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I capture the poppy in the morning with the sun behind it in the yellow center for transparency. The white background is the overexposed sky.
The red-headed quelea (Quelea erythrops) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The red-headed quelea was collected by Carl Weiss on Sao Tome island in 1847, and after its arrival at the Hamburg Museum described for science for the first time by Gustav Hartlaub in 1848, who named it Ploceus erythrops. In 1951, Hans von Boetticher regarded the cardinal quelea and red-headed quelea sufficiently different from the red-billed quelea to create a new genus Queleopsis.
The species epithet erythrops derives from the Greek word ἐρυθρός (eruthros), meaning "red" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "eye" or "face", referring to the rufous or red face. Ludwig Reichenbach gave the species its first English name in 1863: red-headed dioch. Other vernacular names in the English language include pokerhead, and red-headed weaver. Its vernacular name in Swahili is kwelea kichwa-chekundu. Based on recent DNA-analysis, the red-headed quelea forms a clade with the cardinal quelea (Q. cardinalis), and this clade is sister to the red-billed quelea Q. quelea. The genus Quelea belongs to the group of true weavers (subfamily Ploceinae), and is most related to Foudia, a genus of six or seven species that occur on the islands of the western Indian ocean. This clade is sister to the Asian species of the genus Ploceus. The following tree represents current insight of the relationships between the species of Quelea, and their closest relatives. Wikipedia
Red-shouldered Hawks at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas on September 28, 2015. This is a composite of three photos I took.
On Saturday afternoon, me and my folks experienced a rather grand display of red kites, who swooped down to pick up some old bacon scraps we'd set out on the lawn:
I didn't have my camera on me, but managed to get that slightly ropey iPhone footage.
Anyway, today we put some old chicken out to try and get a repeat performance with cameras at the ready. Sadly, they didn't seem to want to play - possibly due to all the neighbours being out loudly mowing their lawns in typical Bank Holiday fashion. I did manage to get this quick snap as one of the kites passed overhead. I'm aware that the 135 f/2L isn't the best lens for this kind of thing, but I wasn't planning on getting any wildlife shots over this weekend! Obviously I need something like the Tamron 150-600mm lens in my arsenal ...
Strobist info: A 350W studio flash fired towards a white wall behind the black background. The flash was triggered remotely.
The Redding Hotshots contributed to the nearly 899 miles of containment line around the Mendocino Complex.
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Soon as I took this I knew it needed to be black and white with the three balls showing there colours of green, blue and red. I think my daughter Amelia is used to the camera pointing at her now!
Wild plant with bright red flowers. The plant is often seen near forests and probably in forests themselves. Never seen cultivated anywhere.
This gaudy blossom was center of attraction early one morning.
September 14, 2009
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
DALLAS -- Almost a year ago to the day, Red River 44 took off from Kuwait, bound for Balad in central Iraq.
Seven National Guardsmen, three of them from North Texas, were aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
They were among the last soldiers of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment to move into Iraq for the beginning of their 10-month deployment.
Except that Red River 44 went down around midnight Sept. 17, killing all seven men: four Texans and three Oklahomans. It was the worst one-day loss of men for the Texas National Guard since World War II.
Sunday marked the end of their return home.
Under a constant and soaking rain, the last of their remains were buried in a single battleship-gray casket at the top of a hill in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, a fitting end, some said, because of their close relationship while alive.
"I'm glad they did this," said Glenda Hamilton, the mother of Chief Warrant Officer Corry A. Edwards, 38, who lived in Kennedale. "This is good. This is closure."
Edwards and 1st Lt. Robert Vallejo II, 28, who lived in North Richland Hills, were already buried at the national cemetery. "Section 7," Hamilton said. "There's only one grave in between them. We visit both of them when we come."
The accident also killed Sgt. Anthony Luke Mason, 37, of Springtown; Chief Warrant Officer Brady J. Rudolf, 37, of Oklahoma City; 1st Sgt. Julio Ordonez, 54, of San Antonio; Sgt. Daniel Eshbaugh, 43, of Norman, Okla.; and Cpl. Michael E. Thompson, 23, of Kingston, Okla.
The graveside ceremony, attended by hundreds of soldiers from the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard, was followed by a memorial service in the unit's hangar in southwest Dallas.
Amid a few poignant songs, including an a cappella version of The Lord's Prayer, and the often-difficult speeches from commanders, the most memorable part of the service was the presentation of flags to each of the men's children.
There were 18 of them, some of them stoic teenagers, some crying children and one 9-month-old boy who never laid eyes on his dad.
After travelling back from Austria yesterday I couldn't wait to get out with my camera. Decided on trying to get some early rutting, but the Deer weren't playing ball.
The Red Panda or Lesser Panda, Ailurus fulgens ("shining cat"), is a mostly herbivorous mammal, specialised as a bamboo feeder. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat (40-60 cm long, 3-6 kg weight). The Red Panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos, Nepal, and Burma. Red Panda is the state animal in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the mascot of the Darjeeling international festivals. There is an estimated population of less than 2,500 mature individuals. Their population continues to decline due to habitat fragmentation. Info from Wikipedia. Seen at the Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.
This is my first Red-breasted Nuthatch...taken yesterday when the weather was nice and spring like. Today is different story...back to minus something and flurries....
When the color green and the color red are combined, they traditionally represent Christmas and the joyous holiday season.
Red is often associated with the fortieth wedding anniversary, as the red ruby is the traditional fortieth wedding anniversary gift.
Barns and large structures have been traditionally painted red because the red paint was the most inexpensive paint to purchase and the easiest paint to manufacture.
A red rose without thorns is a symbol of passion, love, and romance. While a red rose with thorns typically exemplifies the struggle and challenges associated with journey of love, meaning that it can be both joyous, fulfilling and delicate, as well as painful and cruel.
The saying “in the red” means losing money, no money, or overdrawing your account at the bank and is thought to come from the feelings of stress and anxiousness and the physical symptoms they cause such as elevated blood pressure and often anger or danger.
The term “red herring” is used when referencing something that is deceiving, dishonest, or distracting from the truth.
The phrase “paint the town red” is associated with celebration, partying, abandon, fun, and excitement.
The expression “seeing red” is thought to be based on the physical characteristic of anger, including redness of the cheeks, physical exertion, and elevated blood pressure.
The term “red eye” is associated with overnight airline flights due to the perceived lack of sleep passengers receive and the appearance of red in the whites of their eyes as a result.
The saying “red carpet treatment” refers to making someone feel special and pampered as if they are a VIP or high profile person.
The phrase “red flag” is often used in reference to a warning of danger, problems, fighting, and war.
Additional words that represent different shades, tints, and values of the color red:
scarlet, crimson, vermillion, carmine, maroon, burgundy, ruby, rose, madder, rouge, brick, blood red, blush, fire engine red, cinnabar, russet, rust, Venetian red, flame, Indian red, tomato.