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A text In English:
The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, so called from its forked tail, is one of the largest hummingbirds in cities and gardens, but it also occurs in gallery forests, bushy pastures and edges of woods or coppices. It is green, except for the blue head and upper breast, turning to iridescent purple according to the direction of light; it has dark wings and a heavy black bill. The tail is dark blue with the external feathers longer than central ones. It is very aggressive and attacks other hummingbirds that dare to visit flowers in certain trees. Where the flowers are available for many months, the individual is fiercely territorial, but generally needs to search soon for other flowering plants. It flies to catch small insets on or under leaves in the gallery forests or woodlands. The female builds a small cup-shaped nest saddled on a branch, not far from the main trunk in the shade of leaves. Perched on favorite branches, the male can utter long but low chirps. Once in a while, it interrupts these singing sessions to feed, and flies back for more song or to clean the plumage. They occur from the Guianas and Amazon River to Paraguay and southeastern Peru. They can get along with partially deforested zones, but may disappear with intensive agriculture and with the development of treeless cities.
Um texto em Português:
Beija-flor Tesoura (Eupetomena macroura), fotografado em Brasília-DF, Brasil.
Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, 1788): tesoura; swallow-tailed hummingbird c.
Destaca-se das espécies estudadas pelo maior porte e pela cauda comprida e bifurcada, o que lhe valeu o nome popular. Como é comum entre os beija-flores, é uma espécie agressiva que disputa com outras o seu território e fontes de alimento.
Nidificação: o ninho, em forma de tigela, é assentado numa forquilha de arbusto ou árvores, a cerca de 2 a 3 m do solo. O material utilizado na construção é composto por fibras vegetais incluindo painas, musgos e liquens, aderidos externamente com teias de aranhas.
Hábitat: capoeiras, cerrados, borda de matas e jardins.
Tamanho: 17,0 cm
Haughley church was my very first stop during my stay in Suffolk, over the next few days of intensive cycling I'd visit over 60 more, but the timing of my arrival this day only allowed an afternoon's ride so I headed up to Stowmarket to explore a few more familiar places to start with (I would have started by revisiting Stowmarket church but it was out of bounds to me once I picked up my hire bike at the station owing to the railway line being blocked for maintenance, and the bike far too heavy to lug back over the footbridge!).
I'd last been to Haughley with my aunt who lives locally and often plays the organ here (along with many other local churches), she'd given me a demonstration on the organ here on my previous flying visit here ten years ago (so I planned to pay her a surprise visit following a few stops en route). However I'd known of this place before from childhood visits to the area, and at the time this church used to weirdly pop into my head during mass (during the line 'May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his church', only I'd hear the last bit in my head as "for our good and the good of Haughley's church", so I reckoned it must be a very special place! ;-)
The church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, an unusual dedication today but not originally so. It is a handsome edifice situated in the western part of this most attractive village and its south west tower also serves as the porch. Alarm bells went off when I realised something was going on inside the church so I imagined this might be a very short visit, but it was actually their flower festival so visitors were warmly welcomed. Everything looked very festive inside and pleasant music was playing, the only down side being the fine medieval font I remembered admiring on my previous trip was completely concealed from view by one of the displays (so I'll have to upload one of my poor quality older shots of it).
The interior has experienced significant 19th century restoration but it hasn't been spoiled by it, the 15th century carved roofs are highly attractive (however restored, the carved angels in the south aisle are Victorian replacements for the lost originals) and the Victorian glass is confined to the south aisle, otherwise the windows are plain and the interior remains quite bright. The chancel has a boarded wooden tunnel-vault which must enhance acoustics for the choir.
I've found Haughley church open on both visits, though I believe this hasn't always been the case and a keyholder should be listed for anyone who finds it locked.
Students in Bill Roberts' Intensive Studio class work on their tiny house projects towards the end of winter term , 2022. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Rick (Holland), Joonas (Finland), Toni (Finland...you can barely see the side if his face), Suvi (Finland), Maria (Czech Rep.), Ben (Belgium), can't remember (Finland), Karolina (Finland)
Design by: Helena Chmelikova
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