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Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris
Highlands, Scotland.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.
Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.
Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.
In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).
The Kingsville dock is located on the north shore of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario. Not only is it the home of many commercial fishing boats, but also serves as the winter dock for the MV Pelee Islander ll. This ferry, along with it’s fleet mate the MV Jiimaan, transports people and vehicles from March to December to Pelee Island, the most southern inhabited part of Canada.
Navigando tra gli atolli mauriziani
perdonate la scarsa definizione dovuta al passaggio da una vecchia stampa al digitale
The Out-Islanders, 1961
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ένα απόγευμα στην ανεμοδαρμένη παραλία με ένα φίλο και οδηγό μία γάτα σε μια εξερεύνηση μιας θέας που δεν ολοκληρώθηκε ποτέ, η γάτα προσεκτική εξαφανίστηκε εκεί κοντά και εμείς χωρίς εφόδια να προχωρήσουμε πέρα από τις λακκούβες, εστιάσαμε στον ουρανό σε μία από αυτές χωρίς να αντικρίσουμε τη σαγηνευτική και ταραγμένη θάλασσα - μέδουσα, βαπτίσαμε δημιουργικό οίστρο την εμφανή ταραχή αυτού που επέστρεψε από εκεί και αποχωρήσαμε άπρακτοι, ίσως κάποια άλλη φορά... για παρηγοριά μία εικόνα και ένα τραγούδι, ελπίζω ταιριαστά
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Song by
Music: Robert Maxwell, 1953 harp instrumental (first recording)
Lyrics: Carl Sigman, 1953
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First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore
Then rolls out to sea
And the sea is very still once more
So I rush to your side
Like the oncoming tide
With one burning thought
Will your arms open wide
At last we're face to face
And as we kiss through an embrace
I can tell, I, I can feel
You are love, you are real
Really mine in the rain
In the dark, in the sun
Like the tide at its ebb
I'm at peace in the web of your arms
Ebb tide
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It's fun to watch a "draw bridge" in operation (unless you are in a hurry, and stuck in the auto traffic waiting for the bridge to re-open).
The Charlevoix Bridge, a 1948 bascule bridge, replaced an earlier bridge over the Pine River in downtown Charlevoix, Michigan. The Pine River Canal, dredged in 1870, connected Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix. Boat traffic using the canal first enters Round Lake, a popular Charlevoix harbor, before entering Lake Charlevoix.
The large boat in the picture is the "Beaver Islander", a ferry boat to Beaver Island. The smaller boat, "Heather B" is a towing vessel.
Dedicata di cuore a tutti i miei amici flickeriani che con passione hanno seguito il mio percorso fotografico sulla splendida isola di Ventotene
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A small handmade outrigger boat contrasts with a small freighter vessel off shore from the city of Legazpi, Philippines. Small outriggers are usually paddle boats with small motors used to get people short distances between one side of the bay or between islands and for fishing.
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Canadian Pacific GP38AC 3002 rests next to lines of stored GSNX coal hoppers at Muskego Yard, Milwaukee, after being dropped off by a manifest. The 3002 is one of a batch of nineteen GP38ACs built by Canada's GMDD in 1970-71. The GP38AC, as built by both GMDD and EMD, is essentially a standard GP38 but uses an AR-10 alternator instead of the GP38's generator. 261 units were produced for ten railroads and one utility company; almost all that have not been scrapped have since been rebuilt, but CP's are an exception. They are also notable for the fact that, for a significant portion of their careers, a group was assigned to CP's isolated trackage on Vancouver Island, BC, where they were at some point relettered for E&N Railfreight (Esquimalt & Nanaimo, today's Southern Railway of Vancouver Island, a subsidiary of the Washington Group's Southern Railway of British Columbia, SRY) before being returned to the rest of the CP system (obviously they were re-relettered). A standard geep at Muskego was a sight for sore eyes, as GP33C-ECOs have been the mainstays of yard and local power in Milwaukee for a number of years now. This unit would later go on to Portage, for local work based from there.
With a M249 SAW in hand, ready to protect his island!
Heavily inspired by Mike the Alaskan boi and The Chef!
Oh, this IS my photo.
A Cape Island style fishing boat, mostly used for lobster fishing, is an inshore motor fishing boat found across Atlantic Canada having a single keeled flat bottom at the stern and more rounded towards the bow. The Cape Island style boat is famous for its large step up to the bow. They are known for being good "sea" boats, and riding the swells well. The design originated on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia about 1905.
Mural by artist Marka_27 (Victor Quinonez)
The mural pays tribute to the Lenapehoking (Brooklyn), Ramapo Munsee Lunaape Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and global indigenous communities. The figures are surrounded by sacred symbols, patterns and flowing water.
A few of my teen islanders performing a dance for Tangaroa, god of the sea. For Miss Teen USA on InSim. Interesting tidbit: Tangaroa is described as being yellow-haired, so when Pacific islanders encountered Europeans for the first time, they thought they were his children.
"No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself." -Denis Waitley
This ferry has apparently taken the place of the Sugar Islander II as it has been in dry dock at MCM Marine in the Soo for quite sometime.
Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Nikon D850
AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED
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