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White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus), Castelreagh Nature Reserve, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/view/checklist/S52073320
The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a moderately sized passerine bird native to inland Australia. Like all woodswallows, it has a brush-tipped tongue but feeds almost exclusively on flying insects.
Source: Wikipedia
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis), Melia Bali, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S124454180
The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult. This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the tree sparrow, and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it is known as the Eurasian tree sparrow or German sparrow to differentiate it from the native unrelated American tree sparrow. Although several subspecies are recognised, the appearance of this bird varies little across its extensive range.
Source: Wikipedia
Having never been to Katmai National Park before our trip this past June (2023), I had a checklist of Bear related pics that I really wanted to get.
Chief among these was a pic of a sow with Spring Cubs (cubs that had been born during the previous winter's denning period).
We went for days seeing sows with 2nd and 3rd year cubs, all of which were incredibly beautiful, but they were not the tiny little cuties that I really wanted to see.
Finally, on our next to last day in Katmai National Park, way, way off, we saw an adult Coastal Brown Bear with what appeared to be a trailing tiny cub. As we approached closer to the far shore where we had spotted the Bear and associated tiny followers, we were pleasantly surprised that we were finally witnessing a sow with two Spring Cubs.
Here they are, in all of their splendor. This was a short experience, as they were actually running away from something (possibly a male adult wanting to mate with the female) and they scooted down the beach until they found shelter in a rocky section of the shore where they successfully disappeared from view...from our view and from the view of any potential male adults that might have been following them.
Note that the sow is very thin. Our guide pointed this out and the reason for the lack of fat is that these Bears have only recently exited their den and Mom has been feeding the cubs her milk ever since they woke up. She's likely not had a chance to eat much and eating Sedge Grass has not enabled her to restore her fat reserve. Once the Salmon start running and she has a chance to eat the nice, fatty Salmon, she will likely bulk up very nicely and look far more healthy.
It was worth the wait, as the Spring Cubs were so very cute. We could not get very close to them, as the water was very shallow and our boat captain was leary of getting our skiff stuck in the mud (again). I tried to coax him into letting us off the skiff to wade ashore, but the Bears disappeared into the aforementioned rocks about that time and the experience was now a memory...a fantastic memory!
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), Qinghai, China
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38195879
The ruddy shelduck mostly inhabits inland water-bodies such as lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The male and female form a lasting pair bond and the nest may be well away from water, in a crevice or hole in a cliff, tree or similar site.
Source: Wikipedia
Blanford's Snowfinch (Montifringilla blanfordi), Qinghai, China
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38195624
Blanford's snowfinch or plain-backed snowfinch (Montifringilla blanfordi) is a species of bird in the sparrow family.
It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.
Its common name commemorates the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.
Source: Wikipedia
Capts. Vincent Levraea and Jason Steinlicht, both pilots from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, conduct pre-flight checklists at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The pilots are preparing to fly a sortie into Monrovia, Liberia, to deliver more than 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis), Waikanae Estuary, Wellington, New Zealand
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/newzealand/checklist/S42207773
A small, pale plover endemic to New Zealand. Gray above, white below. Note distinctive black bill with tip curving to the right, unique to this species, used to forage under stones for invertebrates. Breeding birds have a clear black band across their chest, thinner in females and varying from absent to distinct in non-breeding or juvenile birds. Breeds only along the braided rivers of Canterbury and Otago. The majority of the population migrates north to winter in large flocks in the harbors and estuaries of the northern North Island, particularly the Firth of Thames and Manukau Harbour. Commonly heard giving a “chip” call.
Source: Ebird
eBird checklist S45612015. Unexpected visitor to Central Park, NYC, seen Saturday, May 12th. Great early Mother's Day gift!
Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla formosana), Huajiang, Taipei, Taiwan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27199929
The chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla) (formerly considered as a subspecies of the tricoloured munia Lonchura malacca atricapilla), also known as black-headed munia, is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Hawaii.
Source: Wikipedia
Found myself in Toccoa, GA, and was taken to this well-known spot outside of town. NS 222 rolls North on a warm spring afternoon.
For more information on this: slbloggersupport.com/2015/10/30/post-publish-blog-post-ch... Feel free to download!
Astronaut hero John Young died this weekend. May he rest in peace having ventured forth so bravely on the final frontier. I will share here the most incredible artifact I have from his space adventures — the Apollo 16 cuff checklist he wore as he took the historic jump salute 3 ft. off the lunar surface.
Young is the only astronaut to have flown four different spacecraft, and he was the focus of my initial space collecting interest. He is the only astronaut to have flown two missions each in the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programs (GT-3, GT-10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9/Spacelab 1). He flew the first manned Gemini mission, and even more bravely, the very first flight of the Space Shuttles (there were no unmanned test flights before his flight).
In his detailed book, A Man on the Moon, Andrew Chaiken describes Young: “His sharp, intuitive approach to engineering problems was well known to his colleagues. Inside, Young had an unwavering determination, an overriding sense of responsibility — to the space program, to the country, to his crew — and an almost childlike sense of wonder at the universe.” (You can see why I was smitten)
Astronaut Ed Lu visited him in 2011, and he relayed a couple stories about his mentor and fellow pilot, John Young: "After the first EVA on Apollo 16, he couldn't sleep, with bouts of sneezing and coughing as he had some moon dust stuck in his nose."
And on one of of their many flights together, as they saw a full moon rising: "Does the sight of that make you dream of going back?" "Oh yes" Young replied.
Chaiken concludes his book, itself a culmination of eight years of primary research, with this wish:
“I want us to do justice to the magnificence of the adventure that Apollo began. To live up to the promise not only of what we can achieve, but who we can become. And once we are living on the moon and venturing out across the solar system, the fact that we waited so long to resume our explorations will hardly matter. Historians of the far future may look back on Apollo and the missions that are yet to come as one great Age of Space Exploration. But in my mind’s eye it is a slow dissolve, from memory to anticipation, from what has been to what will be, from dream to dream.”
And by strange coincidence, I first heard of Young' passing when I was with Astronaut Chris Hadfield and former NASA Ames Director Pete Worden brainstorming the next generation of lunar exploration and settlement.
Hadfield followed up with this memory from their time together: John Young was a relentless dreamer engineer test pilot. He put his life on the line for what he believed in, over and over. I love what he said here: "My life has been long, and it has been interesting. It's also been a lot of fun, and a lot of hard, challenging work. If I could do it over, I would do it over the very same way. Most of it has been a marvel to me."
Here is a NASA video of Young's EVA 1 (his first expedition on the lunar surface, wearing this cuff checklist) and the rest of my John Young Artifacts. This one is:
Cuff P/N SEB 33100302-302 S/N 1022
Strap P/N SEB 12100030-201 S/N 1084 Assy
The Smithsonian has John Young's other cuff checklist (for EVA 2&3). The number of artifacts that traveled in the Lunar Module (LM) and returned to earth is few. It has been said that if you gathered all of them from all six lunar landings, other than rocks, they would fit into a small suitcase. The number of artifacts that went onto the lunar surface and returned to earth is even scarcer than LM flown items.
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Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Hatch-year
Family: Wood Warblers
Bethlehem Water Company Property--Pumping Station
Monroe County, PA
2015/09/26
The new site is live now!! It still needs lots of work, and there are a few missing links, etc. that I'll be fixing over the next few days. But, whew. :-)
Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida), Sydney Pelagic, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/checklist/S137321945
The Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) or Campbell mollymawk, is a medium-sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, in a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-browed albatross. It is a medium-sized black and white albatross with a pale yellow iris.
Source: Wikipedia
Are you ready to go out? First, don't forget to check your handbag! Inside, I always take the following: plenty of cash, driver's license, car insurance documents, mobile phone, one credit card, face powder, lipstick, concealer, mascara, and a couple of safety pins in case something comes loose.
If this is your first time out, I'd suggest you "take" one other item with you: a practiced vocabulary. A lot of newcomers "clam up" on their first night out. They are often so terror stricken, they can't recall how to use their "fem voice". This happened to me, it has happened to others - and it could happen to you.
If you've ever done any public speaking you likely already know this trick. It's very important to memorize your "opening statement". From there - you can wing it.
If you are going to a club, you will be saying these simple phrases quite often:
"I'm Julie, how are you?"
"A dry white wine, please"
"Thank you, hon."
"It's nice to meet you."
"What's your name, sweetie?"
Practicing these common questions and responses in your fem voice, will help you get by much better in that first hour.
And remember - if you ever get pulled over by the police while "en femme" - don't dare fail to stop or give your proper identification. There is no law against a man driving a car in a dress. However, the law is pretty specific about lying to an police officer - you are likely to be arrested.
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Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), Sawtell, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S62820258
The pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird native to Australia and commonly found on its coastline.
Source: Wikipedia
Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii ewingii), Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35531247
The Tasmanian thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) is a small brown bird only found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait. It is a common bird in these regions, often found in rainforests, wet forests, and scrublands. It occurs exclusively in cold and wet areas. Its diet revolves primarily around small insects, which it scrounges up and feeds on close to the ground.
Source: Wikipedia
Barbie: "Fashions For The 70s" Vintage Magazine Checklist 1of2 (Mattel) 1970
*Appeared In: Barbie Talk, Vintage Fan Club Magazine Issue Vol. 1 No. 3 May/June 1970 (Mattel)
One of the checklist items on the tour the three of us made of the US Southwest, specifically the states around the Four Corners, was a visit to the Antelope Canyon slot canyon area just outside Page, Arizona. For years I have seen images taken in one or another of these slot canyons and promised myself that should the opportunity arise, I would go there to photograph. And I did. And it was very interesting as well as producing lovely images. But…
If you plan to visit these, you need to know a few things. It is a very heavily visited spot, VERY, particularly the Upper Antelope Canyon which is easily accessible for people with compromised mobility. You cannot visit except as part of a group (generally 6-10 people) under the direction of a professional Navaho tour guide (you are on private Navaho land). There are two types of tours in the upper canyon: general and photo. As of May 2017 the costs were $60 general and $130 for photo tour in the 10:00 to 14:00 tour times (best light) and a bit cheaper outside this time frame. Photo tours allow tripods, general tours do not. You spend about 1 hour in the slot plus about 15 minutes each way to and from the assembly area and the slot. Time allotment is the same for either type of tour. You are able to take photos as you pass through the slot and out the far end but are strongly discouraged from doing so as you return through the slot back to where your vehicle awaits. The slot is pretty much full of groups being shepherded by their respective guides. You have to wait for the group ahead to clear a spot and then only a small time slot in each area is available wherein you can shoot clear of people before the next group comes in. Makes no difference which type of tour you take, you are all competing for the same brief time slots, although the photo tour guides (theoretically) clear an area for the tripod carriers. All-in-all, the general tour provided us with what we needed and good high ISO performance and a very wide angle lense is your best friend here and I do not think the photo tour premium gets you much. Changing lenses here is a bad idea – too much dust/sand in the air - if you value your camera’s sensor. This is not a criticism of the tour, simply a recognition of the tourist load on the site and with that understanding, the very knowledgable guides do an excellent job in challenging circumstances, including knowing exactly which photos you need to shoot, setting up the dust-in-the-sunbeam shots or the sandfall shots, etc. You will get lots of great photos, just like all the other people getting all the same great photos. So, armed with this information, do not be dissuaded but definitely visit this iconic site. Iconic places are iconic for very good reasons. Just don’t expect free range for your artistic expression. My only suggestion is to tour the Lower Antelope Canyon which we did not visit but which is supposedly not quite as crowded but does involve climbing ladders and is not suitable for people with compromised mobility.
All that said, do visit Antelope Canyon if you get the chance. - JW
Date Taken: 2017-05-09
Tech Details:
Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D7100 fitted with a Nikkor 12-24mm lense set to 14mm, ISO1600 (Auto ISO at preset upper limit), Daylight WB rather than Auto to prevent canyon wall colour from fooling colour balance algorithm, Aperture priority mode, f/5.6, 1/25 sec with an EV-1.0 exposure bias re reduce risk of blowing out highlights and also to ensure suitable dark tone for walls. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: scale image to 9000x6000, set exposure to 1/2 stop above as-shot, enable the Graduated Neutral Density tool and rotate it to cover the bright sand floor to darken it for better balance with wall tones, slightly increase contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, increase vibrance slightly, enable shadows-highlights and then boost highlight recovery to bring out maximum detail in bright areas, enable luminance noise reduction and adjust to just minimize noise without noticeably sacrificing detail, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: set up the image on three layers, top layer is named ‘lights’, middle layer is labeled ‘darks’, and also the ‘main’ layer for the rest of the image, use the threshold tool on a copy of the base image to isolate the brightest 30% of the image and copy this to the mask portion of the lights layer, use the threshold tool on a copy of the base image to isolate the darkest 20% of the image and copy this to the mask portion of the darks layer and then adjust the dark areas to recover detail and get a good representation of its tonality, and then slightly adjust the contrast and exposure of the main portion to get a good representation of the slot walls without impacting the light or dark portions of the image, create new working layer from visible result, adjust overall contrast slightly and then adjust colour balance to remove a very slight green cast, (did not sharpen as it would simply accentuate noise), save, scale image to 6000x4000, sharpen slightly, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 1800 wide for posting, sharpen slightly, save.
Sunset from the top of Butts Brow, above Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Rational for title, is
- Don't let your daughter borrow your tripod
- Then bump the ISO to 800 and forget, when you use your camera bag for support.
So remember the checklist.
I am rather pleased with the noise levels in this, my 50D would have had way to much noise at this ISO. The 5D II from my POV did amaziningly well controlling this.
On Camera stuff:
- Lee 0.9 ND hard grad
Post Processing:
- Adjusted WB in ACR
- Levels adjustments in CS4
- Un-sharp mask in CS4
This is best viewed in Lightroom on Black --- Press "L"
Canon 5D Mk II with EF 17-40mm L lens @17mm, ISO 800, 0.3 secs at f/11, Lee 0.9 hard ND grad.
Penguin Classics
Penguin Books, ca 2001
Cover Art: Cachalot Fishery (detail), Lothrop Whaling Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Mass.
Photo by Mark Sexton
"A complete annotated listing of Penguin Classics, Twentieth-Century Classics, Nature Classics, and the Pelican Shakespeare Series."
If you're like me, and I know you are, then you're obsessed with Boba Fett and his slick Mandalorian battle armor! So I put together this handy dandy Mandalorian Checklist poster to recap all of Hasbro's awesome reimaginations of mister Fett.
I was on the fence about including the McQuarrie Concept Armor Fett or the Rohlan Dyre character because neither of these figures are wearing the "classic" commando armor we all know and love, but I ultimately included them because, well, they're cool. Photos courtesy of Rebelscum.com ... until I can take my own (I'm still missing about six of these blokes myself).
Enjoy!
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=c-album
Comma
Polygonia c-album (po-lee-GOH-nee-uh see-AL-bum)
Wingspan
50 - 64mm
Checklist Number
59.031
Family:NymphalidaeRafinesque, 1815
Subfamily:NymphalinaeRafinesque, 1815
Tribe:NymphaliniRafinesque, 1815
Genus:PolygoniaHübner, [1819]
Subgenus:
Species:c-album(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies:c-album(Linnaeus, 1758)
Form:c-album(Linnaeus, 1758)
hutchinsoniRobson, 1881
Introduction
Looking like a tatty Small Tortoiseshell, the Comma is now a familiar sight throughout most of England and Wales and is one of the few species that is bucking the trend by considerably expanding its range. The butterfly gets its name from the only white marking on its underside, which resembles a comma. When resting with wings closed this butterfly has excellent camouflage, the jagged outline of the wings giving the appearance of a withered leaf, making the butterfly inconspicuous when resting on a tree trunk or when hibernating.
This butterfly was once widespread over most of England and Wales, and parts of southern Scotland, but by the middle of the 1800s had suffered a severe decline that left it confined to the Welsh border counties, especially West Gloucestershire, East Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. It is thought that the decline may have been due to a reduction in Hop farming, a key larval foodplant at the time. Since the 1960s this butterfly has made a spectacular comeback, with a preference for Common Nettle as the larval foodplant, and it is now found throughout England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands and has recently reached Scotland. There have also been a few records from Ireland.
Polygonia c-album ssp. c-album f. c-album
This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: Sweden).
The nominate form is found throughout its range.
Polygonia c-album ssp. c-album f. hutchinsoni
This form was first defined in Robson (1881).
This form is found throughout its range and represents individuals that go on to produce a second brood, which differ from those individuals that overwinter as follows:
1. Overall appearance much paler.
2. The underside is especially paler, being yellow-brown with darker markings nearer the body, and with a few green spots and other marks at the wing margins.
Polygonia c-album ssp. c-album f. hutchinsoni (Robson, 1881)
The specimens emerging in early Summer are much paler in hue that those appearing later: the ground colour is about the same as the palest portion of the darker specimens, and all the other markings are paler in proportion. On the underside the differences are even more noticeable, the early form being pale yellow-brown, with rather darker markings towards the base, and a few green spots and marks near the hind margins of both wings.
The Summer form is so different, and so constant in its appearance, that it ought to have a distinctive name, and we suggest it be called var. Hutchinsoni, in compliment to that lady whose liberality has enriched so many cabinets with specimens; whose knowledge of the species, as has already been said, is not exceeded by that of any one living, and to whom we are greatly indebted for information mentioned above.
Conservation Status
The Comma is one of the few species that is thriving which is believed to be linked to global warming. Its range has been continually expanding and it has recently reached Scotland where it hasn't been seen since around 1870. As such, this is not a species of conservation concern.
Habitat
This is primarily a woodland butterfly, where it can be seen along woodland rides and country lanes. However, especially in late summer, the butterfly is frequently seen in gardens where it feeds in on nectar sources to build up its fat reserves before entering hibernation.
Life Cycle
The butterfly can be seen at any time of the year, occasionally awakening on warm winter days. The butterfly emerges from hibernation in March, giving rise to the next generation which appear at the end of June and start of July. The majority of the offspring have dark undersides and these go on to hibernate. However, the remainder of the offspring have quite light undersides and brighter uppersides, and are known as the form hutchinsoni.
This form is named after Emma Hutchinson who discovered that this form goes on to breed and produce another generation that then overwinter. As a result, there is another peak emergence in late summer, at the end of August and start of September. The trigger for the development of this form is the changing day length as the larva develops. If day length is increasing (before midsummer's day) as the larva develops, then the majority of adults will be the hutchinsoni form that go on to produce another generation, whereas if day length is decreasing, then the majority of adults will be the regular dark form that enter hibernation. The assumption, therefore, is that a good spring will allow for an earlier emergence and more-rapid larval development, resulting in a high proportion of hutchinsoni adults which can then comfortably fit in another brood.
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After emerging from hibernation, both sexes search out nectar sources, such as Sallow flowers or Blackthorn blossom. They also spend a good amount of time basking, favourite surfaces being tree trunks, wood piles, dead bracken and fence posts.
The male butterfly sets up a territory, often on the sunny side of a woodland margin or at the junction of two woodland rides. Here he will sit on a favourite perch awaiting a passing female and will fly up to investigate any passing insect. The male will also make short flights - always returning to the same perch. Even when disturbed, the male will fly off for several metres or so before predictably returning to exactly the same leaf. When egg-laying the female makes short fluttering flights over the foodplant, stopping every few feet, landing on the foodplant and, if suitable, laying a single green egg.
Those adults that hibernate take a good deal of nectar, building up essential fat reserves that will see them through the winter. They are often seen feeding from garden flowers or fruit, such as blackberries or fallen plums. They eventually search out woodland where they find a suitable location in which to hibernate such as a tree trunk, branch, hollow tree or log pile.
Adults feed primarily on Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.). Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Ivy (Hedera helix), Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.) and Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) are also used.
Ovum
Eggs are laid singly on the foodplant, toward the edge of a leaf upperside, each female laying up to 275 eggs. They are normally laid on plants at the margins of woods, in woodland glades and rides or next to a hedgerow. Eggs are green when first laid but eventually turn yellow and ultimately grey just before hatching. This stage lasts between 2 and 3 weeks, depending on temperature.
Larva
On emerging, the young larva moves to the underside of a leaf where it feeds. As it matures it feeds on the upperside of the leaf and is quite unmistakable, resembling a bird dropping. This stage lasts around 5 weeks, depending on temperature. Larvae of the first brood moult 4 while those of the second brood moult 3 times.
The primary larval foodplant is Common Nettle (Urtica dioica). Currants (various) (Ribes spp.), Elms (various) (Ulmus spp.), Hop (Humulus lupulus) and Willows (various) (Salix spp.) are also used.
Pupa
The pupa is suspended head down, attached by the cremaster, to either the foodplant, surrounding vegetation or some other suitable platform. The pupa is quite beautiful and the green and brown colouring augmented with a small number of subtle silver spots, together with a jagged outline, give a superb impression of a withered leaf. This stage lasts around 2 weeks.
Checklist S25382595
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Smew (Mergellus albellus), Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/checklist/S162531041
Generally uncommon and fairly local small diving duck. Frequents lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. Shy, often found alone or in small groups; frequently kept in European waterfowl collections. Both sexes have bushy crest. Striking male mostly white with black face mask and fine black lines on sides of breast and flanks. Female has dark rusty brown head with big white throat and cheek patch. In flight appears strikingly black-and-white.
Source: Ebird
Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Sturnia philippensis)
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31939852
The chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Sturnia or Sturnus. It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Source: Wikipedia
25:52 - Preflight Checklist Complete: Capturing the second of a pair of doves right before it took after spending a few minutes cleaning up from a rainstorm.
#bucketlist checklist activities!
How about 3 pools, tallest #waterslide in the region, #zipline overlooking airport runway, #bungee #freefall overlooking #panoramicviews of #chaweng beach and lake?
I've tried to collect the images of all the editions that have been released so far. This list is still not complete though, and any contribution is welcome.
Please refer to this image for the regular editions.
www.flickr.com/photos/applecandy_mela/24773401341/in/date...
Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis), Nara, Japan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S163244662
Large, boldly patterned, long-tailed songbird of waterside areas, particularly fast-flowing streams but also rivers, pools, inland lakes, and coastal areas. Adult male velveteen black with white belly, wings, throat, brow, and outer tail feathers. Adult female similar but grayish black above. Juvenile similar, with soft, pale gray upperparts; juvenile of Japanese subspecies of White Wagtail similar but shows white arc behind eye. Calls distinctively buzzy.
Source: Ebird
Mauston, WI
Ebird Checklist ebird.org/ebird/wi/view/checklist?subID=S13277235
On its way to catch a meadow vole!
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) or the jack pine warbler sitting in a lantana involcrata bush at Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne, Florida.
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena carteri), Sir James Mitchell Park, Perth, Western Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34928196
Welcome swallows have a very large distributional range because they are a cross regional species. Welcome swallows live mostly in the eastern, western, southern and central Australia. The welcome swallows that live in eastern Australia move to northern Australia in winter. The welcome swallows that live in Western Australia and others live in New Zealand almost are not migratory. This swallow species has been observed nesting in the majority of New Zealand and its surrounding islands, Australia and some parts of Tasmania. Currently, this species has been recorded in New Guinea, New Caledonia and other surrounding islands. The distribution of the welcome swallow also depends on seasonal change. During the winter, the welcome swallow in Australia will move towards the north which places it closer to the equator and warm weather. For the following spring, they will return to the southern Australia to breed.
Source: Wikipedia