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I thought a bright flower might be in order for Sliders Sunday, especially for those of you who live in northern climates like I do. HSS!
Edited with an impressionism filter and colour adjustments in Topaz Studio.
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Lapinha da Serra, MG, Brazil.
This speecies is famous for its diverse vocalizations.
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Zonotrichia Swainson, 1832
Species: Z. capensis (Müller, 1776)
Binomial name: Zonotrichia capensis
Location: Slikken van Flakkee, the Netherlands
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Autumn is in the air, in the trees, and on my mind. And like others, in their cameras by now. Trout Lake is only about 20 minutes away and unveils itself in different ways depending on the season. With the sun now lower in the sky, and winds barely present, the mirror-like surface can provide terrific reflections.
Fall colors also present themselves for view, while Lillie Pads suddenly appear. The shadow that split the scene nicely framed the two distinctly different elements. This too created depth and a polarizing filter both removed glare, and released those vivid colors.
In order to get this shot, it was necessary to prop up against a Birch tree that was leaning about 45 degrees toward the lake. There was nowhere to place my tripod and achieve the same shot, short of submersing it and settling for something different. For me, that is just not an option; be nice to your equipment.
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Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure into a fine country house to be the seat of his earldom. The castle was built in stages between 1777 and 1792. It incorporates a large drum tower with a circular saloon inside (which overlooks the sea), a grand oval staircase and a suite of well-appointed apartments.
In 1945, the Kennedy family gave the castle and its grounds to the National Trust for Scotland (thus avoiding inheritance tax). In doing so, they stipulated that the apartment at the top of the castle be given to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in recognition of his role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. The General first visited Culzean Castle in 1946 and stayed there four times, including once while President of the United States.
Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Orthemis Hagen, 1861
Species: O. aequilibris Calvert, 1909
Binomial name: Orthemis aequilibris
Dunlins and at least one Black-bellied Plover (the larger bird in the background, right).
(I had misidentified these as Western Sandpipers, but the particularly long drooping bill marks these as Dunlins.)
Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, California
Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, UK
One of the prettiest beaches in Cornwall only accessed at low tide. Dedicated to my friend, max tuta noronha, who was so kind to write a Flickr testimonial for me. Thanks so much, Max. Please visit Max's stream - you will be delighted with his great photography!
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One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "knolling".
Shot with a Carl Zeiss "S-Sonnar 62 mm F 2.5" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Autumn-winter flowering Choisya in the undergrowth. Petals scattered by strong winds or maybe animal/human disturbance?
Olympus EM1 + Olympus 25mm.
DF, Brazil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Nomophilini
Genus: Syngamia Guenée, 1854
Species: S. florella (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
Binomial name: Syngamia florella
(Tangara cyanocephala)
Sitio da Folha Seca
Ubatuba
Brasil
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Cuckoo - Cuculus Canorus
Norfolk
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, e that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being seen to do so.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.
The scientific name is from Latin. Cuculus is "cuckoo" and canorus, "melodious ".
A study using stuffed bird models found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos that have barred underparts similar to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, a predatory bird. Eurasian reed warblers were found more aggressive to cuckoos that looked less hawk-like, meaning that the resemblance to the hawk helps the cuckoo to access the nests of potential hosts. Other small birds, great tits and blue tits, showed alarm and avoided attending feeders on seeing either (mounted) sparrowhawks or cuckoos; this implies that the cuckoo's hawklike appearance functions as protective mimicry, whether to reduce attacks by hawks or to make brood parasitism easier.
The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off. The whole process takes about 10 seconds. A female may visit up to 50 nests during a breeding season. Common cuckoos first breed at the age of two years.
More than 100 host species have been recorded: meadow pipit, dunnock and Eurasian reed warbler are the most common hosts in northern Europe; garden warbler, meadow pipit, pied wagtail and European robin in central Europe; brambling and common redstart in Finland; and great reed warbler in Hungary.
Studies were made of 90 great reed warbler nests in central Hungary. There was an "unusually high" frequency of common cuckoo parasitism, with 64% of the nests parasitised. Of the nests targeted by cuckoos, 64% contained one cuckoo egg, 23% had two, 10% had three and 3% had four common cuckoo eggs. In total, 58% of the common cuckoo eggs were laid in nests that were multiply parasitised. When laying eggs in nests already parasitised, the female cuckoos removed one egg at random, showing no discrimination between the great reed warbler eggs and those of other cuckoos.
It was found that nests close to cuckoo perches were most vulnerable: multiple parasitised nests were closest to the vantage points, and unparasitised nests were farthest away. Nearly all the nests "in close vicinity" to the vantage points were parasitised. More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying.
…..A nice Cornish ‘Sea Fix’ today I thought would be in order seeing as the weather is not so good a the moment in many places and a forecast of 65 - 70 MPH to hit the coast suggests some rather bigger waves are to come!!!!! Stay safe & cosy everyone. .….. Alan:-)
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Montego Bay, Jamaica
- The city of Montego Bay is located on the north-west end coast of the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Jamaica is independent and member of the Commonwealth since 1962.
- La ville de Montego Bay est située sur la côte nord-ouest de l'île caribéenne de la Jamaïque. La Jamaïque est indépendante et membre du Commonwealth depuis 1962.
- La ciudad de Montego Bay se encuentra en la costa del extremo noroeste de la isla de Jamaica. Jamaica es independiente y miembro de la Commonwealth desde 1962.
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Order : Lepidoptera
Superfamily : Pyraloidea
Family : Crambidae
Sub-Family : Pyraustinae
Genus : Pyrausta
Species : Pyrausta despicata
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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at Adel Dam Nature Reserve.
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Hey there ... I'm just about to leave for vacation! Finally ... You'll have noticed I didn't do anything here the past few weeks, well, RL consumes a load of time actually, so I won't come up again before coming back in September :D
Sometimes it's just a certain pattern, in a certain light, of course, that conspires to strike the eye...and trip the shutter! Photographed at golden hour in Toronto, minutes before sunset on February 8, 2022. Processed in PS.
(Larus delawarensis)
Afurada
Portugal
A vagrant in Portugal
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