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Apatura iris belongs to the Nymphalidae family and has a wingspan of 55 - 70 mm. The males have a purple/blue sheen on the upper dsides of their dark brown wings. This effect is caused by iridescence and depends on the angle of view. They are distributed throughout Central Europe and as far east as Korea and China. They can only seldom be seen because they mostly fly over trees and even more seldom sitting on flowers. So I got very lucky to spot this one sitting on the ground feeding on dry ordure.
Dans la phase de loin la plus spectaculaire de l'aménagement de la Durance, l'œuvre-clé est le barrage de Serre-Ponçon, duquel dépend toute l'alimentation d'aval, tant pour les usages agricoles que pour les besoins urbains, énergétiques et industriels. En aval du barrage, la Durance elle-même n'a plus qu'un débit réduit à moins de 25 m3/s ; on peut d'ailleurs observer la différence sur la photo. Tout le reste passe par des canaux, soit pour les centrales électriques, soit pour l'alimentation du canal de Provence.
D'après :http://tresordesregions.mgm.fr/Mdir.php?p=cant.php&cl=Durance®ion=93
Entre le canal rectiligne et la Durance qui serpente entre ses rives boisées, on distingue à gauche de la photo le village de Monétier-Allemont. Le creux entre les montagnes à l'horizon est la cluse de Sisteron où se glisse la Durance après avoir avalé le Buech. La ligne de crête, sur l'horizon à droite est la montagne de Lure. À gauche de la photo se profile également le sommet pyramidal de la montagne de Hongrie.
Autumn is in the air, in the trees, and on my mind. And like others, in their cameras by now. Trout Lake is only about 20 minutes away and unveils itself in different ways depending on the season. With the sun now lower in the sky, and winds barely present, the mirror-like surface can provide terrific reflections.
Fall colors also present themselves for view, while Lillie Pads suddenly appear. The shadow that split the scene nicely framed the two distinctly different elements. This too created depth and a polarizing filter both removed glare, and released those vivid colors.
In order to get this shot, it was necessary to prop up against a Birch tree that was leaning about 45 degrees toward the lake. There was nowhere to place my tripod and achieve the same shot, short of submersing it and settling for something different. For me, that is just not an option; be nice to your equipment.
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The hunting technique varies depending on the spider and its prey. Sometimes the spider waits in the center of the web, sometimes it sits at the edge of its burrow, with one or two legs attached to the silken thread. Once prey gets caught in the web and causes sufficient vibrations, the spider rushes towards it. Sometimes the spider goes straight for it, or shakes the web back and forth several times, often further entangling the prey, allowing it to be precisely located and identified. If prey doesn't move, the spider may lose interest; dead prey is generally ignored by spiders.
Small prey is immediately seized and often devoured straight away.
Slightly larger prey is grabbed and quickly spun; by rolling the prey in the web, a package is created that hangs from both ends of the web.
Even larger or more dangerous-looking prey is approached cautiously; the spider will first attempt to cover the prey with sticky threads from a distance using its hind legs. If the prey appears too dangerous, the spider will "free" it by biting through the threads.
The prey is eaten either on the spot, in the center of the web, or in the burrow, leaving a hole in the web. Orb-weavers "chew" their food, unlike most other spiders that suck their prey dry.
Some orb-weaver spiders that can be found in the Netherlands and Belgium: cross spider , wasp spider (or tiger spider), and the four-spot orb-weaver spider .
Y todo depende del cristal con que se mire... o algo así
Feliz fin de semana amig@s, cuidaros y cuidar, salud!
Welcome to Lecce the Baroque wonder of Apulia and depending on where you find parking this may be the first sight to greet you not Baroque itself but hinting at the wonderfully elegant viewing experience that awaits you.
The city gate pictured here is called Porto Napoli and was built to honor Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor of the day on his visit to the city, the gate itself was modeled after the Roman triumphant arches and certainly cast an impressive figure I am sure Charles was suitably impressed I know I was.
Lecce is well know to Italians but a hidden gem from tourists that flock the more well known parts of Italy which is not a shame in my opinion the city while filed with visitors during the high season doesn’t have that touristy feel and provides an authentic experience for those looking for one, I selfishly hope it remains somewhat unknown.
I took this on Sept 24, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 24mm 1/50s f/18 ISO 360 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Depending on the perspective
Incoming in silent eternity
Is not as scary we could imagine
Quite sweet to live this way now
[Villeneuve d'Uriage's church, french Alpes]
The Indian pangolin, thick-tailed pangolin, or scaly anteater (Manis crassicaudata) is a pangolin found on the Indian subcontinent. It is not common anywhere in its range. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. It can also curl itself into a ball as self-defence against predators such as the tiger. The colour of its scales varies depending on the colour of the earth in its surroundings.
It is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day.
The Indian pangolin is threatened by hunting for its meat and for various body parts used in traditional medicine.
The Indian pangolin is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is about 84–122 centimetres (33–48 in) long from head to tail, the tail usually being 33–47 cm long, and weighs 10–16 kg. Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a long muzzle with a nose pad similar in color, or darker than, its pinkish-brown skin. It has powerful limbs, tipped with sharp, clawed digits. It is an almost exclusive insectivore and principally subsists on ants and termites, which it catches with a specially adapted long, sticky tongue.The pangolin has no teeth, but has strong stomach muscles to aid in digestion. The most noticeable characteristic of the pangolin is its massive, scaled armour, which covers its upper face and its whole body with the exception of the belly and the inside of the legs. These protective scales are rigid and made of keratin. It has 160–200 scales in total, about 40–46% of which are located on the tail. Scales can be 6.5–7 cm long, 8.5 cm wide, and weigh 7–10 grams. The skin and scales make up about one-fourth to one-third of the total body mass of this species.
The Indian pangolin has been recorded from various forest types, including Sri Lankan rainforest and plains to middle hill levels. The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren, hilly regions. This pangolin species may also sometimes reach high elevations, and has been sighted in Sri Lanka at 1100 meters and in the Nilgiri mountains in India at 2300 meters. It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.
Pangolin burrows fall into one of two categories: feeding and living burrows. Feeding burrows are smaller than living burrows (though their sizes vary depending on the abundance of prey) and are created more frequently during the spring, when there is a greater availability of prey. Living burrows are wider, deeper, and more circular, and are occupied for a longer time than feeding burrows, as they are mainly used to sleep and rest during the day. After a few months, the pangolin abandons the burrow and digs a new one close to a food source. However, it is not uncommon for the pangolin to shift back to an old burrow.
Unlike its African counterpart, the Indian pangolin does not climb trees, but it does value the presence of trees, herbs, and shrubs in its habitat because it is easier to dig burrows around them. Features that promote an abundance of ants and termites (grasses, bare grounds, bases of trees, shrubs, roots, leaf litter, fallen logs and elephant feces) are often present in pangolin habitats.
Few details are known about the breeding behaviour of the Indian pangolin. During the animal's mating period, females and males may share the same burrow and show some diurnal activities. Males have testes in a fold of the skin located in their groin areas. The female's embryo develops in one of the uterine horns. The gestation period lasts 65–70 days; the placenta is diffuse and not deciduate. Usually, a single young is born, but twins have been reported in this species. The young weigh 235–400 g at birth and measure roughly 30 cm. The newborn animals have open eyes, and soft scales with protruding hairs between them. The mother pangolin carries her young on her tail. When the mother and young are disturbed, the young pangolin is held against its mother's belly and protected by the mother's tail.
Banh da is a kind of noodle in Vietnam. The main ingredients are rice flour (many places use cassava, corn, green beans ... or mixed together) with the liquid. There for it with a little tapioca for a reasonable rate to get more flexible, less paper-thin and easily broken if too much cassava (tapioca) will make the noodle are sour. There is also the other additives such as sesame, salt, pepper, garlic, coconut, onion, sugar ... depending on the places
Petit-duc maculé | Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio
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Une mémorable retrouvaille...
Ce Petit-duc a été observé au no 21 par l'ami Michel Paquin peu avant le milieu de l'après-midi mardi dernier. Merveilleuse observation Michel! C'était la première fois depuis 16 mois qu'un Petit-duc y faisait un arrêt. Mon ami Robert Dupont m'aura informé de cette belle présence à l'heure du souper de telle sorte que j'aurai pu l'observer en ce lieu près de vingt minutes dans les toutes dernières lueurs du jour me forçant par contre à monter mes ISO davantage qu'à mes habitudes afin d'être en mesure de capter convenablement ce moment fort émouvant et mémorable. Merci Robert!
Qui ne se souvient pas de ce Fernando qui aura émerveillé passants, observateurs et photographes des semaines durant au printemps 2019 lorsqu'il accompagnait sa douce Barbara nichant pour sa part au no 26 situé non loin, une nichée qui s'était terminée à la dernière semaine de juin et qui avait donné naissance à pas moins de cinq petits. Jamais nous n'avions pu observer de si près, et ce jour après jour, un Petit-duc maculé à Angrignon. Nous l'avions perdu de vu depuis la fin janvier notre beau Fernando et cette cavité, à ma connaissance, est restée vide depuis ses dernières visites à la mi-mai 2019 avant qu'il s'installe pour de bon dans les arbres entourant le site de la nichée en s'y perchant quotidiennement et ce de si belle façon.
J'ai été en mesure de confirmer ici qu'il s'agissait bien de notre beau ténor Fernando en apercevant sur mes clichés de mardi cette petite région noire sur la chair de la paupière supérieur de son oeil droit que l'on voit bien sur cette image. Je n'avais jamais encore remarqué cette caractéristique. Une bien belle découverte car je suis retourné observer plusieurs de mes photos du printemps 2019 de Fernando où, dépendant de sa position, je retrouve pratiquement tout le temps ce même marqueur. J'ai préparé un petit montage de trois images prisent au printemps 2019 à différents moments où l'on voit bien cette caractéristique qui lui y est bien propre. Suivez ce lien pour voir ce montage. Ce marqueur nous permet maintenant de confirmer, et ce hors de tout doute, ce que nous croyons alors, à savoir que le spécimen que Normand Coutu et Christian Fritschi avaient localisé au no 24 et éventuellement au no 25 était bel et bien lui. Franchement bien mémorable ce retour au no 21 de Fernando.
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La marée, je l'ai dans le cœur qui me remonte comme un signe
Je meurs de ma petite sœur, de mon enfant et de mon cygne
Un bateau, ça dépend comment on l'arrime au port de justesse
Il pleure de mon firmament des années lumières et j'en laisse
Je suis le fantôme jersey, celui qui vient les soirs de frime
Te lancer la brume en baiser et te ramasser dans ses rimes
Comme le trémail de juillet où luisait le loup solitaire
Celui que je voyais briller
Aux doigts de sable de la terre
Rappelle-toi ce chien de mer que nous libérions sur parole
Et qui gueule dans le désert des goémons de nécropole
Je suis sûr que la vie est là, avec ses poumons de flanelle
Quand il pleure de ces temps-là, le froid tout gris qui nous appelle
Je me souviens des soirs là-bas et des sprints gagnés sur l'écume
Cette bave des chevaux ras, au raz des rocs qui se consument
Ô l'ange des plaisirs perdus, ô rumeurs d'une autre habitude
Mes désirs, dès lors, ne sont plus
Qu'un chagrin de ma solitude...
Et le diable des soirs conquis avec ses pâleurs de rescousse
Et le squale des paradis dans le milieu mouillé de mousse
Reviens fille verte des fjords, reviens violon des violonades
Dans le port fanfarent les cors, pour le retour des camarades
Ô parfum rare des salants, dans le poivre feu des gerçures
Quand j'allais, géométrisant, mon âme au creux de ta blessure
Dans le désordre de ton cul, poissé dans des draps d'aube fine
Je voyais un vitrail de plus
Et toi fille verte, mon spleen...
Les coquillages figurant sous les sunlights, cassés, liquides
Jouent de la castagnette tant qu'on dirait l'Espagne livide
Dieux de granit, ayez pitié de leur vocation de parure
Quand le couteau vient s'immiscer dans leur castagnette figure
Et je voyais ce qu'on pressent quand on pressent l'entrevoyure
Entre les persiennes du sang et que les globules figurent
Une mathématique bleue, dans cette mer jamais étale
D'où me remonte peu à peu
Cette mémoire des étoiles...
Cette rumeur qui vient de là, sous l'arc copain où je m'aveugle
Ces mains qui me font du fla-fla, ces mains ruminantes qui meuglent
Cette rumeur me suit longtemps comme un mendiant sous l'anathème
Comme l'ombre qui perd son temps à dessiner mon théorème
Et sous mon maquillage roux s'en vient battre comme une porte
Cette rumeur qui va debout, dans la rue, aux musiques mortes
C'est fini, la mer, c'est fini, sur la plage, le sable bêle
Comme des moutons d'infini
Quand la mer bergère m'appelle...
Geai des chênes juvéniles (Garrulus glandarius), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Pesant 6 à 7 g à la naissance, le petit geai des chênes grossit de façon spectaculaire et atteint 20 g le troisième jour, 80 g à 10 jours et de 110 à 120 g en deux semaines. Malgré une petite tête recouverte de plumes Laineuses, noirâtres et rousse et un cou étroit, les oisillons ressemblent fort aux adultes, mais le juvénile n'a pas encore terminé sa croissance et dépend toujours de ses parents lorsqu'il sort du nid, entre 20 et 23 jours. Les jeunes geais des chênes continuent à être nourris pendant trois à quatre semaines. Cette période d'élevage est très fatigante pour les parents, qui sont contraints à d'incessants voyages. Afin de satisfaire leur nichée, ils doivent puiser dans leurs caches de nourriture.
One thing for sure is you always get a different pic at the same location depending on the time of day and weather conditions.
Boardwalk along Kangaroo Pt cliffs.
"So much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow"
William Carlos Williams
When I walked the dog today, the wheelbarrow was gone. There's "no ideas but in things", but things just disappear. Meanwhile I know what the quote means to me and maybe what it means to others, but still I don't know how to translate it into German. Luckily I don't need to.
The point in translation and as well in photography is to make others believe you solved an equation, like a=b-x, but neither translation nor photography is like mathematics.
Still I try hard every day.
Le prieuré, établi en 974-975 à Sault, sur un éperon rocheux dominant la vallée du Portefeuille, dépendait de l'abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Situé aux confins du Berry et du Limousin, il constituait une sorte de bastion avancé des possessions de l'abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire en Aquitaine, et, de ce fait, revêtait une grande importance. La construction de l'église actuelle eut lieu vers 1020-1030. L'établissement monastique est désigné depuis ses origines jusqu'à la Révolution par le terme de prévôté. Le prévôt, représentant en titre du monastère, subordonné à l'abbé de Fleury, gouvernait aussi la seigneurie ecclésiastique ayant droit de haute justice sur le bourg. A côté, le prieur claustral réglait la vie spirituelle et le travail des moines. Cette situation particulière, qui s'est maintenue jusqu'à la fin du 17e siècle, transparaît dans la topographie des bâtiments monastiques situés au sud de l'église : d'une part, les lieux réguliers groupés autour du cloître, reconstruits par les mauristes, entre 1735 et 1742, et de l'autre, les divers bâtiments de la prévôté, dont l'aspect hétéroclite remonte sans doute à la fin du Moyen Age. L'aile orientale, à l'architecture très sobre, est représentative de l'architecture des prieurés mauristes au début du 18e siècle. Lieux réguliers et maison prévôtale n'ont guère changé depuis le milieu du 18e siècle. Ils illustrent les grandes étapes de l'histoire architecturale des bénédictins de la congrégation de Saint-Maur.
The design and operation of a windmill depended on various characteristics of the wind such as wind speed and changes in wind speed, wind direction and changes in wind direction, wind turbulence, and the height of the wind above the ground. An average windspeed of 15 to 25 miles per hour and a prevailing wind were necessary for operation of a mill. The critical component of a mill's operation was the sails. The force of the wind on the sails caused them to turn and rotate the axle, or windshaft, on which they were set. The brake wheel, located inside the top of the mill, also was attached to the windshaft, and its movement drove the millstones and all other machinery inside the mill.
Mills usually had four sails, but five, six, and eight-sailed mills were also built. The earilest sails were wooden, cloth-covered frames known as common sails. They were light and powerful but had to be stopped for the miller to furl the sails. As windmill design advanced, the cloth sails were replaced with sails with shutters. In 1807, William Cubitt invented a sail which could be adjusted while the sails were turning. The shutters of this sail could be opened and closed automatically and worked like venetian blinds to aid in utilizing the wind. A windmill's sails had to always be square into the "eye of the wind" as the mill was designed and balanced to resist pressure from the front only. If a mill was tail-winded, the cloths or shutters could be blown out, the cap blown off, or the mill itself blown over, often with the miller in it. Because the wind changes, the mill had to be capable of being turned into the wind whatever the direction. This was called "winding the mill." The turning gear was the tail pole, and bodily force was used to effect the turn.
The Laguna Verde covers an area of 1700 ha, and a narrow causeway divides it into two parts. It is at the southwestern extremity of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and Bolivia itself. It has mineral suspensions of arsenic and other minerals which renders colour to the lake waters. Its color varies from turquoise to dark emerald depending on the disturbance caused to sediments in the lake by winds.
In the backdrop of the lake there is the inactive volcano Licancabur of 5,868 metres (19,252 ft) in elevation, which is a nearly perfect cone. It is believed that an ancient crypt used to be at its peak.
Icy winds are a common phenomenon there and lake waters can attain temperatures as low as -56 degree C but because of its chemical composition its waters still remain in a liquid state. It is 30 km away from Palques Lake.
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"Licancabur" Volcano derives from the Kunza words used by the Atacameño people to refer to the volcano: lican ("people", or pueblo) and cábur ("mountain"); thus, "mountain of the people". It is also known as "Volcan de Atacama" and "Licancaur".
I went to the skating rink and the evening shadow was cast on the rink so I had great white blast of light and a dark shadow of cold ice. Light and Dark or Dark to Light just depends if you read left to right or right to left. Yes I took the most minimal thing there is but this was my first thought when I saw the theme.
in explore #25
Vestiges des dépendances (écuries ?)
www.chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu/chateaux-moselle-chate...
Depending on which statistical software your using, this is about my 2000th shot on flickr so time to re-work an old favourite!
As conquistas dependem de 50% de inspiração, criatividade e sonhos, e 50% de disciplina, trabalho árduo e determinação. São duas pernas que devem caminhar juntas.
Very small heron of marshy, well-vegetated water bodies. Adult pale orangish brown or yellow, depending on the light, with a narrow dark cap. Juvenile darker above with pale feather edges. Can be inconspicuous in dense vegetation, but frequently makes short flights; on flying birds, note dark flight feathers contrasting with pale yellowish wing coverts. Typically quiet, but occasionally gives harsh grating calls when flushed. (eBird)
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We watched this bittern stealthily hunting along the bank of the lake. It expertly picked its way between the stems of the bamboo and other plants, but did not catch anything while we were there. A small and very quiet bird indeed.
Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Singapore. March 2024.
Birding Singapore.
Depending on the game reserve, there are a range of activities available to the guests. On this morning I and some other guests chose to go out in a Mokoro on the Xudum River.
A Mokoro is a shallow dug out canoe, they're incredibly uncomfortable after a few hours because the seats are small cushions and there is no back support or hand grips, and hands on the gunnel are discouraged.
The Ranger, the man standing in this shot, expects you to sit very still and not cause any disturbance that may attract unwanted attention. As the river is home to hippos and crocodiles, his concerns seemed perfectly reasonable. It would be very easy for either animal to overturn the Mokoro and claim an easy meal.
That said, a morning on the river in a Mokoro, observing wildlife and birds from the river, was a worthwhile experience.
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La Bergeronnette des ruisseaux est très dépendante de l'eau, surtout des eaux courantes. C'est au bord de l'eau et même en eau peu profonde qu'elle recherche habituellement sa nourriture. Tous les cours d'eau sont susceptibles de l'héberger, mais elle a quand même une préférence pour les eaux torrentueuses, ce qui fait qu'elle est souvent amenée à côtoyer le Cincle plongeur.
Pour la nidification, elle a besoin d'un substrat vertical où construire son nid. À l'origine, ce devait être assez systématiquement un pan rocheux naturel présentant des irrégularités comme des fissures, des replats entre couches géologiques, des alvéoles d'usure, etc.
Le nid est le plus souvent caché à la vue par la profondeur du creux, par une pierre, une touffe d'herbe, une racine, un embâcle, etc. De nos jours, l'Homme lui fournit des sites de nidification artificiels, vieux ponts, anciens moulins, murs de soutènement, etc.
Elle peut se trouver aussi bien en milieu ouvert qu'en forêt. Il est probable qu'on puisse la trouver en agglomération lorsqu'un cours d'eau la traverse. Elle niche alors dans le bâti. L'altitude importe peu et on la trouve du niveau de la mer au domaine alpin. Elle a été trouvée nicheuse à plus de 4 000 m dans l'Himalaya par exemple.
Les oiseaux sédentaires occupent leurs eaux toute l'année, mais tous les oiseaux sous climat continental à hivers froids sont migrateurs et vont hiverner au sud de l'aire de nidification au bord des eaux douces ou marines ainsi que dans tous les milieux inondés ou très hydromorphes qu'on peut qualifier de marais au sens large. Les oiseaux d'altitude descendent vers la plaine.
Source : Wikipédia
Well, that depends on how much we're talking about. How much do you have?
Wearing:
Dress: Moon Elixir X MUSE - Femme Fatale
Hair: Truth Poetry
Shape: Envy Shapes Lelutka Lilly with Maitreya Lara
„Der Po verändert seinen Klang je nach Lage. Das ist ein ruhiges Murmeln in den stillen Passagen, besonders in den versteckten Mäandern. Das wird zum Donnern, wo er sich zu einem Kanal verengt. Wenn du dich nachts am Ufer zum Schlafen ausstreckst, klingt das vom Wasser her wuchtig wie ein Kontrabass und das begleitet dich die ganze Nacht. Und schließlich verwandeln seine Laute sich zu einem Konzert, wenn er sich dem Ende zu in viele Arme verzweigt, er wird zur Symphonie, spürt die Nähe des Meeres und dem Einfluss von Ebbe und Flut.“
(Paolo Rumiz)
"The Po changes its sound depending on its position. It's a quiet murmur in the quiet passages, especially in the hidden meanders. It becomes a thunder where it narrows into a channel. When you stretch out to sleep on the bank at night, it sounds massive from the water like a double bass and that accompanies you all night. And finally, its sounds turn into a concert when it branches out into many arms towards the end, it becomes a symphony, feeling the closeness of the sea and the influence of the tide."
(Paolo Rumiz)
Barn Owl - Tyto Alba
Norfolk
Like most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.
Barn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favoured sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.
Once a pair-bond has been formed, the male will make short flights at dusk around the nesting and roosting sites and then longer circuits to establish a home range. When he is later joined by the female, there is much chasing, turning and twisting in flight, and frequent screeches, the male's being high-pitched and tremulous and the female's lower and harsher. At later stages of courtship, the male emerges at dusk, climbs high into the sky and then swoops back to the vicinity of the female at speed. He then sets off to forage. The female meanwhile sits in an eminent position and preens, returning to the nest a minute or two before the male arrives with food for her. Such feeding behaviour of the female by the male is common, helps build the pair-bond and increases the female's fitness before egg-laying commences.
Barn owls are cavity nesters. They choose holes in trees, fissures in cliff faces, the large nests of other birds such as the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) and, particularly in Europe and North America, old buildings such as farm sheds and church towers. Buildings are preferred to trees in wetter climates in the British Isles and provide better protection for fledglings from inclement weather. Trees tend to be in open habitats rather than in the middle of woodland and nest holes tend to be higher in North America than in Europe because of possible predation.
This bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s.
Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.
Barn owls are a Schedule 1 and 9 species.
Population:
UK breeding:
4,000 pairs
Europe:
110-220,000 pairs
Like all lichens, Xanthoria parietina depends on symbiotic algae or other organisms living within the enclosing thallus of the fungus. The algae perform photosynthesis to produce sugars. In exchange the fungus provides nutrients and an amenable environment. In this case the Trebouxia algae are widespread and often free-living, inhabiting places like tree branches. The tough thallus conserves moisture and grows thicker in sunlight to protect the algae from intense solar radiation.
Common orange lichen doesn't disperse itself as easily as many lichens. It relies on mites that feed on it, then deposit fertile faecal pellets at new locations.
This species likes coastal habitats. In the Waterloo area, it often appears near rivers or streams. This one grows on an ash overshadowing Cedar Creek. Unlike many lichen it tolerates pollution and heavy metals. Its success over other lichens may indicate higher pollution levels.
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– ¿Me puedes decir, por favor, qué camino debería coger?
– Eso depende de donde vayas –respondió el Gato.
– No sé a donde voy –dijo Alicia.
– Entonces cualquier camino es bueno –dijo el Gato.
– Siempre que se llegue a algún sitio –añadió Alicia como explicación.
– Oh, seguro que lo conseguirás –dijo el Gato– si caminas lo suficiente.
'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'So long as I get somewhere' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'
Lewis Carroll
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas / Alice in Wonderland
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers..."
Latvian Actress Ieva Puķe as Blanche from the play "Street car Named Desire" by Tennesee Williams
I saw the play in Ventspils, May 14th in Theatre house "Jūras vārti"
From Wikipedia
Williams' most popular work, A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the twentieth century.[1] It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1951.
Setophaga Castanea
In contrast to the more stable populations of other warblers, their numbers go up and down depending on outbreaks of the spruce budworm. They are abundant during infestations, but decline or even disappear from some areas a few years later.
Philadelphia, PA
Depending on which authority one references this is a well marked subspecies of the white admiral or the species "red-spotted admiral".
Photographed near Bronte Marsh in Oakville, Ontario