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Ursus arctos.
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea
Icterus chrysater
(Yellow-backed Oriole / Turpial Montañero)
The Yellow-backed Oriole is well-named, as it is one of the very few species of orioles with a yellow back. Indeed, this oriole shows only two colors, yellow and black: the wings are entirely black, the feathers lacking the white or yellow feather margins that are shown by most other species of oriole.
The Yellow-backed Oriole has an oddly discontinuous distribution: it occurs from southern Mexico south to northeastern Nicaragua, and again from Panama south to northern Colombia and Venezuela, but is absent from Costa Rica and from most of Nicaragua. This oriole has a very broad elevational range, ranging up to 2500 m in Central America and almost to 2700 m in Colombia.
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Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
Black Forest, 2020.
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The photo shows a red capped Russula mushroom growing in moss on the forest floor.
Russula mushrooms are fairly common and have a worldwide distribution. They are invariably ectomycorrhizal in that they form an intricate and beneficial association with many diverse plants (including trees). Through a network of strands (mycelia) the fungus facilitates uptake of water and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus to the plant host but requires energy (in the form of sugars) in return.
For more information on ectomycorrhizal associations see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectomycorrhiza
Single shot, hand held, photo taken 22 September 2017.
Mixed deciduous-coniferous forest, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada
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Sympetrum fonscolombii.
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The elusive otter is one of our top predators, feeding mainly on fish (particularly eels and salmonids), waterbirds, amphibians and crustaceans. Otters have their cubs in underground burrows, known as 'holts'. Excellent and lithe swimmers, the young are in the water by 10 weeks of age. Otters are well suited to a life on the water as they have webbed feet, dense fur to keep them warm, and can close their ears and nose when underwater. They require clean rivers, with an abundant source of food and plenty of vegetation to hide their secluded holts.
How to identify
The otter is a large, powerful mammal, with grey-brown fur, a broad snout, and a pale chest and throat. Otters can be distinguished from mink by their much larger size and broader face.
Distribution
A rare but widespread species, now found throughout the country but absent from parts of central and southern England, the Isle of Man, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands (Courtesy the Wildlife Trusts).
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Udaipur region, Rajasthan, India
This small and shy heron has a huge distribution range covering many continents and so it is not surprising that there are 21 recognized subspecies
also called Green-backed Heron, Mangrove Heron and Little Green Heron
Butorides striata
mangrovereiger
Héron strié
Mangrovereiher
Garcita Azulada
Airone striato
Socózinho
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Square-tailed Kite
Scientific Name: Lophoictinia isura
Although it usually occurs singly, the Square-tailed Kite is sometimes seen soaring in pairs during the breeding season, and family groups of adults and one or two dependent young may be seen during post-fledging period. The Square-tailed Kite usually hunts by flying low over the treetops, occasionally plunging down through the foliage to snatch a bird or insect from among the leaves or twigs. The species often eats the nestlings of birds, and sometimes it will remove the entire nest to get at the young birds, and at other times may remove the tiny birds, one clutched tightly by the talons of each foot. They also catch adult birds by surprising them in the canopy of the forest.
Description: Often solitary, but can be seen in pairs when nesting. Squared-tailed Kites have a long, square tail with very long, upswept paddle-shaped wings and a large cream crescent at the base of their wing tips.
Similar Species: Immature Black Kite, Black-breasted Buzzard, and Red Goshawk
Distribution: Endemic to mainland Australia.
Habitat: The species mainly inhabits open eucalypt forests and woodlands, often where there is a broken canopy, but it also ranges into nearby open habitats. In southern Australia, Square-tailed Kites mainly inhabit open eucalypt forests and woodlands, often dominated by stringybarks, peppermints or box–ironbark eucalypts, as well as Woollybutt, Spotted Gum, Manna Gum, Messmate, River Red Gums, as well as other trees such as Angophora, cypress-pines and casuarinas. It also occurs along the edges of dense forest and along in road verges with remnant or planted trees, and in clearings within forest or in areas of regrowth, up to 4 years after the area has been logged. Other habitats which occasionally support Square-tailed Kites include mallee, heathland (mallee or coastal) and other low shrublands including saltbush plains, and also grasslands or open or cultivated farmland near remnant woodland.
Feeding: Searching for prey from the air, where they are highly agile at low levels, they mainly hunt in eucalypt open forest or woodland, and less often in low shrublands, heath, grassland or crops, and the margins between open and timbered country (forest–heath; woodland–heath; forest–open field; mallee–open paddocks; woodland edges; riparian timber; belts of trees in urban or semi-urban areas; and clearings in forests) are especially favoured. They specialise in hunting among trees, twisting between and below tree-tops, and they take most prey from the outer foliage of the canopy, but do not enter the canopy.
Breeding: Square-tailed Kites nest on horizontal branches in mature living trees, especially eucalypts, often near water, and they need extensive areas of forest or woodland surrounding or nearby.
Calls: Yelping, yeep, yeep, yeep. Also squealing ee ee ee ee
Minimum Size: 50cm
Maximum Size: 55cm
Average size: 53cm
Average weight: 568g
Breeding season: Aug - Dec
Incubation: 37 days
Nestling Period: 63 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Lophoictinia-isura and www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/square-tailed-kite)
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Corymbia ficifolia, commonly known as the red flowering gum, is a species of small tree that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shape adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, bright red, pink or orange flowers and urn-shaped fruit. It has a restricted distribution in the wild but is one of the most commonly planted ornamental eucalypts. Corymbia ficifolia grows in sandy soil in low forest on slopes and is restricted to a sub-coastal distribution south-east of Perth, east of Mount Frankland, Walpole and the Stirling Range. Red-flowering gum is one of the most widely cultivated of all eucalypts, both in Australia and overseas. It is best suited to temperate districts with low summer rainfall and is rarely reliable on the east coast of Australia. 47252
This is one of the most ancient botanical forms of Holly
Information from the Australian Native Plants Society
Graptophyllum ilicifolium
Family:Acanthaceae
Distribution:Known to occur only in the Eungella region to the west of Mackay, Queensland.
Common Name:Holly-leaved fuchsia
Derivation of Name:Graptophyllum...from Greek graptos, written on, and phyllon, a leaf, referring to the markings on the leaf (especially noticeable on G.ilicifolium)
ilicifolium...from Latin ilex, holly and folium, leaves, referring to the appearance of the foliage.
Conservation Status:Listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act* (ie. facing a high risk of extinction in the medium-term future, as determined in accordance with prescribed criteria). Classified as 3VC- under the ROTAP * system.
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A nice sunset alignment directly under the Flintshire Bridge is pretty rare during Summer with our weather in north Wales, so to get one last Wednesday evening was very satisfying. And I only had to walk a few hundred yards from the house to enjoy it.. Bargain!
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The attenuated form of a Cape crow perches precariously on desert scrub. The species has a disjunct distribution, in southern and east Africa.
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Latin name: Sarcophaga carnaria
Size: Approx 15mm long
Distribution: Found throughout the U.K.
Months seen: All year round. More frequently seen in summer months.
Habitat: Gardens and around buildings
Food: Larvae feed on carrion/dung. Adults feed on just about any liquid they can soak up with their spongy mouthparts
Special features: Flesh-flies have black and gray longitudinal stripes on the thorax and black and white checker markings along the abdomen.
The eggs are laid on rotting carcasses, or dung in some species. The larvae (maggots) reach their full size in just a few days, then burrow into the soil to pupate through the winter. They emerge as adult flies in the summer...."
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Biscoitos, Terceira island, Azores archipelago.
The cult of the Holy Spirit (Culto do Divino Espírito Santo) is a religious sub-culture, inspired by Christian millenarian mystics, associated with Azorean Catholicidentity.
La plupart des communes des Açores ont construit de telles chapelles où se déroule chaque année, peu après Pâques, le culte de l'Esprit Saint, avec partage et distribution de plats traditionnels, couronnement de l'empereur, etc. Notez la couronne au sommet du pignon qui symbolise ce culte pratiqué avec ferveur par les habitants de l'archipel.
Most of the municipalities of the Azores have built such chapels where the worship of the Holy Spirit takes place every year -shortly after easter-, with sharing and distribution of traditional dishes, coronation of the emperor, etc. Note the crown at the top of the gable that symbolizes this cult practiced fervently by the inhabitants of the archipelago.
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Railfreight Distribution Pair 37218+37019 at Evesham, with the 1T51 15.18 Long Marston to Worcester Shrub Hill, Pathfinder Railtours 'The Saucy Slapper', A pair of 31s on the rear 02.05.1993
Der Schwarzmilan oder Schwarze Milan (Milvus migrans) ist ein etwa mäusebussard-großer Greifvogel aus der Familie der Habichtartigen (Accipitridae). Im Gegensatz zum nahe verwandten Rotmilan (Milvus milvus), dessen Brutgebiet sich im Wesentlichen auf Europa beschränkt, hat der Schwarzmilan ein riesiges Verbreitungsgebiet, das neben großen Teilen der Paläarktis weite Bereiche des indomalaiischen Faunengebietes sowie Australasien einschließt. Entsprechend dieser weiträumigen Verbreitung werden bis zu zwölf Unterarten beschrieben, von denen sieben als allgemein anerkannt gelten.
Unklar ist die Stellung der beiden gelbschnabeligen, in Afrika beheimateten Milane Milvus migrans aegyptius und Milvus migrans parasitus; sie werden sowohl als eigenständige Art Milvus aegyptius (mit der Unterart Milvus aegyptius parasitus) als auch weiter als Unterart von Milvus migrans geführt.
Obwohl der Schwarzmilan auch in ausgesprochen trockenen Gebieten vorkommt, bevorzugt er meist feuchtere Gebiete oder sucht die Nähe von Wasserflächen. Er ist ein Nahrungsgeneralist, dessen Nahrungsspektrum äußerst breit ist und neben Aas und Abfällen eine Vielfalt eher kleiner Tiere umfasst, die er selbst erbeutet. Die Art zählt zu den am weitesten verbreiteten Greifvögeln und ist gebietsweise die häufigste Greifvogelart. Obwohl regional Bestandsrückgänge zu verzeichnen sind, wird die weltweite Bestandssituation von IUCN als nicht gefährdet (Least Concern) eingestuft.
The black kite or black kite (Milvus migrans) is a bird of prey from the hawk family (Accipitridae) that is about the size of a buzzard. In contrast to the closely related red kite (Milvus milvus), whose breeding range is essentially limited to Europe, the black kite has a huge distribution area that includes large parts of the Palearctic, large areas of the Indomalayan fauna and Australasia. In accordance with this wide-ranging distribution, up to twelve subspecies are described, seven of which are generally recognized. The status of the two yellow-billed kites Milvus migrans aegyptius and Milvus migrans parasitus, which are native to Africa, is unclear; they are listed both as an independent species Milvus aegyptius (with the subspecies Milvus aegyptius parasitus) and as a subspecies of Milvus migrans.
Although the black kite can also be found in very dry areas, it usually prefers wetter areas or prefers to live near water. It is a generalist feeder with an extremely wide range of food, including carrion and waste as well as a variety of rather small animals that it preys on itself. The species is one of the most widespread birds of prey and is the most common raptor species in some areas. Although regional population declines have been recorded, the global population situation is classified by the IUCN as not endangered (Least Concern).
It is a shrub native to tropical and southern Africa. Natal plum produces shiny, deep green leaves and snowy white flowers whose perfumed scent intensifies at night. They bloom for months at a time. The ornamental plump (size approximately 4x5 cm), crimson fruit appears in summer and fall (autumn) at the same time as the blooms. In moderate, coastal areas the fruits appear through the year. The fruit can be eaten out of hand or made into pies, jams, jellies, and sauces.
Papilio lowi
Asian Swallowtail / Great Yellow Mormon --- Asiatischer Schwalbenschwanz / Gelbrand-Schwalbenschwanz --- Macaón asiático / Grande Mormón Amarillo
Distribution / Verbreitung: South East Asia / Südostasien
A shot from last summer of a rather unusual visitor to Deal (Walmer).
Black and white during the summer, snow buntings become buffy and streaky in the winter. However, when they fly, snow buntings still look black and white, with white patches on the wings and black wingtips.
Distribution
Breeds in small numbers in the Scottish Highlands. Winters around the coasts of northern and eastern UK.
Length: 16cm
Wingspan: 35cm
Weight: 35-42g
Average lifespan: 3 years
Wildlife Trusts.