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Le Cap Taillat
Area naturale protetta dal Conservatoire du Littoral, Ramatuelle, France.
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Protected area by the Conservatoire du Littoral, Ramatuelle, France.
Bedouin man lighted a fire and prepares tea in the desert of Wadi Rum. The largest and most beautiful valley in Jordan, also known as the Valley of the Moon, is home to seven Bedouin tribes still leading semi-nomadic existence living off their goat, sheep and camel herds. The site is inscribed as mixed natural and cultural Unesco World Heritage.
Al Wadi Rum, Jordan - November 26, 2013
© Eloïse Bollack
A male Variable Darner at Bartlett Cover on 19 July 2016. There was also Aeshna palmata flying around but didn't rest long enough for a pic.
A cow, brought here for food among the tall grass in the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The grass is so tall that it towers over the size of the cow. A lot of the grass is dried and yellow rather than green. The river Yamuna is very close by, lapping on the edges of the sanctuary.
Spessart, Bayern - Herbstlicher Buchen-Eichennaturwald in eimem Naturschutzgebiet. Vor allem die Reservate Metzger und Rohrberg beherbergen sehr naturnahe Wälder. Umweltschützer fordern die Einrichtung eines Nationalparks im Hochspessart, um sämtliche Altwälder zu erhalten und die bestehenden Schutzgebiete besser zu vernetzen. (c) Matthias Schickhofer
Skepplanda / Västra Götland / Sweden - Iglekaerr natural forest. The swedish foundation Naturarvet bought the area in order to establish a nature reserve. Now sponsors are needed to secure the land: naturarevet.se
The Washington family land south of here, named Mount Vernon in the 1740s, was part of a grant made in 1677 by the Northern Neck proprietors to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Lt. Col. John Washington. George Washington's great-grandfather, John Washington's son Lawrence Washington took possession of the eastern half of the grant on Little Hunting Creek. George Washington inherited it in 1761. Across Little Hunting Creek, the Brent family also was granted land in the 17th century. Margaret Brent, secretary to Lord Baltimore, is regarded as the first woman in the British colonies to demand the right to vote.
Some Facts about Kestrels
1. In medieval falconry the kestrel was reserved for the knave, reflecting its lowly status.
2. Country kestrels feed almost exclusively on small rodents (particularly voles), but those living in towns will take sparrows instead.
3. Though rodents may be the principal diet, they will also take a wide variety of other prey, including lizards, earthworms, large insects and even bats.
4. Vole numbers affect kestrel numbers: in good vole years more young kestrels are fledged.
5. Kestrels have remarkably keen eyesight even in extremely poor light, allowing them to hunt almost until dark.
6. Kestrels hunt from static perches and by hovering: the latter is far more productive, but uses lots of energy, which is why they hunt mainly from perches during the winter.
7. Hovering gives the kestrel its country name of windhover.
8. Kestrels aren’t as big as they look. An adult weighs on average a mere 220gm, less than half the weight of a red-legged partridge.
9. Our kestrel is one of a large group of similar species, found throughout much of the world, but it has the largest range, breeding through much of Europe, Africa and Asia.
10. Kestrels are Britain’s most widely distributed bird of prey, breeding throughout the mainland and on many offshore islands.
11. Kestrels rarely breed on Shetland: the most recent record was in 1905.
12. Their absence from Shetland may be explained by the absence of voles there.
13. Until recently kestrels were also our most numerous bird of prey, but the buzzard has taken over the No 1 slot.
14. Breeding kestrels like to use old crows’ nests, but they will also use holes in trees, nest boxes and cliff ledges.
15. Most kestrel nest failures occur during incubation; if eggs hatch, then it is most likely that some of the young will fledge.
16. Though not a colonial species, in years when there is an abundance of voles they will sometimes nest within a few metres of each other.
17. The lesser kestrel, which breeds in southern and eastern Europe, is a strictly colonial nester, often found in large colonies.
18. The world’s rarest species of kestrel lives on Mauritius, where it has come perilously close to extinction. There were just eight birds left in the wild 30 years ago, but the number is now close to 1,000.
19. Kestrels have been seen to rob sparrowhawks and both barn and short-eared owls of their prey.
20. The major cause of death among young kestrels is starvation: only 30-40% survive their first year.
21. The film Kes, about a young working-class boy training a kestrel, was made in 1969 but is still regarded as a classic.
Large heaps of cut and dried grass along with growing grass inside the Okhla Bird Sanctuary in Noida, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. There are some electric transmission towers in the distance, not clear in the slight haze in the morning along with the view of a few buildings. The water can be seen nearby, along with a watchtower on the edge of the water. The river Yamuna is very close by, lapping on the edges of the sanctuary.
The Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area is approximately 595,000 hectares, covering seven districts and three provinces: Houaphan, Luang Prabang and Xieng Khouang. WCS teamed up with the local office to create ecotourism activities that help support conservation and wildlife protection. Explore the protected area on the Nam Nern Night Safari, The Nests, or the Cloud Forest Hike!