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It's not just Bastian, but Rags and Caithlin also feels responsibility for the garden and checks the gate each morning...
Dushara Cathal Caithlin & Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cats), 11.05.2023.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Bastian offers Rags a respectful kiss on the garden path...
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cat) and Bastian (mixed breed) 18.06.2022.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
(Struthio molybdophanes) B28I7077 Samburu NP - Central Kenya
The Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), also known as the Blue-necked Ostrich, is bird native to the Horn of Africa. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common ostrich, but was identified as a distinct species in 2014.
Posted for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Whiskers".
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 23.01.2025
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Queen Caithlin with her favourite human, my wife Lene...
Posted for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Eyes or feet close-up"
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 17.11.2024
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
The cousins enjoying a sunny spring day.
Dushara Cathal Caithlin & Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cats), 06.04.2024.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Last night my Dell PC was very suddenly broken... just can see black on display, no any error code no logo. So today I did all photo data rescue, because recent 3 years photo data was in the PC only, not backed up in others. Now I safely finished rescue all the data.
Please be sure data back up!!
A funny name for a special animal. The species is considered as critically endangered as there are probably less than 700 animals left in the wild. Therefore the animals at the zoo are even more important to prevent the species from extinction.
Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), also known as the blue-necked ostrich. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya, Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable
A Somali Puff Adder. This species is responsible for more bite fatalities than any other snake in Africa, mostly because they are widely distributed and a little bit grumpy!
Caithlin and Rags in the big bed.
Dushara Cathal Caithlin & Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cats), 28.10.2019.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), also known as the Somali giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe native to Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. Reticulated giraffes can interbreed with other giraffe subspecies in captivity or if they come into contact with populations of other subspecies in the wild.
The reticulated giraffe is among the most well-known of the nine giraffe subspecies. Together with the Rothschild giraffe, it is by far the giraffe most commonly seen in zoos. Its coat consists of large, polygonal, liver-colored spots outlined by a network of bright-white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs.
The extraordinary height of the Reticulated Giraffe allows them to browse on branches of trees that other hoofed animals cannot reach. This has helped make the Reticulated Giraffe one of the most successful animals of the African savannah. The Reticulated Giraffe feeds mainly on Acacia and Combretum trees, however, it will eat as many as 100 different plants depending on which are available at the time.
The Reticulated Giraffe gets a large amount of water from the dew on the leaves and from the water in the leaves. When it encounters a watering hole, it will drink up to 12 gallons at one time. – Wikipedia
Our two little lions sunning in the garden.
Dushara Tatters and Rags & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cats), 17.06.2019
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Lewa Conservancy, Kenya
Similar to the Common Ostrich but the male has blue grey coloring instead of pink on the legs and neck in the breeding season. The plumage is also blacker. This is one of a pair of males that came into a watering hole at our camp.
Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), also known as the blue-necked ostrich. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya, Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Well I typed its scientific name into Flickr and only found 41 photographs, which isn't that many really, so I thought I'd add my photo. Somali Bunting is found in dry, scrubby savannah in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda). It sometimes goes by the name of Somali Golden-breasted Bunting. It is in the same genus as the British Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer, and is a similar size and shape to these. For a bird with a fantastic black and white striped head, and a dazzling yellow breast, its scientific name Emberiza poliopleura seems a little odd as it translates as "grey-flanked Bunting". It would be a bit like naming Yellowhammer after its brown rump while ignoring its arresting yellow plumage. I photographed this bird at Awash in Ethiopia and it was distracted at the time as it was busy with lots of other small birds mobbing this Saw-scaled Viper: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/32784963724/in/album-721...
Two Somalis enjoying the morning sun while watching over their garden...
Dushara Tatters and Rags & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somalis), 07.09.2015
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
The play was eccentric. It was funny and engaging. It was the highlight of the London Somali Week Festival at Oxford House. The acting crew were very skilled to deliver the play. I hope to see more.
Dushara Burning Red Ivanhoe (Somali), 17.06.2007
Videos at www.youtube.com/user/FinnFrodeHansen.
Home page: www.raarup.eu
Olympus Digital Camera
I might be offline a little while so here's a last upload for today.
A gathering of Somali Ostrich look as though they are trying to make up their minds as to9 what to do next.
Photographed in the Amboseli National Park.
.أصدقآء ينآدون أين المفر ؟
ويصيحون في نبرة ذآبله
ويموتون في وحدة قآتله
أصدقآء .. جيآع ، حفآة ، عرآه
لفظتهم شفآه الحيآه
إنهم أشقيآء
فلنكن أصدقآء
حتى لو بالدعآء
Somalia really need us .. let's do something for them :(
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يآ أهنن ويآ سهنن .. الفككرة كآنت على بآلي من كم يوم ونفذتهآ طبعاً مآ طلعت بالنتيجة اللي تخيلتهآ لأن الأطفآل عذبووووووووني مآ ضبطوآ الموقف صح هع ،، المهم شكراً لهم وشكراً لأختي ^^ .. أتمنى تروق لذآئقتكم
ويآ قهري على الكوآليتي اللي يضيع >< .. مآ أعرف ليشش هيك
(F) والله يسآعد اخوآننآ في الصومآل
اضغط على الصورة عشآن تطلع بششكل أفضل -
Somali wild ass (Somali-Wildesel, Equus africanus somaliensis), seen in Basel Zoo, Switzerland.
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shoot this photo while documenting the Directaid work in Somalia showing our flag and organization logo
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من قلب الحدث تبرعاتكم وصلت يا اهل الخير من خلال جمعية العون المباشر لأمس الناس حاجة في الصومال
تم التقاط الصورة اثناء توثيق اعمال الإغاثة التي تقوم بها جمعية العون المباشر
لمزيد من المعلومات والتبرع
In Diergaarde Blijdorp leeft de Somalische giraffe, ook wel bekend als de netgiraffe, te herkennen aan het netvormige vlekkenpatroon. Al vanaf 1941 staan ze afgebeeld in het logo van Blijdorp. Naast Somalië komt deze soort ook voor in Noord-Kenia en Zuid-Ethiopië.
Rotterdam, Nederland
The Somali giraffe, also known as the reticulated giraffe, lives in the Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp). Since 1941 they have been depicted in the Blijdorp logo. They can be recognized by the reticulate spot pattern. In addition to Somalia, this species is also found in Northern Kenya and South Ethiopia.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I took this photo just before lunch, while sitting on a bench and watching traffic go past. I was annoyed by the presence of the telephone lines, but I thought the contrast between the bare-shirted cyclist and the formality of the church was interesting...
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In August 2015, I had the great pleasure of taking a week-long photography workshop in Rockport, Maine under the tutelage of Peter Turnley. Its main theme was street photography, and we made several visits to working-class neighborhoods in several Maine towns where (unbeknownst to me) there are large populations of working-class immigrants from Somalia, Sierra Leone, and various other countries around the world.
Most of our “field” exercises were carried out in pairs, threesomes, or foursomes; and in many cases, we were lucky enough to follow along behind Peter Turnley and watch his amazing style and techniques. The photos in this set were taken on such a field-exercise, in a working-class neighborhood of Portland, Maine.
UNDER THE RED CLOUDS
Quando il Monsone impertinente spazza il deserto, le nuvole si caricano di un colore inquietante, l'aria si satura del profumo dell' al-lubaan e l'oceano sbianca, umiliato.
E, nella terra di Punkt, per molti giorni, si dimenticano le cattiverie delle guerre mai finite.
www.viacolvento.eu/bachecadelvento/africa/1986.somalia/sc...
When the saucy Monsoon sweeps the desert, the clouds overburden themselves with a warrying colour, the air becames saturated by the al-lubaan fragrance and the ocean grows pale, mortified.
And, in the Punkt's land, for a few days, people forget the wickednesses of neverended wars.
Snow White and Rags are watching birds in the garden. Caithlin is training the harness, so that we can take her out on a leash later today.
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali), Snow White (mixed breed) and Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali). 18.04.2014.
Videos at www.youtube.com/user/FinnFrodeHansen.
Home page: www.raarup.eu
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
A Somali Bee-eater keeps watch for any flying bugs nearby, it's bright colours standing out in contrast to the endless dust and sand of Samburu Park, Kenya.
World: Africa: widely distributed S of 15°N although absent from dry areas of E Somalia and the SW, much of South Africa and the equatorial lowland forests of the W.
Kenya: Found in open and lightly wooded game country up to 3000m, mostly absent from the coast and from W Kenya.
White-headed Vultures occur singly or in pairs and are often the first to arrive at a carcass. Like the Lappet-faced Vulture they are able to eat skin, ligament and bones however, unlike the Lappet-faced Vulture they are "clean" feeders (ie they do not get blood on their feathers when they feed). Although they get to a kill first they tend to feed on scraps dropped by, or stolen from, other raptors. They take these to one side, eating them away from the main huddle. They also take stranded fish, termites and locusts when they can find them.