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Greyfriars Burial Ground in Perth is being managed as a "biodiversity bank", in which wildflowers, butterflies and insects are encouraged to flourish: and that the grasses are cut at the end of the summer after the flowers have seeded.
It's actually quite suprising how often you see a "ground" hornbill in a tree! There were 4 of them in this tree.
Shingwedzi area
Kruger National Park
Limpopo
South Africa
The Southern Ground Hornbill is a large bird; at 90 to 129 cm (36 to 51 in) long and a weight of 3.2 to 6.2 kg (7-13.6 lbs), it is the largest species of hornbill. Males are larger than females.
Adult male: Characterized by black plumage and vivid red-coloured face and throat pouches. The white tips of the wings (primary feathers) seen in flight are another diagnostic characteristic. The beak is black, straight and presents a casque.
Adult female: Similar to the male, but has a smaller bill and casque than the male, and a small blue throat patch between the red throat pouches.
Juvenile: The plumage is sooty brown, and the bare facial skin is dull cream to yellow.
Habitat:
Its habitat comprises savannahs, woodlands and grasslands.
I posted a drone pic of the same train at this location a couple of weeks ago, this is the conventional ground level view. Hauled by CSR022/024, SCT Logistics service 7PG1 from Perth in Western Australia to Parkes in New South Wales on 24 April 2023. A year ago this area had been the scene of a serious washaway that closed the transcontinental rail line for over three weeks.
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Clachan Duich is the ancient church and burial ground of the MacRaes of Kintail. Situated close to the head of Loch Duich, Clachan Duich has been in existence since at least 1050 and probably was in use much earlier.
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Spring Roid Week 2016 Day 6
I missed day 5 with a busy day yesterday but this sight stopped me on my drive yesterday and knew I needed a shot for Roid Week. (even if my focus was poor)
converted Polaroid 110b
expired Fuji FP100 film
Derby in north-eastern Tasmania is just over 100 kilometres from Launceston on the Ringarooma River. Here in the late 19th century tin mining became the primary focus of the settlement. Behind that hill in the background of this photograph is the remains of over a century of diggings. We'll come back to Derby sometime soon and see how this pretty little town has dealt with the changes.
But I couldn't resist posting this shot along with my other landscapes today. Here is the historic grandstand of the Derby cricket and football clubs. As you can see from the state of the ground, it has been many years since it was last used. Like so many little towns around the state, sporting clubs have ceased to exist because the once steady supply of able bodied young men is no longer present to make up sufficient numbers for teams.
The last game of the truly indigenous Australian Football code was played here in 1972. Because cricket can be played to an older age, and requires fewer players, the cricket club continued until 2001. This grandstand now stands as a last memory of the days when country sport was the primary means of uniting far flung communities.
Here is some more historical information about this ground by Vin Maskell and Chris Rees:
Up close with a small (around 2 cm.) carabid ground beetle in the Mojave Desert. These little predators are usually found running across the sand almost nonstop, but I saw this one on a cool and rainy day, so it sat still for a portrait.
It's not that I am obsessed with red-browed finches (Neochmia temporalis). They were just coincidentally queued so that you got one on a grass stem a few days ago and this one today.
This one was part of a flock feeding on this cropped grassy patch. The light was just too good for me to ignore them. This one? It was very aware of me, careless and quite happy to pose.
I rarely see a Northern Flicker on the ground, maybe this one likes dandelions?
At Fort C.F. Smith Park, Arlington VA.
View LARGE for the best look at this Flicker.
Multiple exposure (straight out of the camera)
Ground zero and One Trade Centre
Manhattan New York, USA
We interrupt or seemingly incessant postings of Mount Rainier and it's surrounding area to broadcast this important finding.
As you know, I'm a super secret agent for SIMPLE, (Space Invaders Monitoring and Protective League Entente), and for the past several months I've been undercover searching for the source of the Corona Virus as I was certain it stemmed from outer space, but no, here deep in the mines beneath their secret location in North Korea the insidious plot at world domination has been discovered. As it turns out, missiles cost a lot of money, but bugs are free....
Disclaimer: NOTHING above this disclaimer is true... :-) HSS
I've been working seven day weeks for over a month, I did get a weekend a couple weeks ago but spent it with the fam. Then while the zombie apocalypse broke out we were on vacation so I've been off for a LONG time. I have a grand total of 12 pics for the year so far and so.... I'll be checking in today and happily sitting on my backside one more day before I find out what kind of hell awaits me back in the real world tomorrow.
At the other end of the spectrum, this plant world miniature, ground carnivorous plant wasn't all that far from the Fig Bird. These were so tiny as to be almost invisible unless down on all fours. They were alive in one little moist area about a metre square beside the track and that was it. I guess they eat ants! Or other small insects that blunder into them of course...ants are close!
Thanks to Basil for identifying this as a Sun Dew.
Ningi, Queensland
it's like somebody took my place
i ain't even playing my own game
the rules have changed well I didn't know
there are things in my life I can't control
i feel the chaos around me
a thing I don't try to deny
i'd better learn to accept that
there's a part of my life that will go away
dark is the night, cold is the ground
in the circular solitude of my heart
as one who strives a hill to climb
i am sure I'll come through I don't know how
they say an end can be a start
feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
i'm losing my balance on the tight rope
tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...
if I ever feel better
Five weeks today we will be in the air on our way to South Africa - I can't believe how fast the time is going.
when i lived in california i used to go to the lake 3 to 4 times a week in the early morning hours with 4 lbs of peanuts. i loved spending my mornings with these guys, they're so friendly and social.
A giant chunk of sandstone jutting up out of the ground in Arches National Park.
This area just looks so much more dramatic in black and white.