November morning at the Moselle near Trier-Ehrang.

Before a weather change, there are often spectacular colors just before sunrise.

Novembermorgen an der Mosel nahe Trier-Ehrang.

Vor einer Wetteränderung gibt es häufig spektakuläre Farben kurz vor Sonnenaufgang.

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Often associated with compact dead wood of various broad leafed trees. Adults can be found in woodlands visiting flowers from April to August.

often light conditions in forests are challenging but sometimes they are magical

Common Buzzard

buteo buteo

buizerd

Buse variable

Mäusebussard

Busardo ratonero

Poiana

Águia-d'asa-redonda

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I'm often very difficult to see

I like to sit and watch quietly

sometimes maybe up in a tree

often somewhere special . . .

waiting my moment consciously

when I look around here and there

cameras I see from afar and near

don't think I don't notice . . .

for indeed I do

watch your back, sides and front

I'm still active

I might just surprise you !

my legs are crossed my paws too

expression intent

yes I'm watching you

don't be fooled by my elegance too

I'm a quick mover

watch out all of you !

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I often see deer in the woods near my house. This doe was coming through a break in the pine trees as I was driving home late one afternoon last winter. By the looks of her belly, I would say that she was carrying one of the fawns that I saw last summer.

Often associates with the Tufted Duck. A rare breeding duck in Western Europe including here in the UK. Will often dive from the surface to feed on roots seeds and shoots. Will often rice up and flap their wings in 'comfort' movement as associated with other waterfowl species.

Often seen "doing the splits" as each foot grasps a different stem, Marsh Wrens are tiny, vocal inhabitants of (where else?) marshes. I have seen one every year in the exact same spot in the marsh at Lake St. Clair Metropark. As they do not overwinter in the North, it's pretty unlikely that this is the same wren that I see every year. This would be a good candidate for banding to determine whether it is the same bird.

Often seen at flowers feeding on nectar with its proboscis. The majority of these flies are black and white or black and yellow. The larvae of these flies are internal parasites . The adult female intercept's their host in flight and deposit their eggs. The abdomen of the female is modified to form what acts like a 'can opener' in which to pry and open the segments of the host's abdomen as the egg is inserted.

in their capacity as a human being :-)

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More often heard than seen… A Black-crowned Antshrike - Thamnophilus atrinucha in the rainforest in Panama, Central America. This bird is uncommon in tropical lowlands, mainly in forest borders, plantations, open woodlands, and secondary growth. Mainly forages at low to middle levels and, like many antbirds, often in pairs, which keep in touch by singing.

a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing :-)

Walter H. Judd

Protest Injustice! Resist!! Vote!!! Vote!!! Vote!!!

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I often think Luke is part cat. He will cuddle with you. He will follow you everywhere. He barks at everyone he meets and he sounds loud and mean but he is basically telling you to come and pet him. He is so loving it is crazy.

Smile on Saturday

Den Helder is often called "Windy City" , but that day there was absolutely no wind, so I decided to see if I will be lucky to get some nice reflections. :)

Willemsoord is a large former dockyard of the Royal Netherlands Navy in Den Helder. It is now a maritime museum, housing the Dutch Navy Museum and the Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers. In 2009 the replica of the Dutch East India Company ship Prins Willem which was located in a dock (visitable by the public) burned down.

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As often as one my see the red eyed frog it is still thrilling to see and photograph !! This image was taken on our recent trip to The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. A wonderful place filled with lots of wildlife and a paradise for photographers and those who just love wildlife.

Wishing you a beautiful and blessed evening !!!

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Often seen in flocks with other species of duck such as Tufted Ducks. Will spend much of their time diving for food of which a large proportion of the diet consisting of plant material.

Trees in winter

With the arrival of winter, and often at the end of autumn, a new problem arises with trees. This specific "winter" problem is associated with the accumulation of wet snow and the formation of frost on the branches and trunks of trees. "Freezing rains" - phenomena occur under certain combinations of weather conditions: sleet, wind, fog, sudden changes in temperature with a "transition through 0 degrees". Such a significant load on the branches and trunks of trees can lead to emergency situations:

1. Breaking off and collapse of large branches. Typical for poplar, aspen, willow, linden, oak. To a lesser extent for pines and elms.

2. Breaking the forks of co-dominant trunks. Most often found in the above tree species with V-shaped forks. Less typical for U-shaped forks of birch and spruce.

3. Bending under the weight of snow and ice, with possible breaking of the trunks of inclined trees.

I found the trees without obvious problems :)

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Often times when we go birding we take our dog, Louie, with us. Sometimes he gets bored and tired but at Radio Road life's good. He gets to visit with kindred spirits of the four legged variety, at the adjacent dog park, and we get to do some birding with a well worn out dog. While there we walked over to a sparsely populated pond and found the baby ducks, now juveniles. When they saw us they immediately started chirping loudly for mum. Just like a teenager to think he/she knows it all until something scares them, then they can't call for mum loud enough (smile).

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Barn Owl - Tyto Alba

Norfolk,

Like most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.

Barn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favoured sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.

Once a pair-bond has been formed, the male will make short flights at dusk around the nesting and roosting sites and then longer circuits to establish a home range. When he is later joined by the female, there is much chasing, turning and twisting in flight, and frequent screeches, the male's being high-pitched and tremulous and the female's lower and harsher. At later stages of courtship, the male emerges at dusk, climbs high into the sky and then swoops back to the vicinity of the female at speed. He then sets off to forage. The female meanwhile sits in an eminent position and preens, returning to the nest a minute or two before the male arrives with food for her. Such feeding behaviour of the female by the male is common, helps build the pair-bond and increases the female's fitness before egg-laying commences.

Barn owls are cavity nesters. They choose holes in trees, fissures in cliff faces, the large nests of other birds such as the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) and, particularly in Europe and North America, old buildings such as farm sheds and church towers. Buildings are preferred to trees in wetter climates in the British Isles and provide better protection for fledglings from inclement weather. Trees tend to be in open habitats rather than in the middle of woodland and nest holes tend to be higher in North America than in Europe because of possible predation.

This bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s.

Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.

Barn owls are a Schedule 1 and 9 species.

Population:

UK breeding:

4,000 pairs

Europe:

110-220,000 pairs

Quite often We run out of Time..... It is the most valuable thing that we have

So Today make Time to tell someone that you. Love them, Spend Time with someone..... and most important it is Time to Smile.

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Often Herring Gulls can look pretty mucky because of their foraging but this glorious adult was immaculate.

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The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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CHEF Claudia wants us to imagine a surrealistic vista!

➤ You must create a surrealistic autumn scene with falling leaves.

➤ Include one and only one four-wheeled vehicle (car, truck, SUV, etc.).

➤ Plus one and only one old book.

➤ And one or more clocks and/or clock parts.

➤ NO PEOPLE – but statues, sculptures, mannequins are okay.

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My gratitude is for having an intense love and understanding of nature.

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The Gannets at Bempton will often collect grass,for their nests and for bonding with their mates.

This individual landed extremely close to the path with several others.They were largely hidden by the long grass but this one moved into partial view giving me the chance to get this close-up shot and I was delighted when I saw he had collected some flowers with the grass.

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Often I think of Tuscany, when I stand above the Wittlich valley in the morning and the early light and fine mist enchant the landscape.

A picture of this week shortly after sunrise (August 30, 2017, 6:57 am).

Oft denke ich an die Toskana, wenn ich morgens oberhalb der Wittlicher Senke stehe und das frühe Licht und feiner Nebel die Landschaft verzaubern.

Ein Bild von dieser Woche kurz nach Sonnenaufgang (30.08.2017, 6:57 Uhr).

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James Lendall Basford (1845–1915)

HPPT!!

prunus mune, pink Japanese flowering apricot, 'Peggy Clarke', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina

“We can travel to the ends of the Earth, only to arrive back home and find Paradise on our doorstep.” - AP

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THE LAST FAREWELL – ROGER WHITTAKER

On this day I bid a last farewell

to a father who was not my blood

but a bond was made

and a promise held

and I was rescued from the flood

the tears that fell

were sweet enriched with salt

like an ocean swell

that fell into a well

of honey and the feelings felt

cannot be bought

for the value of such love

is more important

and more valuable than any amount of money

knowing the sun will no longer touch his face

and I will not see the sweetness of his smile again

I look upon the heavenly countenance of this place

and know that the sun will always follow even after so much rain.

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My friends

I want that you will forget me just a little;

that I might be just a little less important to you,

so that in my absences you will not grieve for me.

I can no longer be here as often as I once was.

I have not the strength.

There is illness, pain and loss

and still more to come.

There is barely enough strength

to do the most rudimentary of things.

Each day I task myself to do

only what is the most important one thing to achieve that day

and I congratulate myself on doing that one small thing

and try hard not to beat myself up

on the other million things I did not do.

You are always in my heart.

You are never far from my thoughts.

I never will forget you.

In truth I love you …

Thank you for your kindness, understanding and patience.

Lilleth Mills

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It is often difficult to comprehend and appreciate the size and scale of a glacier until you’ve seen it from the air. Mendenhall Glacier here for example is 13.6 miles long, 3.8 miles wide, around 2000 feet at its deepest, and rises from beneath sea level to over 6200 feet in elevation.

Having seen glaciers from a distance on foot in Iceland, it was a completely different experience to see one via helicopter. We flew over the glacier for several minutes before landing on a flat area for some hiking. A few things that amazed me while flying overhead though was how deep the crevasses were, how insanely blue the ponds of melted glacier water were, and how far the ice field stretched up into the mountains. But most of all, the sheer size of the glacier was just incredible.

The other remarkable thing was the visible path of dirt and sediment that revealed the flow of the glacier as it bent around the curves of the mountains on its way to the sea. The path must have represented decades of movement.

If you ever get a chance to visit Juneau, Alaska the Mendenhall Glacier is definitely worth a visit!

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Vincent Van Gogh

There are three male African lions at Zoo Atlanta: Azizi, Hondo and Hatari. They are brothers, and you will often find them inseparable. In fact, the lions are usually only separated from each other when they eat and when they are training.

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