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Large, pale duck with protruding cream-colored plumes on flanks. Stands tall and proud in large flocks around the edges of lakes, ponds, dams, or in nearby agricultural land. As the name suggests, note distinctive whistling call. (eBird)
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Ducks can have the most beautiful plumages, but this is the first one that I've seen with such large and decorative feathers. We saw them only three times, all in the north, but admired them each time.
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
Yellow Waters Cruises.
This was the beginning of the migration season and they were arriving in great quantity and landing on the wooden walkways over the lake, in Bundaberg Botanic Garden.
The working staff of the garden, thinking about the welfare of the animals, that were arriving so tired after a long trip, has blocked the access to the area where they were resting, but they left part of the walkway accessible. So, I was able to take a lot of pictures of these beautiful ducks.
Bundaberg Botanic Garden, Bundaberg, Queensland
Bagé, RS, Brazil.
It's the only species in the genus Drymornis.
The species is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Unlike other woodcreepers, the species perches on horizontal branches and it is usually seem on the ground looking for food (spiders and insects).
Known locally as "arapaçu-platino".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Drymornis Eyton, 1852
Species: D. bridgesii (Eyton, 1849)
Binomial name: Drymornis bridgesii
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Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Pato Turco, Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis )
Status en RD: Migrante No Comun (Mnc)
El Pato Turco, también llamado porrón bola (Aythya affinis) es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Aythyinae. Su área de distribución incluye América del Norte, América Central y el Caribe.
cabeza, el pecho y el cuello negros brillantes, con un pequeño penacho en la parte posterior de la cabeza. Su espalda y alas son de color gris blanquecino con vermiculaciones más oscuras, con primarias externas negras y primarias internas pardo grisáceas. Sus partes inferiores son blancas con algunas vermiculaciones verdosas en los flancos, y su cola y región caudal son negras. Las hembras adultas son de tonos pardos oscuros en cabeza y pecho y el resto pardo grisáceo que se difumina hasta el blanco en el vientre. Presentan una mancha blanca alrededor de la base del pico y a menudo la zona auricular es también más clara. Los machos en eclipse se parecen similares a las hembras pero con la cabeza y pecho más oscuros, y con poco o nada de blanco en la cabeza y generalmente algunas vermiculaciones grisáceas en las alas.
El porrón bola fue descrito científicamente por el naturalista inglés Thomas Campbell Eyton en 1838, con el nombre de Fuligula affinis.8 Posteriormente fue trasladado al género Aythya, que al haber sido creado con anterioridad, en 1822 por Friedrich Boie, tenía prioridad como nombre del género.9 La etimología del nombre de su género, Aythya, procede del término griego αἴθυια (aithuia), un ave marina sin identificar citada por Aristóteles.10 Su nombre específico, affinis, en latín significa «afín», y hace referencia a su gran similitud con el porrón bastardo, descrito con anterioridad.
Es una especie monotípica, es decir, no se reconocen subespecies diferenciadas
El porrón bola bucea para alimentarse rebuscando entre el fango del fondo, aunque ocasionalmente se alimenta en la superficie. Come moluscos como mejillones y almejas, además de semillas y otras partes de las plantas acuáticas.
el apareamiento comienza en mayo, la mayoría de las hembras no anida hasta julio, algo más tarde de lo habitual para el resto de patos de Norteamérica. Anidan en el suelo en un lugar resguardado cerca del agua, generalmente entre la vegetación densa como juncos y espadañas, a veces en pequeños grupos diseminados, con frecuencia cerca de las colonias de gaviotas y charránes.
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Lugar de captura / Taken: Salcedo, República Dominicana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Aythya
Species:A. affinis
Binomial name
Aythya affinis
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Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
This is the South American subspecies (C. c. cirrocephalus), a small gull which breeds patchily in South America. It is not truly migratory, but its range becomes more widespread in winter.
In breeding plumage, adults show a distinctive dark gray hood, contrasting with the white body and red bill and legs.
They are usually found around lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal wetlands.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Aceguá, RS, Brazil.
Perched on a fence post in the Pampas.
Unlike most woodcreepers, which are usually seen climbing vertically along tree trunks, this species spends much of its time foraging on the ground or perching on branches in a more “typical” passerine fashion. Still, it retains the ability to cling to trunks when needed. Its long, slender, and strongly curved bill is perfectly adapted for probing into bark and soil in search of insects.
This species is strongly associated with open habitats such as savannas, grasslands, and the Pampas, occurring in southern Brazil, eastern and northern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern to central Argentina.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Drymornis Eyton, 1852
Species: D. bridgesii (Eyton, 1849)
Binomial name: Drymornis bridgesii
A bonus shot from yesterday, as the evening steel from Dee Marsh to Margam was running an hour early. I figured Eyton Crossing just south of Baschurch on the Wrexham to Shrewsbury line might be ok for some "glint" and wasn't disappointed.
66151 works 6V80 past the crossing keepers cottage, Tuesday 26.5.15.
The parish church is set on a hill, away from the village centre.
St. Mary's was built during the 12th. century, or earlier, evidence of this being the Norman south doorway.
The building was much restored by the architect H.M. Eyton in
1878. On the lower part of the medieval tower, which a bequest shows was going up in the 1440's, Eyton built a rectangular top with a squared-off octagonal bell stage under a fully octagonal spire. The aisle also dates entirely from 1878.
Inside the church there is a 15th. century octagonal font, which was brought from St. Andrew's Church in Norwich. Above the tower arch is a small Hanoverian Royal Arms, in plaster
For it's surviving medieval work, the church received Grade: II* listed building status on 7th. December 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286144).
Praia do Cassino - Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
This is the South American subspecies (C. c. cirrocephalus), in flight, showing the white spots on the two outer primaries. It's a small gull which breeds patchily in South America. It is not truly migratory, but its range becomes more widespread in winter.
In breeding plumage, adults show a distinctive pale grey head, a grey body, and red bill and legs.
They are usually found around lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal wetlands.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
RS, Brazil.
Adults in breeding season show a dark brown hood and throat, with a neat white semicircle behind the eye. The chest and underparts are white, contrasting with the reddish bill and legs. The wing pattern is also visible, with outer primaries tipped in black together with the white spots that give the species its scientific name.
This gull breeds across southern South America (Patagonia, Uruguay and the Falklands) and during winter it can be seen as far north as central Brazil. It inhabits a variety of wetlands, lakes, riverbanks and open fields.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. maculipennis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Gaviota picofina ( Chroicocephalus genei ) bañándose y mostrándonos ese tinte rosado que adquiere esta especie por su alimentación en las salinas.
Especie que el naturalista británico Thomas Campbell Eyton dedicó a su colega italiano Carlo Giuseppe Géné a mediados del siglo XIX
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Slender-billed Gull ( Chroicocephalus genei ) bathing and showing us that pink tint that this species acquires by feeding in the salt flats.
Species that the British naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton dedicated to his Italian colleague Carlo Giuseppe Géné in the mid-19th century
Pato Turco, Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis )
Status en RD: Migrante No Comun (Mnc)
El Pato Turco, también llamado porrón bola (Aythya affinis) es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Aythyinae. Su área de distribución incluye América del Norte, América Central y el Caribe.
cabeza, el pecho y el cuello negros brillantes, con un pequeño penacho en la parte posterior de la cabeza. Su espalda y alas son de color gris blanquecino con vermiculaciones más oscuras, con primarias externas negras y primarias internas pardo grisáceas. Sus partes inferiores son blancas con algunas vermiculaciones verdosas en los flancos, y su cola y región caudal son negras. Las hembras adultas son de tonos pardos oscuros en cabeza y pecho y el resto pardo grisáceo que se difumina hasta el blanco en el vientre. Presentan una mancha blanca alrededor de la base del pico y a menudo la zona auricular es también más clara. Los machos en eclipse se parecen similares a las hembras pero con la cabeza y pecho más oscuros, y con poco o nada de blanco en la cabeza y generalmente algunas vermiculaciones grisáceas en las alas.
El porrón bola fue descrito científicamente por el naturalista inglés Thomas Campbell Eyton en 1838, con el nombre de Fuligula affinis.8 Posteriormente fue trasladado al género Aythya, que al haber sido creado con anterioridad, en 1822 por Friedrich Boie, tenía prioridad como nombre del género.9 La etimología del nombre de su género, Aythya, procede del término griego αἴθυια (aithuia), un ave marina sin identificar citada por Aristóteles.10 Su nombre específico, affinis, en latín significa «afín», y hace referencia a su gran similitud con el porrón bastardo, descrito con anterioridad.
Es una especie monotípica, es decir, no se reconocen subespecies diferenciadas
El porrón bola bucea para alimentarse rebuscando entre el fango del fondo, aunque ocasionalmente se alimenta en la superficie. Come moluscos como mejillones y almejas, además de semillas y otras partes de las plantas acuáticas.
el apareamiento comienza en mayo, la mayoría de las hembras no anida hasta julio, algo más tarde de lo habitual para el resto de patos de Norteamérica. Anidan en el suelo en un lugar resguardado cerca del agua, generalmente entre la vegetación densa como juncos y espadañas, a veces en pequeños grupos diseminados, con frecuencia cerca de las colonias de gaviotas y charránes.
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Lugar de captura / Taken: Salcedo, República Dominicana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Aythya
Species:A. affinis
Binomial name
Aythya affinis
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...from a walk in the University of Queensland, Gatton Agricultural College Reserve.
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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(Dendrocygna eytoni)
Anstead Bushland - Brisbane - QLD
Austrália
We only saw them once, and they were inside private property. We even thought about jumping the fence, but we were advised not to. So, the only solution? Follow the fence and find the closest point, about 100 meters away.
By the way, all my photos now have a machine tag "subject:distance" to give an idea of how far or close we were to the bird(s).
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Austrália (2024)
- All the photos for this order ANSERIFORMES
- All the photos for this family Anatidae (Anatídeos)
- All the photos for this species Dendrocygna eytoni
- All the photos taken this day 2024/11/16
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Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2016
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Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
...from a walk in the University of Queensland, Gatton Agricultural College Reserve.
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2014
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Oil Seed Rape reaches a stunning peak about this time of year, as the green bits disappear under a welter of yellow. Under a blue sky, I'm transfixed. Of course, the stuff is everywhere, and grows in verges, and causes all sorts of health issues in those sensitive. But I'm still transfixed!
Shropshire, of course. Salopians might just discern Haughmond Hill to the left of the tree,
Tavares, RS, Brazil.
Adults in winter plumage and juveniles may have white heads.
This species is found in South America, breeding from Argentine and Chilean Patagonia, the Falkland Islands and Uruguay. In winter, its range extends up to the coasts of north Chile and central Brazil. Its natural habitats include freshwater lakes, intertidal marshes, river banks, and open fields.
Known in Brazil as "gaivota-maria-velha".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. maculipennis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Monument in memory of John Fitz-Allen, 7th earl of Arundel, who was slain at the Battle of Gerberoy in 1435. He was shot in the foot by a primitive musket and capture by the French; as a result of his wound, his leg was amputated and he died of his wound shortly after. Fulk Eyton, Fitz-Allen's squire brought the body back to England after it had initially been buried Beauvois and was entombed in the Fitz-Allen Chapel in St Nicholas, parish church in Arundel Castle. There was some doubt about the final resting place of the Earl but when the tomb was opened in 1857, it contained a skeleton, measuring over six feet, with a missing leg!
Dendrocygna eytoni - Dendrocygne d'Eyton - Plumed whistling duck or Grass whistling duck
L'espèce affectionne les prairies humides, les marais et les lagunes.
Le nid est un creux dans les hautes herbes toujours près de l'eau
Acrylic on wood panel 16" x 23.75" 2013 -2018. www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Eyton-upon-the-Weald-Moor...
Cette espèce ne se rencontre que dans le nord et l'est de l'Australie. Elle y fréquente les prairies humides, les marais et les lagunes
Ironbridge, River Severn, Telford, Shropshire
This has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. I’ve often regarded it as the twin to Worsley, both influential in the Industrial Revolution and the driving force that put ‘Great’ in Great Britain. However, it’s a real bugger to photograph because of the bend in the river and the overgrown trees that overhang both sides of the river bank.
This was taken, with much patience I might add, whilst sat at a park bench watching the world go by. So many tourists milling about eating fish and chips and rapidly melting ice creams in the late afternoon sun.
Now the history bit…
The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. Its success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
The geography of the deep Ironbridge Gorge, formed by glacial action during the last ice age, meant that there are industrially useful deposits of coal, iron ore, limestone and fire clay present near the surface where they are readily mined, but also that it was difficult to build a bridge across the river at this location. To cope with the instability of the banks and the need to maintain a navigable channel in the river, a single span iron bridge was proposed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard. After initial uncertainty about the use of iron, construction took place over 2 years, with Abraham Darby III responsible for the ironworks. The bridge crosses the Ironbridge Gorge with a main span of 100 ft 6 in (30.63 m), allowing sufficient clearance for boats to pass underneath.
In 1934 it was designated a scheduled monument and closed to vehicular traffic. Tolls for pedestrians were collected until 1950, when the bridge was transferred into public ownership. After being in a poor state of repair for much of its life, extensive restoration works in the latter half of the 20th century have protected the bridge. The bridge, the adjacent settlement of Ironbridge and the Ironbridge Gorge form the UNESCO Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.
Background
The Ironbridge Gorge was formed at the end of the last ice age by the overflowing of Lake Lapworth, which resulted in the exposure of useful deposits of resources such as coal, iron ore, fire clay and limestone near the surface where they were readily mined. With the river providing a means of transport, the local area was an important centre of the emerging Industrial Revolution.
Abraham Darby I first smelted local iron ore with coke made from Coalbrookdale coal in 1709, and in the coming decades Shropshire became a centre for industry due to the low price of fuel from local mines. The River Severn was used as a key trading route, but it was also a barrier to travel around the deep Ironbridge Gorge, especially between the then important industrial parishes of Broseley and Madeley, the nearest bridge being at Buildwas 2 miles (3.2 km) away. The Iron Bridge was therefore proposed to link the industrial town of Broseley with the smaller mining town of Madeley and the industrial centre of Coalbrookdale. The use of the river by boat traffic and the steep sides of the gorge meant that any bridge should ideally be of a single span, and sufficiently high to allow tall ships to pass underneath. The steepness and instability of the banks was problematic for building a bridge, and there was no point where roads on opposite sides of the river converged.
The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind to be constructed, although not the first to be considered nor the first iron bridge of any kind. An iron bridge was partly constructed at Lyons in 1755, but was abandoned for reasons of cost, and a 72-foot-10-inch (22.2 m) span wrought iron footbridge over an ornamental waterway was erected in Kirklees, Yorkshire, in 1769.
Proposal
In 1773, architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard wrote to his 'iron mad' friend and local ironmaster, John Wilkinson of Broseley, to suggest building a bridge out of cast iron. Although he specialised in the design of chimneypieces and other items of interior decoration, and in funerary monuments, he had also previously designed both wooden and stone bridges.
During the winter of 1773–74, local newspapers advertised a proposal to petition Parliament for leave to construct an iron bridge with a single 120-foot (37 m) span. In 1775, a subscription raised funds of between £3000 to £4000 (equivalent to £361,000 to £482,000 in 2016), and Abraham Darby III, the grandson of Abraham Darby I and an ironmaster working at Coalbrookdale, was appointed treasurer to the project.
In March 1776, the Act to build a bridge received Royal assent. It had been drafted by Thomas Addenbrooke, secretary of the trustees, and John Harries, a London barrister, then presented to the House of Commons by Charles Baldwyn, MP for Shropshire. Abraham Darby III was commissioned to cast and build the bridge. In May 1776, the trustees withdrew Darby's commission, and instead advertised for plans for a single arch bridge to be built in "stone, brick or timber". No satisfactory proposal was made, and the trustees agreed to proceed with Pritchard's design, but there was continued uncertainty about the use of iron, and conditions were set on the cost and duration of the construction. In July 1777 the span of the bridge was decreased to 90 feet (27 m), and then increased again to 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m), possibly in order to accommodate a towpath.
Construction
The site, adjacent to where a ferry had run between Madeley and Benthall, was chosen for its high approaches on each side and the relative solidity of the ground. The Act of Parliament described how the bridge was to be built from a point in Benthall parish near the house of Samuel Barnett to a point on the opposite shore near the house of Thomas Crumpton. Pritchard died on 21 December 1777 in his towerhouse at Eyton on Severn, only a month after work had begun, having been ill for over a year.
The bridge is built from five sectional cast-iron ribs that give a span of 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m). The construction of the bridge used 378 long tons 10 cwt (847,800 lb or 384.6 t) of iron, and there are almost 1,700 individual components, the heaviest weighing 5 long tons 5 cwt (11,800 lb or 5.3 t). Components were cast individually to fit with each other, rather than being of standard sizes, with discrepancies of up to several centimetres between 'identical' components in different locations.
The masonry and abutments were constructed between 1777 and 1778, and the ribs were lifted into place in the summer of 1779. The bridge first spanned the river on 2 July 1779, and it was opened to traffic on 1 January 1781.
In 1997, a watercolour by Elias Martin was discovered in a Stockholm museum, which showed the bridge under construction in 1779. The painting shows a moveable wooden scaffold consisting of derrick poles standing in the river bed being used as a crane to position the half-ribs of the bridge, which had been taken to the site by boat from Darby's foundry 500 metres (1,600 ft) downstream. Using the approach depicted in the painting, a half-size replica of the main section of the bridge was built in 2001 as part of the research for the BBC's Timewatch programme, which was shown the following year.
Design
Decorative rings and ogees between the structural ribs of the bridge suggest that the final design was Pritchard's, as the same elements appear in a gazebo he rebuilt. A foreman at the foundry, Thomas Gregory, drew the detailed designs for the members, resulting in the use of carpentry jointing details such as mortise and tenon joints and dovetails.
The two outer ribs are engraved with the words: "This bridge was cast at Coalbrook-Dale and erected in the year MDCCLXXIX".
Two supplemental arches, of similar cast iron construction, carry a towpath on the southern bank and also act as flood arches. A stone arch with a brick vault carries a small path on the northern (town side) bank.
Arapaçu-platino (Drymornis bridgesii). (Eyton, 1850).
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Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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5P45 09.30 Crewe-Coton Hill This was running for driver training in the DBSO The train would carry on from Coton Hill after a break via Wellington Wolverhampton & Stafford back to Crewe 47 712 is on the rear pushing
Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
Plumed Whistling-Duck (revisited)
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2018
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45231 'The Sherwood Forester' at Eyton LC, Baschurch with 5P45 Crewe HS - Coton Hill training run. 4-2-20.
Acrylic on wood panel 16" x 23.75" 2013 -2018. www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Eyton-upon-the-Weald-Moor...
It is believed that the last time one of this species was seen in the Lane Cove River catchment was a dead one , perhaps in the 1950s
61306 'Maylower' at Eyton Crossing, Baschurch with the Crewe - Chester - Shrewsbury - Telford - Stafford - Crewe circular test run. 10-1-23.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-21.
Suffering a little from the usual summertime Vancouver heat haze!
Fleet No: "885". Named: "Rhys T. Eyton".
This aircraft was originally ordered by Philippine Air Lines as N755PR, however the order was cancelled. First flown in Jul-94 with the Boeing test registration N6055X, it was stored at Seattle-Everett in Aug-94. It was to be sold to JAL Japan Air Lines as JA8913 but it was cancelled. Eventually the aircraft was sold to Canadian Airlines International as C-FGHZ in Apr-95. It was sold to GECAS on delivery and leased back to Canadian. In Apr-01, Canadian Airlines International was merged into Air Canada and the aircraft continued in service until it was returned to GECAS in Dec-03 and immediately leased to Philippine Airlines as RP-C8168. Philippine operated it for 10 years until it was permanently retired at Greenwood, MS, USA in Aug-13. It was last noted still at Greenwood in Jul-14. Updated Mar-21.
Note: The registration C-FGHZ has also been used on an Air Canada Boeing 787-9 from May-16.
(Parc ornithologique des Dombes = Parc des oiseaux, Villars les Dombes, Ain)
Ces oiseaux passent leurs journées près des plans d'eau. Ce n'est qu'en fin de journée qu'ils prennent leur envol vers les prairies où ils se restaurent... parfois à plus de 30 km de leur reposoir.
Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
...from a walk in the University of Queensland, Gatton Agricultural College Reserve.
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Scientific Name: Dendrocygna eytoni
Description: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is one of two whistling or tree ducks found in Australia. It is a tall, long necked duck, with very prominent long lanceolate off-white plumes edged in black along the flanks. The face and foreneck are light, the crown and hind neck are pale brown and the brown feathers of the upper back are edged buff. The breast is pale chestnut, finely barred in black. The bill is mottled pink and grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is also known as Grass Whistle Duck, Eyton's Plumed, Red-legged or Whistling Tree-duck, Grass, Grey or Red-legged Whistler, and the Monkey Duck.
Similar species: The related Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dendocygna arcuata, is similar to the Plumed Whistling-Duck, though it has darker body plumage and shorter flank plumes. Wandering Whistling-Ducks are more often found on water.
Distribution: The Plumed Whistling-Duck is mainly found in the northern and eastern tropics of Australia, it also extends southwards to New South Wales in the east but does not come far south of the Kimberleys in the west.
Habitat: During the day the Plumed Whistling-Duck congregates in large numbers with other waterfowl, on the margins of lagoons, swamps and mangrove creeks, for preening and sleeping. At night they fly out, often quite long distances, to feed on grasslands.
Seasonal movements: In the breeding season the Plumed Whistling-Duck leaves the water and nests on the grassy plains.
Feeding: Plumed Whistling-Ducks graze on tropical grasses. They pluck grass (like a goose) and also take food from the water by dabbling from the surface.
Breeding: Breeding for the Plumed Whistling-Duck begins in the tropical Wet Season. The nest is a scrape in the ground, sparsely lined with grass, usually under shelter of a bush or other vegetation. The Plumed Whistling-Duck is monogamous, and pair-bonds are probably life-long. Both sexes share the duties of incubation, with the changeover taking place in the evening, and brood the young.
Calls: Loud sibilant whistle
Minimum Size: 40cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 50cm
Average weight: 1 000g
Breeding season: Variable, usually during tropical Wet Season.
Clutch Size: 8 to 14
Incubation: 30 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2014
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These two photos (see second one in comments below) are of Eyton Court and its barn, in Herefordshire, England.
45231 'The Sherwood Forester' at Eyton LC, Baschurch with 5P45 Crewe HS - Coton Hill training run. 4-2-20.