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European Cuckoo - Cuckoo-(Cuculus canorus) by Deirdre

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The sound of the Cuckoo is one of Childhood memories where the two note 'cuck-oo" sound was heard around the mountains and valleys but rarely seen. The male does the calling.

The Cuckoo is a brood parasite, it uses trickery and cunning to trick another bird to raise its young. When the Cuckoo lays her egg in the hosts nest she will remove an egg so the poor host bird will not notice. The egg can look just like the hosts eggs but slightly bigger and will usually hatch first. The Cuckoo chick will dominate feeding times and throw the other chicks out of the nest.

In the poem by William Shakespeare "Love labours lost" references are made about the Cuckoo for Spring and the Owl

for Winter.

No permission granted for its use.

What's cucking by Paul Wright

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1- Una máquina perfecta de demoler lagartos y chicharras ! EL lagartero endémico de la Hispaniola !! by José Miguel Pantaleón Inoa

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Orden: Cuculiformes

Familia:Cuculidae

Genero: Coccyzus

Nombres comunes: Pajaro bobo, Tacot

Nombre cientifico: Coccyzus longirostris

Nombre Ingles: Hispaniolan lizard Cucko

Status: ENDEMICO DE NUESTRA ISLA

Lugar de captura: Cordillera central, R.D

Por : Cimarron mayor Panta

Zaramagullón, Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) PiedG-1744 by Carlos Gomez

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Zaramagullón, Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

El zampullín de pico grueso (Podilymbus podiceps), es un zambullidor pequeño, mide de 31-38 cm de longitud, achaparrado y de cuello corto. usualmente es de color pardo con el cuello color canela. Tiene un pico corto, grueso similar al de un pollo. En su época reproductiva su plumaje se hace gris plateado, garganta negra (plumaje nupcial) y adquiere una banda negra en el pico, que le da su nombre común en varias partes de América Latina. Es la única especie de zambullidor que no muestra un parche blanco en el ala durante el vuelo.

El zampullín de pico grueso tiene una amplia distribución geográfica. Tiene varios nombres comunes; zaramagullón grande (en Cuba), zambullidor común (en Colombia), zambullidor pico-anillado (en México), patico buzo (en Venezuela), zampullín pico grueso, macá pico grueso (en Uruguay), o picurio (en Chile) etc.

Este zambullidor raras veces vuela, prefiriendo escapar del peligro zambulliéndose.

Se alimenta de peces (carpas, siluros, anguilas), insectos (libélulas, hormigas, escarabajos) y anfibios como ranas y renacuajos. Zampullín de pico grueso alimentando a sus crías.

Esta ave usualmente es silenciosa, excepto durante la época de apareamiento en la cual el macho emite un llamado sonoro similar a un cuck, cuck, cuck o cow, cow, cow.

The pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas) has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus. The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas. Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, rail, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, pied-bill, thick-billed grebe, and water witch

The binomial name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver", and podiceps, "rump-headed", from podici- + New Latin ceps.

They are most commonly found throughout North America, Central America and South America year round

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Lugar de Captura/ Taken: Junumucu, la Vega, Republica Dominicana

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Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Podicipediformes

Family:Podicipedidae

Genus:Podilymbus

Species:P. podiceps

Binomial name

Podilymbus podiceps

Wood Duck Family by Michael Cohen

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Our most colorful duck here is South Florida is the Wood Duck. Mama duck is watching over her vulnerable hatchlings.

Cucks'n Skates by ndboy

Chuck&Blair by ღMaybeSomedayLoveღ

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Cuckoo calling by Tim Melling

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Last year I posted a photo of a Cuckoo with its beak open calling and a friend told me that the RSPB Complete Book of British Birds states that "the male keeps its bill closed when calling". I checked the book and that is indeed what it says, though it was published back in 1988. Well I have watched a lot of Cuckoos and I can say categorically that male Cuckoos do open their bills when calling. In fact they open the bill twice with each syllable. It is opened just a few millimetres for the "cuck", then closed and then opened a smaller amount for the "oo". They open their beak noticeably wider for the first syllable of the stuttering "CUCK-Cuck-oo" and they also open the bill wider for that wonderful wheezy chuckling. If you listen to this recording on Xeno Canto eventually the male gives the trisyllabic Cuck-cuck-oo, and the wheezy chuckling: www.xeno-canto.org/580937 .

I photographed this male in the Peak District last week when there was another male around and a female had given her bubbling call. This male was giving the wheezy chuckle so I managed to capture him with his beak wide open. It's a wonderful call but you can only hear it when the birds are at close range, whereas the cuckoo call can be heard over a mile away. And one final thing; I never knew that adult Cuckoos have orange inside their mouths just like the begging juveniles.

Cucks'n Skates by ndboy

HDR - Bahnhof by andyRotary

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Thats my first High Dynamic Range Image (HDR)

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Canon EOS400D

Sigma Lens 10 mm fisheye

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itunes: cuck ragan- the boat

To the Beta-Cuck That Reported My Photostream.... by TheOfficial Torrid™

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...and got every single one of my photos banned into Restricted status...

You can fuck ALL the way off, "Karen". Grow up and get over yourself, if your childish mentality will allow you too. Jealousy is pungent cologne, and you reek of it.

Give your balls a tug, petty imp.

Cuckoo, Male, Cuculus canorus by Steve Noon - Bird Photography

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‘Summer trickster'. Looking like a bird of prey in full flight, a male Cuckoo speeds across the meadow. Here for the summer to trick especially Meadow Pipits and Reed Warblers into raising their young. Yorkshire.

Many thanks for visiting my Flickr pages...Your visits, interest, comments and kindness to 'fave' my photos is very much appreciated, Steve.

A cunning master of misdirection, the cuckoo’s reputation precedes it. These brood parasites spook woodland birds from their nests, then lay their own eggs in them to be brought up by the host.

Quick facts

Common names: Common Cuckoo

Scientific name: Cuculus canorus

Family: Cuculidae (cuckoos)

Habitat: woodland edges and grassland

Diet: invertebrates, with caterpillars a particular favourite

Predators: chicks and eggs are vulnerable to nest predators such as stoats and weasels

Origin: native

What do Cuckoos look like?

Cuckoos are between a blackbird and wood pigeon in size. They have pointed wings that droop when perched.

Cuckoos have a grey head with a thin, bright yellow ring around their eye, yellow feet and a black beak. They have dark grey plumage on their upper parts and barred plumage below which resembles the markings of the Sparrowhawk. Some females are a rusty-brown colour.

In flight, the cuckoo looks very similar to a Sparrowhawk. Look at the tail to distinguish a cuckoo, which has a graduated tail.

What do cuckoos eat?

Cuckoos eat invertebrates, and hairy caterpillars are a particular favourite. They find their food in bushes and trees. They are diurnal, this means they are active during the day.

Did you know?

Host birds are tricked into carrying on feeding the often much larger cuckoo chick because of its call, which mimics a whole nest of hungry host chicks.

How do cuckoos breed?

Cuckoos court multiple mates during the mating period in April.

As brood parasites, cuckoos do not raise their own young, instead laying eggs in the nests of other birds, which raise the chick thinking it is one of their own. The nests of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits and Reed Warblers are favourites. Females wait until the host has left the nest, sometimes spooking the bird away, then swoop in to lay a single egg.

The chick hatches after around 11 days. It will push any other eggs or chicks out of the nest, ensuring it receives the sole attention of its adoptive parents. They will continue to feed the young cuckoo, even though it may grow to two or three times their size.

Cuckoos leave the nest after around 20 days but continue to be fed by their host for a few more weeks. They reach sexual maturity at two years old.

Do cuckoos migrate?

Cuckoos overwinter in Africa, migrating to the UK in the spring and leaving by late June. Fledglings fly to Africa a few weeks after their parents.

Did you know?

Different cuckoos have a preference for particular host species, even laying similar looking eggs to their preferred hosts!

Where do cuckoos live?

The cuckoo is a summer visitor to the UK, arriving from April onwards. They do not spend long here, with many having flown south to Africa by the end of June. Find them in woodland, particularly woodland edges, as well as around reed beds and the moorlands of Scotland.

Cuckoos do not raise their own young, instead tricking other birds into thinking the cuckoo chick is their own.

Signs and spotting tips

Your best bet for finding a cuckoo is to listen for it. The ‘cuck-oo’ call gave the bird its common name. The female also produces a distinctive bubbling call. Cuckoos will congregate in habitats where there are large numbers of meadow pipits or reed warblers. Look out for them perched very still, on the lookout for prey and unattended nests.

Did you know?

Cuckoos eat poisonous caterpillars that most other birds avoid, shaking out the toxic substance before swallowing their prey.

Threats and conservation

You’re a lot less likely to see, or hear, a cuckoo these days. A combination of a loss of habitat and the knock-on effects to their host species affect them here in the UK, but deforestation and hunting on migration routes are also thought to have had an impact on numbers. Wt Notes.

jackass by Chris Burns

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Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.

Laughing Kookaburra

Scientific Name: Dacelo novaeguineae

The laughing kookaburra was first described and illustrated (in black and white) by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage a la nouvelle Guinae which was published in 1776. He claimed to have seen the bird in New Guinea. In fact Sonnerat never visited New Guinea and the laughing kookaburra does not occur there. He probably obtained a preserved specimen from one of the naturalists who accompanied Captain James Cook to the east coast of Australia. Edme-Louis Daubenton and Francois-Nicolas Martinet included a coloured plate of the laughing kookaburra based on Sonnerat's specimen in their Planches enluminates d'histoire naturelle. The plate has the legend in French "Martin-pecheur, de la Nouvelle Guinae" (Kingfisher from New Guinea). In 1783 the French naturalist Johann Hermann provided a formal description of the species based the coloured plate by Daubenton and Martinet. He gave it the scientific name Alcedo nova Guinea. The current genus Dacelo was introduced in 1815 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, and is an anagram of Alcedo, the Latin word for a kingfisher. The specific name novaeguineae combines the Latin novus for new with Guinea, based on the erroneous belief that the specimen had originated from New Guinea. For many years it was believed that the earliest description was by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert and his scientific name Dacelo gigas was used in the scientific literature but in 1926 the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews showed that a description by Hermann had been published earlier in the same year, 1783, and thus had precedence. In the 19th century this species was commonly called the "laughing jackass", a name first recorded (as Laughing Jack-Ass) in An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales by David Collins which was published in 1798. In 1858 the ornithologist John Gould used "great brown kingfisher", a name that had been coined by John Latham in 1782. Another popular name was "laughing kingfisher". The name in several Australian indigenous languages were listed by European authors including Go-gan-ne-gine by Collins in 1878, Cuck'anda by Rena Lesson in 1828 and Gogera or Gogobera by George Bennett in 1834. In the early years of the 20th century "kookaburra" was included as an alternative name in ornithological publications but it was not until 1926 in the second edition of the Official Checklist of Birds of Australia that the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union officially adopted the name "laughing kookaburra". The name comes from Wiradhuri, an Aboriginal language now effectively extinct.

Description: The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.

Similar species: Identification may only be confused where the Laughing Kookaburra's range overlaps that of the Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, in eastern Queensland. The call of the Blue-winged Kookaburra is coarser than that of the Laughing Kookaburra, and ends somewhat abruptly. The Blue-winged Kookaburra lacks the brown eye-stripe, has a blue tail and a large amount of blue in the wing, and has a pale eye.

Distribution: Laughing Kookaburras are found throughout eastern Australia. They have been introduced to Tasmania, the extreme south-west of Western Australia, and New Zealand. Replaced by the Blue-winged Kookaburra in central northern and north-western Australia, with some overlap in Queensland, although this species is more coastal.

Habitat: The Laughing Kookaburra inhabits most areas where there are suitable trees.

Feeding: Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. Prey is seized by pouncing from a suitable perch. Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch.

Breeding: Laughing Kookaburras are believed to pair for life. The nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound. Both sexes share the incubation duties and both care for the young. Other Laughing Kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous one to two years, act as 'helpers' during the breeding season. Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties.

Calls: The chuckling voice that gives this species its name is a common and familiar sound throughout the bird's range. The loud 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other individuals. The Laughing Kookaburra also has a shorter 'koooa The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call. The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay away.

Minimum Size: 40cm

Maximum Size: 45cm

Average size: 42cm

Average weight: 340g

Breeding season: August to January

(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and Wikipedia)

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'gifted' by Lucifer -

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Male :

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::K:: Loose Singlet V2 Homme

at TMD Event

FT - Chuck Christmas Gatcha - RARE Backdrop

FT - Cuck Christmas Gatcha - Beanie

at Epiphany Event

FT - JR Jogger Fatpack

at Anthem Event

All monsters are human by Leandro Santorini

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Love for Sale: Outfit # 1 by Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon

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Each profession has its own dress code, and the Oldest Profession is no different. But a key part of an escort’s duties is to blend in with the client’s world. It’s no use turning up for an assignation at the Sheraton looking like a cheap tramp: you will embarrass the punter and very likely be chucked out by the floor manager! The art of dressing for a first date is the same for every girl – keep all your options open. Promise a lot with sexy little hints, but don’t put everything on the table at once…

This is another of my contests. As usual, there are no rules – express your enthusiasm and try to influence the judges in any way that you like!!!

Love and Kisses to All!

Xxxxx

Lady Rebecca Lyndon

SODALITY NEWS !!!

As there are so many entries for our Sodality Tryouts in August, I thought I would “run through the field” (so to speak) over the next few weeks. The contestants have been placed in pools of eight - somewhat similarly to the usual practice in international football tournaments (so I am reliably informed!).

We start, logically enough, with Group A:

Lady Lavinia Baverstock (“Liv”)

A gorgeous auburn-haired temptress/adultress, and former pole-dancer. Has recently married Lord Wandsworth, her third aristocratic marriage in the last five years. Plays the violin rather beautifully.

Lady Felicity Bennington (“Flick”)

A gorgeous blonde glamour model, now a very active 'hotwife' to the Duke of Shrewsbury. Owns a fantastic collection of Alexander McQueen originals.

Lady Cecily Borthwick (“Cee”)

A stunning fashion and lingerie model, horsewoman and notorious party girl, now married to Sir Edward Blassingame-Bowhaye, Earl of Chessington - and regularly cucking her adoring hubby!

Lady Victoria Cholmondeley-Coutts (“Vicky”)

Stunning and very tall brunette - and active Professional Dominatrix. Now married to Lord Fanshawe – but She calls the shots!

Lady Margery Clutterbuck (“Madge”)

Adult website performer, entrepreneur, sex-toy designer and glamour model - now involved in a very 'modern' marriage with Lord Ripon. Owns a stunning mansion just outside Harrogate.

Lady Priscilla Coddington (“Cilla” - or sometimes "Pris")

A Vogue fashion model who enjoys a secret career in adult entertainment under another name. A lady of many looks! Her current (and regularly cuckolded!) husband just happens to be the Duke of Essex.

Lady Virginia Colt (“Ginnie”)

Like me, Ginnie is a keen horsewoman and very strict disciplinarian. Most often seen as a brunette, but like Cilla (see above) is a lady of many looks and roles. For several years now Ginnie has been enjoying a most unconventional marriage to Lord Brentwood, who - as I am sure you know - is a First Class Knight of the Girdle.

Lady Elizabeth Crenshaw (“Liz”)

A bubbly and curvaceous blonde. But don’t be fooled by the innocent smile – this girl has been the route! Dancer, stripper, glamour model... and now very happily (and 'openly') married to Sir Gavin Crenshaw, Marquis of Beckenham - and current holder of the prestigous 'Silver Knob' ceremonial office in the House of Lords.

The Group B "runners and riders" will follow shortly....

Cuck who? by Paul Wright

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alice river - koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa burras by Chris Burns

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Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

Laughing Kookaburra

Scientific Name: Dacelo novaeguineae

The laughing kookaburra was first described and illustrated (in black and white) by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage Ã la nouvelle GuinÃÂ©e which was published in 1776. He claimed to have seen the bird in New Guinea. In fact Sonnerat never visited New Guinea and the laughing kookaburra does not occur there. He probably obtained a preserved specimen from one of the naturalists who accompanied Captain James Cook to the east coast of Australia. Edme-Louis Daubenton and FranÃÂ§ois-Nicolas Martinet included a coloured plate of the laughing kookaburra based on Sonnerat's specimen in their Planches enluminÃÂ©es d'histoire naturelle. The plate has the legend in French "Martin-pecheur, de la Nouvelle GuinÃÂ©e" (Kingfisher from New Guinea). In 1783 the French naturalist Johann Hermann provided a formal description of the species based the coloured plate by Daubenton and Martinet. He gave it the scientific name Alcedo novÃÂ¦ GuineÃÂ¦. The current genus Dacelo was introduced in 1815 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, and is an anagram of Alcedo, the Latin word for a kingfisher. The specific name novaeguineae combines the Latin novus for new with Guinea, based on the erroneous belief that the specimen had originated from New Guinea. For many years it was believed that the earliest description was by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert and his scientific name Dacelo gigas was used in the scientific literature but in 1926 the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews showed that a description by Hermann had been published earlier in the same year, 1783, and thus had precedence. In the 19th century this species was commonly called the "laughing jackass", a name first recorded (as Laughing Jack-Ass) in An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales by David Collins which was published in 1798. In 1858 the ornithologist John Gould used "great brown kingfisher", a name that had been coined by John Latham in 1782. Another popular name was "laughing kingfisher". The name in several Australian indigenous languages were listed by European authors including Go-gan-ne-gine by Collins in 1878, Cuck'anda by RenÃÂ© Lesson in 1828 and Gogera or Gogobera by George Bennett in 1834. In the early years of the 20th century "kookaburra" was included as an alternative name in ornithological publications but it was not until 1926 in the second edition of the Official Checklist of Birds of Australia that the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union officially adopted the name "laughing kookaburra". The name comes from Wiradhuri, an Aboriginal language now effectively extinct.

Description: The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.

Similar species: Identification may only be confused where the Laughing Kookaburra's range overlaps that of the Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, in eastern Queensland. The call of the Blue-winged Kookaburra is coarser than that of the Laughing Kookaburra, and ends somewhat abruptly. The Blue-winged Kookaburra lacks the brown eye-stripe, has a blue tail and a large amount of blue in the wing, and has a pale eye.

Distribution: Laughing Kookaburras are found throughout eastern Australia. They have been introduced to Tasmania, the extreme south-west of Western Australia, and New Zealand. Replaced by the Blue-winged Kookaburra in central northern and north-western Australia, with some overlap in Queensland, although this species is more coastal.

Habitat: The Laughing Kookaburra inhabits most areas where there are suitable trees.

Feeding: Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. Prey is seized by pouncing from a suitable perch. Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch.

Breeding: Laughing Kookaburras are believed to pair for life. The nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound. Both sexes share the incubation duties and both care for the young. Other Laughing Kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous one to two years, act as 'helpers' during the breeding season. Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties.

Calls: The chuckling voice that gives this species its name is a common and familiar sound throughout the bird's range. The loud 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other individuals. The Laughing Kookaburra also has a shorter 'koooa The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call. The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay away.

Minimum Size: 40cm

Maximum Size: 45cm

Average size: 42cm

Average weight: 340g

Breeding season: August to January

(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and Wikipedia)

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Blair and Chuck by ღMaybeSomedayLoveღ

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Bodycon Contest # 4 by Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon

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As I mentioned earlier, it has been a relatively quiet weekend here at Lyndon Towers, after all the New Year hi jinks last weekend.

Lady Daphne Craig-Talbot and Lady Lucasta Gorringe have now departed - after a fun little party last night with our new Sodality Pledges and some very productive policy discussions this morning. Our most important decision is that we have decided to open the Sodality to membership via invitation - as long as the invitations are unanimously agreed by the steering committee (Lady Daphne, Lady Lucasta, our sleeping partner Lord Belcher, and myself).

This initiative should solve one or two slightly ticklish membership problems, such as the failure of Lady Henrietta Stones-Bacon to qualify for membership, despite having made three attempts. It will also allow us to fast-track membership for exciting prospects such as Lady Cora Moss, rather than waiting for a formal qualification event to roll around. We are very keen to expand our membership to 99 ladies by the end of 2017, and this does mean a little streamlining of our entry procedures...

As expected, Dr Janis Rawdyke's piece about the Sodality in the Sunday Supplements has caused a terrific buzz amongst the chattering classes here in the UK. We are now the name on the lips of every TV producer in the land. However, we are all definitely agreed that a Reality TV show starring the Ladies of the Sodality is not what we are all about!!! Our Sisterhood needs a little discretion and privacy to function properly...

As mentioned earlier, I am off to a local am-dram performance this evening with hubby, to see a production of 'The Constant Wife'. My hubby was extremely tickled when we were invited to see this particular play! Of course, I have promised to cuck hubby directly after the performance - which has thrilled and delighted him even more !!

Lots of Love and Kisses to All my Friends and Fans!

xxxxxxx

Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon

Duchess of Basingstoke

so many teeth by Clicking Mad

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and chuck-it

I love the reflections

Omnivore by Patrick Stewart

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American Robins are a type of Thrush. They have many different songs and sounds such as cucks and tuks to communicate amongst themselves, sharp yeeps to sound the alarm, and us early-risers are very familiar with their Dawn Song, "Cheerio, Chir-up, Chir-up, Cherrio ..." We may think they all look alike, but in fact Western Robins are paler and have almost no white on their tails, Eastern Robins are often more richly colored and have a darker black neck and back. You won't see Robins at your bird feeder as they feed off of invertebrates ... mostly earthworms, but also insects and snails. And in the Winter months Robins eat a great variety of fruits: firethorn, winter berry, chokecherries, hawthorn, sumac, dogwood etc. A group of Robins is most often called a Round, but is also known as a Blush, a Rabble, a Squabble, or a Reliant ... Unless you are a cat ... then Breakfast. The oldest known American Robin lived to 13 years and 11 months, though on average the entire population will turnover every six years.

jackass portrait by Chris Burns

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Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.

Laughing Kookaburra

Scientific Name: Dacelo novaeguineae

The laughing kookaburra was first described and illustrated (in black and white) by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage a la nouvelle Guinae which was published in 1776. He claimed to have seen the bird in New Guinea. In fact Sonnerat never visited New Guinea and the laughing kookaburra does not occur there. He probably obtained a preserved specimen from one of the naturalists who accompanied Captain James Cook to the east coast of Australia. Edme-Louis Daubenton and Francois-Nicolas Martinet included a coloured plate of the laughing kookaburra based on Sonnerat's specimen in their Planches enluminaes d'histoire naturelle. The plate has the legend in French "Martin-pecheur, de la Nouvelle Guinae" (Kingfisher from New Guinea). In 1783 the French naturalist Johann Hermann provided a formal description of the species based the coloured plate by Daubenton and Martinet. He gave it the scientific name Alcedo nova Guinea. The current genus Dacelo was introduced in 1815 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, and is an anagram of Alcedo, the Latin word for a kingfisher. The specific name novaeguineae combines the Latin novus for new with Guinea, based on the erroneous belief that the specimen had originated from New Guinea. For many years it was believed that the earliest description was by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert and his scientific name Dacelo gigas was used in the scientific literature but in 1926 the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews showed that a description by Hermann had been published earlier in the same year, 1783, and thus had precedence. In the 19th century this species was commonly called the "laughing jackass", a name first recorded (as Laughing Jack-Ass) in An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales by David Collins which was published in 1798. In 1858 the ornithologist John Gould used "great brown kingfisher", a name that had been coined by John Latham in 1782. Another popular name was "laughing kingfisher". The name in several Australian indigenous languages were listed by European authors including Go-gan-ne-gine by Collins in 1878, Cuck'anda by Rena Lesson in 1828 and Gogera or Gogobera by George Bennett in 1834. In the early years of the 20th century "kookaburra" was included as an alternative name in ornithological publications but it was not until 1926 in the second edition of the Official Checklist of Birds of Australia that the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union officially adopted the name "laughing kookaburra". The name comes from Wiradhuri, an Aboriginal language now effectively extinct.

Description: The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.

Similar species: Identification may only be confused where the Laughing Kookaburra's range overlaps that of the Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, in eastern Queensland. The call of the Blue-winged Kookaburra is coarser than that of the Laughing Kookaburra, and ends somewhat abruptly. The Blue-winged Kookaburra lacks the brown eye-stripe, has a blue tail and a large amount of blue in the wing, and has a pale eye.

Distribution: Laughing Kookaburras are found throughout eastern Australia. They have been introduced to Tasmania, the extreme south-west of Western Australia, and New Zealand. Replaced by the Blue-winged Kookaburra in central northern and north-western Australia, with some overlap in Queensland, although this species is more coastal.

Habitat: The Laughing Kookaburra inhabits most areas where there are suitable trees.

Feeding: Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. Prey is seized by pouncing from a suitable perch. Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch.

Breeding: Laughing Kookaburras are believed to pair for life. The nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound. Both sexes share the incubation duties and both care for the young. Other Laughing Kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous one to two years, act as 'helpers' during the breeding season. Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties.

Calls: The chuckling voice that gives this species its name is a common and familiar sound throughout the bird's range. The loud 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other individuals. The Laughing Kookaburra also has a shorter 'koooa The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call. The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay away.

Minimum Size: 40cm

Maximum Size: 45cm

Average size: 42cm

Average weight: 340g

Breeding season: August to January

(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and Wikipedia)

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Lady Rebecca's Boudoir # 6 by Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon

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Amazingly, this is the 1000th picture that I have posted here on my Flickr photo-stream!

To mark this historic occasion, I thought it would be appropriate to show myself doing what I do for every photo-shoot – getting myself made-up, so I can look my best!

I don’t know exactly if or when I will be celebrating posting my 2000th image here on Flickr, but I do hope it happens some day! This photo-stream has been a gateway for me to have so many experiences that I never dreamed would be possible. It has been an amazing journey, during which I have made so many wonderful new friends - and discovered so much about myself. Some of these friendships have remained internet-based, while others have also acquired a face-to-face dimension. But all of my friends here mean a great deal to me, and I thank you for adding so much fun and happiness to my life - ever since that day back in March 2009 when I shyly posted my first three images online!

BTW.... reproduced among the comments below - for comparison - is one of the first three Rebecca George images ever posted on Flickr!

Love and Kisses to All!

xxxxx

Rebecca

SODALITY NEWS!!

Here is a brief guide to the final group of eight aristocratic ladies who are entered for our Sodality Trials next weekend! There are in total 32 entries for the trials, and a total of eight of these ladies will be invited to join the Sisterhood once the trials have been completed. This will make a new grand total of 21 titled ladies to comprise the Sodality. Breeding, brains, wealth and beauty are essential requirements for membership, but our trials will determine which ladies also have the moral decadence, corrupting sensuality and insatiable sexual appetites to qualify for full membership!!

I wish “good luck” to all of these wonderful women (and also to their ruthlessly cuckolded husbands!), in their efforts to gain entry to our notorious Sisterhood and Sodality of Pleasure!!

GROUP D

Lady Antoinette Stableford (“Toni”)

Auburn-haired former webcam girl Toni is currently married to Sir Montague Cockburn - her third aristocratic marriage in five years. To the delight of her husband, she has now developed into a key perfomer for “Rockfist” Shatterhand’s XXX “snooty porn” websites.

Lady Charlotte Stanhope (“Charley”)

This angelic blonde temptress has been a presenter and performer on several of the UK’s top adult TV channels. Her husband, Lord Sittingbourne, clearly relishes the merciless cuckolding he receives from his glamorous hotwife – both in private, and on-screen!

Lady Penelope Stockbridge (“Penny”)

Penny will be familiar to those who are close followers of my photo-stream, as she lives in a manor house quite close to Lyndon Towers, and has participated in a number of our lingerie parties and full-scale orgies. Her husband, Lord Pelham, is mustard-keen to see his glamorous raven-headed hotwife accepted as a full member of our wicked Sisterhood!

Lady Henrietta Stones-Bacon (“Pebbles”)

Just like Penny, Pebbles has been involved in some very immoral and outrageous activities on the fringe of our Sodality for quite some time. Her husband, Viscount Augustus Higgins, would be thrilled and delighted to see his blonde hotwife graduate to full membership of our decadent Sodality.

Lady Beatrice Strangefellow (“Bee”)

This fetish model and former high-class escort recently snapped up the extremely wealthy Duke of Chester as her spouse. One of Sir Henry Cobham’s former proteges, Bee and her husband have been in negotiations with Rockfist Shatterhand about using their ancestral pile in Cheshire as the UK headquarters for Shatterhand’s XXX “posh porn” videos.

Lady Teresa Teasdale (“Tessa” or "Tess")

Tessa is the ultimate party girl, and the amazing parties (i.e. orgies) at her husband’s ancestral pile near Durham are a legend across the North East, and indeed all over the country. Ice-blonde aristocratic beauty Tess has been married to the Marquis of Carlise for almost five years - and cucks him mercilessly. Needless to say, hubby dotes on his glamorous hotwife - and can’t get enough of her outrageous antics!

Lady Venetia Ward-Ponsonby (“Vee”)

A dark and sultry brunette, Vee has been happily married to Lord Clarence Sidebottom for almost six months, and has already defiled the marriage bed in almost every conceivable way. Needless to say, hubby approves! Vee now wants to become involved in the Los Angeles XXX "posh porn" scene. Her doting and already thoroughly-cucked hubby is 100% behind her!!

Lady Celia Wentworth (“Cee”)

This Amazonian redhead is a dead ringer for warrior queen Red Sonja, from the world of sword ‘n’ sorcery movies! Currently married to His Worship the Earl of Chiddingstone, Cee is looking to branch out beyond glamour and fetish modelling for Goth websites, and become seriously involved in extreme Female Domination movies. Chad Bronkhorst is interested in Cee as a future star, but I have a feeling that her pervy aristocrat hubby would like to play a leading role himself in masterminding the development of his wife’s career as a BDSM Porno Goddess!

Next: the trials themselves! Which eight ladies will prove triumphant - and be invited to join the Sodality?

Cuckoo Bee - Male Texas Nomad Bee by John Frisch

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Cuckoo bees lay their eggs in the nests of other bee species such as leafcutter bees. Once a female cuckoo bee has been fertilized by a male and is ready to lay eggs, she'll fly close to the ground and scan for other bees’ nests to lay her eggs in. When she spots a suitable nest, she'll wait nearby until the unsuspecting host bee leaves for a day of foraging, then she'll enter uninvited. Once in the nest, she'll cut holes in the host bee's brood-cell caps and lay her own eggs inside! Her job is now complete. Her young will have a delicious (and free) meal of pollen and nectar ready for them when they hatch into larvae. When they do hatch, the larvae use their strong mandibles--a fancy word for jaw--and kill the host bee's eggs or larvae in the cell.

This behavior is known as kleptoparasitism, which literally means "parasitism by theft". So, how did this relationship between cuckoo bees and their other bee relatives come about in the first place? It turns out that generations and generations of evolution have led to this way of life for cuckoo bees. It's hard to say exactly when in history kleptoparasitism came about in bees, but today its gotten to the point where many cuckoo bees lack the structures used to collect pollen and have no instinct to build a nest of their own. So in a way, they have no choice but to rely on their bee cousins to raise their young.

Source and more info: www.planetbee.org/planet-bee-blog//native-bee-series-cuck...

One John Ascher of iNaturalist identified this as a male Texas Nomad bee and who am I to argue: bugguide.net/node/view/672679

Blair & Chuck. by ღMaybeSomedayLoveღ

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2x03 The Dark Night

Zaramagullón, Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) PiedG-1713 by Carlos Gomez

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