USSR & Warsaw Pact prototypes & rarities 1900-present
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AN ELEGANT and unmistakable pure white, heron-like bird with a black, dagger-like bill and a long neck. Was very well hidden, when this bird dropped in, it then started working its way towards me, until I could not fit it in the frame, then past me, but who wants a back side view ! What a experience. Classed as a rarity in Britain a while back, but now fairly easy to find.
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This bird was first found by my friend Ian Cruickshank yesterday at Ford Rodd Hill Lighthouse. I relocated it today at 1:30 pm in the same spot. It made it's Song Sparrow like call which you can hear here on the video I made by clicking this link:
This is the first record for Vancouver Island. Any Winter Wren record is rare in southern BC but especially in winter.
Parque Estadual dos Pireneus - Cocalzinho de Goiás, GO, Brazil.
This species is generally poorly understood due to its rarity and this has also made it difficult to set a concrete conservation status.
Known in Brazil as "estrelinha-ametista".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Calliphlox F. Boie, 1831
Species: C. amethystina Boddaert, 1783
Binomial name: Calliphlox amethystina
Another unexpected visitor, the yellow-crowned night heron, is a rarity in Ontario; let alone in my backyard. To my big surprise I managed to photograph this bird from my living room LOL.
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I was lucky to be able to go and see a very rare bird that’s been visiting someone’s yard south of Calgary all winter. Northern Mockingbirds don’t occur in Alberta so he’s attracted quite a bit of attention. After about 30 mins waiting in the -27c cold he turned up to drink from the heated feeder the kind homeowner has provided for him.
had another go at the roller as it is in my local patch and had a bit of a mare missing everything in the grass but these with a bee were quite nice
What started out to be a promising chase of one of LSRC's newest locos on the roster quickly turned sour when a crew, driving all the way up from Pinconning was redirected to drive the 60ish miles back to Pinconning, leaving this catch just another tied down memory. Roscommon, MI. More frustrating times on the Lake State!
Was quite a treat to see this beast again yesterday, just five minutes from my house!
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A pretty rare bird for the head end of a road train, Illinois Central 3108 screams out of the gravity-fed international tunnel at 16th street in Port Huron, Michigan on an A485 bound for Flat Rock.
Red-necked Stint
Malibu Lagoon
This bird was found by a group of birders a couple of weeks ago and I took advantage of the opportunity to take a few photos. It never got super close but it was nice to see it
Always nice when a rarity turns up on your doorstep!! White Letter hairstreak seen at Woodgate Country Park, Bartley Green Birmingham - 30-06-22
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Film camera "Москва-5" (Moscow-5)
Was produced from 1956 to 1960, the Krasnogorsk mechanical plant in the town of Krasnogorsk, Moscow region.
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Lens “Industar-24”, focal length 105 mm, relative aperture 1: 3.5.
At a feeder at Madera Canyon, another reason to love the place. You can sit and the birds come to you!
Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. April, 2021.
Ein Bild mit Seltenheitswert: Beeindruckende fünf Stunden Verspätung und eine Umleitung über Ingolstadt ermöglichten am 14. August 2022 die Aufnahme eines Nachtzuges im Altmühltal. Dabei handelte es sich um den NJ 421 von Amsterdam Centraal nach Innsbruck Hbf, geführt von der 101 070 von DB Fernverkehr. Bei Obereichstätt konnte ich den Zug samt der Autotransportwagen am Schluss in seiner gesamten Länge aufnehmen.
A picture with rarity value: An impressive five-hour delay and a diversion via Ingolstadt made it possible to take a picture of a night train in the Altmühl valley on 14 August 2022. The train was NJ 421 from Amsterdam Centraal to Innsbruck Hbf, led by 101 070 of DB Fernverkehr. At Obereichstätt, I was able to capture the entire length of the train, including the car transport wagons at the end.
The very beautiful pearl bordered fritilliary. Another butterfly that is again sadly rare in the UK, but thanks to dedicated conservationists there are small local colonies that are surviving against the odds.
It came as a surprise to see a jet streaking over given the conditions of our current situation. Hopefully we will get back to whatever normal is in 2021.
Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España.
Gaztelugatxe es un islote de la localidad vizcaína de Bermeo, País Vasco, España. Está unido al continente por un puente de dos arcos. Sobre la isla hay una ermita dedicada a San Juan que data del siglo X, aunque algunos descubrimientos datan del siglo IX. Dicha ermita se edificó sobre los restos de un castillo adscrito al Reino de Navarra y que fue asediado, sin ser tomado, por las tropas castellanas. Junto con otra pequeña isla vecina, la de Aqueche, forma un biotopo protegido, que se extiende desde la localidad de Baquio hasta el cabo Machichaco en Bermeo, en el golfo de Vizcaya.
La costa vizcaína en este lugar es agreste. El mar trabaja sin cesar erosionando la roca, areniscas y duras calizas de arrecife, y tallando en ella túneles, arcos y cuevas. La isla de Gaztelugache es el corazón de este interesante tramo de costa, junto con la pequeña isla de los conejos, la isla de Akatx, paraíso de las aves marinas.
Sobre la isla de Gaztelugache hay una ermita consagrada a San Juan. Junto a la ermita hay un pequeño refugio que permite protegerse del viento y poder realizar una merienda disfrutando del mar y de las aves que anidan en estos lares.
El acceso es espectacular. Un estrecho camino que parte de tierra firme y cruza sobre las rocas por un puente de piedra permite llegar hasta la zona superior del islote después de ascender 241 escalones. El camino se encuentra asimismo jalonado con las sucesivas estaciones de un Viacrucis. Suele ser tradición entre los caminantes tocar la campana de la ermita, como símbolo por el esfuerzo realizado, una vez ascendidos los 241 escalones.3 El esfuerzo merece la pena.
El islote está atravesado por túneles y hay numerosos arcos. A sus lados se abren playas de piedra que suelen ser muy utilizadas por los buceadores.
La costa, acantilada, está cubierta de vegetación. Destaca en esta el endemismo vasco y el acebuche y sobre ellos hay árgomas, encinas y brezos. En el mar, de fondos rocosos, existen praderas de algas, con especies como las laminarias o saccorhizas. La población piscícola es la típica del Cantábrico, donde abundan lubinas, fanecas, congrios o chicharros, y se completa con babosas, carraspios, julias e invertebrados como actinias, erizos, holoturias, pulpos, nécoras y centollos, además de los percebes que se encaraman en la roca.
Las aves marinas son muy abundantes. La existencia de espacios amplios, como la isla de Aqueche a la que solo se pueden acceder por mar, hacen que puedan reproducirse con tranquilidad. Entre las aves que crían aquí destaca, por su rareza y pequeño tamaño, el paíño común. Abundan además, las gaviotas patiamarilla, los cormoranes moñudos y las palomas bravías.
Aunque hay frecuentes discrepancias respecto a qué municipio pertenece el istmo de Gaztelugache, este se encuentra dentro de los límites de la Villa de Bermeo.
Gaztelugatxe is an islet in the Vizcaya town of Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain. It is linked to the mainland by a two-arch bridge. On the island there is a hermitage dedicated to San Juan that dates from the 10th century, although some discoveries date from the 9th century. Said hermitage was built on the remains of a castle attached to the Kingdom of Navarra and which was besieged, without being taken, by Castilian troops. Together with another small neighboring island, that of Aqueche, it forms a protected biotope, which extends from the town of Baquio to Cape Machichaco in Bermeo, in the Bay of Biscay.
The Biscayan coast in this place is wild. The sea works incessantly eroding the rock, sandstone and hard reef limestone, and carving tunnels, arches and caves in it. The island of Gaztelugache is the heart of this interesting stretch of coast, together with the small island of rabbits, the island of Akatx, a paradise for seabirds.
On the island of Gaztelugache there is a hermitage consecrated to San Juan. Next to the hermitage there is a small shelter that allows you to protect yourself from the wind and to be able to have a snack enjoying the sea and the birds that nest in these parts.
The access is spectacular. A narrow path that starts from the mainland and crosses over the rocks by a stone bridge allows you to reach the upper part of the islet after climbing 241 steps. The road is also marked out with the successive stations of a Via Crucis. It is usually a tradition among walkers to ring the hermitage bell, as a symbol of the effort made, once the 241 steps have been ascended.3 The effort is worth it.
The islet is crossed by tunnels and there are numerous arches. On its sides there are stone beaches that are often used by divers.
The coast, steep, is covered with vegetation. The Basque endemism and the wild olive tree stand out in this area, and on top of them there are gorse, holm oaks and heather. In the sea, with rocky bottoms, there are seaweed meadows, with species such as laminarias or saccorhizas. The fish population is typical of the Cantabrian Sea, where sea bass, pouts, conger eels or mackerels abound, and is completed with slugs, carraspios, julias and invertebrates such as actinia, sea urchins, holothurians, octopus, crabs and spider crabs, as well as barnacles that perch on the rock.
Sea birds are very abundant. The existence of wide spaces, such as the island of Aqueche, which can only be accessed by sea, means that they can reproduce with ease. Among the birds that breed here, due to its rarity and small size, the common storm petrel stands out. There are also plenty of yellow-legged gulls, shags and rock doves.
Although there are frequent discrepancies regarding which municipality the Gaztelugache isthmus belongs to, it is within the limits of the Villa de Bermeo.
out here in Lake Apopka North Shore Restoration area this is a bit of a rarity ... a beautiful Ruddy Duck. Common in Florida in the winter, but not so much out here in the center of the state. Blessed ...
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My favorite local birds! Not just gorgeous, not just more gorgeous than the rest of the country's magpies, but like all magpies, bursting with personality!
UC Davis Experimental Farm, April 2020. Photographed from a bike.
An absolute rarity, this young Sharp-shinned Hawk blessed my backyard while it enjoyed its birdie meal. Taking a break here before it moves on. I've only seen a handful of hawks stop by over the years; this one probably got what it wanted. Actually, for two Super Bowl Sundays in a row, a hawk sat on my fence. Second year, I named it Brady. If it happens this year, I may have to change the name to Jared.
Posing for the camera, in front of the usual phalanx of birders!
Madera Canyon, Arizona. April, 2021.
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Blue-eyed Ground-Dove - Critically Endangered - Endemic to the southwest Brazilian cerrado, this ground-dove is best known from the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Goiás, with an old record from São Paulo, and it could conceivably occur in westernmost Minas Gerais. Massive and more or less uncontrolled habitat modification within this region has unquestionably contributed to its apparent great rarity, although it seems to have been uncommon even historically; the last, published record dates from no more recently than 1992, although some sources claim that the Blue-eyed Ground-Dove persists in small numbers in the Serra do Espinhaço - Minas Gerais. The Blue-eyed Ground-Dove’s natural history is almost completely unknown, but it clearly should be searched for amongst the abundant Ruddy Ground-Doves (Columbina talpacoti) and Plain-breasted Ground-Doves (Columbina minuta). In particular, Ruddy Ground-Dove lacks the rufous head of the present species, as well as the whitish throat and vent that characterize the Blue-eyed Ground-Dove. Its habits are doubtless similar to both these other species.
I was very happy to have the privilege to see and photograph this rarity in its environment but very sad at the same time. This species might go extinct soon. So, so sad.
Picture taken in Botumirim - Minas Gerais.
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