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This morning I was put into a state of banic when my son blew his nose in the bathroom and from where I was it sounded like my wife,s nose blow. I was sitting as in the picture looking at my Ipad at the time checking out Flickr fully dressed. I had two thoughts and one was to sit there waiting to get caught and the other one which I did go intp Panic stations mode undress as quick as possible get the makeup off and hide the clothes trying to be as quite as possible. My heart was beating fast and within 2-3 minutes I was back into man mode. I went down stairs to find no wife as she was obviously at work and my son was in his bedsit as usual. It is amazing how you can go from lovely femme bliss to blind panic in a few seconds being a closet TV. It was a shock to the system but part of the game I suppose. Coming out to the wife is not an option at the moment for many reasons.
The guy with the stick was prodding the canopy above to release rainwater - and getting soaked in the process! The lady in the window looks suitably shocked…
Christmas Market Stony Stratford 2/3
OK, I think I like this -- no, I think I love this. The quilting makes the hearts look like they are beating.
Partner? Thoughts?
打你個小人頭，等你成世無出頭，十足豬泵兜。
打你個小人眼，等你眼紅兼眼坦，行路僕到喊。
打你個小人鼻，等你索野無曬味，鼻涕流到地。
打你個小人耳，等你耳嗚難制止，唱歌一舊屎。
打你個小人口，等你有氣無定抖，食親飯都嘔。
打你個小人手，等你有錢唔識偷，無鞋挽屐走。
打你個小人胸，等你呼吸唔暢通，肺癆兼中風。
打你個小人肚，等你惡運行到老，日日畀人告。
打你個小人腳，等你有鞋唔識著，出街無人約
A popular Chinese belief practice in Hong Kong, a voodoo-like ritual called Beating the Petty Person takes place at street junctions, which is believed that it will cast the evil away along the roads.
These cut-out paper tigers (called White Tiger despite its yellow appearance ) represent the evil omen (白虎), one can cast away these bad omen by offering (feeding) these tiger with fatty pork and sticky rice, it will then be burnt at the end of the ritual
Demanding boss, troublesome neighbour or annoying customer – now you can give that petty person holding you back a good pasting without having to do time for assault.
In Causeway Bay, the flyover known as Ngo Keng Kiu passes over a three-way junction, making it the ideal feng shui spot for dispelling evil.
It is here that Hong Kong’s ‘professional beaters’ gather. Don’t waste time waiting for tattooed heavies to show up; these fighters come in the form of old ladies. Just tell one who the person holding you back is and she’ll light some incense, make cut-outs of a paper tiger and beat the ‘petty person’ out of your life with her shoe while chanting a series of rhymed curses on the target person.
This ritual is considered to be more effective on Jing Zhe; – the first thunder of the year as predicted by the lunar calendar.
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The line from Trowbridge to Bath was closed for essential works in mid 2015 and so various firms were helping out First. BYB Travel of Westbury had YN06FLL, a rare YN06 FLL Beulas Cygnus / Irisbus Eurorider employed on rail replacement alongside more mundane First offerings of Bath Solo 53813 WX05RTZ and First Kernow Trident 33068 LN51GLK, new to London but passing via Sheffield to Cornwall.
Red Mountain Trail to Snow Canyon Overlook; Red Mountain Wilderness, Utah; April 2017
Just as we were getting ready to start hiking, three vans from a St George resort pulled up to hike the trail. We made sure we beat all of them to the overlook and had it to ourselves for ten or so minutes before the crowd showed up.
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On the 18th day of our 20-day trek to the north and south sides of Kangchenjunga, we left our camp (elevation 2,405 m, 7,890 ft.), high above the true right bank of the Ghunsa Khola (Ghunsa River), at Amjilosa and descended along the river some 7 km (4.3 mi.) to its confluence with the Tamur River, which we then followed for 9.3 km (5.8 mi.) downstream to our camp at Chirwa (elevation 1,240 m, 4,068 ft.). In this shot a Limbu couple are seen beating millet, the first stage in preparing the alcoholic drink known as tongba, along the Tamur River some 6 km (3.7 mi.) from Chirwa in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal. The Limbu are one of some 60 ethnic groups recognized in Nepal and reside principally in the eastern middle hills between the lowland Terai and the Himalaya.
Inspired by the marvels of the mechanical age and the industries of the historically significant Jewellery Quarter, this ‘steampunk’ style owl reveals his beating, clockwork heart through a panel in his chest. While he doesn’t actually need a monocle, Tick-Tock feels that it makes him look just that little bit more wise!
Artist: Illona Clark
Illona Clark is a Norwich based writer and illustrator. She makes picture books for children featuring mechanical flying pigs, shy aliens and lost robots, to name but a few of her characters.
Website: www.illonaclark.com
Sponsor: Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Auction Price: £10,000
The Big Hoot captured the imagination of everyone in Birmingham and beyond, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets with their Big Hoot Trail maps to explore the colourful invasion of individually designed owls. Taking in the city’s 10 districts, tourists and residents alike enjoyed their owl adventure, discovering and celebrating the extraordinary creativity produced by many of Birmingham’s artistic community and over 25,000 young people.
The Big Hoot owls went under the hammer on 15 October 2015 at The Big Hoot auction sponsored by Vodafone and we are thrilled to have smashed our target by raising the incredible sum of £508,035!
The money raised from the auction will support Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s £3.65m Star Appeal. This appeal will enable us to create a first of its kind, a Rare Diseases Centre in the UK specifically for children. It will provide co-ordinated care, treatment, support and most importantly hope to children and families living with a rare or undiagnosed condition.
In addition the auction raised £15,000 for G’owl’d by Temper with proceeds going to Edward’s Trust, and £7,800 for Fleet and Free with proceeds going to Birchfield Harriers.
So thank you - we simply couldn’t have done it without you.
Artists have played a major role in The Big Hoot, creating almost 100 owl sculptures. We would like to thank all the artists for their incredible creativity and hard work.
Professional artists from Birmingham, the wider Midlands region and further afield have created extraordinary giant owls that are all unique in style and character and represent the city’s creativity, history and heritage, music, fashion, architecture and attractions.
Birmingham is home to a wealth of artistic and creative individuals and communities and many award-winning and nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. We are delighted with the response from Birmingham’s creative community and are thrilled to work in collaboration with them to transform the streets, squares and parks of the city.
For five months artists have been creating owls in their studios, at home and in The Big Hoot Artists’ Studio at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. Their inspiring and innovative designs have been realised in genres including graffiti, illustration, fine art, graphics, typography, mosaic and new media. They have worked with both community groups and with corporates to realise ideas and create their stunning designs.
The Big Hoot not only provides a high quality and ambitious free public event for families but also supports the creativity of artists and celebrates talent and diversity. The Big Hoot has provided an inspiring relationship between the city and the arts.
The artists have also reached out to communities enabling more people to participate in the arts, to experience working with professional artists and to be inspiring and inspired. From the north to the south of the city residents groups, youth groups and older peoples’ groups have been collaborating with artists to generate ideas, design and create owls for The Big Hoot.
Creativity is everywhere but the opportunity to participate is not. A range of activities have been programmed within Birmingham’s diverse communities and people from the age of 3 – 97 and from wards within the city boundaries have contributed to The Big Hoot and helped make the event extraordinary. Our projects have seen artists working with hundreds of residents and community members including children in looked after care, older peoples’ clubs, young people and residents organisations to design and decorate the owls displayed as part of the 10 week public event.
My friend Georgie_grrl drew this for me a while back, and I feel like this is an appropriate time to post it. (Thanks again Georgette!)
Also, this:
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
and I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there as mine sure won't be shared
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hands
But you played it with a beating
Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You'll pay me back in kind
and reap just what you've sown
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".[2]
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[3] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.[4][5][6]
Description
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (12+1⁄2–15+1⁄2 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (25+1⁄2–32+1⁄2 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4+3⁄4–8+7⁄8 oz), around 155 g (5+1⁄2 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5+3⁄8–11+1⁄8 oz), around 184 g (6+1⁄2 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.[4]
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.[4]
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.[4]
Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing
Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing
Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing
Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing
Female F. t. tinnunculus
Female F. t. tinnunculus
F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl
F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl
F. t. tinnunculus Male in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus
Male in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus Female in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus
Female in the wild
Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it
Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it
Hovering tail feathers closed
Hovering
tail feathers closed
Hovering tail feathers spread
Hovering
tail feathers spread
Hovering
Hovering
Skull
Skull
Behaviour and ecology
In the cool-temperate parts of its range, the common kestrel migrates south in winter; otherwise it is sedentary, though juveniles may wander around in search for a good place to settle down as they become mature. It is a diurnal animal of the lowlands and prefers open habitat such as fields, heaths, shrubland and marshland. It does not require woodland to be present as long as there are alternative perching and nesting sites like rocks or buildings. It will thrive in treeless steppe where there are abundant herbaceous plants and shrubs to support a population of prey animals. The common kestrel readily adapts to human settlement, as long as sufficient swathes of vegetation are available, and may even be found in wetlands, moorlands and arid savanna. It is found from the sea to the lower mountain ranges, reaching elevations up to 4,500 m (14,800 ft) ASL in the hottest tropical parts of its range but only to about 1,750 m (5,740 ft) in the subtropical climate of the Himalayan foothills.[4][7]
Globally, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1] Its stocks were affected by the indiscriminate use of organochlorines and other pesticides in the mid-20th century, but being something of an r-strategist able to multiply quickly under good conditions it was less affected than other birds of prey. The global population has been fluctuating considerably over the years but remains generally stable; it is roughly estimated at 1–2 million pairs or so, about 20% of which are found in Europe. There has been a recent decline in parts of Western Europe such as Ireland. Subspecies dacotiae is quite rare, numbering less than 1000 adult birds in 1990, when the ancient western Canarian subspecies canariensis numbered about ten times as many birds.[4]
Food and feeding
When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10–20 m (35–65 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift. Like most birds of prey, common kestrels have keen eyesight enabling them to spot small prey from a distance. Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target, unlike the peregrine which relies on longer, higher dives to reach full speed when targeting prey. Kestrels can often be found hunting along the sides of roads and motorways, where the road verges support large numbers of prey. This species is able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight.[8] Another favourite (but less conspicuous) hunting technique is to perch a bit above the ground cover, surveying the area. When the bird spots prey animals moving by, it will pounce on them. They also prowl a patch of hunting ground in a ground-hugging flight, ambushing prey as they happen across it.[4]
European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus), a typical common kestrel prey since prehistoric times
Common kestrels eat almost exclusively mouse-sized mammals. Voles, shrews and true mice supply up to three-quarters or more of the biomass most individuals ingest. On oceanic islands (where mammals are often scarce), small birds (mainly passerines) may make up the bulk of its diet.[6] Elsewhere, birds are only an important food during a few weeks each summer when inexperienced fledglings abound. Other suitably sized vertebrates like bats, swifts,[9] frogs[citation needed] and lizards are eaten only on rare occasions. However, kestrels are more likely to prey on lizards in southern latitudes. In northern latitudes, the kestrel is found more often to deliver lizards to their nestlings during midday and also with increasing ambient temperature.[10] Seasonally, arthropods may be a main prey item. Generally, invertebrates like camel spiders and even earthworms, but mainly sizeable insects such as beetles, orthopterans and winged termites will be eaten.[4]
F. tinnunculus requires the equivalent of 4–8 voles a day, depending on energy expenditure (time of the year, amount of hovering, etc.). They have been known to catch several voles in succession and cache some for later consumption. An individual nestling consumes on average 4.2 g/h, equivalent to 67.8 g/d (3–4 voles per day).[11]
Reproduction
Young kestrels, not yet able to fly, waiting for food
The common kestrel starts breeding in spring (or the start of the dry season in the tropics), i.e. April or May in temperate Eurasia and some time between August and December in the tropics and southern Africa. It is a cavity nester, preferring holes in cliffs, trees or buildings; in built-up areas, common kestrels will often nest on buildings, and will reuse the old nests of corvids. The diminutive subspecies dacotiae, the sarnicolo of the eastern Canary Islands is peculiar for nesting occasionally in the dried fronds below the top of palm trees, apparently coexisting with small songbirds which also make their home there.[12] In general, common kestrels will usually tolerate conspecifics nesting nearby, and sometimes a few dozen pairs may be found nesting in a loose colony.[4]
Male F. t. tinnunculus bringing food to nest
The clutch is normally 3–7 eggs; more eggs may be laid in total but some will be removed during the laying time. This lasts about 2 days per egg laid. The eggs are abundantly patterned with brown spots, from a wash that tinges the entire surface buffish white to large almost-black blotches. Incubation lasts from 4 weeks to one month, both male and female will take shifts incubating the eggs. After the eggs have hatched, the parents share brooding and hunting duties. Only the female feeds the chicks, by tearing apart prey into manageable chunks. The young fledge after 4–5 weeks. The family stays close together for a few weeks, during which time the young learn how to fend for themselves and hunt prey. The young become sexually mature the next breeding season.[4] Female kestrel chicks with blacker plumage have been found to have bolder personalities, indicating that even in juvenile birds plumage coloration can act as a status signal.[13]
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest.[14] Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age;[15] possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.[15]
Egg of common kestrel
Egg of common kestrel
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)
Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)
Fledglings in nest cavity
Fledglings in nest cavity
Immature after fledging
Immature after fledging
Common kestrel nest
Common kestrel nest
Evolution and systematics
This species is part of a clade that contains the kestrel species with black malar stripes, a feature which apparently was not present in the most ancestral kestrels. They seem to have radiated in the Gelasian (Late Pliocene,[16] roughly 2.5–2 mya, probably starting in tropical East Africa, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data analysis and considerations of biogeography. The common kestrel's closest living relative is apparently the nankeen or Australian kestrel (F. cenchroides), which probably derived from ancestral common kestrels settling in Australia and adapting to local conditions less than one million years ago, during the Middle Pleistocene.[17]
The rock kestrel (F. rupicolus), previously considered a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species.
The lesser kestrel (F. naumanni), which much resembles a small common kestrel with no black on the upperside except wing and tail tips, is probably not very closely related to the present species, and the American kestrel (F. sparverius) is apparently not a true kestrel at all.[17] Both species have much grey in their wings in males, which does not occur in the common kestrel or its close living relatives but does in almost all other falcons.
Subspecies
Female wintering in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary (Andhra Pradesh, India)
F. t. canariensis on Gran Canaria
F. t. rupicolaeformis from Hurghada, Egypt
A number of subspecies of the common kestrel are known, though some are hardly distinct and may be invalid. Most of them differ little, and mainly in accordance with Bergmann's and Gloger's rules. Tropical African forms have less grey in the male plumage.[4]
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Temperate areas of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia north of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya mountain ranges to the NW Sea of Okhotsk region. Northern Asian populations migrate south in winter, apparently not crossing the Himalayas but diverting to the west.
F. t. rufescens Swainson, 1837
Sahel east to Ethiopia, southwards around Congo basin to S Tanzania and NE Angola.
F. t. interstinctus McClelland, 1840
Has dark heavily marked birds and has a foxed red phase but not reliably identified in the field. Breeds East Asia from Tibet to Korea and Japan, south into Indochina. Winters to the south of its breeding range, from northeastern India to the Philippines (where it is localized, e.g. from Mindanao only two records exist).[18][19]
F. t. rupicolaeformis (C. L. Brehm, 1855)
Arabian Peninsula except in the desert and across the Red Sea into Africa.
F. t. neglectus Schlegel, 1873
Northern Cape Verde Islands.
F. t. canariensis (Koenig, 1890)
Madeira and western Canary Islands. The more ancient Canaries subspecies.
F. t. dacotiae Hartert, 1913 – Local name: cernícalo
Eastern Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Chinijo Archipelago. A more recently evolved subspecies than canariensis.
F. t. objurgatus (Baker, 1929)
Western, Nilgiris and Eastern Ghats of India; Sri Lanka. Heavily marked, has rufous thighs with dark grey head in males.[19][20]
F. t. archerii (Hartert & Neumann, 1932)
Somalia, coastal Kenya, and Socotra
F. t. alexandri Bourne, 1955
Southwestern Cape Verde Islands.
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
The common kestrels of Europe living during cold periods of the Quaternary glaciation differed slightly in size from the current population; they are sometimes referred to as the paleosubspecies F. t. atavus (see also Bergmann's rule). The remains of these birds, which presumably were the direct ancestors of the living F. t. tinnunculus (and perhaps other subspecies), are found throughout the then-unglaciated parts of Europe, from the Late Pliocene (ELMA Villanyian/ICS Piacenzian, MN16) about 3 million years ago to the Middle Pleistocene Saalian glaciation which ended about 130,000 years ago, when they finally gave way to birds indistinguishable from those living today. Some of the voles the Ice Age common kestrels ate—such as European pine voles (Microtus subterraneus)—were indistinguishable from those alive today. Other prey species of that time evolved more rapidly (like M. malei, the presumed ancestor of today's tundra vole M. oeconomus), while yet again others seem to have gone entirely extinct without leaving any living descendants—for example Pliomys lenki, which apparently fell victim to the Weichselian glaciation about 100,000 years ago.[21][22]
In culture
Wooden common kestrel sculpture
The kestrel is sometimes seen, like other birds of prey, as a symbol of the power and vitality of nature. In "Into Battle" (1915), the war poet Julian Grenfell invokes the superhuman characteristics of the kestrel among several birds, when hoping for prowess in battle:
The kestrel hovering by day,
And the little owl that call at night,
Bid him be swift and keen as they,
As keen of ear, as swift of sight.
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) writes on the kestrel in his poem "The Windhover", exalting in their mastery of flight and their majesty in the sky.
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
A kestrel is also one of the main characters in The Animals of Farthing Wood.
Barry Hines’ novel A Kestrel for a Knave - together with the 1969 film based on it, Ken Loach's Kes - is about a working-class boy in England who befriends a kestrel.
The Pathan name for the kestrel, Bād Khurak, means "wind hover" and in Punjab it is called Larzānak or "little hoverer". It was once used as a decoy to capture other birds of prey in Persia and Arabia. It was also used to train greyhounds meant for hunting gazelles in parts of Arabia. Young greyhounds would be set after jerboa-rats which would also be distracted and forced to make twists and turns by the dives of a kestrel.[23]
Etymology
The name "kestrel" is derived from the French crécerelle which is diminutive for crécelle, which also referred to a bell used by lepers. The word is earlier spelt 'c/kastrel', and is evidenced from the 15th century.[24] The kestrel was once used to drive and keep away pigeons.[25] Archaic names for the kestrel include windhover and windfucker, due to its habit of beating the wind (hovering in air).[24]
The Late Latin falco derives from falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird.[26] The species name tinnunculus is Latin for "kestrel" from "tinnulus", "shrill".
A trio of CN C40-8’s haul taconite empties thru Wolf from Two Harbors just before the sun completely ducked behind the horizon
We are in Omaha for the weekend shooting AAA minor league baseball - Omaha Stormchasers vs. Oklahoma City Redhawks. Very fun stuff in the photographers' well on the first base side. The Chasers are the AAA farm team for the Kansas City Royals. Nikon D4 | ISO 3200 | 70-200mm lens at 200mm | f / 2.8 | 1/800 second.
Soup and sausage rolls on break from beating and some nice light hitting the house and some nice reflections.
This was my second shoot with Charleigh and the first with Dom, her lesser half (guys are always the lesser half). This was part of one of our water shoots at the Star River Walk Park. Charleigh is an absolute blast to work with - she is funny, gorgeous, and actually listens to me. I don't think Dom planned to shoot but we got him actively involved - great idea!
I took these photos at the Star River Walk Park in Star, Idaho, in August 2019.
About the only sound heard in my neighborhood today was the droning of a/c units as we hit a very toasty 33C/92F with a heat index of 38C/101F (very out of the ordinary for June). I know that is not hot to some, but I am not well-suited for this weather. I will be glad come Tuesday when the heat-dome moves off-as will my neighbor's very tired a/c units.
Thank you for taking the time to check out my photo.HFF📷
As the weather was nice the other day I decided it was time for a test of some of my new survey equipment for Cefn Ila. This is a beating tray, which essentially you hold under a tree or bush whilst either bashing or shaking the foliage, and see what drops onto the tray. It is a bit brute force and ignorance but it finds more than visual searching does.
On the North York Moors, heather is burnt-off in patchwork-like patterns each winter to destroy parasites and encourage fresh green shoots the following Spring in time for sheep-grazing and later on, grouse-shooting.
This is a shot from Virginia Beach..It was a beautiful sunny day..the sky was blue and the water was pleasant..a perfect beach day. There were a lot of waves and the surfers were having a great time trying to match up with the waves...It was fun watching them get on their surf boards, standing up to the waves and at times falling to the waves...it was inded a pleasant day....
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