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FIELD MARKS- small,partially unfeathered head and hooked bill sooty,black plumage shows large white patches at base of primaries in flight legs and feet pale gray
Small jumping spider on the hostas - didn't notice his blue trim until I got the image up on my computer, Wishing it was a big sharper. Identified as a Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)
Some squircles from my collection.
1. Cap, 2. Sailboat thing, 3. Girlnip?, 4. Cake, 5. JM, 6. Window, 7. Wheel, 8. Drinking cup, 9. Showerhead, 10. Squircled M'ow, 11. Collected Memory Dispersed, 12. Bouillon, 13. Range, 14. Texas Reality Mythology, 15. Stirrers, 16. Bocce ball, 17. Deflector, 18. Deflector, 19. Pepper shaker, 20. Mirror, 21. Bradley, 22. Left arrow, 23. Mirror, 24. Wheel, 25. Knob, 26. Window, 27. Fan, 28. Secure this door, 29. Clock, 30. Women, 31. Film can, 32. High Efficiency, 33. Trail rated, 34. Pencil holder, 35. Keyhole, 36. Lid
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Took this shot late afternoon by a window with the setting sun back lighting the amaryllis flower. This variety of amaryllis goes by the glorious name of Black Pearl.
Common name: Black Stork
Scientific name: Ciconia nigra
Distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern
The Black Drongo is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm. in length. Feeding on insects, it is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is famous for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invades its territory. The informal name of King Crow is based on this behaviour.
EDIT ***I found out it's a Diascia.*** I have no idea what this is, neither do my neighbours who's garden its from.
Cut paper. 12 x 12 inches. 2010.
From Plenty: New Work by Jenny Lee Fowler at Wing and Clover, Rhinebeck, NY.
This is a very friendly wolf named Billie. She lives with her owner in Inuvik. I finally got my wish to pat a wolf. She loved scratches to her neck and ears. What a great animal!
Just a reminder that all of my images are fully copyrighted so copying, modifying or reposting them is illegal. Please ask permission if you intend on using any of them. Linking to this image is fine. My images are not under the creative commons license. Sorry to point this out but a lot of my wolf images are being used as avatars and are being modified without my permission.
Black Redstarts are abundant in some parts of Spain. In the Ainsa area they are often found nesting in villages, using cavities in old masonry for nesting. Nearly every old church seems to have at least one pair.
This one is freshly emerged and very dark. With time the black gets faded and scratched. Bits of dust and cobweb appear and pieces of the wing get broken off by predators. This is a female and she is flawless. Click on the picture to see it in lightbox.
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
If I don't find a way out of here
I'm gonna go berserk cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
LA: Nigritella rhellicani
EN: Black vanilla orchid
DE: Schwarzes Kohlröschen
HU: Fekete havasi kosbor
This is a tiny orchid. The inflorescence is hardly bigger than 4-5 cm (1"). Very dark purple, that seems to be black from a distance. They look like some dried up, black flower heads from a distance. It is easy to just walk by and not notice these miniature beauties.
I love its old Latin name: Nigritella nigra.
Recently it was discovered (based on chromosome studies) that they are the same genus as Gymnadenia.
At home in some higher mountains of Europe and Asia.
2,000 m, Nebelhorn, Allgäu, Germany.
It's not until you get home and see the pictures you've taken in full screen on your computer that you think; if only I'd taken the picture from a lower angle. But by then it's too late. :-(
We were lucky enough to see one of 13 black rhinos in the northern Serengeti. He's seen us, now will he run?