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Giant anteater security guards making sure everything is in order before I'm permitted to go on this perilous outer space flight...
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Swallow - Hirundo Rustica
The swallow, or 'barn swallow', is a common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in October. It builds mud and straw nests on ledges, often in farm buildings and outhouses, or under the eaves of houses. Swallows are widespread and common birds of farmland and open pasture near water. They are agile fliers, feeding on flying insects while on the wing. Before they migrate back to their wintering grounds in Africa, they can be seen gathering to roost in wetlands, particularly reedbeds.
The swallow is a glossy, dark blue-black above and white below, with a dark red forehead and throat, and a black band across its chest. It has a very long, forked tail. Often spotted perching on wires in small numbers.
Habitats
GrasslandHeathland and moorlandFreshwaterFarmlandCoastalWetlandsWoodlandTowns and gardens
Did you know?
Until the 19th century, people thought that the swallow hibernated over winter. Of course, we now know that it migrates to South Africa from the UK, undertaking a perilous journey, during which it is vulnerable to starvation and stormy weather.
So my little Monarch larva did indeed pupate, or move to this next stage of its transformation to the Monarch butterfly. I really hope it makes it. If there's any doubt about the fragile and perilous road to an adult butterfly, I hope you have even more appreciation the next time you see one flitting about.
Nauset Light was constructed in 1877 as one of two towers in Chatham for navigation, of the dangerous shallows and perilous rocky coast.
Summer 201
I recently finished a book entitled "A Life Wild and Perilous." The book chronicled the lives and times of the mountain men who blazed the trails that enabled the opening of the American West for settlement. These dudes possessed major wilderness survival skills and could track a ghost through a blizzard. I found it all quite inspirational, and decided to give my own tracking skills a go. I found some tracks in the woods and followed them. It was actually pretty easy. Go figure.
Nevada County CA
Drought has dried up most of the ponds in my area, so I was thrilled to find some open water on private land along one of our local grid roads, with the gate open. And shorebirds! A large group of migrating Yellowlegs were foraging in the muddy shallows, along with several other sandpiper species. I got down and dirty, crawling through mud to get close without spooking them.
This is the first in a short series - saying goodbye to the birds of summer. It will be almost five months before the first of them begin to show up again on their northern breeding grounds. These migratory journeys they undertake twice per year are perilous, and most species suffer heavy casualties.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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Captured in October 2015, this was the controlled demolition of the infamous Red Road Flats in the area of Balornock, Northeast of the centre of Glasgow.
The demolition of 6 towers simultaneously was one of the biggest controlled demolitions in Europe and it all went wrong. The two towers seen right of frame remained partially standing and dangerously perilous. It took a long time for them to be broken down afterwards. Not everything goes to plan.
I am seeing video evidence of Russia using cluster bombs and thermobaric bombs on civilian targets in Ukraine. These munitions are banned by the Geneva Convention. Indiscriminate weapons used upon civilian targets. War crimes. A war against humanity. Europe. Again. Humanity learns nothing from the devastating history of our past.
I have seen many videos showing incredible acts of bravery, individually and en masse, of ordinary Ukrainian people. Sadly I fear that the longer this barbaric attack continues, the more devastating the weapons and targets will become. I can't see Putin stopping at Ukraine either. There are plenty of reports and documents out there suggesting that he won't. This is absolute insanity.
My thoughts remain with the people of Ukraine, their families and their friends.
My thoughts too are with those Russian military personal that refuse to fight, those that lay down their arms and surrender. Those who had no idea they were being sent to fight their Slavic brothers and sisters.
Those who continue to fight are as guilty as those who order them to fight. 'I was following orders' is not an excuse.
I wish and hope that Europe will know peace once more - and soon. Be safe my Flickr friends.
A fountainhead at Rockefeller Center's Channel Garden.This particular fountainhead is called a Nereid (this is one of four Nereids at the garden),a mythological creature said to accompany Poseidon (god of the sea) with sailors in perilous storms.The sculpture is by Rene Paul Chambellan (1893-1955),an American sculptor born in Hoboken,New Jersey.
Derby’s shameful neglect of the Hippodrome theatre.
Hard to believe when eyeing this image, that people would queue, in both directions, to see shows here in the 40s and 50s.
Now in a perilous state of disrepair, it’s about to fall down. Indeed the auditorium already has.
Happy 4th of July America
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
The oft perilous stepping stones crossing the West Dart River near to Hexworthy on Dartmoor.
Even more perilous when you're loaded with a hefty camera bag and your sandals are loose on your feet, believe me!
This is the shot that normally has some fishermen's cottages serving as foreground interest. The other thing that is popular about this view is the number of people get perilously close to the edge of the cliff and there is usually a camera there to record the event. There is no fence..
Ripples on a lake,
Turbulent clear waterfall.
Reeds don’t stem the flow.
How to tell the story of our perilous and flood-limited trek in Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia? I’m going to do something I haven’t done before: many photos in a rational, almost chronological sequence, trying to make art and convey the experience, uninterrupted by images from elsewhere, for maybe 10-15 days. Starting with a moment of centered stillness. Hope you like it.
Happy Mono Monday!!
29 May 2023; 09:20 UTC
Vines planted on the steepest of hillsides along the Rhine River near Bacharach. Picking the grapes must be a perilous task!
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This Dartford Warbler was one of three at Dungeness NNR that I saw with four Stonechats .
This image lacks the wonderful background of the yellow Gorse but it does show him in a rather comical if not perilous position .
The highly secretive Dartford warbler only survives on mature heath land . It is possible that there may be as many as 7000 in total of these birds living in the UK ( There are not many at Dungeness that is for certain
At an altitude of around 6,000 mts with oxygen becoming sparse to below 50% and temperature descending sharply in late October walking through boulders was a challenging task in the final lap to the slanting top, where 7 (seven) lakes were located....but, the silence, only occasionally broken by sound of footsteps and whispering tune of cold breeze, glorified the beauty quite unfamiliar and perilous to an unmatched level of treasuring it forever in the soul....taken on trek to Saptkund in Garhwal Himalayas, India
……St Eata’s church at Atcham getting perilously close! The River was rising quite quickly yesterday - we didn’t linger long as they were closing roads around us including the main A5 into Shrewsbury! Taken on my phone in Apple RAW & edited in Lightroom. Alan:-)…….
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....the delightful Gargrave station in Yorkshire. A perilous walk along a narrow , busy road leads into Gargrave
Textures by lebenam Anna J with thanks
Here is Thor's Well, a part of Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast. This was my first effort taking photos while balanced on volcanic rock. I did have to use the edit tool to fix the horizontal here. I saw other photographers take more perilous perches, but this is the closest I dared get to this well that gets even more perilous at high tide. Also, I'm thinking today of my old YourShot friend, Paul, who grew up just up the coast in Newport. He helped me immeasurably with this art form of light-chasing.
Since I’ve been busy with Holiday “Make Work” (that is activities that really don't produce anything but inner happiness, such as putting up Holiday Lights and Decorations) I had to dig through my archives to find this photo :-)
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The Beswick Wren:
Bewick’s Wren are noisy hyperactive little birds with bold white eyebrows. These master vocalists belt out a string of short whistles, warbles, burrs, and trills to attract mates and defend their territory, or scold visitors with raspy calls.
Bewick’s Wrens are still fairly common in much of western North America, but they have virtually disappeared from the East. The severe declines of Bewick's Wren in the eastern United States coincides with range expansion in the House Wren. It is suspected that the House Wren, which frequently removes eggs from nests in cavities, was directly responsible for the decline.
Courting Bewick’s Wrens normally form monogamous pairs. While they’re setting up house and even after the female has begun incubating eggs, the male and female often forage together. This may help the male prevent his partner from mating with another bird.
A young male Bewick’s Wren learns to sing from neighboring adult males while he is coming of age in his parents’ territory. The songs he develops differ from his father’s, with a note changed here, a syllable there. The melodious signature he acquires between the ages of about 30 and 60 days will be his for life.
A Bewick’s Wren’s life starts off perilously. House Wrens may eject eggs from its nest; both eggs and nestlings can become lunch for rat snakes and milk snakes, and domestic cats go after nestlings. Adulthood isn’t safe either: mature birds can fall prey to roadrunners, rattlesnakes, or hawks.
The oldest recorded Bewick's Wren was at least 8 years old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in California in 1986. It was banded in the same state in 1978.
(The Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
(Nikon Z6, 500 mm + TC 1.4, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO 3200, processed to taste)
A tree, some roots exposed, hangs on to the side of a cliff over Hwy 1 near Waddell Creek Beach. Just north of Santa Cruz, California.
Walking down a dusty track the other morning, I came face to face with this Toad walking towards me. (Toads walk rather than jump) She was “on the march” with great determination and nothing was going to stop her. She had an appointment at her breeding pond and she was “late ....for a very important date” The Male Toads will have already been there for a couple of weeks waiting restlessly for the ladies to arrive.
Female Toads are twice the size of the Males and over their average lifespan of 10 years, will leave their terrestrial homes each Spring, and head along ancestral routes to the same ponds where they themselves were spawned. Here they release thousands of eggs before leaving to resume their solitary lives back on land again. Toads are mainly nocturnal and can live in quite dry habitat (unlike frogs which depend on wet conditions)
Certainly, this dry track and the rising sun did nothing to curb her desire to .... keep her appointment, despite the perilous journey, she was not giving up.
Admirable determination don’t you think - I hope she succeeded !
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Magnificent Frigatebird ~
(Fregata magnificens)
A Frigatebird swoops down close to the water for a refreshing drink. Frigatebirds cannot take off from the water, so accidentally taking a plunge could be a death sentence. So, watching them take a sip in this manner is just another reason these birds are totally awesome.
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Je suis allé faire une randonnée dans les Adirondacks il y a quelques semaines et plus on montait, plus il y avait de la neige!
I went hiking in the Adirondacks a few weeks ago and the more we went up, the more snow we had which made it a bit more perilous to climb!
A pair of herons enjoy a scenic landing spot amidst the rapids of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia.
The Imperial Gardens of Aurelith
Passing under an arch covered in fragrant jasmine in full bloom, they found themselves at the Cascade of Whispering Waters. The central fountain of the Imperial Gardens was rumored to be the greatest wonder of the known world. Standing beneath it, none dared say otherwise.
It was less a single fountain and more a sculpted mountain of liquid starlight. It rose majestically from the heart of the gardens. A wide, shallow moat encircled the central island, its surface a perfect mirror reflecting the moon and the countless stars, broken only by the barely perceptible weeping of water from ancient-looking stone formations along its edge. Here and there, clusters of luminous aquatic plants pulsed with a faint, otherworldly glow.
Several elegant bridges, crafted from pale, polished stone, arched gracefully over the moat, inviting them onto the island. From the island's center, the mountain of dark, richly veined stone rose majestically, its terraced slopes a vibrant tapestry of rare mosses and ferns. Countless waterfalls and rivulets, some delicate as silk, others powerful and roaring, cascaded down its sides. Embedded within the rock faces, and beneath the flowing water, were thousands of tiny, naturally iridescent crystals, catching the moonlight and the glow from dozens of ornate iron lanterns strategically placed along the winding pathways. The water truly seemed to sparkle and shimmer, as if infused with the very essence of the moon-lit sky. At its base, crystal-clear ponds teemed with brilliantly colored exotic fish, darting through luminous plants. The soft roar of the water was a constant, soothing presence, a lullaby of liquid splendor.
From the book
Sisters of Opposing Magic - The Perilous Path
By... Me (coming soon)
I'm familiar with my local mountain goats and have devoted lots of photos to them. They wander around a perilous terrain - a challenge beyond anything we can manage. But here we have something well beyond that. I think my goat herd could well manage it but they can certainly be thankful they don't wake up to this every morning.
Those tiny while spots look like patches of snow to the naked eye so I extended my 300 with TCx2 and that brought the herd to reasonable distance. I left this virtually uncropped to get a sense of the immense and extreme mountain range high at the top.
Pic By Tonic
Model -- Essca
Sim --- Glanduin
Peril
She stopped in her tracks suddenly , allowing her owner on her back to acknowledge something perilous lay ahead, hoping essca would turn back as her eyes widened in fear of what was in sight to her, essca still not seeing the snake slithering towards them, tried in vain to push the horse forward unaware of the consequences of her actions !!!!!!
I found this Great Blue Heron down in the shadows on the shore of the Holloway Reservoir, in Genesee County, Michigan. This was a tough one. I had to straddle the edge of an embankment to get this angle. Seeing the shadows on its beak (sun was behind me) rewarded my perilous perch.
Perched perilously on the edge of a mountain in blustery conditions with an approaching hail storm, is not everyones idea of a fun way to spend Friday morning. I happen to disagree
Sisters of Opposing Magic
Book 1 - The Perilous Path
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A novel by yours truly, if I ever get it done.
and soon fly away home.
the hatching of these two blue eggs was almost as exhausting for us as for the mama bird.
I was pruning, chomping away until a nest was revealed. I almost took it down when I thought to look [duh]. two small blue eggs.
so I took some of the prunings and tried to cover up the nest against predators. mama went back and forth. whenever I entered the greenhouse I startled her.
the eggs hatched.
and I found one of the babies sitting perilously on a tilted edge ready to fall. I had to find a little trellis to gently level and prop up the nest.
they grew
and two days ago, they were gone.
I'm waiting to make sure no one returns.
then I'll chomp down the rest of the shrub.
digital
lumen
the big origami is mine, but the two tiny ones are from my friend sati, who is no longer on flickr. I don't know how she does such tiny ones. [and she did even tinier cranes than these]
Inside the brick walls of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, a Hooded Warbler flicked through the shadows, foraging by the water feature as though a fountain could replace a forest.
He was far from home, trying to survive: wings quick, tail flashing, hunger outweighing his desire to migrate. Stronger warblers don’t stop here.
Hopefully, he found enough nourishment and strength to continue his perilous journey.
But let’s be honest. This is a tiny warbler in a giant Civil War fort in the middle of the ocean. To him, this wasn’t a pit stop; it was a clerical error. Like booking a nonstop flight to Cincinnati and waking up in Alcatraz.
Did he leave the island? Did he make it to his breeding grounds? He didn’t leave a word. Because warblers, inconsiderate little migrants that they are, never do.
Couplet:
He flitted through arches, a migrant misplaced,
The ocean surrounds him, his future erased.
Moral:
Hope carries farther than wings, unless you fly straight into a fort.
After an amazing sunrise (see www.flickr.com/photos/jaydaley/14926539557/) Tim and I went looking for some other comps further around the frozen lake. We had found some cool glassy ice to shoot but the enormous slab of glacial debris sitting seductively in the middle of the frozen lake had grabbed our interest and wasn’t letting go.
It was sitting in the very center of the lake, almost certainly out of reach. Right? The deliberation had begun…
With a few large rocks we set about fracturing the ice against the shore to check the thickness, which looked promising. We progressively moved further out and after a little time I was 5 – 10 meters from the shore and feeling rather assured that the ice underneath me would securely hold my weight.
With some more scrutiny and checks the time had come. My destination was about 50 – 80m into the center and the guys had cordially started putting dibs on my various camera equipment just to reassure me.
A few minutes later and I was in the center and soon to be followed by Tim P and Bruce.
Probably one of the more precarious shots I’ve done to date but worth it in the end. Maybe..
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Taken on Cove Creek Road, on way to entrance to Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park-Cataloochee...A perilous little road full of switchbacks and icy this day! I kept getting out of the car to look-had the road to myself, thank goodness! Little views of what was to come! :-)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring • May It Be by Enya
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The guillemot is a medium-sized auk which breeds in tightly packed colonies on perilous ledges, cliff tops and rocky outcrops around the coast. In May and June, females will lay a single egg; once the chick is three weeks old, it will dramatically plunge into the sea with its father, who will care for it at sea until it is independent. Guillemots eat fish, crustaceans and molluscs, diving from the surface of the water and swimming in hot pursuit of their prey.
Nous avons vu pour la première fois ce lac il y a une trentaine d'années. La glace qui plongeait dans le lac lui donnait des tons bleus magnifiques. Depuis le glacier se fait plus discret.
Le lac se situe a environ 2500m et domine le Vallonnet et le Chalet des gardes. L'accès par le col Rosset peut être périlleux si des névés subsiste, mais la montée depuis le lac des vaches ne présente aucune difficulté.
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We first saw this lake about 30 years ago. The ice that plunged into the lake gave it magnificent blue tones. Since the glacier is more discreet.
The lake is located at about 2500m and dominates the Vallonnet and the Chalet des gardes. Access via Col Rosset can be perilous if snowfields remain, but the climb from Lac des Vaches does not present any difficulty.
Say, can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched,
Were so gallantly, yeah, streaming?
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave