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A lawn reimagined. It's a growing trend.
You know I just get so excited when Pantone announces its Color of the Year so I wanted to do something to celebrate. For 2017, it's Greenery. One thing I like about it is how well it plays with other colors. It's refreshing and it naturally becomes one with other greens. Let's go where the grass is greener...
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Cartagena, Colombia.
Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a tern in the family Laridae formerly considered as a subspecies of the Sandwich tern. It has since been shown to be more closely related to the elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans). The IOC recognizes the bird as distinct, but most other taxonomists, including both committees of the AOU, consider it conspecific with the Sandwich tern.
The species is widely distributed in the Americas.
There are two subspecies:
T. a. acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847) − eastern North America to southern Caribbean.
T. a. eurygnathus (Saunders, 1876) − Cayenne tern, islands off Venezuela and the Guianas, northern and eastern South America.
Sullivan's Quay by the old city wall of Cork and less than a 5 minute walk from where I grew up.
I'm back from a trip home to see my family and spend time with my Mom. The weather always a factor was typically Irish but mostly pleasant. The few days of grayness with constant Irish rain don't count because we went to the pubs. Where we enjoyed good food, drink and great company.
I spent most of the visit in my home County of Cork, visiting old favorite sites, some I haven't been to in years. Also a few places I've never been to off the beaten tracks of West Cork. We also spent time in County Wicklow and Dublin.
Thank you my friends for you visit I really appreciate it. :-)
Paddy's Hole is a small harbour constructed from slag in the lagoon on the Teesmouth side of South Gare. It is named Paddy's Hole because of the many Irishmen who helped build the South Gare..
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This breeding Bonaparte's Gull does a swim by me as I sat on the dock of a small pond.
Taken 6 June 2022 in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska.
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Land's End is the most westerly point of mainland England and Cornwall.
On our weekend trip to Cornwall we visited Land's End late afternoon because we were not interested in the tourist attractions and wanted to avoid the crowds. That part of the plan worked quite well.
What did not work as planned was the sunset shot of the rock arch because we got thick sea mist moving around the cape instead! Luckily I had a bit of filter play earlier and what you see here is the result.
Clark's Nutcracker - Mirror Lake, Uinta National Forest, Utah USA
Bird Species (# 468) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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Evitt's Run flows alongside the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Valley Line at Charles Town, WV as grain destined for Winchester, VA passes by. The train with 107 loads originated on BNSF in South Dakota on January 24th and seem here at 530am on January 29, 2017
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) roosting on a small wetland in the prairie landscape east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
30 April, 2018.
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403) Whitehead’s Trogon
Whitehead's Trogon, Harpactes whiteheadi, Kombuango Puru
A beautiful Trogon endemic to the island of Borneo. It is named after the British explorer John Whitehead (1860–1899) who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Wilton's Music Hall is a variety theatre in the Shadwell and Wapping area of East London in Graces Alley off of Cable Street. Originally opened in 1859 the auditorium holds 300 and the grade II listed building has preserved its Victorian charm.
PARSONS'S LODGE BATTERY. A narrow limestone dorsal running North South, laced with a labyrinth of underground tunnels and surmounted by a seemingly impregnable battery, which has witnessed the development of coast artillery over the last three centuries.The Fortress received the name of Parson's Lodge in the year 1761.
The Lincoln’s Sparrow was not named after the famous president of the USA, as might be thought, but by renowned ornithologist John James Audubon after his friend Thomas Lincoln of Maine (who accompanied Audubon on an 1834 expedition to Nova Scotia). The Lincoln’s Sparrow breeds in the boreal forest of northern North America, as well as the mountains of the western USA. It is a somewhat elusive species with a distinctive buffy breast band. This bird was seen in Confederation Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in late August, presumably on southbound migration.
's Gravenmoer, North Brabant, the Netherlands.
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An Alberta FLICKR friend's recent posts of these guys in the snow will cause me to seek some early ones in a local park.
I have updated a few spots in Moumou's Square. ( i hope to get it all updated soon, but i have to do this lil by lil due to my schedule)
Here is a new one.
That one had a lil cabin earlier, now it's more open space.
I had this cabin from Trompe L'oeil from the the moment they did release this gorgeous item years ago. AT that time i had not enough Li on my land to rezz it, and it's been sleeping in my inventory all that time..
Now im super happy to have it at Moumou's Square. Time didnt had effect on it, as it remains to be IMHO, one of the most gorgeous item done in SL.
This lil corner is a a bit separated from the rest of the land, it's peaceful and perfect for visitors looking for a calm spot.
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A slightly different view of Gloucester Cathedral this morning.
When strolling through the cathedral it's easy to get distracted by the huge stained glass window in the Quire, which I'll show tomorrow, but it's always worth looking up at the stunning detail in the ceiling.
Thankfully you don't have to crane your neck to an awkward position because they have a mirror so you can see it clearly, but it was impossible to get a shot that way so I pointed my camera straight up and got the shot I wanted.
Buildings like this deserve your full attention, there are details to be had in every nook and cranny, so next time you visit somewhere like this, remember to look up!
safely landed
Audouni's Gull is a sleek and graceful medium sized seabird with a striking red bill that pales at the tip
S' Algar
Menorca
There were still a few Townsend's Warblers looking for mates at Manning Park. Granted it still feels like winter or very early spring there.
Kaithleen's | Stygia Set @ UBER (April 25 - May 22, 2022)
13ACT | Julia garters @ 13ACT Mainstore
Lucy's Warbler - Corn Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada
Bird Species # (442) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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A Forster's Tern in transition from breeding to winter plumage searches for its next meal over the impoundment at the Edwin B. Forsythe, NWR.
It's amazing how a cold, wet trout, in the hand, changes your attitude. Fifteen minutes into my first real trout outing of the year, this 15 inch Brown Trout rose to the surface and grabbed my midge imitation. I released the fish! Thanked the fish gods! And I was good with the world.
This is the image I wanted to get, I saw it in my mind before I made it! I made about fifteen images of this fish, and most of them were blown out. Processing was done in Aperture 3 and On 1 Perfect Effects. Believe me this image didn't look anything like this out of the camera. Today processing is at least half the image making.
Camera settings: ISO 125, aperture f/4, shutter 1/160, focal length 8.8mm
wild brown trout
fooled by a tiny midge imposter
then feeling the sting
but he’s alive
and so am I
Image and poem by John Henry Gremmer
Albatros de Salvin, Salvin's Albatross, Thalassarche salvini.
IUCN: Vulnerable (Vu)
Lengua de Vaca
Región de Coquimbo
Chile
L' Alsace - ’s Elsass. So steht es zweisprachig auf den Corail-Wagen der ostfranzösischen Region, neben französisch auch in der elsässischen Mundart. Ein untrügliches Zeichen für das starke Gefühl einer kulturellen Eigenständigkeit gegenüber dem Pariser Zentralstaat.
Noch einmal etwas Spezielles ist dabei ’s Gromme Elsass, also das "Krumme Elsass" (oder auf französisch l'Alsace bossue). So lautet die (semi-offizielle) Bezeichnung des Landstrichs am westlichen Rand der Vogesen, der eigentlich geografisch bereits Teil des Plateau lorrain ist. Obwohl auch traditionell eher Lothringen zugehörig, erbaten die Bewohner der ehemaligen Grafschaften Saarwerden und Lützelstein (= La Petite-Pierre) nach der Revolution 1794 mit Erfolg den Anschluss an das Elsass. Der Religion wegen! Die einstigen Fürsten von Nassau-Saarbrücken und die pfälzischen Wittelsbacher hatten nämlich im 16. Jahrhundert (wie auch weite Teile des Elsasses) den Protestantismus eingeführt. Da wollte man mit dem überwiegend katholischen Lothringen nicht in einen Topf geschmissen werden...
Aus der sich daraus ergebenden "krummen" oder "buckligen" Grenzziehung zu Lothringen in diesem Gebiet soll sich auch der ungewöhnliche Name ableiten. Oder ganz einfach aus dem hügeligen Charakter der Landschaft... Da ist man sich, wie so oft, mal wieder nicht ganz einig.
Durchfahren wird ’s Gromme Elsass seit 1895 von der Eisenbahnstrecke Mommenheim - Sarreguemines, in der alten Nomenklatur der SNCF-Region Est die «Ligne 9». Bis 2015 hatte diese in Fankreisen wegen der im Berufsverkehr eingesetzten Corail-Züge mit überwiegend blauen (ja, damals war der Lack auch wirklich noch blauer als ein Jahrzehnt später...;)) Straßburger 67400ern einen gewissen Kultstatus.
Blicken wir also zurück auf den Sommer 2011! Am Abend des 10. August 2011 hatte die BB 67571 mit TER 830936 (Krimmeri-Meinau - Sarreguemines) die Vogesen mittels des Tunnel de Puberg durchquert und war im Krummen Elsass angekommen, als in der Ortsdurchfahrt von Tieffenbach der Verschluss meiner Kamera klickte. Neben der klassischen S-Kurve von Frohmuhl eine meiner Lieblingsstellen an der «Ligne 9». Ach ja, die größere der beiden sichtbaren Kirchen ist übrigens katholisch... Aber in heutigen Zeiten kräht (zum Glück) kein Hahn mehr danach!
PS: Eine Straßenlaterne am Bahndamm, die bis in den Fahrwerksbereich der Lok reichte, habe ich digital entfernt.
(Original title: "Bradley"
Wikipedia: Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species is a member of the genus Accipiter, sometimes referred to as true hawks, which are famously agile, relatively small hawks common to wooded habitats around the world and also the most diverse of all diurnal raptor genera. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female. The birds found east of the Mississippi River tend to be larger on average than the birds found to the west. It is easily confused with the smaller but similar Sharp-shinned hawk.
Conservation status: Least Concern
We found some very picturesque cottages in St Peter's Street, Bishop Waltham. We'd been car hunting earlier in the day, and decided to drive to this small town to have lunch.
I don't know this mountain's moniker, I call it 'Linda's Mountain' because it is the view from the Mentasta Lodge and Linda used to own the lodge.
Still waters of Slana Slough, Mentasta Mountains on the Tok Cutoff Road.
In any number of resources, the neck shape of the Great Egret is most often described as an S-curve. My model here has graciously offered to demonstrate this remarkable feature. When hunting, this large wading bird will pull its head back slightly and release, slinging forth a powerful spear-like beak which it plunges into unsuspecting prey. Ah, nature! <3
Even Spotted Towhees like a little fruit now and then, even if it means flying up into a tree.
Frenchman's Bar, Vancouver, Washington, USA
Been away from Flickr for several weeks and looking forward to catching up.
From my recent Michigan trip. Check out Mike Diersing's photostream for more images from the trip!
This beautiful hybrid is a second generation back-cross Brewster's as it has no yellow whatsoever in the throat or chest and has a 'clean' gray appearance to its back. 1st generation Brewster's have some yellow as forementioned and look dirtier on the back with some olive there. Most of the hybrids in this population of G0lden-wingeds have been second generation back-crosses over the 6 years (7 years total) I've visited this location. I've averaged 0-2 Blue-w1ngeds each visit, 1-4 Brewster's, and a few dozen G0lden-wingeds to give an idea of the relevant population mix. A few years ago I had a female Lawrence's as well. So far there has been no noticeable change in that population mix over 7 years. Dates for Michigan 2022 will be announced soon.
For those interested here follows a few more words about 1st and 2nd generation Brewster's. First generation as described above are the result of a Blue-W1nged and G0lden-w1nged mating. 2nd generation back-crosses (pictured above) are generally the result of a 1st generation Brewster's mating with a G0lden-w1nged. Brewster's being rare themselves are 10 times more common than Lawrence's hybrids. The later normally is found more commonly once much of the original G0lden-w1nged population has been replaced. However with a good number of 2nd generation Brewster's in this population there is always a chance for a Lawrences's hybrid and odds are eventually I will locate a male in the population.
Hold the S because I am an ain't.
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I love me some Marilyn Manson. Omnomnom.