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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.
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).
Happy Fence Friday
This place is in Port Aransas, TX
They probably stayed up nights trying to come up with a name for the place. I didn't go in. It looked expensive
Happy weekend everyone
Dedicata di cuore a tutti i miei amici flickeriani che con passione hanno seguito il mio percorso fotografico sulla splendida isola di Ventotene
Gebänderter Fidschileguan ♂ (Brachylophus fasciatus)
Der Gebänderte Fidschileguan (Brachylophus fasciatus) ist eine von vier Arten der Fidschileguane.
Der Gebänderte Fidschileguan erreicht eine Kopf-Rumpf-Länge von durchschnittlich 17 bis 18 Zentimetern. Die Gesamtlänge liegt bei rund 70 Zentimetern, der Schwanz kann also über 40 Zentimeter lang werden. Das Gewicht beträgt bis zu 200 Gramm. Es gibt aber auch größere Exemplare mit fast einem Meter Länge. Er ist somit ein großer Vertreter aus der Familie der Leguane, jedoch kleiner als der Grüne Leguan, dem er ähnlich sieht. Die Tiere haben einen flachen Körperbau. Auf dem Rücken tragen sie einen kleinen, kaum sichtbaren Kamm. Der lange Schwanz läuft zum Ende hin spitz zu. Die Finger und die Zehen sind mit sehr langen, spitzen Krallen versehen. Das Weibchen ist einheitlich grün gefärbt. Das Männchen hingegen trägt ein Bändermuster aus hellgrünen und dunkelgrünen, dicken Querstreifen am Körper, der Hals ist mit einem hellen Fleck versehen.
The Banded Fijiguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) ♂ is one of four species of Fijian iguanas.
The banded Fijiguana reaches an average head-torso length of 17 to 18 centimeters. The total length is around 70 centimetres, so the tail can be over 40 centimetres long. The weight is up to 200 grams. But there are also larger specimens with a length of almost one meter. It is therefore a large representative of the iguana family, but smaller than the green iguana, which it looks like. The animals have a flat physique. On their backs they wear a small, barely visible comb. The long tail tapers towards the end. The fingers and toes are provided with very long, pointed claws. The female is uniformly green in colour. The male, on the other hand, wears a ribbon pattern of light green and dark green, thick horizontal stripes on the body, the neck is provided with a light spot.
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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.
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.
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.
Flip flops, swim trunks, and a T-shirt for sunrise photography? I need more of that in my daily regimen!
"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
The well known Islanders are having a party because that is my last Iron builder entry.
This is my 13th build for the Iron Builder with Matthew De Lanoy.
The seed part is the Brick Round 2x2 Dome Bottom.