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Several years ago, I connected with a family in Italy through Flickr. Over the years, Adriano, Elisabetta and Ricardo have been to the United States several times and we've been able to connect up with them in the real world, sharing hikes and meals and friendship. Well they have a new Australian Shepherd addition to their family named Sea. And despite being a young puppy, Sea saw fit to send Jasper a gift which he got to open last night. It's a soft bone constructed entirely of recycled materials making it good for his teeth as well as the planet. He's had such fun with it and it's a bit damp in the middle now 😜. Grazie Sea!
several years ago this beautiful kookaburra was trapped under my stairwell and could not get free, I picked the beautiful bird up and took him out the back of my flat and set him free in the trees, for the last few years he visits me regularly and then flies away again, thank you my friend for returning reguly and saying hello.
For several weeks I've spent quite a bit of time watching this nest. The nest is on private property so there is only one good view point to shoot from and the lighing is really challenging. After several days of trying I was finally able to get a flight catch using a higher shutter and quite a bit of exposure compensation.
Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Bark Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"Acorn Woodpeckers are medium-sized woodpeckers with straight, spike-like bills and stiff, wedge-shaped tails used for support as the birds cling to tree trunks..... Acorn Woodpeckers are very unusual woodpeckers that live in large groups, hoard acorns, and breed cooperatively. Group members gather acorns by the hundreds and wedge them into holes they’ve made in a tree trunk or telephone pole. Acorn Woodpeckers also spend considerable time catching insects on the wing. They give raucous, scratchy waka-waka calls frequently... In groups with more than one breeding female, the females put their eggs into a single nest cavity. A female usually destroys any eggs in the nest before she starts to lay, and more than one third of all eggs laid in joint nests are destroyed. Once all the females start to lay, they stop removing eggs."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Several roofs in Montreal and around the province have collapsed due to the weight of the ice and snow,, both of which we've had an overabundance of this winter - and it's not over, no matter what the calendar may say. Here are two men shovelling the snow off the roof of one of the bus garages near Sauve metro.
Several John Deere model D's from this show. They were made from 1923 to 1953.
The earliest example here with steel wheels.
September 14, 2019
Ozarks Steam Engine Association Show
Republic, Missouri
Several scythe makers were to be found on the Pießling. The scythe hammer Roßleithen still exists today as one of two plants in the Kalkalpen National Park region. The scythe factory was founded in 1540 as a scythe forge. Over the years, scythe production has been modernized and the quality of the scythe perfected. Quality scythes have been produced in Roßleithen for over 450 years and exported all over the world.
Several golden pheasants walking around freely in the Abbey Gardens give them an exotic feel as well. They even fly into trees.
Several months have passed since I have been able to visit our local nature reserve. It was well worth the visit today as I managed to get a shot of this beautiful Kingfisher as it posed near one of the hides.
Found several of these tiny geraniums along the Blue Ridge Parkway on a recent trip. They were almost too small to study with the naked eye, so I was delighted to be able to view them on my computer and to appreciate how lovely they are!
Several lionesses were gathered to drink from the Chobe River in the early morning light. Those eyes....❤️
Chobe River, Chobe National Park. Chobe, Botswana.
more to come---- I will be posting more shots from my 2025 African safari in coming days---stay posted . Here is the link to the album www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72177720326025958/
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/283616071
Jenny Pansing photos
Several flocks of American robins have been stopping by recently, to drink and bathe in the birdbath and the pond. This one was sipping melted snow on our patio. A welcome sight and a true sign that spring is on the way! Backyard bird.
One of several piers on the coast of Trat.
Koh Chang is seen in the upper left, while the coastline in the upper right belongs to the mainland part of Trat province.
Trat city is the major jumping off point to the islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Major islands in the Trat province include Koh Chang, Koh Mak and Koh Kud, which will be presented shortly.
As instructed in the photo, cars keep left in Thailand like the countries of the former British Empire territories.
Thailand traditionally prefers British English for documents written in English. A good example is Thai Airways that was named by following British Airways, not American Airlines.
It is indicative of Thailand's political situation during the colonial period: it may have been a de-facto vassal of the British Empire although it was officially a buffer state between French Indochina and British India.
Several of these packages are packed in an environmentally friendly paper bag.
Mehrere dieser Päckchen sind umweltfreundlich in einem Papierbeutel verpackt.
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
Description: There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The form it is named for has mostly crimson (red) plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. The flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges and the tail is blue above and pale blue below and on the outer feathers. Birds from northern Queensland are generally smaller and darker than southern birds. The 'Yellow Rosella' has the crimson areas replaced with light yellow and the tail more greenish. The 'Adelaide Rosella' is intermediate in colour, ranging from yellow with a reddish wash to dark orange. Otherwise, all the forms are similar in pattern. Young Crimson Rosellas have the characteristic blue cheeks, but the remainder of the body plumage is green-olive to yellowish olive (occasionally red in some areas). The young bird gradually attains the adult plumage over a period of 15 months
Similar species: The adult Crimson Rosella is similar to male Australian King-Parrots, but differs by having blue cheeks, shoulders, and tail, a whitish, rather than red, bill and a dark eye. Immature Crimson Rosellas also differ from female and immature King-Parrots by having blue cheeks, a whitish bill and a more yellow-green rather than dark green colouring.
Distribution: There are several populations of the Crimson Rosella. Red (crimson) birds occur in northern Queensland, in southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and on Kangaroo Island. Orange birds are restricted to the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, while yellow ones are found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and neighbouring rivers (where yellow birds meet red birds they hybridise, producing orange offspring). Red birds have been introduced to Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
Habitat: Throughout its range, the Crimson Rosella is commonly associated with tall eucalypt and wetter forests.
Feeding: Crimson Rosellas are normally encountered in small flocks and are easily attracted to garden seed trays. Once familiar with humans, they will accept hand held food. Natural foods include seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.
Breeding: The Crimson Rosella's nest is a tree hollow, located high in a tree, and lined with wood shavings and dust. The female alone incubates the white eggs, but both sexes care for the young. The chicks remain dependent on their parents for a further 35 days after leaving the nest.
Calls: The Crimson Rosella has a range of calls, the commonest being a two-syllabled "cussik-cussik". It also has a range of harsh screeches and metallic whistles.
Minimum Size: 32cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 34cm
Average weight: 129g
Breeding season: September to January
Clutch Size: 4 to 8 (usually 5)
Incubation: 20 days
Nestling Period: 35 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans)
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glass everywhere,
several projects undone and not going anywhere anytime soon,
dust bunnies outnumbering me,
trying to take pics but my table is full. spinning wheels trying to get things into order,
snapping away with no good results. and then a rainbow hits the floor
lay down the napkin holder and voila!
no sweat,
no thought,
no effort!
i am sure there is a spiritual lesson here
but my brain is just too cluttered to see it!
yeeeesh!
and how is your day?
Several of these have been showing but they always seem to stay well out away from the hide.
Many thanks to you ALL for the views, faves and comments you make on my shots it is very appreciated.
Several babies are in the garden, the parents call them all day long.
Plusieurs petits sont sortis du nid, les parents les appellent toute la journée, je suis fatiguée de l'entendre et oui...
Several agamas live around our house in Sri Lanka. I'm happy about them, at least more than about the annoying geckos that even come into the house and leave their tracks everywhere, or the monitor lizards that nest under the roof, make noise and attract countless ants. The agamas stay outside, are frugal and look at you curiously, as if they would be happy to see you. They are funny critters.
Actually, I rarely publish animal photos because they always look like they were from an identification book. But here I tried to give an artistic touch by bleaching the floor a lot and making the background blurry. Since I'm going to Vietnam today for almost 3 weeks, the next pictures will probably be from there.
Only one picture captured from my camera, I do not do several clicks.
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
Males are 38 to 58 cm (15 to 23 in) long and weigh on average 550 g (1.21 lb). Females are slightly larger at 47 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) in length and a mean weight of 700 g (1.5 lb). The wingspan can range from 90 to 127 cm (35 to 50 in). Adult birds can vary in mass from 460 to 930 g (1.01 to 2.05 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing bone is 28–35 cm (11–14 in) long, the tail is 16–24 cm (6.3–9.4 in) long and the tarsus is 7.5–9 cm (3.0–3.5 in).[6] Adults have brownish heads, reddish chests, and pale bellies with reddish bars. Their tails, which are quite long by Buteo standards, are marked with narrow white bars. Red "shoulders" are visible when the birds are perched. These hawks' upper parts are dark with pale spots and they have long yellow legs. Western birds may appear more red, while Florida birds are generally paler. The wings of adults are more heavily barred on the upper side. Juvenile red-shouldered hawks are most likely to be confused with juvenile broad-winged hawks, but can be distinguished by their long tails, crescent-like wing markings, and a more flapping, Accipiter-like flight style. In direct comparison, it is typically larger and longer proportioned than the Broad-wing, though is slightly smaller and more slender than most other common North American Buteos. This bird is sometimes also confused with the widespread red-tailed hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent. The Red-tail is also more likely to soar steadily, with wings in a slight dihedral.
Los Angeles. California.
The growth and development of flowers occurs over several weeks from the germination of seeds planted in a ground or container to the time in which flowers bloom. The entire process happens in about five stages for most flowers. Although flower species have varying bloom periods, the general growth and development process is basically the same for all flowers. Moderate variations in the length of time of certain stages may differ by flower species. A Sprout Is Born
The seed begins the germination process during the first five days after being planted. During day 3 of the initial growth and development stage, imbibition begins as the dry seed takes in water from the ground. Next, the root emerges from the seed coat on or about day 4. On day 5, the root begins to extend and develops a root system at one end while a stem forms at the other end. The stem starts the process of making its way upward and eventually past the soil's surface. Hey, Bud
Stage 2 is the stage when a flower's leaves develop. Leaf development usually begins on day 6 and continues to day 26. Leaves begin as tiny rosettes (leaf buds). As the stem begins growing leaves, the development of a flower's primary root structure also culminates usually sometime after day 14. Even though leaf growth does not officially happen until stage 3, the first leaf buds may begin growing after day 18 and continue until day 26. A New Leaf on Life
Leaf growth overlaps slightly between stages 2 and 3 as buds evolve into new leaf growth. But stage 3 officially marks the entire leaf growth period at around day 19. During this stage, all of the leaf buds grow until each one reaches full maturity at about day 29. It's also possible for stage 4 to begin during the latter part (day 26) of the leaf growth stage.
Beginning of the Blossom Day 26 is the day in which most flowers experience inflorescence emergence. In other words, flower buds start appearing on the stem, signifying stage 4 of development. It often occurs toward the end of stage 3 leaf growth; however, it is treated as a separate stage because the period indicates the growth and development exclusively of flowers.
Bloom Times
Stage 5 commences the flower production phase. On approximately day 31, the first flower bud opens. Additional flower buds continue opening throughout a roughly 18-day bloom period until day 49 at which point flower production typically ends.
www.hunker.com/13426298/the-stages-of-a-flower-from-seed-...
One of the several resident cuckoo's found in the country - this one is the most common of them all. Found everywhere even in the cities near clumps of trees, and often sighted flying over busy roads. A notorious nest raider, it is known for eating the eggs of the other birds and of course, a brood parasite too!
It is famous for its distinctive morning song , this brood parasite has a glossy bluish black body and hence is quite easily identified. Sightings are quite common, but getting a clear shot is tough since it mostly rests inside the canopy. We saw two of them flying over a small lake filled with reeds - place with lots of bitterns and hence this shot.
Sighted this female foraging on bushes at eye level - it didn't fly away when I was taking shots, but was comfortably hunting insects.
Many thanks in advance for your views / feedback. Please stay safe and healthy.
I have visited a grouse lek several times this spring to photograph their displays, challenges, and battles. The photos make it look like non-stop action, but in reality they spend much of the time staring each other down and waiting for some unknown signal to begin their distinctive drumming and dancing.
I've remained in my car for most of this time. It's quite rare to find a lek located right beside the road. This creates a slightly downward shooting angle, not too noticeable when using a long lens, and in fact useful because it allows a view over the tall, bunched grass. One morning, though, I decided to try slipping out of my vehicle - in full view - for some eye level shots. I did so very slowly, until I was lying flat on the ground beside my car. No grouse flew off the lek. Some, including the grouse seen here, even approached me. When it ruffled those feathers and head comb, while facing into the light, I managed this intimate, eye level portrait.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
There are several dead tree stumps exposed from a reed bed alongside a series of small lakes. They act as great vantage points for any fish or insect eaters. On this occasion, a plucky young Wagtail.
Several large rafts of American Avocets gathered in the calm water and low tide just offshore at Bolivar Flats. This group, 5 to 10 deep, extended several hundred feet along the seaward edge of a sandbar.
Several damselflies agreed to pose for me in Searight Park yesterday. This one appeared particularly eager. Familiar bluet, maybe...
There are several places known as "Secret Beach" on the Oregon coast, but this one just outside of Brookings is the best known. I now call it "Not-So-Secret-Beach" because of its popularity. It is even on Google maps. This image was shot on a previous trip to the area in 2021. The foreground was shot at dusk and the stars several hours later from the same spot. I recently reworked it from scratch.
Romalea guttata goes through several stages, like all insects. When in the nymph stage, it is smaller than in the adult stage, wingless and completely black with one or more yellow, orange or red stripes. In the adult stage, they reach 2.5–3 in (64–76 mm), grow wings half the length of their body and become either a dull yellow often characterized by black spots and markings, a bright orange with black markings, or entirely black (as in the nymph stage) with yellow or red striping. In the black adult color phase, the grasshopper is widely known by the name "diablo" or "black diablo". In Louisiana, they are known as the Devil's horse or cheval-diable. The insect is also colloquially known as a "graveyard grasshopper". In Mississippi they are known as "Giant Locust".[4]
Source: Wikipedia.org
I made several images while exploring this section of the river where fallen autumn leaves had collected on some of the larger boulders that were partially covered by water. I always enjoy how this kind of image evokes place and season without showing much of either. This leaves space for the imagination, which I feel is often more interesting than a more literal interpretation of a scene.
Nikon Z7, 24-70/2.8 S. Original photograph copyright © Simon Miles. Not to be used without permission. Thanks for looking.
I plant several pots of crocus outside about a week apart and then bring one indoors at a time to complete growing when well up in order to get a succession.but sometimes they catch each other up. I played around editing these.
Due to long-term poor health I'm unable to take on new contacts but do my best to reply to comments. Thank you so much for your interest, comments and favours on my photostream. Also for your good wishes. I send you joy and peace
Several years ago I traveled to the Holy Land. Bought this from a family of olive wood carvers that has a shop in Bethlehem.
Theme: "Olive Wood"
Thank you for taking the time to view my photo, and for the faves and comments you make, thank you.
There are several visitors to my garden every day. The bees are just one of them and they are most welcome. I did not realize that my Bleeding Hearts would be such a treat for them. My lilacs are definitely drawing them into my backyard right now. Soon it will be the lavender. The Hummingbird has been into the Bleeding hearts too but I haven't been home long enough to catch him/her yet!
Thank you in advance for all your faves and comments. I might answer several days later. And I might post other photos in the meantime.
Merci d'avance pour tous vos faves et commentaires. J'y répondrai peut-être plusieurs jours après. Et je posterai peut-être d'autres photos entre temps.
France. Alpes. Savoie. Haute Tarentaise. Massif de la Vanoise. Photo prise lors d'un aller-retour au Col de la Sachette, au départ de la petite Station de Tignes Les Boisses, via les vallons de la Sache et de la Sachette. Nous avons effectué cette rando à 2 avec notre ami de Haute Tarentaise.
Photo prise dans le Vallon de la Sachette, dans la montée au Col de la Sachette, en me retournant face à la profonde vallée de la Haute Tarentaise creusée par l'Isère.
Sur cette portion du Vallon de la Sachette, j'étais subjugué par ce décor luxuriant et je n'arrêtais pas de me retourner pour le prendre en photo, en pensant notamment à ma femme qui adore voir serpenter les ruisseaux en montagne. En plus du ruisseau et de la riche végétation, ce qui rendait ce décor si photogénique c'était aussi ces rochers que l'on voit au fond au centre (les Rochers de la Grande Parei). Et puis aussi le vide que l'on devine derrière et qui n'est autre que le lit de l'Isère. D'ailleurs, sans grande surprise le Ruisseau de la Sachette continue ensuite son court chemin jusqu'à se jeter dans l'Isère, au niveau de la Station des Brévières.
Petite anecdote : "Parei", ça se prononce "Pareille". Ça me faisait bizarre à chaque fois que mon ami le prononçait. 😉
Several hot springs near and above the waterfall warm the water. At one time, tourists went swimming at the base of the falls but erosion and the difficulty of getting to the base has caused the park service to discourage this activity.
Happy Waterfall Wednesday!
Several years ago a herd of Dartmoor ponies was introduced at Rame Head in the far south-east of Cornwall to help keep the grass and vegetation down.
The ruins of the 14th century St Michael's Chapel are on top of the headland in the left of the picture. It was here that a beacon was lit to announce the arrival of the Spanish Armada in 1588. That intended invasion failed, but the Spanish continued to launch minor attacks on the south-west of England and several Cornish villages were burned to the ground in the mid-1590s.
Sailing past Rame Head in the distance is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. The naval base at Devonport is just a few miles away on the western side of Plymouth.
Several photographers were up at Trout Lake in Yellowstone at dusk hoping to see river otters but looking for whatever else we might find. No otters, but this obliging muskrat swam up to the otter log with a mouthful of greens and entertained us.
Today we arrive to the Landze church which is located in rural country side on the bank of river Venta. It's open several times a year and Christmas is one of them
The more than 300-year-old Landze Lutheran Church is located near Piltene, in a very picturesque place on the banks of the Venta. The landscape around the church is complemented by a grove of old lindens (there are 7 large lindens here, the circumference of the thickest tree is 6.4 m - it was a beehive tree, the trunk has large knots). An alley leads to the Landze church from the rectory (former boarding house building), where a pear tree with a circumference of 2 m also grows.
The Baltic German poet and translator Kārlis Hugenberger (1784 – 1860) spent his childhood in the Landze rectory. There are ancient burials near the church. Former parish priest of Landze, theologian and historian Teodors Kallmejers (1809 – 1859) is buried here. To the southeast of the church is an ancient cemetery.
Landze is believed to be one of two churches that were built as part of a treaty concluded in 1252 between the Bishopric of Courland and the Livonian Order on its Vinda (Ventava) lands. It existed already in Catholic times, since Jakob Polen founded a vicaria in it in 1518 in honor of the Virgin Mary. The gift was approved by the Master of the Order Walter von Plettenberg. But by the time Gotthard Kettler came to power, it had already collapsed, because by order of February 28, 1567, he ordered the construction of a church in Landze as well.
Probably built a wooden church in 1609 it was still in relatively good condition, only, presumably, initially it was without a tower, since in 1678 the bells hung, as is understood from the descriptions, in a separately standing tower.
In 1700, a tower was built and in 1703 the bells found their place in the tower that stood in the churchyard. The documents of 1712 say that the church is quite new, she has a tiled roof, a red-painted tower strewn with tin, holding two metal bells. The church has new benches, an altar and a chair. This tower threatens to invade as early as 1737. In 1744, by order of the duke, a significant redevelopment is carried out. The tower is demolished and built from the very foundation. It was originally made of wood, in 1776 Christopher Dittrich, Georg von Medem, the renter of the Zūras, orders the construction of a new one from stones. The final restoration work was carried out by Gustav von Lambsdorf, Count of Zūras, in 1847–1848 and finally in 1878 and 1909.
The pastoral lodge is believed to have been founded by Duke Gotthard and suffered greatly from the leaching of the Venta coast. The pastorate's lands were declining until finally 19.gs. in the first half, Count von Lambsdorf, the owner of the Zurs, allocates significant areas of land and restored the pastoral mansion to its former extent. Venta leachates in the 18th century. The pastorate, who was then south of the church, was also threatened, as in 1788 the pastorate had to be relocated and installed north of the church.
Several for the price of one! On passing one of my new buddleja, I thought these were specs of bird poo and flicked it off. Buzz www.flickr.com/photos/orangebuzz2000 enlightened me that they were in fact weevils!! Doh :)