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It is the best time of the day, I prefer to watch the sunrise.
It is worth getting up early to watch the sun wake up, the cool air and the beginning of a new day....
Have a happy Sunday 😊
Photogenic Mink photographed at British Wildlife Centre. He always does his best to give me his good side!!
A few wee facts about this voracious hunter. Minks are well adapted to swimming and prefer watery habitats, while weasels tend to avoid the water and prefer grassy habitats.
The Mississippi Kite prefers to dine mainly on large insects such as cicadas, grasshoppers, beetles, wasps, and dragonflies. This taste for potentially crop-damaging insects makes this bird a friend to farmers! This kite also feeds on small birds, bats, frogs, toads, and lizards. "Skeeter", now residing at the Houston Audubon Society's Raptor and Education Center was found with an injured wing in Corpus Christi in 2012 while on her first migration to South America. Her wing healed slightly crooked and she doesn't fly well enough to be returned to the wild.
Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
Norfolk
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The brown hare is known for its long, black-tipped ears and fast running - it can reach speeds of 45mph when evading predators. It prefers a mosaic of farmland and woodland habitats and can often be spotted in fields.
Thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman Times (or even earlier), the brown hare is now considered naturalised. It is most common in grassland habitats and at woodland edges, favouring a mosaic of arable fields, grasses and hedgerows. It grazes on vegetation and the bark of young trees and bushes. Brown hares do not dig burrows, but shelter in 'forms', which are shallow depressions in the ground or grass; when disturbed, they can be seen bounding across the fields, using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. Brown hares are at their most visible in early spring when the breeding season encourages fighting or 'boxing'. Females can produce three to four litters of two to four young (known as leverets) a year.
Widespread, but absent from northern Scotland and the Scottish islands, except Islay, I'm reliably informed.
While I generally prefer to get the shot without bystanders, I think the people in this shot help lend a sense of scale to the size of the Grand Canyon at this particular spot..
This is the millpond that stands out back of the Dells Mill in Augusta, Wisconsin. There's a little bit of fall color left; not nearly the amount that they normally have. I was told, two weeks ago was probably when it was peak of the season! What a shame! Well, we will definitely have to come back here again! Hope you enjoy, nonetheless!
Dells Mill and millpond
Augusta, Wisconsin
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Mon prunier sauvage préféré, sur la rive nord de la Loire, accueillant l'été, dans l'île Chevrière, à Port-Thibault, Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire, Angers-Loire-Métropole.
Les premières fleurs ont fleuri à la mi-février. 4 mois plus tard, les fruits commencent à prendre de jolies couleurs.
My favorite wild plum tree, on the north bank of River Loire, near Angers, welcoming Summer. The first flowers bloomed in mid-February. 4 months later, the fruits begin to take on pretty colors.
Yellowhammer - Emberiza Citrinella
The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern subspecies is partially migratory, with much of the population wintering further south. The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head, streaked brown back, chestnut rump and yellow underparts. Other plumages are duller versions of the same pattern. The yellowhammer is common in open areas with some shrubs or trees, and forms small flocks in winter. Its song has a rhythm like "A little bit of bread and no cheese". The song is very similar to that of its closest relative, the pine bunting, with which it interbreeds.
Yellowhammer males learn their songs from their fathers, and over the course of time regional dialects have developed, with minor differences to the conclusion of the basic song; all are mutually recognised by birds from different areas. Each male has an individual repertoire of song variants within its regional dialect; females tend to mate with males that share their dialect, and prefer those with the largest repertoires.
The pine bunting and yellowhammer are so closely related that each responds to the other's song. The male yellowhammer's song is more attractive to females, and is one reason for the dominance of that species where the ranges overlap.
Yellowhammers of the British and Irish race, E. c. caliginosa were introduced to New Zealand by local acclimatisation societies in 1862, and soon spread over the main islands. They sometimes visit New Zealand's subantarctic islands, although rarely staying to breed, and have reached Australia's Lord Howe Island on a number of occasions. At the beginning of the 20th century, this bunting was seen as a serious agricultural pest in its adopted country.
Populations of yellowhammer have also been introduced to the Falkland Islands, and South Africa.
The yellowhammer is a bird of dry open country, preferably with a range of vegetation types and some trees from which to sing. It is absent from urban areas, forests and wetlands. Probably originally found at forest edges and large clearing, it has benefited from traditional agriculture, which created extensive open areas with hedges and clumps of trees.
Populations have declined in recent decades in western Europe, including the British Isles, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Italy. The yellowhammer is a red-list (severely declining) species in Ireland and the UK In eastern Europe, numbers appear to be stable, although the trend in Russia is unknown. Changes to agricultural practices are thought to be responsible for reduced breeding densities. The introduced population in New Zealand has been very successful, with breeding densities much higher than in the UK.
Esquelbecq (prononcé [ɛskɛlbɛk] ; en néerlandais : Ekelsbeke1) est une commune française située dans le département du Nord, en région Hauts-de-France.
En 2023, la commune a été élue comme étant le « village préféré des Français » lors de l'émission Le village préféré des Français diffusée sur France 3 et présentée par Stéphane Bern.
Le chateau d'Esquelbecq et son jardin à la flamande est un ensemble remarquable de la Renaissance Flamande.
Les jardins se visitent du jeudi au dimanche de 12h à 18h toute la saison estivale.
Hi all !!
3th try on black dragon. I don't know if i prefer firestorm or not. Mh.. What do you think about my cyber doll? Do you want play with her? ahah !
I hope you'll like it !!
Thanks for watching and your support!! ♡
Link on my blog : Play with me....
The music : 🎵.
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NEW @ Reaper eye : "Wicca's Originals - Reaper Eye" at Necrosis (Event open march 26 - April 09) and soon at Wicca's Originals.
Preferisco una sconfitta consapevole della bellezza dei fiori, piuttosto che una vittoria in mezzo ai deserti.
Fernando Pessoa
... Schafe im Oberpfälzer Jura ... trockener heisser Sommertag ......
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When you follow the Lake Agnes Trail from Lake Louise, you first pass Mirror Lake with the Big Beehive towering over it (see my previous photos), before reaching astounding Lake Agnes. What I didn't like too much were the open stairs along a rockface I had to climb just before reaching this lake - I prefer to have ground under my feet. But the view was very rewarding indeed! [Explored on 13/08/2021, #66]
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―David Hockney
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♫ Cupidon - Sway ✨
"I wanna make you smile, I wanna give the world to you.
Cos there ain't nothing in this world I wouldn't do.
No matter what will happen, no matter what you say.
Just count on me, I won't push you away.
And I'm gonna take you to paradise.
Leave all the pain and worries behind.
Sway with me underneath the moonlight.
Sway with me bring your colors to life."
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Yellowhammer - Emberiza Citrinella
The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern subspecies is partially migratory, with much of the population wintering further south. The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head, streaked brown back, chestnut rump and yellow underparts. Other plumages are duller versions of the same pattern. The yellowhammer is common in open areas with some shrubs or trees, and forms small flocks in winter. Its song has a rhythm like "A little bit of bread and no cheese". The song is very similar to that of its closest relative, the pine bunting, with which it interbreeds.
Yellowhammer males learn their songs from their fathers, and over the course of time regional dialects have developed, with minor differences to the conclusion of the basic song; all are mutually recognised by birds from different areas. Each male has an individual repertoire of song variants within its regional dialect; females tend to mate with males that share their dialect, and prefer those with the largest repertoires.
The pine bunting and yellowhammer are so closely related that each responds to the other's song. The male yellowhammer's song is more attractive to females, and is one reason for the dominance of that species where the ranges overlap.
Yellowhammers of the British and Irish race, E. c. caliginosa were introduced to New Zealand by local acclimatisation societies in 1862, and soon spread over the main islands. They sometimes visit New Zealand's subantarctic islands, although rarely staying to breed, and have reached Australia's Lord Howe Island on a number of occasions. At the beginning of the 20th century, this bunting was seen as a serious agricultural pest in its adopted country.
Populations of yellowhammer have also been introduced to the Falkland Islands, and South Africa.
The yellowhammer is a bird of dry open country, preferably with a range of vegetation types and some trees from which to sing. It is absent from urban areas, forests and wetlands. Probably originally found at forest edges and large clearing, it has benefited from traditional agriculture, which created extensive open areas with hedges and clumps of trees.
Populations have declined in recent decades in western Europe, including the British Isles, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Italy. The yellowhammer is a red-list (severely declining) species in Ireland and the UK In eastern Europe, numbers appear to be stable, although the trend in Russia is unknown. Changes to agricultural practices are thought to be responsible for reduced breeding densities. The introduced population in New Zealand has been very successful, with breeding densities much higher than in the UK.
Ya falta menos para poder disfrutar de ellos. Una imagen del alzacola cantando en medio del viñedo, uno de sus habitats preferidos.
Epervier d'Europe mâle (Accipiter nisus), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
L’épervier d'Europe est de la taille d'un gros pigeon, son envergure est d’environ 65 centimètres. Ses ailes sont arrondies, sa tête est petite et sa queue est longue. Les yeux du mâle sont jaune orangés avec un cercle oculaire étroit et jaune. Il a le dessous du corps rouge-brun rayé et le dessus gris bleuté tandis que la femelle et les jeunes ont le dessous blanchâtre à rayures brun foncé. Il vit dans les forêts souvent perché sur les arbres en lisière ou sur les arbres isolés à l’affut. Il chasse en faisant des attaques surprises, en se cachant et en volant le long des haies et à travers les bosquets, slalomant entre les arbres, en épousant les reliefs du terrain avec une agilité incomparable, afin de surprendre les petits oiseaux des bois. Heureusement pour ces derniers, que seules 10 % de ses attaques soient couronnées de succès. Ce rapace sédentaire s'éloigne peu de son territoire sauf certains individus vivant au nord, qui vont hiberner plus au chaud. Son nid est installé dans les jeunes arbres généralement près du tronc.L’Épervier d'Europe vit et se reproduit dans les vastes étendues de forêts, souvent de conifères ou mixtes, préférant les bois ni trop ouverts ni trop denses pour pouvoir y voler. Il est présent dans l'ensemble des régions tempérées et subtropicales de l'Europe, de l'Asie et de l'Afrique. Il est l'un des oiseaux de proie les plus communs en Europe, avec le Faucon crécerelle (Falco tinnunculus) et la Buse variable (Buteo buteo).
Sénanque Abbey is my preferred Cistercian Abbey in Provence, located more precisely in the Luberon, near Gordes. It was founded in the XIIth century. I had admired it once, but unfortunately, it was in june, before lavenders flourishing, and we had arrived too late in the afternoon to visit it. So I promised myself to see it again at the right period.
This time, lavenders fields were in flowers, at the beginning of July, and we arrived at about ten'o clock in the morning at the opening, a perfect time to admire the abbey et to visit it without waiting too much. So beautiful was the abbey in front of it's lavenders field in flowers ! It was for me a moment of great joy, i had realized one of my dreams !
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La beauté de l'abbaye de Sénanque, une des merveilles de la vieille Provence
L'abbaye de Sénanque est mon abbaye Cistercienne préférée en Provence, située plus précisément à coté de Gordes dans le Luberon. Elle a été fondée au 12ème siècle. Je l'avais déjà admirée une fois, mais hélas, c'était en juin, avant la période de floraison des lavandes, et on était arrivés trop tard dans l'après-midi pour la visiter. Je m'étais alors promis de la revoir, mais à la bonne période.
Cette fois-ci, les champs de lavande étaient en fleurs au début de juillet, et on était arrivés aux alentours de 10h du matin à l'ouverture, un timing idéal pour admirer l'abbaye et la visiter sans attendre trop longtemps. Qu'elle était belle, l'abbaye devant son champs de lavandins en fleurs ! Ce fut pour moi un moment de joie intense, j'avais réalisé un de mes rêves !
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Gordes - Provence - France
Dark orange, or, if you prefer, red. A beautiful lily flower. Note the six anthers.
Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass cover. While foraging, they can wander into denser habitats and even into human inhabited areas, especially if drawn to road kills. They may be found in elevation from sea-level to 4,500 m (14,800 ft). (Wikipedia)
~Mississippi Blues man, Leo Bud Welch lived in
the Juke Joint world and also in the Gospel “Church”
world. His preacher told him, “I don’t prefer no blues”.
Leo apparently didn’t see any difference between
“Church” and “Juke Joint” music.~ He just played
straight from his heart.~
This impression of a small Church in
St Augustine, Florida seems reminds me of a
place where Leo Bud Welch may have played
his Gospel Blues. Well… at least in the Juke Joint
of my mind.
~”Girl in the Holler”~ Leo Bud Welch~
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Crepe, or, if you prefer, crape myrtle flowers, against a fine blue sky. The Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%AApe_paper) tells us that crepe paper is used for party decoration. I remember doing that, a long time ago.
Thank you for looking. Isn't God a great artist?
On a calm Mersey evening I watch from my preferred ship spotting location, Seacombe ferry terminal, as Virtuosa slowly heads into a dusky estuary.
On EXPLORE July 26, 2008
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This colorful and shining composition is one of the preferred flower and gem captures of Taty and it looks apropriate to wish you a Sunny and Happy Saturday with it from both of us.
No Post Processing used - no treatments, and as is from the camera.
The only thing added is the water mark - signature.
Other photos dedicated to friends of Taty will follow at random, and without knowing any of you, so please don't be upset about the order I am placing your photo online, and be patient until you'll see yours, Thank you - Wishing you all a very Happy weekend
And if you wish to see her on a few photos - see my stream. - Willem
We all see spectacular scenes and natural phenomena and admire them ..But personally admiration is not enough, I prefer to document them. Maybe it is a very simple attempt to transmit the power and the imagination of the Nature.
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جميعنا نشاهد مناظر خلابة وظواهر طبيعية شتى ونستمتع بها .. لكن شخصياً لا يكفيني الاستمتاع بمشاهدة منظر طبيعي وانما توثيقه بطريقة تبدو غير طبيعة لتكون محاولة بسيطة جداً لعكس مدى قوة الطبيعة وخيالها.
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**According to Kusama, she prefers to use pumpkins because not only are they attractive in both color and form, but they are also tender to the touch. Therefore, the inclusion of pumpkins in her artwork can be said to be due to the childhood memories that the vegetable triggers.
Contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular artists in the world, drawing millions to experience her immersive installations.
Exclusively at NYBG, Kusama reveals her lifelong fascination with the natural world, beginning with her childhood spent in the greenhouses and fields of her family’s seed nursery. Her artistic concepts of obliteration, infinity, and eternity are inspired by her intimate engagement with the colors, patterns, and life cycles of plants and flowers.
"Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.[1]
Females prefer to mate with males that have the longest and most symmetrical tails and a dark red chest color.
The killing of Barn Swallows for their feathers was one of the problems that led to the founding of the Audubon Society and the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.MW
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon youtu.be/TYIl6n_SRCI
La Place des Héros, dite « petite place », comme la Grand 'Place à laquelle elle est liée par la rue de la Taillerie, ne ressemble à aucune autre en Europe du Nord. C’est un décor de théâtre, une agora, un ensemble architectural unique, le lieu d’un marché séculaire et de flâneries incessantes : ici on prend le temps de vivre, depuis des siècles !
C'est un véritable joyau d’architecture qui impressionne encore aujourd’hui. Sculptées, hautes et étroites, avec pignons à volutes, rigoureusement alignées, ces maisons aux façades baroques, s'inspirant fortement du Pays Bas alors espagnol, forment un long ruban d'arcades sur trois des faces de la place, la dernière étant occupée par l'Hôtel de ville et le beffroi.
Ce chef-d’œuvre est né de la volonté royale de Philippe II d’Espagne. En effet, son édit de 1583 impose la construction en pierre et en brique et sera suivi d’une série de règlements d’urbanisme donnant aux Places cette incroyable unité. Détruite à 80% par la première guerre mondiale, elle est reconstruite à l'identique
Cinquante-deux façades d'immeubles de la place sont répertoriés dans les monuments historiques de la commune. Ces classements ont été effectués entre 1919 et 1921. le nom de "Petite Place" est remplacé par "Place des Héros" en hommage aux résistants de la Seconde guerre mondiale.
Le Beffroi est érigé à partir de 1463 dans un style gothique. Sa construction est achevée en 1554, sous la conduite de l'architecte Jacques Le Caron. Celui-ci surmonte l'édifice arrageois d'une couronne en hommage à l'empereur Charles Quint, sur laquelle se dresse un lion. Dès 1502, sans attendre l'achèvement du beffroi, les échevins entreprennent la construction de l'Hôtel de Ville, dans le plus pur style gothique flamboyant, dans lequel étaient réunies la halle marchande et la halle échevinale. La première, d'inspiration Renaissance, en 1572. La seconde, ornée de pléthore de motifs décoratifs, est élevée sous Napoléon III.
En 1914, le beffroi offrant une vue imprenable sur la ligne de front est pris pour cible par l'artillerie allemande. Il s'écroule le 21 octobre, sous le coup du 69e obus. Comme les deux places d'Arras, l'Hôtel de Ville et le beffroi seront alors reconstruits "à l'identique" par l'architecte en chef des Monuments Historiques, Pierre Paquet.
Le beffroi d'Arras est classé monuments historiques depuis 1840 et, depuis 2005, fait partie du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco en étant compris dans les beffrois de Belgique et de France. Il est aussi, depuis 2015, monument préféré des Français. l'Hôtel de Ville lui est classé MH depuis 1921.
www.arraspaysdartois.com/les-incontournables/le-beffroi-d...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beffroi_d%27Arras
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_des_H%C3%A9ros_(Arras)
petite vidéo www.dailymotion.com/video/x7z6b
Spring snowflakes prefer moist and light conditions. In optimal locations, the white flowers form entire carpets.
The Polenz Valley in Saxon Switzerland is one such place. It is one of the most beautiful side valleys on the right bank of the Elbe.
When the wild spring snowflakes bloom there in March, the valley transforms into a truly unique landscape.
Digging up the spring snowflakes in the meadows is prohibited because the Polenz Valley is one of the few large populations of wild spring snowflakes in Germany. It is therefore under special protection.
Märzenbecher (Leucojum vernum), auch Frühlingsknotenblume
Die Märzenbecher mögen es feucht und licht.
An optimalen Standorten bilden die weißen Blüten ganze Teppiche.
Das Polenztal in der Sächsischen Schweiz ist so ein Ort. Es ist eines der schönsten Seitentäler der rechten Elbseite.
Wenn im März dort die wilden Märzenbecher blühen, verwandelt sich das Tal in eine Landschaft, die einfach einzigartig ist.
Die Märzenbecher auf den Wiesen auszugraben, ist verboten, weil das Polenztal eines der wenigen großen Vorkommen wilder Märzenbecher in Deutschland ist. Es steht daher unter besonderem Schutz.