Take Offs (and Landings)
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I approached this Kestrel female too close, so it escaped.
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Nov 2018
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White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis), a migratory bird that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) taking of from his perch.
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DELFT Railway Station - Het nieuwe station is met twee ondergrondse eilandperrons een uniek station dat door het slimme gebruik van daglicht en kunstlicht als een open, overzichtelijke en veilige plek wordt ervaren. De spil van het station is het brede stijgpunt met de mezzanine (tussenverdieping) die toegang geeft tot de perrons, de fietsenstalling en de stationshal en een ruimtelijk geheel met deze hal vormt.
DELFT Railway Station - the new station with two underground Island platforms a unique station that through the smart use of daylight and artificial light as an open, orderly and safe place is experienced. The spindle of the drive is the wide take off point with the mezzanine level giving access to the platforms, the bike shed and the station Hall and a spatial whole with this Hall.
Little Owl about to take flight.
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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* Greater Crested Tern - Sterne huppée - Thalasseus bergii *
Playa Cayo Santa María -
- Cayo Santa María es una isla situada al norte del centro de Cuba en el archipiélago Jardines del Rey.
- Cayo Santa María is an island located north central Cuba in the Jardines del Rey archipelago.
- Cayo Santa María est une île située au centre nord de Cuba dans l'archipel Jardines del Rey.