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Medium-sized confusing flycatcher. Male is beautifully colored, with deep blue upperparts, orange throat and breast, and white belly. Note dark face and electric blue highlight on the forehead. Female is duller. Very similar to closely-related Large Blue Flycatcher: note marginally smaller bill without a noticeable hooked tip, less contrastingly pale throat, and darker legs. Male Hill Blue Flycatcher has more orange on the throat and a dark blue rump. Breeds in hilly and montane broadleaf thickets, often in areas with dense undergrowth; migratory birds winter at lower altitudes. Song mixes melodious warbling and whistling notes with harsh, rasping ones. Calls are a loud “chak” or “tak,” reminiscent of stones tapping. (eBird)
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True to its name, we found this lovely flycatcher in the northern hills of Thailand. He was kind enough to pose for some photos before disappearing back into the undergrowth.
There are many blue, orange and white flycatchers in southeast Asia, which means they need careful study and knowledge of habitat and range, or preferably a very knowledgeable guide.
Here's a link to our Thailand bird trip list: ebird.org/tripreport/328567
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP--Doi Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station, Chiang Mai, Thailand. February 2025.
Rockjumper Birding Tours.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Mary_Hospital_(Hong_Kong):
The Queen Mary Hospital is the largest district general hospital located in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is part of the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. It has 1,706 beds. It provides general medical and surgical services to the residents of Western and Southern districts and is a tertiary referral centre for the whole territory of Hong Kong and beyond.
Queen Mary Hospital had its foundation stone laid on 10 May 1935 by the governor of Hong Kong, William Peel, and was officially opened on 13 April 1937 by Andrew Caldecott, the then governor of Hong Kong. The hospital was named for Mary of Teck, the widowed queen consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. It then replaced the Government Civil Hospital as the main accident and emergency hospital for Hong Kong Island. The hospital was greatly expanded over the years, with two major expansion projects completed in 1955 and 1983, the second being designed by London-based hospital architects, Llewelyn Davies.
Queen Mary Hospital's main ward tower, Block K, is one of the tallest hospital buildings in Asia at 137 metres (449 ft) (28 storeys).
The Main Block (Wing A to E) is listed as a Grade III historic building. The Nurses Quarters is listed as a Grade II historic building.
As of 31 March 2019, the hospital has 1,711 beds.
More berries! The black ones are actually the ones that are ripe. The red ones are arrested development because of the cold weather.
Excerpt from www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-...:
Tung Wah Coffin Home
Situated on Sandy Bay Road, Tung Wah Coffin Home was established in 1899. It is believed that the predecessor of Tung Wah Coffin Home was a coffin home near the slaughter house in Kennedy Town, which was established in 1875 with funds from the Man Mo Temple in Sheung Wan. Its management was later handed over to Tung Wah Hospital. In 1899, Tung Wah Coffin Home was officially named when a plot of land in Sandy Bay was granted by the Government for rebuilding the coffin home.
Taking advantage of Hong Kong’s entrepot status, its geographic location at the doorway to mainland China, and the close connections of Tung Wah Hospital’s board members with overseas organisations and global business network, the coffin home was able to provide a repatriation service for those deceased abroad by providing a temporary depository at the coffin home, from where the deceased could then be returned to their birth place for burial. This service eventually allowed the coffin home became the centre of a global charity hub during the last century.
Tung Wah Coffin Home now consists two halls, 72 rooms, gateways, pavilion and gardens built in different periods. Its buildings reflect a variety of architectural styles, ranging from traditional Chinese vernacular architecture to modern Western-style elements, and others that are a hybrid of both. Tung Wah Coffin Home underwent a large scale restoration project between 2003 and 2004, with a view to restore the coffin home’s elements to their original architectural styles. The restoration project won the Award of Merit in the 2005 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards and the Award of Honor in the Heritage Preservation and Conservation Awards offered by the Antiquities and Monuments Office in the same year.
Tung Wah Coffin Home was declared a monument in 2020.
Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird is a typically colourful member of its family, found from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia. The common name honours British bird artist Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841), wife of naturalist John Gould and accomplished illustrator of his works and others including by Charles Darwin. There are several subspecies of Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird; this image shows an immature male of the Scarlet-breasted form. This sighting was in the Doi Lang area of Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Chiang Mai province, Thailand.
Epoch:
[ep-uh k or, esp. British, ee-pok]
noun
1. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.
2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything:
The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
3. a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date:
His coming of age was an epoch in his life.
4. Geology. any of several divisions of a geologic period during which a geologic series is formed.
Compare age (def 12).
5. Astronomy.
An arbitrarily fixed instant of time or date, usually the beginning of a century or half century, used as a reference in giving the elements of a planetary orbit or the like.
The mean longitude of a planet as seen from the sun at such an instant or date.
6. Physics. the displacement from zero at zero time of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion.
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Today was two steps back on the road to recovery and I was feeling absolutely miserable again.
With absolutely no energy, I threw together a very quick still life shot and hoped for the best.
I took a total of two photos today, and this one turned out to be the best of the set so it's was an easy choice for today.
Still playing catch up on comments and photo streams, but I will eventually be by!
Hope everyone is having a good day!
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Looking up inside the inner courtyard of an apartment complex in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Part of the ongoing fine art series: Stacked - Urban Architecture of Hong Kong
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1973 Jaguar XJ6.
4235cc.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"V5 Present
MoT Exempt
Chassis number: 2N3417DN
"This desirable short wheel base 4.2 XJ6, fitted with overdrive, is finished in the original period Greensand. It has covered only 120 miles during the vendor's five year ownership and would benefit from some light recommissioning. The vendor advises that he has garage stored the car for the last five years with the very occasional trip out in dry weather. The car is described as solid. Fitted with a later sunroof and the headlining requires attention. It appears to have done little mileage over many years. Comes with the original passport containing fifteen stamps between 1973 and 2002, recent MoTs, current and older V5s, handbook and maintenance chart. The mileage is recorded at 46,011."
Unsold. Estimate: £6000 to £8000.
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:: Nagdhunga // Pokhara // Nepal :: agosto 2013*
:: Jornada en compañía de Priti*
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La fotografía que se usó se tomó durante el desfile del 20 de Julio de 2013 en la Isla de Providencia (Colombia)* - Jornada en compañía de DiseQtiva*
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El 20 de Julio en la Isla de Providencia, temprano en la mañana, comienza la celebración de la proclamación de la supuesta independencia de Colombia (1810). No es un día propiamente de júbilo y orgullo patrio en una Isla con una historia muy lejana de este cuento que se aprende en primaria sobre un florero. El evento del día es la marcha de los colegios y escuelas de la isla junto asus respectivas bandas de guerra a eso de las 2 de la tarde. Niñas y niños marchan durante un par de horas hasta el estadio de beisbol, donde se hacen los "honores" a la patria y se cierra con un concierto de los talentos locales hasta que se hace de noche. Obligados a marchar pero bastante contentos, niños y niñas, lucen sus uniformes impecables, las niñas y las adolescentes llevan en su cabeza impresionantes trenzados (Cangas) hechos con uno o dos días de antelación, diseños simétricos y asimétricos, desde unos muy sencillos hasta otros complejos y en algunos casos extravagantes en contraste con el clásico uniforme de colegio, no hay dos iguales, no hay restricciones ni reglas a seguir, se ven pasar crestas trenzadas, cabezas llenas de pequeños caminos y otras llenas de remates en pequeñas piezas plásticas multicolor (chaquiras). La jornada termina con una cancha de beisbol llena de niñas y niños correteando de un lado a otro alrededor de una tarima forrada con el "tricolor" patrio.
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Sono poki attimi, gli animali si zittiscono, il vento si calma all'improvviso prima di riprendere con forza, le persone se ne vanno, tutto intorno sembra scomparire, rimango solo io e la mia foto....tutto questo poki attimi prima del temporale
Photographed 04 Mar 2019, Doi Lang West, Doi Pha Hom Pok Massif, Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Latin - Aegithalos concinnus
Spanish - Mito gorjinegro
French - Mésange à gorge noire
Italian - Codibugnolo golanera
German - Schwarzkehl-Schwanzmeise
Russian - Черногорлая длиннохвостая синица
Thai - นกติ๊ดคอดำ
Icelandic - Svartkverkamýsugletta
Body: Nikon D750 DSLR
Lens: Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports
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Mi tercer explorer, lo ví tarde XD
Equilibristas enamorados
Íbamos por separado;
Era una cuestión de tiento,
convertirme en tu alimento
evitando ser noqueado.
Juntos capeamos olas,
sin barco pero sin prisa
y como arma nuestra risa.
¿Quién necesita pistolas?
Es amor de barrios viejos,
es domingo por la tarde.
Al galope todo arde;
Sencillo, arderemos lejos.
Equilibristas sin valor,
que convierten riesgo en arte.
Que se juegan su estandarte
sin escalera de color.
Miguel Angel Macón, 2008.