. To her, it felt like strolling through a grand cathedral, with the mushroom stems standing tall like pillars reaching for the sky.
But as Lila ventured deeper into the shadows, she encountered unexpected obstacles: drops of dew clinging to the mushroom caps. To her tiny feet, they were vast lakes, forcing her to navigate with care to avoid getting soaked.
Despite the challenges, Lila pressed on, enchanted by the beauty of her surroundings. And as she emerged from the mushroom forest, she couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder at the hidden world that existed just beneath her feet.
Rouge Matawin, Québec, Canada.
Merci énormément pour vos commentaires, ils sont toujours très appréciés.
Sur ce petit lac forestier de nénuphars en cette belle matinée ensoleillée, il y avait 4 orignaux ensemble. 3 jeunes mâles et une femelle qu'ils convoitaient tous. Pas facile d'approcher un orignal… Alors immaginez 4 c'est grands museaux et 8 très grandes oreilles toujours aux aguets, pas évident du tout. Il faut être bien certain de mettre le vent dans notre visage et avancer très lentement en chaussettes pour éviter les bruits insolites et sentir les branches sous son pied avant qu'elles ne craquent, autrement Bye Bye orignaux.
Rouge Matawin, Quebec, Canada.
Thank you so much for your comments; they are always greatly appreciated.
On this small lily pond on this beautiful sunny morning, there were four moose together. Three young males and a female, whom they all coveted. It's not easy to approach a moose... Imagine four with big snouts and eight very large ears, always on the lookout. It's not easy at all. You have to be sure to keep the wind in your face and move very slowly in your socks to avoid unusual noises and feel the branches under your feet before they snap. Otherwise, Bye-Bye moose.
lady bug offered. Devil's Club is a native healing plant and is highly respected and honoured in the healing community. The spines on it's stem are formidable and should be avoided. It produces bright red berries in late summer.
Shot this candid through a pedestrian guard rail before his owner decided to get on with their morning walk. Lots of puppies out early in order to avoid the hellish afternoon temps we've been having.
To avoid the crowd, it's better to hire a taxi or private tour and arrive a little later than the tour buses.
At Anthem
BUENO -Abandoned Set-Cabinet
BUENO -Abandoned Set-Ciao
BUENO -Abandoned Set-Bauhaus
BUENO -Abandoned Set-War
BUENO -Abandoned Set-Plant
BUENO -Abandoned Set-Chair
At FaMESHed
Oaklynn Wall Tube Light
Other items used ~
7 - #73 *Coming Soon*
7 - I Came Home To This
7 - Don't Be A Dick
7 - Cult Leader
7 - David's Rib Cage
7 - Wash Balls Here (Wall)
7 - Snuggles The Clown
7 - Do Not Walk SIgn
..::THOR::.. Chill Ashtray
..::THOR::.. Chill Tablet
..::THOR::.. Skull Bong
..::THOR::.. Chill Pizza - deco
Aardvark : Banter Books - FATPACK [deco]
(NO) Sleepy Cat Pot - Painted Red
NOMAD // Spotlights
Mithral * Vine Horizontal Wall Planter (Black)
Fancy Decor: Pitcher Plant
dust bunny . retro planters . speaker palm . black
BUENO- Books-Avoid Everything
BUENO- Stack of Books-Strange Idea
Refuge - Speaker Mannequin Red
Black . Sand Lazyman -FATPACK
AsteroidBox. Darling, I'm A Mess - Damaged TV
Nutmeg. His Vintage Bag
Nutmeg. His Vintage Shoes
N4RS Harvard Persian Rug
Burrowing Owl
The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated by prairie dogs. Unlike most owls, burrowing owls are often active during the day, although they tend to avoid the midday heat. Like many other kinds of owls, though, burrowing owls do most of their hunting from dusk until dawn, when they can use their night vision and hearing to their advantage. Living in open grasslands as opposed to forests, the burrowing owl has developed longer legs that enable it to sprint, as well as fly, when hunting.
Burrowing owls have bright eyes; their beaks can be dark yellow or gray depending on the subspecies. They lack ear tufts and have a flattened facial disc. The owls have prominent white eyebrows and a white "chin" patch which they expand and display during certain behaviors, such as a bobbing of the head when agitated.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Burrowing_Owl/overview
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To avoid ToS issues, if you're interested in something I'm wearing in this pic and can't find it in-world, feel free to ask ♥
Up at 3am for a 1 1/2 drive to the lekking ground to ensure arrival before day break to avoid disturbing the birds. A beautiful clear night preceded this glorious early morning sunshine which made all the difference ( Well to me anyway ! )
it was a beautiful day.
We went early to avoid the rush and walked up Brown Willy (where this was taken) and Rough tor. It was so clear you could see the sea on both coasts - North on the right of this picture, and South on the left.
Hubby in the yellow, very old friends on the left. Dogs at our feet.
Lunch in a pub after. Nice
The name Brown Willy is possibly from Cornish Bronn Ewhella meaning "highest hill". The summit, at 1,378 feet (420 m) above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole.
Rough Tor's summit is 1313 ft (400m) above mean sea level, making it the second highest point in Cornwall.
for 79/120 - One fine day.
Luray Caverns in Virginia are one the largest private owned caverns you can visit in the eastern US. Located just outside of Shenandoah National Park. I went on a weekday after Labor Day to avoid the large crowds that go there during the summer. However you have to go through the cave escorted by a tour guide which means you are rushed a bit and camera tripods are not allowed. So I used my I-Phone for natural light and my Nikon for flash shots. More images in the weeks ahead.
Hurley House, Cotton Gardens Estate, Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built in 1968.
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
«Вологолюбність верби стала однією з причин її вшанування нашими пращурами. У давнину люди з побожним трепетом ставилися до води. А верба завжди росла тільки там, де була вода. Варто згадати лише деякі вирази наших предків: «Там де живе верба, житиме й ріка», «Де срібліє вербиця, там здорова водиця». На Україні зазвичай криниці копали на березі річки чи ставка під вербою. Завдяки вмісту смолистих речовин — танідів верба як фільтр очищає воду, надаючи їй особливого смаку, «вербового духу». Тому здатність робити святу воду «живою», цілющою також спричинили пошанування цього дерева.»
/Любов та Галина Іщук, Верба в етнокультурних традиціях і звичаях українців/.
Кожного разу, коли я фотографую природу, то намагаюся вибрати момент, аби у кадрі не було людей. І кожного разу, чекаючи, коли вони підуть геть, я згадую поради, прочитані у книжці, яку написав професійний фотограф: «Don't avoid people in your photos. Without them, photographs will appear to have been taken on a lifeless planet." У цьому випадку я послухався поради автора, але все одно мені здається, що пара людей на тому березі явно зайва. 😥