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Pairi Daiza (formerly Paradisio) is a privately owned 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo and botanical garden located in Brugelette in the province of Hainaut in Belgium. The zoo is located on the site of the former Cistercian Cambron Abbey, and is home to over 4,000 animals.
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This is a Springfield Armory 1911 .45 caliber pistol. It has a thumb safety (in focus) and a beavertail safety, which is released when pressure from the web between your thumb and index finger is applied.
Lit with dim room light and a strand of miniature colored LED lights.
Canon 6D Mark II and Canon 100mm f2.8L macro IS USM lens.
I can't think of any other seaside art installation/sculpture that is as impressive or striking as the 100 iron figures who face the sea and dot the beach and water's edge for miles up the Crosby coastline.
This one stands out, uniquely the only cock. Each one is individual, some more than others with their own crusty personality. They are frozen in position, unable to do anything or say anything. Antony Gormley missed a trick and should have given each of them a voice so that they detect when someone passes by and say something....a cheery welcome, something profound, sensitive, engaging, caring....something inspirational, reaching out...a kind of community care for the lonely walker on the beach, alone with their thoughts.
An adult male Cock-of-the-rock feeding on cecropia fruits.
The Cock-of-the-rock’s diet consists mainly of fruit. Often, these colorful birds do not digest the seeds of their fruity meals. Instead the seeds pass through their digestive tracks and are eventually scattered along the ground, making these birds extremely important seed dispensers. In addition to fruit, cocks-of-the-rock eat insects and small vertebrates.
Best to be viewed in large size format.
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Stored RAF Panavia Tornado F.3's including former No.43 'Fighting Cocks' Squadron's ZE165/GE eke out their final days at RAF Shawbury back in 2009
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Randy the Rooster near London, Oregon.
Photographed with a Kodak Vigilant Six-20 using Ilford HP5+ developed in Beerenol (Rainier Beer).
An entertaining mornings walk with Gus, a cocker spaniel, and the pack .. all I can say is hat's off to anyone who owns (and manages!) a spaniel! Auntie Elk was in her element as she doesn't quite like the randomness of how a spaniel seems to behave, thinking Gus was, perhaps, going to attack her at some part during the proceedings ... so took every opportunity to consolidate he top dog position over Gus by baring teeth and giving chase at every opportunity .... Gus was in a world of his own thankfully so they didn't engage in top trumps! When we arrived back at the car, my lot were still a pristine black and white (they purposely avoid unescessary mud and puddles) whilst Gus was shall we say wet, muddy and had ears full of burrs!!
Have you ever spotted the Glasgow Bouquet on Hutcheson Street? This beautiful bronze sculpture was commissioned to mark the 400th anniversary of The Letter of Guildry, a charter which regulated the roles and organisations of the craftsmen, merchants and maltmen in the city. Designed by Scottish sculptor Doug Cocker in 2005, the sculpture was first unveiled on George Square at the Lord Provost’s Pageant celebrations and exhibited at the People's Palace before moving to the Merchant City.
These wrens are known for having their tails cocked, but in a larger sense they feel like cocked guns when you see them in the field. When their tails bend back over their head and they lean forward you know they're about to shoot off to another perch.
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Canon 7D | 400mm f/5.6L
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Marsh Wren | Chebacco Woods, MA
Turkey .... Meleagris gallopavo
This lovely red headed turkey cock was trying to impress the hens while I was photographing him.
A turkey's throat and head can change colour according to its levels of stress or excitement.
Turkeys make a gobble, gobble sound to try and attract hen's.
Photographed recently at Avon Valley Nature Reserve, Saltford near Bristol.