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Great White Egret - Ardea Alba
The great egret is generally a very successful species with a large and expanding range, occurring worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. It is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes could be used to decorate hats. Numbers have since recovered as a result of conservation measures. Its range has expanded as far north as southern Canada. However, in some parts of the southern United States, its numbers have declined due to habitat loss, particularly wetland degradation through drainage, grazing, clearing, burning, increased salinity, groundwater extraction and invasion by exotic plants. Nevertheless, the species adapts well to human habitation and can be readily seen near wetlands and bodies of water in urban and suburban areas.
The great egret is partially migratory, with northern hemisphere birds moving south from areas with colder winters. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In 1953, the great egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was formed in part to prevent the killing of birds for their feathers.
On 22 May 2012, a pair of great egrets was announced to be nesting in the UK for the first time at the Shapwick Heath nature reserve in Somerset. The species is a rare visitor to the UK and Ben Aviss of the BBC stated that the news could mean the UK's first great egret colony is established. The following week, Kevin Anderson of Natural England confirmed a great egret chick had hatched, making it a new breeding bird record for the UK. In 2017, seven nests in Somerset fledged 17 young, and a second breeding site was announced at Holkham National Nature Reserve in Norfolk where a pair fledged three young.
In 2018, a pair of great egrets nested in Finland for the first time, raising four young in a grey heron colony in Porvoo.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.
The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, egret a diminutive of Aigron, heron. The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.
It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. It has also begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of least concern..
El Puerto de Santa María-Cádiz-Andalucía-España
El Puerto de Santa María- Cadiz- Andalusia- Spain
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Costa Ballena- Rota- Cadiz- Andalusia- Spain
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Macro Mondays - Tape
Happy Macro Monday everyone.
Dolly was a bit miffed she'd put on a few pounds over Christmas. And that tape measure she'd got out of the Christmas cracker, was proof she wasn't going to fit into her Summer dresses.
PS ... for us mere mortals, the tape measure is tiny and totally useless for us.
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Smile on Saturday ~ Mushrooms
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Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart.
Quote from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.
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This expanded view was taken during a testsession with my new Sigma ultra wide angle lense. On the edeges I loose a little bit of sharpness but all in all I am quite happy.
I was litteraly eaten alive by mosquitos so I hope you like this picture :)
Der aus dem Mittelalter stammende Königspalast, dessen spanischer Name Reales Alcázares de Sevilla lautet, blickt auf eine lange und sehr abwechslungsreiche Geschichte zurück. Erbaut für König Pedro I. auf den Ruinen eines maurischen Forts ist der Alcázar ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel für die christliche Bauweise, die die maurischen Elemente aus der langen Zeit der Maurenherrschaft miteinander kombiniert. Das Zeugnis der sogenannten Mudéjar-Architektur wurde ab 1364 errichtet und im Laufe der Jahrhunderte von den nachfolgenden Herrschern immer weiter ausgebaut. Schon den Herrschern der Mohaden, einem Berber-Volk, diente der Alcázar als Wohnsitz. Das ist bis heute so geblieben, der spanische König und seine Familie halten sich bei Reisen nach Andalusien stets im Königspalast in Sevilla auf.
The Royal Palace, whose Spanish name is Reales Alcázares de Sevilla, dates back to the Middle Ages and looks back on a long and very varied history. Built for King Pedro I on the ruins of a Moorish fort, the Alcázar is a striking example of Christian architecture, combining Moorish elements from the long period of Moorish rule. Evidence of the so-called Mudéjar architecture was erected from 1364 and continued to be expanded over the centuries by subsequent rulers. The Alcázar was already the residence of the rulers of the Mohaden, a Berber people. This has remained the case to this day, the Spanish king and his family always stay in the royal palace in Seville when traveling to Andalusia.
I'm not sure why these are called Inca Doves. Reportedly, they've never inhabited the Andes Mountains of Peru where the Inca Empire thrived. They do live in Mexico and southern US states, however. And apparently they're expanding northward. Look out Colorado, they're coming. These are very small doves, just a little bigger than a sparrow.
Expanding Upwards...
Monday morning I woke up and looked out the window and noticed a heavy cloud cover and the sun was just starting to break the horizon. i could see the hint of a golden yellow sunrise and hoped i wouldn't miss it.
I made my way down to the park and as I crossed the tracks I looked at the rising sun; the colours were enhanced by the dark cloud filled sky above. I had to snap off a few quick shots to capture what I was seeing. I think this shot does it justice.
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On the outskirts of Florence (/ˈflɒrəns/ FLOR-əns; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ( listen)) which is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 382,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1,520,000 in the metropolitan area.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy.
The Historic Centre of Florence attracts 13 millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 89th most visited in 2012, with 1.8 million visitors. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Florence is an important city in Italian fashion, being ranked in the top 51 fashion capitals of the world; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub. In 2008, the city had the 17th highest average income in Italy.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence
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The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day.
Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction.
The International Vulture Awareness Day has grown from Vulture Awareness Days run by the Birds of Prey Programme of the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England, who decided to work together and expand the initiative into an international event.
It is now recognised that a co-ordinated international day will publicise the conservation of vultures to a wider audience and highlight the important work being carried out by the world’s vulture conservationists.
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Cascada de la Cueva y del Estrecho, Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Aragón, España.
El parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (en aragonés Parque nacional d'Ordesa y d'as Tres Serols) está ubicado en el Pirineo oscense, íntegramente en la comarca del Sobrarbe, Aragón (España). Se reparte entre los términos municipales de Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin y Torla-Ordesa. Recibe una media de más de 600 000 visitantes al año.
Su superficie ocupa 15 608 ha y la zona de protección periférica cuenta con 19 679 ha. Su altitud oscila entre los 700 m s. n. m. en el río Bellós y los 3348 m s. n. m. del Monte Perdido.5
Es el segundo parque nacional más antiguo de España tras ser declarado el 16 de agosto de 1918 mediante el Real Decreto 16-08-1918 con el nombre de «Valle de Ordesa». Con 598 950 visitantes anualmente (2015), el parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido es el séptimo parque nacional de España en número de visitantes. El 13 de julio de 1982 se amplió y se reclasificó bajo el nombre actual.
Actualmente goza de diferentes figuras de protección aparte de la de parque nacional, en 1977 se declaró Reserva de la Biosfera, en 1988 Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves y en 1997 Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Es también Lugar de Importancia Comunitaria.
The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (in Aragonese Ordesa National Park and d'as Tres Serols) is located in the Pyrenees of Huesca, entirely in the Sobrarbe region, Aragon (Spain). It is distributed among the municipalities of Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin and Torla-Ordesa. It receives an average of more than 600,000 visitors a year.
Its surface occupies 15 608 ha and the peripheral protection zone has 19 679 ha. Its altitude ranges between 700 m s. n. m. in the Bellós river and the 3348 m s. n. m. of Monte Perdido. 5
It is the second oldest national park in Spain after being declared on August 16, 1918 by Royal Decree 16-08-1918 with the name of "Valle de Ordesa." With 598,950 visitors annually (2015), the national park Ordesa y Monte Perdido is the seventh national park in Spain in number of visitors. On July 13, 1982 it was expanded and reclassified under the current name.
It currently enjoys different protection figures apart from the national park, in 1977 it was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in 1988 a Special Protection Area for Birds and in 1997 a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It is also a Site of Community Importance.
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A fading rose is still beautiful.
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Not having been in a shop, to buy anything for a very long time, I was commenting how I missed having fresh flowers in the house. Today my lovely husband came home with a pretty bouquet of flowers for me.
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The Flickr Lounge ~ Fruit
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This is the small heath reserve in the woods near Beisbroek and Tudor Castle. Most natural heath areas have disappeared in Belgium, so conservationists have put lots of effort into re-establishing heath areas or giving purple heather the chance to expand by cutting trees and creating the right habitat.
Silver birches (also called European white birches) grow on this small heath.
Celtfest expanded to Friday night this year, and the first group up was Ten Strings and a Goat Skin from PEI. They were a very talented group, much better than what one would expect from the opening act. I think they appeared so early because they had to move on quickly to other venues.
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Pink Footed Geese at Martin Mere Wetlands in Lancashire, alarmed by the presence of a Buzzard (at the top of the photo). Very Noisy! Best expanded.
Fascinating concertina extension service cables for one side of a moveable pair of buildings (on tracks) that services airplane wings. The top one for compressed air is broken, while the bottom one for electricity is intact.
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As we were driving down Gaglardi Way in West Vancouver, enjoying the light show of the setting sun,
I was snapping photos of the light on Port Mann Bridge, when Ross exclaimed "look at Miss Baker!" , she was HUGE
and just barely visible. She seems to have the ability to shrink and expand, to hide and to suddenly appear ...
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More from my garden today.
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Triana-Sevilla-Andalucía- España
Triana- Seville - Andalusia- Spain
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Great White Egret - Ardea Alba
The great egret is generally a very successful species with a large and expanding range, occurring worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. It is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes could be used to decorate hats. Numbers have since recovered as a result of conservation measures. Its range has expanded as far north as southern Canada. However, in some parts of the southern United States, its numbers have declined due to habitat loss, particularly wetland degradation through drainage, grazing, clearing, burning, increased salinity, groundwater extraction and invasion by exotic plants. Nevertheless, the species adapts well to human habitation and can be readily seen near wetlands and bodies of water in urban and suburban areas.
The great egret is partially migratory, with northern hemisphere birds moving south from areas with colder winters. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In 1953, the great egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was formed in part to prevent the killing of birds for their feathers.
On 22 May 2012, a pair of great egrets was announced to be nesting in the UK for the first time at the Shapwick Heath nature reserve in Somerset. The species is a rare visitor to the UK and Ben Aviss of the BBC stated that the news could mean the UK's first great egret colony is established. The following week, Kevin Anderson of Natural England confirmed a great egret chick had hatched, making it a new breeding bird record for the UK. In 2017, seven nests in Somerset fledged 17 young, and a second breeding site was announced at Holkham National Nature Reserve in Norfolk where a pair fledged three young.
In 2018, a pair of great egrets nested in Finland for the first time, raising four young in a grey heron colony in Porvoo.
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Flickr Lounge ~ Macro
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Short on time and inspiration today so the single daffodil on the windowsill it is.
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I had to grab a photo from yesterday for today's 365 as I am struggling to get any photos taken!!
A low viewpoint looking up at part of Edinburgh Castle!
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Finally, the first of my daffodils has flowered!
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More of my lovely new crocus flowers.
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I walked out into the garden today to find that this little beauty has flowered. Another of the tulips I planted last autumn.
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