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Knot - Calidris Canutus
Norfolk
The knot is a medium-sized, short, stocky sandpiper that migrates to the UK in large numbers during winter from its Arctic breeding grounds. Commonly spotted feeding in estuaries around the coast, the largest numbers can be seen at high tide roosts in the depths of winter. A long-distance migrant, the knot can travel up to 15,000 km, stopping along the way at least once to feed. Knots eat invertebrates, molluscs and crustaceans which they find by probing their bills in the mud and sand; special sensory organs in their bill tips help them to detect buried prey in a similar fashion to the way echolocation works in bats.
The knot is fairly large and chunky, with short, green legs. In winter, they are silvery-grey on top and white underneath. In summer, they are brick-red underneath, with speckled, rust-brown upperparts. The bill is long, black and straight.
A common winter visitor to our coast, gathering in very large numbers on muddy estuaries.
Habitats
FreshwaterCoastalWetlands
Curious TinyTeddy climbed into this knot and got stuck there but was freed after the photo had been taken
No bear was hurt for this photo session :-)
Macro Size: 1 ¼" x 1 ¾"
Taken 25.09.2021 and
uploaded for the group
Macro Mondays #Knots
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
😄 Happy Macro Monday 😄
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Knot - Calidris Canutus
Norfolk
The knot is a medium-sized, short, stocky sandpiper that migrates to the UK in large numbers during winter from its Arctic breeding grounds. Commonly spotted feeding in estuaries around the coast, the largest numbers can be seen at high tide roosts in the depths of winter. A long-distance migrant, the knot can travel up to 15,000 km, stopping along the way at least once to feed. Knots eat invertebrates, molluscs and crustaceans which they find by probing their bills in the mud and sand; special sensory organs in their bill tips help them to detect buried prey in a similar fashion to the way echolocation works in bats.
The knot is fairly large and chunky, with short, green legs. In winter, they are silvery-grey on top and white underneath. In summer, they are brick-red underneath, with speckled, rust-brown upperparts. The bill is long, black and straight.
A common winter visitor to our coast, gathering in very large numbers on muddy estuaries.
Habitats
FreshwaterCoastalWetlands
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !
Today is a red day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Macro Mondays is knots.
And as Jean Toomer said:
« We learn the rope of life by untying its knots ». So here we go, a tiny yellow paper boat trying to untie a huge blue knots on its long sail adventure.
I hope you will like my interpretation of this theme.
FYI: my tiny boat is about 0,8cm long.
I have to go since I will have some huge knots to untie at my work for sure … It is a pretty much standard situation on Monday morning … wish me luck !!
Mucho, mucho amor for you all !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!
The Grapevine knot is the way to join two ends of a line to form s single line and is an excellent and reliable way of joining two climbing ropes. It can be used for a full rope-length abseil; after which it should still be possible to retrieve the rope. If tied wrongly it can fail. If you tie it and your life depends on it, inspect it carefully. If someone else ties it, inspect it extremely carefully.
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