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Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie sur la commune de Montriond, dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lac de Montriond is located in the commune of Montriond in the French Chablais region of Haute-Savoie. The lake is popular with anglers and, above all, with walkers and hikers.
Lake Montriond was created when part of the Nantaux mountain to the north-west collapsed. This geological event, which has not been dated with any certainty (between 4,500 years and 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam to form on the torrent that ran along the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
Lake Montriond (France) was created following the landslide of part of the Nantaux mountain in the north-west. This geological event, which is not dated with
certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent that ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond (France) est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
"Deux choses sont infinies : l'Univers et la bêtise humaine. Mais, en ce qui concerne l'Univers, je n'en ai pas encore acquis la certitude absolue." Albert Einstein
"Two things are infinite : the Universe and human stupidity. But as far as the Universe is concerned, I have not yet acquired absolute certainty." Albert Einstein
Large, stocky gull of the North Pacific. Generally fairly pale and uniform-looking; at all ages, note wingtips and back are approximately the same color. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Most immatures look frosty grayish-brown with smooth patterning. Found in coastal areas, including beaches, mudflats, and even city parks. Identification is complicated by frequent hybridization with Western, Herring, and Glaucous Gulls in various parts of range. Pure birds can be difficult to find and identify with certainty, and many intermediate birds are best left unidentified. (eBird)
Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie sur la commune de Montriond, dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lac de Montriond is located in the commune of Montriond in the French Chablais region of Haute-Savoie. The lake is popular with anglers and, above all, with walkers and hikers.
Lake Montriond was created when part of the Nantaux mountain to the north-west collapsed. This geological event, which has not been dated with any certainty (between 4,500 years and 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam to form on the torrent that ran along the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
Lake Montriond (France) was created following the landslide of part of the Nantaux mountain in the north-west. This geological event, which is not dated with
certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent that ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond (France) est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond (France) was created following the landslide of part of the Nantaux mountain in the north-west. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent that ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond (France) est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
After many days of uncertaintiy, in the caprice of a long spring, my first daffodil finally fully unfolded this afternoon. Hallelujah!.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Not knowing what lies ahead is the worst part of this confinement; all I can do is trust in Providence and hope for the best. This photo is from my archive of travel photos, this time of Pacific Beach in Washington state.
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." Vincent Van Gogh
"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."
~ Ursula K. Leguin
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie sur la commune de Montriond, dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Lac de Montriond is located in the commune of Montriond in the French Chablais region of Haute-Savoie. The lake is popular with anglers and, above all, with walkers and hikers.
Lake Montriond was created when part of the Nantaux mountain to the north-west collapsed. This geological event, which has not been dated with any certainty (between 4,500 years and 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam to form on the torrent that ran along the bottom of the valley, hence the formation of the lake.
The one certainty in life is that all things come to pass and all things change.
Just when you think it's the same story each day, one single decision can take us on an unknown journey of discovery.
Taken in another world where I am in prim heaven. Adjustments, new ways of doing things and a whole new world awaits me.
I hope you will join me soon and enjoy the fruits of my labour creating beautiful places for all to enjoy.
(ENGLISH FOLLOW)
LE PREMIER MATIN
C’était un matin comme aucun autre. C’était le premier. L’horizon se déployait devant nous et l’aube, en nous. L’histoire n’avait pas encore trouvé sa conclusion. Et le mouvement m’habitait, comme il habite tous les vivants de notre monde et toutes les manifestations de l’Univers…
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Tout est mouvement, évolution, transformation, destruction et création. Un mouvement lent et linéaire ou, parfois, rapide et imprévisible, de l’ordre de la rupture et de la création. Tout est transitoire, éphémère. À l’échelle humaine du temps, nous ne pouvons qu’en percevoir les conséquences momentanées, les formes que prennent les phénomènes en transition durant ce très court laps de temps que dure la vie humaine. Dans ce monde chatoyant, les certitudes ne valent qu’un temps.
Si l’énigme de la vie nous est cachée, nous savons que c’est en elle - sous toutes ses formes - que réside le merveilleux, ici dans ce monde vivant, la Terre. D’où notre responsabilité en tant qu’humain, de le co-habiter avec respect et égards envers toutes les autres formes de vie qui ont fait ce que nous sommes. * Après quoi et seulement après, nous pourrons rejoindre les étoiles à la recherche d’autres formes de vies.
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… Le vent connaît les secrets du temps qui passe. Il m’interpella par mon nom comme il le fit pour toutes les formes de vies marquées d’une même origine et inextricablement liées à ce monde vivant : le temps était venu d’entreprendre cette Odyssée vitale, ici et maintenant.
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© Extraits de Poësia, Une Odyssée vitale, (à paraître), Patrice photographiste 2023
* Baptiste Morizot, Manières d’être vivants, Acte Sud, 2020
N.B Mes images ne sont pas conçues ou générées par des Intelligences artificielles. Il s'agit d'un travail artisanal dont je suis l’auteur.
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THE FIRST MORNING
It was not a morning like any other. It was the first. The horizon unfolded before us and the dawn within us. The story had yet to find its conclusion. And the movement inhabited me, as it inhabits all the living beings of our world and all the manifestations of the Universe…
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Everything is movement, evolution, transformation, destruction, and creation. A slow and linear movement or, sometimes, fast and unpredictable, of the order of rupture and creation. Everything is transient, ephemeral. On the human scale of time, we can only perceive the momentary consequences, the forms taken by the phenomena in transition during this very short period of time that human life lasts. In this shimmering world, certainties are only worth a moment.
If the enigma of life is hidden from us, we know that it is in it - in all its forms - that the marvelous resides, here in this living world, the Earth. Hence, our responsibility as humans is to co-inhabit our World with respect and consideration for all the other forms of life that have made us who we are. * After which, and only then, we will be prepared to reach the stars in search of other forms of life.
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… The wind knows the secrets of passing time. He called out to me by my name, as he did for all forms of life marked by the same origin and inextricably linked to this living world: the time had come to undertake this vital Odyssey, here and now.
© Extracts from Poësia, A Vital Odyssey, (to be published), Patrice Photographiste 2023
* Baptiste Morizot, Ways of Being Alive, Polity, 2022
N.B. My images are not designed or generated by artificial intelligences. This is an artisanal work of which I am the author.
Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.
The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the
formation of the lake.
Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.
Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.
Thank you so much Connor Mitchell for tagging me in #GuardYourLight, I loved the sense of this challenge started by {{Timaaj}} ... and I tried
Don't mind me. I am from another planet. I still see horizons where you draw borders
Frida Kahlo
I borrow this phrase ...
By having awareness that the shadows are around us but with the certainty that around us there are infinite luminous horizons that infuse us with their light and positivity!
Around me there will continue to be people or situations that will try to build walls and shadows. That's life!
But I have learned (and continue to learn) to see and do not neglect the beauty around me (even in the little things) to defuse the shadows of those walls !!
So I try to move with lightness and irony towards small and large luminous horizons to feed my inner light :))
(I'm still studying anyway ...: P)
European Robin [Erithacus rubecula] male
In the snow, sleet, and big winds of Winter Storm Ciara, this wee robin made an appearance at The Pixies, patiently waiting in the queue for some sunflower hearts.
I’ve only ever seen one robin at The Pixies. This could be the same one as I’ve always seen as, after the dreadfully short thirteen month norm, some can live as long as nineteen years. I really hope it is the same one!
If you look closely, you may be able to see some tiny snow flakes on this guy’s wee head. I think think this guy is just beautiful.
At The Pixies
South Carrick Hills,
SW Scotland
“The robin is the one
That speechless from her nest
Submits that home and certainty
And sanctity are best.”
Emily Dickinson
in the present moment;
and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way :-)
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 A.D.)
HSS!! HMM!!
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Realmente no estoy segura de su identificación, la he buscado en mis guías y en internet pero no he sido capaz de identificarla con seguridad, si alguien con mas experiencia y sabiduría, me lo puede aclarar seria genial
Fue localizada en Lastres, un pueblo marinero de Asturias, en el mes de septiembre y justo en el puerto.
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I am really not sure of its identification, I have looked for it in my guides and on the internet but I have not been able to identify it with certainty, if someone with more experience and wisdom can clarify it for me, it would be great
She was located in Lastres, a fishing village in Asturias, northern Spain in the month of September and right in the port.
Large, stocky gull of the North Pacific. Generally fairly pale and uniform-looking; at all ages, note wingtips and back are approximately the same color. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Most immatures look frosty grayish-brown with smooth patterning. Found in coastal areas, including beaches, mudflats, and even city parks. Identification is complicated by frequent hybridization with Western, Herring, and Glaucous Gulls in various parts of range. Pure birds can be difficult to find and identify with certainty, and many intermediate birds are best left unidentified. (eBird)
A three-year old gull floats on the water watching us watching him. He should get his adult plumage next year.
Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Ophrys oestrifera subsp montis-gargani (Orchidaceae) 115 23
This orchid has been recognized from the Gargano peninsula for many years and until recently was known by several different names including O. cornuta and O. rhodostephane.
These uncertainties were eventually resolved in 2010 by a group of Dutch botanists headed by Van de Vijver and Van Looken who collected and formally described the orchid under the name of O. oestrifera ssp montis-gargani. Its distribution is not known with certainty but it has several stations within the Gargano peninsula and may well have a wider range on the south east coast of Italy. It is not however a common species and its presence is extremely localised.
It is an Ophrys of alkaline habitats and shows a preference for a stony, dry soil, usually with a significant degree of shade. In the four sites known to the authors it is growing either in the cover of a thick hedge or in two of the cases, in shadowy clearings within relatively dense mixed woodland. This preference for alkaline woodland renders O. montis-gargani vulnerable and it is becoming increasingly threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation.
Source: John and Gerry's - Orchids of Britain and Europe.
L'esistenza del castello è documentata con certezza solo dal 1275. La leggenda narra che sul sito del villaggio di Monti sorse l'antica città di Venelia, distrutta dai Longobardi durante la loro discesa in Italia verso la metà del VII secolo. Un lato dell'antica chiesa è la strada che conduce al maniero medievale una volta una guarnigione per difendere la vicina via Francigena.
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The existence of the castle is documented with certainty only since 1275. Legend has it that on the site of the village of Monti arose the ancient city of Venelia, destroyed by the Lombards during their descent in Italy towards the middle of the seventh century. One side of the ancient church is the road that leads to the medieval manor once a garrison to defend the nearby via Francigena.
Getting a good view of a Razorbill on a trip to Bempton Cliffs is almost a certainty. I have found an online source which details their population increase during the 21st century. Seemingly on the stretch between Filey and Flamborough their population has increased from 5,000 pairs to 19,000 pairs in the years between 2000 and 2017. Many of these will make Bempton their nesting site.
Tis example was photographed right at the top of the 300 foot high cliffs and a few moments earlier was seen warding off an over inquisitive Jackdaw. In wasn't quite quick enough to capture that little tussle.
Each day you rise with me
Know that I would gladly be
The Icarus to your certainty
Oh my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
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(Falling in fields - 1)
I don't know about you but there are days I'm out driving places and I just don't want to stop. Maybe it is the inability to travel, the desire to escape the daily grind, or the longing for adventure. Whatever the reason, the one thing I do know with certainty is I can't wait for the next opportunity to leave this town. Promise....I won't just randomly leave, I would definitely go home and grab the family and some roadtrip snacks first! :-)
Anyhow....this is a little window found on my last road trip that briefly landed me on a quiet beach on Random Island.
Serie "Bocados de luz"(1): Diluyendo la niebla
La luz es caprichosa, a veces, el cielo adquiere un hermoso color similar al caramelo, por eso esta serie de fotos de amaneceres y atardeceres hace referencia a "bocados de luz".
"Diluir la niebla"
Desperté cuando la noche era aún una boca negra de desesperación, entonces, poco a poco, la luz domesticó los pensamientos, tejí una red de certezas que me permite andar por el filo cortante e inseguro de la cordura. Avanza el día y te diluyes, apenas una silueta, te quedas debajo de las capas del tiempo. Te extiendes a lo largo y a lo lejos, te diluyes. Salir de la niebla, romper la ceguera del no saber, del no entender.
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The light is capricious, sometimes the sky acquires a beautiful caramel color, that's why this series of photos of sunrises and sunsets refers to "bites of light".
"Diluting the mist"
I awoke when the night was still a black mouth of despair, then, little by little, the light domesticated the thoughts, I wove a network of certainties that allows me to walk on the sharp and insecure edge of sanity. The day advances and you dilute yourself, just a silhouette, you stay under the layers of time. You stretch far and far away, you dilute yourself. Get out of the mist, break the blindness of not knowing, of not understanding.
Large, stocky gull of the North Pacific. Generally fairly pale and uniform-looking; at all ages, note wingtips and back are approximately the same color. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Most immatures look frosty grayish-brown with smooth patterning. Found in coastal areas, including beaches, mudflats, and even city parks. Identification is complicated by frequent hybridization with Western, Herring, and Glaucous Gulls in various parts of range. Pure birds can be difficult to find and identify with certainty, and many intermediate birds are best left unidentified. (eBird)
Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
for my part, I know nothing
with any certainty,
but the sight of the stars
makes me dream ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Large, stocky gull of the North Pacific. Generally fairly pale and uniform-looking; at all ages, note wingtips and back are approximately the same color. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Most immatures look frosty grayish-brown with smooth patterning. Found in coastal areas, including beaches, mudflats, and even city parks. Identification is complicated by frequent hybridization with Western, Herring, and Glaucous Gulls in various parts of range. Pure birds can be difficult to find and identify with certainty, and many intermediate birds are best left unidentified. (eBird)
A two-year old gull just beginning to get some grey adult feathers. He's been enjoying a bath in the ocean before our arrival and now just kept a wary eye on us as we approached.
Pacific Rim National Park British Columbia, Canada. May 2022
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Large, stocky gull of the North Pacific. Generally fairly pale and uniform-looking; at all ages, note wingtips and back are approximately the same color. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Most immatures look frosty grayish-brown with smooth patterning. Found in coastal areas, including beaches, mudflats, and even city parks. Identification is complicated by frequent hybridization with Western, Herring, and Glaucous Gulls in various parts of range. Pure birds can be difficult to find and identify with certainty, and many intermediate birds are best left unidentified. (eBird)
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A young bird from last year is just beginning to grow some adult feathers.
Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
I understood then, with absolute certainty, that the
ability of the horse to sense emotion, energy and spirit is
beyond what most of the human world realises. This is why
their impact on us can be so instant, so consistently
positive, so transformational.
― Pam Billinge
HFF!
70 - 300mm lens at 230mm
1/800s
f5.6
ISO 100
(english follow)
L’aube des magiciens
Je marche sur les hauteurs de la Grande gorge
Dans la lumière diffuse d’un matin incertain
Une aube imaginée par un magicien.
J’ai, pour seuls repères, mon petit refuge
Et, à l’est, la Muraille
Aussi surnommée la Fin du Monde
Par ceux qui, avant nous, ont habité et compris cette terre.
Sur les hauteurs, le vent empoigne mon corps,
Et la lumière fuyante du matin brumeux,
Emporte ma conscience et mon âme ailleurs.
Ailleurs sur le grand fleuve du temps
Les temps longs qui ont forgé cette vallée
Et les temps courts, ceux qui régulent les espèces vivantes.
Ici, la vie s’accroche à peu de choses.
Et le marcheur doit avoir l’élégance de se comporter comme en « société »*
Car sous ses pieds, des réseaux fragiles
Formés par les racines des arbres, des champignons et des micro organismes
Tissent un internet des bois qui permet aux arbres de communiquer et d’interagir
Pour faciliter la régénération et la survie des leurs.
À la tête de ces réseaux, les arbres Mères, les plus vieux.
Métaphysique? Non, nouvelle frontière d’une écologie forestière
Qui ébranle nos certitudes passées,
Et repousse la frontière de notre compréhension de la nature. **
Les images ne peuvent capter ces émanations mystérieuses de la vie
Mais la conscience et l’âme humaines le peuvent
En cette Aube des Magiciens.
Patrice photographiste, Chroniques du Monde de Poësia
*Formule empruntée à Sylvain Tesson, écrivain et explorateur français
** Voir les travaux de la professeure Suzanne Simard de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) (Canada) et son récent livre Finding the Mother Tree : Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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THE DAWN OF THE MAGICIANS
I walk on the heights of the Grande gorge
In the diffuse light of an uncertain morning
A dawn imagined by a magician.
My only point of reference is my little refuge
And, to the east, the Wall
Also known as the End of the World
By those who, before us, lived and understood this land.
On the heights, the wind grabs my body,
And the fleeting light of the misty morning,
Take my conscience and my soul elsewhere.
Elsewhere on the great river of time
The long times that forged this valley
And short times, those that regulate living species.
Here, life hangs on a little.
And the walker must have the elegance to behave as in "society" *
Because under his feet, fragile networks
Formed by tree roots, fungi and microorganisms
Weave an internet of the woods that allows trees to communicate and interact
To facilitate the regeneration and survival of their own.
At the head of these networks, the older Mother trees.
Metaphysical? No, new frontier of forest ecology
Which shakes our past certainties,
And pushes back the frontier of our understanding of nature. **
Images cannot capture these mysterious emanations of life
But human conscience and soul can
On this Dawn of the Magicians.
Patrice photographist, Chroniques of the Lands of Poësia
* Formula borrowed from Sylvain Tesson, French writer and explorer
** See the work of Professor Suzanne Simard of the University of British Columbia (UBC) (Canada) and her recent book : Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.
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(Outre terre - La quête sans fin)
Ici, en Outre Terre (Outland), les très rares visiteurs n’ont aucune certitude.
Sauf, peut-être, que les réponses à la quête qui les attirés ici, se cachent dans la magie des ombres et des lumières mystérieuses de cette terre aride, où toute vie est infiniment modeste et précaire. C’est un monde minimaliste, « essentialiste » qui vous renvoie à vous-même, comme un miroir.
Les visiteurs qui s’y aventurent sont des esprits libres, engagés dans une quête de connaissance, de sens et d’accomplissement sans fin. Une quête où chaque réponse engendre de nouvelles interrogations. Une quête qui ne satisfait pas des « prêts à penser » auxquels adhère la foule.
Rares sont ceux qui repartent d’Outre Terre (Outland) en ayant trouvé quelque chose à apporter. Mais chacun quitte cette terre en ayant l’impression d’être devenu, un peu plus, la personne qu’il voulait être.
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Note aux lecteurs : Outland (Outre Terre) est l’un des trois continents qui forment Poësia, un univers onirique qui prendra forme dans mon travail au cours des prochaines années.
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Outland - The Endless Quest
Here, in Outland, the very few visitors have no certainty.
Except, perhaps, that the answers to the quest that draw them here, hide in the magic of the shadows and mysterious lights of this arid land, where all life is infinitely modest and precarious. It's a minimalist, "essentialist" world that sends you back to yourself as a mirror.
Visitors who venture into it are free spirits, engaged in a quest for knowledge, meaning and endless fulfillment. A quest where each answer generates new questions. A quest that does not satisfy the "ready to think » to which the crowd adheres.
Few people leave Outland having found something to bring. But everyone leaves this land having the impression of having become, a little more, the person he wanted to be.
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Note to readers: Outland is one of the three continents that form Poësia, a dreamlike universe that will take shape in my work over the next few years.
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Dans les bois
Depuis l’aube de l’humanité, les arbres, les boisés et les grandes forêts exercent un attrait irrésistible pour l’âme humaine. Charles Darwin, le célèbre auteur de la théorie sur l’Origine des espèces écrivit un jour, au terme de ses nombreux voyages autour du monde : « Parmi les scènes qui m’ont le plus marqué, aucune ne dépasse le sublime des forêts primitives… Personne ne peut rester insensible devant ces solitudes et ne pas ressentir qu'il y a plus en l'homme que le simple souffle de son corps. »
Il m’arrive de penser qu’une des clés de la compréhension de la nature est, peut-être bien, l’émerveillement, cette intense émotion poétique qui nous fait plonger dans les profondeurs du psyché humain, suscitant, joie ou tristesse, peur ou espoir, mais aussi, cette intime certitude de vivre en communion avec… le murmure millénaire des arbres.
Patrice photographiste, Le Monde de Poësia
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Into the woods
Since the dawn of humanity, trees, woodlands and great forests have exercised an irresistible attraction to the human soul. Charles Darwin, the famous author of the theory of the Origin of Species once wrote, after his many travels around the world: “Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests… No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body. ”
I happen to think that one of the keys to understanding nature is, perhaps, wonder, that intense poetic emotion that makes us dive into the depths of the human psyche, arousing, joy or sadness, fear or hope, but also, this intimate certainty of living in communion with… the thousand-year-old murmur of trees.
Patrice photographiste, The Lands of Poësia