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In the Middle Ages there were several population movements due to a significant demographic increase and the desire to conquer new land to cultivate and possess. It is within this context that the Walser migration took place. This German-speaking ethnic group from the northern areas of Valais, from which the origin of the Walser name, left their native settlements to move gradually and extremely peacefully towards the Alps and the area of Grisons, Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg and Tyrol. Evidence of the first settlements of this population in Valsesia date back to the beginning of the 13th notably in Rimella, Rima and Alagna.
The community, made up of shepherds, settled in cottages scattered along side the mountain and with hard work they transformed woodlands into productive pastures. The soil was turned over and even the highest slopes were cultivated and aqueducts for the retrieval of water thaw were also built.
This new form of economy created new grounds for personal freedom and community autonomy, unusual for a time when taxes and servitude were part of everyday life.
Their houses were examples of extraordinary architecture, which are still considered as engineering masterpieces, studied and structured in minute detail in order to gain maximum functionality because of the harsh environmental conditions. Normally arranged on three storeys, there is a stone basement, generally dry, with an upper area made out of wood and divided according to the use. The sloping roof is made out of local stone slabs, whose noteworthy weight is supported by a brilliant structure of roof beams.
Crow in the spotlight ...
Sony ILCE-7R
300mm F2.8 G
The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm (16–19 in) long with a 65–75 cm (26–30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and galericulata is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet.
The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back. The female is similar to female wood duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill.
Both the males and females have crests, but the crest is more pronounced on the male.
Like many other species of ducks, the male undergoes a moult after the mating season into eclipse plumage. When in eclipse plumage, the male looks similar to the female, but can be told apart by their bright yellow-orange beak, lack of any crest, and a less-pronounced eye-stripe.
Mandarin ducklings are almost identical in appearance to wood ducklings, and very similar to mallard ducklings. The ducklings can be distinguished from mallard ducklings because the eye-stripe of mandarin ducklings (and wood ducklings) stops at the eye, while in mallard ducklings it reaches all the way to the bill.
The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) (also called hoodie is a Eurasian bird species in the Corvus genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch crow and Danish crow. In Ireland it is called grey crow, just as in the Slavic languages and in Danish. In German it is called "mist crow" ("Nebelkrähe"). Found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East, it is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. Like other corvids, it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.
It is so similar in morphology and habits to the carrion crow (Corvus corone), for many years they were considered by most authorities to be geographical races of one species. Hybridization observed where their ranges overlapped added weight to this view. However, since 2002, the hooded crow has been elevated to full species status after closer observation; the hybridisation was less than expected and hybrids had decreased vigour. Within the hooded crow species, four subspecies are recognized, with one, the Mesopotamian crow, possibly distinct enough to warrant species status itself.
Except for the head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, which are black and mostly glossy, the plumage is ash-grey, the dark shafts giving it a streaky appearance. The bill and legs are black; the iris dark brown. Only one moult occurs, in autumn, as in other crow species. The male is the larger bird, otherwise the sexes are alike. Their flight is slow and heavy and usually straight. Their length varies from 48 to 52 cm (19 to 20 in). When first hatched, the young are much blacker than the parents. Juveniles have duller plumage with bluish or greyish eyes and initially a red mouth. Wingspan is 98 cm (39 in) and weight is on average 510 g.
The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae.
The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black speculum feathers which commonly also include iridescent blue feathers especially among males. Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes. This species is the main ancestor of most breeds of domesticated ducks.
The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species although it is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long (of which the body makes up around two-thirds), has a wingspan of 81–98 cm (32–39 in),[16] and weighs 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 25.7 to 30.6 cm (10.1 to 12.0 in), the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in) and the tarsus is 4.1 to 4.8 cm (1.6 to 1.9 in).
The breeding male mallard is unmistakable, with a glossy bottle-green head and white collar which demarcates the head from the purple-tinged brown breast, grey brown wings, and a pale grey belly. The rear of the male is black, with the dark tail having white borders. The bill of the male is a yellowish orange tipped with black while that of the female is generally darker ranging from black to mottled orange. The female mallard is predominantly mottled with each individual feather showing sharp contrast from buff to very dark brown, a coloration shared by most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe.
Owing to their highly 'malleable' genetic code, Mallards can display a large amount of variation, as seen here with this female, who displays faded or 'apricot' plumage.
Both male and female mallards have distinct iridescent purple blue speculum feathers edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest, though temporarily shed during the annual summer moult. Upon hatching, the plumage colouring of the duckling is yellow on the underside and face (with streaks by the eyes) and black on the back (with some yellow spots) all the way to the top and back of the head. Its legs and bill are also black. As it nears a month in age, the duckling's plumage will start becoming drab, looking more like the female (though its plumage is more streaked) and its legs will lose their dark grey colouring. Two months after hatching, the fledgling period has ended and the duckling is now a juvenile. Between three and four months of age, the juvenile can finally begin flying as its wings are fully developed for flight (which can be confirmed by the sight of purple speculum feathers). Its bill will soon lose its dark grey colouring and its sex can finally be distinguished visually by three factors. The bill colouring is yellow in males, black and orange for females. The breast feathers are reddish-brown for males, brown for females. The centre tail feather is curled for males (called a drake feather), straight for females.[citation needed]
During the final period of maturity leading up to adulthood (6–10 months of age), the plumage of female juveniles remains the same while the plumage of male juveniles slowly changes to its characteristic colours.[citation needed] This plumage change also applies to adult mallard males when they transition in and out of their non-breeding eclipse plumage at the beginning and the end of the summer moulting period. The adulthood age for mallards is 14 months and the average life expectancy is 3 years, but they can live to twenty.
In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.
A noisy species, the female has a deeper quack stereotypically associated with ducks. Male mallards also make a sound which is phonetically similar to that of the female, but it is a deep and raspy sound which can also sound like mek or whak. When incubating a nest, or when offspring are present, Females vocalise differently, making a call which sounds like a truncated version of the usual quack. They will also hiss if the nest or their offspring are threatened or interfered with.
The mallard is a rare example of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds. Bergmann's Rule, which states that polar forms tend to be larger than related ones from warmer climates, has numerous examples in birds. Allen's Rule says that appendages like ears tend to be smaller in polar forms to minimize heat loss, and larger in tropical and desert equivalents to facilitate heat diffusion, and that the polar taxa are stockier overall. Examples of this rule in birds are rare, as they lack external ears. However, the bill of ducks is very well supplied with blood vessels and is vulnerable to cold.[citation needed]
Due to the malleability of the mallard's genetic code, which gives it its vast interbreeding capability, mutations in the genes that decide plumage colour are very common and have resulted in a wide variety of hybrids such as Brewer's duck (mallard × gadwall, Anas strepera).
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Wikipedia
Went with my friend Shikaresh
He bought a 5D Mk II amd then the battery charger was'nt working......Hmmm Cannon'ers what's up ;-). He had to then get his backup 450d for the shoot.
This was taken from the 10th floor of a HDB complex. The traffic trails of a f22 exposure for about 10 secs. The sky was f13, ISO 200 off a single exposure .......
DRI - Sky comes off a single exposure. The traffic trails off 1 exposure. The buildings are a combination of blending n masking
Bospoldervos (Florentijn Hofman, 2020).
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
16 m long, 10 m high, 65 tons.
"Bospolder" was the old name of the area that is now this part of Rotterdam. Friom there, the fox entered the city. The plastic bag is a reference to the market nearby.
As we moved up and left we placed ourselves at increasing risk. With each hit of the ice axe I watched the snow slide down beside me. If the snow headed toward the saddle then I was pretty sure we would do the same if we had fallen. But at one point, as I watched the snow break off and slide past, I saw it skate down the slope before disappearing over the edge to the abyss.
It was at this point, not far from where I am in this shot that I placed our first piece of protection. I'll admit it wasn't the best placed bit of gear. The snow was soft underneath and the change in rope direction didn't help things as it naturally pulled in the wrong direction, but some protection is better than none at all...right?
It took us much longer than anticipated to get here and there was still some distance to go. Each movement was hard fought and I found myself grunting like a tennis player as I plunged the axe into the snow. Slow as it was though we were still making ground.
Photo by Conor Quinn
Huge icebergs detach from the glacier and float on the Lake Jokulsarlon These icebergs are seen in two shades: milky white and bright blue, which depends on the air trapped within the ice and is an interplay of light and ice crystals.
Jökulsárlón is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers. It is now 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) away from the ocean's edge and covers an area of about 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). It recently became the deepest lake in Iceland, at over 248 metres (814 ft), as glacial retreat extended its boundaries The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s. It is considered as one of the natural wonders of Iceland.(Wikipedia)
Today in 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first humans to drive a car on the lunar surface, the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The lightweight, electric car greatly increased the range of mobility and productivity on the scientific traverses for astronauts. The LRV weighed 462 pounds (77 pounds on the Moon) and could carry two suited astronauts, their gear and cameras, and several hundred pounds of bagged lunar samples. The LRV was designed and developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing. Here, David Scott waits in the LRV for the return trip to the Lunar Module, Falcon, with rocks and soil collected near the Hadley-Apennine landing site. Today, Marshall is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System, the backbone of NASA's exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
Image credit: NASA
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Because the Sumatran orangutans are only found on one small island, they are especially vulnerable to loss of habitat. Their populations have decreased as their forests are cut for timber and to accommodate increasing human populations in Indonesia. Adult females are also killed for their infants to be sold in the pet trade. Current estimates indicate there are only 20,000 to 30,000 orangutans left in the wild. Conservation efforts coupled with education programs provide the best hope for the future of this species.
I'm sitting here with the rainy weekend blues looking at some older photos. I came across this, which seems to fit with my increasing focus on wildlife. Shot somewhere in Death valley National Park last spring.
Late afternoon the wind increases and the kite surfers appear. On the weekend there are lots and I wonder how often their is a collision (although not on this day).
Ialyssos
Rhodes
Greece
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
Key information
Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. While the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What they eat:
Seeds and scraps.
Measurements:
Length:14-15cm
Wingspan:21-25.5cm
Weight:24-38g
Population:
UK breeding:5,300,000 pairs
Where and when to see them
House sparrows can be found from the centre of cities to the farmland of the countryside, they feed and breed near to people. It is a species vanishing from the centre of many cities, but is not uncommon in most towns and villages. It is absent from parts of the Scottish Highlands and is thinly distributed in most upland areas.
Breeding
House sparrows usually nest in loose colonies and since they don't defend a proper territory, nests can be as little as 20-30 cm apart.
How house sparrows nest
Nests are often placed in holes and crevices within buildings and they will readily use nestboxes. Free-standing nests are also frequently built, in creepers against walls and in thick hedges or conifers.
Pairs often remain faithful to their nest site and to each other for life, although a lost mate of either sex is normally replaced within days. A hole is filled with dry grass or straw with a nesting chamber lined with feathers, hairs, string and paper. Feathers may be plucked from a live pigeon!
The main nesting season is from April to August, although nesting has been recorded in all months. Most birds lay two or three clutches, but in a good year fourth attempts are not uncommon.
About house sparrow chicks
The female lays two to five eggs at daily intervals and often starts to incubate part way through egg-laying. Both sexes incubate, and the chicks hatch after 11-14 days. The parents share nesting duties equally. Chicks are brooded for 6-8 days, but can control their own body temperature only when 10 or 11 days old.
The youngsters are fed on a variety of invertebrates, including aphids, caterpillars, beetles and grasshoppers. Seeds and vegetable matter are also given, particularly during periods when invertebrates are scarce (e.g. cold weather) and become more important after the chicks leave the nest.
The young fledge 14-16 days after hatching. They are unable to feed themselves for about a week after leaving the nest and are cared for by their parents for around a fortnight. Post-fledging care is frequently left to the male as the hen prepares for the next brood. She can begin laying her next clutch of eggs within days of the previous brood leaving the nest.
Newly independent young often gather in large flocks, anywhere there is an abundance of seed, invertebrates and other suitable foods. These may be areas of wasteland or around garden feeding sites. Later, rural flocks may move on to grainfields to feed on the ripening grain, often joined by adult birds, once they have finished nesting. Flocks tend to break up through the autumn and birds return to their nesting colony sites.
Population trends
The house sparrow is common through most of its world range, and can tolerate a wide variety of climates.
The recent decline of house sparrows
UK house sparrow populations have fluctuated greatly over the centuries, with a gradual decline during the last 100 years.
Causes for the rapid recent declines, particularly in urban and suburban environments, remain largely undetermined, although research is underway that aims to establish the cause(s), and develop conservation solutions.
Declines in rural house sparrow populations are thought to be linked to changes in agricultural practices, particularly the loss of winter stubbles and improved hygiene measures around grain stores.
House sparrow numbers were not monitored adequately before the mid-1970s. Since then, numbers in rural England have nearly halved while numbers in towns and cities have declined by 60 per cent. Because of these large population declines, the house sparrow is now red-listed as a species of high conservation concern.
Relations with humans and other animals
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. However, control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
Their relationship with humans
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. For many they are the most familiar of wild animals, bringing life to city centres and other man-made places, bereft of wildlife.
The house sparrows partiality to grain crops and the damage and destruction this caused resulted in attempts to control their numbers. From the mid-18th century most parishes had sparrow clubs with the sole objective to destroy as many sparrows as possible. Bounties were paid for sparrows until the late 19th century, when it was accepted that the control measures did not work. Similar failures were recorded in a number of other European countries.
Ironically, as people in Europe were paid to kill sparrows as pests, others deliberately introduced them to places as far apart as Australia and New York. Initially they were welcomed, although later appreciation turned to serious concern for the impact on crops. By then sparrows had become well established and control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
How sparrows behave with other animals
Sparrows are aggressive tend to dominate feeders in gardens and prevent other birds from getting to the food. They harass other birds and steal their food and take over their nests, particularly house martins. The eviction and interference often results in a reduction in breeding success and can cause desertion of even large martin colonies.
Sparrows frequently tear to pieces the nests of martins and swallows and eject any eggs or chicks therein. The owners are unable to stop them.
Sparrows are very resilient and for their size have remarkably few serious predators. Main predators are domestic cats, owls (especially tawny) and sparrowhawks, but none are capable of affecting the size of the sparrow population, with the possible exception of localised effects by cats.
It takes 7 minutes to go from the West side of the LaHave River to the East, and this was a delight spent at night.
For more details increase the size.
After two consecutive days of a declining trend in the number of new people admitted to hospital with the Covid-19, Wednesday saw an increase in the number of new admissions, infections, and deaths. 668 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus bringing the total number of cases in Belgium to 4,937. The total number of people admitted to hospital on Wednesday was 2,152, an increase of 434 patients in one day. In addition, 56 new deaths have been reported bringing the total number of deaths in Belgium to 178.
We’re drawing strength out of an interview with Belgian’s lead virologist, Prof. Van Ranst who said in an interview with De Morgen “It is not as bad as it seems. Only, that is hard to explain. People expect to see an immediate drop, while a less sharp rise is the only thing we can hope for at the moment”… - Ghent, Belgium.
Hello, my Flickr friends.
It has been a while since I posted any photos. I have been on a nice long holiday over the December and beginning of January and have been far away from any computers. I am back at work now for a few weeks and combined with our Electricity “Loadshedding” have not yet had the chance to edit and post some photos.
Anyway, I will try to post some of my holiday photos over the next few weeks. Starting with this “bird series”. Hope you enjoy it.
Load shedding is a real pain. Some days we only have 3 and half hours of electricity at day and then some at night. Sometimes the breaker in the substation blows up because of this switching and then you are without power for a few days waiting on repairs. While also increasing the price of electricity year on year by between 30% and 18%! So, we basically pay more for less electricity.
Some interesting reads: [Eskom before and after load shedding](businesstech.co.za/news/energy/659045/eskom-before-and-af...)
[The economic consequences of load shedding in South Africa](www.tralac.org/discussions/article/7000-the-economic-cons...)
With increased business Alaska Railroad finds itself in need of additional power. In 2024 they picked up some ex PRLX , KCS SD70MACs. Now they have purchased two ex BNSF SD70MAC from Wells Fargo. ARR 8895 is seen at MEI East St Louis IL . The other purchased unit is 8901. Was told these will be wrapped once they get to Alaska.
Increased the ISO here to reduce the shutter speed in the low light to capture the train in motion ... to long a shutter and the train becomes too much of blur.
"As shipping traffic into Melbourne increased along the coast of Mornington Peninsula between Western Port and Port Phillip Bay, there was a high incidence of shipwrecks. So, in 1841 a committee was formed to find the best location for a new lighthouse. Cape Schanck was chosen for it’s location and high cliffs. 18 years later the first stone was laid and Cape Schanck Lighthouse became operational in 1859.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse was constructed using limestone blocks with a decorative bracketed gallery, rock face base course, tapered window and door openings and rare stone spiral staircase (one of only three pre 1863 surviving Lighthouses with a stone spiral staircase). The Lighthouse stands just 21 metres high and has been built on an 80-metre cliff the focal plain of the light is 100 metres above sea level. The range of the beacon is 26 nautical miles over the shipping lanes of the Bass Strait.
The Keeper’s Quarters (used for guest accommodation today) was built using the same limestone construction and provides a unique glimpse into the history of lighthouse life in a remote and dramatic natural setting.
Cape Schanck is considered by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to be the most original lighthouse under its jurisdiction. The original clockwork mechanism is still in place, though the light is now turned by an electric motor. The lighthouse was renovated from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The character code or signature code for the Cape Schanck Light is the Morse code letter “N”. This Morse code is unique to the Cape Schanck Lighthouse."
NS AC446CM 4404 leads a C44-9W around the curve after crossing the Wabash River at Attica, IN. The track that looks like it is jumping off the face of the earth is the one-time Wabash Covington Branch, now used to connect a grain elevator on the south edge of town. The track makes a connection to the fabled Chicago, Attica & Southern for most of the route to elevator, including passing the C&EI/CA&S depot and middle of the street running. The 4404 was rebuilt by Wabtec/GE (Ft. Worth, TX earlier this year from C44-9W 9220.
Photo by John Eagan
Water increase because of the rain, and please choose the one by which a flow becomes clear.
A mountain went to the deep valley stream.
I expect, it's clear for water, and, the quantity of water is also rich.
A heart danced in wonderful location in !
The place where a flow of water is also intense in particular at the inside for me, search
I walked.
The flow full of uplifting feeling what I have in mind did finally upstream
NI could touch.
The creature who rises at all freely flows in the condition for water.
charmed me repeatedly.
Future Professionals (students) are given an opportunity to increase their portfolio before graduating during a professional photo shoot held on the San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology campus. Future Professionals provide hair and makeup to their model.
more rock photos (increased contrast in some)
Endicott Arm, AK
rough guess image about 3.8m or 12' across (glaucus winged gull in another photo used for scale)
dark along bottom of image is where affected by tide
my lichen photos by genus - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections/7215762439...
my photos arranged by subject, e.g. mountains - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections
For some people, the river is home. The place of escape, the place of freedom. Every time I hang out with Rok, my knowledge about nature increases. He recognizes almost every bird, every plant, and he can tell you a lot of interesting things about them. Fly fishing is one of his passions, right next to kayaking. He is also an olympic silver medalist and a very inspiring human being.
Full series: www.behance.net/gallery/THE-RIVER-IS-HOME/11745441
I chose this photo as my favourite of 2018 for few reason.
First I wanted to explore more portraits this year, and even planned ahead portraits. I had the opportunity to explore some empty tunnels of Hong Kong with my friends one night. We had not much with us, just those two lights, one tripod and our cameras. Weather was heavy, and there was no air in the tunnel, but the photos that came out were good.
Then during the editing, I ended up playing with a few more tools than usual on Lightroom to reach this rainbow of colours and get this surreal atmosphere.
Landscape and Tree reflections in the still Guadalupe River. Central Texas, U.S.A.
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Day time duration increase from day to day (It's so good for morale don't you think ?) The sun isn't set when I go home anymore. So yesterday, it let me 20 minutes to enjoy some fantastic looking flakes. How long it was to walk home in order to fetch my macro equipment while seeing all these beauties melting on my coat. Fortuatly, I managed to catch this little one just before it got too dark ...
Following an increase in service on the 36 route another vehicle was required. Out of the blue a new Volvo B9 appeared. She was completely different in every single aspect and truth be known she was a pig to drive. After months of service she aquired the then obligatory reg plate X13VTD.... Strangely at the end of her lease she passed to an operator in Glasgow bizarrely keeping her X13VTD plate ? Suddenly In 2012 another single B9 was delivered for further service increase and numbered 3613 ( fleet numbers are very rarely used twice )
BF62UKZ was out of this world and was fantastic to drive. Fortunately she along with 3614 has been chosen to stay at Harrogate as strategic spare buses for the future and has been repainted and looks immaculate
Water increase because of the rain, and please choose the one by which a flow becomes clear.
A mountain went to the deep valley stream.
I expect, it's clear for water, and, the quantity of water is also rich.
A heart danced in wonderful location in !
The place where a flow of water is also intense in particular at the inside for me, search
I walked.
The flow full of uplifting feeling what I have in mind did finally upstream
NI could touch.
The creature who rises at all freely flows in the condition for water.
charmed me repeatedly.
Back Garden - the heavy frost meant an increase in numbers today, six was probably the max I actually saw at one time (the most I've seen together this winter), nowhere near the twenty five or more that I have seen on occasions in some past years.
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) is found throughout southern Europe and is a rare visitor to Britain, but with increasing frequency. The first British record was at Spurn, Yorkshire in 1966 but since then there have been several hundred records. The unusual name comes from the pendulous, bag-shaped nest they construct in trees in wetlands. The scientific name Remiz comes from the Polish name for this species. They are in a family that are closely related to the true Tits that are found across Eurasia and Africa, with a single example in America, the Verdin: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/3758668187/in/photolist (though Verdin is the only species that doesn't build a pendulous nest). They are absolutely tiny too, weighing less than 10g, which is a bit smaller than a Blue Tit. This is a male with a black mask, looking like a mini Red-backed Shrike www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/27323912890/in/photolist Females are duller and lack the face mask. I photographed this one in a Tamarisk in a marsh on the edge of Lake Bafa in Turkey.
Now ice snow increases and eventually thickness of ice to walk on and create Ice Hut for catching fish under ice snow.
Below Ice hut boxes now put on snow by shoreline….
15 September 2020: Despite several experts are expressing their concerns about the rapid increase in new coronavirus cases in the country, Belgium’s government will not gather earlier than planned to adjust the current measures. Last Monday, Belgium recorded a daily average of 470 new cases per day for the past week . On Thursday, however, a peak of 940 new cases was recorded. Virologists believe that the recent flair-up could still be contained if authorities will take appropriate measures. If we keep looking away now, we will be back to where we were in March. As displayed in below photograph downtown Ghent no longer feels like there is something frightful or life-threatening out there. The city starts buzzing as before… I’m holding my breath… - Recolletenlei, Ghent, Belgium.
Gulf Of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
I photographed the brown pelican in the Gulf of Mexico from a pier.
The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a North American bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae. It is one of three pelican species found in the Americas and one of two that feed by diving in water. It is found on the Atlantic Coast from Nova Scotia to the mouth of the Amazon River, and along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to northern Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.
The brown pelican mainly feeds on fish, but occasionally eats amphibians, crustaceans, and the eggs and nestlings of birds. It nests in colonies in secluded areas, often on islands, vegetated land among sand dunes, thickets of shrubs and trees, and mangroves.
It has been rated as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It was listed under the United States Endangered Species Act from 1970 to 2009, as pesticides such as dieldrin and DDT threatened its future in the Southeastern United States and California. In 1972, the use of DDT was banned in Florida, followed by the rest of the United States. Since then, the brown pelican's population has increased.