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Long tailed Duck (f) - Clangula Hyemalis
Diving duck that favors saltwater in winter and Arctic tundra pools in summer. Males are distinctive with black, white, gray, and brown patterns and long pointed tail. Male plumage changes dramatically from winter to summer. Females and immature males are brownish overall with whiter face and large dark cheek patch. Dives frequently to feed mainly on invertebrates.
Hummingbird in the rain
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Adult males have a more forked tail with pointed outer feathers that are solid black. Females and juvenile males have a blunt rounded tail that is mostly black with white tips to the outer feathers.
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Close up of balconies and their ornate shadows on this charming Colonial home in the Old Town..
Note the pointed corners of the roof which are said to keep out evil spirits.
Large black-and-white seabird with heavy, pointed bill. Adult white with black flight feathers and central tail feathers, yellow-washed head. Feeds in spectacular fashion, plunge-diving into the ocean to capture prey. Juvenile mostly dark with many small white spots. Widespread off southern Australian coastlines and in New Zealand. Breeds in large colonies. In northern parts of range, compare Masked Booby, which has black trailing edge to inner wing, all-black tail, and heavy yellow bill. (eBird)
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A very rough boat ride of off southern Tasmania. Photography was just about impossible because of the waves, but I did catch this gannet shortly after leaving harbour, where the waves were less scary.
Adventure Bay, Tasmania, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-eye Tours - Tasmania.
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This 'Star Cruller' is very much related to the 'Twinkle Cruller' (see first comment box), just a few creases are different.
On the left you see the 5 unit version and on the right a variation with 7 units. As mentioned before the more units assembled, the more the model looks like a star . I like a 7 pointed star ;-))
Have a nice Thursday
Paper:
Both stars are folded from a square piece of double side colored Freudenberg paper 11,5x11,5cm.
Final size:
- 5unit Star: diameter 12xm, height 2cm
- 7unit Star: diameter 14cm, height 0,5cm
Model : Origami 'Star Cruller' and variation
Design: Miyuki Kawamura
Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine #94
Perfectly pointed buds of scarlet and gold, opening to flowers of yellow edged with red.
Have a wonderful day
Common Tern - Sterna Hirundo
It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are a number of similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations.
Breeding in a wider range of habitats than any of its relatives, the common tern nests on any flat, poorly vegetated surface close to water, including beaches and islands, and it readily adapts to artificial substrates such as floating rafts. The nest may be a bare scrape in sand or gravel, but it is often lined or edged with whatever debris is available. Up to three eggs may be laid, their dull colours and blotchy patterns providing camouflage on the open beach.
Population:
UK breeding:
12,000 pairs
Did you understand from my shot that they are not natural ones 😊🙏
Standard roses have pointed shape petals rotated around one center while Garden roses have ruffled petals swirling around different centers to form a rounded bloom🙏
From my archives talken wirth the Panasonic Lumix FZ 150
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My neighbor pointed out this hummingbird's nest, and I ran and got my camera. The nest was in a vulnerable location under a heavy blanket of maple leaves.
That night a violent thunderstorm moved through and knocked the nest to the ground. I found one of the eggs(about the size of a small pea) in the grass, and when I tried to pick it up, it shattered.
hummer nest
full of family expectations
ending tragically
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
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As pointed out by my Flickr friend Leon, the droplets below the leaf are held in a spiders web. It is a stunning miracle of nature.
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You take care out there....
Squabbling Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Smaller than blackbirds, with a short tail, pointed head, triangular wings, starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens.
Their flight is fast and direct and they walk and run confidently on the ground. Noisy and gregarious, starlings spend a lot of the year in flocks.
Still one of the commonest of garden birds, its decline elsewhere makes it a Red List species. What they eat: Invertebrates and fruit. Starlings are conspicuous and widespread in the UK, occurring everywhere except for the highest parts of the Scottish Highlands. They are most abundant in southern England and are more thinly distributed in upland areas with moorland. Still one of the UK's commonest garden birds. In winter, huge roosts can be found in plantations, reedbeds and city centres (Courtesy RSPB).
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Hey! In her heart, there's a hole
There's a black mark on her soul
In her hands is my heart
And she won't let go till it's scarred
Try to breathe, but I can't
'Cause the air she feeds me is damned
Got a touch like a thorn
'Cause the girl, she's hiding horns
She got blood cold as ice
And a heart made of stone
But she keeps me alive
She's the beast in my bones
She gets everything she wants
When she gets me alone
Like it's nothing
She got two little horns
And they get me a little bit
She's the fire and the sin
And I burn breathing her in
Now this love's suicide
And I'd sell my soul for the high
Truth be told, I don't mind
'Cause her hell's my paradise
She can crush every horn
Got her heels tapping down my throat
She got horns like a devil, pointed at me
And there's nowhere to run from the fire she breathes
She got horns like a devil, pointed at me
And there's nowhere to run from the fire she breathes
She got horns like a devil, pointed at me
The European Kingfisher or Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, is widely distributed in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It is resident except in northern areas where the rivers freeze. It will then move to milder regions. In most of its European range it is the only kingfisher.
The general colour of the upper parts of the adult bird is bright metallic blue, cobalt on the back, and showing greenish reflections on the head and wings. The ear coverts and under parts are warm chestnut, the chin and sides of neck white.
The bill is blackish and reddish orange at the base; the legs are bright red with a dark blue stripe. In the young the bill is black. Length averages 19 cm (7.5 inches) and wings average 7.5 cm (2.95 inches).
The flight of the Kingfisher is rapid, the short rounded wings whirring until they appear a mere blur. It usually flies near the water, but during courtship the male chases the female through and over the trees with loud shrill whistles.
From February onwards the male has a trilling song, a modulated repetition of many whistles. He also signals with a whistle to the female when he is feeding her, this being his share of the nesting duties. This whistle is produced even when his bill is loaded with food, yet is clear and distinct. The female will reply and emerge from the nesting hole, and may fly to meet him, take the fish from him in the air, and return to the nest.
The bird has regular perches or stands from which it fishes. These may be a few inches or many feet above the water. It sits upright, its tail pointed downwards. It drops suddenly with a splash and usually returns at once with a struggling captive.
Large fish are beaten on a bough or rail; small fish and insects are promptly swallowed. A fish is usually lifted and carried by its middle, but its position is changed, sometimes by tossing it into the air, before it is swallowed head downwards.
Reddish-belied parakeet / Marron bellied parakeet / Pyrrhura frontalis
Perruche assez petite et grégaire avec une longue queue pointue. Trouvé principalement dans les forêts, y compris les forêts d'Araucaria et même dans les grands parcs urbains. Salopette verte avec une bande frontale rouillée, un ventre et une sous-queue marron et une poitrine écaillée. Son motif de visage est généralement assez indistinct, mais notez des plaques d'oreille chamois, un cercle oculaire blanc et un bec sombre. Des sexes similaires.
Fairly small and gregarious parakeet with a long pointed tail. Found mainly in forests, including Araucaria forests and even in large urban parks. Green overall with a rusty frontal band, a maroon belly and undertail, and a scaled breast. Its face pattern is generally quite indistinct, but note buffy ear patches, white eyering, and dark bill. Sexes similar.
Pousada Trihla dos Tucanos, Tapirai, Sao Paolo, Brazil
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A European robin-sized bird, the dunnock typically measures 13.5–14 cm (5.3–5.5 in) in length. It possesses a streaked back, somewhat resembling a small house sparrow. Like that species, the dunnock has a drab appearance which may have evolved to avoid predation. It is brownish underneath, and has a fine pointed bill. Adults have a grey head, and both sexes are similarly coloured. Unlike any similar sized small brown bird, dunnocks exhibit frequent wing flicking, especially when engaged in territorial disputes or when competing for mating rights. This gives rise to one of their common names, "shufflewing".
The main call of the dunnock is a shrill, persistent tseep along with a high trilling note, which betrays the bird's otherwise inconspicuous presence. The song is rapid, thin and tinkling, a sweet warble which can be confused with that of the Eurasian wren, but is shorter and weaker.
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Another Pic found while sloshing around in my 2015 archives. Guess that's why my computer's hard-drives are constantly smoking... they're bloated with images that I want to get to... someday. Well todays the day for this one : )
Black-crowned Night-Herons are small herons with rather squat, thick proportions. They have thick necks, large, flat heads, and heavy, pointed bills. The legs are short and, in flight, barely reach the end of the tail. The wings are broad and rounded.
They are common in wetlands across North America, including saltmarshes, freshwater marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, lagoons, tidal mudflats, canals, reservoirs, and wet agricultural fields. They require aquatic habitat for foraging and terrestrial vegetation for cover. They spend the winter in southern and coastal portions of their breeding range as well as across Mexico and Central America.
Black-crowned Night-Herons are opportunists feeders that eat many kinds of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals. Their diet includes leeches, earthworms, insects, crayfish, clams, mussels, fish, amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, rodents, birds, and eggs. Black-crowned Night-Herons normally feed between evening and early morning, avoiding competition with other heron species that use the same habitat during the day.
Black-crowned Night-Herons nest colonially and behave socially all year long. Both males and females vigorously defend feeding and nesting territories, sometimes striking with their bills and grabbing each other’s bills or wings. Night-herons are monogamous. The male advertises for a mate with displays that involve bowing and raising the long plume on his head. Both the male and the female incubate the eggs and brood the chicks, greeting each other with calls and raised feathers when switching over duties. The young leave the nest at the age of one month and move through the vegetation on foot, forming nocturnal flocks in feeding areas. They learn to fly when they are six weeks old, and then disperse widely.
(Nikon, 200-500/5.6, 1/1600 @ f/8, ISO 1600)
Small bird with thin pointed bill. Noticeably larger than other Australian thornbills. Blackish tail and bright yellow rump distinctive. Some variation in plumage occurs across range. Inhabits a wide variety of habitats, including agricultural areas. Usually seen in small flocks and feeds mostly on the ground. (eBird)
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This little bird was busy searching the wet grass for drowned insects and other goodies. He seemed to be quite content in the rain, unlike his observers.
Inala, Tasmania, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tasmania.
Epacris longiflora, commonly known as the fuchsia heath, is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with egg-shaped, pointed leaves and red tube-shaped flowers which give the plant its name longiflora. Its native range extends from the central coast of New South Wales to southern Queensland.
Die Panorama Route in den Ausläufern der Drakensberge im Osten Südafrikas ist besonders bekannt für seine schönen Aussichten. Highlights sind der Blyde River Canyon im Blyde River Canyon Nation Reserve mit den markanten Three Rondavels.
Affords stunning views up the canyon, to the glistening Blydepoort Dam at the far end surrounded by forested slopes. The rocky cones of the Three Rondavels formations are just visible, and you can see over the ridge to the hazy plains on the far side.
The Three Rondavels are three round, grass-covered mountain tops with somewhat pointed peaks. They quite closely resemble the traditional round or oval rondavels or African homesteads, which are made with local materials. Sometimes they are also called the Three Sisters, though this may confuse them with a similar threesome visible from the N1 road in the Northern Cape, very far to the south.
Commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, it is a species of Dianthus. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 80 cm tall. The leaves are glaucous greyish green to blue-green, slender, up to 15 cm long. The flowers are produced singly or up to five together in a cyme; they are around 3–5 cm diameter, and sweetly scented; the original natural flower color is bright pinkish-purple, but cultivars of other colors, including red, white, yellow and green, have been developed. The fragrant, hermaphrodite flowers have a radial symmetry. The four to six surrounding the calyx, egg-shaped, sting-pointed scales leaves are only ¼ as long as the calyx tube. Carnations require well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil, and full sun.They are used for medical purposes, such as for upset stomach and fever. Their fragrance was historically used for vinegar, beer, wine , sauces and salads. 25699
5 points joint together make a 5-pointed star. I hop you see that the '5-pointed bottom' is flat and 5 point are peaking.
I forgot to mention that one point is made of 3 elements and for this star you will need 10 elements.
I also made a different image, you can see that here, if you want.
Paper: 10 pieces of yellow vellum paper 20x20cm
Final size star (from point to point 'bottom) 30cm
Model: Origami Bascetta Star
Design: Paolo Bascetta
Diagrams in the CDO Convention Book 2010
If you want to try it too, there are several tutorials on YouTube, like this one.
It is not so difficult and no glue needed, have fun folding ;-))
A medium-sized duck with large rounded head, small bill and pointed tail. The males has a russet head and neck with a creamy yellow crown and forehead. The breast ispinkish-grey, and the rest of the body is grey and white with a black stern. The female is a greyish brown colour with various mottled patterns. Speculum dull, dark.
The Icelandic breeding component of this population winters mostly in Ireland and western Britain, though some continue on to parts of continental Europe.
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn.
A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
This image was taken on the River Wear at Durham, in the North East of England.
Small falcon with distinctive male plumage; gray head, rusty back, gray tail with broad black tip. Female is brownish above, barred on back, wings, and tail. Note rather pointed wingtips (unlike rounded wings of sparrowhawks and Shikra), and distinct dark spotting on breast. Fairly common in open and lightly wooded country, farmland, heathland; often seen over rough grassland beside roads and at airports. Perches on wires and posts, and typically hunts by hovering, at times fairly high overhead. Very similar to Lesser Kestrel. (Courtesy e.bird)
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Pointed Snail/Conical Snail (Cochlicella acuta)
I have seen (and posted) a number of these small (around 8 mm) snails this Winter. I like the colour contrasts in this one today.
I got skooled! One of those you come away thinking what should I have done differently. I wanted to focus stack as I was so close to the foreground, but then had a massive dynamic range shooting directly into the sun (which I then cropped out 😆). Anyway, I used my camera focus bracketing function, and manually took multiple shots exposing for the sky and foreground. I was planning on blending the focus stacks, and then merging the TIFs using the Lightroom HDR merge. Ermmm. Computer says NO 😂 Because the clouds were moving so fast, I got horrible artifacts in the sky when I tried the HDR merge. Should I have:
a) not bothered focus stacking and just exposure bracketed
b) used the camera exposure bracketing and manually changed the focus point
c) pointed the camera down even more so the sun was out of the frame (perspective looked weird)
d) gone for a lie-down and a pint of gin
e) not bothered because it's shit anyway 😂
God, I've even confused myself now! Anyway, this one was rescued by cropping out the burnt bit 😆
TLDR: technically challenged incompetent did it wrong.
P.s. It seems the foreground rock with those lovely stripes is dacitic lapilli-tuff! Happy to be corrected 😊
Skirting the southern Fijian coastline is a huge reef, in the distance you can see the surf break against the reef line but in front of that is a secluded paradise of coral magic.
I decided to fly out to the break line to see just how far off the coast it stretched – in this instance is was just shy of 550m away. What this meant was that the huge swell could break against the reef and wash over it in a way not possible on a sandy shore. I loved how simple this looked from above so I climbed in altitude and pointed the camera straight down.
Shot with an X5 camera on a DJI Inspire 1 Pro drone.
Nesting GHO's have become an annual event at Brazo Bend, but this year the birds were much lower than in the past few years. It was nice not having the lens pointed straight up. I made it to this nest only a few times, but was happy to get a few keepers and had a great time. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 3/2021.
f8.0, 1/160, ISO 1600