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Jan 2016
Monglajodi, Orissa, India
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Nikon D7100 | AF-S NIKKOR 300MM F/4D IF-ED | AF-S TELECONVERTER TC-14E II
The IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, installed on its payload adapter, is being prepared for launch, at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 28 January 2015.
IXV will be launched 320 km into space on top of a Vega rocket, VV04, climbing up to 420 km before beginning a long glide back through the atmosphere. In the process, IXV will gather data on reentry conditions to help guide the design of future spaceplanes.
More about IXV: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV
Connect with IXV on Twitter: twitter.com/esa_ixv
Credit: ESA–M. Pedoussaut, 2015
Left: Wedjat-eye, faience, New Kingdom
Right: Wedjat-eye, faience, 3rd Intermediate Period-Late Period
Egypt of Glory exhibition, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki
From the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
9.10.2020-21.3.2021
The intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret, or yellow-billed egret (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. Some taxonomists put the species in the genus Egretta or Mesophoyx. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and Australia.
This species, as its scientific name implies, is intermediate in size between the great egret and smaller white egrets like the little egret and cattle egret, though nearer to little than great. It is about 56–72 cm (22–28 in) long with a 105–115 cm (41–45 in) wingspan and weighs c. 400 g (14 oz), with all-white plumage, generally dark legs and a thickish yellow bill. Breeding birds may have a reddish or black bill, greenish yellow gape skin, loose filamentous plumes on their breast and back, and dull yellow or pink on their upper legs (regional variations). The sexes are similar.
A QD (quick dispatch) job heads eastbound on the Cowen Sub, knocking down the Graveyard intermediates on the outskirts of Buckhannon, WV. This job handles all the non coal industries on the operation.
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Eurasian Wigeon EUWI (Anas penelope)
X American Wigeon AMWI (Anas americana)
Near mouth of Reay Creek
Bazan Bay
Sidney BC.
DSCN1205 EUWI X AMWI hybrid
This could be a back cross which favours EUWI
Typically hybrids show a stronger "AMWI" line differentiating 2 tones on face
Is this a bird ...
i had hoped to see again ??? hmmm... See comment box
however
Here are my surmisings
Red tones show that EUWI is involved and the lack of definition would seem to indicate a possible EUWI back cross
All the speckling and other face tones indicate AMWI influence
The flanks /sides are nicely intermediate between grey tones of EUWI and purple tones of AMWI
Further photo doc. of this bird before all the Wigeons migrate North , could be very interesting.
Would love to see what "prime" breeding plumage looks like.
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Bird watching is one component of my photography obsession. During the heat of summer most of the water birds I can see from my backyard disappeared ... presumably to cooler climes. However, they are starting to return and have discovered the conveniently located log on the edge of the lake.
Thanks to my friend Tyler for the chance to see some rare power on CP in the year 2013! CP 9134 & SOO 6044.
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
....from a visit to Buckley's Hole. Buckley's Hole Conservation Park is situated in the south-west corner of Bribie Island, the northern-most sand island in Moreton Bay, some 50 kilometres north of Brisbane. The park covers an area of 87.7 hectares and contains a freshwater lagoon, woodland, open forest and beach. It is this diversity of habitat that has led to such a large number of bird species being recorded in this small area, the present total standing at 270.
Intermediate egret
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The Intermediate Egret is intermediate in size between the Little Egret and the Great Egret. It is white with yellow bill and grey legs. In the breeding season the bill turns reddish and it develops plumes on back and chest. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size: 60cm - 70cm
Habitat: wetlands, swamps, flooded grassland
Food: fish, frog, crustaceans, insects
Breeding: nests in colonies in trees in swamps or mangroves. The nest is made of sticks. Lays three or four pale blue oval eggs in a stick nest. Often forms breeding colonies with other species of herons.
Range: Found in eastern and northern parts of Australia, including Victoria and most of New South Wales and Queensland, tropical north of Western Australia and Northern Territory. The Intermediate Egret is also found in Africa, India, south east Asia.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com)
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