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Local legend suggests that this bridge was started by Bishop Henry Cheyne in the late 13th or early 14th century and completed by Robert the Bruce. Whilst this may or may not be true, historical documents show that the bridge we see today was the result of rebuilding work in three phases in the early 17th century.
This was the main crossing on the Don leading to the north from Aberdeen and vice versa prior to the construction of the adjacent Bridge of Don in 1831. Today the Brig o’ Balgownie is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Taking the relatively new "Pano-Xtreme" technique into a much more heavily photo manipulated place.
The evening light of this shot suggested a dreamier, more imaginative take on the scene.
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ACTIVE BIRDS, and not common as the name suggests, are found in dense forests and mangroves, I found them very hard to photograph as to their jerky fast movements, love seeing them.
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Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Three subspecies are usually recognized; one of the former subspecies, cristatus, has recently been given full species status and is referred to as the eastern osprey.
Un tempo, tanti anni fa, l'arcobaleno sorgeva magicamente dopo i temporali estivi. Alle volte faceva capolino, timidamente, al termine della primavera o all'inizio dell'autunno. Ora, invece, le cose sono cambiate e può accadere che l'arcobaleno insceni le sue suggestive rappresentazioni celesti anche d'inverno. Poco male, se la cosa si limitasse a questo. Purtroppo, però, non è così ..... ..
Back to my trip up to St Cyrus at the weekend for this shot. The whole scene was every bit as tranquial as this image suggests.
You can see the rock formation and cottage in my earlier post on the left hand side of this.
This is the main staircase in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) which is part of the White House complex in Washington, D.C.
It was built between 1871 and 1888, on the site of the original 1800 War/State/Navy Building and the White House stables, in the French Second Empire style. As its first name suggests, it was initially built to house three departments. While the building's elaborate style received substantial criticism at first, it has since been designated as a National Historic Landmark. It was for years the world's largest office building, with 566 rooms and about 10 acres (40,000 m2) of floor space. Most White House staff have their offices in the EEOB.–from Wikipedia
Donostia 2015. I saw the vessel with the red spinnaker coming from afar (you got it Cordula ) and waited for about 10' til it reached a visually attractive point in my framing without sacrificing the nothern cliffs of Santa Clara island. I was iffy about whether or not entirely letting out at the top of frame the narrow Urgull's shoreline, but I also wanted to include the surf, which helps to suggest an eye path across the picture.
The Schwanenburg is the landmark of the city of Cleve in North Rhine-Westphalia near the Dutch border. It was built presumably in the 11th century by the counts and later dukes of Cleve on a spur-like runner of the mountain range from the Lower Rhine and is therefore one of few height castles on the Lower Rhine. Their castle mountain was name-giving for the later originating settlement: From Cleef (for cliff, cliff) became Cleve.
She received the name because of her weather vane in the form of a big swan whose wings were the crest of the ducal coat of arms.
The arrangement was also called "het slot by Cleef", and also if it the name suggests, it concerns with the Schwanenburg not around a castle arrangement, but around one by rebuildings of a castle in the 17th century resulted castle in the style of the baroque.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Ortalis columbiana (Colombian Chacalaca / Guacharaca)
Endemic to Colombia, as its name would suggest, and the only chachalaca within its now relatively limited range in the central (Cauca and Magdalena) valleys of the country. It is found in both humid and deciduous forests, but the species’ range and population are both almost certainly declining, and it survives only in pockets.
Source: Neotropical Birds Online: neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
The Little Owl is not a native species, having been introduced to Britain in the 1870s, but it appears to have occupied a vacant niche without having any detrimental impact on other species. Numbers and breeding distribution increased gradually, reaching an estimated breeding population of between 4,000 and 8,500 pairs at the time of Project Barn Owl. The current distribution extends across England, north to the Scottish borders and west into Wales, where it is largely confined to Anglesey and to eastern parts of the country. There have been very few records from Ireland.
Pairs remain on their breeding territories throughout the year, with territorial calling evident during autumn – when young birds are searching for breeding territories – and again during spring. Small cavities are favoured for breeding, these often located within hedgerow trees or the walls of old agricultural buildings. Favoured nesting chambers tend to be located some distance from the cavity entrance and with little daylight reaching them. The male will often perch close to the nest cavity while his mate is incubating her clutch of eggs.
Little Owls often hunt from a perch, taking small mammals and large invertebrates, including earthworms, cockchafers and other beetles. There is evidence to suggest that breeding success is linked to the availability of small mammals, though some pairs evidently do well on other prey; a pair breeding on the island of Skomer, for example, took a large number of Storm Petrels (Courtesy BTO).
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The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil.
Blacksmith lapwing - Wikipedia
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Black Squirrel) with a red tail photographed in the Little Lake Park located in Midland in Simcoe County in Central Ontario Canada
Black squirrels are a melanistic subgroup of squirrels with
black coloration on their fur. The phenomenon occurs with
several species of squirrels, although it is most frequent with
the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Black morphs of the eastern gray are the result of an abnormal pigment gene.
Several theories have surfaced as to why the black morph
occurs, with some suggesting that the black morph is a
selective advantage for squirrels inhabiting the northern
ranges of the species, with the black-fur providing a thermal
advantage over its non-melanistic counterpart.
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Uno degli ambienti per me più suggestivi del PN Veglia-Devero, circondato dalle guglie rocciose dell'Helsenorn e del pizzo di Boccareccio
Oh no, tonight I find it hard to swallow
The bed is made and I feel hollow
My friends suggest that I should take it slow
I took it slow
I sweat it out, I'm not okay, I'm shaking on the floor
I lay awake and I count the days and I wait beside the door
For love, I only want you next to me
Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?
Hurt for me, do you hurt for me?
Blackout the night before inside of my mouth
Too much it's what I like to do now
My mind explodes and I can't make it out
I'm falling down
I see your face in blurry shades and I reach out for your hand
All your ways I can't explain but I want to understand
My love, I only want you next to me
Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?
Hurt for me, do you hurt for me?
I sedate my mind with hope of your return
Just enough to weigh me down
I can fake my heart and I love to watch it burn
But it knows you ain't around
My love, I only want you next to me
Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?
Hurt for me, will you hurt for me?
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SYML - Hurt For Me
"E ancora, tornando al presente, percorrendo le vie principali è suggestivo osservare magazzini, vecchie officine, pescherie d’epoca fascista, frantoi dismessi, o ammirare il risultato di piccoli grandi interventi di recupero come nel caso dell’antico abbeveratoio noto a tutti come “lavamuli”, in quanto era usanza pulire i muli prima di portarli nelle stalle annesse alle case"
vedi video "Poggioreale cinquantanni dopo" di Fabio Di Giorgi
da: www.partannalive.it/2018/06/video-poggioreale-cinquantann...
da:"Terremoto Belice Sicilia 1968 Poggioreale. Anniversario 50° anno - di Gaetano Barbarino"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcIVyMbEqI
Ruderi di Poggioreale
Nel territorio di Poggioreale si ritiene essersi svolta nel 339 a.C. la Battaglia del Crimiso, forse proprio in prossimità del luogo dove è stata ricostruita la nuova città, poco distante dal punto di confluenza dei due rami del Belice.
Il nome Poggioreale viene dal latino podus regalis (ovvero "Poggio del Re").
Il paese fu fondato come centro agricolo nel 1642 dal marchese di Gibellina, Francesco Morso, che nel 1643 ebbe il titolo di principe di Poggioreale.
Nel 1968 ci fu la violenta scossa che colpì la Valle del Belice distruggendo la città. Restano i ruderi che, ancora oggi, testimoniano la vita prima del 1968.
Dopo il terremoto si decise di non restaurare questi ruderi ritenendo il loro ripristino antieconomico e potenzialmente pericoloso. Il paese venne ricostruito alcuni chilometri più a valle, con strutture moderne e avveniristiche (per l'epoca).
Poggioreale "nuova"
Poggioreale (Puggiuriali in siciliano) è un comune italiano di 1482 abitanti della provincia di Trapani in Sicilia. Il paese dista 67 km da Trapani, 61 km da Palermo, 120 km da Agrigento.
Sorge su un territorio collinare (a circa 150 m sopra il livello del mare) nella Valle del Belice, vicino al fiume omonimo. Ha una superficie di 37 km² e una densità di 46 ab./km². Non si articola in frazioni.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poggioreale_(Italia)
Fantasmi dalla Sicilia: Poggioreale ieri e oggi:
cafebabel.com/it/article/fantasmi-dalla-sicilia-poggiorea...
E tante, tante grazie all'Associazione "Poggioreale antica" che tanto lavoro ha fatto e continua a fare per la valorizzazione dei Ruderi di Poggioreale:
RHS Hyde Hall, Rettendon, Nr. Chelmsford, Essex
Over the past 5 or 6 years I have posted many images from RHS Hyde Hall and now I’m going to post another series, this time called ‘A day in the Life’. As the title suggests I’m posting what I think are the best of that particular day. These are just some taken on 05/07/2014 and I am slowly getting up to date. This is the second and last of two postings.
walking by a roadside garden last summer ....l paused for a moment to admire this red zinnia ....and the pretty flower attracted another admirer as well :-)
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae.
As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.
Plant Info…
(Pilosella aurantiaca, Syn. Hieracium aurantiacum) Orangerotes Habichtskraut
Pilosella aurantiaca (fox-and-cubs, orange hawk bit, devil's paintbrush, grim-the-collier)
is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to alpine regions, of central and southern Europe, where it is protected in several regions.
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I don't want to be rude, But it's almost impossible for me to comment on all your Beautiful Pictures,
I hope you understand that.
Thank you very much.
Ich will nicht unhöflich sein, Aber es ist mir schier unmöglich alle eure Wundervollen Bilder zu kommentieren, ich hoffe ihr habt Verständnis dafür.
Herzlichen Dank.
ReadMeri suggests you always take your lunchbreak and get outside. Plus! Amazing new pack from Blueberry for budget-conscious fashion freaks <
Not suggesting for a moment that this is postcard quality but I've been away from Flickr for a while and wanted to let you know that my shutter finger is still operational.
This shot was taken from a recent overnight trip to Oban on the west coast of Scotland. The island of Kerrera can just be seen on the left, the small Maiden Island is on the right, and the cloud covered mountains of Mull are in the far distance behind the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry.
It's good to be back folks....and it used to be traditional to send a card when you've been away.
"As their name suggests, Mary River turtles are found in the Mary River from Gympie to Maryborough and prefer to inhabit clear, slow-moving water. They are identified by their brownish, smooth, streamlined shell and will display a heavy covering of green algae. Their algae covered shell is perfect for remaining unseen from predators and prey alike!
Mary River turtles are omnivores. As well as eating underwater vegetation, they will predate upon fish, frogs and possibly even ducklings. They have the ability to camouflage into the muddy bottoms of the waterways and wait for their unsuspecting prey to pass by. The Mary River turtle is a cloacal ventilator, meaning it breathes oxygen through its anus. Cloacal ventilation allows the species to stay underwater for days at a time when the water is flowing and well oxygenated.
These turtles have to be clever to survive in the wild! As a hatchling they are frequently predated upon by other reptiles and birds of prey. Sadly, they are often caught by fishermen and are victims of fishing line entanglement and habitat destruction. It is so important to keep our waterways clean and clear, ensuring the survival of our aquatic life!
The Mary River turtle is an endangered species."
IMG_5762: Since Saturday we've got about 12" of snow where I live. I ran out to take this photo of the yard lights illuminating the fresh stuff last night. Nothing puts me in the holiday spirit more than a bit of fresh snow :)
From 'Monastic Ireland': One of the most impressive surviving Franciscan friaries in Ireland, Ross Errilly is located 2km North West of the Galway village of Headford. It was founded at some point between the mid-fourteenth and late fifteenth centuries. It’s two large chapels or ‘transepts’ more than double the space of the nave, while the two-storey domestic buildings are set around both a cloister and an outer court. The domestic buildings are particularly well-preserved due to the continued use of the friary into the eighteenth century. This gives visitors a great sense of the unfolding of the friars’ everyday life around the cloister and outer court: in the west range of the outer court is the kitchen, where there is a large fireplace with an oven, beside a deep circular stone pit, a fish tank; the refectory is located in the eastern range of the outer court, with the lector’s desk at the northwest corner of the room; various staircases led to the friars’ dormitories in the upper floors. In the church, the multiple chapels and secondary altars in the nave and its ‘double transept’, the gallery used as a preaching platform, the tomb niches, are all features associated with the devotions and religious practice of the laity, suggesting that, despite its seemingly remote foundation in a very rural landscape, the friary and the friars served the pastoral and spiritual needs of a local population important enough to fund the construction and maintenance of these structures.
Plastic - An interesting theme for this week's Macro Monday. I like plastic and as suggested, it wasn't too tough finding a worthy subject in the house. I had a few CD's lying around and thought it would be interesting if I could extract the data via some unconventional means. I chose a torch and applied a little heat to the underside of the CD. Before my eyes, the data started to emerge in the form of little bubbles and I knew I was on to something. For the shot, I added a little sunlight (fleeting sunlight I might add) and my trusty 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro with a PK-13, 27.5mm extension tube and it was done. Included in the experimentation was my 50mm Pentacon and various extension tube lengths. I liked this one the best but the bokeh of the Pentacon is very unique.
The bubbles don't really contain data but it seemed to fit so I went with it. You may think you're looking at a curved surface but its flat and looks just like a CD with one side melted a bit. Enjoy large.
Subject size: app. 3/4 in X 3/4 in.
Happy Macro Mondays
Information online suggests that this species is found in Europe, Asia and Africa, but quite a few were fluttering about nearby in Pennsylvania. Perhaps my insect ID app is inaccurate.
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
As their name suggests, they have a ring of white or silvery feathers in a ring around their eyes.
Here in southern Queensland, we are lucky enough to have southern Silvereyes visiting for the winter.
Found from down in Tasmania all the way up-to North Queensland. In the south of their range, many Silvereyes move north each autumn, and move back south in late winter to breed. Though not all populations of Silvereyes migrate—some stay in Tasmania all year round.
Migrating Silvereyes mainly travel at night when it is harder for predators to spot them.
... Can Change Your Whole Day.
- Zig Zigler
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The Mrs. who is now 3 weeks post op on right-arm shoulder-surgery, strongly suggested that I get out of the house and do some photography; mainly to reduce her stress about me hovering over her.
So, I snuck out to a local open area and practiced catching birds in flight. Didn’t find an Eagle but found one that made my heart happy ;-)
Nikon Z, 600/6.3, 1/3200 @ f/6.3, ISO 900, edited to taste)
Un suggestivo dedalo di viuzze.
Gangi, situata sul Monte Marone, a 1.011 metri sul livello del mare, fu forse originata dai Cretesi intorno al 1200 a.C. mentre è palese nell'urbanistica il passaggio degli Arabi.
Fa parte del circuito de I borghi più belli d'Italia
e il 20 aprile 2014 Gangi viene votato come il "Borgo dei Borghi 2014":
palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/04/21/foto/alle_falde_...
Meols was named as such by the Vikings; its original name from the Old Norse for 'sand dunes' was melr, becoming melas by the time of the Domesday Survey.
Impressive archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic period suggest that the site was an important centre in antiquity. Since about 1810, a large number of artefacts have been found relating to pre-Roman Carthage, the Iron Age, the Roman Empire, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings. These include items as varied as coins, tokens, brooches, pins, knives, glass beads, keys, pottery, flint tools, mounts, pilgrim badges, pieces of leather, worked wood and iron tools. They came to be discovered after the beginning of large-scale dredging (to accommodate the needs of the nearby growing seaport of Liverpool) started to cause notable sand erosion along the coastline near Meols. These finds suggest that the site was used as a port as far back as the Iron Age some 2,400 years ago, and was once the most important seaport in the present-day North West England. Thus trading connections are believed to have reached far across Europe. Some of these artefacts are on display locally, at the Museum of Liverpool. In the 1890s the local authorities built the first sea wall. The rapidly eroding coastline was saved, but the sea wall changed the currents and archaeological sites at Meols were buried in the sand. The remains of a submerged forest off Dove Point have now also disappeared but they were visible until the spring of 1982.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
Kruger National Park
South Africa
Happy Caturday!!
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behaviour, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph). – Wikipedia
A fellow photographer suggested trying a harder crop to get a closeup of the interaction between the male pileated woodpecker and his male offspring.
Photographed in a park in Pinellas County, Florida, USA.
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Il monte Tiscali (altezza massima 518 m. s.l.m.) si trova a circa 8 km a sud-est dall’abitato di Oliena e a quasi 10 km a sud-ovest dall’abitato di Dorgali, al confine tra i due territori comunali. Oltre che per le indubbie bellezze paesaggistiche e ambientali, questo luogo è celebre in quanto nella sua sommità si trova una dolina carsica, nel cui interno si trova il sito nuragico più suggestivo della Sardegna : un ampio villaggio nuragico che, purtroppo, non si conserva in modo ottimale a causa delle difficoltà per accedere che rendono problematiche le attività di scavo e di consolidamento. Per accedere al sito è possibile percorrere due principali itinerari. Il più suggestivo si snoda nella Valle di Lanaitto, transitando dalla bella località di Su Gologone, e consente di raggiungere il sito dal versante nord-occidentale attraverso un sentiero che presenta pendenze notevoli e che, ad un certo punto, passa attraverso ad una stretta fenditura fra le rocce. Il sito archeologico può essere visitato solo a pagamento.
In early spring, listen out for the 'chiff chaff chiff chaff' song of the appropriately named chiffchaff. It can be heard in woodland, scrub, parks and gardens across the UK
Due to its diet the golden monkey prefers a habitat with abundant fruit and bamboo. The golden monkey moves in between areas depending on the season. During the season where ripe fruit is available they remain in those areas. With the beginning of the rainy season, bamboo is shooting and the golden monkeys move to such habitats. Results of studies indicate that if there is an area consisting of mixed fruit and bamboo, the golden monkeys tend to frequent that area more than areas consisting of only bamboo. Authors of one study reported that golden monkeys are most frequently seen in bamboo forests, suggesting that the species prefers this habitat.
The golden monkey can travel in various group sizes, and have been seen in small groups of three up to large groups of 62 monkeys. The groups that are found at higher elevations tend to be smaller. The golden monkey will often return to one of several different sleeping areas after a day of feeding. The monkeys often sleep in small subgroups of four, at the top of bamboo plants. They will often use a dense bamboo plant, or a combination of several bamboo plants that weave together to make a sufficient foundation for sleep. The golden monkey will often feed near the sleeping area and return to this same sleeping location day after day.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia