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The species Syritta pipiens is within the family of Syrphidae, commonly called hover or flower flies. Syrphidae is one of the largest families within the Diptera order[12] and contains about 6,000 known species widely distributed around the world. They are distinctive flies that are often found on flowers, where the adult males primarily feed on nectar and adult females eat protein-rich pollen to produce eggs
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Euphonia laniirostris
(Thick-billed Euphonia / Eufonia piquigruesa)
The Thick-billed Euphonia is found in Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
This euphonia measures 10 cm (3.9 in). The female, like many euphonias, is dull olive above and yellow below. The male has entirely yellow underparts from throat to vent save for a small terminal patch of white on the undertail. Upperparts are a dark blue-black except for the yellow crown patch which extends from the bill over the head to just past the eye.
A thick layer of snow had remained on my skylight window. Now at a sunny day with clear blue sky, it began to melt. HMM
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Lemek Conservancy, Kenya
Thick-knees ( Burhinidae ) are also called Stone Curlews or Dikkops and are large waders/shorebirds ( the order Charadriiformes ).
They all have large eyes and long thickly jointed legs.
The Spotted Thick-knee is often active at night when its loud call can be heard from a distance.
This one was foraging during the day near soem bushes where it could find cover.
Burhinus capensis
Kaapse griel
Oedicnème tachard
Kaptriel
Alcaraván de El Cabo
Occhione maculato
alcaravão-do-cabo
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You could hear the sea, like a continuous avalanche, the incessant thunder of a storm born of who knows what sky. It didn't stop for a moment. He knew no weariness. A. Baricco
Taken at Croxall Lakes, Staffordshire
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western sector of the Serengeti, Tanzania
Thick-knees ( Burhinidae ) are also called Stone Curlews or Dikkops and are large waders/shorebirds ( the order Charadriiformes ).
They all have large eyes and long thickly jointed legs.
The Spotted Thick-knee is often active at night when its loud call can be heard from a distance.
This one was resting in the shade together with its partner
Burhinus capensis
Kaapse griel
Oedicnème tachard
Kaptriel
Alcaraván de El Cabo
Occhione maculato
alcaravão-do-cabo
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All rights reserved. Fons Buts©2023
My photos may not be used on websites, blogs or in any other media without my written and explicit permission.
A cairn on the ascending trail to the Mont Jacques Cartier summit (Parc National de la Gaspésie, Québec, Canada)
On our trip last September to observe the last of the woodland caribous in Gaspésie, we stopped next to a stone cairn to take a peak at the surrounding landscape through the dissipating fog.
The sight is a reminder of what the caribous have to endure to avoid predators, reaching the cold summit to find food. It was disappointing not to see any caribou on that part of the trail, but we were expecting this; the ones living here are the only herd of this species still living south of the St. Lawrence River, and in spite of the protection measures in place across the park, their survival is threatened.
A caribou we did manage to see on the path down, on a car path surrounded by thick woods; it stared at us but quickly vanished among the trees before we could even lift the cameras. We could not snap any pictures, but were happy witnesses nevertheless!
KP Treat This 249 - Friday 26 June → 2 July thanks so much to skagitrenee for these lovely source images flic.kr/p/2jbVidp and flic.kr/p/2jbVhhw
A Western Palearctic "lifer" for me - Morocco 2019.
Off birding in Iceland so won't be posting for a while...happy birding!!
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I recently went to Colorado in April. I saw McCowan's Longspurs but could never get close to them so I was thrilled to have this breeding plumaged male let me walk (rather crawl) right up to him!
Early in 1914, moreover, we realized that it would be impossible to free the Saint Anna from the ice; at best, we would drift until the autumn of 1915, more than three years after we had departed Alexandrovsk.* If we stayed on board, starvation would become a real threat by January 1915, if not sooner. In the darkness of the long polar night, a struggle against hunger carries no hope of salvation. During this season, hunting is out of the question, as all animals are in hibernation. The only certainty for those trapped in its realm is that "white death" lies in wait for them.
excerpt from In the Land of White Death by John Krakauer
I so wanted a clear night under the stars here in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, but it wasn't meant to be - clouds just kept getting thicker and thicker. It was very quiet though - just the sound of a distant coyote howling. I love that stuff.
Having woken up to some serious thick fog last weekend I jumped up got dressed and headed out for a few shots before it cleared. Having first stopped along the river for a few shots of the marina I decided to make another quick stop at Brooke Park, Derry Northern Ireland on the way home.
The crisp, cold frosty morning made for perfect conditions at this location, and although the park itself has some beautiful huge trees with great autumnal colour this little tree bursting with vibrant red just stood out to me. The extremely heavy fog isolated this tree almost erasing everything within its vicinity.
A very simple image but I really liked how the fog seem to wrap itself around the branches giving some of the leaves that soft feel while a few others managed to escape it.
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