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Since I’ve been busy with Holiday “Make Work” (that is activities that really don't produce anything but inner happiness, such as putting up Holiday Lights and Decorations) I had to dig through my archives to find this photo :-)
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The Beswick Wren:
Bewick’s Wren are noisy hyperactive little birds with bold white eyebrows. These master vocalists belt out a string of short whistles, warbles, burrs, and trills to attract mates and defend their territory, or scold visitors with raspy calls.
Bewick’s Wrens are still fairly common in much of western North America, but they have virtually disappeared from the East. The severe declines of Bewick's Wren in the eastern United States coincides with range expansion in the House Wren. It is suspected that the House Wren, which frequently removes eggs from nests in cavities, was directly responsible for the decline.
Courting Bewick’s Wrens normally form monogamous pairs. While they’re setting up house and even after the female has begun incubating eggs, the male and female often forage together. This may help the male prevent his partner from mating with another bird.
A young male Bewick’s Wren learns to sing from neighboring adult males while he is coming of age in his parents’ territory. The songs he develops differ from his father’s, with a note changed here, a syllable there. The melodious signature he acquires between the ages of about 30 and 60 days will be his for life.
A Bewick’s Wren’s life starts off perilously. House Wrens may eject eggs from its nest; both eggs and nestlings can become lunch for rat snakes and milk snakes, and domestic cats go after nestlings. Adulthood isn’t safe either: mature birds can fall prey to roadrunners, rattlesnakes, or hawks.
The oldest recorded Bewick's Wren was at least 8 years old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in California in 1986. It was banded in the same state in 1978.
(The Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
(Nikon Z6, 500 mm + TC 1.4, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO 3200, processed to taste)
to-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
- Macbeth
if i named something nonexistent
and from nothing created something
or even the edifying beginning of all things
what would i call it?
what syllables of light out of an wiped out voice
beams clarity into silence?
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“Sweetheart, darling, dearest,
it was funny to think that these endearments,
which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books,
now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other.
They were words only the heart could hear and understand,
words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly,
Blog Post
colourful cover
lined pages inside
new book hand-writing
for Saturday Self-Challenge: new
gratitude for all visits
A new species of ray was discovered yesterday swimming above a coral reef off the California coast. Scientists are flabbergasted at its bright yellow color that radiates even in the evening blue of the Pacific Ocean. The internet has already dubbed the creature a “Sunray” because of its astonishing resemblance to a sunflower, although its scientific name will probably have considerably more syllables.
Instead of the usual whip-like tail, this new species has a fan of petal-like extensions which the Sunray uses to help propel it through the water. It is not yet known how or where it mates since only one specimen has so far been found. Ichthyologists are searching for evidence of more of these rare creatures and hope to have additional information to impart in the near future. Stay tuned!
Created for the Award Tree's "Sunflower Magic Challenge."
Credits: background is mine; sunflower and eyes via CleanPNG.com. Distorted and constructed in Filter Forge and Photoshop.
a hazy sun
light on the water
a distant shoreline
for: Thursday monochrome (Donnerstagsmonochrom)
so many thanks for all visits
This duck is indigenous to the southern part of South America, where it is found on freshwater lakes, marshes, shallow lagoons and slow flowing rivers.
This duck is indigenous to the southern part of South America, where it is found on freshwater lakes, marshes, shallow lagoons and slow flowing rivers.
The Chiloé Wigeon is a very popular bird in collections of wildfowl. In common with most southern hemisphere ducks, the plumage is similar in both sexes and it stays in colour year-round. It is undemanding and relatively peaceable, with a melodious three-syllable whistle. The scientific name, sibilatrix, derives from Latin, sibilare — to whistle.
silently watching
across Southampton water
shifting clouds and sky
for Thursday monochrome (Donnerstagsmonochrom)
head in air feet in water
multi-coloured reflections
a burnt orange swamp cypress
gratitude for all visits, faves and comments
Parque, Playa de las Américas, Tenerife
What3Words
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The Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) is a highly adaptable, medium-sized bird known for its rapid global expansion. Originally native to warmer regions of Asia, it has become a common sight in urban, suburban, and agricultural areas across Europe and North America.
Key Identification Features
Appearance:
They have a plump, sandy-gray or buff-colored body with a distinctive black half-collar on the nape of the neck.
Distinctive Tail:
Unlike the pointed tail of a Mourning Dove, the Eurasian collared dove has a broad, squared-off tail with large white patches at the corners.
Eyes and Bill:
Adults possess striking dark red eyes and a thin black bill.
Vocalizations:
Their primary call is a rhythmic, three-syllable coo (koo-KOO-kook) with the middle syllable emphasized. They also emit a harsh, nasal screeching sound just before landing.
Behavior and Diet
Diet:
These birds are primarily granivores, feeding on seeds, grains, and cereal crops, though they occasionally eat berries and small insects. They are frequent visitors to backyard bird feeders, where they often forage on the ground.
Territoriality:
They can be aggressive competitors at feeding stations, often chasing away smaller birds or native species like the Mourning Dove.
Flight Display:
Males perform a ritualized mating flight, flying nearly vertically before gliding down in a spiral with fanned tails.
Breeding and Life Cycle
Rapid Reproduction:
A monogamous pair can raise up to six broods per year in warmer climates.
Nesting:
They build simple, often flimsy platform nests made of twigs in trees, on buildings, or even on man-made structures like satellite dishes.
Parental Care:
Both parents share incubation duties and feed their young "crop milk," a nutrient-rich fluid secreted from their esophagus.
Global Colonization
The species is famous in ornithology for its "leapfrog" colonization style—new populations often spring up hundreds of miles away and eventually "backfill" the space in between. After being introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s, they reached Florida by the 1980s and have since spread across most of the continental United States and into Canada.
South Staffordshire Railway Walk (Himley)
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The Great Tit (Parus major) is a widespread, common, and adaptable songbird known for its bright plumage, distinctive calls, and bold behavior in gardens, parks, and woodlands across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Identification
Great tits are the largest members of the tit family in their range and are easily recognizable.
Plumage:
They have a striking glossy black head and bib, prominent white cheeks, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts with a bold black stripe running down the center of the breast and belly.
Sexual Dimorphism:
Males have a broader and more prominent black stripe down the belly than females, a feature used by females to assess a mate's quality.
Juveniles:
Young birds have a similar pattern to adults but with duller, more subdued colors and yellowish-white cheeks.
Habitat and Behavior:
Originally woodland birds, great tits have successfully adapted to human-modified environments like parks, gardens, and urban areas. They are common garden visitors and readily use garden nest boxes.
Vocalization:
They have a large and varied repertoire of calls, the most familiar being a high-pitched, two-syllable "teacher-teacher" or "tsee-dee" song, often heard in the spring.
Diet:
They are opportunistic omnivores. In spring and summer, their diet primarily consists of protein-rich insects and spiders, especially caterpillars for their young. In autumn and winter, they switch to seeds, nuts (like beechmast and hazelnuts), and berries, and are frequent visitors to bird feeders for suet, peanuts, and sunflower seeds.
Intelligence:
Great tits are known for their problem-solving abilities and intelligence. Historically, they learned to break the foil caps of milk bottles to get the cream, and in lab settings, they can figure out how to get food from puzzles. In rare instances, they have been recorded preying on hibernating bats in winter when food is scarce.
Nesting
Great tits are monogamous during the breeding season. They are cavity nesters, building a cup-shaped nest of moss, grass, and hair in tree holes, rock crevices, or nest boxes. The female incubates a clutch of 5-12 eggs alone, but both parents feed the chicks, which fledge after 16–22 days.
The great tit (Parus major) is a common, widespread, and adaptable bird found across Europe and parts of Asia, well known as a frequent visitor to garden bird feeders. It is the largest member of the tit family in the UK.
Key Characteristics
Appearance:
The great tit has a striking appearance with a glossy black head, prominent white cheeks, an olive-green back, and bright yellow underparts with a bold black stripe running down its breast. Males typically have a wider and brighter black stripe than females, which serves as an indicator of their status and reproductive fitness.
Size:
It measures about 14 cm (5.5 inches) in length with a wingspan of roughly 24 cm (9.4 inches).
Song/Call:
Great tits are very vocal and have a wide range of calls. Their most familiar and distinctive song is a repetitive, high-pitched two-syllable call, often described as sounding like a bicycle pump or "teacher, teacher".
Habitat:
While their natural habitat is mature deciduous woodland, they have adapted well to human-modified environments like parks, gardens, and urban areas. They are cavity nesters, using holes in trees or readily available nest boxes.
Diet and Behavior
Great tits are opportunistic and intelligent feeders. Their diet varies seasonally:
Summer:
They primarily eat insects, spiders, caterpillars, and other invertebrates, which provide essential protein for their chicks.
Winter:
When insects are scarce, they switch to seeds, nuts (such as sunflower seeds and peanuts), and berries, often visiting bird tables and feeders. They use a "hold-hammering" method, holding large food items with their feet and striking them with their bill to break them open.
Their intelligence has led to interesting behaviors, such as learning to break the foil caps of doorstep milk bottles to access the cream in the early 20th century. In winter, when food is extremely scarce, they have even been recorded preying on hibernating bats.
Population and Study:
The great tit population is widespread and currently categorized as a species of Least Concern by the IUCN. The species is a significant subject in ornithology, with the Wytham Woods Great Tit project at the University of Oxford being one of the longest continuous studies of an individually-marked animal population in the world, running for over 75 years.
Highgate Common Staffordshire
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The Great Tit (Parus major) is a widespread and familiar songbird across Europe and parts of Asia, known for its bright plumage, adaptability, and frequent visits to garden feeders.
Appearance: The Great Tit is the largest of the tits found in the UK, measuring around 14 cm in length. It has a striking, glossy black head with large white cheek patches. The back is an olive-green, wings are bluish-grey with a white bar, and the underparts are bright yellow with a distinctive broad black stripe running down the centre of the breast and belly. Males have a wider, more prominent black stripe than females.
Voice: They have a loud and varied repertoire of calls. Their most recognizable song is a repetitive, high-pitched two-syllable call, often described as sounding like a squeaky bicycle pump or the words "teacher-teacher".
Intelligence: Great Tits are considered highly intelligent and resourceful. They can solve problems, have been observed using conifer needles as tools to extract insect larvae, and famously learned to break the foil caps of doorstep milk bottles to get the cream in 20th-century Britain.
Habitat and Diet: Great Tits are highly adaptable and can be found in a variety of habitats, including woodlands, parks, gardens, orchards, and farmlands, as long as there are trees or shrubs available. They are common garden visitors and readily use human-provided food sources.
Their diet varies by season:
Breeding Season: They primarily feed on protein-rich insects and other invertebrates, such as caterpillars, spiders, and beetles, which are essential for feeding their chicks.
Winter: When insects are scarce, their diet shifts to seeds (especially from beech and hazel trees), nuts, and berries. They are frequent visitors to bird feeders, where they enjoy sunflower seeds, peanuts, and suet.
in their frilly petticoats
many bright colours
standing so tall and steadfast
for: Sliders Sunday
heartfelt thanks for all visits
white and green
cathedral flowers
chrysanths and catkins
thank you, as always, for all visits and comments
yellow bright
bringing joy
to a cold day
a summer rose
And a diary note for today:
We are having extensive repairs to our house roof. The recent continual rain caused us problems worrying how the work could go ahead. But suddenly the weather forecast changed to predicting cold but sunny weather.
And then the very first night the men had started work, it snowed here, which is highly unusual. Fortunately, just the slightest covering of fresh white was left in the morning which soon melted.
posting for Mittwochsmakro - Wednesday Macro
faces to the sun
yellow and green
warmth and summer joy
for: Sliders Sunday
gratitude for all your visits
Happy Sunday !
“Punk enabled you to say ‘fuck you’, but it couldn’t go any further. It was a single, venomous, two-syllable phrase of anger. Sooner or later, someone was going to say more; someone was going to want to say ‘I’m fucked.’” (Tony Wilson, 2007)
That someone was Joy Division.
Album 1, Side 1, Track 1 - Disorder. youtu.be/fhCLalLXHP4
Without passion, even the rebellion is boring.
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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there is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable.
I love. I have loved. I will love.
audrey niffenegger
The killdeer is a large plover found in the Americas. Its shrill, two-syllable call is often heard, sounding like "kill deer". It was described and given its current scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. Three subspecies are described. Wikipedia
Thanks to everyone that views and comments on my images - very much appreciated.
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Sony ILCE-7RM5
Turns out I've been saying this wrong, too, according to Google. It's kleh'·muh·tuhs, with the accent on the first syllable not the second.
Morning twilight at Mono Lake. This is a five frame HDR exposure, each 1 stop apart. Be careful how you place the emphasis on the syllables when speaking the title in polite company. Mono Lake, California, July 2021
Best viewed large. All rights reserved.
A rather backlight Wildebeest, also known as a Gnu. The 'G' is silent, but following the very popular song by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann in the 1960s, the 'G' is usually sounded as a separate syllable by many English speakers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw&list=RDOPgo6s1lBb...
I had hoped to see herds of Wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains, as envisaged by Basil Fawlty, but we only saw a handful, quietly grazing.
Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group Mixmaster Challenge #43
CHEF skagitrenee urges us to become poets – in word and image!
➤ Your image must be an open-card-style diptych (not just side-by-side panels … see first two entries below for examples).
➤ Your diptych must portray an illustrated, self-created HAIKU OF EXACTLY 17 SYLLABLES** with the haiku on one side panel and the illustration on the other (though it’s okay if your illustration bleeds onto the haiku side).
➤ Your illustration must include purple and/or blue flower(s).
➤Also one or more black or dark-colored silhouettes (human and/or animal).
➤ NO WATER of any kind.
All photos, textures and words used are my own. Manipulated in Topaz and Photoshop.
Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.
All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way. You may NOT download this image without written permission from lemon~art.
a rainy day
in the garden
a pink fuchsia
for:
Happy Fence Friday!
Octubre Rosa/Pink October
Freitagsblümchen - friday flora
It's Winter. No pollinating insects around. So how do flowering plants reproduce now?
Well, Purple Deadnettle - and similar winter-flowering kinds - have developed a way around insect necessities. That mechanism is called by a 'learned' word: cleistogamy. It's from Ancient Greek and means something like 'hidden reproduction'. The English has so many syllables you might rather want to use 'cleistogamy'...
So what happens? Often in Winter Lamium flowers don't open up at all and within themselves their own pollen and ovules are united to form seed. That reproductive process is thus hidden from 'the public' and from the today's very low and weak Sun, and from the cold north wind.
Path Solo | Max Richter
youtu.be/gW6QQwTrbK4?si=vrUuU8nnih7X0vGh
Between going and staying the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.
The circular afternoon is now a bay
where the world in stillness rocks.
All is visible and all elusive,
all is near and can't be touched.
Paper, book, pencil, glass,
rest in the shade of their names.
Time throbbing in my temples repeats
the same unchanging syllable of blood.
The light turns the indifferent wall
into a ghostly theater of reflections.
I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.
The moment scatters. Motionless,
I stay and go: I am a pause.
-by Octavio Paz
A field of sunflowers with added "paint" through Topaz Impression. If, by chance, you happen to look at my tag words and wonder why "Italy" is in there, it's because this field is near a very small country town in Texas called Italy. I guess they wanted to be distinctive so they call themselves "It-ly" in the spoken word, with an accent on the first syllable, It. Sounds pretty corny to me. I didn't name it, and I wouldn't call it that. I would call it how it's spelled, but I don't live there ;-) Anyway, they had a nice field of sunny sunflowers ;-)) Have a cheerful, sunny week.
Music is the soothing saint
Use me to feel all your pain
I'm all yours
Music, I'm your dearest friend
I'm here when there's nothing left
I'm your score
These syllables are daffodils
And dollar bills
From the bottom of my heart
To you, poor soul
And with each note you know
With each chord, each crescendo
Yeah, I won't let you down
We're together now
Music, I'll be your retreat
Come now, you'll be safe with me
I'm yours
These syllables are daffodils
And dollar bills
From the bottom of my heart
To you, poor soul
And with each note you know
With each chord, each crescendo
No, I won't let you down
We're together now
The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and You—beside—
The Brain is deeper than the sea—
For—hold them—Blue to Blue—
The one the other will absorb—
As Sponges—Buckets—do—
The Brain is just the weight of God—
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—
And they will differ—if they do—
As Syllable from Sound—
~EMILY DICKINSON
No one sees
the shapes we carry
through the blur of this world—
bodies of memory trailing behind us
like liquid echoes
bending light.
They walk with us,
those unfinished thoughts,
those broken syllables
never spoken aloud.
No one knows
what storms gather quietly
just behind our eyes,
how often we speak
without sound,
how love once burned
and now hums low
like a sacred drum
beneath the skin.
This is not a cry,
not a scream.
It is the silence
between footsteps,
the ripple beneath the surface,
the trembling thread
between being
and being seen.
by bes~•
Hand painted wooden owl and it's mirrored reflection.
A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness and also in quantity (length). They are usually voiced and are closely involved in prosodic variation such as tone, intonation and stress.
The word vowel comes from the Latin word vocalis, meaning "vocal". In English, the word vowel is commonly used to refer both to vowel sounds and to the written symbols that represent them (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y).
Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes.
In rhetoric, eunoia, in ancient Greek 'well mind; beautiful thinking' is the goodwill a speaker cultivates between themselves and their audience, a condition of receptivity. In Book VIII of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle uses the term to refer to the kind and benevolent feelings of goodwill a spouse has which form the basis for the ethical foundation of human life. Cicero translates εὔνοιᾰ with the Latin word benevolentia.
It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health.
Euouae, at six letters long, is the longest English word consisting only of vowels, and, also, the word with the most consecutive vowels. Euouae : medieval musical term which indicates the vowels of the syllables of "seculorum Amen," which ends the "Gloria Patri."
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.
Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except the polar ice caps and some remote islands.
Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae, and the barn-owl family, Tytonidae.
Source Wikipedia.
TD : 0.4" f/8 ISO 100 @50mm
Between going and staying the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.
The circular afternoon is now a bay
where the world in stillness rocks.
All is visible and all elusive,
all is near and can't be touched.
Paper, book, pencil, glass,
rest in the shade of their names.
Time throbbing in my temples repeats
the same unchanging syllable of blood.
The light turns the indifferent wall
into a ghostly theater of reflections.
I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.
The moment scatters. Motionless,
I stay and go: I am a pause
octavio paz
a light rain shower
sparkling on Clare's hawthorn tree
a pearled spider's web
thank you for all visits
No one knew what would come out of the slide.
Could it be a sparkly earring
A string of words
A broadcast of a symphony
A tiny wish
An imaginary human
A puff of a cloud
An unpronounceable syllable
A first childhood memory
A spagehtti-ohhhh?
What everyone knew, though is….
it would be very special
If they could only just wait long enough!
**All silly poems and photos are copyrighted**