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The great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Standing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, this species can measure 80 to 104 cm (31 to 41 in) in length and have a wingspan of 131 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in). Body mass can range from 700 to 1,500 g (1.5 to 3.3 lb), with an average around 1,000 g (2.2 lb). It is thus only slightly smaller than the great blue or grey heron (A. cinerea). Apart from size, the great egret can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet, though the bill may become darker and the lower legs lighter in the breeding season. In breeding plumage, delicate ornamental feathers are borne on the back. Males and females are identical in appearance; juveniles look like nonbreeding adults. Differentiated from the intermediate egret (Mesophoyx intermedius) by the gape, which extends well beyond the back of the eye in case of the great egret, but ends just behind the eye in case of the intermediate egret.
It has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, ibises, and spoonbills, which extend their necks in flight. The great egret walks with its neck extended and wings held close. The great egret is not normally a vocal bird; it gives a low, hoarse croak when disturbed, and at breeding colonies, it often gives a loud croaking cuk cuk cuk and higher-pitched squawks.
Owing to its wide distribution across so much of the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe and Asia, the great egret shares its habitat with many other similar species. For example, the little egret (Egretta garzetta), intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia), Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes), and the western reef heron
Was driving down a gravel road and seen a Porcupine waddling along the side. I got out of the car and walked towards the little fella and stopped maybe 50 yards away and squatted down and waited. It took about 10 minutes, but the Porcupine finally waddled close to me.
In this shot, the Porcupine finally noticed me, quills bared as the guard hare is retracted. After the Porcupine decided I was not a threat, it put it's guard hair back down and waddled on by.
G-AWZE is about to turn into its Terminal One gate at LHR on March 19, 1972. This angle provides a good view of the offset (Captain's side) nose gear of the Trident, which retracted transversely into the fuselage, rather than parallel to the fuselage.
Great Egret
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
Returning home the hill path afforded sufficient shelter from the next shower for me to gamble with my pocket camera. I don't like to get moisture on the extending barrel. Once you switch off it retracts and might take some moisture inside.
The colours are not in the shell, but are only due to the thin flaps of live mantle tissue which usually cover the shell. The mantle flaps can be retracted, exposing the plain shell when attacked. They feed on the coral.
Dive site :- Tolo, Bonaire. Taken at a depth of 11.1 metres.
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Österreich / Kärnten / Nationalpark Hohe Tauern - Pasterze
seen from Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
gesehen von der Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps. It lies within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern mountain range in Carinthia, directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner.
Geography
The glacier reaches from its head, the Johannisberg peak at 3,453-metre (11,329 ft), to 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) above sea level (m AA). The Pasterze forms the source region of the Möll river, a left tributary of the Drava. Its waters also feed the Margaritze reservoir, used to generate electricity at the Kaprun hydropower plant north of the Alpine crest.
The name Pasterze is possibly derived from Slovene: pasti, "pasture". Indeed the detection of wood, peat and pollen in the area of the retreating glacier indicate vegetation and also the use as pastureland during the last interglacial period until about 1,500 BC.
The surrounding area was purchased by the German and Austrian Alpine Club in 1918; today the glacier is part of the High Tauern National Park. The Pasterze is a major tourist destination, accessible via the scenic Grossglockner High Alpine Road and a funicular railway that leads down to its margin. Since its opening in 1963, the edge of the glacier has retracted about 300 m (980 ft) from the lower station.
(Wikipedia)
Die Pasterze ist mit etwa 8 km Länge noch der größte Gletscher Österreichs und der längste der Ostalpen. Sie befindet sich am Fuße des Großglockners im obersten Talboden des Mölltales (Pasterzenboden) und ist das Quellgebiet der Möll. Seit 1856 hat ihre Fläche von damals über 30 km² um beinahe die Hälfte abgenommen. Wie bei der überwiegenden Zahl der österreichischen Gletscher ist ihre Längenausdehnung seit mehreren Jahren rückläufig, in den letzten Jahren in der Größenordnung von 50 Metern pro Jahr. 2014/15 betrug der Rückgang 54,4 m, 2020 52,5 m. Um 2050 könnte die Gletscherzunge verschwunden sein. Mit Stand September 2023 gab es Prognosen, die ein Abreißen der Gletscherzunge in 1–2 Jahren sahen. Anfang 2025 wurde die Prognose auf 2026 oder 2027 verschoben. Nach dem Abreißen der Pasterze wird voraussichtlich der Gepatschferner in Tirol der größte Gletscher von Österreich sein.
Lage und Landschaft
Den obersten Punkt bildet der 3453 m ü. A. hohe Johannisberg. Dort befindet sich der oberste Pasterzenboden, das Nährgebiet des Gletschers, der talabwärts über den Hufeisenbruch in den eigentlichen Pasterzengletscher übergeht. Der untere Punkt liegt auf etwa 2100 m ü. A. Die Zunge endet wenige hundert Meter vor dem Sandersee. Das Wasser der Pasterze speist den Stausee Margaritze, der unterhalb des Glocknerhauses liegt.
Von der Franz-Josefs-Höhe an der Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße führt eine Standseilbahn nach unten zu der Stelle, an der sich zur Zeit der Inbetriebnahme der Bahn (1963) der Gletscherrand befand. Inzwischen ist die Pasterze unterhalb der Talstation so weit abgeschmolzen, dass von dort zur Gletscherzunge ein etwa 2 km langer Wanderweg führt. Auch in der Dicke verliert der Gletscher jährlich 10 Meter, wodurch sich der Wanderweg von der Gletscherbahn zur Pasterze kontinuierlich verlängert.
Im Bereich der Pasterze befinden sich u. a. die Berggipfel Johannisberg, Hoher, Mittlerer und Kleiner Burgstall, Hohe Riffl, Schattseitköpfl und Vorderer Bärenkopf.
Glaziologie
Funde von Holz und Torf, die der Gletscher in den Jahren 2009 bis 2010 freigegeben hat, lassen darauf schließen, dass sich im Zeitraum 5000 bis 1500 v. Chr. Moorvegetation und Weideland im Gebiet der heutigen Pasterze befunden hat. Eine Analyse der Universität Innsbruck konnte Pollen von Gräsern sowie Enzian nachweisen. Koprophile Pilze (Dungpilze) belegen, dass Weideflächen für Viehzucht genutzt wurden. Ein Holzstück, das von der Universität Graz untersucht wurde, gehört zu einer Zirbe mit 200 Jahresringen, die dort vor 7000 Jahren (in der nacheiszeitlichen Wärmephase) wachsen konnte.
Aktion
Am 5. September 2023 wurde von der NGO Protect Our Winters (POW) mit einem Priester und einem Pfarrer ein Begräbnis für den Gletscher zelebriert, bei dem ein aus Eis hergestellter Sarg mitgetragen oder -gefahren wurde. Damit sollte daran erinnert werden, dass Österreichs noch größter Gletscher durch den Klimawandel früher als gedacht seine Zunge verlieren wird. Es gibt Prognosen, die ein Abreißen der Gletscherzunge schon in den Jahren 2024/25 sehen. Auch in der Dicke verliert der Gletscher jährlich 10 Meter. Seit 1856 hat die Gletscherfläche von damals über 30 km² um beinahe die Hälfte abgenommen.
Name
Der Name Pasterze bezeichnet ein Gebiet, das zur Viehweide geeignet ist. (Vergleiche dazu lateinisch pastor sowie slowenisch pastir »Hirte« und slowenisch pastirica »Hirtin« bzw. »etwas zum Hirten gehöriges«.) Bis mindestens ins 19. Jahrhundert wurde er als Toponym für ein größeres almwirtschaftlich genutztes Gebiet im Talschluss der oberen Möll verwendet. Eine Beziehung zu der Bezeichnung für einen reißenden Bergfluss in slawischen Sprachen bystrica, die ins Deutsche »Feistritz«, ins Ungarische »Beszterce« und ins Rumänische »Bistrița« als Toponym entlehnt wurde, ist schon semantisch schwer vorstellbar.
Einer Sage nach ist die Pasterze durch einen Sturm entstanden, bei dem die strömenden Wassermassen von Gott zu Eis verwandelt wurden, das die Bewohner im Tal vor den herabstürzenden Wassermassen schützte.
(Wikipedia)
Le Pic Epeiche tambourine avec son bec. Cette action a remplacé le chant. Sa langue se rétracte autour du cerveau afin de le protéger lors des tambourinages.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker drums with its beak. This action has replaced singing. Its tongue retracts around the brain to protect it when drumming.
This $143 million museum was opened in October 2014. The building was designed by the architect Frank Gehry,
The two-story, 41,441 square foot structure has 11 galleries, a large auditorium with 350 seats that retract from the floor, a number of multilevel roof terraces for events and art installations, and a lower level that includes a pond and permanently installed artwork.
Architect: Frank Gehry
Well, this eagle has landed. The more interesting version of that phrase, "The Eagle has landed..." was used for the moon landing back in 1969. It was snowing when this mature bald eagle came in for a landing on this driftwood stump on the shoreline. The eagle has just touched down and feels stable enough to retract its wings.
Taken 18 February 2020 near Homer, Alaska.
F-HTYA - Airbus A-350-941 - Air France
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 331 - built in 2019
See the release a puff of dust at wheels-up. The Auto-Retract braking stops the wheel rotation prior to entering the main wheel well to avoid gyroscopic loads & rotating tire damaging components in the MWW.
The dust is tire rubber particles from previous breakings falling off.
For Macro Mondays theme 01/02/2021 today of Safety I chose a lock knife, these knives as the name suggests lock the bade securely, but then can be retracted to a smaller size the blade is safely secured inside the handle a sort of penknife.
This image of a lock knife shows the lock release mechanism, as you open the knife from the closed position it clicks into a firm locked position, nice and safe securely held without any chance of the blade folding back towards fingers with dangerous results etc.
To unlock the knife you push the serrated lock section to the left and fold back the knife blade to a lovely safe position.
Knife make: Mtec USA.
Blade made in China, most blades nowadays are.
Love & Peace everyone!
Use knives safely, peeling apple's, cutting string etc.
Never harm people or animals using knives .... 💟 be safe!
Knives are so useful especially penknife types, never know when you are going to want to cut, chop or scrap something, a very utilitarian item.
This image has been cropped to within the required 3" x 3" size requirements.
'Wheels up & wings swept' - Dont often get a view like this
Sky Pagent 1992 - RAF Upper Heyford
Scanned from 35mm Negative
The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a large bird, standing 85 cm tall, and it has a 150-cm wingspan. Its plumage is largely grey above, and paler grey below. It has a powerful dusky bill. The flight is slow, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks. The white underwing coverts are striking in flight.
Black-headed Herons are generally solitary feeders, although on occasion they participate in loose flocks. At roosts and during non-nesting periods, they congregate in the tens to hundreds of birds. It feeds primarily by walking slowly, stalking through the grass. It lifts its feet high, keeps its head and neck erect and back, until it sights its prey. It frequently uses neck swaying, with increasing speed, before the final thrust. It also feeds by standing.
This lovely Black-headed Heron got lucky and caught a Lizard foraging in the grass. during a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
The undercarriage hasn't quite finished retracting into the wings.
Notice how close the pilot's head is to the underside of the canopy - a tight fit.
A well-resolved image with which I am very happy, especially for 1/80th sec shutter speed. Quite a satisfactory blur on the propellor.
As on all my aircraft models, the wheels can be retracted. The model carries a weapons load that is representative of weapons carried by Tomcats in their last years of service: a single Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile, a single Sparrow missile, two laser-guided bombs, and external fuel tanks.
This $143 million museum was opened in October 2014. The building was designed by the architect Frank Gehry,
The two-story, 41,441 square foot structure has 11 galleries, a large auditorium with 350 seats that retract from the floor, a number of multilevel roof terraces for events and art installations, and a lower level that includes a pond and permanently installed artwork.
Architect: Frank Gehry
Great Egret
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/id
Grey Heron - Ardea Cinerea
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially-prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, four hundred herons were served to the guests.
The grey heron has a slow flight, with its long neck retracted (S-shaped). This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
Fish, amphibians, small mammals and insects are taken in shallow water with the heron's long bill. It has also been observed catching and killing juvenile birds such as ducklings, and occasionally takes birds up to the size of a water rail. It may stand motionless in the shallows, or on a rock or sandbank beside the water, waiting for prey to come within striking distance. Alternatively, it moves slowly and stealthily through the water with its body less upright than when at rest and its neck curved in an "S". It is able to straighten its neck and strike with its bill very fast.
Small fish are swallowed head first, and larger prey and eels are carried to the shore where they are subdued by being beaten on the ground or stabbed by the bill. They are then swallowed, or have hunks of flesh torn off. For prey such as small mammals and birds or ducklings, the prey is held by the neck and either drowned, suffocated, or killed by having its neck snapped with the heron's beak, before being swallowed whole. The bird regurgitates pellets of indigestible material such as fur, bones and the chitinous remains of insects. The main periods of hunting are around dawn and dusk, but it is also active at other times of day. At night it roosts in trees or on cliffs, where it tends to be gregarious.
Population:
UK breeding:
13,000 nests
UK wintering:
63,000 birds
Not being a sailor, I had neither seen nor heard of a leeboard until I visited the Netherlands and noticed these (to me) mystifying pieces of equipment attached to the sides of sailboats. On asking around I discovered that they serve the same basic purpose as a keel or centreboard but without some of the disadvantages of either. In open water a keel gives a boat stability and is extremely efficient. But it renders the craft incapable of navigating shallow waterways. A retractable centreboard can be used to provide stability and it allows for a shallow draft but, on the downside, it requires a large, watertight storage compartment to hold it in place when retracted—and this intrudes into what would otherwise be valuable cargo or cockpit space. Leeboards, however, provide for a shallow draft without the disadvantages of either a centreboard or keel.
Normally a vessel will have one of these on each side and when sailing across or into the wind the board on the downwind side is lowered to provide stability as the boat heals under the force of the wind. And, while the board presents little resistance to forward motion, its large lateral surface area helps to prevent the boat from slipping sideways.
Originally developed in China, leeboards were introduced into Europe in the 16th century and the Dutch have used them on inshore cargo vessels since around 1570.
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Hamlet is one of my all time favorite plays and the character Ophelia always touched me deeply. The play goes through several characters madness. This portrait is Ophelia's as she was driven to madness after her brother was killed and Hamlet retracted his love for her. Everett's painting is beautiful in its utter sadness so I decided to bring some brightness to this devastating drowning.
Hamlet:
I did love you once.
Ophelia:
Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so.
Lines from Hamlet:
Hamlet:
You should not have believ'd me, for virtue cannot so
inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I lov'd you not.
Ophelia:
I was the more deceiv'd.
Hamlet:
Get thee to a nunn'ry, why woulds't thou be a breeder of
sinners?
In this heartbreaking scene, it's hard to tell how much of what Hamlet says is sincere, and how much an act [see ANTIC DISPOSITION]. The critics have never ceased arguing this question. We do know that his mother's recent remarriage has intensified Hamlet's sexual revulsion—he's recently likened the sexual act to tumbling in a sty.
Here, the prince denies ever having loved Ophelia, right after claiming that he did love her once. This may be just a game Hamlet is playing, but perhaps he means that what seemed like love to him once now seems false and repulsive. Using a horticultural metaphor, he casts doubt on his own motives: the "old stock" (original nature) of man is so corrupt that the grafting of virtue can never wholly eradicate the "relish" (taste) of corruption. In his famous line "Get thee to a nunn'ry (slang for brothel)," he exhorts Ophelia to put herself away so that she may never breed sinners like Hamlet.
Hard to know who was more taken aback!...I didn't even have time to retract the zoom to get this young Fallow Buck into frame. Looks kind of like he's had a bite taken out of one of his newly emerging antlers.
I was amazed at the strength displayed by this Green Heron recently when it made a strike for 'prey' hidden below the duckweed.
Without its talons moving or leaving the perch, it stretched to the extremity of its reach and retracted to its original stance on the perch without losing or adjusting its grip.
Its beak pierced the 'duckweed' surface near the edge of this photo, but in this instance, the prey eluded him.
Le SkyDome Rogers Center et la tour du CN vus du Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Le SkyDome Rogers Center construit en 1989 a été le premier stade de baseball à avoir un toit entièrement rétractable.
Haute de 553,33 m, la tour CN (en anglais CN Tower) construite en 1973-1976 dans le centre de Toronto et devenue l'emblème de cette ville. Pendant 34 ans, la tour CN a été la plus haute tour du monde avant d'être dépassée en 2009 par la Burj Khalifa et la Tour de télévision et de tourisme de Canton. Elle reste à ce jour la plus haute tour de l'hémisphère occidental.
Another shot from my analog session at the beach. Quite a windy day so many of the shots came out with considerable motion blur, this one however is OK. Have a few more that I will post after Easter, will be busy with a small project in the back of my garden for the next couple of days.
Great Egret
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/id
( A friend pointed out that the eyes are orange and not yellow. So this bird is not a Striated Heron)
The herons are medium- to large-sized birds with long legs and necks. They exhibit very little sexual dimorphism in size. The smallest species is usually considered the little bittern, which can measure under 30 cm (12 in) in length, although all the species in the genus Ixobrychus are small and many broadly overlap in size. The largest species of heron is the goliath heron, which stands up to 152 cm (60 in) tall. The necks are able to kink in an S-shape, due to the modified shape of the cervical vertebrae, of which they have 20–21. The neck is able to retract and extend, and is retracted during flight, unlike most other long-necked birds. WIKI
Grey Heron - Ardea Cinerea
Best viewed .....Double click!
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially-prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, four hundred herons were served to the guests.
The grey heron has a slow flight, with its long neck retracted (S-shaped). This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
Fish, amphibians, small mammals and insects are taken in shallow water with the heron's long bill. It has also been observed catching and killing juvenile birds such as ducklings, and occasionally takes birds up to the size of a water rail. It may stand motionless in the shallows, or on a rock or sandbank beside the water, waiting for prey to come within striking distance. Alternatively, it moves slowly and stealthily through the water with its body less upright than when at rest and its neck curved in an "S". It is able to straighten its neck and strike with its bill very fast.
Small fish are swallowed head first, and larger prey and eels are carried to the shore where they are subdued by being beaten on the ground or stabbed by the bill. They are then swallowed, or have hunks of flesh torn off. For prey such as small mammals and birds or ducklings, the prey is held by the neck and either drowned, suffocated, or killed by having its neck snapped with the heron's beak, before being swallowed whole. The bird regurgitates pellets of indigestible material such as fur, bones and the chitinous remains of insects. The main periods of hunting are around dawn and dusk, but it is also active at other times of day. At night it roosts in trees or on cliffs, where it tends to be gregarious.
Population:
UK breeding:
13,000 nests
UK wintering:
63,000 birds
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Seems he enjoyes the nest box. The Pygmy owl is activ also through daytime and in the afternoon he retractes to this nest box. Sometimes I can hear him at evenings as well. Of course theres plenty of food/little birds just outside his resident😏. Nature can be weird😀. Lit up by a headlamp, compensating with high ISO and camerasettings set to slow shutterspeed.
As I was driving home from work yesterday evening I noticed this beautiful little box turtle friend walking in the gutter between the curb & road on a heavily trafficked street... no way out for him because of the height of the curb. It was a shocking sight. There was also no where to pull the car over so I kept going, found the closest pull-off, and sprinted back half a mile in hopes he had not wandered into traffic. Luckily, when I arrived he was still in the gutter area now completely trapped & retracted. Poor little fella. Typically when rescuing box turtles I put them back in the woods as close as I can to where I found them, but this area was so heavily trafficked it just didn't seem like a good idea. So instead, he joined me as a carpool companion, and I dropped him off this evening at the local woods / nature area that I frequent across the way. Probably not ideal, but I do believe it's his best hope of carrying on, and for now at least he's safe. Good luck little friend. :) -H3
A woodpeckers tongue is up to 10 cm long depending on the species. It wraps around the skull when it is retracted.
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Here, Autumn is in full swing!
The weather matches the season of moodiness, you see it in people, scurrying, hurrying, collar high, head retracted, hands in pockets, no, no sun today.
In the studio, the lights are my suns, lol.
Making these maple leaves bright and beautiful.
A grand celebration of Autumn.
Wishing you a wonderful day and as always, thank you for visiting, Magda, (*_*)
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Here, Autumn is in full swing!
The weather matches the season of moodiness, you see it in people, scurrying, hurrying, collar high, head retracted, hands in pockets, no, no sun today.
In the studio, the lights are my suns, lol.
Making these maple leaves bright and beautiful.
Next, a grand celebration of Autumn.
My neighbour grows this lovely vine... it is now absolutely delightful.
They offered me some and I brought the leaves into the studio and made a few compositions.
First thing you see of course are the colours in this grapevine leaf... but then the eye gets drawn in to complexity of the texture, all the veins, the small bumps, little scars due to weather or ‘visitors’?
Wishing you a wonderful day and as always, thank you for visiting, Magda, (*_*)
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three, leaves, Autumn, golden, studio, colour, square, "black background", "conceptual Art", DESIGN, "Magda Indigo", "NIKON D7000", maple,
Vine, leaves, DESIGN, Autumn, golden, russet, black-background, colour, studio, bright, square, Hasselblad, "magda indigo"
Afterburners lit and gear retracted… German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon EF-2000 31+06 climbs out of RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo on 19th July 2024.
Excerpt from the Poster:
Florescentia, from the Latin word for 'blossoming', is inspired by the phenomena of photosynthesis in the natural world. The piece seeks to mimic the beauty of a blossoming flower and delicate balance between intricacy and strength found in nature.
As the audience gathers around the cluster of Florescentia, they will be treated to an array of light, movement and sound. Shifting through dual colour gradients, each of the Florescentia blooms and retracts, creating a unique kinetic ballet.
Formulaic shot. First wing beat after jumping from a lum, undercarriage still not retracted. Needs a face-wash.
A female Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) lifts off from her perch near a nest cavity containing her two young owlets. The different wing feathers and their function are nicely displayed. The splayed out feathers at the tips are the primaries, which are responsible for thrust, particularly important here at take off. The wing feathers closer to the body are the secondaries, and are associated with lift during flight, and for protecting the primaries when the feathers are retracted.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, QC. Canada
[FR] Les signaux visuels basé sur la couleur est un aspect important de la communication chez plusieurs espèces d’oiseaux. Chez les tétraonidés un de ces signaux est le peigne superciliaire, cet ornement formé de peau qui se gonfle chez le mâle durant la pariade en raison de l’augmentation du flux sanguin vers les tissus. Des recherches ont démontré qu’il y aurait une corrélation positive entre la grandeur mesuré des peignes, du niveau de testostérone et du succès copulatoire. Par contre il n’y aurait pas de de corrélation entre la dimensions observé des peignes et les comportement de combats entre mâles. Ceux-ci rétractant leurs peignes durant les affrontement probablement pour protéger cet attribut.
[EN] Color-based visual cues is an important aspect of communication in several bird species. One of these signals in grouse species is the supra orbital comb, this ornament formed of skin that male raise during courtship due to increased blood flow to the tissues. Research has shown that there is a positive correlation between the measured size of the combs the level of testosterone and copulatory success. On the other hand there is no correlation between the observed dimensions of the combs and the fighting behavior between males. These are retracting their combs during confrontation probably to protect this attribute.
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I'm always amazed with birds that will stand on one leg. They must have a great sense of balance. And where do they hide the other leg? It appears to be fully retracted into the body.
The Breurey lakes have a convoluted shoreline with retractions that are small ecosystems for plants and animals. Franche-Comté, FR
A cheetah is a large, slender and muscular feline with golden fur covered in black spots. It has a small head with distinctive black tear marks on its face, long slender legs and a long tail with black spots. The cheetah's body is designed for speed and agility, with a streamlined shape and powerful muscles. Its front legs are slightly shorter than its back legs, which allows it to quickly accelerate and change direction. The cheetah's sharp claws retract, providing traction and stability when running at high speeds. Its face has a fierce expression, with piercing yellow-green eyes, black whiskers and a black nose. The cheetah is an iconic predator of the African savannah, known for its incredible speed and agility.
Great Egret
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) is a large heron (Ardeidae) measuring 90–100 cm in length with a wingspan of up to 200 cm. Its plumage is predominantly grey, while the head and neck are lighter with a distinct black eye-to-nape stripe; the long yellowish-orange bill is adapted for catching prey. The species inhabits rivers, lakes, ponds, marshes, and coastal areas across much of Europe, Asia, and Africa; in central Europe it occurs partly as a resident and partly as a migratory bird. It feeds mainly on fish, but also on amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, insects, and occasionally birds, typically hunting motionless in shallow water. Breeding usually takes place colonially in tall trees, with clutches of three to five eggs incubated by both parents. In flight, the neck is retracted in an S-shape, the legs extend backward, and the wingbeats are slow and powerful.
Great Egret in Breeding Plumage
During breeding season, the Great Egret will display a shocking green lore — the area between the bill and the eyes. Also, during the breeding season, the Great Egret will display long, elegant plumes on its back, which are used in courtship displays. Like a peacock, the feathery plumes will spread out like a fan. Outside the breeding season, these long feathers disappear.
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/overview