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Greylag Goose - Anser anser
The ancestor of most domestic geese, the greylag is the largest and bulkiest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe. In many parts of the UK it has been re-established by releasing birds in suitable areas, but the resulting flocks (often mixed with Canada geese) found around gravel pits, lakes and reservoirs all year round in southern Britain tend to be semi-tame and uninspiring. The native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland retain the special appeal of truly wild geese.
Greylag geese are listed in Schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, meaning they can be killed or taken outside of the close season.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
UK wintering:
140,000 British-breeding birds and 88,000 from Iceland
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !
Today we celebrate a green day at Color my World Daily. And in Montreal we have another cold winter day. Once again my schedule is completely hectic this week and my picture was inspired by this situation… Sometimes I just want to take everyone and everything important to me, put it in a space shuttle and go to another galaxy far far away for a family vacation (Cuba ??) ! Just like Madame Giraffe here : she is making sure that everything she needs is nicely packed before she goes on vacation…
But for now: I just need my coffee and I will be good.
See you later my friends !! I wish you an amazing day !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!
Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge within the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument, with the ruined church on top of the hill a Grade II listed building.
The hill stands at a strategic location overlooking the point where the River Tone and the old course of the River Cary join the River Parrett. Although there is some evidence of Roman visitation, the first fortification of the site was the construction of a Norman motte. (wiki)
A frosty morning on the K&A Canal. Taken on Dundas Aqueduct that carries the K&A canal across the river Avon to its right bank. Dundas Aqueduct near Bath. Somerset/Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Penarth Fawr Medieval Hall inside, with a beam with lots of initials etc carved into it.
Penarth-fawr, in the community of Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales is a medieval hall house dating from the mid 15th century. Described in the Gwynedd Pevsner as "an important medieval hall house", Penarth-fawr is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.
The Bozeman Local takes the siding at WE Muir where it will drop three cars in the house track for MOW. Work in Lombard Canyon impeded normal mainline traffic, but thankfully the local jobs ran as scheduled during our visit.
58026 passes Brancliffe East Junction while working a Doe Hill to Cottam coal train.
Going: Cottam power station, which is scheduled to close in September 2019
Going: Coal traffic to all UK power stations, with all coal-burning power stations scheduled to close by 2025.
Gone: HAA coal hoppers, of which over 10,000 were built and which ceased operation in 2010.
Gone: Brancliffe East signal box, which along with its semaphore signalling, closed in 1998.
Gone: Doe Hill opencast loading point, which ceased operation in 2002.
As to the locomotive, 58026 survives but is stored in a sorry state at Alizay in Northern France.
Running only a few minutes behind schedule, the westbound Capitol Limited rolls across the 21st Street Lift Bridge as it navigates the last few miles into Chicago Union Station.
P029 09 (Westbound Capitol Limited)
AMTK P42DC #130
Chicago, IL
June 10th, 2022
As soon as spring arrives, the sheep invade the foreshore to come and taste the halophilic plants. The sea flora charged with salt and iodine, combined with the long displacements, gives this so particular taste to the flesh of the lambs, very appreciated by the experts.
Taking the sheep to graze in the foreshore is a local tradition attested since at least the 15th century. Lambing takes place in the sheepfold during the winter, although some farmers schedule births in the spring to avoid supply shortages. For the first two or three months after birth, the lambs are fed mainly on their mother's milk. The animals are taken out in March after the high tides of the equinox and stay in the bay for a minimum of two and a half months, extending into the autumn.
Running for the summer on a primarily overnight and a padded schedule, VIA 604 from Senneterre (the first half of the train) and VIA 600 from Jonquière (the second half of the train) are running early as they approach Turcot Ouest.
I went to the Contemporary Hotel to shoot the fireworks. My bad - I didn't pay attention to the schedule and fireworks started 2 hours later than I thought and I had to leave so no fireworks. On the up side the monorails were running a heavy schedule. This caused a train to come to a complete stop right in front of me. I was able to grab this non-blurry, non-grainy shot at night.
Possible my last photo taken from the Queens Building roof garden. The scheduled IL-62 flight to Tashkent taxies out in the evening sun.
Polaroid Time Zero film on SX70 Alpha 1 Camera
In the spirit of roidweek, here's one from the archive.
Have not been shooting lately due to busy schedule at work and family.
Happy roidweek everyone!
Am 30. März 2021 überquert IC 2063 die Saale bei Saaleck unter der Rudelsburg. An diesem Tag verkehrte der Zug planmäßig mit einem IC 2 der zweiten Generation mit der Baureihe 147.5 und neuer Software V06. Wenige Tage später wurden diese Züge wegen neuer technischer Probleme wieder aus dem Verkehr genommen.
On March 30, 2021, IC 2063 will cross the Saale near Saaleck under the Rudelsburg. On this day, the train ran as scheduled with a second generation IC 2 with the 147.5 series and the new V06 software. A few days later these trains were taken out of service due to new technical problems.
Canon EOS 1Ds III & Sigma 24-105 F4 DG Art
Running 26.5 hours behind their original schedule, NR74 and NR75 head away from Port Augusta through the currently dried up Lake Knockout on a one-off timed Ghan to Adelaide from Darwin as 4DA8.
Owing to a wash away near Katherine, trains were rescheduled approximately 1 day after their intended time.
Saturday 29th February 2020
edna, I'm gonna need several Schedule E forms for this.
I thought you didn't pay taxes, stanley.
I don't, and this is how.
Patience rewarded - 61306 LNER B1 'Mayflower' and 35018 Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 'British India Line' double head the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express as they cross Ribblehead Viaduct at sunset on 2 February 2019.
A snow covered Batty Moss illuminated by the setting sun adds to the wonderful sense of occasion and drama of this unique scene as both locomotives gently steam their way southbound on the return leg to London from Carlisle with a subtle exhaust emanating from both engines.
I've been after this shot for over 5 years and it requires the perfect combination of factors to bring the scene together; I believe the last time this occurred was in January 2012. Usually only one or two of the handful of runs that the Winter CME makes per year places the return leg of the train at Ribblehead at, or close to sunset. As the chances of a decent sunset are not particularly high this time of year, coupled with the tendency of the late running of the train, makes the odds heavily stacked against the shot coming together. Last week, however, the shot was definitely 'on' and finally my patience and determination were rewarded with some super lighting across the scene and the added bonus of a snow clad Batty Moss.
Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Today's edition of Armchair Traveling takes me back to our Panama Canal Crossing. We were up long before dawn to be sure that we didn't miss any of the action. This image was taken at 6:15 a.m. We were leaving Limon Bay and entering the Canal, approaching the Gatun Lock.
Designed by Louis Berger. The joke is that this bridge, the third to cross the canal, scheduled for completion in 2016 but not finished until 2019, will allow the French to succeed at something on the Panama Canal where they failed in their attempt to build the Canal in the late 1800's.
The main span was joined in September 2018 (about 5 months after this image), and the bridge was finally opened in August of 2019. Total length 9,250 feet; 697 feet high.
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Due to busy schedule at the office, I don't have time to take a fresh shot so I am posting old pix from my Philippine Vacation . Have a Relaxing Monday to all My Flickr Friends.
[Photograph taken at Island Cove - Cavite, Philippines]
Teleport to Fairelands Junction
I'm wearing the Charm Banshee gacha set from Zenith, while Jem is in a currently vintage skin and outfit named Solaris, from Fallen Gods. (Word is that it's on the schedule to be updated with current-generation elements.) More details at the article.
We are at a mind-boggling 13,000 feet. Six miles from the Bolivian border and in the heart of El Alto Loa, FCAB train crests the summit at Ascotan and begins its arduous decent towards Calama. 210 is one of 2 scheduled trains from the Bolivian interchange at Ollagüe and handles lead, silver, and zinc concentrate bound for Mejillones, Chile. The leader is FCAB #2501, an ex-Tren a las Nubes (Argentina) GT22CU tunnel motor built on a GP40 frame, and the only one of its kind on the roster.
The towering Volcán Cerro Tomasamil can be behind 2501, peaking at a ridiculous 19,324 feet and El Volcán Cañapa can be seen to its right at matching 19,357ft, both mountains standing on the Bolivian side of the border. The Ascotan Salt flat dominates the sprawling valley beneath. The Andes peak at over 21,000 feet in this region and are among some of the tallest mountains on Earth
The sprint up the hill to capture this photo was a dangerous endeavor at 2 ½ miles above sea level. We endured through an array of elevation sickness symptoms as we pushed ourselves to the physical limit in pursuit of this divine train. Traveling 5,500 miles and battling some of the most insane topography on planet earth truly gives a respect for the dedication that this hobby we call ‘railfanning’ requires
Ascotan Salt Flat, Antofagasta, Chile
October 6th, 2024
Both sandhill crane eggs hatched and out popped two precocious, healthy orangey-gold chicks, endearingly known as "colts" almost immediately ready to follow their parents out of the nest on their diligent foraging for worms and insects to feed the colts.
Interesting to note that these photos were taken exactly one year to the day from my images of the 2019 hatchlings. These guys really keep to a tight schedule!
Die Dortmunder Westfalen Hütte - auch schon lange Geschichte - erhielt ihren Kalk aus den Kalk-Brüchen bei Lendringsen/Menden im Sauerland. Hier planmäßig 216 215 (Bw Kassel) vor 218 141 vom (Bw Hagen-Eckesey) mit einem Leerzug, der Samstags oft besonders lang war. Die Anwohner dort nannten ihn: „Der weisse Riese“. Hier auf der Verbindungs-Kurve zwischen Schwerte-Heide und Schwerte-Ost. Damals aufgenommen von einem Gerüst für Brückenarbeiten an der Hauptstrecke von Holzwickede nach Hagen.
(Scan vom Dia)
The White Giant
The Dortmund Westfalen Hütte - which also has a long history - received its lime from the lime quarries near Lendringsen/Menden in the Sauerland. Here, as scheduled, 216 215 (Kassel depot) ahead of 218 141 from (Hagen-Eckesey depot) before an empty train, which was often particularly long on Saturdays. The local residents called him the “White Giant”. Here on the connecting curve between Schwerte-Heide and Schwerte-Ost. Taken at the time from scaffolding for bridge work on the main line from Holzwickede to Hagen.
(scan from slide)
The sprawling two story Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland was built between 1570 and 1580 by the notorious Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, the illegitimate son of James V. The Earl considered himself the absolute ruler of Orkney and Shetland and was the father of the even nastier tyrant Patrick Stewart, executed for treason in 1615. It was in ruins by 1700 and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
This variety of Cicada (Magicicada) has a 17-year life cycle and is part of brood IV, or the Kansan Brood. The last time they emerged in Nebraska was 1998. They started to emerge from the ground about a week ago as they were delayed by the rainy weather. So happy that we were able to find them in Weeping Water, Nebraska yesterday afternoon.
People call these cicadas “locusts” but they are not true locusts — real locusts look like grasshoppers. The phrase “17 year cicada” indicates that they arrive every 17 years. The name “periodical cicadas” indicates that they arrive periodically and not each and every year. The scientific name for the Genus of these cicadas is Magicicada, and there are 3 types of 17 year Magicicadas: Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini and Magicicada septendecula. This is a true locust:
There are literally billions of 17- year cicadas. Why? One theory suggests that the large number of cicadas overwhelms predators, so predators are never able to eat them all and many always survive to mate. This is a survival strategy called “predator satiation”.
Some of you may enjoy the following website: www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/brood-iv-the-kansan-brood-wil...
Crater of Zao
蔵王のお釜
This is Okama in Zao. I actually wanted to come here in February or March to see the snow scenery, but I couldn't make the schedule work, so I stopped by on my way back from Tohoku.
蔵王のお釜です。本当は2月か3月の雪景色を見に来たかったけれど、日程が組めなかったので、東北の帰りに寄ってみました。
Kaminoyama city, Yamagata pref, Japan
Female Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata; Hodges 7824) - Suburban New Jersey, 25 miles west of "The City" (NYC)
Earlier today Dah Wife came running into the house shouting, "Giant moth, giant moth!" She wasn't as excited as the time she spotted a Polyphemus Moth in Florida, so I was reasonably sure that it wasn't Mothra, so instead of hiding in the basement I ran to get my camera and take some pics.
When I found the moth I immediately recognized it as a Blind Sphinx, and then gave her a little poke to see if she would be so kind as to show me her blind eyes, and was pleasantly surprised at how she accommodated me!
And then when I looked up her last visit on Flickr ( to find her scientific name), I found she was right on schedule ± a day or two. Pretty amazing how you don't really need a calendar if you know your buggers.
An elderly couple at the train station trying to decipher the fine print of the arrival schedule. Ostensibly a play on reflection, shots like these also tell a story - here, probably two grandparents about to welcome their children or grandchildren later on :-)
I spent some time this past summer trying to learn how better to secure images of pollinators of all kinds. That project was motivated by my sunrise walks down an abandoned road southeast of Ottawa, where overgrown wildflowers grew in thick and deep bunches on the sides of the road, and where butterflies and moths and bees and wasps spent the first light re-energizing for the new day.
The subjects of the photographs had a lot more freedom to drift away from the road to the wild meadows than I had - old fences and thick vegetation kept me pretty hemmed in. That meant having to get creative in most cases, which was part of learning how to manage the situation. I really liked this image, shot through a wall of vegetation to find the Skipper - not an especially exotic one for people who know these creatures - who was drinking from the wildflower.
This activity and the many early mornings it entailed was a response to the impact of the pandemic on birding and bird photography. Most of my usual places had not adjusted particularly well to the changed circumstances, and so the solitary mornings were just what the public health officials ordered.
I really hope everyone is safe and has a great holiday break. I now know people (healthcare workers) who are scheduled to be vaccinated shortly in Ottawa so things are slowly moving forward - please take care.
And many sincere thanks to the people who look at, like and/or comment on my images. I really appreciate the connection. I spend a lot of my free time looking at and learning from others, but this is an amazing community, and it offers a lot to me in different ways - especially with the superb images people are posting. So: many thanks, and stay safe.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
[Please to note that I am trying to rave against the machine, against complacency and irrational fears and inaccurate notions.]
AI Overview
“The plant you're likely thinking of, with its unique "octopus-like" flowers, is the Campanula 'Pink Octopus' (Bellflower), not a rose, and its buds swell out to burst forth as striking pink-tentacled flowers.”
Generative AI is experimental.
I took the pictures recognising instantly that Octopus es / i were at work here having proceeded from no Earthly lineage to begin their land conquest with a feisty floral front that would ensnare the hearts and minds of Gardening Human s / i such that we will tend their flowering and preserve their budding to bring their seeded offspring into our gardens, never featuring them in our farming that could bring food inspection and so their predatory detection. After thoroughly trying to identify them with the results delivered above, I knew better than to trust malleable artificial intelligence and corruptible computing devices. So on the back of a recyclable packet I noted from my slide rule and log tables that the march of The Floral Octopus es / i was only three weeks from completely controlling mankind. As an English born soul now residing in Scotland I can tell you that 3 weeks to demise at first took the fulsome taste right out of my Tea. Then in acceptance of the horror I began to taste Tea like never before to ensure that I was full of the only potential cure that I knew of. Those three weeks passed with very few seeming indications. I have checked on a new packet rear, as the original has gone to be recycled, to see what I had not factored in. If my calculations are correct we are all now seed sensitive of the Octopus es / i and most of us are fine with it. There is a distinct possibility that this plant species is nothing at all to do with the Octopus es / i
leaving their Wavy Briny Brain Wash.
Please note that my very perfunctory search of Buds that look like Octopus es / i is only partly to blame for my above ridiculous speculations. When my Wished Washed Brain Bath clears enough for me to type, it takes a while to recognise the world again. Think spinning exploding Flu symptoms to the max veering off and scarily slowly arriving back again. Betwixt the hurl and the burl I have the chance to offer you this farcical nonsense and a cup of tea, my kettle and I sing songs for any Wandering Minstrels.
These pictures were merrily taken on a warm walk towards Sunset at Coldingham from St Abbs. There is neither an imminent, nor proceeding Octopus es / i invasion. There are amazing blossoms blooming close to us all some wild and some gardened. Blooms of beauty are burgeoning now til Winter halts them all.
The Priory is just out of the picture by a few miles, it is linked below. It is just inland from Coldingham Sands and St Abbs.
This as close as can be to New Asgard from Marvel films including Thor enjoying a new place by the sea.
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Coldingham Priory, claustral remains SM383
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Coldingham Priory Church including former hearse house and store, graveyard, boundary walls, gatepiers and gates and excluding scheduled monument SM383, Coldingham LB4059
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Coldingham Priory plan Canmore
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COLDINGHAM PRIORY TIMELINE 1098 -2015
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Last night was the annual Million Mask March through central London. After the troubles last year, such as the burning of a police car there were a lot more police on the streets, and they were much more assertive in dealing with protesters.
The red lines on this guy are focus beams from a TV camera outside the van. I couldn't help thinking it looked like the Terminator had tracked him down!
I have a lot to say about this shoot. I'm not much for big, cheesy descriptions, but there's just too much to be said and too many people to thank not to. It was probably my favorite I've ever had in every way.
This is Aqueela. We met a while ago when I went to a shoot with her and a friend of mine. We never talked much after that. She had moved to southern, Ca a while ago so we didn't keep in touch much. A week or two ago, I saw she was coming back into town, so I asked her if she wanted to shoot, and she said yes. Then I knew I had to do some planning. I couldn't not make a shoot with her amazing.
I had trouble thinking of a different location/idea for a shoot with her, that I had never done before. Then I remembered a shoot I had an idea for on a sailboat I was trying to make happen over the summer. Through scheduling, the shoot never came to pass.
So within the last week, I got ahold of my friend Tricia Davidge, who is an amazing photographer, hair/MUA stylist. She said she was down to help out, and did an AMAZING job with Aqueela for today. I also got ahold of my friend Danielle (the ginger I shoot a lot) to help out with the wardrobe styling. Finally talked to a GREAT dude named John about letting us go out on his sail boat. The whole time of shooting was probably one of the best times I've had in a while with Aqueela, her wonderful mother, John, and a couple other buds.
Really everybody that helped out, thank you so much for taking time out of your day to help with this. I appreciate that more than I can say. You are all awesome.
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Croda di Re Laurino (2.813 m), shot at 5:55 a.m. from the Rifugio Re Alberto (Gartlhütte) area (2.621 m), in the heart of Catinaccio, Dolomites.
High in the sky you can see the moon. On October 4th 2012 scheduled to set at 11:16.
I've seen countless times enchanting alpenglows in the mountains, at sunset and/or sunrise when the peaks are becoming pink, orange, red, magenta, purple. Equally anywhere along the whole Alpine range.
Glaciers showing infinite shades of blue, cyans, pink...
black, yellow clouds...
but, as I can remember, I have never seen rocks with such a loooovely dreamy blue color before dawn. This was a pleasant surprise indeed.
I guess this does not depend merely by what we tendentially call "the blue hour", rather by a particular natural characteristics of dolomite rock (dolostone).
Substantially white stone in ordinary daytime light.
To bring home this shot I've paid a truly careful attention to set a perfect white balance.
Which is always good to check - on the spot - to prevent the camera approximates something on his own :-))
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Once the COFC traffic disappeared in August 1985 the SOO promptly annulled trains 909/910 from Soo Yard to Gladstone and the changed the schedule on 911 from its 3AM departure to 5PM out of Soo Yard and 912 from its 3PM departure out of Gladstone to a 1 AM start. That put 911 through Trout Lake after dark a good part of the year and 912 often through before daylight. On September 1, 1985 I shot 911 strolling through the yard at Trout Lake with 771 and 756 leading 24 cars. Within a couple weeks it would be to dark for shots of 911 until the following spring.
37608 'Andromeda' opens up nicely through Kirby Bellars on 29th March 2025, working the 5Q58 10:00 Derby Chaddesden Sidings to Asfordby RIDC. In the formation were LNW units 730217 and 730212, which were scheduled to be moved from Bletchley the previous day but ended up going to Chaddesden instead due to issues with 37501.
The stunning St Peter's church in the background was once the Kirby Bellars Priory, built somewhere in the period between 1319 and 1359.
Voorheen kwamen we regelmatig naar de ZLSM voor de stoomtreindagen. Helaas zijn die enkele jaren niet meer gehouden. Maar in 2023 was het gelukkig weer zover. De eigen 1040 reed onder stoom samen met de HSIJ 22 'Tom' en HSIJ 57 ' Bonne'. Ook stichting Crew 2454 met de 2454 en de mP 3029, de SMMR 2225, de SHD 2205 en De Karel stel 466 waren aanwezig. De SSN kwam met de 01 1075 en 23 023 met een extra rit langs. Er reden veel personentreinen, maar ook enkele goederentreinen voor de fotografen. Een erg geslaagd evenement op een schitterende dag.
We used to come to the ZLSM regularly for the steam train days. Unfortunately, they were not held for a few years. But in 2023 it was fortunately time again. Their own 1040 ran under steam together with the HSIJ 22 'Tom' and HSIJ 57 'Bonne'. Stichting Crew 2454 with the 2454 and the mP 3029, the SMMR 2225, the SHD 2205 and De Karel set 466 were also present. The SSN came along with the 01 1075 and 23 023 with an extra train from Rotterdam. Many passenger trains ran, but also some freight trains were scheduled for the photographers. A very successful event on a beautiful day.
Wir kamen regelmäßig zu den Dampfzugtagen der ZLSM. Leider haben sie mehreren Jahren nicht mehr stattgefunden. Aber glücklicherweise ist es 2023 erneut organisiert. Die eigene 1040 fuhr zusammen mit der HSIJ 22 „Tom“ und der HSIJ 57 „Bonne“ unter Dampf. Ebenfalls anwesend waren die Crew 2454 Foundation mit der 2454 und der mP 3029, die SMMR 2225, die SHD 2205 und das De Karel Set 466. Die SSN kam mit der 01 1075 und 23 023 mit einer Sonderfahrt aus Rotterdam. Es waren viele Personenzüge, aber auch einige Güterzüge für die Fotografen da. Eine sehr gelungene Veranstaltung an einem wunderschönen Tag.