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Family making there way over to The Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Built in 1776 & at 329 metres is the longest frontage Buillding in the UK.

Royal Palace Dar el Makhzen

 

Camera: Canon Eos 6D

Lens: EF24-105mmF/4L-IS-USM

Aperture: f/8.0

Focal Length: 40 mm

Shutter Speed: 1/99

ISO: 160

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

A sleek seabird of warm saltwater coasts, the Royal Tern lives up to its regal name with a tangerine-colored bill and ragged, ink-black crest against crisp white plumage. Royal Terns fly gracefully and slowly along coastlines, diving for small fish, which they capture with a swift strike of their daggerlike bills. They are social birds, gathering between fishing expeditions on undisturbed beaches and nesting in dense, boisterous colonies. In late summer and fall, Royal Terns lose most of their black crest and sport a white forehead.

always exciting to find the first bloom on the plant each year

 

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A shot from a few years ago. Somewhere along Royal Creek in the Olympic National Forest.

Royal Tern at La Jolla Cove , San Diego

The Royal Scot steam locomotive on the return trip to Edinburgh. .After hauling the train to Tweedbank on the Borders Railway the grand old lady had to suffer the indignity of being hauled in reverse by a diesel locomotive as there is no turntable on this line.

We went down to Forest Grove for lunch and I was happy to see 32 royal spoonbills. There were 24 in this group and another 8 in a tree on their island.

My entry for Macro Mondays - Royal...

Red Deer Stag - Cervus Elaphus

 

Studley Royal - Yorkshire

  

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Golden-breasted starling (Lamprotornis regius), also known as royal starling. Seen in the Africa Rocks aviary, San Diego Zoo.

 

Conservation status: Least Concern

Royal Courtyard Courtyard on Wawel Hill in Krakow

46115 'Scots Guardsman' crosses the river Tweed heading the 1Z18 06:00 York to Edinburgh Railway Touring Company charter on Saturday 10th December 2022. The presence of scaffolding on both sides of the Grade I-listed Royal Border Bridge bridge influenced my decision to head for the 'dark side' alongside the frosty bank of the river.

 

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The Royal Tern never asked for a title. One day he was just another seabird with a fish in his beak; the next, some human naturalist had declared him “royal.”

 

It sounded flattering at first, but it came with expectations. Gulls now bowed mockingly whenever he landed, and pelicans inquired whether he had a flag. Worst of all, the wind would ruffle his crown feathers into a crest more clown than king.

 

“Royalty,” he muttered, shaking out another fish scale, “is a terrible thing to uphold when your throne is a piling and your scepter smells like mackerel.”

 

Moral: Titles impress humans more than they help birds.

The "American" Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) is wholly confined to the Americas since 2021 when the African Crested (Royal) Tern (T. albididorsalis) was elevated from a subspecies of Royal Tern to a full species. Royal Tern is found on both coasts of North America but generally in the warmer, southern parts, and it has occurred as a vagrant in Britain a few times. It is the second largest species of Tern in the world after Caspian Tern. The wingspan is up to 145cm and they weigh up to 450g, which is about three times heavier than a Common Tern. I photographed this adult in breeding plumage at San Ignacio lagoon where they breed, and occur year-round.

The Royal Kitchen the largest room in the Pena National Palace located in the Sao Pedro de Penaferrim in the Town municipality of Sintra in the Greater Lisbon Region of the Portuguese Riviera of Portugal

Pea Island NWR

On the way to his mate with a sardine as a treat.

Ft DeSoto National Park

 

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Royal Penguins, Antarctica.

Royal Park, Parkville, Victoria

 

This an ephemeral wetland in Royal Park in inner Melbourne. It is part of a water treatment system which uses run off from nearby streets to provide clean water for the pond in the park. The plants used are all able to cope with extreme conditions both wet and dry.

Cypripedium calceolus.

(Scarpetta di Venere - Scarpetta della Madonna - Lotas)

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Sony NEX-6 + Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan 2,8/100 @ 1/250 f/2.8

Royal Tern in front of the Cape May Lighthouse

Skuespilhuset - Royal Danish Theatre

Exciting to watch the approaching rain at Cape Royal, Grand Canyon, North Rim.

Royal Pavilion, Brighton.

Southern Royal Albatross - Kaikoura--Albatross Encounter pelagic, New Zealand

 

Māori name - Toroa

 

Bird Species # (393) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

 

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217740331#_ga=2.218351962.21039...

A view across the Ornamental Lake to the William Tell Rest House, at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Sony A7II / ILCE-7M2

Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

90mm; 1/8 sec; f/11; ISO 100

A fresh market and winery in Michigan. I love Michigan apples, especially Macintosh. My grandfather had an apple tree in his backyard so we had plenty of fresh crisp apples. Good times.

  

Royal Mail, Edinburgh

 

He was playing variations on an old favourite of mine

 

The Skye Boat Song

The steam locomotive Royal Duchy approaching Plymouth. The train is operated by The Railway Touring Company offering day trips with first class dining.

It was sweltering at Bolivar Flats but Jr needs to be fed…

 

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Thalasseus maximus

 

Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

Tampa, FL

November 2021

 

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