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Fête de l'Huma - La Coureneveuve - 2012
Olivier Hoffschir
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Bobiras, Mytilini 09/2012. None other than Garret and Despina Liou. Multiple exposure.
Self-developed Ilford PAN ISO 400 through 50mm Zuiko and Olympus OM2-n.
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20-06-2020
[order] Anseriformes | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Tadorna ferruginea | [UK] Ruddy Shelduck | [FR] Tadorne casarca | [DE] Rostgans | [ES] Tarro Canelo | [IT] Casarca ferruginea | [NL] Casarca
Measurements
spanwidth min.: 110 cm
spanwidth max.: 135 cm
size min.: 58 cm
size max.: 70 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 28 days
incubation max.: 29 days
fledging min.: 51 days
fledging max.: 58 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 7
eggs max.: 10
Physical characteristics
Its main body colour is a variable orange-brown with a black rump and tail. Adult males have a cream head and neck, and a narrow black collar during the breeding season. Females have a paler, almost white patch on the face and do not have a black collar. Nests in rock recess, rock faces, ruins, buildings and on trees.
Habitat
Unlike Shelduck, has not extended range to maritime coastal habitats but occupies wider spectrum of inland biotopes, from coasts of inland seas and lakes, salt lagoons and marshes, rivers, streams, and pools, up to hills, high plateaux, and mountainous regions, reaching nearly 5000 m in Pamirs and Tibet. Dependence on water for resting and feeding less than for most Anatinae, although needs access to some, shallow and preferably saline. Often on unvegetated banks and in steppe or semi-desert, with only small pools or streams accessible. Breeding recorded several kilometres from water.
Other details
Tadorna ferruginea is a widespread breeder across much of south-eastern Europe, which accounts for less than a quarter of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is relatively small (30%) over three generations.
A bird with a very fragmented distribution from north-western Africa and south-eastern Europe to Central Asia, as far East as Lake Baykal and Mongolia. A small population also exists in Ethiopia. The birds of north-western Africa formerly also used to visit southern Spain in winter, but in this country observations are currently only sporadic. In the European Union the species is today only occurring in Greece. These birds belong to the population of the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, which has undergone a strong decline during the twentieth century, but seems currently to be quite stable. It is estimated at 20000 individuals
Feeding
Omnivorous; plant material probably predominates, but proportions vary with locality and season. On land, where feeds more often than Shelduck, plucks vegetation and picks up seeds and invertebrates. Also grubs in wet soil, and dabbles and up-ends in shallow water.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 170,000-220,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). 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
Eggs are laid from mid-March to early may. The nests are holes in sand or clay banks, either natural or excavated by another animal; in abandoned buildings and farm sheds. In hollow trees up to 10 m above ground, crevices in rocks and cliffs, rarely on cliff ledge in the open. Nest is a shallow depression lined with down, occasionally a little grass is incorporated. Clutch size is 8-9 eggs, ranging from 6-12. This species incubates only one brood. Incubation period anges from 28-29 days and the young fldge after about 55 days.
Migration
Mainly dispersive or nomadic, but some migratory, especially from northern parts of breeding range. North African population, which formerly (to c. 1970s) wintered regularly in Spain, no longer migrates northward to Europe. Southward dispersal by some breeders of Balkans and Black Sea countries.
This picture was taken at Thomas Edison nation park. This was from an old phone booth that was outside one of the buildings.
The red dots are the bands I saw (memory is a bit fuzzy in some places). Note: Mayhem were replaced by Enslaved, and Animosity and 1349 switched positions. Korn cancelled, but I wasn't going to see them anyway. I also saw Dark Tranquillity, but forgot to put a red dot next to their name.
is a church of the Dominican Order in Verona, northern Italy. In Gothic style, it is located in the most ancient part of the city, near the Ponte Pietra.
History
The current church was started in 1280 and completed in 1400, designed by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola. It took its name from a pre-existing temple built by King Theoderic the Great upon which was built the actual church. Since 1307, it is in fact co-entitled to St. Peter of Verona, martyr and co-patron of the city.
Consecrated only in 1471, until 1808 the church was held by the Dominicans.
The 72 mt tall belltower had four bells in 1460, the fifth was added in 1650. In the 1839 were casted the actual 9 bells tuned in C, them are ringed in Veronese bellringing art by a local team founded in 1776.
The church is similar in structure to the Basilica of San Zanipolo in Venice.
Façade
The façade is divided into three vertical section corresponding to the nave and the two aisles in the interior. Unfinished, the
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Word of warning to those with peanut allergies: stear clear of a little place in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport called 360 Burrito.
Just before getting on a plane I thought I'd try an establishment that was "Wrapping the Flavors of the World." Bad idea. That burrito was going 90 degrees into the toilet pretty quick. I don't know if the chicken teryaki burrito has peanuts, a peanut sauce or they just don't wash out the pan they fry your ingredients in (all of which are likely) but I can safely say I'm not going back there. I thought I was safe because other dishes clearly specified having a peanut sauce in them. Lesson learned.
Customer wanted a mixture of pink and blue, So i did white chocolate mud cake with buttercream on 6 and fondant on the other 6, with hand made royal icing decorations and embossing.
Found this timetable for dragon boats at town today, had to crop it insanely much to get the number right so the image became pretty boring, well, keeps the numbers moving anyway.