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Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
La Ceja, Colombia.
Columbina talpacoti rufipennis
(Ruddy Ground Dove / Tortolita)
The Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti rufipennis) is a small New World tropical dove. It is found from S.E. Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. Adult males have a pale grey head and neck, and rich rufous upperparts, black-spotted on the wing coverts. The female is grey-brown rather than rufous, and has less contrast between head and body than the male.
Wikipedia
Ground fog is a common summer fog that forms at ground level. The fog hangs low, very low, close to the ground. Over meadows, ditches and sometimes also onto the road. Cow's foot mist. The ground fog is often dissolved very quickly by the power of the summer sun that rises in the morning. It is and remains dangerous to drive, but especially during sunrise and sunset, it is so spectacular to see. There are different names for it: cow's feet fog, ditch and canal fog, radiation fog and fog banks.
The Oudeland van Strijen nature reserve, 500 hectares in size, is a popular area for many winter visitors such as the pygmy goose and meadow birds such as the godwit and lapwing. The land consolidation and desiccation due to drainage had a negative effect on surrounding plots and on the Oudeland van Strijen. At the moment, the low water level in the ditches in winter and spring in particular imposes restrictions on the successful raising of meadow birds.
Ground was broken for Warner Gymnasium, built of Ohio Sandstone, in August, 1900, and the building was completed in the fall of 1901. It was named in honor of its donors, Dr. and Mrs. Lucien C. Warner, of New York, who provided funds for the building together with an endowment fund. An addition to the gymnasium, also provided by the Warners, was completed in March 1912.
Style : Refined Richardsonian Romanesque or Eclectic Revival
Hot pools and steaming ground are found near the erupting spring in the Gunnuhver Group at the Gunnuhver Thermal Area on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The development of a Geothermal power plant in 2006 effected the hydrothermal features. Steaming of the ground at Reykjanes increased markedly as a consequence of pressure drawdown in the geothermal reservoir after exploitation. Some boreholes drilled during development became steam vents or mud pools.
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Taken at Sunny's Studio
La Ceja, Colombia.
Columbina talpacoti rufipennis
(Ruddy Ground Dove / Tortolita)
The Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti rufipennis) is a small New World tropical dove. It is found from S.E. Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. Adult males have a pale grey head and neck, and rich rufous upperparts, black-spotted on the wing coverts. The female is grey-brown rather than rufous, and has less contrast between head and body than the male.
Wikipedia
Love this production at Tulsa Living Arts, slides shown upon structure, that makes an impact. Valery Lyman's story. I manipulated the atmosphere light but the projection on the structure is real.
These squirrels are certainly on the large side measuring up to 16 inches in length. This one photographed near the summit of Logan Pass in Montana was found in their typical mountain habitat.
At the time I took this photograph I didn't posses a zoom lens. As such even with a small crop it can be seen how tame the squirrel was.
In this photo, a young Arctic Ground Squirrel explores the grasses outside its den. I love the deep purple tundra grasses that surround the squirrel. I find it ironic that the year before, this same den was occupied by Red Fox, which hunt and kill Arctic Ground Squirrels.
Taken during a visit to Toronto Island photographed with a different perspective.
By the way that is me, photo taken from behind me!
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It sure wasn't easy to catch this guy at ground level... during take-off! 😁
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This dock isn't losing ground... it is losing the water it floats on! Cascade Lake is actually a reservoir and during the late summer, the impact on the water table is noticable as water is siphoned off the 40-mile long lake for irrigation. The dock will soon be high and dry on ground... the only water remaining at the northern end will be a small stream inear the oposite shore. When the rains and snow melt in teh springtime, the lake will fill again.
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While sunbathing in a 'hoyo' , one of the horseshoe shaped stone windbreaks that are on many beaches in Fuerteventura, we were visited by a family of Barbary ground squirrels .
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An area between two positions, mid ground is that point that defines what lay between the extremes. Many would challenge the placement of the main subject in the center of an image. However, Leonardo De Vinci might suggest otherwise. In his notes that are for public view in the Uffizi, (Art Gallery) located in Florence, Italy, one dissertation stands out. In it, he makes mention of a discovery he made around 1486. "Where two horizon lines meet two vertical lines (leaving nine equal areas), we are given four points of tension.
He was saying that if you wish to introduce tension to your painting, place the subject on one of the four points. Conversely, if you do not wish to introduce tension to your painting, do not place your subject on one of the four points. He looked at what we refer to as the "rule of thirds" in a very different way, Not as a tool for balance, but rather one of tension. Therefore, not wanting to introduce tension to my image, leads me to follow in the ways of Leonardo.
What's left of an old farm south of Winslow,IL.In looking at old historical views of this property,the old barn was gone by 1996,the large farmhouse was tore down in 2010.The concrete foundation that's left of the barn still houses old milk cans...
Now what! This newly fledged Barred Owlet didn't quite make his target to another branch and flapped all the way down to the ground for a soft landing close by. Looking a little confused and also looking pleased with his move! .... He did figure things out and after hopping around to a couple low stumps ect... he made it up into the trees. As did his other 3 siblings when they fledged.
These do not grow on a vine. They are individual plants each with a half dozen or so blooms. They dot the floor the woods like wildflowers in a field. thanks for the look and have a great evening.
Cardinals are ground feeders and you will often see them on the ground, scrounging for food. In this case, under the feeders and on my deck, works for him. Sometimes he picks off bird seed and drops it on the ground and then eats it. I have also seen him feed his mate. So sweet.