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Brisbane has had some wild storms over the last couple of weeks but the last 2 days have been doozies! yesterday in particular was hell on earth for some people. I took this image at Cleveland just prior to the storm hitting and got home just in time before the hail came. Luckily we only had small hail but by the time the storm hit Wynnum/Manly which isn't that far from Cleveland it looked like the mothership had arrived from outer space..and it brought with it ginormous hail with a lot of stones measuring in excess of 10-12 cms, one was measured at 14 cms! for those in the US thats 5.5 inches!. it then headed further north into the bayside suburbs and then on to Bribie Island which seemed to cop the worst of it. Needless to say that there is a lot of damage, lots of cars smashed, lots of holes in roofs, lots of trees damaged and some roofs were lifted right off. This storm travelled a total of 700kms reeking havoc along its entire course. Click on the link below for more images.
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Norfolk Southern train #177, which many times had WC power had one of the rare cowl units leading this particular day. It is seen here at the Winters Road crossing just south of Ft. Wayne on the NS's New Castle sub. The train is heading from Chicago to Cincinnati. I'm not sure what the reason is for the stubby block signal. I had heard that it had something to with the fact that Ft. Wayne's Baer Field airport runways are just to the left of the engines. I figure it is either that or maybe these are associated with a hot box detector.(?) Date is 3/4/2000.
Pepsi: Vitto, tem certeza de que vc está bem? Não quer mesmo ir para o hospital?
Vitto: Está tudo bem Pepsi, é sério... Não se preocupe! Só pegou de raspão. Vc fez um ótimo trabalho, deu os pontos certinhos, como eu ensinei. Vc tem mãozinhas muito habilidosas! De hoje em diante vai ser minha enfermeira particular!
Pepsi: Isso não tem graça! Vc precisa tomar mais cuidado! Eu não quero ficar viúva sem nem sequer ter me casado ainda! Vc teve muita sorte!
Vitto: Eu prometo que não vai acontecer de novo. Me perdoa.
Pepsi: Vou pensar no seu caso...
Vitto: Ahhh... Vc é tão malvada comigo... T^T Mas eu gosto! ♥
Pepsi: Hunf! Nunca mais me dê outro susto desses, Vi! Vamos, vc precisa se deitar e descansar.
Vitto: Hmmm... eu vou ganhar massagem?!
Pepsi: Sim! Mas só se me prometer que vai ficar quietinho...
Vitto: Vai ser bem difícil ficar quieto com vc tão perto... mas eu prometo, vou ficar deitadinho e deixar vc fazer tudo! Vc cuida tão bem de mim, com certeza vai ser a melhor esposa do mundo inteiro! ♥
Oppenheim explores labour issues particular to the production of vintage lace in this meticulously detailed photogram. Once a highly prized luxury item lace was traditionally made by aristocratic women – for whom it was a refined accomplishment and a leisurely pursuit - or by nuns and domestic craftswomen, who were paid poorly for their piecework. When lace became mass-produced in the mid-19th century, it lost quality, value and prestige. The market that then emerged for handcrafted vintage lace encouraged the assemblage of large synthetic composites form Fragments of several rare designs, as seen in Oppenheimer’s print.
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, ahora Museo de la Ciudad, está en La Habana Vieja. Es considerado la obra de mayor importancia arquitectónica de todo el desarrollo Barroco en Cuba.
Este palacio fue construido cerca de la antigua Catedral de la Habana. Su construcción comenzó en el año 1776. Fue el sitio de 65 capitanes generales enviados por España para gobernar a Cuba así como el recinto del Administrador de Estados Unidos durante la intervención de 1898 a 1902.
Sirvió durante la República de Palacio Presidencial hasta 1920. En su patio interior está enclavada una estatua de Cristóbal Colón, colocada en este lugar en el año 1862. Esta construcción sirvió además de sede del cabildo y cárcel, así como para poner varias oficinas del gobierno.
En el lugar donde hoy está emplazado el palacio, se encontraba, en 1574, un pequeño templo católico de tejas y piedras. Algunos historiadores afirman que esta iglesia fue la incendiada por el pirata Jacques de Sores en 1555. A esta iglesia, que llegó a ser verdaderamente rica en obras y esculturas, se le denominó en su momento Parroquial Mayor. Fue seriamente dañada en 1741 por la explosión del navío Santa Bárbara, que estaba atracado en el cercano Puerto de La Habana. Eran tantos los daños, que hubo que demoler la iglesia y trasladarla a la zona conocida como la Plaza de la Ciénaga, propiedad de la Compañía de Jesús.
Durante la época del Marqués de la Torre, sobre los escombros de la edificación, se comenzó en 1776 la construcción de la Casa de Gobierno, la cual concluyó en 1792, bajo el gobierno de don Luis de las Casas, convirtiéndose en la residencia de los gobernadores coloniales de Cuba.
El edificio albergaba, además de la Capitanía General, otros departamentos estatales y particulares. La planta alta, con vista a la Plaza de Armas, estaba ocupada por la oficina del Gobernador; en la que da a la Calle Obispo, se encontraban las oficinas del Ayuntamiento Municipal; los entresuelos y la planta baja fueron ocupados por comerciantes y escribanos que alquilaban a plazos sus oficinas. El ala norte que mira hacia la Calle Mercaderes fue destinada a la cárcel pública, luego esta sección fue ocupada por la Real Audiencia, para celebrar sus diferentes congresos.
Al terminar en 1898 el dominio colonial español, fue la sede del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Se convierte en Palacio Presidencial hasta la llegada de Mario García Menocal, que lo traslada a su ubicación actual, en lo que es hoy el Museo de la Revolución. El edificio quedó destinado al Ayuntamiento de La Habana.
Al triunfar la Revolución en 1959 cambia de sede el ayuntamiento y se traslada a la llamada Casa de los Alcaldes. El 11 de diciembre de 1967 se crea en este lugar el Museo de la Ciudad, trasladándose a él numerosas colecciones artísticas de alto valor cultural e histórico.
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From a Facebook posting by John Barry Graham on 8 August 2023:
"A tornado in 2015 took the roof off. The community that saved and restored the two old churches has $16,000 saved up thus far to put a new roof on and save the elevator. It is the most photographed elevator in Western Canada."
Drone footage of Dorothy elevator and old bridge East Coulee, by DanOCan
Four days ago, on 29 September 2014, I finally drove out to an area that lies NE of Calgary, that I had longed to go to for so many years. It must have been 30+ years ago that I first saw one particular area of the Badlands of Alberta. A few times since then, I had been fairly close when I went on several botany trips out that way, but when you are carpooling, you can't just go wherever you want. So, my youngest daughter and I decided that we both wanted to make this trip. All summer, we had been waiting for a day on which she didn't have to work and where the weather forecast was for no rain on the day or there had been no rain the previous day. The Bentonite Clay in the area becomes treacherously slippery when wet. The forecast for this day was for a mainly sunny day - at last, we were going!
I think this was the longest day of driving I had ever done, especially to, and in, an area that I'd never driven to before. For anyone who doesn't know me, I have battled a driving phobia for decades, plus I have no sense of direction, lol! Thankfully, my daughter has an amazing sense of direction, so I knew we wouldn't be stuck out on the prairies in the middle of nowhere. A typical question at too many intersections went as follows: me - "Do we go left?"; my daughter - "No, we go right", lol!
I met my daughter at 8:00 am. and I got home shortly before 9:00 pm. Much of that time was spent driving; the rest was spent wandering round three main areas - The Hoodoo Trail, Dorothy and Rowley, in different directions from Drumheller (known for its remarkable dinosaur findings). The forecast was far from accurate on our drive out to the Badlands and I began to wonder if we'd made a mistake going on this trip on that particular day. However, knowing that snow would be returning very soon ("returning" because we had two snowstorms on 9 and 10 September), I was beginning to feel rather desperate and really didn't want to risk not getting out there this year. The afternoon was less cloudy and we did have some sun.
So, the first of our destinations was The Hoodoo Trail, a small area of protected, spectacular hoodoos (rock formations), and then we went further, to the almost-ghost-town of Dorothy. I had longed, for such a long time, to see the two small, old churches that are to be found in Dorothy, as well as the old grain elevator seen in this photo. This photo was obviously taken before the sun eventually came out. This abandoned icon of the prairies stands at the edge of the main road and will probably end up crumbling or being destroyed before too long, like so many other grain elevators in Alberta. Such a waste, that they are not protected.
After that, we drove over 11 bridges and called in at the tiny hamlet of Wayne, passing the old Atlas Coal Mine. Much as we would have liked to visit the mine, we knew that we just didn't have time. Then we went to Rowley to see the old grain elevators and to wander round this very small, historical place. There are actually three elevators, with two being right next to each other and the other one a little further from them. Dorothy felt and looked almost deserted, whereas Rowley was beautifully kept.
From Rowley, we made our way back across the prairies to Calgary. I had planned on getting back before it got dark as I no longer like night driving and very rarely do it, but we didn't quite make it. On the return drive, the last sighting was a Great Horned Owl that was perched part way up a power pole. Well done, Rachel, spotting this welcome bird! Not easy to see in the dark. By the time I got home, I was so tired and my arms were so painful from driving, but, what a great day we had!!
"There were 1,651 elevators in Alberta in 1951, but by 1982 a total of 979 elevators remained. The 1990s spelled the death of the wooden “country” or “primary” elevator. At the end of the 1990s, as the full impact of both of the ending of the Crow Rate in 1995 and further impending rail abandonment was felt, the pace of demolition accelerated at an unprecedented rate. At the end of the 1996-1997 crop year, there were only 327 elevators left. Alberta’s largest cooperative grain companies, the Alberta Wheat Pool (which amalgamated with Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1998 as Agricore) and United Grain Growers, ultimately formed a new corporate entity known as Agricore United in 2001, issuing issued public shares. Demolition of country elevators has continued, and in 2005 there were only 156 wooden elevators of any kind still standing, only a handful of which are used by the grain trade.
The Government of Alberta has recognised the significance of the traditional wood grain elevators, and has designated 12 as Provincial Historic Resources. They are located in the following communities: Andrew, Castor, Leduc, Meeting Creek, Paradise Valley, Radway, Rowley (3 elevators), Scandia and St. Albert (2 elevators)."
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An interesting film about how the old grain elevators work (or worked). Grain Elevator by Charles Konowal, National Film Board of Canada, 15:57 minutes in length.
I always look forward spending a morning in Hawaii taking photos of Sunrise on Waikiki Beach. Usually I stay up near the Hilton Hawaiian Village, but this particular morning I decided to go down to the Royal Hawaiian instead.
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CP 8-420-10 is seen here on their way out of Vaughan after dropping a hefty cut of stacks. Leading is a venerable GMD SD40-2, commonly seen leading regular trains on the Mactier as recently as 2013, but now an extreme rarity on anything other than a work train. I believe the only reason this particular train had one on point was due to the conductor’s side windshield being cracked on the trailing unit, CP 8759. Additionally, the symbol 8-420 is one I’ve never seen before, nor have I ever seen a 420 with traffic for VIT. All kinds of oddities happening here!
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I was visiting my uncle in Nova Scotia when I took this. That particular day was a perfect clothesline day. My grandmother would have loved it.
This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. Webb’s sharp vision has revealed delicate filaments of gas and dust in the grandiose spiral arms which wind outwards from the centre of this image. A lack of gas in the nuclear region also provides an unobscured view of the nuclear star cluster at the galaxy's centre.
M74 is a particular class of spiral galaxy known as a ‘grand design spiral’, meaning that its spiral arms are prominent and well-defined, unlike the patchy and ragged structure seen in some spiral galaxies. The Phantom Galaxy is around 32 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces, and lies almost face-on to Earth. This, coupled with its well-defined spiral arms, makes it a favorite target for astronomers studying the origin and structure of galactic spirals.
Webb gazed into M74 with its Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) in order to learn more about the earliest phases of star formation in the local Universe. These observations are part of a larger effort to chart 19 nearby star-forming galaxies in the infrared by the international PHANGS collaboration. Those galaxies have already been observed using the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories. The addition of crystal-clear Webb observations at longer wavelengths will allow astronomers to pinpoint star-forming regions in the galaxies, accurately measure the masses and ages of star clusters, and gain insights into the nature of the small grains of dust drifting in interstellar space.
Hubble observations of M74 have revealed particularly bright areas of star formation known as HII regions. Hubble’s sharp vision at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths complements Webb’s unparalleled sensitivity at infrared wavelengths, as do observations from ground-based radio telescopes such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, ALMA. By combining data from telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum, scientists can gain greater insight into astronomical objects than by using a single observatory — even one as powerful as Webb! MIRI was contributed by ESA and NASA, with the instrument designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European Institutes (the MIRI European Consortium) in partnership with JPL and the University of Arizona.
This image was processed by ESA.
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Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team.
Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt
Image description:
Delicate gray, webby filaments form a spiral pattern winding outwards from the center of the galaxy. These spiral arms of the galaxy are traced by blue and bursts of pink; these are the regions in which stars are forming. The very heart of the galaxy is colored blue and has speckles, which are young stars, which are forming around the nucleus of the galaxy.
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at this particular spot, this might be the snake river, clearwater river or even the mighty columbia river. they all merge here. all I know is that on this morning it was a breathtaking vista calling for A bit of"Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjues" -2.Adagio------brewed some good espresso, and while smoking my best 'puro' (cigar) drank from the visual pleasures of a magnificent creation by the Man upstairs. If only I could paint!
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This particular vehicle was new to Lancashire United in 2007, as there 1826. During 2014, along with eight fellow batch members. 1826 was purchased by Rossendale Transport, as RossoBus number 245. The bus continues with Rosso, albeit under the Transdev banner, when the company was acquired in early 2018.
With promised investment from Transdev, with an order for 16 Optare Versa saloons for the 464. Plus over 17 revitialised vehicles, four former CityZap Volvo B7s for the Red4, Three Streetlites for the Tottington-Line, ten Streetlites for the Trax and four Streetlites for the Lakeline. The Rossobus image is growing colourful by the month.
1726-1734 are being delivered or are currently undergoing some internal improvements, with free Wi-Fi, USB power and next stop audio/visual announcements and naturally new standard Transdev moquette cloth seating.
Here 1730 is seen during the first afternoon of the new look for the 483 Rawtenstall to Bury Sunday operation of the Irwell Line. Passing along the main road towards Bury, just after the Ramsbottom junction.
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Lammergeier's also known as Bearded Vultures have been gradually reintroduced to a number of European locations including the Alps because the population has dwindled. Over the last decade or two birds from these projects as well as birds who are born to parents who have been in these projects have started to wander as far North as Denmark and the Netherlands.
This particular bird was first seen over Jersey in the English Channel in mid-spring. What looked like a very similar bird was then see in the Netherlands and then Belgium. The central tail feathers are missing. The middle tail feathers are longer so the tail would be diamond shaped. Now the tail looks forked and one would think it is a Black Kite on steroids!
A lucky observer saw a huge bird over her garden on the 27th of June and then over an hour later it was sighted over Derbyshire. Eventually it was tracked and it has since then stayed in the Peak District National Park.
I caught up with it yesterday and was astonished to see it. I have seen 2 wild ones before but to see one within 45 minutes of my home? Lots of people going to see it still.
A similar aged Bearded Vulture appeared in Southern Britain in the spring of 2016. Who knows how many more will turn up?
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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus Gypaetus. This bird is also identified as Huma bird or Homa bird in Iran and north west Asia. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), its closest living relative. It is not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to, for example, hawks, and differs from the former by its feathered neck. Although dissimilar, the Egyptian and bearded vulture each have a lozenge-shaped tail—unusual among birds of prey.
The population of this species continues to decline. In 2004, it was classified by the IUCN Red List as least concern; since 2014, it is listed as near threatened.[2] The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists almost exclusively (70 to 90 percent) of bone.[3] It lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus,[4][5][6] Africa,[7] the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter that hatch at the beginning of spring. Populations are residents.
Distribution and habitat
The lammergeier is sparsely distributed across a vast, considerable range. It can be found in mountainous regions from Europe east to Siberia (Palearctic) and Africa. It is found in the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Caucasus region, the Zagros Mountains, the Alborz, the Koh-i-Baba in Bamyan, Afghanistan, the Altai Mountains, the Himalayas, Ladakh in northern India, western and central China, Israel (Where although extinct as a breeder since 1981, single young birds have been reported in 2000, 2004 and 2016 [8]), and the Arabian Peninsula. In Africa, it is found in the Atlas Mountains, the Ethiopian Highlands and down from Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, central Kenya and northern Tanzania. An isolated population inhabits the Drakensberg of South Africa.[9]
This species is almost entirely associated with mountains and inselbergs with plentiful cliffs, crags, precipices, canyons and gorges. They are often found near alpine pastures and meadows, montane grassland and heath, steep-sided, rocky wadis, high steppe and are occasional around forests. They seem to prefer desolate, lightly-populated areas where predators who provide many bones, such as wolves and golden eagles, have healthy populations.
In Ethiopia, they are now common at refuse tips on the outskirts of small villages and towns. Although they occasionally descend to 300–600 m (980–1,970 ft), bearded vultures are rare below an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft) and normally reside above 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in some parts of their range. They are typically found around or above the tree line which are often near the tops of the mountains, at up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Europe, 4,500 m (14,800 ft) in Africa and 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in central Asia. In southern Armenia they have been found to breed below 1,000 m (3,300 ft) if cliff availability permits.[10] They even have been observed living at altitudes of 7,500 m (24,600 ft) on Mount Everest and been observed flying at a height of 24,000 ft (7,300 m).[4][5][6][9][11][12]
During 1970s and 1980s the population of the bearded vulture in southern Africa declined however their distribution remained constant. The bearded vulture population occupies the highlands of Lesotho, Free State, Eastern Cape and Maloti-Drakensberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal. Adult bearded vultures utilise areas with higher altitudes, with steep slopes and sharp points and within areas that are situated closer to their nesting sites. Adult bearded vultures are more likely to fly below 200 m over Lesotho. Along the Drakensberg Escarpment from the area of Golden Gate Highlands National Park south into the northern part of the Eastern Cape there was the greatest densities of bearded vultures.
Abundance of bearded vultures is shown for eight regions within the species' range in southern Africa.[13] The total population of bearded vultures in southern Africa is calculated as being 408 adult birds and 224 young birds of all age classes therefore giving an estimate of about 632 birds.[13]
Description
This bird is 94–125 cm (37–49 in) long with a wingspan of 2.31–2.83 m (7.6–9.3 ft).[9] It weighs 4.5–7.8 kg (9.9–17.2 lb), with the nominate race averaging 6.21 kg (13.7 lb) and G. b. meridionalis of Africa averaging 5.7 kg (13 lb).[9] In Eurasia, vultures found around the Himalayas tend to be slightly larger than those from other mountain ranges.[9] Females are slightly larger than males.[9][14] It is essentially unmistakable with other vultures or indeed other birds in flight due to its long, narrow wings, with the wing chord measuring 71.5–91 cm (28.1–35.8 in), and long, wedge-shaped tail, which measures 42.7–52 cm (16.8–20.5 in) in length. The tail is longer than the width of the wing.[15] The tarsus is relatively small for the bird's size, at 8.8–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in). The proportions of the species have been compared to a falcon, scaled to an enormous size.[9]
Unlike most vultures, the bearded vulture does not have a bald head. This species is relatively small headed, although its neck is powerful and thick. It has a generally elongated, slender shape, sometimes appearing bulkier due to the often hunched back of these birds. The gait on the ground is waddling and the feet are large and powerful. The adult is mostly dark gray, rusty and whitish in color. It is grey-blue to grey-black above. The creamy-coloured forehead contrasts against a black band across the eyes and lores and bristles under the chin, which form a black beard that give the species its English name. Bearded vultures are variably orange or rust of plumage on their head, breast and leg feathers but this is actually cosmetic. This colouration may come from dust-bathing, rubbing mud on its body or from drinking in mineral-rich waters. The tail feathers and wings are gray. The juvenile bird is dark black-brown over most of the body, with a buff-brown breast and takes five years to reach full maturity. The bearded vulture is silent, apart from shrill whistles in their breeding displays and a falcon-like cheek-acheek call made around the nest.
Physiology
The acid concentration of the bearded vulture stomach has been estimated to be of pH about 1. Large bones will be digested in about 24 hours, aided by slow mixing/churning of the stomach content. The high fat content of bone marrow makes the net energy value of bone almost as good as that of muscle, even if bone is less completely digested. A skeleton left on a mountain will dehydrate and become protected from bacterial degradation, and the bearded vulture can return to consume the remainder of a carcass even months after the soft parts have been consumed by other animals, larvae and bacteria.[16]
Behaviour
Diet and feeding
Like other vultures, it is a scavenger, feeding mostly on the remains of dead animals. The bearded vulture diet comprises mammals (93%), birds (6%) and reptiles (1%), with medium-sized ungulates forming a large part of the diet.[17] Bearded vultures avoid remains of larger species (such as cows and horses) probably because of the variable cost/benefit ratios in handling efficiency, ingestion process and transportation of the remains.[17] It usually disdains the actual meat and lives on a diet that is typically 85–90% bone marrow. This is the only living bird species that specializes in feeding on marrow.[9] The bearded vulture can swallow whole or bite through brittle bones up to the size of a lamb's femur[18] and its powerful digestive system quickly dissolves even large pieces. The bearded vulture has learned to crack bones too large to be swallowed by carrying them in flight to a height of 50–150 m (160–490 ft) above the ground and then dropping them onto rocks below, which smashes them into smaller pieces and exposes the nutritious marrow.[9] They can fly with bones up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter and weighing over 4 kg (8.8 lb), or nearly equal to their own weight.[9]
After dropping the large bones, the bearded vulture spirals or glides down to inspect them and may repeat the act if the bone is not sufficiently cracked.[9] This learned skill requires extensive practice by immature birds and takes up to seven years to master.[19] Its old name of ossifrage ("bone breaker") relates to this habit. Less frequently, these birds have been observed trying to break bones (usually of a medium size) by hammering them with their bill directly into rocks while perched.[9] During the breeding season they feed mainly on carrion. They prefer limbs of sheep and other small mammals and they carry the food to the nest, unlike other vultures which feed their young by regurgitation.[17]
Live prey is sometimes attacked by the bearded vulture, with perhaps greater regularity than any other vulture.[9] Among these, tortoises seem to be especially favored depending on their local abundance. Tortoises preyed on may be nearly as heavy as the preying vulture. To kill tortoises, bearded vultures fly with them to some height and drop them to crack open the bulky reptiles' hard shells. Golden eagles have been observed to kill tortoises in the same way.[9] Other live animals, up to nearly their own size, have been observed to be predaciously seized and dropped in flight. Among these are rock hyraxes, hares, marmots and, in one case, a 62 cm (24 in) long monitor lizard.[9][18] Larger animals have been known to be attacked by bearded vultures, including ibex, Capra goats, chamois and steenbok.[9] These animals have been killed by being surprised by the large birds and battered with wings until they fall off precipitous rocky edges to their deaths; although in some cases these may be accidental killings when both the vulture and the mammal surprise each other.[9] Many large animals killed by bearded vultures are unsteady young, or have appeared sickly or obviously injured.[9] Humans have been anecdotally reported to have been killed in the same way. This is unconfirmed, however, and if it does happen, most biologists who have studied the birds generally agree it would be accidental on the part of the vulture.[9] Occasionally smaller ground-dwelling birds, such as partridges and pigeons, have been reported eaten, possibly either as fresh carrion (which is usually ignored by these birds) or killed with beating wings by the vulture.[9] While foraging for bones or live prey while in flight, bearded vultures fly fairly low over the rocky ground, staying around 2 to 4 m (6.6 to 13.1 ft) high.[9] Occasionally, breeding pairs may forage and hunt together.[9] In the Ethiopian Highlands, bearded vultures have adapted to living largely off human refuse.[9]
Breeding
The bearded vulture occupies an enormous territory year-round. It may forage over two square kilometers each day. The breeding period is variable, being December through September in Eurasia, November to June in the Indian subcontinent, October to May in Ethiopia, throughout the year in eastern Africa and May to January in southern Africa.[9] Although generally solitary, the bond between a breeding pair is often considerably close. Biparental monogamous care occurs in the bearded vulture.[20] In a few cases, polyandry has been recorded in the species.[9] The territorial and breeding display between bearded vultures is often spectacular, involving the showing of talons, tumbling and spiralling while in solo flight. The large birds also regularly lock feet with each other and fall some distance through the sky with each other.[9] In Europe the breeding pairs of bearded vultures are estimated to be 120.[21] The mean productivity of the bearded vulture is 0.43±0.28 fledgings/breeding pair/year and the breeding success averaged 0.56±0.30 fledgings/pair with clutches/year.[22]
The nest is a massive pile of sticks, that goes from around 1 m (3.3 ft) across and 69 cm (27 in) deep when first constructed up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) across and 1 m (3.3 ft) deep, with a covering of various animal matter from food, after repeated uses. The female usually lays a clutch of 1 to 2 eggs, though 3 have been recorded on rare occasions.[9] which are incubated for 53 to 60 days. After hatching, the young spend 100 to 130 days in the nest before fledging. The young may be dependent on the parents for up to 2 years, forcing the parents to nest in alternate years on a regular basis.[9] Typically, the bearded vulture nests in caves and on ledges and rock outcrops or caves on steep rock walls, so are very difficult for nest-predating mammals to access.[18] Wild bearded vultures have a mean lifespan of 21.4 years,[23] but have been observed to live for up to at least 45 years in captivity.
Reintroduction in the Alps
The bearded vulture had a very poor reputation in early modern Europe, due in large part to tales of the birds stealing babies and livestock. The growing availability of firearms, combined with bounties offered for dead vultures, caused a sharp decline in the bearded vulture population around the Alps. By the beginning of the 20th century, they had completely disappeared from the Alpine regions.
Efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture began in earnest in the 1970s, in the French Alps. Zoologists Paul Geroudet and Gilbert Amigues attempted to release vultures that had been captured in Afghanistan, but this approach proved unsuccessful: it was too difficult to capture the vultures in the first place, and too many died in transport on their way to France. A second attempt was made in 1987, using a technique called "hacking," by which young individuals (from 90–100 days) from zoological parks would be taken from the nest and placed in a protected area in the Alps. As they were still unable to fly at that age, the chicks were hand-fed by humans until the birds learned to fly and were able to reach food without human assistance. This method has proven more successful, with over 200 birds released in the Alps from 1987 to 2015, and a bearded vulture population has reestablished itself in the Alps.[25]
Threats and conservation status
The bearded vulture is one of the most endangered European bird species as over the last century its abundance and breeding range have drastically declined.[26] It naturally occurs at low densities, with anywhere from a dozen to 500 pairs now being found in each mountain range in Eurasia where the species breeds. The species is most common in Ethiopia, where an estimated 1,400 to 2,200 are believed to breed.[9] Relatively large, healthy numbers seem to occur in some parts of the Himalayas as well. It was largely wiped out in Europe, and by the beginning of the 20th century the only substantial population was in the Spanish and French Pyrenees. Since then, it has been successfully reintroduced to the Swiss and Italian Alps, from where they have spread over into France.[9] They have also declined somewhat in parts of Asia and Africa, though less severely than in Europe.[9]
Many raptor species were shielded from anthropogenic influences in previously underdeveloped areas therefore they are greatly impacted as the human population rises and infrastructure increases in underdeveloped areas. The increase in human population and infrastructure results in the declines of the bearded vulture populations today. The increase of infrastructure includes the building of houses, roads and power lines and a major issue with infrastructure and bird species populations is the collision with power lines.[27] The declines of the bearded vulture populations have been documented throughout their range resulting from a decrease in habitat space, fatal collisions with energy infrastructure, reduced food availability, poisons left out for carnivores and direct persecution in the form of Trophy Hunting.[28]
This species is currently listed as near threatened by the IUCN Red List last accessed on 1 October 2016, the population continues to decline as the distribution ranges of this species continues to decline due to human development.
Conservation action
There have been mitigation plans that have been established to reduce the population declines in bearded vulture populations. One of these plans includes the South African Biodiversity Management Plan that has been ratified by the government to stop the population decline in the short term. Actions that have been implemented include the mitigation of existing and proposed energy structures to prevent collision risks, the improved management of supplementary feeding sites as well to reduce the populations from being exposed to human persecution and poisoning accidents and to also have outreach programmes that are aimed as reducing poisoning incidents.[27]
Etymology
This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Vultur barbatus.[29] The present scientific name means "bearded vulture-eagle".
The name lammergeyer originates from German Lämmergeier, which means "lamb-vulture". The name stems from the belief that it attacked lambs.[30]
In culture
The bearded vulture is considered a threatened species in Iran. Iranian mythology considers the rare bearded vulture (Persian: هما, 'Homa') the symbol of luck and happiness. It was believed that if the shadow of a Homa fell on one, he would rise to sovereignty[31] and anyone shooting the bird would die in forty days. The habit of eating bones and apparently not killing living animals was noted by Sa'di in Gulistan, written in 1258, and Emperor Jahangir had a bird's crop examined in 1625 to find that it was filled with bones.[32]
The ancient Greeks used ornithomancers to guide their political decisions: bearded vultures, or ossifragae were one of the few species of birds that could yield valid signs to these soothsayers.
The Greek playwright Aeschylus was said to have been killed in 456 or 455 BC by a tortoise dropped by an eagle who mistook his bald head for a stone – if this incident did occur, the bearded vulture is a likely candidate for the "eagle".
In the Bible/Torah, the bearded vulture, as the ossifrage, is among the birds forbidden to be eaten (Leviticus 11:13).
More recently, in 1944, Shimon Peres (called Shimon Persky at the time) and David Ben-Gurion found a nest of bearded vultures in the Negev desert. The bird is called peres in Hebrew, and Shimon Persky liked it so much he adopted it as his surname.[33] [34]
Robot bearded vultures appear in some science fiction literature, including the first volume of the Viriconium series by M. John Harrison and Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks.
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I had to be in a particular mood to work on this image, since it had bittersweet memories for me. This was taken some 28 years ago, when my then boyfriend, David, and I traveled north to visit relatives, his in North Carolina, and mine in New York. I came away from my time in the mountains of NC wanting to go back, which we did the following year, but by then everything seemed to have changed. Crack had hit the small town outside of Asheville, and the local kids were drinking and drugging just like they did in Florida. The idyllic image was blown, and the peacefulness I'd felt on this trip didn't seem to exist anymore.
The day we stopped along the Blue Ridge Parkway and captured these views was chilly and a little overcast. During the day, it's warm in the Summer months, but as the sun goes down, it can get quite cool. It was a bit windy, too, as I recall. I wish I'd had a better camera back then, but even that is a bittersweet memory, as my mother got me the little Vivitar 35 mm that I was taking the images with. Even though it wasn't a great camera, I loved using it, and there's enough detail to pull up to keep the memories alive. My mother is gone now, and I am grateful that in her way she gave me the gift of photography.
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This particular view is captured from Fullerton Bay hotel in Singapore.
Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial centre with a tropical climate and multicultural population. In circa-1820 Chinatown stands the red-and-gold Buddha’s Tooth Relic Temple, Little India offers colorful souvenirs and Arab Street is lined with fabric shops. Singapore is also known for eclectic street fare, served in hawker centres such as Tiong Bahru and Maxwell Road.