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Seen hear in his first winter, it will take up to four years for the male to have his adult plumage of black and white markings on his body with lime-green markings on the head and a pink flush to the breast. The Eider duck is the UK's heaviest duck and is also the fastest flying duck being clocked at a speed off 47.2 mph in level flight. This duck can also be known by the names of Caddy's duck and St Cuthbert's duck.
Hartebeest is herbivore whose diet is based almost entirely on grass, eat eats only by day. . Despite clumsy appearance, hartebeest is actually one of the fastest antelopes. It can reach the speed of 43 miles per hour when it needs to escape from the predators.
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This amazing little Falcon can reach more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour—making it not only the world's fastest bird but also the world's fastest animal
Ndutu sector in the southeast of the Serengeti, Tanzania
Eudorcas thomsonii
a fairly small and elegant gazelle. It is one of the fastest land animals.
These are mainly grazers and prefer cropped grasses . So they have benefitted in the Serengeti/Masai Mara area from the increase in the number of Wildebeest. When needed these gazelle will also browse.
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P1790021-2 - Verditer flycatcher - Size - 16 cm
# 301 - 21 July '18 - 19:15 (13:45 GMT)
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) - is an Old World flycatcher It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra
At - Dashal Village - Himachal Pradesh - Western Himalayas ~1700m (5600 ft) Altitude.
DO YOU KNOW - Cheetah - The Fastest Land Animal - 113 km/hr (70 mph)
They can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in only 3 seconds. 🐾
Happy birding 🍁
The de Havilland DH.88 Comet is a British two-seat, twin-engined aircraft built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was developed specifically to participate in the 1934 England-Australia Air Race,
The Comet went on to establish many aviation records, both during the race and afterwards Original cost £5000
Displaying at the Shuttleworth Drive In Airshow 18th July 2020, the first european airshow of 2020.
SSARt cover photp 22/05/2021
This is the strangest and fastest-growing caterpillar I have ever seen… This 40mm Lobster Moth larva is about half grown and feeds on Beech (Fagus sylvatica). The caterpillar looks just like a crustacean with its reddish-pink skin, forelegs like claws and a fat abdomen which curls like a lobster tail. But it emerges as a much drabber adult moth with a feathery body. I can hardly wait for it to reach full size!
The fastest animal in the world, the world's most widespread raptor and one of the coolest. The fastest speed ever recorded by one is 389 km/h or 242 mph.
Sometimes, when you are feeling down a familiar face can make all the difference. Just seeing her face made my day. Not sure the feeling was mutual ;).
Sometimes you just have to stop and take it in
You can travel the seven seas., climb the highest mountains., dive to the bottom of every ocean
But you'll never find anything quicker than what you looking at here
Breathtaking to think of
The fastest, the most colorful, the craziest aurora borealis I have ever seen. March 5th, in Abisko national park, Sweden.
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest bird in the world, as well as the fastest member of the animal kingdom.
The Austonian held the crown of tallest building in Austin for nine years until The Independent surpassed it by only seven feet in 2019. Located at 200 Congress Ave., the 683-foot tall, 56-story building is a modern architectural icon in this rapidly growing city.
This post modern skyscraper was designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects of Houston. At the time of its completion in 2010, the Austrian was both the tallest building in Austin, and the tallest residential skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River. Both distinctions are now held by The Independent, although another downtown Austin tower, Sixth and Guadalupe and still under construction, has already topped out at its final height of 865-feet and is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2023.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just under one million residents, Austin is the 11th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is one of the fastest growing large metropolitan areas in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
I watched a group of three juvenile Trumpeter Swans on the pond in back today. Interestingly, they would work on one end of the lake and then launch with a little bit of flight time to the other end of the lake, never getting much height from the water as they did so. I suspect that it's not only a faster way to get from one side to the other but it's a great way of working those wings in anticipation of migrating south for the winter!
Taken 25 September 2020 near Wasilla, Alaska.
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A view of the main entrance to Austin's City Hall. Built of Texas limestone and sitting on the site of a once-raucous 19th Century bordello district, Austin’s copper-clad City Hall, completed in 2004, is the work of lead architect Antoine Predock, principal of Antoine Predock PC. Prior to 2004 Austin’s City Council had occupied a Municipal Building that had last been expanded in 1938, largely funded by the Public Works Administration.
Austin wanted its city hall building to fit the spirit of the city, which the Dallas Morning News has described as a "crazy-quilt vitality, that embraces everything from country music to environmental protests and high-tech swagger." The building's angular design has been widely praised. Predock has been quoted as saying that he designed the building "not as a "suit-and-tie" city hall, but rather as a reflection of the warm informality that characterizes Austin."
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just under one million residents, Austin is the 11th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is one of the fastest growing large metropolitan areas in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
The Hobby is a small falcon and one of the fastest birds in the world ( over 100 MPH reportedly) with long wings and a streamlined shape they are perfectly made for catching dragonflies and small birds in the air such as Swallows and Swifts, They are a migratory species, coming to Britain in summer to breed and wintering in Africa. This one was hunting along the Return Trail at Dungeness RSPB !
A daytime view of Central Library as seen from the 2nd Street (Butterfly) Bridge in the Seaholm District, a former industrial section of southwest downtown Austin that has undergone a dramatic transformation into a vibrant, mixed-use urban neighborhood. Central Library is the main branch of the Austin Public Library system, which includes 20 branches, the Austin History Center, and a recycled bookstore.
Often referred to as Austin's "Library of the Future," Central Library opened in late 2017. The six-story, 200,000 sq. ft. building is designed to hold over 600,000 books and offers a living rooftop garden, reading porches, an indoor reading room and a bicycle corral, large indoor and outdoor event spaces, a gift shop, an art gallery and a cafe. There is even a "Technology Petting Zoo," where visitors can toy with some of the latest gadgets.
In 2018 Austin's Central Library was selected for TIME Magazine's 2018 list of World's Greatest Places! Culled from over 1,200 editor and expert nominations from around the world, the list highlights 100 destinations that are breaking new ground, leading industry trends and offering visitors an extraordinary experience.
With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, also is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
The fastest land animal in the world, a cheetah can reach 112km/h in just three seconds – that's faster than a sports car accelerates! Its body has evolved for speed, with long legs, an elongated spine, adapted claws to grip the ground and a long tail for balance.
Taken in the afternoon at Masai Mara National Park.
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Karnaphuli or Khawthlangtuipui is the largest and most important river in Chattogram and the Chattogram Hill Tracts. It is a 667-metre (2,188 ft) wide river in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. Originating from the Saithah village of Mamit district in Mizoram, India, it flows 270 kilometres (170 mi) southwest through Chattogram Hill Tracts and Chattogram into the Bay of Bengal. Before the Padma, it was the fastest flowing river in Bangladesh. It is said to "represent the drainage system of the whole south-western part of Mizoram.Principal tributaries include the Kawrpui River or Thega River, Tuichawng River and Phairuang River. A large hydroelectric power plant using Karnaphuli river was built in the Kaptai region during the 1960s. The mouth of the river hosts the Port of Chattogram, the largest and busiest seaport of Bangladesh.
The Shipyards District. This is a neighbourhood like no other. Centrally located on North Vancouver’s vibrant waterfront with unobstructed views of Vancouver’s stunning skyline to the south and the soaring North Shore Mountains to the north, The Shipyards District Lower Lonsdale, one of this city’s oldest and fastest growing urban neighbourhoods, is rich with shipbuilding history and bursting with life.
I've seen interesting positions in the air from Bald Eagles but this immature Bald Eagle showed me something different! It decided the best way down was just about straight down.
Taken 1 March 2019 near Homer, Alaska.
Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
The Cokes hartebeest is a large, fawn-colored antelope. It is one of the fastest antelopes and most enduring runners. These qualities gave rise to its name, which means “tough ox.” Its sedentary lifestyle seems to inhibit the mixing of populations and gene flow; as a result, there are several subspecies of hartebeest.
Hartebeest are mainly found in medium and tall grasslands, including savannas. Adult females are often accompanied by up to four generations of their young. Female offspring remain close to their mothers up to the time they give birth to calves of their own. Even male offspring may remain with their mothers for as long as 3 years, an unusually long bonding period. As groups of females move in and out of male territories, the males sometimes chase away the older offspring. Their mothers become defensive and protect them from the males.
Although bachelor herds of young males are also formed, they are less structured than those of some antelopes, and age classes are not as conspicuous.
The hartebeest feeds almost entirely on grass but it is not very selective and quite tolerant of poor-quality food. Although a prolific breeder and even a dominant species in some areas, the hartebeest has probably suffered the greatest reduction in range of all African ruminants. This is both because it is easily hunted (being relatively sedentary), and because its diet is almost equivalent to that of cattle—it must compete for food resources. Wikipedia
The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (with the snow-covered Silberhorn to its right) as seen from near the start of the path from the Männlichen cable car to Kleine Scheidegg. The two smaller peaks in deep shadow are the Tschuggen (L) and Lauberhorn, famous for its World Cup downhill ski race. With an incline of up to 42 per cent, over 1000 metres of difference in altitude in two and a half minutes, it's the longest skiing descent in the world and the race with the fastest passage in the World Cup (over 160 km/h!). I'll stick to my 4.5km/h walking pace, thank you.
LNER 4468 Mallard is a LNER Class A4 4-6-2 steam locomotive built by the London & North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works, England in 1938. It is historically significant as the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h).
Southwestward view from Telecom Center in Odaiba at dusk.
Tokyo Bayside is the fastest changing part of Tokyo, in which old factories and warehouses are being replaced with high-rise condos and posh shopping centres. It is also the place for infrastructure, in particular, for transport, sewerage and solid waste management. It was interesting for me to see they were managed to coexist.
I also had an impression that the government of Tokyo may feel indebted to the bayside Cities for assigning the negative roles of metropolis such as factories contaminating air and soil, garbage and sewerage, and heavy traffic roads in the past, and feel obliged for compensation.
This is the last photo of the Tokyo Bayside series.
Those mountain posts recently? No, I didn't hike up...though in the morning at the top it was brutal enough with -15, strong winds and snow being whipped around. Fun! 😁 always good to be out with the camera. Good to feel the elements. At the halfway station later in the day, the sky cleared, snow still being blown off the trees. This shot is riddled with imperfections, but who cares, for all the problems with the image it reminds me of a grand day out after a long time with no landscape opportunities.
The Pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in North America. In this image, the speedy Pronghorn buck is backed by the largest land mammal in North America, the Bison. South Dakota has healthy populations of both species occupying similar habitats, including Custer State Park where this shot was taken.
Designed to be the fastest Airliner in Europe in the early 1930s, it was so successful that military versions were ordered almost immediately, and at the time WW2 broke out, the Blenheim is said to have been the most numerous fighter in RAF service.
Very advanced for its day, it was an all metal design, featuring retractable undercarriage, a fully enclosed cockpit, landing flaps, and variable pitch propellers - all relatively new features for 1935.
It was also faster than the RAF's biplane fighters, a real winner. Unfortunately, such was the rate of progress, by 1939, it was hopelessly outclassed by the new single-engined monoplane fighters then in service, and fared very badly in combat. Wikipedia notes that they eventually 'proved successful as a night fighter' - a number being equipped with air interception radar from mid 1940.
This is the only flying example of a Blenheim out of more than 4,000 built. This one is something of a Frankenstein plane, being cobbled together from parts of different versions, but it looks the part of a Mk 1 fighter - it certainly is a sprightly and agile performer.
They don't travel particularly fast, but they know how to get the whole shift done in 2 hours or less that's for sure.
A small herd of Pronghorn, the fastest mammal in North America, assessing the potential threat of the rolling red Toyota blind. Inside the RRTB: Page the photographer and Tsougrianis the filmmaker. Outcome: after posing in nice morning backlight, this group joined the larger group and meandered away from the park road. Several mature bucks worked to round up the stragglers. Fun to watch.
Spring continues to unfold in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A bison bull (the largest land animal in North America) strides across the mixed-grass prairie with a pronghorn doe (the fastest land animal in North America) in the background. I was lucky to see this shot coming. We were watching this mature bull stride across the prairie and I could see that, if he continued on the same path, he would pass between us and the pronghorn. When he reached the right spot a single click was enough to get the shot. Badlands National Park, SD.
A few more Badlands wildlife images to come...
After we arrived in Venice from a truly enjoyable ride from Germany, I caught these different & contrasting trains in the station. It reminded me of the proverbial saying, 'lined up like ducks in a row'.
Thank you so much for your visit, your favs and comments.
Continuing with "Wildlife in Winter" and a shot from December of last year. I'll mention again that I couldn't care less about the formal definition of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, ie. between Dec 21 and March 21. Winter arrives when temperatures plummet and moisture occurs in the form of frost, ice, or snow.
Since the disastrous winter of 2010-11, when the Pronghorn population in our area was devastated by incredibly deep snow that cut off their food supply, their numbers have been slowly rebuilding. A moratorium on hunting helped in the early stages. I'm very excited that yesterday I encountered a herd of more than 60 in Grasslands Park - by far the most I've seen there in more than a decade. I'll get around to processing the best of those ASAP.
For a number of years I've seen them mostly in agricultural fields adjacent to the park, where they can feed on spilled grain after tha fall harvest. That was where I spotted this group in December. I pulled off the road, got out of the car, and got low, effectively disappearing from their sightline. This aroused their curiosity, as I hoped it would, and many of them approached - they just can't help themselves! Here we see mostly does, with a handful of young bucks in the mix.
When I was a kid growing up in Quebec, I'd sing the cowboy song Home On The Range, and the line "Where the deer and the antelope play" always puzzled me. I associated antelope with Africa, and had no idea an antelope species lived in Canada. It certainly wasn't taught in school. In fact, topics such as ecology, nature, wildlife, and environmental concerns were not on the radar at all. We weren't introduced to biology until Grade 10. We grew up ignorant of our place in and relationship with the natural world. Whether anything has changed significantly since then is a topic too complex to even begin discussing in this limited space; I will say, though, that the prairie has been a revelation to me, and that in moments like this, I feel most alive. I suspect that is true for many of us here on Flickr.
Photographed near Val Marie, not far from the boundary of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
One of the fastest racing ships ever to leave Llwyngwril Systems' dry dock. Its catamaran shape enabled the pilot to turn quickly by adjusting the throttle to each engine pod.
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I really enjoy how brickbending techniques can give smooth curves to spaceship hulls. The down-sides are that hatches are impossible to include and taking things to pieces to rebuild with extra greebles & numbers is a long process! The ship is strong and extremely swooshable, which is very important.
More images are available on my Instagram account.
This ship was featured on the Brothers Brick website and on Beyond the Brick's Instagram too!
One of five wooden troll sculptures in the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden.
Roskva
Stands for the trunks
Roskva is the heaviest, hardest, and strongest of the trolls. Every day, Roskva climbs towards the sky, and every year she grows taller and wider. If a troll forgets something, they can always ask Roskva—she counts the seasons and remembers everything that happens around her.
Born in Odense, Denmark, Thomas Dambo lives and works in Copenhagen. Building and creating with wood since the age of five, Dambo has become one of the fastest-growing personalities in the Scandinavian art world. As a child, he would scavenge his neighborhood for discarded wood for his projects, carting it home on his bicycle. This childhood love of “treasure” hunting certainly foreshadowed his now global troll hunts. Dambo began this work in 2014 and has since created dozens of trolls now living in parks, green spaces, and woods around the world.
Thomas Dambo is considered the world’s leading recycled-materials artist, famous for his troll sculptures. Dambo’s pieces are staggering, and each sculpture simultaneously invites seekers into the depths of our woodlands while telling a story of conservation.
A self-labeled, “recycle art activist,” his trolls are on the list of the most significant attractions in Denmark and can be found worldwide, not only telling a story of sustainability, but one of global connection. Dambo is creating a global village, one troll at a time.[CMBG website]