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Castel Tirolo, situato nell’omonimo paese a 644 m di quota, è l’antico maniero da cui ebbero origine i conti del Tirolo.
Il primo insediamento fortificato risale all'XI secolo e nei secoli successivi varie fasi di costruzione ne hanno determinato l’aspetto attuale.
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Today is a black and white day at Color my World Daily and we celebrate Sliders Sunday. Since we went apple picking yesterday, I decided to go with a flying apple. Strangely enough we never had a flying apple on this photostream. And I’m not talking about levitating apples ! I’m talking about an actual apple with wings and flying… I’m truly surprised but then again my gin and tonic soaked memory is … well…soaked in gin and tonic. So without any further delay: flying apple. Be carful, not to get hit by this flying apple !!
When an apple hits you in the head you might feel a little bit disoriented or lost for a while, some hurtful childhood memories may resurface. I'm talking from personal experience...once my son hit me with an apple by accident since his abilities to throw something at a moving target with success are as good as mine… It felt like I almost got a concussion !!
Mucho, mucho amor for you all !! And see you soon !!
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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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A man is a success if he gets up in the morning
and goes to bed at night and in between
does what he wants to do
Here's just one more from Sunday's hunt. Seems like I should show at least one result of the dives anyway.
From earlier this year. One of the 3 recently fledged juvenile Common Kingfishers with a tasty (albeit tiny) fish. You have to start somewhere.
You can tell this female is a juvenile by the dark feet and the remains of the white aiming spot on the end of the bill.
Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness.
May all your wildest dreams manifest in 2023.
May you find success, happiness, and everything your heart desires. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy New year 2023!
To my darling wife ..I will love you more in 2023 and be the best that I can be . Fill your heart with love ..I adore you baby ♥♥♥
Mama Red Necked Grebe shows me her eggs for the first time. I believe there are three. I went to check the nest this morning after a lot of rain and very strong winds yesterday. Thankfully the nest is about two inches / five centimetres above the waterline and there is no rain in the forecast.
A Common Tern fishing at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California.
A graceful, black-and-white waterbird, the Common Tern is the most widespread tern in North America. It can be seen plunging from the air into water to catch small fish along rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Phalaenopsis Orchid
You may remember that back in February Erin was given an Orchid plant. Up until now I have never had any success with them, having tried many times.
It now has two new flowers and four buds that will open soon. It lives on our kitchen windowsill.
I am a long way behind today, Di had her check up with the cardiologist this morning, everything is good, but he was running late due to being held up on his hospital rounds. So I lost half the day.
A royal spoonbill catches lunch at the lagoon. It is a 4 km walk from our friends house around the lagoon and beach and back to the house but always some pictures to be taken!
Hope you have a successful Friday and thanks very much if you have time for a comment.
“If the day and the night
are such that you greet
them with joy, and life emits
a fragrance like flowers
and sweet-scented herbs, is
more elastic, more starry,
more immortal - that is
your success.”
-HENRY DAVID THOREAU
There are days when I wake up, have my coffee on the back deck or front porch, smell my garden and listen to the birds where I feel like "success". This image is from my garden using "in camera" multiple exposures.
They said I had to wear a suit to work. Who was I to deny them in this latest release from Avec Toi at the FameshedX event 10/10/22
Avec Toi seems to really know my personal style, because a corset with a white blouse is my power outfit. And now it exists in SL and I'm SO happy it does!
Success on Sgurr na Stri the day before meant that I had bonus days to tick off more minor Bucket List items. The first was Marsco, which is another very well placed mountain that is another superb vantage point to get a different view of the Black Cuillin of Skye. Marsco is the finest of the 'Red Hills', being 736 metres or 2414 feet high, with a very well defined summit ridge.
This is looking along that summit ridge towards the south top. Beyond that is the pointy peak Garbh Bheinn which has a tiny summit table and big drops all round. Connected to it by the famous Clach Glas ridge is the brooding magnificance of Bla Bheinn, surely one of the finest mountains in these Isles. Following the ridge down to the right in this picture you get all the way down to sea level at Camasunary, Loch na Creitheach and the sea loch of Loch Scavaig. The little inconsequential bump centre right is Sgurr na Stri, and from here it is hard to beleive it is such an amazing viewpoint. On the far right is Gar Bheinn, the southern end of the main Black Cuillin ridge.
As you can also see, we encountered some more usual Skye weather. The hail-storm over Garbh Bheinn and Bla Bheinn fortunately missed, but we did't stay lucky...
A grizzly bear emerges from total submersion underwater with a freshly caught salmon in its claws/jaws. For a successful hibernation the bears need to ~double their weight and an adult will eat 40 kg or more of salmon a day during the fall salmon run. Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia (best at full size).
28/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.
On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”
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What's this? The door is open...that can only mean one thing.
There's a first time for everything, and this was the first time for me seeing the Commercial's critter at the end of the line in Fridley at the Commercial Transload. I was hoping to see the Belt Job, which was a success, then noticed the CTM door was open. I was pleased to see the headlights pop on and see MNNR 80 emerge - the MLW RS23.
Small birds in flight are always challenging subjects as they move so quickly. The key here was preparation and anticipation. Using Pro capture mode shooting at 60 frames per second I pre focussed in anticipation of the area the bird would fly when leaving the bird feeder. The tricky bit is having enough dof to get the whole bird in focus as the subject moves out of the focal plane very quickly. A bit of luck is needed but I have quite a high success rate using this method
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Spent fours hours at the river yesterday watching the Juvenile Kingfishers as they honed their fishing skills ...
Caught this one as it returned to its perch after successfully catching a tiny fish ...
Stay safe out there ...
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17-6-2021
A second visit to photograph the Kingfishers at the end of April. The day started overcast with very light rain. But the brightened up slightly.
A male Kingfisher emerges from the water with a tasty Fish.
Only the male Kingfisher was seen throughout the day. But it was returning regularly to catch fish where it would dive and catch a fish for itself and then dive and catch a second fish before flying off.