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This is another shot from Grasmere Lake on a very still September evening. I wanted to capture the concentric circles around the Swan. I used HDR again from a single RAW image.
This photo was short-listed by National Geographic for their 2015 Photo contest. It can be seen and downloaded as a wallpaper from here: photography.nationalgeographic.com/contest-2015/gallery/w...
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Jackdaw is absolutely fearless in the Kenwood cafe despite of many dogs there.
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The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag. It is around sixty centimetres long, and is all black with blue-green eyes. The little black cormorant is a small cormorant measuring 60–65 cm with all black plumage. The back has a greenish sheen. In breeding season, white feathers appear irregularly about the head and neck, with a whitish eyebrow evident. The plumage is a more fade brown afterwards. Males and females are identical in plumage. The long slender bill is grey, and legs and feet black. The iris of the adult is green and the juvenile brown. Immature birds have brown and black plumage. The little black cormorant ranges from the Malay Peninsula through Indonesia (but excluding Sumatra) and New Guinea (including the D'Entrecasteaux Islands) and throughout Australia. It is found in New Zealand's North Island. It is a predominantly freshwater species, found in bodies of water inland and occasionally sheltered coastal areas. It is almost always encountered in or near water. The little black cormorant feeds mainly on fish, and eats a higher proportion of fish than the frequently co-occurring little pied cormorant, which eats more decapods. 59100
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds which are used in the production of cooking oil.
The Helianthus annuus has a variety of purposes e.g. food for livestock, bird food, and planted in domestic gardens for aesthetics. The Helianthus annuus is known for its multiple flower heads, whereas the domestic sunflower often possesses a single large flower head atop an unbranched stem.
In the binomial name Helianthus annuus, the genus name is derived from the Greek ἥλιος : hḗlios 'sun' and ἄνθος : ánthos 'flower'. The species name annuus means 'annual' in Latin.
Common sunflower was one of several plants cultivated by Native Americans in prehistoric North America as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex. Although it was commonly accepted that the sunflower was first domesticated in what is now the southeastern US, roughly 5,000 years ago, there is evidence that it was first domesticated in Mexico around 2600 BCE. These crops were found in Tabasco, Mexico, at the San Andres dig site.
The earliest known examples in the US of a fully domesticated sunflower have been found in Tennessee, and date to around 2300 BCE. Other very early examples come from rockshelter sites in Eastern Kentucky. Many indigenous American peoples used the sunflower as the symbol of their solar deity, including the Aztecs and the Otomi of Mexico and the Incas in South America.
In 1510, early Spanish explorers encountered the sunflower in the Americas and carried its seeds back to Europe. Of the four plants known to have been domesticated in eastern North America and to have become important agricultural commodities, the sunflower is currently the most economically important.
Albufeira is a coastal city in the southern Algarve region of Portugal. It’s a former fishing village that has become a major holiday destination, with sandy beaches, [a waterfront promenade] and a busy nightlife strip. Local fishermen now use the modern marina, also a base for diving, dolphin-watching and boat trips.― Google
It was cool to watch her
Marie was hungry
Checked if the fish was breathing
Mouth to mouth resuscitation could be an option
I at least thought she was thinking that and I do have skills in being mental or call it good in telepathy if you want
You can just ask Mark, lol
She chose mouth to body and was eager to see if she managed to resusciate the fish
Home made by my children 3 years ago...!
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
Norman Vincent Peale~~
"Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness."
~Mo Rocca~
"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."
~Peg Bracken~
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!! :-)
" Now Mama's in the kitchen cookin'
And her children are fast asleep
It's time for Santa Claus to make his midnight creep 'cause
Santa Claus wants some lovin'
Santa Claus wants some lovin'"
Another shot of young Blackie, the baby blackbird from a few weeks ago as it went on an expedition through our garden. It is quite well grown up now and thriving! There are plenty of worms in this neck of the woods!
Happy Feathery Friday!
Cuckoo - Cuculus Canorus
Norfolk
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, e that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being seen to do so.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.
The scientific name is from Latin. Cuculus is "cuckoo" and canorus, "melodious ".
A study using stuffed bird models found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos that have barred underparts similar to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, a predatory bird. Eurasian reed warblers were found more aggressive to cuckoos that looked less hawk-like, meaning that the resemblance to the hawk helps the cuckoo to access the nests of potential hosts. Other small birds, great tits and blue tits, showed alarm and avoided attending feeders on seeing either (mounted) sparrowhawks or cuckoos; this implies that the cuckoo's hawklike appearance functions as protective mimicry, whether to reduce attacks by hawks or to make brood parasitism easier.
The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off. The whole process takes about 10 seconds. A female may visit up to 50 nests during a breeding season. Common cuckoos first breed at the age of two years.
More than 100 host species have been recorded: meadow pipit, dunnock and Eurasian reed warbler are the most common hosts in northern Europe; garden warbler, meadow pipit, pied wagtail and European robin in central Europe; brambling and common redstart in Finland; and great reed warbler in Hungary.
Studies were made of 90 great reed warbler nests in central Hungary. There was an "unusually high" frequency of common cuckoo parasitism, with 64% of the nests parasitised. Of the nests targeted by cuckoos, 64% contained one cuckoo egg, 23% had two, 10% had three and 3% had four common cuckoo eggs. In total, 58% of the common cuckoo eggs were laid in nests that were multiply parasitised. When laying eggs in nests already parasitised, the female cuckoos removed one egg at random, showing no discrimination between the great reed warbler eggs and those of other cuckoos.
It was found that nests close to cuckoo perches were most vulnerable: multiple parasitised nests were closest to the vantage points, and unparasitised nests were farthest away. Nearly all the nests "in close vicinity" to the vantage points were parasitised. More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying.
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Tracey Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau. It the heart of the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness. The Wilderness consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Both fjords are over 30 miles (48 km) long and one-fifth of their area is covered in ice.
This is a stunning series of waterfalls and it is hard to get the magnitude in a single shot, so I used a big lens to concentrate on some of the detail instead. I used a slowish shutter speed as I wanted to keep some structure in the water.
Krzywiń is a small town in the province Greater Poland, with approximately 1,700 inhabitants. It was a private clergy town belonging to the Benedictine abbot in Lubin. The first preserved mention of Krzywiń as a town comes from 1272. In 1382, the city was destroyed during domestic fights, the reconstruction took place half a century later. In 1447, the location privilege was renewed. The center of the development was a Market Square with a town hall (the present one comes from 1905) in the south-eastern frontage. In the middle of the Market Square there is a statue of St. Wawrzyniec street and the frontages are built with houses from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The market was revitalized in 2014 and is a major tourist attraction.
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Krzywiń jest małym miastem w woj. wielkopolskim, liczącym około 1700 mieszkańców. Było prywatnym miastem duchownym, należącym do opata benedyktynów w Lubiniu. Pierwsza zachowana wzmianka o Krzywiniu jako mieście pochodzi z 1272 roku. W 1382 roku miasto zostało zniszczone podczas walk domowych, odbudowa nastąpiła pół wieku później. W 1447 miało miejsce odnowienie przywileju lokacyjnego. Ośrodkiem zabudowy był czworoboczny rynek z ratuszem ( obecny pochodzi z 1905 roku) w pierzei południowo-wschodniej. Na środku Rynku znajduje się figura św. Wawrzyńca a pierzeje zabudowane są domami z przełomu XIX i XX wieku.
Rynek był rewitalizowany w roku 2014 i jest dużą atrakcją turystyczną.
Oonohama is a beautiful pebble beach. You can walk across the opposite island at low tide. Unfortunately, now is the tide high.
逢ヶ浜は小石海岸で、干潮時には向かいの小島(火山の根）に
歩いて渡れます。今は大潮の満潮です。
WSOR (probably L595 crew) is rolling through Brandon, WI. with grain and freight from Oshkosh, and 25 grain cars from Ripon. They will drop the freight at Horicon, pick up 2 more SD40-2's, and continue on to Granville, where the next crew will bring it to Chicago.
Life is definitely short for blossoms! The top bloom is fresh but the one below is only a day or two older and already the petals are curling as it starts to age. Both blooms are beautiful as they go through these phases. Celebrate the little things in life every day.
Rudolf is wearing his glowing onesy and ready to go!
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oh spirit take hold
be so bold as to break the ropes
that hold
me
to this mask
and undo the task
that they have placed on my face my hands and my heart
spirit take flight
that i might
that i could
that i should
put my hands on the sick
feed the hungry
and comfort the dying
with a full body contact
and let Your Spirit
protect me like a sauve
Workers in our neighbor's yard are tearing down an old garage. It is close to the property line, as is the workshop where Gracie Jo's "apartment" is, so the loud klonk sounds of debris tossed into a metal dumpster were just a few yards away. Sally saw her retreat across the street, to where she used to live, right after breakfast. The work came to a halt late morning, though, and the big trucks left. Gracie Jo appeared soon thereafter.
(This shot is "straight out of camera" except for a slight straightening. The reason I mention this is that it's so impossibly green! )
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Yet another colour photograph ... looking up through the ceiling/floor coin toss pool at the National Gallery.
Paul Simon "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GdegC2p8ek
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -
It is interesting how deep shade changes the color of the water. In other locations with more sunlight, the golden trees reflected gold in the water. Here in the shade the colors are entirely different.
This is a hybrid iris, developed from species native to Portugal, Spain, and North Africa.
Photo taken while on my visit to the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Boylston, Ma. June 8, 2023.
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This is called Yarn Bombing... and at the Stony Brook Museum, there are many trees that are covered in this colorful and very time consuming art form...
If you have never heard of this before, I thought I'd share... if you Google Yarn Bombing, you will see this is done all over the world!!
Plastic is so useful, functional - an everyday substance that we are urged not to use!
I've always thought of it as "use once and throw away" not something to be treasured and kept.
But these are my favourite Christmas baubles - I love them and use them in my photography whenever I can. And they are made of plastic!
Here nestling on a net curtain
For the Crazy Tuesday challenge: “made of plastic”
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My Festive images set: Here
A resident Leafbird that is found in forest areas around the country. The pair have a golden patch on their foreheads from which they get their name and are easily recognized by their colors and song. The distinctive colors provide perfect camouflage in the forest canopy and especially during the post rainy season when the trees are lush. They are active birds, often sighted moving around the canopies throughout the day and usually found alone or in pairs rather than large flocks.
These birds are also known for their the acrobatic skills often seen hanging upside down to reach nectar from blossoms or hunting insects from the undersides of leaves. Their diet is mainly nectar, berries, and small insects.
Beyond their color / beauty, they are also known for their vocal mimicry often imitating the calls of other birds, such as drongos or bulbuls.
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.... between "I like you" and "I love you? "
Beautifully answered by Buddha :
When you like a flower, you just pluck it.
But when you love a flower, you water it daily.
One who understand this, understands life.
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This is a super-wide angle view of the indoor waterfall in Jewel, Changi Airport, which offers visitors a unique experience. The huge open space in the Jewel centre houses a variety of plants which complement the attractive waterfall. There are hourly laser displays with colourful images projected onto the waterfall. This photograph was taken in between two of the laser shows.
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Under the water
It's cold and it's grey
My torrid autumn
Another season decays
Open up the hollow
And my walls come down
I'll tell you it's a problem
Just when no one's around
But then
I know what's wrong
God you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will draw my line
I will draw my line
Burning my cathedrals
'Cause I don't pray anymore
Look at all these people
These tragic little people
They're smiling and they don't know what for
But then
I know what's wrong
God you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will blur my line
I will blow my line
Our houses are haunted
Torn and deserted
They're made of my secrets and shame
Baby I want it
But I know I'm not worth it
I can't even sell you my name
But then
I know you're wrong
God, you took it all away from me
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will cross my line
I am crossing my line
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs