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Continuing from the last two shots, this is the third when it probed a different spot with its beak
In der Reihe der letzten Bilder ist dies das dritte, in dem der Sandregenpfeifer an einer anderen Stelle weitersucht und mit dem Schnabel herumstochert
Tiny Snowberry Clearwing Moth taking nectar from a wild Giant Ironweed flower while in flight during a stiff breeze.
Common and abundant.
Chinese Peacock | Papilio bianor | Papilionidae
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Kunming | Yunnan Province | China
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A common spoonbill (platalea leucorodia) probing and sifting through the shallows of a waterhole with sweeping movements of its broad bill. These birds have a varied diet of aquatic insects, mollusks, newts, crustaceans, worms, leeches, frogs, tadpoles and small fish. Photographed in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.
I took this earlier this summer when we were visiting the California Coast near Bodega Bay. Here we see a selfie of me playing with my new super-duper powerful LED Nitecore flashlight under the gorgeous Milky Way and light pollution of San Francisco.
Image Notes: Image is a composite, one frame for everything but the ocean detail which was light-painted in a separate shot by the same Nitecore flashlight on a lower setting with a diffuser in use.
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Brown Creeper probing the bark of a tree in my yard in Chester County, PA, for tiny morsels of food.
These little birds are very difficult to photograph, not only are they exceptionally well camouflaged, but they also never stop moving.
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The Hadeda ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) uses a feeding strategy known as probe foraging, inserting its long, curved bill into soft substrates to search for underground prey such as earthworms and insects. This behavior is supported by a specialized sensory adaptation called remote-touch.
At the tip of the bill lies the bill-tip organ, containing tens of thousands of sensory pits embedded in the bone. This structure enables the detection of minute vibrations produced by moving prey, allowing the bird to locate hidden organisms without visual cues.
Experimental studies have shown that the effectiveness of remote-touch is strongly influenced by soil moisture. In wet soils, vibrations transmit more efficiently, significantly increasing prey detection rates. In contrast, dry conditions reduce this ability, forcing the ibis to rely on random probing.
• Hadada / Hadeda ibis
• Ibis hadada
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:Threskiornithidae
Genus:Bostrychia
Species:B. hagedash
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
Preparing for migration, an ‘akekeke in breeding plumage flips stones and intently probes the exposed tropical reef flat for invertebrates. It needs to fatten with enough stored energy for an over water migratory flight of 3,000 nonstop miles from Hawaii to Alaska. The journey will require an exhaustive, marathon effort of 3 to 4 days and nights of nonstop flight.
Been a while since I posted anything over here but finally something worthy of posting. It has taken me a couple of months to build and I tried some more complex landscaping techniques throughout. It had to include a probe droid for the Factions Episode so I made two designs, the smaller on the right and the larger on the left. There is an interior round the back with caves.
As ever, feedback is appreciated!
Black and white Warblers, such as this one, make their living by probing bark and moss for insects. These birds "have an extra-long hind claw and heavier legs than other wood-warblers, which help them hold onto and move around on bark," according to AllAboutBirds.org. This one was photographed at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. And yes, it was upside down when the shot was taken.
A ruddy turnstone (arenaria interpres) probing a sandy area near a beach in Trou D'Eau Douce, Mauritius.
"La nostra immaginazione ingrandisce così tanto il tempo presente, che facciamo dell’eternità un niente, e del niente un’eternità." Blaise Pascal
E, aggiungo io, chi non sa gioire dell'attimo presente, sprecherebbe anche l'eternità.
In questa foto, di archivio: Grand Canyon, Arizona. La luce radente del mattino illumina strutture millenarie che, come pagine di un libro, narrano la storia del pianeta.
Buona domenica, cogliete l'attimo :)
A black-winged stilt (himantopus himantopus) probing the mud and vegetation for food. Photographed on the island of Langkawi, in Malaysia.
With an expansive migratory range, the wandering tattler lives up to its name. ‘Ūlili, the Hawaiian name, resembles the wandering tattler’s alarm call. On tropical islands it prefers probing crevices and crannies on intertidal shorelines and exposed reefs for invertebrates, often dodging breaking waves. ‘Ūlili were considered messengers and scouts of the gods.
A magnificent navigator, the tattler annually migrates from Alaska and Canada to tropical Pacific islands on a high endurance non-stop flight of 3 to 4 days over thousands of miles of featureless open ocean. Using the stars and the earth’s magnetic field (perhaps visually with quantum entanglement) to find its way. Tringa incana, non-breeding plumage.
Was interesting watching this bishop's mitre probing his rostrum, I guess to try to find the juiciest seeds!!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
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Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
In Australia, the Common Blackbird is often viewed as a pest, but the early pioneers were determined to ensure that Blackbirds were successfully introduced into their adopted land. Blackbirds were released dozens of times throughout south-eastern Australia, mostly in the 1860s. Though most Blackbirds are sedentary in Australia, their range has expanded and they are capable of making long-distance movements, with some regularly crossing the Bass Strait; a few have even reached subantarctic islands!
Identification: The male is the ‘black’ bird, with deep orange to yellow bill, a narrow yellow eye-ring and dark legs. The female is a brown bird, with some streaks or mottling, and has a dark bill and legs. Immature birds are similar to the female with lighter underparts. Their average size is 27cm and their average weight is 89 grams.
Songs and Calls: A repeated ‘tchook’ call and a melodious, warbling song. Bird call recorded by: Fred Van Gessel
Location: The Common Blackbird, was originally confined to Melbourne and Adelaide. It has gradually expanded its range throughout south-eastern Australia, both on the coast and inland, as far north as southern Queensland, and including Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands.
Habitat: The Common Blackbird is most often found in urban areas and surrounding localities but has successfully moved into bushland habitats. It is often seen in orchards, vineyards and gardens, as well as along roadsides and in parks.
Behaviour: The Common Blackbird can be a pest in orchards, parks and gardens, being rather destructive of ground vegetation, particularly backyard vegetable patches.
Feeding: The Common Blackbird eats insects, earthworms, snails, spiders and a range of seeds and fruit. It mainly forages on the ground, probing and scratching at leaf litter, lawns and soil.
Breeding: The Common Blackbird builds a cup-shaped nest of dried grass, bound with mud, and lined with fine grasses. It is usually placed in a tree, shrub or low bush, but they will also use tree hollows. Their clutch size is 3 to 5 eggs (usually 4 eggs) with an incubation period of 14 days and a nestling period of 14 days. Breeding season is from September to January.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/common-blackbird/)
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A hunakai actively probes the wave washed sand for small crustaceans and other sand burrowers. It stays in constant motion chasing each wave as it recedes. Sanderling. Calidris alba.
A painted stork (mycteria leucocephala) probing the muddy waters of a small waterhole for food. Photographed in Yala, Sri Lanka.
A pair of beautiful, large wood storks cautiously strolled along the edge of a local pond in Port Charlotte, southwest Florida. The water level had dropped just enough to leave a broad, open muddy fringe—prime foraging territory for these graceful waders. Their long curved bills dipped low to probe the shallows, black wingtips trailing like elegant shadows in the warm golden light. A quiet, serene moment right here in my backyard wetlands.
The wood stork is North America's only native stork—a tall, bald-headed wading bird standing about 3-4 feet high with a 5-foot wingspan. Adults sport bright white plumage offset by black flight feathers, a featherless grayish head and neck, long black legs with pink feet, and a distinctive thick, curved bill for snapping up fish in shallow wetlands.
The head and neck are notably featherless (bald, scaly, and grayish), not plumed, which sets them apart from other wading birds and aids in their "flinthead" nickname.
Adults display this clean white-and-black contrast year-round, while juveniles have downy grayish feathering on the head/neck that molts off over 2–4 years to reveal the bare skin.
They thrive in marshes, ponds, and mangroves, foraging tactically when water recedes to concentrate prey, though populations remain sensitive to habitat changes.
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Milky Way appeared in the sky when the new moon phase arrived again. "I lift my flash, questioning the azure sky". Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars. Its actual shape is spiral.
Austin, TX...July 19, 2008
another bit of digital "cross-processing" with some cropping as well to suit to taste...
didn't adjust the levels fully to match the histogram but boosted saturation back to 100 and sharpened as well...experimentation while the hot summer continues here...
La NASA a publié les images les plus proches jamais vues du soleil, capturées par la sonde solaire Parker à seulement 6,1 millions de kilomètres de la surface solaire.
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NASA has released the closest-ever images of the sun, captured by the Parker Solar Probe only 3.8 million miles away from the solar surface.
Sporting a refuelling probe plus it's construction Number '5944' on the nose, smart German Luftwaffe Lockheed-Martin C130J-30 Hercules 55+03 gets away from Fairford after RIAT 2025
Based at Evreux, France with the Bi-National Air Transport Squadron, several operate with their Armée de l'Air counterparts under the NATO banner
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organ player (and his wife?) rehearsing at St. Stephen's Church, Mainz
Ein Orgelspieler (und seine Frau / Begleitung) probt auf der Klais Orgel in St. Stephan, Mainz. Ich gehe davon aus, dass es sich um Christoph Keggenhoff (Speyer) handelt, der am Donnerstag (06. August 2015) um 19:30h ein Konzert auf dieser Orgel spielt. Der Eintritt dazu ist frei:
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Probing for nectar, a mejiro spreads pollen between the shandilay blossoms. Mejiro, Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus. Klip dagga, Leonotis nepetifolia.