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Pallars Sobirà - Catalogne - Espagne
Le Gypaète barbu est un grand rapace nécrophage qui présente une envergure imposante.
La silhouette est caractéristique avec des ailes étroites et pointues et une queue cunéiforme.
La tête est emplumée et ornée d’un masque facial composé de plumes noires entourant l’oeil clair cerclé de rouge et descendant sous le bec pour former une barbe.
Le conduit auditif est souligné de noir. Le corps est svelte au dessous orangé ou blanc selon les régions, et arbore parfois un fin collier de plumes noires.
Les pattes courtes sont entièrement recouvertes de plumes jusqu’aux serres qui sont peu développées.
Les jeunes de moins de trois ans se caractérisent par la livrée sombre de leur plumage.
Ils se distinguent de leurs congénères plus âgés par leur tête de couleur noire et par leur corps et leurs ailes où les tons bruns prédominent.
Les ailes fines et sombres se terminent par cinq grandes rémiges effilées. La queue longue et mobile lui confère un vol souple adapté à un survol rapproché du relief.
Les premières mues des plumes de vol interviennent au cours de la deuxième et de la troisième année.
Les oiseaux de quatrième et de cinquième année ont un plumage intermédiaire : les plumes de la tête et du corps s’éclaircissent et la silhouette s’affine.
Le plumage définitif – tête et corps de couleur crème ou orangé contrastant avec les ailes et la queue gris ardoisé - est acquis entre la cinquième et la septième année.
(D'après l'observatoire des rapaces LPO)
The Bearded Vulture is a large, scavenging bird of prey with an imposing wingspan.
Its silhouette is distinctive, with narrow, pointed wings and a wedge-shaped tail.
The head is feathered and adorned with a facial mask made up of black feathers surrounding the red-rimmed light eye, and descending below the beak to form a beard.
The ear canal is outlined in black. The body is slender, with an orange or white underside depending on the region, and sometimes a fine collar of black feathers.
The short legs are entirely feathered, right down to the claws, which are only slightly developed.
Young birds under three years of age are characterized by their dark plumage.
They can be distinguished from their older counterparts by their black heads and predominantly brown body and wings.
Their slender, dark wings end in five large, tapering wing feathers.
The long, mobile tail gives it a supple flight adapted to flying close to the ground.
The first flight feathers moult during the second and third years.
Fourth- and fifth-year birds have an intermediate plumage: head and body feathers lighten and the silhouette becomes more refined.
The definitive plumage - cream or orange head and body, contrasting with slate-gray wings and tail - is acquired between the fifth and seventh years.
(According to the LPO raptor observatory)
Mourning Dove.
A 12 inch long bird with a soft, sandy buff color. They have a long pointed tail bordered with white and withblack spots on the wings.
It inhabits open fields, parks, and lawns with many trees and shrubs.
They range throughout the United States and Canada and winters in the northern United States.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
Suffolk
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
This was pointed out to me so i took advantage to get pictures of the snake. Actually thought it made for a good photograph.
A Very Victorian Scandal
There is quite a story involving Thomas Reibey III of Entally House and this historic church in Hadspen. As I pointed out yesterday, in the early days of Hadspen, Christian townsfolk met at the Entally House chapel for worship. In order to build the church, Reibey who held the lay position of Archdeacon, provided a good deal of money and the foundation stone was laid in 1868. Incredibly it took over 100 years to complete the building.
Clearly, something went terribly wrong, as Duncan Grant tells us:
"When the structure was only partly complete a scandal erupted around Reibey. He was alleged to have indecently dealt with a married woman. In 1868 he was accused openly in the synod with attempts to seduce Margaret Blomfield with whose husband he previously had a property dispute. Bishop Charles Bromby refused to accept Reibey's ‘tainted’ money for the building of the church. Reibey subsequently took legal action but his complaint was dismissed and the jury largely held that the allegations against him were true. As a consequence of the scandal all work on the church had ceased by 1870. At this time the walls were unfinished and it was without a roof; a condition which remained unchanged for nearly 100 years. However Reibey’s career was far from ruined and he went on to become Premier of Tasmania in 1876. Reibey died in 1912 and is remembered with a relatively modest grave stone in the cemetery of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
The church remained in a 'ruined' state and became an attraction resembling a Gothic folly. Anglican services were held in St Stephens, a timber church next to the spectacle of Reibey’s church. In 1957 interest in completing the church was rekindled due to the approaching centenary of the start of its construction. The original architects' plans had been preserved and were closely followed in completing the project. The church was finally finished on 20 May 1961, with the first service held the following day. Some furnishings in the church came from the private chapel at Reibey’s home, Entally House. These included the altar and coverings, a wooden cross, paintings, a stained glass window and a bell that hangs in the church's porch. The Church of the Good Shepherd was consecrated in February 1973 and continues to serve the people of Hadspen."
www.churchesoftasmania.com/2018/03/hadspen-church-of-good...
Thanks to Duncan Grant for this valuable historic record.
A new profile pic I made for myself.
Bolero from Coco, Dress from Miss Chelsea, Necklace from Kunglers.
The same two yellow pointed Tulips, in another dance, swaying with the music.
Most of my images are made under the influence of lovely music, from jazz to pop to opera, music from all over the world, Mongolian, Greek Orthodox to African water drums.
I also like some of the more modern trendy songs.
Yes, good music needs to have melody for me.
I declare this a YELLOW week!
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A 1,500Kms, 5 day trek down the South Road in Iceland with Camerashy68 taking in many sights with a detour back to reykjavik via the Golden Circle.
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It was pointed out to me that the stripes on the NPR SD60Fs match the alternating snow and black soil patterns of this foreground field. I was pleasantly surprised taking a lap around town that NPR brought in grain loads for interchange with CP and had taken a modest cut of empty hoppers back west. Here the train is on home rails with three of its finest ex-CN SD60Fs.
For reference, the power is as follows:
NPR 5518
NPR 5517
NPR 5535
Horticultural Group Lily-flowered Group tulips have goblet-shaped flowers with pointed, out-curving or reflexed tepals, and flower in late spring. Details 'China Pink' grows to 50cm in height, with broad greyish foliage and rosy-pink flowers with flaring petals marked white at base within
#AbFav_MONOCHROME
The monochrome really highlights the structure in these pointed cabbages.
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Glorious display of leek plants in my friend Katherine's garden, not quite the Egyptian Walking Onion that we had expected to see, but fun all the same...
Wizarding Faire opening JULY 27TH
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The business end of a staple remover are the two pairs of really pointed prongs to do the job, very efficiently of removing those pesky staples that just need to be gone!
For Crazy Tuesday’s theme of ‘Pointed’!
yes, i found this in one of my favorite donation stores-- ya gotta love that some people donate lovely things
CMWD_blue
ODC point/pointy/pointed
Mike, my dive partner, pointed to a cloud at the limit of visibility--we watched it get bigger, and it resolved into this school of horse-eye jacks, Caranx latus. I got just one shot and then they were too far.
Wings held high, feathers fluffed, beaks pointed, crane cackling… clearly there’s an interesting interaction going on here between the two Sandhill Cranes, probably a unison call by a mated pair. My attraction to this shot included both the interaction between the cranes as well as the unusual symmetry in the positioning of multiple birds and their body positions. The rusty brown color in some of the wing feathers is derived from rubbing iron rich mud onto them.
Little Branch is taking part in the new round of NEO Japan with their beautiful Wild Berry Shrub.
The fruit has a five-pointed crown on the underside of the berry. Wild berries have thin branches and produce petite flowers. The leaves are green and broad, with a defined point, and they turn bright red in the fall.
They're 100% mesh and come with gently animated leaves giving them a very life-like appearance. Detailed, realistic textures and a choice of 4 seasons to choose from via an easy to use pop-up menu make this a perfect choice for all year round landscaping.
Land Impact is just 4LI but as permissions are both Copy & Modify can be adapted to suit your landscaping and gardening needs.
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One of the hulks disintegrating on the beach....
Dungeness, Kent - UK
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Explore # 79
Recently a friend pointed me to a quote from one of the great photographers of our times, he much prefers dull light as it leaves a more lasting effect on him rather than over saturated flashy colors, which tend to have a high imapact initially but than he tends to forget about them.
Anyways a lone Musk Oxen on a dreary day in the Alaska wilderness, I waited for the bull to walk in front of the patch of snow.
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A l’Edat Mitjana, el domini d’Abella fou disputat entre els cavallers de Descatllar (del Catllar) I el monestir de Sant Pere de Besalú.
La primera referència escrita al nucli d’Abella és de l’any 1266. L’església dedicada a Sant Nazarí no s’esmenta fins al 1326, quan s’hi funda un benefici. En el 1367 ja s’anomena Sant Nazarí i Santa Llúcia, quan el bisbe autoritza una col.lecta per a la construcció (potser en substitució d’una capella preexistent). L’edifici actual és una nau, sense absis a la capçalera, coberta amb una volta lleugerament apuntalada. La façana principal, orientada a l’oest té un ull de bou sobre la porta d’accés i està coronada per un campanar d’espardenya. Es conserva la ferramenta de la porta, d’on surt el forrellat acabat amb forma de cap de dimoni. Va ser restaurada entre el 1996 i 1998.
(Informació copiada del mateix lloc)
ENGLISH
Church of St. Lucia
The Descatllar (Catllar) knights and the Monastery of Saint Peter of Besalú battled for rule over Abella in the Middle Ages.
The first written reference to the village of Abella dates to 1266. The church dedicated to Saint Nazarius was not documented until 1326, when a beneficiary was designated. It was already called Saint Nazari and Saint Lucia in 1367, when the bishop authorized a collection for its construction (perhaps replacing a pre-existing chapel). The current building is a single nave with no apse and slightly pointed vault. The main façade faces west and has an oeil-de-boeuf over the main door crowned by a bell tower. The door’s original hardware, which features a bolt finished in the shape of a devil’s head, has been preserved. It was restored from 199t to 1998.
(Information copied from the same site)
In the foreground are Sedona, Arizona's Pointed Dome, elevation 5499 ft (1676 m), and its companion spire Queen Victoria, elev. 5402 ft (1647 m)—features near the bottom of a descending ridge that separates Bear Wallow Canyon (and Schnebly Hill Road) on its south from Casner Canyon on its north. Towering above them in the background, on the other (northwestern) side of Oak Creek Canyon, is The Acropolis, elev. 6139 ft (1871 m). The helicopter from which I took this photo at 3:36 PM on January 24, 2023 was above Bear Wallow Canyon, south of Schnebly Hill Road—0.64 mi (1.0 km) SSE of Pointed Dome and 2.4 mi (3.8 km) SE of The Acropolis.
I'll be taking a few days break from Flickr, attending to family matters in this busy but beautiful Christmas season.
Sixth and last image in this Autumn Leaves series...
I laid my back on the ground under this Maple tree and pointed upwards past the edge of the branches, capturing the blaze-orange leaves against the light blue sky.
Have a wonderful rest of the week, my Flickr friends :)
Taken from Cliff Road, looking up towards High Pavement in Nottingham. The church is now a bar but it has retained its wonderful Burne-Jones stained glass windows.
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