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Lt. Gen. John F. Goodman, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, is awarded the Republic of Korea Order of National Security Merit (Gugseon) Medal during a change of command a retirement ceremony on the flightline here Aug. 23.
A view of the monumental Council Chamber of the City of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Lots of chaos just outside this famous arena of public debate yesterday, when a re-counting of the elections on March 3th proved to be much to do about nothing at all. The Socialist Party (PvdA) still remains largest by a tight margin. Ah well, this chamber resonates of its share of petty fights over the decennia.
A diptych photograph captures a woman in a red '05' jersey and floral skirt ordering from a white food truck. The left panel shows her leaning up to the service window, while the right panel reveals the menu with handwritten signs advertising shrimp burritos, tacos, and burritos with prices like $5 and $6. The scene has a candid, film-like quality with visible grain and light leaks, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment.
Award for Martial Skill for Avacal. When printed, the majority of the bottom will be cut away. It is based on two Norse Swords I found. The one in the back has a nice photo up in Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nielsprovos/7574692532/lightbox/ and a little write up the photographer did here: www.provos.org/index.php?/archives/103-On-a-quest-for-Vik... saying its 9th/10th Century from Denmark.
The sword in the front I adapted from here: www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=22401 down the page a bit #"86. A sword found in Södermanland, Sweden, made in the late 10th Century." The one with the Bears where I put the Raven heads.
This website had some really great photos and starting points for research. Including this great thread on what the grips should look like, so putting the writing on the grip lost us out on some very fancy decorations. www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=13019&postdays...
If I could have translated this site a little better I would have had other great options as well but I couldn't read for certain that these were in the timeperiod I was aiming for:
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After you make your kicks at the Nike ID Studio at Niketown, this is the card they give you with your sneaker details. Fresh!
Order period is from October 11, 2012 to November 11, 2012.
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I'm sooo happy!
I got:
1 Phase II Sun visor
2 Pase I Binoculars
1 Airborne Helmet
1 Assault Helmet
1 Bacara Helmet
2 Commander Helmets
1 Neyo Helmet
PLEASE READ:
For the Neyo Helmet, do you want :
Commander Neyo
or
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October 12, 2022 - Virginia Tech Order of the Gavel celebration at the Pylons. (Photo by Mary Desmond/Virginia Tech)
Check out my set "Most Interesting 500" here!
Visit my Waldorfschool/Steinerschool related pinboards here!
[group] Thrushes | [order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Turdidae | [latin] Turdus merula | [UK] Blackbird | [FR] Merle noir | [DE] Amsel | [ES] Mirlo Comun | [NL] Merel | [IRL] Lon dubh
Measurements
spanwidth min.: 34 cm
spanwidth max.: 38 cm
size min.: 24 cm
size max.: 26 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 12 days
incubation max.: 14 days
fledging min.: 11 days
fledging max.: 14 days
broods 2
eggs min.: 2
eggs max.: 6
Merle, Ouzel Cock
One of Ireland's top-20 most widespread garden birds.
Status: Resident, and winter visitor from Norway, Sweden, Germany & Denmark
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been assessed as Secure.
Identification: The commonest and most widespread member of the thrush family In Ireland. The males's all black plumage and bright yellow bill is unmistakable, however females are much browner, with speckles on the upper breast and at first glance resemble a Song Thrush. Often cocks long tail when alarmed or when running along ground.
Similar Species: Starling, Song Thrush, Ring Ouzel
Call: One of the favourite songsters. Song is rather slow, mellow and fluty, the notes ranging widely and the sound quite far-carrying. The quality of sound resembles Song Thrush, but the phrases do not repeat, but ramble on continually changing slightly. Calls include an agitated "chink, chink, chink" or "chack, chack..", a whinnying horse-like cry and a thin "psew" .
Diet: Insects, especially earthworms. Also berries and other fruit including apples. Comes to bird tables.
Breeding: Breeds throughout Ireland in many different habitats - mostly in hedgerows and gardens. Nest in trees or bushes - especially brambles and ivy, but also conifers. Will use large open-fronted nestboxes.
Wintering: Irish breeders are largely sedentary. Migrants from the Continent arrive in autumn.
Where to See: Widespread and common throughout Ireland.
Physical characteristics
Medium-sized, round-headed, rather long-tailed, noisy thrush, differing from all other west Palearctic Turdus in uniformly or mainly dark plumage. Black in male, and rufous-brown in female. Only obvious features are yellow bill in male, pale throat in female. Flight wavering, with fast bursts of wing-beats, rather long, rounded tail obvious. Song rich and fluting. Sexes dissimilar, little seasonal variation.
Habitat
Exceptionally diverse, including dense woodland, varied types of farmland, heaths moors, some wetlands, and settled sites including inner cities. Found in middle and overlapping to lower middle and upper latitudes of west Palearctic, including oceanic islands and coasts as will as milder boreal and temperate continental regions. Given shelter, will tolerate wet, windy, and cool situations better than very warm and dry ones, prefers moisture and shade, with ample access to bare ground, layers of dead leaves or short grass and herbage.
Other details
Turdus merula is a widespread breeder across most of Europe, which constitutes >50% of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is extremely large (>40,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. The species underwent a small increase during 1990-2000, with increases in the sizeable populations in Germany, France and Italy, and stable or increasing trends across most of the rest of Europe.
This thrush inhabits north-western Africa and a major part of Europe, being absent only from northern Scandinavia and Finland. In Asia its distribution is extending from Turkey to southern China. In southern and western Europe the species is sedentary, but the birds of the north and the east are migratory and winter in the south-west. Originally a bird of dense forest, this species has become adapted to man-made environments and urban areas since the last century. The total population of Europe, Russia not included, is amounting to 43 million breeding pairs
Graffiti in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Taken from a moving black cab with my 35mm Minolta SLR in June 2003.
note: these are not the opinions of the photographer. I am simply documenting what I saw.
Running Order Squable Fest ... or 'programme' if you're not a Half Man Half Biscuit fan!
More photos from Solfest 2013 here: www.flickr.com/photos/davidambridge/sets/72157635255899958/
Inspired by people complaining about lifts being out of order making them late, this experiment explores the decisions we make based on interaction and is intended to cynically highlight our reliance on technology.
Beavers, nature's marvelous water-way engineers, are relatively common in the lakes and rivers of the mountain west. In this case, a family has built its stick lodge under the ramp to pleasure and NPS boat docks at Colter Bay in the Tetons. Not often seen in the daytime - alas, we didn't see them at all this trip - the park service nonetheless recognized that they are raising a brood right here among the boats and tourists. Evidence of their presence extends to the chewed-off sticks and logs - the pictured one, for example, is about 5 inches in diameter - beyond their log cabin.
Colter Bay marina, Grand Teton National Park
President Nasser honored Umm Kulthum with Egypt's Order of Merit in 1960.
It is currently at her museum in Cairo
This postcards shows a notice for receipt of an order placed with Daniel Low & Co., Salem, Massachusetts.
The notice on the front of the card reads as follows (bold text representing stamped text and italicized text representing handwritten):
Salem, Mass., DEC 10 1910 1910
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your order received today which will have our careful attention.
We will ship as soon as possible.
Yours respectfully,
Daniel Low & Co.
MENTION NO. X45425 IN
REFERRING TO ABOVE ORDER."
The card is postmarked 10:30 P. M., December 10, 1910, at Salem, Mass. It is addressed to Elias Cohn, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado.
Front: flic.kr/p/2nae93Q
Back: flic.kr/p/2nae93K
Citation: Nelson Dionne Salem History Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
[order] Passeriformes | [family] Emberizidae | [latin] Plectrophenax nivalis | [UK] Snow Bunting | [FR] Bruant des neiges | [DE] Schneeammer | [ES] Escribano Nival | [IT] Zigolo delle nevi | [NL] Sneeuwgors
spanwidth min.: 30 cm
spanwidth max.: 33 cm
size min.: 14 cm
size max.: 16 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 12 days
incubation max.: 13 days
fledging min.: 12 days
fledging max.: 14 days
broods 2
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 7
Gealóg shneachta
Status: Uncommon winter visitor from October to March.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population is considered to be Secure.
Identification: A typical bunting in size and shape, being slighly larger than a Chaffinch. Has a number of distinctive plumages, making identification of males and females relatively straightforward. In all plumages, males have a much larger white wing-pannel than females.
Adult summer males are unmistakable, having a pure white body with a black beak, wing tips and tail centre. There are very few records of Snow Buntings in this plumage in Ireland, most wintering birds having left before moulting into this plumage.
Adult winter male Snow Buntings are washed beige-brown on the head, back and flanks, while the beak is yellow with a dark tip.
Adult summer females largely resemble summer males, but have an extensive areas of dark brown on the head and breast.
Adult winter female Snow Buntings appear like a darker-brown version of winter males, having much brown on the head, back and tail. Has only a very indistinct white wing patch.
Juvenile Snow Buntings have a dark grey head and back, with an obvious white eyering. The undersides are pale grey.
Similar Species: Other Bunting species.
Call: Flying Snow Buntings frequently give a buzzing “prrrrrt”. The song is unlikely to be heard in Ireland
Diet: Feeds on seeds and other vegetable matter in machair and sand dunes.
Breeding: Snow Bunting does not breed in Ireland. There is a small breeding population in the Grampians in northern Scotland, with the main breeding range in Iceland and Scandinavia.
Wintering: Snow Buntings winter along the coast, mainly in the north and west of Ireland. Seen either singly or in small groups feeding along seashores, in dunes or tilled fields. Also recorded on the exposed tops of mountains, such as the Mournes and Wicklow Mountains.
Where to See: The Belmullet peninsula in County Mayo and sand dunes in north-west Donegal are reasonably reliable sites to see Snow Buntings in Ireland. Rather rare on the east and south coasts of Ireland.
Physical characteristics
Snow Buntings are unmistakable medium sized sparrows, with white underparts and striking black-and-white wings. The slightly larger males are entirely black and white in breeding plumage with a white head and nape. The back and rump are black; the rump is mottled with white. Wings are mostly white with the primary feathers forming large black wingtips, and there is a black spot at the wrist. The tail is black with black-tipped white outer tail feathers. The bill and feet are black.
The summer female looks much like the male, except that the black areas of the body are duller and grayish brown rather than pure black and streaked with white, and the crown and ear coverts are buffy with black streaks. The white of the wings is reduced to a patch on the inner wing.
In winter, both male and female Snow Buntings resemble the breeding female. White areas are washed with pale brown, especially about the crown, sides of the head, and breast. The black feathers of the back are edged with brown and the bill becomes yellowish orange. As with breeding plumage, males show much more white in the wings. The rusty brown feather edges of the winter plumage gradually wear away to reveal the breeding plumage.
Across their range, flocks can reach the thousands and are often in the hundreds, although in Washington, flocks are usually much smaller. These flocks move around a lot from place to place, so their winter distribution can be spotty and ever changing. As they move through a field, birds at the back of the flock fly over the rest of the group to move to the front, making it appear that the flock is rolling. Ground-foragers, Snow Buntings are found in flocks outside of the breeding season
Habitat
Breeding habitat is barren tundra with rock piles, boulder fields, and other rocky outcroppings that are used as nesting sites. In winter, Snow Buntings inhabit a variety of open lands, including short-grass prairie, farmland, beaches, and roadsides.
Other details
Plectrophenax nivalis is a widespread breeder in northernmost Europe, which accounts for less than a quarter of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is large (>680,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in Sweden and Finland during 1990-2000, key populations in Greenland and Norway were stable, and the species probably remained stable overall.
Feeding
Seeds are part of the Snow Bunting's diet year round, but especially in winter. During summer, they eat more insects and spiders, and the young are fed almost entirely an invertebrate diet. Birds in coastal areas may also eat tiny crustaceans.
Conservation
This species has a large global range; the total size has not yet been quantified, but the Extent of Occurrence in the Americas alone is estimated to be 3,700,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 39,000,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
The preferred nest site of Snow Buntings is a crevice or cavity among exposed rocks or boulders on the tundra. Competition for sites is intense, and males-especially older, more experienced males-arrive three to six weeks ahead of females to claim suitable territories. They defend these territories and attract mates with finchlike warbled songs heard only on the breeding range. Nests built of moss and grass and lined with feathers and fur are hidden deep within rock piles or under boulders to avoid discovery by predators. Males feed nest-bound incubating females so that the eggs may be kept constantly warm in these cool shaded nest sites. The young are fed a diet of insects and arachnids.
She incubates 3 to 9 eggs for 10 to 16 days. Rock crevices in this harsh environment can be cold places, and the male feeds the female while she is on the nest so she doesn't often need to leave the nest during incubation. Both parents help feed the young, which leave the nest at 10 to 17 days. The parents continue to feed the young for 8 to 12 days after they leave the nest, although the young start catching some of their own food within 3 to 5 days. Snow Buntings typically only raise one brood a year.
Snow Buntings breed throughout the tundra regions in the northern hemisphere. They range across northern Russia and Scandinavia, and in North America, across the Canadian high Arctic from the coastal lowlands of Greenland to Alaska and as far south as the southern limits of permafrost, and in the alpine tundra of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. In mid to late September flocks begin to migrate south, arriving in the northern parts of the winter range about the third week of October and the southern areas about a month later.
Migration
Partially migratory to migratory, many birds wintering far south of circumpolar breeding range; northernmost areas are vacated. In Europe, winters mostly in coastal areas and on inland plains. Numbers vary greatly from year to year, and also fluctuate over long periods. Present in Iceland all year, by far the commonest wintering passerine.
Autumn movement prolonged, September-December, with most passage records October-November. Spring movement northward begins early or mid-February. Leaves southern France February-March; latest record 28 February in Rumania, and rare by March in Hungary. Passage peaks end of February to early or mid-March in Denmark, north-east Germany, and Poland. Reaches southern Norway mid- or late March to April, and northern Norway at beginning of May. In north-east Scotland, spring departure rapid; most birds leave in March, a few still present in 1st half of April; males depart c. 9 days before females on average.
Snow Buntings migrate in small, loose flocks. Males arrive on their Arctic breeding grounds in early April. Females follow in May, and both leave in the fall, arriving in and passing through Washington in mid-October. They winter throughout the open country of the northern United States and temperate Canada.