Kite Aerial Photography (KAP)
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in the twilight, gently.../ Svävande, vid skymningen, sakteligen.../ Suspendida, al atardecer, suavemente...(DSC_6861-3)
So many beautiful hot air balloon photos have been showing up in Flickr, I just had to add one myself ; )
Wishing you all a beautiful and safe weekend <3* ♥♥♥
Photo Location ~ Lavender Lake
This is another shot from one of the concerts up on the mountain. I was standing on the suspension bridge (no hands!) to get this shot as the evening sun was lighting up the wire rails, and people on the deck became silhouettes.
25:52 - Dawn or dusk, your choice
... above a golden sea
Location: Retrospect
Ƭυηє ♬ ♬ The End of the World ♬
♬ ♬ ... 'If the end of the world was near
Where would you choose to be?
If there was five more minutes of air
Would you panic and hide
Or run for your life
Or stand here and spend them with me
If we had five more minutes
Would I, could I, make you happy?
...And we would live again
In the simplest of ways
Living day after day
Like some primal animals
We would love again
Under glorious suns
With the freedom that comes with the truth' ... ♬ ♬
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- Violent Seduction - Hemera outfit -> Violent Seduction Mainstore
- Foxy - Gemini Hair -> Kustom9 Event April 20
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
This wasp was trapped in a spider's web. If you look closely you can just see one of the the silken threads. I managed to photograph it just before it managed to break free and fly off.
Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.
(281/365) Close up on my iPhone of early morning dew drops suspended in a sheet web. There are hundreds of such webs decorating the Gorse bushes in our garden. For my new group Gorgeous Golden Gorse new members welcome
As much as we love a good legend, in 1948, Bellaire confessed that he and a poet of sorts from the Western U.P. made up the various Indian legends of Big Springs themselves.
Bellaire was the one who sold the Big Spring and surrounding area to the state of Michigan for $10 in 1926.
This shall be the last image of Kitch-iti-kipi for the time being; thank you for your visit!
Captured this image just as the great blue heron was returning home with more nesting material, They just keep flying back and forth until the job is finally completed !! Amazing builders for sure !!
Wishing you a lovely and blessed day !!!!!!!!
Japan
Just something a little different from my usual. This leaf is literally suspended from a spider web. It was blowing around in the breeze a lot and was quite a challenge for my old Nikon D60 to focus on, but this one came out pretty well.
As pointed out by my Flickr friend Leon, the droplets below the leaf are held in a spiders web. It is a stunning miracle of nature.
Thanks for visiting.
You take care out there....
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. Henry James
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