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Well I may have jinxed things by saying that the Hoopoe in Collingham has been present for nearly a fortnight as it appears to have flown off overnight. One of the reasons I returned was because I wanted a decent photograph of it playing catch with a grub, in decent light. I know lots of other people have uploaded images of it tossing a Crane-fly larva into the air but here is my best effort. Crane-fly larvae (aka leatherjackets) feed on the roots of plants, especially grasses, and the absence of legs identifies it from any similar moth caterpillars or sawfly larvae. This Hoopoe would immerse the entire length of its bill into the soil and poke around intently, usually emerging with a leatherjacket in the tip of its bill. You then had to judge when it was likely to toss the grub into the air and be ready with the shutter. Each time it did this you could hear the machine-gun fire of dozens of cameras firing simultaneously. By good luck I managed to take many photographs of it with a grub in the air. I was never any good at catching things in my mouth yet this Hoopoe did it all the time. But if you think about it this is the only way it can get a morsel from its bill tip into its gullet. If I had, say, a peanut in my lips, I could manoeuvre my lips until the peanut was on my tongue, which would then manoeuvre it to my teeth to be chewed and swallowed. But birds' mouths are very different. This Hoopoe was picking up leatherjackets by the very tip of its forceps-like bill. But it doesn't have lips to manoeuvre it backwards, and its tongue is hard and far less flexible than ours. So the easiest way to get the leatherjacket from bill tip to gullet is to toss it in the air and catch it. It doesn't have teeth to chew its food, so maceration of food takes place in its gizzard ( a muscular organ near the start of the digestive tract). Birds that eat hard food like seeds eat grit which they retain in their gizzard to help grind up the food.
A long day in the city is enough to wear me out but I can never get this comfortable riding the subway.
Beautiful waders these!! This male was amazingly successful at catching leather jackets like this one caught as the sun began to sink over the mountain tops at dusk
The colours like a magpie are never just plain black and white. First thought and what looks like a flash of khaki on close inspection is a mass off stunning hues of green more beautiful than any jewellery or anything man could make !!
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Regards Clive
Her overall look with her jacket gave me a lot of Joan Jett vibes and I hoped a portrait (with her permission) wouldn't hurt her bad reputation.
Nikkor 24-70mm AFS f/2.8 @ f/5
Imagination - Music And Lights
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Music and lights
Music and lights
Forget your sorrow
Let it all fade away
Forget tomorrow
And let's start living for today
Let me take you through a night of ecstasy
I like to hear the sound of a mystic melody
In the spotlight with the music playing loud
No distraction together we have found
Let me show you all the glamour and the gold
Secret fantasies in a showbiz world
Music and lights
I'll sing and dance for you all night
Sequins and pearls
And lots of pretty girls
You've gotta have rhythm
Whenever you're dancing
And you glide across the floor
Your heart is singing
And they're calling out for more
Let me take you through a night of ecstasy
I like to hear the sound of a mystic melody
Music and lights
I'll sing and dance for you all night
Sequins and pearls
And lots of pretty girls
You've gotta have rhythm
Music and lights
I'll sing and dance for you all night
Sequins and pearls
And lots of pretty girls
Give me rhythm
Forget your sorrow
Let it all fade away
Forget tomorrow
Let's start living for today
Let me show you all the glamour and the gold
Secret fantasies in a showbiz world
Music and lights
I'll sing and dance for you all night
Sequins and pearls
And lots of pretty girls
You've gotta have rhythm
Music and lights
I'll sing and dance for you all night
Sequins and pearls
And lots of pretty girls
Give me rhythm, give me
Music and lights
Sequins and pearls
Rhythm
Music and lights
Sequins and pearls
Rhythm
Music and lights
Sequins and pearls
Rhythm
Music and lights
Sequins and pearls
You gotta have rhythm
Music and lights
Sequins and pearls
You gotta have rhythm
my weekly ai post
i spat my anger into the cold streets, wore my rage like armor. every sneer was a battle cry, every step a march against silence. behind every crooked brick and broken window, i planted my flag. this is not a smile — it’s a warning
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Wasp stopping for a drink and admiring his reflection in the water.
For the Smile on Saturday group theme Watch the W…
I told myself I would never photograph wasps for fear of getting stung.
The birds never visit our bird bath, but the wasps seem to love stopping by for a drink, …. and I needed a subject starting with ‘W’.
After taking a few photos, l realised that I could also capture a vague reflection of the wasp’s face in the water. Respectful caution was abandoned and my iphone was approaching much more closely than before to capture this photo.
Was I stung? Not while taking these photos, but waspish vengeance was enacted the next day when I was out for a walk and was stung on my arm!
This wasp is the common european leatherjacket or Vespa vulgaris
Dog, player, I get it
Fraud, player, I get it
I understand, I understand
You ain't the man, you ain't a man (you ain't nothing but a-)
Hound dog, hound dog, hound dog
You ain't nothing but a-
Player getting valeted 'round in that whole whip
Two fingers, set one down on my toes ten
Fueled out with my boobs out, put a cork in it
Love it when you be crying out when I'm corseted
I don't think you gon' make it, do not let me start raging
I'm losing my patience, this ain't staying in Vegas (you ain't nothing but a-)
Mostly seen amongst soft corals where its camouflage can be almost perfect. Often overlooked as a result.
Just playing in the garage and decided to shoot my old leather jacket and bike.
Just a quick snapshot so I
dont expect too much.
New ((Krature)) release at Abnormality in their August round.
TAXI: Badlands
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Leather is an applier HUD for Aii's Riptide tail. It combines two different scale patterns with additional custom leather materials. the scales are painted away to create a unique textural experience, with leather cut outs laying on top as if to piece together a patchwork jacket....but as a tail!
On a personal note, "leather" for nemissa was my first ever product, and I've never really figured out how to port it over to riptide, until now! The fin alphas have been completely re-cut to mimic the original aesthetic.
Each HUD comes with alpha hiders to customize your look further. You can set fins to mask or blend to push the Leather look or have it be more subtle. We suggest toggling the fins to be alpha masked with this particular design!
Leather is built on the Alienwaves. system so it is compatible with any tail that already has their scripts loaded in. The receiver script is also included in the box with instructions if this is your first applier purchase <3
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**Designed Exclusively for the Aii & Ego RIPTIDE Tail, you will need to buy this tail to use this product. You can purchase it from their mainstore**