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I am re-posting this photo of a Golden Whistler to illustrate the dense sticky thicket this bird was hiding in, on Callum Brae, May 2013.
This site is a narrow strip of dense bushes and sticks between a boundary fence and a track. It is home to the following species of small birds:
Fairy wrens
Red-browed finch
White eared honeyeater
Speckled warbler......(threatened species, I think)
Eastern spinebill
Yellow-faced honeyeater
Fuscous honeyeater
Leaden Flycatcher
Buff-rumped thornbill
Yellow-rumped thornbill
Striated thornbill
Weebill
White browed scrubwren
White-throated treecreeper
Silvereye
Grey fantail
Scarlet robin
Rufous whistler
Golden whistler
Sacred kingfisher.
Althought the Kingfisher just passes through from time to time, without living in the bushes.
On Callum Brae there would not be another single area of that size that could boast such a variety or density of small birds.
Yesterday morning two men with a large mechanical borer came in and drilled a series of holes along the fence line which they said were “test” holes for ACTEW.
Assuming either an electricity line or water pipe is to be taken along that fence line, it can only be done with the destruction of all of the abovementioned habitat, and dispersal of the small birds. Birds driven out of habitat that is especially suitable for breeding and cover will not necessarily find alternative accommodation, so to speak, and may cease to breed and inhabit the general area.
An impending further decline of bird numbers in the ACT.
A Colombian parkour athlete, hung on his mates’ hands, climbs on the wall during a training session of Tamashikaze team in a park in Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. Parkour, originally developed in France during the late 1980s from military training, is a physical activity, focused on the art of movement and overcoming obstacles in a strictly urban environment. Practitioners of parkour employ running, climbing, jumping, rolling and other movements to pass through any urban area the most efficient way possible. © Jan Sochor Photography
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian, Kangaroo Island and King Island subspecies became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788. The bird is sufficiently common for it to be rated as a least-concern species. Emus are soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds with long necks and legs, and can reach up to 1.9 metres in height. Emus can travel great distances, and when necessary can sprint at 50 km/h; they forage for a variety of plants and insects, but have been known to go for weeks without eating. They drink infrequently, but take in copious amounts of water when the opportunity arises. The emu is an important cultural icon of Australia, appearing on the coat of arms and various coins. The bird features prominently in Indigenous Australian mythology. 15780
Scholven Power Station is a E.ON owned coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Its installed output capacity of 2300 MW it is one of the most powerful coal-fired power stations in Europe.
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This week in 2004, the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Designed and built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, MESSENGER was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. Protected from the intense heat of the Sun by an innovative ceramic-cloth sunshade, MESSENGER provided the first images of the entire planet and collected information on the composition and structure of Mercury's crust, geologic history, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and the makeup of its core and polar materials. The spacecraft arrived at Mercury on March 17, 2011, and impacted the planet's surface April 30, 2015. MESSENGER was part of the Discovery program, managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for the agency's Science Mission Directorate. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
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A surreal bioluminescent alien entity standing in a shadowy, otherworldly environment. The creature has a soft, organic body with octopus-like limbs and layered, coral-textured skin in teal, violet, and deep sea green hues. Embedded throughout its form are glowing, lens-like orbs radiating magenta and amber light. Its head is a translucent dome containing a cracked, molten core glowing like liquid fire. Ultra-high detail, cinematic lighting, shallow depth of field, dark sci-fi atmosphere, hyper-realistic textures, and an eerie yet majestic presence.
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La Vallée d'Aoste à ma guise - La Valle d'Aosta a modo mio - Aosta Valley in my own way
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This border around my mother's house separates the bushes and trees that line the outside of the house from the front lawn. It started with a cutting from a neighbor over 40 years and quickly grew into a thick, lush border that needs little care. In fact, it needs to be controlled and cut back or it will take over. Until I looked it up, my mother wasn't even sure what it was.
"Pachysandra terminalis, the Japanese pachysandra, carpet box or Japanese spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the boxwood family Buxaceae, native to Japan, Korea, and China and introduced to eastern North America. When growing in a spreading mass of many plants, a dense cover is formed." -- en.wikipedia.org
It seems that almost every plant or flower I admire here in the NYC environs turns out to be native to eastern Asia. One example of how humans have altered the environment.
One photo a day. (187/366) Bayside, Queens, NYC -- July 5, 2020
The 46A route has run between Dublin and Dun Laoghaire since 1926. Today was the last day of the 46A and there’s a restructure of the bus system in Dublin ongoing, and tomorrow a new route starts between Dun Laoghaire and the city centre. The 46A will remain in the memory of a lot of southsiders in Dublin and it was a bus I regularly took. The 46A was also made famous by the Bagatelle song - “Summer in Dublin”. In the song the singer is “singing a song I heard somewhere called rock ‘n’ roll never forgets. When my humming was smothered by a 46A and the scream of a low flying jet. So I jumped on a bus to Dun Laoghaire stopping’ off to pick up my guitar”. youtu.be/MMhWll_mfGk?si=iWymTWigJiXZVkJg
Cal Frederic, Carrer d'Abaix, Les Bons, Encamp, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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I spotted this gentleman leaning on the railing of the ferry watching the trucks and containers being loaded before departure.
I think the colours and graphic structures across the frame add interest to this environmental portrait.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
The Great Suburban Walk
There’s a federal election on its way, yet our political leaders continue to backflip, delay and deny on climate change. With so much at stake, it’s time for the community to put climate action back on the election agenda.
The 2010 Walk Against Warming demand that our political leaders face up to their responsibility on climate change. We’ll remind them that to secure our votes, they must ‘Walk with the People, Not the Big Polluters’.
This year we took our message for a safe climate straight to the people that matter most – the voters.
We coordinated hundreds of Victorians in three key electorates (Melbourne, Deakin and La Trobe) to come together and letterbox. To make sure that voters in those areas know exactly what actions our leaders need to take on climate change.
So that means that less than one week before the federal election, up to 300,000 of the most influential voters in Victoria will receive our safe climate message. How good!
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This is becoming a more frequent scene here in the Twin Cities-poor and marginalized persons traveling with all of their belongings, hopefully, to permanent housing and a new start. The Twin Cities and Minnesota proper rank high in income disparity nationwide. This is especially poignant since nationwide, Minnesota and the Twin Cities rank high in great places to live, education, culture, raise children, health facilities, and per capita income. But the social ills that remained ignored for so long are beginning to bubble to the top. And the city and state leaders choose to remain impotent, uninformed, and clueless of how to address the tension and dangers of a changing urban environment.
Bordes de la Costa, Ransol, Canillo parroquia, Vall d'Orient, Andorra
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The weather conditions throughout the day had been changeable with heavy rain followed by glorious bursts of sunshine. By late afternoon the cloud appeared to be breaking up and with the appearance of the sun I made a dash for Dartmoor. Much to my amazement there was no further rain just a cold unrelenting wind to contend with and it was certainly strong enough to make me hold on to my camera and tripod! This shot from Pew Tor looks roughly northeast towards Staple Tor, Great Mis Tor and North Hessary Tor. Thanks for looking. Mk
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Many years ago, Earth passed thru a series of climatic and environment events that led to massive changes on the atmosphere and also on the earth surface composition. Lighter-than-air gases, such as helium or hydrogen became predominant and made some landmasses detached from the ground and start free floating on the skies. Most are huge, stunning and majestic, with waterfalls, rivers and entire towns. Others are small with just one or two houses and a few families.
Inhabitants had to adapt and to evolve because huge chunks of the Earth surface were now drifting and floating. These islands are usually free-floating and may be directed by the whim of their inhabitants, whilst others may be permanently anchored. Basic resources like food and drinkable water are becoming scarce. Most people have to travel on rudimentary vehicles that float with the help of balloons so they can look for supplies and other necessities. Some even anchor other small floating islands to use them as crops fields and animal farms or just because they want to increase their property.
Todaidh Beag is one of those islands. Holds Triroof Manor, home of Godfrey Morgan, his wife, Bella and his 2 sons, Cyrus and Malcumus. Cyrus and Malcumus often leave the island on their balloon boat to find food and supplies. Most of the times they endure bad weather, air pirates and other dangers. But they still have to do the trips to be able to survive and help their family.
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So guys, this is my latest build and I think this is a new favorite of mine. Even more then my Bluewater Castle as I think this one fits much more my building style. My latest castle builds were drifting to a more vibrant and colorful style that pleases me very much and this one is no exception. It’s not a steampunk build as it does not fit the bill entirely, but I like how it turned out.
Anyway, I’m big fan of floating islands literature and stories and it was about time I made a MOC on that theme. I intend, if time and life allows, to build more on these theme.
This thing is huge and it was the most challenging build so far. First I made the base with all the landscape and the house, etc. It was build on a very thick and strong base with lots of plates and 16x1 bricks. Then I made an oval technic frame in the shape of an inverted pyramid (I will post a pic or two of the frame later)with a core center of 2x4 bricks were the all landscape, house, etc stands on top. Perfectly balanced :) Inspiration from Life in the sky by Vladimir Kustuchek and the round tower part was from David Hensel latest build.
It has lots of small details like the balloon boat, the harpoon to anchor smaller islands and other random stuff. If you want to see lots of details and small things please take a look at all the photos. I took a bunch :)
Hope you like it.
PS: yes, this is a Medium Azure roof. And I love this color :)