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Hunting grounds for both the bird and the photographer ...
I don't know if the bird got it's catch but I certainly did.
Hotel grounds, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Erebidae
Sub-Family : Erebinae
Genus : Ophiusa
Species : Ophiusa tirhaca
Maybe not as spectacular as some of the Thailand moths but still quite attractive with forewings varying in colour from green to brown.
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This golden-crowned sparrow was one of several that would venture out of the grass onto the edge of the path for a bite, then go back in if perceived danger was detected. Spotted at Jackson Bottom wetlands.
A view of the fabulous 17th century gatehouse from inside the castle grounds, Stokesay castle, Shropshire.
This really is a splendid place, meticulously maintained. We celebrated my wife's birthday at their outdoor restaurant, then spent an hour or more walking the grounds.
www.sanysidroranch.com/ has all the details. We stayed here on our honeymoon. Rates have risen *significantly* since then.
A view of a portion of the grounds surrounding the 17th Century Buddhist Choshoji Temple in Aomori City in the far north prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.
Entry for the Kreative People group Treat This #203
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Do you like to get lost? Doing so at the close by mountain peak called Lisja Stjena ( Fox peak) back home it’s not that difficult to do. Chasing light at 1400m (4600ft) above the see level never gets dull. This particular trail brings a ton of feelings back and getting lost again in this beautiful landscapes is really exciting. What do you think?
Fairly common to uncommon summer migrant from winter grounds in Africa. Favors open mixed and deciduous woodland with clearings, parkland, larger gardens, churchyards. Tends to perch rather upright on exposed snags and other perches, sallying out for insects snatched in flight; often returns to the same perch. More easily identified by behavior than by plumage, which is drab: grayish brown above, dingy whitish below, with dusky streaking on crown and breast. (eBird)
Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria. May 2016.
A walk around the grounds around University of Canterbury club (Ilam). Some of the flowers are now past their prime but still a relaxing scene.
Evagelistria Monastery, the largest on Skiathos, is surrounded by beautiful grounds. It also served as a safe haven from invaders, hence the heavily fortified entrance gate.
Sculpture of J. Seward Johnson "Lakeside Table #1" (Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ)
J. Seward Johnson is best known for his life-size bronze statues, such as twenty-five-foot "Unconditional Surrender", based on a photograph "Kissing the War Goodbye" by Victor Jorgensen, "The Awakening", "Double Check ", "Hitchhiker", "Allow Me", "Déjeuner Déjà Vu"," First Ride". These sculptures have been placed in public settings throughout the world.
Another experimenting with the WDA, if we stop having rank rotten (I love rainy arty shots but this is just floods everywhere!) weather I will get out with the Brownie and get some new stuff!
Job 18:17 “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.”
Buff Breasted Sandpiper - Calidris subruficollis
A delicate dove-headed shorebird, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper is found primarily in migration in areas of short grass. It migrates primarily through the middle of the American continent from its arctic breeding grounds to southern South America.
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is unique among North American shorebirds in having a lek mating system. Males defend relatively small territories that provide no resources for females and are simply display sites to which females can be attracted. Females select a mate and then leave to nest and raise their chicks elsewhere.
It migrates mainly through central North America, and is uncommon on the coasts. It occurs as a regular wanderer to western Europe, and is not classed as rare in Great Britain or Ireland, where small flocks have occurred. Only the pectoral sandpiper is a more common American shorebird visitor to Europe.
This species nests as far north as Canada including Alaska on the ground, laying four eggs. The male has a display which includes raising the wings to display the white undersides, which is also given on migration, sometimes when no other buff-breasted sandpipers are present. Outside the breeding season, this bird is normally found on short-grass habitats such as airfields or golf-courses, rather than near water.
The National Botanic Garden of Wales in the former grounds of Middleton Hall in the River Tywi Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The gardens are both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse.
The Middleton family from Oswestry built a mansion here in the early 17th century. In 1789 Sir William Paxton bought the estate for £40,000 to create a water park. He used his great wealth to employ some of the finest creative minds of his day, including the eminent architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, whom he commissioned to design and build a new Middleton Hall.
Paxton created an ingenious water park. Water flowed around the estate via a system of interconnecting lakes, ponds and streams linked by a network of dams, water sluices, bridges, and cascades. Spring water was stored in elevated reservoirs that fed into a lead cistern on the mansion’s roof, allowing Paxton’s residence to enjoy piped running water and the very latest luxury, water closets.
In 1931, the mansion was completely gutted by fire, leaving only the walls standing, themselves covered in globules of molten lead from the melted roof. After this the estate fell into decline, and 20 years later the walls of the main house were pulled down. The site was then bought by Carmarthenshire County Council and leased to young farmers hoping to make their way into an agricultural career.
In 1978, interest had been captured by local walkers, who were keen to revive the splendour of what they could see around them. Setting up a fund-raising scheme, the little money raised led to the rediscovery of a number of historical features. The idea for a National Botanic Garden of Wales originated from the Welsh artist, William Wilkins, whose aunt had described to him the ruins of an elaborate water features she had discovered while walking in the local woods at Pont Felin Gat. Under the guidance of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust, an application was made to the Millennium Commission to fund Britain’s first national botanic garden for 200 years.
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Cerulean Warblers nests in old growth deciduous forests. Once on their nesting grounds, they hang out at the very top of the canopies. From the forest floor, birdwatchers will have no problem hearing the little warbler's song and can with time and effort even see the little bird flit from tree to tree or branch to branch. The Cerulean provides its fans with a classic case of warbler neck.
Photographing this bird is very hard because one must lean backwards and shoot straight up, and those efforts have given me barely passable 'proof pics' in the past.
This year, however, I found a small area in the far southwestern corner of Michigan of old growth forest with nesting Cerulean Warblers that lay in a depression. From the road above the depression, I was able to photograph a Cerulean at a nearly straight level or at least an acceptable upward angle.
Needless to say, I was very happy to photograph this bird in gleaming sunlight. Sadly, the Cerulean is suffering falling population numbers due to habitat loss. My hope is we will preserve the forests he needs so he may always be with us.
IC #1021 rounds the curve at 35th Street near the site of the tomb of Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois Senator and lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad. The infamous Union prisoner-of-war camp, Camp Douglas, was located just north of here on land that Douglas sold to the State of Illinois in 1861. Dubbed "Andersonville of the North", it is estimated that over 6,000 Confederate prisoners died in the camp and are buried in Oak Woods Cemetery off 67th Street.
Friston Place was built by the early-16th-century on land previously granted by charter from Edward I to William Boyd Etchingham, and subsequently owned by the Lords de la Warr and the Potman family.Around 1500, a Thomas Selwyn acquired the land by marriage to Margery Potman and probably enlarged an existing 14th-century building into the timber-framed Wealden hall-house.
Friston Place is situated in a valley, a ‘deep dell' (Lower), of the South Downs, sheltered on all sides by Friston Forest and with wooded hills to the north. The site, which covers some 15 hectares, comprises the house and ornamental gardens. It lies some 7 kilometres south of the A22 Eastbourne to London road, 400 metres west of the village of Friston. The site is bounded on the east side by Jevington Road (the Friston to Polegate road) and to the north, south and west by Friston Forest.
Working in the sun for extended periods is no joke and many Thai manual workers dress up with their skin completely covered to make sure they don't burn. It looked a little extreme at first but is probably very sensible
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In the grounds of Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England.