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Patagonia, Chile
Vanellus chilensis
Chileense kievit
Vanneau téro
Bronzekiebitz
AvefrÃa Tero / Queltehue / Tero común
Pavoncella del Sudamerica
Quero-quero
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Aulacorhynchus albivitta
(Southern Emerald toucanet / Tucancito Esmeralda)
Like other toucans, the Emerald Toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill. The adult is 30–35 cm (12–14 in) long. The sexes are alike in appearance, although the female generally is smaller and slightly shorter-billed.
The Emerald Toucanet is a generally common in humid forest and woodland, mainly at higher elevations.
Wikipedia
Shot from a moving helicopter! It's lucky I have anything in the frame and the horizon level!
When I was in New Zealand, I took a helicopter ride (my first ever) to land at the Franz Joseph Glacier and do a flyby of the Fox Glacier. The mountains shown in the picture are either part of Mount Cook or Mount Tasman, the highest mountains of the Southern Alps.
Lake Manyara NP, Tanzania
The largest hornbill in the world.
A ground dwelling bird that lives in pairs or in small groups in savanna or in woodland.
They have a loud booming call that is typically heard in the morning.
Beautiful in flight when the white parts of the wings are visible
Southern Ground-Hornbill or Ground Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
zuidelijke hoornraaf
Bucorve du Sud
Rotgesicht-Hornrabe
Cálao Terrestre Sureño
Bucorvo meridionale
Calau-gigante
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NS 110 holds the main at New Baden, IL, awaiting the imminent arrival of eastbound train 167. Although traffic on Norfolk Southern's "Southern-West" District is way down, a victim of TOP-21, the railroad's version of PSR, you can still count (mostly) on some typical traffic patterns...and this is one of them.
Species: Lanius meridionalis.
Location: Canary Islands, Spain.
Southern grey shrike and Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) are now recognised as different species. Not only do they differ in some plumage details, but also in size, voice, behaviour and favoured habitat.
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The southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the southern caracara or carancho, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. As presently defined, the southern crested caracara is restricted to central and southern South America. It formerly included the northern crested caracara (C. cheriway) of the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America, and the extinct Guadalupe caracara (C. lutosa) as subspecies. As its relatives, it was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus.
The Darran mountain range lies beneath the Homer Saddle. The Homer Tunnel was dug by hand and took 18 years to complete.
Explore September 6, 2022 (#184)
HFF!
Finally, an image I didn't have to add clouds to. More of southern Illinois country side.
Update on my stolen images. That person has been kicked out of flickr. I was happily surprised at how fast yahoo acted. Also, I've tighten my security on flickr and made it harder for anyone do download my images. Thanks for all the support I received form everyone.
It was a wet and miserable morning when we drove across the Monaro high plain. Yet the rain, mist, light and wonderful colours transformed it into a superb photo opportunity and a journey of discovery.
At times, we thought we were in a real rally: our 4X4 drivers gave the impression to race, the odometer exceeded the 90 km/h (56 mph) on the track, all in the middle of clouds of dust.
I was never afraid, however, because they drove very well, and the 4x4 were so well suspended that we were practically not shaken.
Here, our driver had started with a bang and got a little ahead. Then, he had the good idea to stop us at the top of a hill, the time to make us admire 2 other cars of our expedition that were rushing behind us to catch up with us.
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Le rallye
Par moment, on se serait cru dans un vrai rallye : nos chauffeurs de 4X4 donnaient l'impression de se faire la course, le compteur kilométrique dépassait allègrement les 90 km/h sur la piste, tout cela au milieu de nuages de poussière.
Je n'ai cependant jamais eu peur, car ils conduisaient très bien , et les 4x4 étaient tellement bien suspendus qu'on n'était pratiquement pas secoués.
Ici, notre chauffeur avait démarré en fanfare et pris un peu d'avance. Puis , il avait eu la bonne idée de nous arrêter en haut d'une côte, le temps de nous faire admirer 2 autres bolides de notre expédition qui fonçaient derrière nous pour nous rattraper.
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Désert Sud Lipez - Bolivie / Southern Lipez desert - Bolivia
Usually found in warm temperate and subtropical areas, it is probably native to southern Africa. It is familiar elsewhere, particularly the coastline of western North America, where it is an introduced invasive species that has taken hold and become commonplace. It is also found, and naturalized, in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Australia, Spain, Southern England and New Zealand. Grown in sunny conditions, it is normally found within coastal dunes and bluffs, margins of estuaries, along roadsides; at elevations from sea level to 100 meters along the southern Pacific Coast of North America. (Source: Wikipedia))
Come over to Southern Roots and participate in #AdamsPhotoChallenge, #AdamsHolidayGiftExchange, SL's Top Christmas Sims Hunt or just walk around enjoying all the Holiday Spirit Throughout! Hope to see you soon!
LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Miller%20Creek/135/165/24
Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara
Falconidae (FamÃlia)
Pássaro Silvestre
Jardim Botânico de BrasÃlia
BrasÃlia, Brasil
We've come a long way from debutants and cotillion balls.
I have started a new series for experimental portraits. I hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun making them.
I am thankful for all my friends and their eager cooperation.
I am also thankful for your support.
Models: Jessica, Melinda, Deborah, Amanda, and Karen.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
This wasn't staged. She just happened to come by when I was taking the picture. This is a remote canyon in Southern California.
A beautiful pair of Southern Marsh orchids (Dachtylorhiza praetermissa) hiding in tall grass. Lower Moor Farm NR, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, England, UK
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Star trails and gum tree.
Red glow from campfire on the gum tree.
Gawler Ranges Eyre Peninsula South Australia.
Southern Jeløy sunrise shot from a multicopter
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