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Second visit to the windmill and second attempt at night sky shooting. Tried much higher ISO and D800 tonight. The outback night sky is amazing!
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Perhaps too many youngsters contributed to his gray hair.
Northern Cardinal
20181001-70D-IMG_5990a Cardinal
Baumreihen im Schlosspark Schwetzingen.
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Smile on Saturday“
Thema:“Many Identical Objects“
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I know this is not the best shot because of the comp. I was on a backstreet in Woodstock ON and saw this and shot it quickly. Cool huh?
Happy Window Wednesday
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Greetings from Holland, Corry
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Tropical butterfly
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As Summer turns to Autumn one can easily witness the “Many Colors Leaving” our yards and gardens. Now the yard work of cleaning up our gardens and yards is set to begin. To enjoy my yard in any season one merely just has to scroll through our photo files or visit my Flickr account. So much of my work ends up on Flickr and it’s safe here as well. Thanks for viewing my work. Good luck cleaning up your gardens and yards. Stay safe and don’t forget your mask:-)
This year, we have never seen so many Maple seeds fall from our trees.... they are everywhere... and even manage to catch the fishing lines we have stretched across out pond (to protect the koi from egrets & herons)... I was inspired to capture some.
We basically have to empty the pond skimmer at least twice a day!!!
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Like many people I've been trying new things in the last couple of weeks including exploring the photographic opportunities in my back garden by reinstating my garden hide, attempting to attract different species and nocmigging (recording birds at night). All have been really successful, although the last one doesn't provide any photos unfortunately! Emperor moths are one species I have always wanted to photograph and so I bought a pheromone lure in the hope they would visit. The day before this one came into the garden I had been walking around some local fields and one flew right in front of me so I knew they were in the area. When this one did come into the garden I initially thought it was a butterfly but then the realisation dawned and I was able to finally get some photos of this stunning moth
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Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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