Defenders of Wildlife
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A female Anna's Hummingbird is on high alert to defend her Lantana flowers! She started chattering, flared her tail, and flew up to chase off an incoming Hummingbird. She was successful this time!!
Guarding our coastline from high tides, while Rob, 'H' and I were more worried about the picnic blanket and the football!
Late on a cold, clear and starry night. The Defender was illuminated with 1 x ProFoto B1 500watt Strobe.
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I was dressed in my newly delivered R2 fashion cyber suit.With a SAC MP18 in my right hand and a SAC knife in my left,
I jump off my hoverbike,
spinning my body, releasing the bullets and protecting my landing base.
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This is the far south-east of Cornwall, near Tregantle Fort which was built in the mid-19th century above the cliffs in Whitsand Bay to help defend Plymouth from attack by sea. Here the countryside is gently rolling rich farmland, with numerous small woods lining the valleys through which flow streams and other small tributaries of the River Lynher. In the far distance the hills are on the outskirts of Bodmin Moor.
Everything was peaceful -- the pair of Loons were preening while I was chimping (looking at my photos in the viewfinder from my kayak) When all of a sudden all hell broke loose, couldn't see who the intruder was until it appeared after the commotion was over and it turned out to be a musky muskrat. I had no idea muskrats were a threat but I guess everything is a potential threat. The muskrat looked put out he didn't get egg for breakfast. I was so relieved everything was fine because I experienced lots of heartache with nest robbers this year. First a goose lost all her eggs, then falcons were stealing magpie babies out of the nest right in front of me in my yard, the death cry of a baby is something I never want to hear again. I hope the Loons are good after all the brutal thunderstorms we've had, she only has one egg left out of two. It was worth driving through a washed out road to get this image... I was going to turn around and go back home.
Mother Nature has no mercy.
A male Snow Bunting fends off a female attempting to land on his winter seed source.
Bunting_Snow_45A2226 (Plectrophenax nivalis)
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This female Rufous Hummingbird worked so hard defending the feeder and grevillea plants in the yard all morning. In the afternoon, the male took over dominance of the yard. They make me tired watching how hard they work.
Auf Youtube gibt es ein Video wie das Foto entstanden ist. Im Videobereich bin ich erst am Anfang aber ich versuche mich auch da zu verbessern. Würde mich freuen wenn ihr vorbeischaut und auch gerne das Video kommentieren würdet.
On Youtube there is a video of how the photo was taken. In the video area I am only at the beginning but I try to improve there as well. I would be happy if you come by and comment the video.
making of:
I saw so many seals while kayaking out in the Dungeness Bay yesterday. At one point, I counted 11 watching me from all around.
San Francisco Square in the Historic Center of Quito.
From left to right, in the San Francisco building, you can see the doors of the Chapel of Cantuña, the Chapel of Villacísla, the main church, the convent and the museum.
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The Church and its chapels (La Iglesia de San Francisco), which were considered sacred places.
Together, Church and Convent encompass three hectares including 13 cloisters (six of them major), three churches, and a large courtyard. In total, about 40,000 square meters of construction. San Francisco follows the classical typology of medieval monasteries. The main Church is the guiding axis and from there the cloister galleries extend: the refectory, the chapterhouse, and winery. These define a quadrangular courtyard, with the four respective pandas, or galleries: that of the chapter room, the refectory, the converts, and the mandatum. In addition to the basic dependencies of a convent, there were areas devoted to health care, education, crafts, a garden, and even a jail (to maintain strict discipline). The kitchen and dispensery operated in the cloister of services.
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Walking from the Old Town’s narrow colonial streets into this open plaza reveals one of the finest sights in all of Ecuador: a sweeping cobblestone plaza backed by the mountainous backdrop of Volcán Pichincha, and the long, whitewashed walls and twin bell towers of Ecuador’s oldest church.
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The Public Square (Plaza de San Francisco) was a purely urban space, demarcated and connected to various public activities (teaching, market, water supply).
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Sad part of our History.
In pre-Hispanic Quito, the current lands of the Church and Convent of San Francisco were occupied by the royal palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac, before the advance of the armies commanded by the Spaniards from the south and the impossibility of defending the city the indigenous general Rumiñahui arranged the total destruction of it. In the city fire the palace was destroyed and buried under a huge amount of rubble and garbage. One of Rumiñahui's soldiers was the great-grandfather of the indigenous Cantuña, who as an eyewitness to the events had full knowledge of what was buried in the place. The construction of the church and convent of San Francisco began around 1537, just three years after the Spanish foundation of the city, with the completion of a provisional temple that was maintained until 1550, when construction of the current building began and which was completed around 1680. Although the building was officially inaugurated in 1705.
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Started these at 1 AM in the morning and finished about Three hours just in time for Defenders to be released on Netflix.
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I couldn't figure out whether this guy was there to defend the fort, or if he was just a really scaly tourist. Either way this gguy was oblivious to all of the attention he was receiving. He was basking in the window of the gift shop at Castillo de San Crystobal in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
RKO_4827. A beautiful female Northern Goshawk in a defensive pose!
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"Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country"- Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim.
Interesting thing about Finland's participation in WWII is it was the only democratic country to be on the side of the Axis powers. As part of Finland's participation in WWII (Continuation war), the Finns during operations Barbarossa retook and captured areas in the Karelia region.
Wanted to try out a bunker as there were many that were along several defensive lines in Finland and the Karelia region. Credit for the trees goes to Thorsten Bonsch.
Bastian of course was curious about Caithlin's new bed, but a quick paw punch told him to stay away...
Bastian (mixed breed) & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 12.01.2024
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Another shot from the Ancient city of SIMURG. Defending the city from all evil. A small but colorful sim visit this sim at:
Visit this location at ++ SIMURG + ANCIENT CITY ++ in Second Life
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