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Spirobranchus giganteus is similar to most tube-building polychaetes. It has a tubular, segmented body of an approximate length of 3.8 cm (1.5 in) covered with chaetae, small appendages that aid the worm's mobility. Because it does not move outside its tube, this worm does not have any specialized appendages for movement or swimming.
The worms' most distinct features are two "crowns" shaped like Christmas trees. These are highly modified prostomial palps, which are specialized mouth appendages. Each spiral is composed of feather-like tentacles called radioles, which are heavily ciliated and cause any prey trapped in them to be transported to the worm's mouth. While they are primarily feeding structures, S. giganteus also uses its radioles for respiration; hence, the structures commonly are called "gills".
One major difference between Christmas tree worms and the closely related Sabellida fan worms is that the latter do not have any specialized body structures to plug their tube holes when they withdraw into them. S. giganteus, like other members of its family, possesses a modified radiole, usually called the operculum, that it uses to secure its hole when withdrawn into its tube.
As an annelid, S. giganteus possesses a complete digestive system and has a well-developed closed circulatory system. Like other annelids, these worms possess well-developed nervous systems with a central brain and many supporting ganglia, including pedal ganglia, unique to the Polychaeta. Like other polychaetes, S. giganteus excretes with fully developed nephridia. When they reproduce, they simply shed their gametes straight into the water where the eggs and spermatozoa become part of the zooplankton to be carried by the currents. (Wikipedia) Nuweiba, Golf of Aqaba, Egypt.
Trying out my new Nikon 28mm lens. I enjoy this focal length as it allows me to get really close to the subject.
Program:Manual
Lens:70-300mm f/4-5.6 G VR
F:4.0
Speed:1/1250
ISO:64
Focal Length:70 mm
AF Fine Tune Adj:-1
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Dynamic Area (3D-tracking)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO, [9]
VR:Off
EV:+1/3
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto0
Picture Control:Neutral
Focus Distance:28.18 m
Dof:74.11 m (16.68 - 90.79)
HyperFocal:40.77 m
Program:Manual
Lens:15mm f/2.4 G
F:11.0
Speed:1/80
ISO:64
Focal Length:15 mm
Focus Mode:Manual
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [3]
VR:Off
WB:Auto1
Picture Control:Auto
Focus Distance:14.13 m
Dof:inf (0.65 m - inf)
HyperFocal:0.68 m
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Length:37-41cm.
Wingspan:60-63cm
Weight:250-450g
Population: UK breeding:14-93 pairs, so quite rare.
good to go.
Length 32-35cm
Wingspan 50-55cm
Weight 250-420g
Moorhens — sometimes called marsh hens — are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family. Most species are placed in the genus Gallinula, Latin for "little hen"
They are in the same family as coots, and their nervous behaviour has led them to being called 'Skitty Coots' in some areas. The are not 'moor' birds, the name being a corruption of 'merehen'.
A very strange group of things just behind St Brigid's Church. A newish Squeegee, a Suitcase and a length of rope. The mind might spend some time wondering what the combination of things was for.
The business end of a small carbon fiber brush for cleaning a phonograph stylus (needle) as safely as possible. The bristle cluster itself is ¼ inch (6mm) diameter; the overall length of the brush is just under 2⅜" (exactly 58mm) long.
The very fine-bristled brush, when used correctly, is a lot easier on the stylus and the fragile cantilever (stylus support arm) of a modern cartridge than the time-worn tactic of using your index finger to knock those little dust bunnies off the needle. Of course, keeping records clean minimizes the likelihood of those bunnies multiplying ;).
Northern Cardinal (male).
8 to 9 inches in length. The male is bright red with crest, black face and a stout red bill. The female is buff-brown tinged with red on crest, wings and tail.
They inhabit woodland edges, thickets, brushy swamps and gardens.
They reside in the eastern United States from southern Canada south to the Gulf Coast. They are also in southern California, Arizona and southern Texas.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
This string of jetty jacks, positioned along the brush-covered east bank of the Mojave riverbed beside the Rocksprings trestle, helps to control erosion of the embankment where the rails leave the trestle and head across land; a matching set of jacks occupies the same position on the western shore. Each individual jack consists of three lengths of steel angle joined at their midpoints, producing a structure like a six-pronged jack from the child's game; the lengths of angle are held in place by wire, laced like a spider's web about the jack's center. The jacks are then attached along a cable anchored at each end, the whole length—in this case, half a dozen or so jacks—protecting the shoreline by catching sediment and debris, as the river, flush with water when the winter rains are heavy, courses beneath the trestle.
Camera: Univex Iris (1938, with Vitar 50mm f/7.9 lens). The Iris is an Art-Deco styled, cast-metal camera with adjustable aperture, fixed shutter speed, and fixed focus. Its native film is Universal No. 00, a proprietary film manufactured for the camera's maker, Universal Camera Corp., by Gevaert in Belgium. 00 film featured six 28 x 38 images per roll, and at 32mm wide was just slightly narrower than 35mm film. Universal filed for bankruptcy in 1952 and closed its doors in 1964, so there has been no new 00 film for the Iris and other early Universal cameras for several decades.
Film: I have read of people cutting down 120 film to make 00 film, but because 32mm is an odd width, one would have to develop it in open trays and make a special film holder for scanning. I decided instead to use the next smaller film size, 16mm or 110 film. I made 00 backing paper by cutting down 120 film backing paper. 00 film's image length is nearly the same as that of 828 film (00's image is 38mm long, 828's is 40mm), so I used my 828 backing paper template (www.pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=spool828), cutting it slightly narrower for the 00 spool (32mm rather than 828's 35mm), and reducing the length from 828 film's eight image length to 00's six. When cutting down 120 film for 127 film cameras, there is a strip of film about 15mm wide left over; I used one of these strips to roll up in the backing paper. I used my accustomed 100 ISO Arista.edu Ultra film, developed in Arista Liquid Developer for 8:15 minutes @ 65 degrees, and scanned with an Epson V600 scanner. This was my first time developing and scanning 110 film—thanks to my Flickr friend Nyms for her insight on the Yankee Clipper developing tank!
Fallow deer are a medium to large sized deer. Fully grown males (bucks) stand at around 0.84 to 0.94m tall at the shoulder and weigh between 46 to 93kg.
Fully grown females (does) are 0.73 to 0.91m at the shoulder and weigh between 35 to 56kg. By comparison, an average adult man in Britain is 1.77m high and weighs 79kg.
Fallow deer have four main variations of coat:
Common – tan/fawn, with white spotting on flanks and white rump patch outlined with black horseshoe shaped border. Coat fades to a general grey colour during the winter
Menil – paler colouration with white spots year-round and a caramel horseshoe shape on rump
Melanistic – black, almost entirely black or chocolate coloured
White – white to pale sandy-coloured turning increasingly white with age (this is a true colour and not albino).
Fallow deer often have a distinctive black inverted horseshoe shape on their rumps, and a black stripe on their tails which are the longest of all British deer.
The Fallow deer is the only species in Britain with palmate antlers. These become full-sized after the deer are three/four years old and can reach up to 0.7m in length. Facially, their head is more elongated than some species with large angular ears.
Does and their young give short barks when alarmed. Bucks groan loudly during the breeding season.
Fallow deer leave large hoof prints (slots), about 6cm long in soft ground. Their feet are more elongated than Roe deer and are heavier, creating deeper prints
Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film
Focal length: 35 mm (standard)
Exp. Corr. Value: 0.0 EV
Exp. Program: Aperture priority
Metering mode: Selective metering
WB Settings: 5500K (daylight)
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Developed and scanned by Fujifilm House of Photography, London WC2E 9LH.
After visiting the Škocjan Caves we continued our walking along the Big Collapse Doline and visited smaller caves. It was very interesting too. On the photo you can see the trail on the rock :)
Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in Slovenia. It's an underground phenomenon in the Karst region and Slovenia. The explored length of the caves is 6,200 meters. The caves have formed in a 300-meter-thick layer of Cretaceous and Paleocene limestone. Along with the underground stream of the Reka River, it forms one of the longest karst underground wetlands in Europe. The protected area of 413 ha conserves an exceptional limestone cave system which comprises one of the world's largest known underground river canyons. Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. The trail for visitors is about 3 km long. The route inside the cave runs along the narrow walkway, which is situated on a vertical rock and ends with a bridge suspended at a height of about 50 m above the river. After leaving the caves, you can also visit nearby viewpoints on the sinkholes, walk along the Big Collapse Doline (Velika dolina), which is one of the largest collapse dolines in Slovenia and the Reka River valley, as well as smaller caves located nearby.
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Po wyjściu z Jaskiń Szkocjańskich kontynuowaliśmy nasz spacer szlakiem wzdłuż Wielkiego Zapadliska, odwiedzając po drodze mniejsze jaskinie. Też było tam pięknie. Na fotce widać ścieżkę biegnącą po skale :)
Jaskinie Szkocjańskie – zespół jaskiń krasowych w Słowenii. Sumaryczna długość jaskiń wynosi ok. 6,2 km. Jaskinie charakteryzują się dużą wysokością komór i korytarzy oraz płynącą przez nie podziemną rzeką o nazwie Reka, która wyżłobiła w skałach największy w Europie podziemny kanion. Jaskinie Szkocjańskie znajdują się pod ochroną jako park krajobrazowy oraz obszar ochrony biosfery. Zostały częściowo udostępnione do zwiedzania i stanowią jedną z najciekawszych atrakcji turystycznych Słowenii. W roku 1986 Jaskinie Szkocjańskie zostały wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa kulturalnego i przyrodniczego UNESCO. Szlak dla zwiedzających ma długość ok. 3 km. Trasa wewnątrz jaskini biegnie wąskim chodnikiem poprowadzonym na pionowej skale i kończy się przejściem przez most zawieszony na wysokości ok. 50m nad rzeką. Po wyjściu z jaskiń można jeszcze odwiedzić pobliskie punkty widokowe na zapadliska krasowe, przejść wzdłuż Wielkiego Zapadliska (Velika dolina), które jest jednym z największych zapadlisk w Słowenii i dolinę rzeki Reka oraz znajdujące się obok mniejsze jaskinie.
“The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul...”
—Carl Jung
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Mallards
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Their secondary wing feathers are metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue secondary wing feathers. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south from southern Californiain the west and Virginia in the east. They winter throughout the United States.
Lake Erie Metropark, Monroe County, Michigan.
Pretty drops on the grass and moss in our neighourhood near Vancouver, BC, Canada.
About this photo: I noticed these dewdrops on some moss and grass growing on top of a wall. This caught my eye while out walking our dogs in our neighbourhood.
I was really captivated by this and had to stop to take a few photos with my cell phone.
I hope you like this photo?
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Iphone 16e
*Focal Length: 50mm
*F-Number: F/1.64
*Exposure Time: 1/259 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-32
*Exposure Program: Manual Mode (M)
Thank you for dropping by!
Ann :)
Good morning everyone. I'm pleased to present today a series on the usually very shy Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). Shy because Catbirds tend to be secretive and usually stay well hidden. They even avoid flying in the open if possible. Plus it's a bird I only see in the warmer months since it's not a year around resident.
Kind of a long series. Seven pics in total of which the rest can be found in the comment section and my stream. And in the caption under the later you'll find some text describing this unique bird.
So you'll know, Catbirds usually travel in pairs, but both gender are similar in appearance and nearly impossible to tell apart.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly nice day and weekend.
Lacey
ISO1600, aperture f/8, exposure .001 seconds (1/640) focal length 630mm
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Length (both species) : about 19 cm (7 inches)
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The North American Beaver is the world’s second largest rodent, weighing up to 32kg (70lbs), and can reach a length of 1 to 1.2 meters (3 to 4ft) including their tail. Their tail, which is flat and paddle-like, can be up to 30 cm (12 inches) long.
They have stout bodies with large heads, long chisel-like incisors, brown or gray fur, hand-like front feet, webbed back feet, and tails that are flat and scaly. Beavers can be found in a number of freshwater habitats, such as rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. They are herbivorous, consuming tree bark, aquatic plants, grasses and sedges.
Beavers can hold their breath for up to 15 minutes underwater. They also have a transparent third eyelid which protects their eyes when swimming underwater. They have ears, although they are relatively small. They are adapted for underwater life, allowing them to hear effectively both in air and water. In fact, their hearing is better underwater, as water is a better conductor of sound than air.
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Le castor d'Amérique du Nord est le deuxième plus grand rongeur au monde, pesant jusqu'à 32 kg (70 lb), et peut atteindre une longueur de 1 à 1,2 mètre (3 à 4 pieds), queue comprise. Sa queue, plate et en forme de pagaie, peut atteindre 30 cm (12 pouces) de long.
Il a un corps trapu avec une grosse tête, de longues incisives en forme de ciseau, une fourrure brune ou grise, des pattes avant en forme de main, des pattes arrière palmées et une queue plate et écailleuse. On trouve le castor dans de nombreux habitats d'eau douce, tels que les rivières, les ruisseaux, les lacs et les étangs. C'est un herbivore qui se nourrit d'écorce d'arbre, de plantes aquatiques, d'herbes et de carex.
Le castor peut retenir sa respiration jusqu'à 15 minutes sous l'eau. Il possède également une troisième paupière transparente qui protège ses yeux lorsqu'il nage sous l'eau. Il possède des oreilles, bien que relativement petites. Ils sont adaptés à la vie sous-marine, ce qui leur permet d'entendre efficacement aussi bien dans l'air que dans l'eau. De fait, leur ouïe est meilleure sous l'eau, car l'eau est un meilleur conducteur du son que l'air.
Photo information:
ISO: 200
Film type: 135
Film name: Rollei RPX 100
Developer: Adox Rodinal
Process: 20°C.
Developer dilution: 1+50
Developing time: 16'30"'
Agitation: in 20 sec every 1 min.
Camera: Exa 0
Lens: Tessar 2.8/50
Filter(s) used: no
Aperture: 11
Exposure time: 1/50
Focal length: 50
Scanner manufacturer: Epson Perfection V550 Photo.
Length : about 24 cm (9.5 inches)
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Sandhill Crane.
Between 34 to 48 inches in length with a wingspan of nearly 7 feet. They are very tall with a long neck and long legs. Largely gray with a red forehead. Juveniles browner with no red on head. Plumage often appears a rusty color because of iron stains from water of ponds or marshes.
They inhabit large freshwater marshes, prairie ponds and marshy tundra. They are also on prairies and grain fields during migration and in winter.
They range from Siberia and Alaska east across arctic Canada to the Hudson Bay and south to western Ontario. There are isolated populations in the Rocky Mountians, northern prairies, and the Great Lakes region along with in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. They winter in California's Central Valley and across the southern states from Arizona to Florida. They can also be found in Cuba.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Mallard (male)
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Their secondary wing feathers are metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue secondary wing feathers. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south from southern Californiain the west and Virginia in the east. They winter throughout the United States.
Lake Erie Metropark, Monroe County, Michigan.
Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperturef/2.8
Focal Length 16.6 mm
ISO Speed 80
Exposure Bias-0.33 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal Length In 35mm Format100 mm
Scene Capture Type Standard
Gain Control None
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Image Quality High
Firmware Version 0.1.0.18
White Balance Auto
Focus Mode Auto
AFMode 9-area
Image Stabilization On, Mode 1
Macro Mode On
Shooting Mode Macro
Junior appears to be looking at the length of the horns on the head honcho and wondering if his horns will every get that large. It’s going to take him a while, but he does have a good start. A young Texas Longhorn walks toward me in a pasture in the southern part of Harris County.
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Mallard (female).
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Speculum metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue speculum. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south to southern California, Virginia, Texas and northern Mexico. They winter throught the United States south to Central America and the West Indies. They are also in Eurasia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
One source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains range is about 1,000 km (620 mi) in length. Its highest point is 7,090 m (23,260 ft) located 100 km (62 mi) to the northwest of Lhasa. The range is parallel to the Himalayas in the Transhimalayas, and north of the Brahmaputra River. [3] Another source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains extend 460 miles (740 km) from Nyêmo County in the west to Ranwu County (the southwestern part of Baxoi County) in the east.
Its highest peak is Mount Nyenchen Tanglha (Nyainqêntanglha Feng) at 7,162 metres (23,497 ft).[4]
The southern side of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains is precipitous, and falls by around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), while the northern side is fairly level and descends about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Most of the mountains are below 6,500 metres (21,300 ft).[5] They contain 7080 glaciers covering an area of 10,700 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi).[4]
The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains have an average latitude of 30°30'N and a longitude between 90°E and 97°E. Together with the Gangdise Shan located further west, it forms the Transhimalaya [a] which runs parallel to the Himalayas north of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.
The Drukla Chu river rises in the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, where it is called the Song Chu river, and joins the Gyamda Chu river. The combined rivers run about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast to the Yarlung Tsangpo river.
The species reaches a body length of 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in). Most females are slightly larger than males. In these polymorphic insects, the coloration of the body is very variable (about 20 different colors are known). Usually, they are yellowish, brownish, or black, with brighter patches on a dark background, but also with dark markings on a lighter background.
The most common modes of locomotion are running and flying, but the most striking is their strong jumping ability, which is useful for escaping from predators. When jumping, the hind leg tarsal spines and spine hairs are embedded into the material the animal is jumping from, typically a plant, and provide the purchase needed for a lateral jump - confirmed with scanning electron micrographs. X-ray spectroscopy revealed that the darker coloured sclerotized tips of the spines, the last 6/100ths of a millimetre or so, contain zinc.
Eggs are white with an orange spot; this spot becomes darker and larger if the egg is fertilised, approximately 1mm long and 0.3mm wide. The larvae, also called nymphs, hatch after about 20 days and develop through five stages, known as instars.
The larvae are well known for the self-generated foam nests which can be observed during spring in meadows (especially on cuckoo flowers, Cardamine pratensis, and broom, Genista, species). The larvae in the foam nests are largely protected from predators and also get the necessary moisture for the appropriate development and temperature, so their mortality remains low even in bad weather. The larval stage lasts about 50 days. The adults leave the foam nest only when it is completely dried. This takes about ten days. The females mate soon after.
Froghoppers are polyphagous, their host plant specificity is low, so that they can feed on a variety of plants, mainly grasses (Poaceae species), reed plants (Juncaceae species), herbs and sometimes trees (including the olive tree, where the species has been identified as spreading Xylella fastidiosa, the bacterium associated with Olive quick decline syndrome). They have been identified on over 170 host plants.
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
In Torquay this weekend we have had the Wavelength festival where Rock walk, Torre Abbey and Corbyn head have been illuminated with lasers, lights and projected images.
in this shot the trees at Corbyn Head are illuminated.
Length : about 30 mm (1.2 inches)
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The coal tit is 10–11.5 cm in length, and has a distinctive large white nape spot on its black head. The head, throat and neck of the adult are glossy blue-black, setting off the off-white sides of the face (tinged grey to yellow depending on subspecies) and the brilliant white nape; the white tips of the wing coverts appear as two wingbars. The underparts are whitish shading through buff to rufous on the flanks. The bill is black, the legs lead-coloured, and irides dark brown.
The young birds are duller than the adults, lacking gloss on the black head, and with the white of nape and cheeks tinged with yellow.
While searching for food, coal tit flocks keep contact with incessant short dee or see-see calls. The species' song – if "song" it can be called – is a strident if-he, if-he, if-he, heard most frequently from January to June, but also in autumn. The song resembles that of the great tit, but much faster and higher in pitch.[11] One variant of this song ends with a sharp ichi. North African birds also have a currr call similar to that of the European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) which is not found in Africa.
Measurements
Both Sexes
Length: 3.5-4.3 in (9-11 cm)
Weight: 0.2-0.3 oz (5-10 g)
Wingspan: 6.3-7.1 in (16-18 cm)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets in coastal southern Alaska and British Columbia are slightly smaller and darker colored than elsewhere in their range.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are olive-green birds with a prominent white eye ring and white wingbar. This wingbar contrasts with an adjacent blackish bar in the wing. The “ruby crown” of the male is only occasionally visible.
These are restless, acrobatic birds that move quickly through foliage, typically at lower and middle levels. They flick their wings almost as they go.
These little Birds rarely stop , constantly on the move.
Wood Duck (female).
17 to 20 inches in length. A crested, multicolored duck. The male is patterned in iridescent greens, purples and blues with a distinctive white chin patch and face stripes with a mainly red bill and long tail. The female is grayish with a broad white eye ring.
They inhabit wooded rivers and ponds and wooded swamps. VIsits freshwater marshes in late summer and fall.
They range from British Columbia south to California and from Montana east to Nova Scotia and south to Texas and Florida. They are absent in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Winters near Pacific Coast north to Washington and to New Jersy in the Eastern United States but rarely further north.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Mallard (female).
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Their secondary wing feathers are metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue secondary wing feathers. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south from southern Californiain the west and Virginia in the east. They winter throughout the United States.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
This beautiful Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) in Sayamaike Park, Mizuho (瑞穂町, Mizuho-machi) Tokyo, Japan. I personally consider this bird a big pest. It is usually very noisy and often chases other birds I’m photographing away. I was eating lunch in my car when this bird landed in front of me.
Nikon D500
Nikon Nikkor AF-S VR 500mm f/4G ED Lens
f/9
Aperture priority
Focal length - 500mm
1/800
ISO Speed 900
Tripod used
Automatic Focus
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Mallard (male).
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Speculum metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue speculum. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south to southern California, Virginia, Texas and northern Mexico. They winter throught the United States south to Central America and the West Indies. They are also in Eurasia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Family: Threskiornithidae.
Length: 80 to 90cm Wingspan: 1.2 to 1.35m Weight: 1 to 1.5kg
Lifespan: 25 to 30 years Status Endangered.
Adults are seen all year round in Southern Spain.
There are six species of Spoonbills, worldwide. This being the Eurasian Spoonbill and it is now considered an endangered species. Like most other species of birds that are considered endangered being mainly due to lack of suitable habitats. The Eurasian spoonbill is mainly found in Eastern European countries.
Nesting: Spoonbills are monogamous and will usually stay together for life. 3 to 4 eggs are laid between April to July. Nest is usually a platform of sticks and reed stems, sometimes taken from an old nest. The female mainly constructs the nest by interlocking the sticks, into a shallow bowl shape. The main mortality rate of chicks is not due to predation but to the lack of food, leading to starvation. Both parents will feed the young by regurgitating the food. The young birds bill does not fully develop into a spoon shape, until they become adults.
Feeding: Will submerge the spoon shaped bill partially open, sweeping it through the water to catch fish, crustaceans and molluscs as they wade slowly forward, in shallow water.
Habitat: Seen feeding on Salt Pans and coastal marshes, but seems to prefer fresh water lakes and other areas of shallow water with plenty of reeds especially at nesting times.
Length : about 25 cm (10 inches) including tail streamers
Male
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