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....from a walk through Oxley Creek Common. Oxley Creek Common is home to a remarkable variety of birds. An experienced observer can find as many as 70 species in one hour of observation during the spring about 10% of all Australia's bird species and several times the diversity one could find walking the suburbs. In the past eleven years over 190 species have been recorded on the Common. (Source: University of Queensland)
Olive-backed Oriole
Scientific Name: Oriolus sagittatus
Description: The Olive-backed Oriole is part of a worldwide family, of which Australia has two other members (the Yellow Oriole and the Figbird). Males and females have an olive-green head and back, grey wings and tail, and cream underparts, streaked with brown. They both have a bright red eye and reddish beak. Females can be distinguished from males by a paler bill, duller-green back, and an extension of the streaked underparts up to the chin.
Similar species: Olive-backed Orioles have a reddish bill, which easily distinguishes the species from the similar Figbird Sphecotheres viridis, which has a blackish bill. It also lacks the Figbird's bare eye skin and has red rather than dark eyes. The Yellow Oriole O. flavocinctus is generally more yellow overall.
Distribution: The Olive-backed Oriole occurs across coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia from the Kimberley region in Western Australia, right around the east coast to Adelaide in South Australia.
Habitat: The Olive-backed Oriole lives in forests, woodlands and rainforests, as well as well-treed urban areas, particularly parks and golf courses.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary in the north of its range, but appears to be a summer migrant to the more southern part of its range. Small groups undertake nomadic movements, following fruiting trees during the autumn and winter.
Feeding: Olive-backed Orioles are less gregarious than Figbirds, with which they are often seen foraging. Although they are sometimes seen in small groups, particularly in autumn and winter, they more often occur alone or in pairs, feeding on insects and fruit in canopy trees.
Breeding: The female Olive-backed Oriole builds a cup-shaped nest which is attached by its rim to a horizontal fork on the outer-edge of the foliage of a tree or tall shrub. Nests are usually around 10 m above the ground, and built of strips of bark and grass, bound with spider web. The male does not build the nest, or incubate the eggs, but he feeds the young after the eggs hatch.
Calls: Repeated, rolling 'ori-ori-oriole'. Olive-backed Orioles are excellent mimics of other birds, and are also 'ventriloquists', meaning they can 'throw' their voices to sound like they are calling from somewhere else.
Minimum Size: 26cm
Maximum Size: 28cm
Average size: 27cm
Average weight: 96g
Breeding season: September to January
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 17 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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After years of playing around with complex shots, snapping the moon, or diving down for that elusive aquatic shot, I had the need to hit the pause button and look for a simple subject, composition going back to re-learning what I am doing. Shot this with an Olympus OMD EM1-II with 12-100 lens, and just a protective UV filter on the end. Lighting was quite contrasty, weather was getting windy, and clouds brewing up nicely behind me. Hope you guys like the shot.
While out walking this morning, for lack of anything else to occupy my mind, I started paying attention to the many signs posted as a result of covid-19. No aesthetic value per se, but truly a historical reference.
We love movie , we created the scene of "Back to the Future"
It is the model of 1955 Hill Valley according to the movie.
This model is displayed at 2013 gathering of HKLUG , Minifigs.net , Brick Adventure
Builder : Mythbot & Alan
Photographer & Text Editor : Mythbot
Photo Editor : Alan
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With the backshop guys happily eating the provided pizzas, they left us to have fun around the complex. Here a set of GE trucks gets some love and care on April 29, 2016.
Taken on railroad property with permission.
© Eric T. Hendrickson 2016 All Rights Reserved
Mikasa, Hokkaido.Flower bloom one by one.
Mamiya M645, Sekor Macro 80mm F4.0, RDP2 expired, exposed as ISO 100, developed as described before ( 1st: Korectol 37 Deg.C. 10 minutes, 2nd: BAN1 ), scanned with Plustek OpticFilm120, edited with GIMP.
2NE1 - Come Back Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbfv-AAyvQ
In society, everyone is always on their cellphones & internet and slowly moving away from the real world because of how tough it is to live and survive on Earth. With their electronics, they are slowly getting deep into the virtual world and slowly leaving the real world to live in the virtual world. Because of the invasion of the virtual world and how badly it's affecting society, 2NE1 will do anything to destroy the virtual world and bring everybody back to the real world before it becomes a barren wasteland
New silver dress from the back. With fully fashioned stockings, sexy heels and wearing a chiffon scarf to match the shade of my lips and nails.
The common Bronzeback tree snake has a long and a thin body. It's dorsal is characteristically brown with blue scales at the edge of fore bodyside.
a Back-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) before trotting further into the Savanna - these are really nearly nonstop in move ..
Titicaca Lake
Puno
Perú
Revisiting my trip to Perú and thinking i haven´t travelled like i used to for almost two years because of my studies. Lovely perú, i want to go back there.
Raritan Central Railway GP38 no. 2244 is looking a bit rough as it and GP30 no. 5 rumble light through the yard.
Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, and have been introduced to Australia
Back again to capture one of my favorite views. It had been several weeks, months even, since I had gone out to shoot anything. When your budget is tight and you dont know of many places, you run out of ideas...quickly. This was the case. Needing to get out of the house, I grabbed the camera and drove. Naturally I ended up at one of my favorite spots, enjoying one of my favorite views.
Sometimes, you just need to hit restart.
After completing its switching at Rousselot, and waiting for two commuter rail trains, BO-1 makes it way back down to Boston via the ex-Eastern Railroad, ex-B&M, now MBTA Commuter Rail Eastern Route. It’s seen here passing Castle Hill interlocking westbound.
Metroline West ADL Enviro400 TE1573 (LK08FMO) turns from the Conway Drive bus stop onto Carnarvon Drive whilst on Route U4 towards Uxbridge.
Explore Jun 23, 2008 #259
I am back !!!
Hello my dear friends i am back, i had great time but; unfortunately i didn't took much photos on my holidays.
I miss you and your works, very glad to be back again on flickr.
Merhaba arkadaşlarım,aranıza yeniden dönmek çok hoş.Bodrum tatilim çok güzel geçti.
Fakat çok fotoğraf çekemedim.
Tatildeyken sizleri ve sizlerin güzel çalışmalarını özledim..Flickr'a geri döndüğüme çok memnunum.:)
Turgutreis'te bana gösterdiği misafirlik için Yıldırım ağabeyime çok teşekkürler..
For the first time in years, my Canon 300mm L prime is working as intended after finally getting around to having the long running focusing issues repaired. With the Colchester Canon repair centre now closed it had to be sent away and after two months it's back and this F-15 was the first aircraft I have tried it on. Appears to be working okay!
Two lenses just came back from Cleaning-Lubrication-Adjustment (CLA) here in Bangkok: My 20mm f3.5 Olympus Pen F lens and a Leica Elmar-R 180mm f4 that was in mint condition except for internal haze that the Ebay seller called “fungus”. Easily cleaned during the CLA and I got a great Leica telephoto for only $60!