We had some time to kill so we stopped by this great little park that resides in Colorado Springs. It had been raining on and off for the better part of the day and after resolving ourself to a night in the car so we spent the rest of the day exploring. As well as an amazing geological spectacle, it has a fascinating history that spans back eons.

The human history of the Garden of the Gods commences many centuries before our present time. Stone hearths and fire rings found in the Garden dating over 3000 years ago indicate the presence of early inhabitants, According to Ute traditions, their people have always lived in this area, and were known to winter in the Garden of the Gods.

It's no wonder they were drawn to this magical place.

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Ms. Simon, who resides at the Houston Audubon Raptor and Education Center, was found on the side of a Wyoming highway in 2016 with a broken wing and leg. The wing healed slightly crooked and she cannot fly well enough to be returned to the wild.

This rescued bird, injured and unable to return to the wild, resides at the Houston Audubon Society's Raptor and Education Center.

The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia.

living among the rocks in the open tundra, a 'short eared' relative of the rabbit, pika's reside in asia and north america....cute little guys to observe, moving and storing food constantly preparing for winter...

Saw this magnificent grey wolf residing at the time I took this photo at the Alaskan Wildlife Conversation Center, in Alaska obvs. It's the closest I've been to a wolf in the wild and even from a distance they looked proud and intelligent and amazing.

The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a sanctuary dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education, research and quality animal care.

I don't want to alarm you, but some people close to me say that once a month, on the full moon, I look a bit like this. (That's the Halloween scary bit for those in parts of the world that celebrate it ;)

In this large sea cave, a colony of Steller sea lions permanently resides and California sea lions also winter here. Waves from the open sea continually come splashing into the cave. The sea lions spend time here hauled out on rocks to rest and find shelter from winter storms. Many birds also inhabit the cave system.

An elevator has been built to take visitors down into the cave, where a single, carefully fenced-off viewpoint allows this incredible glimpse into another world! It is totally magical!

Between the crashing waves and the constant barking of the sea lions, the sound was deafening in this echoing cavern, and so whatever sound came from the human visitors was completely drowned out and became irrelevant. I was glad to come away with the impression that the wild sea lions really didn't seem bothered by the tourism activity.

Untertags halten sich die meisten Waldkäuze in Baumhöhlen auf. In der Dämmerung fliegen sie dann los zur Beutejagd.

Die große Schwierigkeit ist für jeden interessierten Fotografen das Auffinden des Schlafplatzes. Sogar wenn man weiß, in welchem Gebiet der Kauz haust, muss man Glück und Ausdauer haben um den Vogel zu entdecken.

Bei diesem Kauzfoto war es einfacher, den Vogel ausfindig zu machen, da auch schon Fotografen vor Ort waren und ihn ins Visier nahmen.

The cave dweller

During the day, most tawny owls stay in tree hollows. At dusk they fly off to hunt for prey.

The big difficulty for every interested photographer is to find the roosting place. Even if you know in which area the owl resides, you have to be lucky and persistent to spot the bird.

It was easier to spot the bird in this oddball photo, as photographers were already on site and had it in their sights.

La beauté du Colorado Provençal réside dans le fait que le site a été créé à la fois par la nature et par les hommes : les ocriers.

À Rustrel, l’exploitation a commencé à la fin du XIXe s. Les ocriers ont alors éventré la terre pour arracher les précieux pigments déclinant mille couleurs et donnant naissance à des paysages aux formes fantastiques.

The beauty of Colorado Provençal lies in the fact that the site was created both by nature and by men: the ocher trees.

In Rustrel, mining began at the end of the 19th century. The ocriers then tore open the earth to tear off the precious pigments declining a thousand colors and giving birth to landscapes with fantastic shapes.

Poogy, resides in an abandoned pond near my house.

Don't know if Poogy is he/she or it but I think the name, I gave her, suits her nicely.

Sometimes, when I visit her, I'm thinking.......if I kiss Poogy, will she turn to a gorgeous princess with big.......eyes?

So we can fall in love, get married, have lots and lots of children and live happily ever after......Amen.

C'mon people, daydreaming is free, you know..........

Il faut parfois faire preuve d'imagination et ruser pour attirer ce grand timide d'oiseau qui réside souvent à couvert , pas de secret et c'est par le gosier qu'il faut le séduire . Une vielle branche fera l'affaire , une perceuse sans fil armée d'une bonne mèche à bois et faire quelques cavités pour y mettre discrètement les noisettes décortiquées ou les glands , ensuite se planquer et surveiller de loin si la cantine a du succès et si le piège fonctionne , c'est juste une question de patience car tôt ou tard il y aura toujours des clients ( Geai , Sittelle , Mésange , Pic etc .... )

** Cliquez sur les deux flèches en haut et à droite de l'image pour obtenir le "plein écran " au lieu de cliquer directement sur l'image , comme elle a un très grand format , elle se dégrade si on clique directement dessus .....**

PS : toute demande de partage avec un groupe sera rejetée sur le champ , je ne désire aucune publicité sur mon travail ( j'ai largement passé l'âge de recevoir des Oscars , des Bons Points et autres gamineries de ce genre ....) , merci de votre compréhension .

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Sometimes you have to be imaginative and cunning to attract this shy, large bird who often resides in cover, no secret, and it is by the throat that it must be seduced. An old branch will do the trick, a cordless drill armed with a good wood drill bit and make some cavities to discreetly put the shelled hazelnuts or acorns, then hide and watch from afar if the canteen is successful and if the trap works, it's just a question of patience because sooner or later there will always be customers (Jay, Nuthatch, Chickadee, Woodpecker etc ...)

** Click on the two arrows at the top right of the image to get the "full screen" instead of clicking directly on the image, as it has a very large format, it degrades if you click directly on it. .... **

PS: any request to share with a group will be rejected immediately, I do not want any publicity on my work (I have largely passed the age to receive Oscars, Good Points and other nonsense of this kind ... ) , thank you for your understanding .

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The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is abbreviated to just the eagle-owl in Europe It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), with males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts. The orange eyes are distinctive.

Eurasian eagle-owls are found in many habitats, but are mostly birds of mountainous regions or other rocky areas, often those near varied woodland edge and shrubby areas with openings or wetlands to hunt a majority of their prey. Additionally, they inhabit coniferous forests, steppes, and other areas at varied elevations that are typically relatively remote.

The eagle-owl is mostly a nocturnal predator, hunting for a range of different prey species. Predominantly, their diet is composed of small mammals such as rodents and rabbits, but they also prey on larger mammals and birds of varying sizes. Other secondary prey can include reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects and other assorted invertebrates.

In addition to being one of the largest living species of owl, the Eurasian eagle-owl is also one of the most widely distributed. With a total range in Europe and Asia of about 32 million km2 (12 million sq mi) and a total population estimated to be between 250,000 and 2.5 million.

The IUCN lists the bird's conservation status as being of least concern. - Wikipedia.

The Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) resides at Circle B Bar Reserve from about January until April each winter. This little guy was munching on the seeds that are visible in the picture. The bush had no leaves but foreground twigs can be seen in his wing area. He measures only about 5 1/4 inches from beak-tip to tail-tip. Definitely one of the prettier birds we come across.

Snowbowl resides on the San Francisco Peaks, a remnant of the former San Francisco Mountain, which are held as sacred to 13 different Native American tribes in the region. These tribes include the Navajo, Apache, Hualapai, Yavapai, Hopi, and other Native Nations. To date, they have lost all lawsuits they had filed to stop further development and expansion of this alpine ski resort.

The German Embassy in Copenhagen resides in a building called Portland Towers. It is constructed on two old cement silos.

Copenhagen North Harbour used to be a tuff industrial area, but is now becoming one of the most fashinable and expensive areas in Copenhagen to live in.

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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

The Great Kiskadee is a large and strikingly colored flycatcher that inhabits much of Central and South America. Great Kiskadees reside in a variety of habitats from forest edges to grasslands to busy residential areas. These birds can often been seen hawking insects from an open perch or dropping to the ground feeding on insects and small reptiles.

Source: Neotropical Birds Online: neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...

Normally resides on the kitchen window cill but it was such a wonderful day I felt sorry for it and took it outside for a photoshoot.

The orchids were not harmed in the shoot.

Il faut parfois faire preuve d'imagination et ruser pour attirer ce grand timide d'oiseau qui réside souvent à couvert , pas de secret et c'est par le gosier qu'il faut le séduire . Une vielle branche fera l'affaire , une perceuse sans fil armée d'une bonne mèche à bois et faire quelques cavités pour y mettre discrètement les noisettes décortiquées ou les glands , ensuite se planquer et surveiller de loin si la cantine a du succès et si le piège fonctionne , c'est juste une question de patience car tôt ou tard il y aura toujours des clients ( Geai , Sittelle , Mésange , Pic etc .... )

PS : toute demande de partage avec un groupe sera rejetée sur le champ , je ne désire aucune publicité sur mon travail ( j'ai largement passé l'âge de recevoir des Oscars , des Bons Points et autres gamineries de ce genre ....) , merci de votre compréhension .

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Sometimes you have to be imaginative and cunning to attract this shy, large bird who often resides in cover, no secret, and it is by the throat that it must be seduced. An old branch will do the trick, a cordless drill armed with a good wood drill bit and make some cavities to discreetly put the shelled hazelnuts or acorns, then hide and watch from afar if the canteen is successful and if the trap works, it's just a question of patience because sooner or later there will always be customers (Jay, Nuthatch, Chickadee, Woodpecker etc ...)

PS: any request to share with a group will be rejected immediately, I do not want any publicity on my work (I have largely passed the age of receiving Oscars, Good Points and other nonsense of this kind .... ) , thank you for your understanding

Gorgeous light mood deep inside an old Welsh forest with sunbeams finding their way in.

Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday! and Happy St. David's Day to Wales!

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This is one of the prettiest Grouse of the grouse family residing in Alberta, usually likes wooded areas and are hard to spot.

Jabu is the White Lion of La Flèche Zoo Park, France

Up until 2009, when the first white lions was reintroduced to the wild, it was widely believed that the white lion could not survive in the wild. It is for this reason that a large part of the population of white lions now reside in zoos.

The white lions of the Global White Lion Protection Trust (GWLPT) have been reintroduced into their natural habitat and have been hunting and breeding successfully without human intervention for a significant amount of time.

The white lion is a rare color mutation of the Timbavati area. White lions are the same as the tawny African Lion (Panthera leo krugeri) found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa and in zoos around the world.

White lions are not albinos. Their white color is caused by a recessive trait derived from a less-severe mutation in the same gene that causes albinism, distinct from the gene responsible for white tigers. They vary from blonde to near-white. This coloration does not appear to disadvantage their survival.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

If I was told that I had to choose one city in which to reside for the rest of my life without the opportunity to ever travel again, I would choose Vancouver without hesitation. There are so many reasons for this choice, and they all stem from a peculiar, positive vibe that's been consistent with every visit since I first explored the city in November 2006.

Latest blog article: "Involuntarily Vomiting on Vancouver"

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Uhu (Bubo bubo) - Eurasian eagle-owl

If you like shooting deer (with your camera!), the Woburn Abbey Deer Park is the place to be. 7 different species so literally hundreds of deer roaming in herds throughout this large grassed and forested area. These are Manchurian Sika Deer (Cervus nippon mantchuricus or Cervus nippon dybowskii) which are one of several non-native to the UK species that reside there.

Downy Woodpecker (male).

A sparrow-sized woodpecker at 6 inches in length. Black and white with the males only having a small red patch on the nape of the head. Similar to Hairy Woodpeckers but tamer and smaller and with a short stubby bill.

Its habitat includes woodlands, parks and gardens.

It resides from Alaska across Canada and south throughout the United States except the southwest.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Colle Palatino

ROMA

Roman emperors built their palaces on the Palatine Hill. The ruins of the palaces of Augusto, Tiberio and Domiziano are still visible... Also Nerone, Caligola, Flavio and Settimio Severo resided in the Palatine Hill, as well as the Roman ruling class. The Palatine was the seat of various cults, whose sanctuaries were founded by Augusto in his own home (temple of the Magna Mater, temple of Apollo Palatine, temple of Vesta).

The cows that reside trackside at George Junior Road in Grove City,

Pennsylvania are non-plussed by the sight of classic EMD power here. And while the number of foamer cars far outnumbered that of the freight cars, it was still a splendid sight and fun chase.

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This pair of Egyptian Geese reside in my local park and usually produce a good clutch of eggs/goslings each year.

I heard that they'd brought the newly hatched goslings over from the nesting site on an island in the middle of the lake, to the area where visitors walk. This is a risky move as people enter the park with their dogs at this point (some not on a lead) and the male swan (we only have one pair) is very protective and territorial when his mate is currently sitting on her nest.

Sadly there were initially ten yesterday, but only seven on my count this morning.

I went to the park early hoping to find them. When I arrived Mum was keeping them all warm. Then 2 dogs arrived across the water inlet where they were and this disturbed them. Thankfully another visitor was feeding them with seeds so I got some good photos.

Wearing Reside Swae Set + Kurby Backpack (just seen).

This set is rigged for Legacy, Jake, Gianni and Kario and the backpack is re-sizable.

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UN LIEU SANS NOM

La beauté du monde ne réside pas uniquement dans ces lieux grandioses qui nous émerveillent tous.

Ses plus belles et touchantes manifestations se révèlent souvent à nous dans ces simples harmonies naturelles sans prétention, que l’on trouve souvent dans des lieux sans nom, à l’écart des chemins les plus fréquentés.

Et c’est là, loin de la foule et du bruit incessant du monde, que nous pouvons entendre et ressentir, dans sa plus simple expression, la musique de nos origines.

Patrice

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A PLACE WITH NO NAME

The beauty of the world lies not only in these grandiose places that amaze us all.

The most beautiful and touching manifestations are often revealed to us in these simple unpretentious natural harmonies, which are often found in places without a name, away from the busiest roads.

And it is there, far from the crowds and the incessant noise of the world, that we can hear and feel, in its simplest expression, the music of our origins.

Patrice

Where soul resides...

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One of the many wonders of Colorado Springs, beautiful Cheyenne Mountain sits just south of Pikes Peak. Deep within this mountain resides the North American Aerospace Defense Command, aka NORAD, whose missions include aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America.

On my way home from a meeting, the timing was ideal to capture a sunset. This is part of Davis Bay in the District of Sechelt where I live. I was traveling from Gibsons which is approximately 25 minutes away and knew that clouds were on the horizon.

Sometimes knowing where you live and the conditions present, can put you in a favourable position to catch what you are looking for. Enormous tree trunks that have wondered from log booms, dot the shoreline. At high tide, they dominate the shoreline and prove to frame this sunset image in a pleasing manner.

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Historical country house also to be opened to the public

As of 1 September, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will be using the historical country house, Trompenburg, as an extra location. Trompenburg, which is close to Hilversum, was built after 1677 by Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1621-1691), the son of the legendary Admiral Maarten Harpertsz Tromp. The residence, that was built to resemble a ship, will be open for use by the Rijksmuseum from 1 April to 1 October for holding lectures, small conferences and small-scale exhibitions. In addition, Trompenburg will also be opened to the public a few times each year.

A monument for the Tromp family

Throughout the years, Trompenburg House has been a home to different families, and has been in the care of the Government Buildings Agency as a monument since 1938. Cornelis Tromp, who was the commander-in-chief of the Dutch and Danish fleet, built Trompenburg as a monument for himself and his ancestors, his father in particular. The Tromp family's glory is the theme of the dome hall - which can be seen as the maritime answer to the Oranjezaal, the central chamber in Huis ten Bosch Palace. The dome hall contains the portraits of father and son Tromp and both their wives, portraits of the ships and the naval battles.

Decoration and exhibitions

Trompenburg will not be used for large exhibitions, as the country residence is too small. However, the Rijksmuseum is considering whether the house could be decorated with art works on a limited scale. Where possible, any art work that is selected will be in keeping with the themes of life on a 17th Century country estate and the maritime history of the period of 1630 and 1690.

Due to the limited capacity of Trompenburg House, the exhibitions as well as the lectures and conferences will all be small-scale. The house will be opened to the public once a month during the April-October season (six times in total). A steward will reside at Trompenburg House.

Karnataka, the State where I reside, is the highest grower of Sapota in India.

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Anyone who has ever flown into San Diego has probably had the experience of wondering whether they were going to land alive. The flight path into Lindbergh Field has its final approach over the Little Italy section of the city, in between the high rises and the mesa on which Balboa Park resides.

From in the plane it can be unsettling, for folks along the final approach, it often feels as though you could reach out and touch the wingtips or landing gear.

This image captures the San Diego skyline from the North on Cabrillo Bridge, overlooking CA 163 with its crazy traffic patterns just before it merges with Interstate 5 on the east edge of San Diego city proper. I timed the exposure to include the flashing running lights of an American Airlines passenger flight on final approach into SAN, showing how the flights are just above the valley treetops at this point.

Duke and Duchess, an eagle pair, residing in Pasco County, Florida.

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If you'd like to see more of my eagle images, go to schockenphotography.com. I have many images of eagles and other raptors, owls, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, songbirds and mammals.

As much as I adore the liquid element, I reside at a place where it is is considered a rather scarce commodity and can hardly be located ... Thank God, at a distance of half an hour drive there lies the beautiful river of Nestos, whose flow is surrounded by amazing Green Nature and bridges, lots of bridges !!!

I love using my tripod and my ND (Neutral Density) filters over my lenses ... Their combined use enhances considerably the appropriate shutter speed for a balanced exposure, thus blurring water's flow and creating beautiful sharp images .... Environmental colors remain unaltered ...

I definitely suggest them for extensive use over around blue hours landscape photography ...

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The Cormorants are a fairly large family of fish eaters residing along freshwater and saltwater shores around the world, yet all are so closely related that all are usually placed within a single genus Phalacrocorax. Despite spending much time in the water, they do not possess the waterproofing oil of other seabirds and so must spend much time drying their wings. That's what the Crowned Cormorant at Cape Town, South Africa, is doing (left).

Cormorants are found almost everywhere that water meets shore. They use traditional sites for roosting, sunning, and nesting. These tend to be on islets, jetties, docks, or drowned trees with a 360 degree view to avoid predators. Cormorants are often easy to see, but they can be quite difficult to approach.

Clumsy on land, cormorants form colonies that are safe from mammalian predators. These can be offshore islets or jetties, but some build nests (or use old heron nests) in bare dead trees in water or perched on inaccessible cliffs.

This snapper has resided in this same pond for all the years I remember walking by it. Obviously looks like it had to fight for it too!

The Rotunda Church - "St. Georgi " is the oldest church in Sofia, dating back to beginning of the 4th century from the time of Emperor Constantine the Great (306-337), who had repeatedly resided in Serdica. It transcribes the phrase "Serdika - my Rome". Serdica, one of the largest and most significant Roman cities on the Balkan. From the very beginning, the building was cult, probably a martyr.