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Hidden in the hills and dales of Yorkshire lives a mighty eagle owl. These hefty birds are back here in the north of England after an absence that stretches back 1,000s of years. There is some debate as to whether eagle owls can be classified as native to Britain. There are fossil records that date back 700,000 years, but these stop at about 10,000 years ago and no one is sure whether these latest owls, of which there are estimated to be only 50 pairs in the country, are captive birds that have escaped into the wild or whether they have migrated here from Europe – a short flight for a bird with a 6ft wingspan
My hefty 135mm lens is far from ideal for little subjects like bees, but when you're looking at flowers and a bee lands on one, what can you do? My camera clicked before I knew it. :)
I was in the National Trust gardens at Nymans yesterday. It was really too hot for me, but I love to see this Sicilian honey garlic in flower. It seems the bees love it too. I may have been hot there yesterday, but it's been far worse today and there's more to come. I have a feeling I may stay home tomorrow and drink a lot of iced coffee. :)
From high mountains to high buildings : The Shared and the City hall. London 08.08.17, 14:13:04.Izakigur No. 6566.
"The Shard is London's tallest building by some way at 310 metres. Rising up beside London Bridge Railway station, it is home to office space, a 5 star hotel, restaurants, apartments and a public viewing gallery and open-air observation deck that offers an unrivaled view of the city.
The construction of the building followed a formal planning inquiry, ordered in 2002. At the conclusion of the inquiry the government released a statement which read, "Mr Prescott (Deputy Prime-Minister) would only approve skyscrapers of exceptional design. For a building of this size to be acceptable, the quality of its design is critical. He [Mr Prescott] is satisfied that the proposed tower is of the highest architectural quality."
An article in the Guardian in 2011 said this about the Shard, "What the Shard does do is change the sense of scale in the whole centre of the City. It's as if a zoom-out button has been pressed, making hefty works like Tate Modern and Tower Bridge look a bit smaller. This is not the first time such a shift has happened: Inigo Jones's Banqueting House, which now looks petite, once dwarfed its neighbours and buildings such as St Pancras station and Harrods led previous jumps in scale. The Shard happens to be the biggest yet. It is a visitation from a hyperverse where different dimensions apply and also different orders of money."
Renzo Piano says that, "The design of the building is determined by the site: the building is 'sculpted' naturally by the curve of the railway lines rising higher to the east towards London Bridge Tower, and lower to the west toward's Southwalk's Cathedral."
"The Shard (en français l'« éclat », l'« esquille » de verre), anciennement The London Bridge Tower, est un gratte-ciel de bureaux et de logements de luxe situé dans l'arrondissement de Southwark, sur la rive sud de la Tamise et face à la Cité de Londres (Royaume-Uni). Inaugurée le 5 juillet 2012, la tour fut baptisée The Shard à la suite des critiques qu'elle avait essuyées de la part d’English Heritage, qui affirmait que le bâtiment serait comme « un éclat de verre transperçant le cœur du vieux Londres » (A shard of glass through the heart of historic London)1.
Cette tour, qui au moment de son inauguration est l'immeuble le plus haut du Royaume-Uni et de l'Union européenne, appartient à un fonds d'investissement du Qatar et a coûté 1,8 Mds d'euros2. L'architecte Renzo Piano en est l'auteur. Le coût d'un appartement débute à 45M€.
The Shard a ouvert ses portes au public le 1er février 2013, deux étages étant réservés aux visites payantes, permettant ainsi d'offrir une des plus belles vues sur la capitale britannique3,4.
From the internet. "
Wikipédia & from the internet.
Please view images 1 and 2 for full sequence.
Both geese where fine after this hefty collision they carried on fighting for a while went there separate ways, no doubt a little sore and with wounded pride.
Mile marker 203
The gas gauge leaning on the edge of E
I'll be danged if the rain ain't pouring down
Something smoking underneath the hood
It's a-banging and a-clanging and it can't be good
It's another 50 miles to the nearest town
Everything I own is in the back in a Hefty bag
I'm outta cigarettes and I'm down to my last drag...
Pic taken at Mother Road - Mirage Hotel 66
Rolling through Albany with a hefty cut of Center Beams, 1807 stays in the sun as it works south past me. It would cloud up very quickly after this and stay so for most the day.
Did he or didn't he ... catch the salmon? When positioning yourself to be in position to capture the bears as they catch the jumping salmon, there are so many misses of "the shot". I'm talking about the photographer. LOL. Sure the bear misses as well, especially when the salmon twists its body in a way that the grab is no longer possible, but for the most part the bears don't expend much energy on an uncatchable salmon jump. Twitchy finger on the shutter, I also have to time it just right to get the shot. See, I'm not a big fan of the "spray and pray" photography session, since then I have to go back and check thousand of frames, so I always challenge myself ... with varying success. ;-).
Patience is the name of the game when photographing brown bears in their quest for salmon whether that be the run down the river, the jump off the bank into the river, or for the salmon making their valiant effort upstream to complete their circle of life. Quick reflexes are important too.
So, what did you decide? I'll tell you ... yes, in deed this hefty guy did in fact get his dinner in the successive images. I mean, you can tell he's quite the skilled fisherman, in a prime location for the catching too.
Hope that you enjoy this image and your Sunday as well.
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
One of the hardest things with photographing birds is getting the timing right. A lot of bird shots appear static and generally a bit dull (that includes my own)
I like to sit and wait for the bird to be a little more active, whether that's ducking for food or just having a good flap in the water.
I "only" had my 200mm with me at the time so this is a pretty hefty crop
So excited to be a part of the very first round of Anthem!
The event is already open and there, you can find our newest hairstyle - Savannah. It has a thick hefty braid in the back, and some loose strands on either side in the front. Every pack includes 3 fitted mesh sizes.
I really hope you guys check out the new event and our new release! ♥
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Today I spent the day at the BMW DP Tour at Wentworth, and it’s fair to say we were treated to some hefty rain spells, scattered throughout like dramatic interludes.
At times, the sky would darken suddenly, turning a deep slate grey as towering thunderclouds rolled in with theatrical force. The atmosphere felt heavy, electric—nature’s own commentary on the tournament below.
By the time I got home, golden hour had arrived, casting everything in a warm, forgiving light. I sent my drone up to chase the remnants of those storm clouds that had drenched us all day. This one here was still spilling its raindrops—only now, they shimmered in a soft orange hue, kissed by the sunset.
The town in the foreground is Welling, quietly basking beneath the drama above.
DBCargo Class 66004 in its “Climate Hero” paint job stands at Peterborough station on the Goods line just after a driver change over working 4L76 1927 East Mids Gateway TML DBC to Felixstowe South English Welsh & Scottish Railway with a pretty hefty load. 29/07/22
The Wood Stork.
Large, white Wood Storks wade through southeastern swamps and wetlands. Although this stork doesn't bring babies, it is a good flier, soaring on thermals with neck and legs outstretched. This bald-headed wading bird stands just over 3 feet tall, towering above almost all other wetland birds. It slowly walks through wetlands with its long, hefty bill down in the water feeling for fish and crustaceans. This ungainly looking stork roosts and nests in colonies in trees above standing water.
One of my favorite shots and experiences of the Lake State was this Z127 hammering back towards Wixom here at Buckhorn Lake Rd. The train is loaded down with a hefty 131 cars and 7300 tons. These 2 SD50's roar out of Holly with cars bound for interchange to the CSX at Wixom. The job has a bigger train today as the CSX D711 local from Port Huron brought in 35 cars of LPG the day before. The LSRC will deliver this train to the CSX in a siding around Wixom. Great sounds, cool signals, nice codeline, fall colors, excellent company, and a good crew, what more does a guy need!
The Bozeman Local is on the move back east to Bozeman from Logan. This job swaps cars with the Logan base local 4 days a week around mid-day. Today a hefty 50 car train has these 2 little geeps down to their knees as they pull the .8% grade leaving Logan into Manhattan.
A 1200 meter mountain in British Columbia. You can get up there by cable car and pay a hefty fee like I did, or walk up there like our Prime Minister did.
Hello There!
I am fortunate that Winnipeg has some wonderful parks to visit! This image was taken at English Garden in Assiniboine Park after a hefty rainfall.
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The 2020 Ferrari 812 Superfast is an example of what happens when an automaker commits to crafting a vehicle that offers the best performance money can buy. With almost 800 horses under the hood, this coupe provides brutish power, facilitating a zero-to-60-mph sprint that clocks in at less than three seconds. Fuel economy is poor, and the 812 Superfast's $330,000-plus price makes it accessible only to the very privileged few. Still, if you have deep pockets and a thirst for spectacular handling, this skilled Ferrari won't disappoint.
Ferrari's 812 Superfast gets its muscle from a 6.5-liter V-12 powerplant, and this engine delivers a bracing 788 horsepower and 529 lb-ft of torque. A seven-speed automatic transmission sends power to the rear wheels. The 812 Superfast holds a place among the quickest of the quick. In our track tests, it sprinted from zero to 60 mph in a scant 2.8 seconds. That's a dazzling performance, but it trails that of the McLaren 720S. That car made the run in just 2.7 seconds. Handling is nimble, especially when you consider this Ferrari's relatively hefty curb weight. The engine note is mellifluous, and the car's brakes are potent enough to bring this beast to a quick and decisive standstill.
Thanks to Car And Driver for the above.
An endemic bird of South Asia, found only in the forests of the western coast of India and Sri Lanka. These are small birds, just about the size of a Sunbird about 13 cms long, though much heftier.
This is a lifer for me and after seeing the pictures I was expecting a much larger bird. It took me a couple of times to get a decent view of the bird which forages deep in the bush. The forest was thick and in many places covered by lots of shadows. And there we sighted this bird - inside the thick bush expertly navigating amongst the branches and picking up insects and tree spiders.
The birds - just like other babblers - are a bit noisy and so it wasn't hard to figure the area they were active in, but it was quite challenging to sight the bird in the bush.
They are social birds and hence sighted in parties - we found large parties - more than half a dozen everytime.
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The KB&S is on the way back to Iroquois Junction, with a hefty size train from the CN. They picked up around 60 cars from the CN. They dropped a few tanks off at Beaverville, and then a good cut of empty grain hoppers at Donovan, to get reloaded. I found a little bit of color here, just south of Aroma Park.
SAHW with a pair of clean mac's rolls across the dried up Shuffle creek with a hefty train for Palestine and Jasonville. Leafs were falling fast while I twiddled my thumbs for an hour waiting on the train to roll across the bridge quickly bringing stick season upon us and possibly the last fall these Mac's will see.
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Peace Valley Park, PA. USA
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Belted Kingfishers are common along streams and shorelines across North America. You’ll probably hear a loud, rattling call before you see the kingfisher. Its large head and hefty bill give it a distinctive profile as it patrols its territory, using the open space above the water as a flyway.
Nikon Z9 camera with Nikon 500mm f 5.6 E PF lens.
1/3200 F5.6 ISO 320
I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Revelation 1:18
This grosbeaklike bird is olive above and pale below with a variable amount of dark streaking on the underparts. Also look for a short white eyebrow and a hefty dark bill. Beware, some subspecies are nearly unstreaked below. Fairly widespread but usually uncommon from Costa Rica east to Venezuela and south to Peru. Occurs in the lowlands up to around 1,600 m, mostly in scrubby forest edge and second growth. Listen for sweet whistled song, sometimes with a burry tone.
Reserva Jorupe, Ecuador. January 2010.
CSXT 8839 leads a hefty L423 (Lima to Cincinnati) south at "Owl Creek" just south of Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Floating in the pond in the shade of a weeping willow tree in Ambleside Park, West Vancouver.
Mallards are large ducks with hefty bodies, rounded heads, and wide, flat bills. Like many “dabbling ducks” the body is long and the tail rides high out of the water, giving a blunt shape. In flight their wings are broad and set back toward the rear.
Color Pattern
Male Mallards have a dark, iridescent-green head and bright yellow bill. The gray body is sandwiched between a brown breast and black rear. Females and juveniles are mottled brown with orange-and-brown bills. Both sexes have a white-bordered, blue “speculum” patch in the wing. All About Birds
Unwinding with Mrs Nikon, Cliffy the "instamatic" Minpin and a hefty Canon....a cocktail topped with a sunset....
What the Nikon saw..... flic.kr/p/UbX1Vo
'Flat headed Loon'. In summer plumage...The Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer with its catch of a Dab flat-fish on the Sound of Ulva, Mull. Thought to be the oldest bird species on the planet, The Great Northern Diver or Common Loon or Great Northern Loon.
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Great Northern Diver Notes...
This hefty diving bird is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen around the coast or occasionally on large inland lakes.
Species information
Category: Grebes and divers
Statistics
Length: around 80cm
Wingspan: 122-148cm
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Amber under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015).
When to see: Most likely to be seen in winter, or on migration in autumn and spring.
About
The great northern diver is a large water bird, which is mostly a winter visitor to the UK. Great northern divers breed in Greenland, Iceland and North America, where they're called common loons. There have been occasional records of them breeding in Scotland, but these are very rare.
They breed on large woodland lakes or pools on tundra, with the male and female working together to build the nest on an island or shoreline.. They are excellent swimmers, using their large feet to chase after small fish under the water.
Great northern divers usually spend the winter on the sea, favouring shallow areas close to shore. They can sometimes be seen migrating along the coast singly or in small flocks.
How to identify
Divers look a little bit like cormorants, swimming with their large bodies low in the water and their long neck held upright. The great northern diver is a hefty bird, with a thick neck and a large, heavy bill. They often look as if they have a big bump on the forehead.
In their winter plumage, adults have a plain black back, neck and head, with a white throat and belly, and a darker half-collar at the base of the neck. In their summer breeding plumage, they have a dark black head and neck with a black-and-white-striped patch on the side of the neck, and a black back with a white chequered pattern.
Distribution
In winter, great northern divers can most often be found off the coast of Scotland, northern, eastern and south-west England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. They can sometimes be found on inland lakes and reservoirs.
Habitats
CoastalWetlands
Did you know?
Great northern divers have a haunting call that is often used in films and television shows to add a wild or spooky atmosphere to a scene. It's often used in locations where divers aren't even found! WT Notes.
St. Louis is a city built with bricks. High quantities of locally-sourced rich red clay combined with a desire for sturdy, fireproof structures have made St. Louis "the brick city"; a place with urban fabric woven from kiln-fired red blocks laced with mortar that have supported the residences and industries across its region for the past two centuries. But just as bricks have represented structure and foundation in St. Louis's past, they now reflect how things have fallen in more recent times--particularly on the city's north side--as population and industry have abandoned the region for more optimistic futures someplace else. The historical brick-built building stock is quite literally crumbling as low demand and a lack of love and care make this iconic architectural style too weak to stand or too expensive to maintain. At the corner of Monroe and 2nd along the north riverfront, a pile of bricks that once stood as the eastern flank of a 1890-built warehouse lie scattered across a blank foundation, one of the latest victims as brick facades around the area meet a steady and frequent demise. A more vibrant shade of red, adorning that of the Terminal Railroad Association's hefty SD60I pair, flashes by the forlorn scene on the point of a 201 transfer job from the Terminal's Madison Yard moving cars to BNSF's Lindenwood Yard on the western edge of the city.
"Large, white Wood Storks wade through southeastern swamps and wetlands. Although this stork doesn't bring babies, it is a good flier, soaring on thermals with neck and legs outstretched. This bald-headed wading bird stands just over 3 feet tall, towering above almost all other wetland birds. It slowly walks through wetlands with its long, hefty bill down in the water feeling for fish and crustaceans. This ungainly looking stork roosts and nests in colonies in trees above standing water."
Large, white Wood Storks wade through southeastern swamps and wetlands. Although this stork doesn't bring babies, it is a good flier, soaring on thermals with neck and legs outstretched. This bald-headed wading bird stands just over 3 feet tall, towering above almost all other wetland birds. It slowly walks through wetlands with its long, hefty bill down in the water feeling for fish and crustaceans. This ungainly looking stork roosts and nests in colonies in trees above standing water.
The first county record for this southern tree frog species (Dryophytes cinereus) came from our North Georgia yard. In a good Summer one or two will roost in the daytime on the hefty pink hibiscus stems - usually as the very last plate-sized blossoms are just hanging on.
(One from my treefrog-in-pink series that I've never posted - and something different after all the dragonflies and butterflies! Shot with an EF 100mm f/2.8L prime macro lens)
Well, really an image from the zoo in Leipzig. The giraffes lined up nicely in the gap behind the flamingos. This was taken after a hefty rain shower that's why the colours are so vivid. The giraffes begging all the time through the rain to be let back into their tall and cosy house. I think the zoo did some redesigning of this area, so it might not look like this anymore. Wish I could visit to see for myself.
BNSF 9970 makes some noise at Greenland, CO as it hauls a loaded coal train up the Palmer Divide on a gorgeous February Afternoon.
Man i miss shooting these MACs.
The oft perilous stepping stones crossing the West Dart River near to Hexworthy on Dartmoor.
Even more perilous when you're loaded with a hefty camera bag and your sandals are loose on your feet, believe me!
Retired Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Judge, Henry Litton on "Peaceful Demonstrations " in HK, Nov, 7 2019:
"These are criminals ! ... MASKED WITH PROTECTIVE GEAR.", "Iron bars are wielded... which could kill if landed on the right place ... fire bombs are thrown at the police... . " "If the frontline "warriors' are not paid, how can they sustain these so long... NOT ONLY PAID but HEFTILY PAID !" ?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWPplfJD8c
An Independent America Journalist on HK Protests
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCHZG65Vros
Would any properly trained journalists stand right in front of the mobsters when the police are dispersing what President Trump described as rioters ? Hm. It's so sad that there are 99 fake to 1 genuine journalists in a hundred in Hong Kong these days. Many of them are journalists in name only as it only costs 20 to 30 cents to get registered and in many universities in Hong Kong , these permits --genuine or fake-- are literally "free" !
Here at 0:02 a "journalist" let go of a brick onto the floor when he was apprehended by the police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNnNSJT0N4E&t=4s
A Senior Barrister's view on HK Protests, Nov 2, 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSeqwOxMlAg
Troika, Yuan Chenye
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDRx1XE1N9U&list=RDlDRx1XE1N9...
Annie Fischer: Schubert Sonata in B flat D 960 (1968 )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWfRcGJtys
Radu Lupu - Live '17 - Haydn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Schubert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BatjiA6VPWI
Mozart and Chopin - live 1987
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWHhm-7ycCk
Schubert - 4 Impromptus Op. 90, D. 899
Lake States number 12 is westbound out of Trout Lake with a fairly hefty train. GP30's 717 and 708 are notched up as they battle the grade near MP447 on August 17, 1987. Late evening clouds are rolling in and I barely got the shot off in sunlight. By the time 15 cars had went by me I was in cloud shadows. We had a pretty hefty rain shower about a hour earlier and it just made everything seem so vibrant that evening. Consists like this made the SOO/Lake States era spectacular. I posted a closer view of this train 4 years ago but actually like this shot better as it shows the grade out of town that westbounds faced much better..
CN 5653 South passes the lone elevator at Bladworth Saskatchewan with a hefty train of MGLX empties for Last Mountain Railway in tow.
Since the B&O days, the iconic tilting target signal at North Vernon, IN has saw its share of changes. Just having one in service on a Class I in the 21st Century was an achievement in itself. Sadly, progress marches on and claims another victim. On May 2, 2022, CSX will dismantle the signal as part of its eastward push to upgrade infrastructure on the Indiana Subdivision. Word is it'll be saved, but where it will go remains to be seen.
Seen here in "better" times of August 1, 2020, CSX 2653 leads a hefty J780 through downtown NV, as it approaches the tilt target.
A Newark to Coshocton Turn job has just begun their return trip and is crossing the Muskingum River outside of Coshocton. The hefty construction of the steel bridge hails from when this was a double track route of the Pennsylvania Railroad west out of Pittsburgh.
The way I understand it, the 2175 was originally a GP38AC built for the L&N and subsequently rebuilt by the OC at Morgan Run shops and rebranded as a GP38-3.
Follow the footsteps.
This is a view of the newly formed temporary shoreline after the water level had been significantly lowered in 2019. These stumps had been buried beneath a dozen feet of water or more. The ripples in this shot were the result of a hefty stone thrown into the water by Ryan... thus inspiring the title of this image, "A Stone's Throw Away."
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Beneath clouds of contaminated fallout emissions spewed from the twin cooling towers of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station (or, perhaps, just innocuous clouds of steam), a script-sided and beaver-nosed Canadian Pacific rebuild heads up a hefty train #473 out of Leaf River, IL, running the former Milwaukee Road Chicago Subdivision on an afternoon westbound jaunt to Nahant Yard on the outskirts of the Quad Cities.
The recently restored Iglesia San Pedro is a delightful little colonial church built with indigenous or artisanal materials: chunky adobe walls and roof, a ceiling made from cardón (cactus wood) resembling shriveled tire tracks and, in lieu of nails, hefty leather straps. The church dates from the 17th century, though its present walls were built in 1745, and the bell tower was added in 1890.