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♫ Frontline Assembly - Alone ♫
You provoke my emotions
As we fade back to black
I stand in the blood red ocean
Like drowning animals attack
The distance that you keep between us
These untruthful lies never end
Like I contain this virus
These poison feelings never end
I go it alone
I go it alone
I go it alone
I go it alone
Till the end
I feel like a drone
Misguided missile
Target to be blown
Met Life Tower
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower,with its lovely bell tower,gold cupola and iconic clock faces,is one of the most well-known buildings in the city.Based on St.Mark’s Campanile in Venice,the tower was in a race against the Singer Building for the title of tallest structure in the world as it neared completion — a title it managed to hold for four years. In the 1960s,the tower underwent a rather misguided facelift that stripped off much of its original ornamentation and in 2002 a computerized multicolored lighting system was added.Today,the landmark tower is home to the New York Edition hotel featuring The Clocktower restaurant by Michelin-starred chef,Jason Atherton.
Right now is the prime time to fish for trophy suckers and redhorse in the Driftless Region as they make their way from the mighty Mississippi River into smaller tributary streams to spawn. Several different species make spawning runs for a short time while the waters are still quite cold. After the eggs are laid, all these magnificent fish return to the Mississippi River until next spring. For whatever misguided reason, many people think these beautiful fish are worthless and don't belong in our rivers, but they are very wrong as suckers and redhorse indicate excellent water quality and are critical to maintaining a healthy river system. After a quick picture, this large silver redhorse was released to continue upstream.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
(Juvenile)
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
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Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Renneca, of The Daughters. She is here for the gathering. She knows of the forth coming reckoning for it has been told and passed down to all the daughters since the dawn of their time. She knows that no harboring nor misguided preparations will stop it. It is best to cultivate and adapt to the facilitations of the coming of the new order...and she has done so. She is patient
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Here to see... (PART 1) ... (PART 2) ...
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Is it me? Is it really me? I cannot stand myself
Sometimes I hate myself for what i've done
Sometimes I hate myself for who i am
Sometimes I hate myself for what i've lost
Sometimes I hate myself for what went wrong
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Misguided by myself - full of fatal pride
Always gone to far - always over the edge
So full of arrogance - too blind to see the outside world
Running in circles - so bored of life
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Is it me? Is it really me? I cannot stand myself
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I against me, me against myself
I have become my enemy number one
I against me, me against myself
I have become my enemy number one
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Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
A southbound migrant, this late summer/ early fall migrant is exhibiting some late, and perhaps misguided, nesting behaviours.
The seeming rise in the number of Cape May Warblers, as a rough percentage of migrants found in Ottawa during both northbound and southbound migrations, has been a lot of fun for birders and photographers. Once the variations in fall plumage (the drabber post-breeding shades) had been mastered, these birds became highlights of local birding - active, social, and relatively uninterested in people.
This was one of the occasions when the 100-400 lens came in handy, as I was able to move the lens instead of stumbling backwards to frame the image.
the ocean we all came from where we wont be returned... series
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This is what life is like on the ground
I had a brother who was stationed up in northern hill county,
no he never really came home
We drove out east to red river to see the high water flow
That river was running just searching for an ocean
The freedom he'd never known
That feeling you get when the wind is blowing like
your whole life is starting over
We made our peace there in the no mans land
where we come from
Ive been searching for
The waves that carried us home
To the ocean we all came from
Where we wont be returned
Ive been searching for
The waves that carried us home
To the ocean we all came from
Where we wont be dissolved
into one
Like a simple animal running on broken legs that night
His voice was splintering rising, falling to a fate
he'll never get out
From spokane all the way across montana out to the blood reserve
Black levis jacket knocking them beers back on the
bank of that river
Underneath September skies in south US border
he made his peace there
just after his boots
filled up with water
Ive been searching for
The waves that carried us home
To the ocean we all came from
Where we wont be returned
Ive been searching for
The waves that carried us home
To the ocean we all came from
Where we wont be dissolved
Waves will wash away
the misguided vision
Glory in a battlefield
of a thousand corpses
Ive been searching for
The waves that carried us home
To the ocean we all came from
Where we wont be dissolved
Out of the rain
(Red River, Rocky Votolato, 2010)
The Monument commemorates the English Tory funded Jacobite rebellion of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known to his misguided Scottish supporters as 'bonnie prince charlie'
In the National Portrait Gallery
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Killdeers are largish plovers who nest on gravelly open ground, relying on camouflage to conceal their eggs. A pair were nesting in a vacant lot near our house, but the fencing round the lot has just come down, and I suspect the sudden influx of dogs and children led them to abandon this nest. (Yesterday there were two eggs, and kids had kindly if misguidedly ringed the nest with rocks, sticks, and flowers so everyone would see it and not step on it.)
American Mink are found throughout Great Britain and Ireland. They are an invasive non-native species, originally brought to fur farms from North America and subsequently escaping or being misguidedly released. Mink are essentially amphibious, and are typically found along rivers and coastal areas. This one is captive bred.
SCOUT: "Thank you for lifting me up to post my Christmas wishes list to Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear, Paddy!"
PADDY: "You're welcome Scout. It's hard when the slot in the box is so high and you are such a little bear."
SCOUT: "I know, but thanks to you, my wishes will now go off to Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear!" *Nods and smiles.*
PADDY: "And mine too, Scout." *Smiles.* "Thank you for bringing us to the magic pillar box for Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear, Daddy!"
SCOUT: "Yes, thank you, Daddy!"
DADDY: :You're welcome Paddy and Scout. Tell me, what did you wish for? What was on your lists?"
PADDY: "Well, I asked for a new tea set, Daddy."
DADDY: "Another one, Paddy?" *Alarmed.* "But you received one last year from Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear, and the year before!"
PADDY: "I know Daddy, but our family is getting larger, and therefore you cannot have too many tea sets."
DADDY: "Hhhmmm..." *Thinks.* "Well, I can't argue with that bear logic, Paddy."
PADDY: "Of course you can't, Daddy. My bear logic is very... well, logical, Daddy."
DADDY: "Indeed Paddy. And what did you wish for, Scout?"
SCOUT: "Well Daddy, I wished for tutus... and a crown... and some tutus and..."
DADDY: "Wait a moment, Scout."
SCOUT: "What Daddy?"
DADDY: "You mentioned tutus twice."
SCOUT: "I know, Daddy."
DADDY: "Well, I think that was a mistake, Scout, if you have already mentioned it once."
SCOUT: "Me!" *Horrified.* "A mistake, Daddy?" *Indignant.* "I never make mistakes!"
PADDY: "Although you are sometimes a little..." *Ponders.* "Misguided."
SCOUT: "Yes! I am sometimes mis... misg... misgui..."
PADDY: "Misguided, Scout?" *Helpful.*
SCOUT: "I sometimes get confused about the crazy world. But I definitely did not make a mistake!"
DADDY: "Yes you have, Scout, you mentioned you added tutus twice on your list."
SCOUT: "No I haven't, Daddy!" *Shakes head more.*
DADDY: "Yes you have, Scout!"
PADDY: "No he hasn't, Daddy."
SCOUT: "Paddy is right, Daddy. I fear it is you who have made the mistake. I haven't listed tutus twice on my list, Daddy!" *Shakes head.* "I have listed tutus four times! They are at numbers one and three on my list and also at numbers five and seven." *Nods seriously.*
DADDY: "But why, Scout? Surely once is enough."
SCOUT: "No it isn't Daddy! Father Christmas is quite ancient, like you, and the Christmas Bear is very busy helping make up for Father Christmas' ancientness! If they skim read my list they may miss that I want tutus if I only list it once."
DADDY: "Oh!" *Surprised.*
SCOUT: "Besides, as Paddy said, our family is getting bigger, so I will need to start up my own tutu costume hire shop for bears. I found Little Ladybird and Little Bee wearing two of my tutus yesterday! I need more to fulfil the need!" *Nods seriously.* "Besides, you wouldn't want me to look unfashionable in last season's tutus, would you, Daddy?" *Preens.*
DADDY: "Well... I could argue that bear logic, Scout."
PADDY: I wouldn't if I were you, Daddy." *Warningly.*
SCOUT: "I wouldn't either, Daddy!" *Gives Daddy a hard stare and then preens more.*
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
One day last week, my wife was manically wrangling fabric and thread and mysterious stuff like, making clothes for the grandkids apparently, I thought it wise to embark on a noble quest — to find the perfect hamburger near a beach. With vigilance and a great sense of responsibility, I acquired a hamburger with the works: beetroot, pineapple, bacon, egg... all the important food groups, from a surf club cafe at Soldiers Beach. I washed it down with a chocolate milkshake while watching whales carve their way through the sea with effortless grace. Between Jul-Nov more than 25,000 Humpback whales travel the “humpback highway” down the east coast of Australia to their feeding grounds in Antarctica. They probably take this scenic route because I suspect hamburgers may be a bit hard to come by down there!
But let’s address the most important matter here: pineapple. I reckon there are two kinds of people in the world — those who embrace the sweet, tangy joy of pineapple on burgers and pizzas and those who are tragically misguided. I, naturally, stand proudly with Team Pineapple. Pineapple tastes like summer to me 🍍🍔 🍕 ☀️ 🍹 Extra on my pizza. Always.
Which team are you on? 😉
Despite the joy that Teilhard felt whenever he would sink into the divine milieu or perceive Christ's presence at the Heart of Matter, he also experienced, at times, a deep-seated existential terror, especially when no one else seemed to see what he was able to see (HM, 100). Always aware that this departure from the traditional might be misguided, his terror at these moments was similar to Jacob's. The path was not safe, and the outcome, unclear. Yet, Teilhard never tired of his struggle to find the ever-greater Christ who was always waiting for him just beneath the veil, just over the horizon.
-Teilhard's Struggle, Embracing the Work of Evolution, Kathleen Duffy, SSJ
There were many reasons to visit Iceland in August but on the top of my list was seeing the Atlantic Puffins.
Iceland has the largest Puffin population in the world and we took a ferry over to the Westman Islands where the biggest colony spends their time on the cliffs between May and August breeding & raising their young. The remaining eight months is spent out at sea, resting on waves and fishing.......what a life!
See one of the fledglings below (called a puffling) being escorted back to the water. Often the young ones get turned around & head into the city when it's time to leave their cliffside home. The locals are always on the look out for misguided pufflings & they are safely taken back to where they belong. youtu.be/tn1Ym3TQdiI
I was walking the city streets on a gloomy start to the day. So gloomy, I was seeing red, but not as red as the bottle of '58 Bordeaux I watched trickle off the end of the table after a minor altercation with a presumptuous waiter who refused to uncork my preferred bottle of Thunderbird fortified wine (vintage not available), in a misguided attempt to impress my date with my non-bourgeois sensibilities. My bad, I should have stuck with her choice of wine before it ended up on the rug. Guess, I should have paid more attention to that thousand dollar Armani purse too. It was her far away eyes that got me.
Check out the soundtrack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s
San Francisco CA
A reverie to say the least,
a darkness perpetrated by beliefs.
I envision the entrance, a cold whistle screams adventure.
Entering the mouth of the beast, my calloused hands, my fragile tips,
brushing against the ceiling, caressing and corrupting the structure,
disappearing deeper from destruction.
This grimace upon the face, this terror protruding within the gut,
an agony to be replaced,
once escaped, courage will flourish.
Expanding the vessel,
vomiting to emptiness, given room to proceed,
phosphorescent hues exploding through my dreams.
Reaching the cusp, I gather my strength,
placed upon my scalp, a diadem to show defeat,
unworthy, fruitless scavengers, left to retreat.
Broken, a shattered age, misguided and abused, nothing to lose.
Words ring true, guidance for those envious of power,
wake from endless lies,
enter into an abyss, never to return,
abandoned dark tunnel.
The fish du jour this season appears to be some sort of non-native goldfish or perhaps koi whose well meaning, but misguided owners have liberated them into the local waters.
Huntley Meadows Park
Alexandria, VA
(re-edit of 2017 image)
Pieris Rapae is one of the most widespread species of Butterfly found in the British Isles and can be found almost everywhere. It is relatively scarce in northern Scotland but has been seen as far north as Orkney and Shetland. This species is also known to migrate to the British Isles from the continent, sometimes flying in great swarms, augmenting the resident population in the process.
It is believed that this butterfly can fly up to 100 miles in its lifetime although, undoubtedly, most butterflies will only travel a mile or two. Evidence of the mobility of this species comes from a misguided introduction in Melbourne in 1939. 3 years after its introduction, the species had reached the west coast of Australia some 1,850 miles away in only 25 generations. This species has been a pest in the continent ever since.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Four Santa Fe EMDs were hauling ass through Lomax with a westbound auto rack train back in 1995.
Yellow-bonnets and searchlight signals were the order of the day and then some misguided folks got together and thought that merging the Santa Fe and the Burlington Northern would be a good idea.
And that was the beginning of the end.
Taken on my walk yesterday along the Waterfront Recreational Trail, stopping at the Mimico Deck to look at ducks, swans and partly grown cygnets fighting for bread thrown by a misguided person.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day,
At what they do...
I was taken out (under duress, I might add) to the bulb fields at Keukenhof, with the cynical viewpoint that seen one tulip, seen 'em all. How misguided can one person be?
I was just totally blown away... a truly amazing place. I've never seen such beauty... I just hope all the wonderful Dutch people will forgive my earlier cynicism.
The Small White, along with the Large White, can claim the title of "Cabbage White" that is the bane of allotment holders all over the British Isles although the damage caused by this species is significantly less than that of the Large White. This is one of the most widespread species found in the British Isles and can be found almost everywhere. It is relatively scarce in northern Scotland but has been seen as far north as Orkney and Shetland. This species is also known to migrate to the British Isles from the continent, sometimes flying in great swarms, augmenting the resident population in the process.
It is believed that this butterfly can fly up to 100 miles in its lifetime although, undoubtedly, most butterflies will only travel a mile or two. Evidence of the mobility of this species comes from a misguided introduction in Melbourne in 1939. 3 years after its introduction, the species had reached the west coast of Australia some 1,850 miles away in only 25 generations. This species has been a pest in the continent ever since.
Here in the United Kingdom we have a long history of rock culture (think Stonehenge, Avebury, Ring of Brodgar, Callanish to name a few ...)
We also like to paint things like cave walls and in more modern times many of our cities are embellished with wonderfully creative murals.
Banksy is a modern day enigma and household name.
I spotted this beautifully painted rock in the nearby village of East Farndon and it says so much more about our culture than the misguided red crosses on a white background that are appearing on our roundabouts, walls and on anything that doesn't move and even on some things that do with tiresome regularity.
Sweetheart Like You - Bob Dylan
'They say that patriotism is the last refuge
to which a scoundrel clings
steal a little and they throw you in jail
steal a lot and they make you king'
Samuel Johnson (English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer - 1709-84)
The organic colorful shapes of nature reverberate so much more deeply in the soul than the flat and angular world we have created.
In some other lifetime, I might have become an architect. I think it's incredibly important to our thinking and feeling what environment we live our daily lives in - but it's usually taken for granted and not considered enough
I think bad architecture can do real harm - and good architecture has a real power to elevate.
I feel much of our current architecture is detrimental to the soul. Homes are misguided temples to consumerism, riddled with industrial chemicals. Children endure school locked inside dead boxes that stifle the imagination. Especially in the US, the rigid artificial grid system that underlies most cities and neighborhoods is contrary to every aesthetic instinct.
Sorry, went off on a little rant - I can get upset about ugly buildings. I think they are actually painful to be around! That's why I'm enjoying every bumpy curve and vibrant hue on these mushrooms. They speak a language my senses can recognize.
Reposting 2 years after the shot, for all those misguided souls who are complaining about the lack of snow!!!
Check the layer of wet snow on the "No Parking" sign. 3 exp HDR with the Tamron 15-50 f/2.8
Here's a female Hooded Merganser with HER crayfish. You can see the object here is to break those legs off for easier swallowing. Her hood is a bit flat here but when fully fluffed, she's a knockout. The first sign I get for female vs immature/nonbreeding male is the yellowy color in her beak, while the male's is solid black. Second is the deep brown eye, vs. the male's golden eye.
The first time I eventually realized when I was looking at a nonbreeding male, he was with some breeders and seemed to be practicing his moves and I thought it was a misguided female. Only later did I get it.
You should know that there is something worse than hate and that is unlove.
Because hate is anger over something lost, hate is passion, hate is misguided, it's caring for the wrong things but it is still caring.
But unlove, unlove is to unkiss, to unremember, to unhold, to undream, to undo everything that ever was and leave smooth stone behind in its wake.
No fire.
No fury.
Just, nothing.
And that is worse than hate.
i wish if nothing else, it were the former and not the latter
So this is an idea I've been wanting to do for a while. But my first idea for today was just not working out so I went with this one and got magnificent flare action....I wish I could re take some of these photos but the sun went behind a house and that was that.
This is my little tribute to Paramore also...So if you havent listened to it, do yourself a favor and listen to one of their new songs- Misguided Ghosts....Its a bit slow and not my favorite off their album but its a good relaxing song.
Yes, a newly discovered species of crocus in my front yard this year. The scientific name is in the title here, but, the common name is actually spelled "h" "e" "double hockey sticks". Province wide shutdown of in person schools for the foreseeable future. (2047, at this rate.) One of my school's staff tested positive, and every time you think things are getting better, you are seriously disabused of that misguided notion. I'm TO'd, PO'd, and just plain O'd. (Ticked off, Pi$$ed off, and just Off.)
This edifice in Prora, on the Isle of Rügen, stands as a haunting monument to misguided ideals. Constructed by the NSDAP-affiliated organization 'Strength Through Joy,' it was intended as a leisure retreat for the so-called 'Aryan' master race's youth. Ironically, instead of frolicking on Prora's idyllic beaches, many of these young lives were extinguished on the battlefields of a devastating world war—sent there by the very leaders who claimed to be their nation's saviors. Now, the facility languishes, untouched and decaying, a grim relic that has brought no joy, only an enduring legacy of sorrow for 83 years
Believed to be the most trafficked animal in the world, the Pangolin is close to extinction thanks to them being considered a high-end delicacy in places like China and Vietnam.
Their scales are boiled off their bodies for misguided Chinese traditional medicine, believed to cure anything from asthma to cancer. This couldn't be further from the truth however, as their scales are made of keratin (the same stuff as our hair).
Statistics suggest that a Pangolin is killed roughly every 8 minutes thanks to this. A truly shocking statistic and one that makes me sick to my stomach.
I was very fortunate to come across this Ground Pangolin while in Namibia. Close to Etosha National Park, there is great work being done by people dedicated to the survival of this beautiful species. I will be posting more on this species soon and ways you and I can help support conservation efforts to protect them. They need all the help they can get.