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Yellow-rumped Warbler YRWA (Setophaga coronata)[bottom ]
eating pulpy flesh of fruit of our native hawthorn
Black or Douglas Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
Very interesting to see a warbler eating something besides insects!
Pendray Farm (Private Property)
North Saanich
(Saanich Peninsula)
Capital Regional District
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
American Goldfinch AMGO (Spinus tristis)
perched preening above
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Subspecies
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle sub.sp.) YRWA (Setophaga coronata coronata)
AKA "Myrtle Warbler"
>>by white throat apparent in 1st photo
From Wikipedia under Myrtle Warbler.....
These birds are insectivorous, but will readily take wax-myrtle berries in winter, a habit which gives the species its name
Note: this differentiation within "Yellow Rumps" has flip flopped back and forth between Species & Subspecies over the years ...and could very well flip again...
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This particular individual could be an intergrade.Audubon'sxMyrtle.
Throat feature wraps around to towards back of auriculars...but auricular dark line not that strong
Winter plumages and juvies can be really tricky...and we have many intergrade birds out here,during migration
if you ever get close to a human
and human behaviour
be ready be ready to get confused
there's definitely definitely definitely no logic
to human behaviour
but yet so yet so irresistible
and there's no map to human behaviour
they're terribly terribly terribly terribly moody
then all of a sudden turn happy
but, oh, to get involved in the exchange
of human emotions
is ever so ever so satisfying
and there's no map
and a compass wouldn't help at all.-
Björk - Human Behaviour
I saw this notice in the New Church House in Ormskirk. I seriously object to having two perfectly lawful activities defined as 'anti-social behaviour'. If you don't smoke or drink, it may be your opinion that to do so is anti-social, but to have it defined as such by the Police is quite another matter.
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Bad Behavior from Preston describe themselves as a six piece “balls to the wall” glam rock extravaganza and that pretty much sums this band up in a nutshell. The last competitive band of the competition and good lord, what a way to finish! Looking every part the Glam Rockers resplendent in their colourful outfits and make up, but it was really the front man, Phil Bailey, who not only took centre stage but looked the most avant garde a he did his level best to be the consummate front man. With three guitars on stage, the vocals were sometimes overwhelmed especially during 'Born To Party' but it was still a good performance overall. The bands cover was Alice Coopers' 'Man Behind the Mask', and although not one of the famous Cooper songs, it was nevertheless a good cover by the band. Bailey is predictably theatrical here which ties in very well with the bands image and although this is a proper band with serious musicians, there's nothing in the book saying that you can’t do it without planting your tongue firmly in your cheek! Their final number 'Apocalypse Now' was the best of the set with its great guitar riff that has the place jumping on and off stage. As the song reached its climax Bailey announced "This is the end!" and as the curtain falls on their performance, the band are greeted with generous applause as they take their final bows. What a great way to end the competition!
Sanderling SAND (Calidris alba)
&
Baird's Sandpiper BASA (Calidris bairdii) [on right]
Saanichton Spit
aka
TI̸X̱EN 'the Spit" ( Tsawout First Nation )
Central Saanich BC
DSCN1476
All the shorebirds were were probing the sand/gravel while feeding and foraging,including the BBSA
I find my own fascination with derelict buildings curious. There is an initial excitement when exploring abandoned buildings but what then dawns on me is that these places where part of someone’s life and somewhere along the line the physical building itself have been left to rot, the physical place abandoned, its original purpose lost.
Sentimental meanings aside, these buildings take on new identities.
As the building breaks down the original ‘rules’ of the space cease to exist. Nature is allowed to behave normally, plant grown uninterrupted. I find that his break down of normal behaviour and rules invites us to behave in a new way.
et me voila, infra chant, infra verbe
ta trop prolifique vie d’ange
vissée à mon buste, à mes bras de cocagne
à mon regard tes nielles noires
ou suivant de l’oreille
mes concrétions de soupirs
mes quatre mots doux, mes trois chants pour
désoler le mutisme
de mon amour
ta main accroche une sentinelle
à ma clavicule
le lait décharge son impatience
dans mon sein
me voici
Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) stocking nest pot with moth larva prey. Surrey, UK.
The female collects up to 38 caterpillars to stock each nest pot. The wasp larva will consume them in about a week after it hatches.
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
there are only two giraffes in shimba hills, both males but no less sexed up than their heterosexual counterparts. we named them elton and george michael.
Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) stocking nest pot with moth larva prey. Surrey, UK.
The female collects up to 38 caterpillars to stock each nest pot. The wasp larva will consume them in about a week after it hatches.
I am aware I have a number of unconscious mannerisms. Little things I do without thinking whilst I'm thinking of other things, or listening to people, etc. We all have them.
I place the tips of my thumb and forefinger together and gently graze the surface of the nails of each against my top and bottom lips, then progressively replace my forefinger with each other finger on my hand and repeat. This only works with dry lips [ie, not freshly licked nor balmed], and it is also appears to have further calming effect on me when my fingernails are polished.
I almost obsessively rub my lips together when I'm wearing lip balm.
I play with my hair, curling it round my fingers, running my fingers through it constantly. The only time this really becomes less is when my fingers are otherwise employed. Otherwise my hair is to my fidgety fingers what a cigarette is to the fidgety fingers of a smoker. Despite how pronounced this habit already is, it of course becomes even worse when I'm in the presence of someone I particularly fancy and am nervous around.
Having said that, sometimes it's just alcohol or other intoxicants that bring out this compulsive behaviour. At a New Year's Eve party a number of years ago a friend of a friend I was standing talking with actually came straight out and asked me if I had a boyfriend. I did at the time, so I replied in the affirmative. I said that I thought he knew and he said he was pretty sure, but the way that I was playing with my hair was like that of someone unconsciously preening themselves to attract another. At that point I had hair long enough to hang in my arse-crack when standing up straight, tied in ponytails [and on a side note, a chain of safety pins strung from my nose-ring to my earring as it was a punk-themed party].
In the past year or so I acquired a new quirk: I pluck my eyelashes. Yes, I "said" my eyelashes, not my eyebrows. This isn't a "stand in front of the mirror, tweeze them" thing. It's a "my eye is irritated, my contact lens is getting edgy, I think I need to hunt down stray eyelashes that are coming loose" thing. I do it at work, on the tram, in the middle of conversations. It's something done as the need arises. Generally it's effective in resolving the issue, so I don't think it's a bad habit, per se. However, about a month ago I managed to do some serious compulsive tweaking and ended up with a "bald patch" of about one to two millimetres along my top eyelid. Since then I've tried to cut back...
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Quanto... si...guadagna? 21 grammi, il peso di cinque nichelini uno sull'altro. Il peso di un colibrì, di una barretta di cioccolato. Quanto valgono 21 grammi?