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Thalasseus maximus, on a morning with strong north wind,
Morro Strand State Beach,
Morro Bay, California
Birds often face into the wind as opposed to getting all the feathers ruffled. Unless you're a juvenile, then begging from your parent outweighs feather concerns. In this case the parent was preening and probably trying desperately to ignore the incessant begging.
(With 4 Heermann's Gulls at left.)
And that dream? To let my hair down and be my ALL-TIME favorite princess for Halloween this year! 💖✨ Of course, I couldn’t do it without my trusty sidekicks—Pascal, Maximus, and Flynn (who’s definitely perfecting his smolder 😉)
AND… I’ll never understand how any of this magic works, but everything was handmade by the super talented Hex (Flynn), who’s basically a Halloween wizard! 🎃✨👑
The Cardo was a broad colonnaded street, flanked by particoes and shops .The part we can see today,with its columns and Corinthian capitals is about half as wide as the original. Farther down,below the modern buildings is the area that was the market during the crusader era . Today it hosts a unique shopping center.
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
This individual posed nicely for me. Found on a barrier Island along Florida's gulf coast.
Pinellas County, Florida
Well I think that is what it is , other than " A Slug " !!
Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest.
Limax maximus is the type species of the genus Limax. The adult slug measures 10–20 cm (4–8 in) in length and is generally a light greyish or grey-brown with darker spots and blotches, although the coloration and exact patterning of the body of this slug species is quite variable.
This species has a very unusual and distinctive mating method, where the pair of slugs use a thick thread of mucus to hang suspended in the air from a tree branch or other structure.
Although native to Europe, this species has been accidentally introduced to many other parts of the world, first discovered outside its native range in Philadelphia, USA in 1867.
This character appeared on the back door step this morning , I grabbed the shot and then finished a quick job I was doing - I returned to the step armed to clear the step --- But gone there was no sign of it anywhere !! Either it was very very quick or someone had a late breakfast !!
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* Charrán Real, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
El charrán real (Thalasseus maximus), también denominado gaviotín o pagaza real, es una especiede ave de la familia Sternidae que se encuentra principalmente en las costas de África y América.
Inicialmente se incluyó en el género Sterna, como Sterna maxima, pero fue trasladado a su actual género, Thalasseus, después de que estudios de ADN mitocondrial confirmaran la necesidad de separar a los charranes según sus tres tipos de patrones de color en la cabeza (sin capirote negro, con capirote negro, y con capirote negro y frente blanca) por corresponder a disggtintos clados.
El nombre del género deriva del término griego Thalassa (mar), y el de la especie, el latino maximus, se refiere a su gran tamaño.
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The royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae.
The royal tern lives on the coast and is only found near salt water. They tend to feed near the shore, close to the beach or in backwater bays. The royal tern's conservation status is listed as least concern.
The royal tern belongs to the class Aves and the order Charadriiformes. Charadriiformes are mainly seabirds of small to medium-large size. The royal tern is also in the family Sternidae because of its white plumage, black cap on its head, long bill, webbed feet, and bodies that are more streamlined than those of gulls.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Minas de sal, Salinas de puerto Hermoso, peravia, Republica Dominicana.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Sternidae
Genus:Thalasseus
Species:T. maximus
Binomial name
Thalasseus maximus
Royal-5422
Maximus was a beautiful animal and the intention was to breed with him, however he was unfortunately found dead with a broken hind leg a few weeks ago before the opportunity arose.
Here is as a youngster taken about 18 months ago when he was still 3 or 4 years away from his prime. A real shame.
Canon 5Diii, 70-200mm @200mm, ISO320, 1/400, F7.1
Kudu Private Nature Reserve
Lydenburg
Mpumalanga
South Africa
Certainly not "up-there" as a favourite creature, but fascinating non-the-less. Apparently, Limax maximus means "biggest slug" and this one was quite large. I thought the marking on this one where particularly striking.
Buff-throated Saltator, Tempera-viola, Saltator maximus, 20 cm / 1.9 in. Forest borders and canopy, scrubby clearings and second growth.
Serra Bonita, Bahia Brazil.
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Narrowboat 'MAXIMUS' heads away from Braunston on the Oxford Canal, and approaches Bridge No.89.
16th November 2017.
There isn't mush left of the original grandstands but you can almost feel what it would have been like in 1st century AD walking in the passages down below the excitement above to get whatever passed for a hot dog and a beer back then.
Scientific name: Thalasseus maximus
Common name: Royal tern
Nombre: Charrán real
Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana
This famous large structure of ancient Rome is known as Circus Maximus (or the Hippodrome). It was located due south of Caesar's Imperial Palace.
Here were held a variety of games and entertainment, but the primary sport was horse chariot racing.
Romanum men run their races about once a week here. Check the Romanum Calendar.
An early morning blue hour image of the awe inspiring Colosseum in the Eternal City of Rome. Having to wake up at 4:30am may seem like a tad extreme to capture this image however when you are alone at this magnificent structure and are left to think about its history, it makes me feel that I have a somewhat unique bond with it.
I tried to minimise the edit in this image as I wanted the structure to portray its own magnificence. Most people would of tried to edit the wide angle lens distortion however to convey the size and attitude of this structure I decided against and think it came out ok, I just hope you think the same.