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The Ranunculus (Ranunculus asiaticus) comes from the Orient and came from Turkey to England in the 16th century. For a long time, the plant belonging to the buttercup family was very popular and had a similar high status as the tulip. At the end of the 19th century it was somewhat forgotten, but now it is very popular because of its rich flower colors and it is available in numerous varieties.
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Geführte Tour in der City Nord Hamburg.
Vattenfall-Gebäude
...unterwegs mit Elbmaedchen
The variety is so numerous that is difficult to do correct identification.
Even between of these two photos there are subtle differences.
One of numerous common darters seen beside the snipe pool at Coombe Hill Canal & Meadows nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
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Whether it's Pinocchio himself or one of his numerous brothers and sisters that live in two "flowerpartments" on my window sill remains a secret. I didn't ask when, after a heavy rain shower, sunshine transformed my living room window into a sea of diamonds, and I quickly grabbed my camera to photograph it. And the whole Pinocchio family got so excited when they saw my camera ("Look! We'll be on Flickr again!) that it was difficult to choose one of them as my model, because they all wanted to be in the picture. Some even tried to sneak into the frame after I'd chosen my model for this photoshoot, so I had to gently call them to order ("Calm down, guys, everyone will get a turn!"). My living room classic :) A few years ago I had orchids on my window sill, now it's flamingo flowers, and they are doing tremendously well there.
A few months ago I first introduced you to Pinocchio via the Ricoh GR III (please check my album, also for the orchid photo), and this image was taken with my traditional macro setup, the m.zuiko 60mm macro lens and the Oly. The pattern inside of the two larger bokeh balls is a reflection of the insect shield with some of the rain droplets on it that didn't make it to my window. Processed in DxO and in Color Efex where, amongst other filters, I'd used the Reflector Efex (Warm Gold) filter which did wonders for the light and the colours (coming from the street trees and the house across the street). Further tweaked in LR, where I slightly enhanced the blues in the colour calibration profile.
Happy weekend, Everyone, and stay safe and healthy!
Pinocchio ist wieder da :)
Es könnte sich hier aber auch um eins seiner Flamingo-Blumen-Geschwister handeln, die, verteilt auf zwei WGs, auf meinem Fensterbrett leben. Als ich schnell zur Kamera griff, um das "Auf-Regen-folgt-Sonnenschein-Bokeh" zu fotografieren, habe ich nicht nach dem Namen gefragt. Die ganze Bande war auch viel zu aufgeregt, denn allen war sofort klar, dass eine(r) von ihnen wieder bei Flickr landen würde. Einige hatten sogar noch versucht, mit ins Bild zu gelangen, nachdem ich schon ein Fotomodell ausgewählt hatte, sodass ich sie ein wenig zur Ordnung rufen musste ("Jetzt beruhigt Euch wieder, jeder kommt mal an die Reihe!").
Vor einigen Monaten hatte ich Euch Pinocchio ja bereits vorgestellt, damals mit der GRIII aufgenommen (und vor einigen Jahren waren meine Fensterbrett-Untermieter noch Orchideen gewesen, beide Fotos könnt Ihr im verlinkten Album sehen). Hier kam nun wieder die klassische Makro-Ausrüstung, bestehend aus der Oly und dem 60mm m.zuiko, zum Einsatz. Das Muster in den beiden großen Bokehscheiben ist die Reflektion des Insektengitters vor dem Fenster, mit ein paar Regentropfen darauf, die es nicht bis zum Fenster geschafft hatten. Entwickelt und bearbeitet in DXO, Color Efex – hauptsächlich mit dem Filter "Reflektor Efex – Warmes Gold", der hier Wunder bei den Farben (Straßenbäume, Haus gegenüber) und auch beim Licht bewirkt hat – und LR, wo ich im Kalibrierungsmenü ein wenig an den Farbreglern für Blau und Grün gedreht hatte.
Habt ein schönes Wochenende, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
Les Forces de la Montagne, série en hommage au célèbre alpiniste, guide de haute montagne René Desmaison.
Il a parcouru les massifs montagneux du monde entier. Auteur de nombreuses expéditions dans l’Himalaya, les Andes, les Alpes.
Il réalise la premiere voie directe de l’éperon Walker des Grandes Jorasses. Il donne le nom à cette voie « La Voie Goussault aux Grandes Jorasses » en hommage à son compagnon Serge Goussault mort d’épuisement à quelques dizaines de mètre du sommet.
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The Forces de la Montagne, series in tribute to the famous mountaineer, mountain guide René Desmaison.
He has travelled the mountains of the whole world. Author of numerous expeditions in the Himalayas, the Andes, the Alps.
He makes the first direct route of the Walker spur of the Grandes Jorasses. He gives the name to this route «La Voie Goussault aux Grandes Jorasses» in homage to his companion Serge Goussault who died of exhaustion a few tens of meters from the summit.
Chamonix Mont Blanc - 2021
After waiting on several NS trains at the CP117 diamond, Cleveland Commercial 2372 pulls eight cars south from the NS interchange at Von Willer a few miles from downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18, 2019. An interesting angle with the skyline, but I had my head on a swivel dealing with numerous inner-city characters walking by me on the sidewalk while I waited for the shot. Everyone was curious about the camera, and one guy even asked to hold it to look at my pictures... yeah no.
About a year after this was taken, CCR was bought by Omnitrax, renamed to Cleveland and Cuyahoga (keeping the CCR identifier), and the leased LTEX GP50 pair with the nice CCR labels was swapped for a ratty GATX GP38-2 pair.
There were numerous nests and baby Black Crowned Night Herons on our visit to Hall Memorial Park in Milpitas, CA. This time of year it’s all about feeding chicks and nest maintenance. This youngster was hanging out in a tree waiting for the rest of the colony to return. The male chooses a nest site in a tree or in cattails—usually in a habitat safe from predators such as on an island, in a swamp, or over water—and then advertises for a female. Black-crowned Night-Herons nest colonially, often with a dozen nests in a single tree. Colonies sometimes last for 50 years or more.
Staircase of the Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House, London. The gallery contains numerous famous works of art, including Manet's 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergere' as well as pictures by Monet, Renoir, Gaugin, Degas, Cezanne, Modigliani and Van Gogh. A small gallery, but well worth visiting. They also have this rather fine staircase by Sir William Chambers. Unlike the paintings, you can walk on this work of art!
We have been making numerous trips to Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (AKA Isenberg Crane Reserve) trying to capture a decent image of this skittish crane. This particular day proved to be a great photo day. The sun was in a perfect position and the birds were out and milling about. The birds were still quite a distance away but all the other elements were in place for us get a decent shot.
Siskin:-
The siskin is a small, lively finch, which is smaller than a greenfinch. It has a distinctly forked tail and a long narrow bill. The male has a streaky yellow-green body and a black crown and bib. There are yellow patches in the wings and tail. It is mainly a resident breeder from southern England to northern Scotland, but is most numerous in Scotland and Wales. Many breeding birds are residents; in winter birds arrive here also from Europe.
Courtesy: RSPB
04-May-2022: about turism: my perplexities towards a future with more and more bans and more and more over-taxes.
Lake Bohinj and the much more famous Lake Bled are close (less than 20 km) but the second has a mass tourism now rooted, while the first is expanding its tourist reception in recent years, coming out (unfortunately) from the shadow of Bled, that was a lightning rod for peaceful and symbiotic nature lovers.
I am totally against mass tourism because it transforms a relaxing resort into an area where it is difficult even to access it.
Around Lake Bled, even at a certain distance, there are only paid parking lots, which come to cost 6 euros per hour (about the most decentralized and in May...) that, certainly, leave perplexed about the "tourist selection" that "they" would like to implement (high-end tourism) and, in general, certainly drive away the tourist in search of nature and not restaurants, bars, concrete lake-front and crowd baths.
The naturalist tourist should not feel like a tourist in Nature, which is a single great asset of humanity and that only administratively is divided between various Countries, while in Bled, as in Rimini or Cortina d'Ampezzo, they make you feel not only tourist, but also guest, sometimes unwanted if you spend little.
As tourism increases, so do the bans, because unfortunately mass tourism includes many people who don't know anything about Nature and generally only go to very touristy places to make themselves of...people, sowing dirt and ignorance wherever they move.
The imposition of prohibitions/bans to limit the "damage from mass tourism" affects everyone indiscriminately, including locals and naturalists who have always had a symbiotic relationship with these places, thus making them become inhospitable, at least to those seeking pure contact with nature itself.
Of course this happens all over the world, but it should be condemned.
We already pay State taxes for the maintenance of the slice of Nature that falls within our administration, tourist surcharges, exploiting market laws that should be verified and contained, are for the most part unconstitutional, as well as several prohibitions that deprive access and use of public property.
With the money that the tourist municipalities pocket they could very well implement a targeted prevention (controls by foresters, cameras, ad hoc fences for areas subject to micro-pollution...) rather than closing everything and then de-empowering themself on the maintenance of roads and areas (more and more numerous), thus going to save further, starting from the basic taxes that we pay to also have access to given areas.
I can understand that you tax parking at high altitude to maintain the roads, but the amount of the payment should be directly proportional to the expenses that must be incurred to ensure accessibility, not by putting prices at random and with increases of 200% from one year to the next.
I have always appreciated the fact that Slovenia, thanks also that it is not densely inhabited and has a modest tourism (except precisely Bled, Postojna Caves and the Coast), guarantees a wide accessibility and use of its territories and I hope it can continue, limiting the prohibitions and parking lots everywhere.
Dewey’s Tower no. 3
Towers Beach
Numerous fire control towers, which were actively used during WWII, can still be found along the US East coast. These towers were located near the shore and used to spot and triangulate enemy ships - for harbor defense command areas.
Dewey Tower no. 3, was one of 11 towers which communicated with Fort Miles - the guardian of the Delaware bay. Efforts are currently underway to restore three of the fire control towers along the DE coast.
The Watch Towers That Line The DE Coast
U-Boat Attacks Of World War II: 6 Months of Secret Terror in the Atlantic
U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II
U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged on Eastcoast of U.S, and Gulf of Mexico During World War II
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One of the numerous "châteaux" dedicated to the wine production in the southwest of France.
Un des nombreux "châteaux" dédiés à la production de vin dans le sud-ouest de la France.
Um dos inúmeros "châteaux" dedicados à produção de vinho no sudoeste da França.
numerous studies highlight the positive effects of the forest on the human body:
a walk in the forest strengthens the immune system and reduces stress hormones.
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Portugal and its numerous places of history and art.
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This hawk was taking a quick break from hunting. There were numerous hawks out and about, due to shelter in place and many less humans. The only thing missing for us was sun, but we enjoyed the day nevertheless, from the safety of our vehicle.
One of the numerous lapwings that can currently be seen at Slimbridge Wetlands Centre. This bird was seen yesterday morning from the Rushy Pen hide on the edge of the Rushy Pen lake.
Having photographed this operation numerous times it was always a joy to see the care used in maintaining these units well into the UP era. This shot was taken in March 2000 and look at how clean these units are. The mechanical staff at Helper really took great care of these units.
After reading numerous bits of advice about water drop photography, I decided to try my hand at it. Over one hundred photos later, I found that I had captured this floral water drop as it headed for a splash landing. Although I've tried to replicate this exact experience, it will have to remain in my heart and mind. I suppose that is what is beautiful about life. Every event is rather special in its own way. It's interesting how photography can turn one into a philosopher.
Sounders Island, Falklands, 2.1.2020, morning .
The Magellanic penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil where they are occasionally seen as far north as Espirito Santo. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins.
Magellanic penguins grow to weigh as much as 14.3 pounds and stand up to 30 inches tall. Male Magellanic penguins are larger than the females. Adult Magellanic penguins have white bellies and black bands running between the breast and head. Magellanic penguins have black heads with a white border.
Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. They are found in both the Western Hemisphere and in the Eastern Hemisphere, but are more numerous in the latter. There are four species in the Americas and two species in the Old World. Two species, the Andean and the James's Flamingo, are often placed in the genus Phoenicoparrus instead of Phoenicopterus.
The Plaza de España, designed by Aníbal González, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits. González combined a mix of 1920s Art Deco and 'mock Mudejar', and Neo-Mudéjar styles. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous bridges representing the four ancient kingdoms of Spain. In the centre is the Vicente Traver fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain.
Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. Towards the end of the park, the grandest mansions from the fair have been adapted as museums. The farthest contains the city's archaeology collections. The main exhibits are Roman mosaics and artefacts from nearby Italica.
The Plaza de España has been used as a filming location, including scenes for the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. The building was used as a location in the Star Wars movie series — Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) — in which it featured in exterior shots of the City of Theed on the Planet Naboo. It also featured in the 2012 film The Dictator.
Source: WIkipedia
Numerous snowy owls moved south into northern Minnesota this winter and I was lucky to see five different snowy owls while I was up there. Three were in Sax-Zim Bog and two were in Superior, Wisconsin. This heavily-barred female was hunting near the Superior airport at dusk. Snowy owls often hang out at the airport since the land is open and flat - just like the arctic tundra where they summer. They find lots of voles to eat there and if they want larger prey they simply fly over to nearby Lake Superior and dine on gulls or ducks. Some of these wintering snowy owls get captured and fitted with transmitters to track their movements over time. One female captured near here travelled up to Baffin Island to nest in the summer, a distance of over 1500 miles or 2400 km.
Scotch Argus Butterfly:
Despite its name, the Scotch Argus is not only found in Scotland; it is also found at two sites in the north of England. A freshly emerged Scotch Argus is a sight to behold; the dark brown velvety upper sides making the butterfly appear almost jet black from a distance. The butterfly is unmistakable when seen basking with its wings open, when orange bands containing distinctive spots are revealed. This butterfly lives in well-defined colonies that are often very large.
Like the Mountain Ringlet, the ability of this butterfly to survive cool temperatures means that it was probably one of the first species to recolonise the British Isles after the last ice age, over 10,000 years ago. The English colonies, Arnside Knott and Smardale Gill, are both found in Westmorland. Colonies are much more numerous in Scotland, where this butterfly can be found in most of northern, western and southwest Scotland. This butterfly is absent from the lowlands of central Scotland, many of the western isles (including the Outer Hebrides), Orkney and Shetland.
Courtesy of UK Butterflies website
One of numerous rare wood white butterflies seen at the Linear Park in Cinderford on a visit back in mid June.
Female spiders produce either one egg sac containing several to a thousand eggs or several egg sacs each with successively fewer eggs. Females of many species die after producing the last egg sac. Others provide care for the young for some period of time; these females live one or, at most, two years. Females of the mygalomorph spiders may live up to 25 years and those of the primitive haplogyne spiders up to 10 years.
The protective egg sac surrounding the eggs of most spiders is made of silk. Although a few spiders tie their eggs together with several strands of silk, most construct elaborate sacs of numerous layers of thick silk. Eggs, which often have the appearance of a drop of fluid, are deposited on a silk pad and then wrapped and covered so that the finished egg sac is spherical or disk-shaped. The females of many species place the egg sac on a stalk, attach it to a stone, or cover it with smooth silk before abandoning it. Other females guard their egg sacs or carry them either in their jaws or attached to the spinnerets.
I found this Four-spotted Pennant Dragonfly checking out what I think is a Spiders Egg Sack at Joe Overstreet Landing in Osceola County, Florida.
These red sandstone cliffs are just to the west of Sidmouth on the coast of East Devon. Remarkably, there is a thin band of chalk at the top of the cliffs and numerous houses at this end of Sidmouth have used the flints from the chalk in their construction. Peak Hill - the nearest cliff - rises to around 500 feet above sea level. Flints can be seen piled up on the beach beneath the cliffs.
Lumber was once a booming backbone that supported numerous smaller railroads around the Pacific Northwest, but changes with the commodity and trucking competition have caused a virtual extinction of railroads dedicated to the transport of timber products. The St. Maries River Railroad is a survivor, clinging to what little rail market share remains in Idahoan forestry by hauling processed timber over the once-proud Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension from PotlachDeltic's mill in St. Maries to the Union Pacific at Plummer using Eisenhower-era Electro Motives. Near the middle of a late summer day, another St. Maries train of PotlachDeltic lumber lumbers over the timber stringers set more than 110 years prior across Benewah Lake. The pair of GP9s are "native" to the track they traverse, having both been constructed for the Milwaukee Road in 1959.
One of numerous adonis blue butterflies seen early this morning at Swelshill Bank near Stroud. This male was found roosting in the long grass on the steep south facing slopes of the common.
Although there numerous things I do each day, what I love most is walking through our gardens, in the spring looking for what might be coming up, and always, regardless of season, watching the light and breeze, looking for something that warrants a 'try' with my camera. This macro of a red cutleaf Japanese Maple leaf was taken the other day in one of our back gardens - the effects of autumn are beginning to show as the leaves begin to die. Posted to "Macro Mondays" for this week's theme "My Daily Routine".
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"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." E. M. Forster, novelist (1879-1970)
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Certainly the most numerous species in the prairies. Curiously, they are paler than those we have further East.
Certainement l'espèce la plus nombreuse des prairies. Curieusement, ils n'ont pas de coloration 'jaunâtre' comme nous avons plus à l'est. Je n'ai aucune idée pourquoi !!!
Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
The pretty little seaside resort of Looe is on the south-east coast of Cornwall, about 15 miles west of Plymouth as the crow flies. The Looe River divides what were once two separate towns. East Looe, pictured, is the larger of the two and has a lovely little sandy beach, while West Looe (behind the camera) has a large rock shelf which reveals numerous rock pools at low tide.
The Baltic Sea and those vacation photos are now finally over;). Long live the Baltic Sea lol. I now finally have time again for other photo projects. Sure, as if I were not already long ago back in Berlin on the road again. 〷(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°҂)
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Brasília, DF, Brazil.
I suppose it's a couple. What were they talking about?
Known in Brazil as "periquito-rei".
This species is common and numerous throughout the Cerrado region in Brazil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853
Species: E. aurea (Gmelin, 1788)
Binomial name: Eupsittula aurea
Laowa 2X Super Macro
These are 3" x 3" Post-It Notes that have been rolled in half and held together with a paper clip. The light source is a large window at the top left. The 3 main circle-top areas are less than 1.5" total width, so the estimated total width is less than 2.5" W. It's fun to turn the paper and adjust the camera to see numerous views of the same subject. Plus, the super macro lens allows me to get very close to the subject, and the depth-of-field is extremely shallow. This lens blurs the background at f/8.0 or less, but unfortunately doesn't record the depth-of-field in the EXIF data. I'm guessing this is f/4.0 or lower. I'm a rookie with this lens and have plenty to learn. But, I like that it allows me to think "outside the box". In other words, it's fun.
Please have a great day.....
Our new local celebrity.
I have named him scar as he has an open wound on his neck and an older injury on his flank.
Although the neck wound looks nasty it doesn't seem to be impeding him unduly. While we watched him he caught numerous fish so he certainly is capable of hunting.
European Otter - Lutra Lutra
Scar
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The docklands has always been a major component of the Dublin’s history and development. Beginning with the Vikings and Norman settlers the docklands became quite a significant commerce and trading hub. Recently companies such as Google and Facebook have created tens of thousands of jobs and transformed the docklands into a bustling area. Only a short distance from the City Centre it has become home to numerous entertainment venues including music, theatre, opera, exhibitions and galleries. If you are feeling daring the docklands offers a variety of outdoor activities including kayaking and wake boarding. Dublin’s Docklands is sure to have something for everyone, why not make a day of it?
Information from the Irish Emigration Museum.
Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
18-march-2022: the perpetual alternation between low and high tide, more marked precisely in this area where the tidal masses are channeled along the entire narrow Adriatic Sea, has greater variation in conjunction with the days around the full moon and the new moon.
It is therefore an astronomical phenomenon, but that Weather Patterns can alter, even massively.
In "my area", for most of the winter and with a peak in March, there were numerous extreme low tides and minimal high tides, this due to the over 1040hpas of adiabatic pressure and the continuous currents prevailing from the East or North-East.
So, every +1hpas over the terrestrial average pressure (gravity) value of 1013hpas corresponds to 1cm less in the level of that sea placed under the adiabatic pressure of the anticyclone and obviously vice versa in case of decreasing pressure.
The north-eastern currents tend to move the water masses towards the West and then towards the South following the anti-clockwise current that goes up the Adriatic along the Dalmatian coast and descends it from the Italian side.
All these factors "empty" the Gulf of Trieste which is also the Northernmost Spot of the entire Mediterranean Sea!
The exact opposite occurs with Low Pressure and the activation of persistent "long currents" from the South or South/East, in which cases not only Venice ends up under the surface of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
One of numerous trails where we were walking during our vacation in Whistler. It is also possible to cycle here. HFF
Un des sentiers où nous avons pu marcher pendant notre séjour à Whistler en novembre dernier. On peut aussi faire du vélo sur ce sentier. HFF
Downhill from the Theatre, the wadi widens to create a larger thoroughfare. To the right, the great massif of Jebel Al Khubtha looms over the valley. Within its west-facing cliffs are burrowed some of the most impressive burial places in Petra, known collectively as the ‘Royal Tombs’. They look particularly stunning bathed in the golden light of sunset.
The Royal Tombs are reached via a set of steps that ascends from the valley floor, near the Theatre. A worthwhile hike from the Royal Tombs leads up to the numerous places of worship on the flattened High Place of Jebel Khubtha, together with a spectacular view of the Treasury. The steps are easily visible between the Palace Tomb and the Sextius Florentinus Tomb. The Royal Tombs can also be reached via the adventurous hike through Wadi Muthlim.
When the tide goes out at Chapel Porth on Cornwall's rugged north coast a vast expanse of sandy beach is revealed. This is a favourite place for surfers, as the Atlantic rollers can provide ideal surfing conditions. There are numerous caves on this part of the coast, as well as rock pools for the younger visitors. The area is rich in the remains of old tin mines and one can be seen on the side of the cliffs at Chapel Porth. This is just a mile or two south of St Agnes.
The half-hidden dome on the cliff is at RAF Portreath and part of our national air defence radar system.
The common name comes from Savannah, Georgia, where one of the first specimens of this bird was collected.
Savannah Sparrows are one of the most numerous songbirds in North America, and while sometimes overlooked, are likely visitors across the continent. In summer, they don’t hesitate to advertise their location, belting out a loud, insect-like song from farm fields and grasslands.
Savannah Sparrows eat seeds on or near the ground, alone or in small flocks. When flushed, they usually fly up, flare their short tails, and circle around to land some yards away. In spring and summer, males sing their dry, insect-like melodies from exposed, low perches such as fence posts.
I found this one on a fence post along Joe Overstreet Road. Osceola County, Florida.
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Late each summer hundreds of American White Pelicans make their way to the Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge here in Arkansas. Along with both great white and snowy egrets there are numerous blue herons of all ages and migrating shorebirds.
After taking numerous photographs of birds, I have a great appreciation for those of you who successfully capture our avian friends. Birds are constantly moving, dipping their heads with tiny jerks, making them a real challenge to study. It is as if birds are listening to their own special tunes and moving to the beat. Now, if I could just find a bird that liked to listen to slow, classical music.
Organisateur de nombreux concours photo, le National Geographic a créé l’an dernier un nouveau format, baptisé Pictures of the Year, qui met en avant les plus belles photos de l’année de la faune et de la flore à travers le monde.
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Organizer of numerous photo competitions, National Geographic created last year a new format, dubbed Pictures of the Year, which highlights the best photos of the year of fauna and flora around the world.
Guillemot:-
The UK's coasts have many stretches of sheer cliffs where seabirds breed and the guillemot is one of the most numerous birds in the great 'seabird cities'. It comes to land only to nest, spending the rest of its life at sea, where it is vulnerable to oil spills. Dark brown and white, not as black as the similar razorbill, it has a 'bridled' form with a white ring round the eye and stripe behind it.
Courtesy: RSPB
Numerous pairs of breeding Skylarks seen during a two-hour walk on Cleeve Common in Gloucestershire today. Summer visitors included Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. A Northern Wheatear seen on migration north, but a distinct shortage of Cuckoos in the area this year.
While many of you might recall numerous shots from the back of the house toward the lake, this is a view from the front porch, the point of departure for my various wanderings...those wanderings presently being significantly reduced in time due to the continuing frigid temps to about 30-45 minutes until the camera freezes up and I with it. We were supposed to reach +10F today but have yet to do so. The result is that December will set records for cold and the snow has remained on every branch of every tree for a longer period than I've ever witnessed, this also due to lack of winds. It's beautiful but the trees are straining.
For this photo, I asked my amenable neighbor to do a fly-by and, as you can see, he obliged, circling overhead until I signaled that I thought I had a decent picture and he could return to his aerie. I did a lot of playing with processing on this one and, after a great deal of debate, decided on the monochrome. The original is in comments taken moments before the eagle arrived...;-)
[As usual, larger is probably better]