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Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
A fairly warm October is ending, and we can feel the chill of November approaching. These little asters or Michaelmas daisies in Erba Park have been able to hold on until now, but their color has lost its summer brightness, and they are fading fast. The annual cycle moves on . . . Similar shots with a 35mm prime didn't turn out quite as well, so here's one with the kit zoom (on my backup camera). [DSC06261_lr_2000]
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Whilst I was hoping for a good shot of the Gannets on my local headland this Rock Pipit was the star of the show - busy feeding it's young. It was lovely to watch. Food seemed quite abundant.
This flock of sanderling already in fall plumage chases wavelets on Nahalem Bay along the Oregon coast.
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I decided to do Fast Looks (non edited pics).
This first one maded with some stuff that you can find on 50 Lindens friday (TETRA) and @7 days sale (Pecheresse) both until 7 of October!! ♥
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VW Camper: The Legend!!!
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"It's not a holiday if you don't sit on a camp chair by the side of the road, freshly brewed cup of tea in hand, while your transport takes a breather.
There's no joy like clambering into the driver's seat, where a spring pops up and rips the back pocket of your jeans – but that's a small price to pay for a trip in the old girl. She grumbles into action, making a fearsome noise, before floating down the road. You don't drive her so much as ride her, moving a steering wheel that's as big as a bin lid in the vague direction of travel.
Campers don't go anywhere fast..."
Kaum, dass sie üppig blühten, ist die Rosenzeit auch fast schon vorüber.
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This is the third of a nine shot sequence taken in one second. The strike was out of focus but the rest of the shots were sharp. By the sixth frame the Tern had swallowed the fish. Well within one second the Tern had struck successfully and swallowed it’s prey. Often the Tern will fly with the catch and flip it mid-air to catch it in a more easily position to swallow. In this case it was extremely fast food.
An abstract take of Summer flowers fading fast,the last few of the Japanese anemones,with only the seed heads remaining .........
Im August 2017 waren noch die urigen Malaxa 750 für den mit nur zwei Zugpaaren äußerst spärlichen Personenverkehr zwischen Medgidia und Tulcea zuständig. Ein optisch bereits etwa in Mitleidenschaft gezogenes Exemplar erreicht am Abend des 30. August 2017 als R 8655 überpünktlich den Bahnhof von Cataloi. Noch zehn Kilometer trennen den Zug hier von seinem Zielbahnhof, wofür er aber nochmals stattliche 30 Minuten benötigen wird...
Fast Mountain River cold water rushing past these very old rocks, found in the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina.
Flower delivery on a little electric scooter. Seen on Xingguo Rd. (兴国路).
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...bin ich heute mit meinen beiden ältesten Enkelkindern gefahren. Allerdings bestaunten wir die Dampfzüge nur an uns vorbeifahrend - denn wir waren zu Fuß und mit dem Schlitten unterwegs. Ein fast Achtjähriger und ein vier Jahre alter Dreikäsehoch haben heute gemeinsam mit ihrer Oma den Brocken bestiegen...
Na klar sind die beiden abwechselnd auf dem Schlitten gesessen...
Selbstverständlich wurde der Rückweg in flotter Talfahrt auf Kufen genommen...
Wer aber weiß, dass es vom Parkplatz aus gut 10 km bergauf geht und dabei knapp 400 Höhenmeter überwunden werden müssen - der ahnt, was es für die beiden Kinder für ein Gewaltakt war.
Belohnt wurden wir durch Kaiserwetter, die Sichtung von mindestens 4 Dampfzügen ;-))) sowie Pommes und heiße Schokolade im Gipfelrestaurant!
Ganz nebenbei habe ich die neue Kamera auf Wintertauglichkeit getestet und - voila - für Postkartenmotive ist sie geeignet, wie es scheint! ;-)...
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Barn swallow / Hirundo rustica / Lastavica
Fast and unpredictable in flight.
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