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Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione (2007).
Design (2003): Wolfgang Egger. Yes, a German, not an Italian.
Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, Arese, Italia.
Mother cheetah with adolescent children in the Soit le Motonyi region of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
mute swan or white swan
Höckerschwan
[Cygnus olor]
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Ah, the joys of a freelance existence! Always time for a little contemplative workbreak.
Please try in LARGE ...
The Mother sitting behind her juvenile. They were looking at Canada geese here but the adult geese made it perfectly clear they were not to be approached. The Foxes watched for a few minutes then moved on.
Our rosemary beetles [ chrysolina americana ] didn't seem to be put off by the rain. Although it's rather late in the year for this enthusiastic behaviour, perhaps we shall be seeing some offspring very soon, or maybe their larvae will hide away until the warmth of spring next year.
I don't visit Churchill National Park more than three or four times a year, so it was a delightful surprise to be greeted by this Welcome Committee, consisting of a Tawny Frogmouth pair and their offspring just 50 meters from the parking area. Even though the mother was catching some sleep, it did not dampen my joyful mood one bit.
(Podargus strigoides)
This little 3-month-old leopard cub had already learned so much from his mother that he knew what to do when a lioness entered the leopard hide.
While the mother lured the lioness away, this cute little fellow hid in the top of a tree and didn't move for hours before the mother returned.
A scene that will stay with me forever.
Mara Triangle - Kenya
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Leviticus 20:2 “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.’”
“Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Newborn Brain Development”
“These findings suggest that increased maternal mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with subsequent changes in regional brain growth in newborn offspring.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820221
'Reach 421', aka US Air Force 514AMW Boeing KC-46A Pegasus 19-46063 tucks away the undercarriage while making a sprightly departure from Fairford after participating in RIAT 2022
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One from a very hot and humid day on the hills. Love how this scene looked like the parent tree was out with the kids for the day!
Heute mal meine Nikon zu Hause gelassen und somit meiner Frau eine Freude gemacht. Also hatte ich beim illustren Waldspaziergang nur mein Handy zur Verfügung. Wie sagt man doch so schön: Die beste Kamera ist die, die man dabei hat :-)
A week doesn't seem like much time but it's amazing how much a young deer grows and accomplishes in such a short time. Still, a little fawn spends much of the day alone and in hiding until it has grown enough to keep up with the other deer. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to see them grow and I am humbled that their mothers feel that our yards are safe havens for their precious offspring.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_moorhen
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the swamp chicken[2]) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.[3]
The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions.
The closely related common gallinule of the New World has been recognized as a separate species by most authorities,[3] starting with the American Ornithologists' Union and the International Ornithological Committee in 2011.
Name
The name mor-hen has been recorded in English since the 13th century.[5] The word moor here is an old sense meaning marsh;[5] the species is not usually found in moorland. An older name, common waterhen, is more descriptive of the bird's habitat.
A "watercock" is not a male "waterhen" but the rail species Gallicrex cinerea, not closely related to the common moorhen. "Water rail" usually refers to Rallus aquaticus, again not closely related.
The scientific name Gallinula chloropus comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and the Greek chloropus (khloros χλωρός green or yellow, pous πούς foot).
Description and ecology
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The frontal shield of the adult has a rounded top and fairly parallel sides; the tailward margin of the red unfeathered area is a smooth waving line. In the related common gallinule of the Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area.
The common moorhen gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.[7] A midsized to large rail, it can range from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and span 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. The body mass of this species can range from 192 to 500 g (6.8 to 17.6 oz).[8][9]
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments and well-vegetated lakes. Populations in areas where the waters freeze, such as eastern Europe, will migrate to more temperate climes. This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. They forage beside or in the water, sometimes walking on lilypads or upending in the water to feed. They are often secretive, but can become tame in some areas. Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the common moorhen remains plentiful and widespread.
The birds are territorial during breeding season. The nest is a basket built on the ground in dense vegetation. Laying starts in spring, between mid-March and mid-May in Northern hemisphere temperate regions. About 8 eggs are usually laid per female early in the season; a brood later in the year usually has only 5–8 or fewer eggs. Nests may be re-used by different females. Incubation lasts about three weeks. Both parents incubate and feed the young. These fledge after 40–50 days, become independent usually a few weeks thereafter, and may raise their first brood the next spring. When threatened, the young may cling to the parents' body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them.[7][10]
On a global scale – all subspecies taken together – the common moorhen is as abundant as its vernacular name implies. It is therefore considered a species of Least Concern by the IUCN.[1] However, small populations may be prone to extinction. The population of Palau, belonging to the widespread subspecies G. c. orientalis and locally known as debar (a generic term also used for ducks and meaning roughly "waterfowl"), is very rare, and apparently the birds are hunted by locals. Most of the population on the archipelago occurs on Angaur and Peleliu, while the species is probably already gone from Koror. In the Lake Ngardok wetlands of Babeldaob, a few dozen still occur, but the total number of common moorhens on Palau is about in the same region as the Guam population: fewer than 100 adult birds (usually fewer than 50) have been encountered in any survey.[11]
The common moorhen is one of the birds (the other is the Eurasian coot, Fulica atra) from which the cyclocoelid flatworm parasite Cyclocoelum mutabile was first described.[12] The bird is also parasitised by the moorhen flea, Dasypsyllus gallinulae.[13]
Subspecies
Five subspecies are today considered valid; several more have been described that are now considered junior synonyms. Most are not very readily recognizable, as differences are rather subtle and often clinal. Usually, the location of a sighting is the most reliable indication as to subspecies identification, but the migratory tendencies of this species make identifications based on location not completely reliable. In addition to the extant subspecies listed below, an undescribed form from the Early Pleistocene is recorded from Dursunlu in Turkey.