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The distinctive hotel Marina Bay Sands, located in the heart of Singapore. To be honest, I think it's more recognizable than pretty, but being a photographer staying for 2 months in the country -- how could I not photograph it?
Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to rainforest and more open habitats in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Sulawesi and other Indonesian islands. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 50 cm tall to trees 35 m tall. Common names include grevillea, spider flower, silky oak and toothbrush plant. The brightly coloured, petal-less flowers consist of a calyx tube that splits into 4 lobes with long styles. They are good bird-attracting plants, honeyeaters in particular are common visitors. Grevillea flowers were a traditional favourite among Aborigines for their sweet nectar. This could be shaken onto the hand to enjoy, or into a coolamon with a little water to make a sweet drink. They might be referred to as the original 'bush lollies'. 39990
Distinctive tanager found in the temperate zone of the Andes from western Venezuela to northwest Peru. Mostly dark cobalt blue with black head and bright yellow cap. Also note rufous undertail coverts in most of range. Uncommon. Singles or pairs move slowly in the understory of montane forest and scrubby edge up to treeline. Sometimes but not always follows a mixed-species flock. Can be inconspicuous.
Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador. February 2010.
Built in 1892 by an unknown individual, this distinctive and ornate “wedding cake”-like eclectic Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival-style townhouse stands on Russell Street in the Mutter Gottes Historic District of Covington, Kentucky.
Prior to the construction of the house, according to an 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance map, the site was home to a wooden duplex, likely built sometime around the mid-19th Century.
The house has a heavily detailed brick facade with decorative brick trim, polychromatic ceramic tiles featuring the busts of Roman emperors, arched two-over-two windows, and a three-tiered front bay window that transforms from being rectangular on the 1st floor, to trapezoidal on the 2nd floor, and semi-circular on the 3rd floor, with the one-over-one windows on this portion of the house featuring multi-colored semi-circular stained glass transoms
The house additionally features many intact historic elements inside, including the original staircase that stretches from the first floor side entrance up to the 3rd floor, original doors and trim throughout, and original tiles and fireplace surrounds on the 1st floor and 2nd floor.
The house, originally a single-family home, featured a garden to the side and several one-story wooden porches on the side and rear, as well as sheds in the backyard.
By the early 20th Century, the house became the home of former Wurlitzer Music Company employee and industrialist Albert B. Koett, born in 1863 in Weimar, Germany, whom founded the Kelley-Koett (Keleket) manufacturing company behind a previous residence on Bakewell Street, where Koett worked with J. Robert Kelley on his innovations to X-Ray machines.
Koett left Wurlitzer in 1905 to work full time with the Kelley-Koett Manufacturing Company with John Robert Kelley, as an innovator and industrialist, innovating the "Keleket" X-Ray machine, utilized widely throughout the United States by the 1920s. The company expanded to the point that it occupied a large building on 4th Street in Covington and an additional building on York Street in Cincinnati's West End.
While owned by Koett, the house was enlarged, adding a masonry addition atop the roof of the two-story rear ell, a wooden addition on the rear of the house over a rear porch, and a new front porch with a red tile roof and wire brick columns.
The house was divided up into several small apartment units in the mid-20th Century after Koett's death, leading to the addition of a metal fire escape to the side, and reconfiguration of the interior, with the house being purchased and rehabilitated in the mid-1980s, returning to usage a single-family home, with a one-bedroom apartment on the third floor.
Buckeyes are distinctive trees, known for their early spring flowers and for the seeds that have inspired the name of this unique family of trees. The nut-like seeds are shiny and dark brown, with a light-colored spot that gives them the appearance of a deer’s eye. These seeds are popularly believed to bring good luck, and school children especially still carry them in their pockets as a charm. And while highly poisonous, buckeye seeds contain much protein and were used as a food source by Native Americans who boiled and leached them to remove their toxins.
Distinctive small tanager with mostly black head, orange throat, and bold black spotting on underparts. Upperparts are dark with a scaled look. A foothill species, occurring from around 600–1,500 m on the west slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. Pairs or small groups forage with mixed-species flocks, in the middle to upper levels of forest and edge.
This one was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.
This beautiful, and distinctive church in the small town of Pavia, Portugal is a good example of the use of white-washing.
Most of the homes and buildings in the Alentejo region follow the historic tradition of use white ‘paint’ made from lime or calcium.
There are several reasons for this. The raw materials are locally and economically available, the colour white helps in reflecting heat away, as it is a very hot area, plus there is no need of removing the previous “paint”.
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Cette belle et distinctive église située dans la petite ville de Pavie, au Portugal, est un bon exemple de l'utilisation du blanchiment à la chaux.
La plupart des maisons et des bâtiments de la région de l’Alentejo suivent la tradition historique consistant à utiliser une « peinture » blanche à base de chaux ou de calcium.
Il y a plusieurs raisons à cela. Les matières premières sont disponibles localement et économiquement, la couleur blanche aide à réfléchir la chaleur, car c'est une zone très chaude, et il n'est pas nécessaire d'enlever la « peinture » précédente.
RAZORBILL, distinctive seabird, easily recognised at close range by its distinctive bill shape. Swims well, dives frequently, flies low over the water with whirring wings. Found again in large nesting cliff sights, including Skomer, a real joy to see, and one of my favorites !
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BULKY AND DISTINCTIVE seabird, favors rocky cliff coast, as at Skomer Island as seen, where they breed from April to September , a joy to watch, mainly silent, but sometimes utters croaking calls near the nest. So close here, that I could not get their feet in, and to move back, would have been in the seawater ! Think they are in Love!
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The Nuthatch is a very pretty bird and quite distinctive in its plumage which makes it very easy to identify, they have strong bills which they need for removing bark and/or retrieving stored food ie nuts. The Nuthatch is very happy to visit gardens and enjoys the food people put out for the birds, they are also very persistent in ensuring they get as much food as they need by being a little bullish with the other birds around the feeders. They however prefer insects which they collect from tree trunks and branches but in the winter months they conceal surplus nuts in tree bark so they can retrieve them when natural food is scarce, they use their bills to hammer these nuts open. They nest in tree cavities also old Woodpecker nests, they lay between 6 to 8 eggs and it is the female who incubates the eggs and the chicks hatch after about 14 days then both parents feed their chicks and they fledge the nest after about 25 days.
A distinctive large flycatcher of the boreal and western coniferous forests, the Olive-sided Flycatcher gives its "quick-three-beers" song from the tops of tall snags. It makes dashing flights from its high perch to catch flying insects, then returns to the same perch.
Source:Allaboutbirds.org
The distinctive church at Mosfellsdalur, nestling between the volcanic mountains and pastureland near Reykjavik. Interestingly, this is one of the only places in Iceland I remember seeing trees!
A distinctive, occaisonal sound of the Australian outback. Unlike a single truck and trailer, the rumbling of these behemoths (50+ metres long with up to 4 trailers) can be heard at first building up as they approach, then fading, for several kilometres into the distance. A sound I enjoy perhaps at its best in the still of night.
Piercing calls and distinctive wing markings make the otherwise subdued Willet one of our most conspicuous large shorebirds. Whether in mottled brown breeding plumage or gray winter colors, Willets in flight reveal a bold white and black stripe running the length of each wing. These long-legged, straight-billed shorebirds feed along beaches, mudflats, and rocky shores. Willets are common on most of our coastline—learn to recognize them and they’ll make a useful stepping-stone to identifying other shorebirds.
At Sunset Lake Park in Portland, Texas in March 2022
Zebras are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), the plains zebra (E. quagga), and the mountain zebra (E. zebra). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three groups being the only living members of the family Equidae. Zebra stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. Several theories have been proposed for the function of these patterns, with most evidence supporting them as a deterrent for biting flies. Zebras inhabit eastern and southern Africa and can be found in a variety of habitats such as savannahs, grasslands, woodlands, shrublands, and mountainous areas.
Zebras are primarily grazers and can subsist on lower-quality vegetation. They are preyed on mainly by lions, and typically flee when threatened but also bite and kick. Zebra species differ in social behaviour, with plains and mountain zebra living in stable harems consisting of an adult male or stallion, several adult females or mares, and their young or foals; while Grévy's zebra live alone or in loosely associated herds. In harem-holding species, adult females mate only with their harem stallion, while male Grévy's zebras establish territories which attract females and the species is promiscuous. Zebras communicate with various vocalisations, body postures and facial expressions. Social grooming strengthens social bonds in plains and mountain zebras.
Zebras' dazzling stripes make them among the most recognisable mammals. They have been featured in art and stories in Africa and beyond. Historically, they have been highly sought after by exotic animal collectors, but unlike horses and donkeys, zebras have never been truly domesticated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists Grévy's zebra as endangered, the mountain zebra as vulnerable and the plains zebra as near-threatened. The quagga (E. quagga quagga), a type of plains zebra, was driven to extinction in the 19th century. Nevertheless, zebras can be found in numerous protected areas.
A very distinctive fish-hawk, formerly classified with other hawks but now placed in a separate family of its own. Along coastlines, lakes, and rivers almost worldwide, the Osprey is often seen flying over the water, hovering, and then plunging feet-first to catch fish in its talons. After a successful strike, the bird rises heavily from the water and flies away, carrying the fish head-forward with its feet. Bald Eagles sometimes chase Ospreys and force them to drop their catch. In many regions, landowners put up poles near the water to attract nesting Ospreys.
Chunky, distinctive, beautiful roller with long outer tail feathers. The body is mostly dark blue with a pale-gray hood. In flight, shows broad lines of pale blue across the middle of the wings. Found in broadleaf Guinea savanna, in human-created savanna, and along forest edge. Usually seen in pairs or small groups. The calls are dry cackles, usually given in a long bouncing series.
Blue-bellied Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) Senegal_9960
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The Red-bellied Grackle is a distinctive rare blackbird of cloud forest in the Colombian Andes. It is large, long-tailed, and heavy-billed with a bright red belly and otherwise glossy black plumage. Red-bellied Grackles moves through the forest in groups, giving a variety of calls and often flocking with Scarlet-rumped Caciques (Cacicus uropygialis) and other large birds. While it has been recorded from all three ranges of the Andes in Colombia, contemporary localities are few. Deforestation is thought to have been a major reason for declines, but other factors may be involved given that this species uses edge habitats and planted trees and that it has failed to increase in suitable areas following forest regrowth.
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Distinctive 'eyebrow' detail over the front wheel arch of a Mercedes 190 SL. Seen on Victoria Park Road, Bethnal Green.
Distinctive crow with an ashy grey body and contrasting black head, wings, and tail. Essentially unmistakable unless seen in poor light or at a distance. Birds average paler in eastern parts of range, with “Mesopotamian Crow” of Iraq and southwestern Iran being almost black-and-white. Found in varied open and semi-open habitats from towns and farmland to open woodland and moorland. Found in pairs or small groups, not usually in large flocks except at roosts. Hybridizes with Carrion Crow where the two overlap. Gives typical crow caws, often indistinguishable from those of Carrion Crow.
It is a bird in the honeyeater family, and endemic to Australia. It is grey, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye and white tips on the tail feathers. It's a vocal species with a large range of songs, calls, scoldings and alarms, and almost constant vocalisations. They are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally.
The noisy miner is a large honeyeater, 24–28 centimetres (9.4–11.0 in) in length, with a wingspan of 36–45 centimetres (14–18 in), and weighing 70–80 grams (2.5–2.8 oz). Male, female and juvenile birds all have similar plumage: grey on the back, tail and breast, and otherwise white underneath, with white scalloping on the nape and hind-neck, and on the breast; off-white forehead and lores; a black band over the crown, bright orange-yellow bill, and a distinctive patch of yellow skin behind the eye; a prominent white tip to the tail; a narrow olive-yellow panel in the folded wing; and orange-yellow legs and feet. A juvenile can be distinguished by softer plumage, a brownish tinge to the black on its head and the grey on its back, and a duller, greyish-yellow skin-patch behind the eye.
The noisy miner is a gregarious species, and the birds are rarely seen singly or in twos; they forage, move and roost in colonies that can consist of several hundred birds
The noisy miner does not use a stereotyped courtship display; displays can involve 'driving', where the male jumps or flies at the female from 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) away, and if she moves away he pursues her aggressively.
The noisy miner primarily eats nectar, fruit, and insects, and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians.
The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. R_376
ADORABLE distinctive wader, a success story for this bird, which was red listed, but now numbers are steadily rising again, this JUVENILE was seen at the scrape, Observatory, Sandwich Bay, Kent, but has now fledged and left. It was a real joy to see them grow.
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If you need a break from my Canary Island and Milky Way core shots, this may be something for you.
I captured this church under the famous Summer Triangle during a trip with benjaminbarakat to the region of Fribourg in Switzerland.
In June and July, the Summer Triangle can be found in the eastern sky after nightfall. The distinctive asterism takes up a large chunk of real estate in the summer sky. The huge, almost isosceles triangle is composed of the stars Deneb, Vega and Altair. They are the brightest stars in their respective constellations and dominate the sky all summer long and well into autumn.
The brightest star, blueish-white Vega in the constellation Lyra (Harp), is visible in the top center of the frame. Next in brightness is Alitair in Aquila (Eagle). It can be seen slightly to the right of the center of the image. The dimmest star in the Summer Triangle is Deneb in Cygnus (Swan). You find it among the red Hydrogen emission nebula to the left of the center.
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Buckeyes are distinctive trees, known for their early spring flowers and for the seeds that have inspired the name of this unique family of trees. The nut-like seeds are shiny and dark brown, with a light-colored spot that gives them the appearance of a deer’s eye. These seeds are popularly believed to bring good luck, and school children especially still carry them in their pockets as a charm. And while highly poisonous, buckeye seeds contain much protein and were used as a food source by Native Americans who boiled and leached them to remove their toxins.
Distinctive windows a t the Moss Park Armoury building on Queen East. Built in the mid 1960's, the facade was renovated in 2010. What you cannot see in this view is the surrounding barbed wire security fence
Tenement house with stores. Formerly Mikše's, later Michelson's House. Architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns.
Art Nouveau building with a distinctive silhouette. The facades are decorated with restrained ornamental bricks. The cornices are in romantic Gothic style, while the corner tower is Baroque.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongdaemun_Design_Plaza:
Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) is a major urban development landmark in Seoul, South Korea, designed by Zaha Hadid and Samoo, with a distinctively neo-futuristic design characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of elongated structures." The landmark is the centerpiece of South Korea's fashion hub and popular tourist destination, Dongdaemun, featuring a walkable park on its roofs, large global exhibition spaces, futuristic retail stores, and restored parts of the Seoul fortress.
The DDP has been one of the main reasons for Seoul's designation as the World Design Capital in 2010. Construction started in 2009, and it was officially inaugurated on March 21, 2014. It is physically connected to Seoul Subway via Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station on Line 2, 4, and 5.
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) was designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the 2004 Pritzker Prize, with the concept of "Metonymic Landscape". Metonymy refers to a method of describing a specific object indirectly, and Hadid integrated historical, cultural, urban, social, and economic aspects of Seoul deduced from this method in order to create a scene of the landscape. Designed as a cultural hub in the historical district of Seoul, South Korea's largest fashion district, the DDP is composed of undulating surfaces that resemble the flow of liquid and allow flexibility in space. The state-of-the-art BIM (Building Information Modeling), mega-truss (extra-large roof truss) system, and space frame system are the key features in terms of creating grand-scale spaces. According to Hadid, the fundamental features of her design were "transparency, porousness, and durability." Many ecological features, including a double-skin facade, solar panels, and a water recycling system, are included in the building.
The construction project for replacing Dongdaemun Stadium with a public park has been discussed in the media since 2000, and the city of Seoul established a basic master plan for alternating the function of Dongdaemun Stadium in 2005. Upon the advice of architects, and in order to secure a high-quality design for the new landmark of Seoul, the city invited architects in February 2007 to participate in a design competition. The city requested that the architects include a design plaza, underground spaces, a history park, and a culture park in the project, according to the guidelines. Zaha Hadid's Metonymic Landscape won the competition.
The exterior envelope of the DDP, a smooth and giant mushroom-like structure floating above ground level, is made of concrete, aluminum, steel, and stone. The interior of the building is finished with plaster reinforced with synthetic fiber, acoustic tiles, acrylic resin, stainless steel, and polished stone in the interior.
I finally visited the Externsteine in western Germany again.
And while the sunrise was not as spectecular as we hoped for, the stone formation was lit for a couple minutes. Enough to take some nice shots :)
Two of the well known summer resident species are seen in this view. In focus and much higher up the cliffs is a Kittieake and much lover the distinctive firm of a Northern Gannet can be made out.
Distinctive 'Cappagh' liveried DC Railfreight 60028 after nine hours approaches journeys end passing through St Helens Central last night.
The 2000 ton high quality and therefore very expensive Silica sand consist is for the glass making process at Pikington's Ravenhead works in St Helens.
The Nuthatch is a very pretty bird and quite distinctive in its plumage which makes it very easy to identify, they have strong bills which they need for removing bark and/or retrieving stored food ie nuts. The Nuthatch is very happy to visit gardens and enjoys the food people put out for the birds, they are also very persistent in ensuring they get as much food as they need by being a little bullish with the other birds around the feeders. They however prefer insects which they collect from tree trunks and branches but in the winter months they conceal surplus nuts in tree bark so they can retrieve them when natural food is scarce, they use their bills to hammer these nuts open. They nest in tree cavities also old Woodpecker nests, they lay between 6 to 8 eggs and it is the female who incubates the eggs and the chicks hatch after about 14 days then both parents feed their chicks and they fledge the nest after about 25 days.
Wryneck - Jynx Torquilla
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The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards. However, they lack the stiff tail feathers that the true woodpeckers use when climbing trees, so they are more likely than their relatives to perch on a branch rather than an upright trunk.
Their bills are shorter and less dagger-like than in the true woodpeckers, but their chief prey are ants and other insects, which they find in decaying wood or almost bare soil. They re-use woodpecker holes for nesting, rather than making their own holes. The eggs are white, as with many hole nesters.
The two species have cryptic plumage, with intricate patterning of greys and browns. The adult moults rapidly between July and September, although some moult continues in its winter quarters. The voice is a nasal woodpecker-like call.
These birds get their English name from their ability to turn their heads almost 180 degrees. When disturbed at the nest, they use this snake-like head twisting and hissing as a threat display.
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The distinctive shape of Blue 2 hovers in orbit. Its squadron-mate, Blue 5, can be seen in the background. These fast interceptors were equally capable in space or the atmosphere.
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The distinctive outline of the Black Mount occupies the RH skyline, Beinn Achaladair and its neighbouring hills (the Bridge of Orchy Munros) the LH skyline. In the centre distance and fading into the haze is presumably Ben Lui. The dark foreground mass is the ridge of the Corbett Glas Bheinn (I think)
I had not returned to Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh line since NS decommissioned the CPLs in 2019. Like many railroads across America, the distinctive signals were themselves a draw to so many locations that became signatures on the railroad because of the signals. A few weeks ago, I wanted to check out the Station Inn, support the new folks carrying on that important legacy, and also shoot the Western Maryland's winter steam. So I made my return to the mountain, without the signals. It was harder than I thought it would be: one of my formative railfan experiences was watching heavy NS trains in the Alleghenies as a much younger man without all this damn gray hair. It was one of my first REAL solo trips on a real-deal mainline railroad. I returned to this venerable spot on the Jamestown road bridge, where CPLs once governed from this unique position on the road bridge. While it's sad and tough to see, I also do enjoy the juxtaposition here: the present carrying through with an ever present reminder of what 'progress' takes from us. In railroading, that is so often replacing the cool with the modern, which often is never as cool as the past. But if we don't shoot the present- it also becomes the past one day- and that doesn't help either if we don't capture it, does it?
Just a gatekeeper butterfly landed on a leaf but very close to a dead bramble with some still very sharp thorns .
The Gatekeeper, also known as the Hedge Brown, is a golden butterfly that provides a welcome sight in the middle of summer, when the fresh adults start to emerge. This butterfly spends much of its time basking with wings open, when the sexes are easy to tell apart - only the male has the distinctive sex brands on the forewings. In England and Wales this common and widespread species is found south of a line between Westmorland in the west and South-east Yorkshire in the east. In Ireland it is confined to coastal areas of the south and south-east counties. The butterfly is also found in the Channel Islands, but is absent from Scotland and the Isle of Man. The habitat this butterfly requires is found over most of the British Isles, and so we can only assume that the restriction to its range is governed primarily by climate. Colonies vary greatly in size, depending on the available habitat, ranging from a few dozen individuals to several thousand.
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Slightly larger than Black-headed Gull, more similar to Mew Gull in size and shape but bill stouter. Adult is distinctive, the only small gull with snow-white wingtips; breeding plumage has black hood. Nonbreeding and immature have distinctive, dark horizontal face mask. Juvenile has mottled brownish back, which molts to pale gray by winter. Tends to be uncommon to locally fairly common; often found with flocks of Black-headed Gulls and Mew (Common) Gulls. e-bird
This large and distinctively-coloured pigeon is a familiar sight to many New Zealanders. This is because the New Zealand pigeon (or kereru) has a widespread distribution through the country, being present in extensive tracts of native forest, and rural and urban habitats, including most cities. As well as allowing close approach, it often roosts conspicuously, such as on powerlines or on the tops of trees. The distinctive sound of its wing beats in flight also draws attention. Kereru also frequently feature on works of art, such as paintings and sculptures. However, even though it is widespread, like many forest birds its abundance is severely compromised by introduced mammals, particularly possums, stoats and ship rats. Only where these pests are not present (predator-free islands) or are controlled to low levels do kereru populations thrive.
Very distinctive birds. Lovely to see them on my walk along the River Eden path.
There was a good group of them moving for the Solway coast where they overwinter, feeding up in the field, before heading up to the Pennine moors for the breeding season.
Hanging Rock contains numerous distinctive rock formations, including the "Hanging Rock" itself (a boulder suspended between other boulders, under which is the main entrance path), the Colonnade, the Eagle and the UFO. The highest point on Hanging Rock is 718 metres above sea level and 105 metres above the plain below.
Hanging Rock (also known as Mount Diogenes, Dryden's Rock, and to some of its traditional owners as Ngannelong) is a distinctive geological formation in central Victoria, Australia. A former volcano, it lies 718m above sea level (105m above plain level) on the plain between the two small townships of Newham and Hesket, approximately 70 km north-west of Melbourne and a few kilometres north of Mount Macedon.
Hanging Rock is a mamelon, created 6.25 million years ago by stiff magma pouring from a vent and congealing in place. Often thought to be a volcanic plug, it is not. Two other mamelons exist nearby, created in the same period: Camels Hump, to the south on Mount Macedon and, to the east, Crozier's Rocks. All three mamelons are composed of soda trachyte. As Hanging Rock's magma cooled and contracted it split into rough columns. These weathered over time into the many pinnacles that can be seen today.
(Explored : Apr 19, 2022 #317)
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The raccoon, sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from other species, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and a body weight of 5 to 26 kg (11 to 57 lb). Its grayish coat mostly consists of dense underfur, which insulates it against cold weather. Three of the raccoon's most distinctive features are its extremely dexterous front paws, its facial mask, and its ringed tail, which are themes in the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas relating to the animal. The raccoon is noted for its intelligence, as studies show that it is able to remember the solution to tasks for at least three years. It is usually nocturnal and omnivorous, eating about 40% invertebrates, 33% plants, and 27% vertebrates.
The original habitats of the raccoon are deciduous and mixed forests, but due to their adaptability, they have extended their range to mountainous areas, coastal marshes, and urban areas, where some homeowners consider them to be pests. As a result of escapes and deliberate introductions in the mid-20th century, raccoons are now also distributed across much of mainland Europe, the Caucasus, and Japan.
Though previously thought to be generally solitary, there is now evidence that raccoons engage in sex-specific social behavior. Related females often share a common area, while unrelated males live together in groups of up to four raccoons, in order to maintain their positions against foreign males during the mating season, and other potential invaders. Home range sizes vary anywhere from 3 hectares (7.4 acres) for females in cities, to 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) for males in prairies. After a gestation period of about 65 days, two to five young, known as "kits", are born in spring. The kits are subsequently raised by their mother until dispersal in late fall. Although captive raccoons have been known to live over 20 years, their life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years. In many areas, hunting and vehicular injury are the two most common causes of death.
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Le raton laveur, ou plus exactement le raton laveur commun (Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758), est une espèce de mammifères omnivores de l'ordre des carnivores. Originaire d’Amérique du Nord, cette espèce a été introduite pour la dernière fois en Europe dans les années 1930 (après la disparition un siècle plus tôt de la dernière population introduite). Il doit son nom à son habitude, plus ou moins réelle, de tremper ses aliments dans l’eau avant de les manger. L’animal, de la famille des procyonidae, est essentiellement nocturne et grimpe facilement aux arbres grâce à ses doigts agiles et à ses griffes acérées. Il a le pelage poivre et sel avec de légères teintes de roux. On le reconnaît facilement à son masque noir bordé de blanc autour des yeux et à sa queue alternant anneaux clairs et noirs. Le raton laveur s’adapte à de nombreux milieux naturels. Opportuniste et facile à apprivoiser, il s’aventure également dans les villes nord-américaines (Canada, États-Unis). Son comportement varie selon le sexe et la région où il vit. Il est toujours chassé pour sa fourrure.
Petrie Island, Ontario, Canada
This distinctive looking test aircraft, Avro 707A WZ736, was in service between 1949 and 1967, having its first ever flight at RAF Boscombe Down. It was an experimental test aircraft for a particular type of fixed wing that was developed for the Vulcan bomber. The aircraft is on display at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.
This Dragonfly is very unusual and distinctive with its yellow/gold colour and having a pale yellow face which changes to reddish in older males. They are around 44-51mm lengthwise and 35-42mm across the back wings. They are strong flyers and seen regularly near the ocean and it is well known that these dragonflies migrate. Because they find it easy to drift on the wing which enables them to feed on aerial plankton and when they find a puddle or open water they take this opportunity to breed, apparently these lovely Dragonflies have been called the worlds most evolved Dragonfly.
Distinctive and charismatic little bird with a bright orangey face and breast (easily hidden when facing away). Juvenile is very different, with bold pale buffy spotting on the back and breast. Found in a wide range of wooded habitats, including forests, gardens, hedges in farmland, and heathland, usually fairly near cover. Hops perkily on the ground, pausing to look around, often flicking its wings and cocking its tail. Also feeds by dropping to the ground from low perches, snatching up prey and flying back up to a shady perch. High-pitched song is highly variable, and incorporates a range of warbles and trills.