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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.
Saxicola ferreus
Grey Bush Chat
Grauschmätzer
Tarabilla Gris
Серый чекан
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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.
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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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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Prinia superciliaris
Hill Prinia
Grauwangenprinie
Prinia montana
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... ou Monticole merle-bleu
Monticola solitarius pandoo
Blue Rock Thrush
Blauemerle
Roquero Solitario
Синий каменный дрозд
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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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LEICA M (Typ 240)
Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 ASPH.
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Saxicola ferreus
Grey Bush Chat
Grauschmätzer
Tarabilla Gris
Серый чекан
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Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Female, VULNERABLE.
See the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listing here: www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679330/218986656