Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

I knew I had a California Gnatcatcher when I heard the call. It is a big treat to find one and a real challenge to get a decent photo.

"The little gnatcatchers inhabit coastal sage scrub year-round and are not a terribly difficult bird to identify, that is, assuming one gets a decent look or hears one calling. If the bird is being difficult and staying hidden in the brush it can be difficult to differentiate a Polioptila californica from a Polioptila caerulea, better known as a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, especially in winter when the latter species occurs in large numbers across all suitable habitat in southern California.

My one encounter with a California Gnatcatcher over the holidays occurred when I was digiscoping some rather cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatchers in some sage scrub just south of Carbon Canyon Regional Park. I would occasionally pish a bit when the gnatcatcher I was shooting would work its way too high up the hill that it was foraging on and it would return and continue to forage much closer to me. Because there were several gnatcatchers around their calls became rather ingrained into my brain. After one pish I heard a different call. I recognized it as a gnatcatcher call but it sounded thinner, more plaintive, and just plain different. I quickly spotted the source of the call, a gnatcatcher with more of a brownish coloration on both its back and wings and a buffyish coloration on its back underparts. I was pretty sure that I was dealing with a California Gnatcatcherbut I wasn’t one hundred percent on my identification until I got a good look at the undertail."

10000birds.com

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Pelicans incubate their eggs with the skin of their feet, essentially standing on the eggs to keep them warm. In the mid-twentieth century the pesticide DDT caused pelicans to lay thinner eggs that cracked under the weight of incubating parents. After nearly disappearing from North America in the 1960s and 1970s, Brown Pelicans made a full comeback thanks to pesticide regulations.

In the end I could not choose one out

Svínafellsjökull is one of the many crawling glaciers out of the main glacier Vatnajökull.

The crawling glaciers carry down the weight of ice the area can hold in place. In the worming climate of the last decades all crawling glaciers get shorter and thinner. Even the main shield of ice is getting thinner (and therefore the crawling glaciers have less material to move down from the main, adding still to them being shorter and thinner)

Some few of the crawling glaciers come from very flat area of Vatnajökull. In such areas the glacier can collect ice over a period and then the crawling glacier leaps - runs down with much more energy than normal - for some weeks until some kind of ballange is reached again.

A medium-small damselfly. It can be distinguished from other blue damselflies by the thick blue stripe on its thorax. The other common and similar damselfly, the Azure, has a much thinner stripe. With a little practice, it is relatively easy to pick out this difference in the field. Mature females have three colour forms: 'blue', 'brown' (which is often yellowish-orange) and typical (greenish). The males are a drab pink/purple when just emerged, taking a few days to become blue. However they can be distinguished from females by having solid blue on the bottom 2 abdominal segments.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f4K88dqi1A

Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDM489fbS6c

Light has never shown you the way out this place

But I have came here to take you away

And after we go down

To the ground

Bury your sorrows down

In the ground

No one ever wanders

This world is full of wonders

And I'm the one to let them know

They will not listen though

Voice is getting thinner now

Will I survive, please tell me how

Shall I began to save the rest

When will I finally rest?

Storm year is coming

But I'm not coming home

Storm year is coming

I'm on my own

And all of the sudden there is nowhere to go

No one to follow when you're on your own

Air has turned to liquid

I swim across the crimson sea

My hands and legs done into fists

If so then why do I sink?

And all of a sudden there is nowhere to go

No one to follow when you're on your own

Only the waves crashing down on the shore

So slow

Soon though your pain bring you back to your home

You will know

And all of a sudden there is nowhere to go

No one to follow when you're on your own

Only the waves crashing down on the shore

So slow

Soon though your pain bring you back to your home

You will know

You're on your own in this

You're on your own in this

You're on your own in this world

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent.

In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers have decreased drastically in recent years. This decline is associated with the introduction by humans of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America. However, the population in Scotland is stabilising due to conservation efforts, awareness and the increasing population of the pine marten, a European predator that selectively controls grey squirrels.

The red squirrel has a typical head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm (7+1⁄2 to 9 in), a tail length of 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in), and a mass of 250 to 340 g (9 to 12 oz). Males and females are the same size. The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz and 1 lb 12 oz).

The long tail helps the squirrel to balance and steer when jumping from tree to tree and running along branches and may keep the animal warm during sleep.

The red squirrel, like most tree squirrels, has sharp curved claws to help it to climb and descend broad tree trunks, thin branches, and even house walls. Its strong hind legs let it leap gaps between trees. The red squirrel also can swim.

The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several coat colour morphs ranging from black to red. Red coats are most common in Great Britain; in other parts of Europe and Asia different coat colours coexist within populations, much like hair colour in some human populations.

The underside of the squirrel is always white-cream in colour. The red squirrel sheds its coat twice a year, switching from a thinner summer coat to a thicker, darker winter coat with noticeably larger ear-tufts (a prominent distinguishing feature of this species) between August and November. A lighter, redder overall coat colour, along with the ear-tufts (in adults) and smaller size, distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from the American eastern grey squirrel.

The red colour is for camouflage when seen against the bark of pine trees.

Red squirrels occupy boreal, coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia, preferring Scots pine, Norway spruce and Siberian pine. In western and southern Europe they are found in broad-leaved woods where the mixture of tree and shrub species provides a better year-round source of food. In most of the British Isles and in Italy, broad-leaved woodlands are now less suitable due to the better competitive feeding strategy of introduced grey squirrels.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

This is a very thin (about 2 mm in diameter) string wound of even thinner silky threads, sealing clips at both ends. I put it (in a double ring form ) on the inside of a foam kiss cartonage with a shiny silver surface that gives a soft, diffused reflection. The warm light comes from a candle.

A long and colorful string of fun to all participants 💙♥️💚💜💛

Wycoller Lancashire UK.

The famous pack-horse bridge is a two-arched structure spanning Wycoller beck. It is sometimes called Sally’s Bridge after one of the Cunliffe family who lived in the hall opposite the bridge in the 18th century. Historians have argued about its age, but none of them are certain, but it is thought to either date from the 13th century or the 15th. Its construction is a bit of an oddity, in that the arches are not equal to each other and the structure’s base-stone boulders are not level, giving the bridge a somewhat precarious appearance because of that – author John Bentley in his fascinating book ‘Portrait of Wycoller’, alludes to this. The coping stones along the sides of the bridge are significant in that some of them have faint cup-marks in them, indicating that they were brought down from a prehistoric site on the moors above Wycoller and used in the bridge’s construction. When walking over the bridge ‘you need’ to take care owing to the smoothness of the paving slabs which have endured hundreds of years of use.

Clapper bridge, sometimes called the Druids’ Bridge, Weavers’ Bridge or the Hall Bridge, is just a short distance along the beck. This is a primitive structure but of massive proportions consisting of three flat gritstone slabs resting on two stone piers, one being a round-shaped boulder, the other a thinner pillar-shaped stone that looks quite fragile, but it is in fact very strong. It was originally a two-slab bridge sup-ported on one central pier. However the bridge has succumbed to floods over the years and has had to be reconstructed a few times. Its three slabs are heavily worn by hundreds of years of use. There is a legend that says this bridge led to a grove where druids practiced their strange rituals; there is no sign of this mystical grove or amphitheatre today, and the handloom weavers of Wycoller have long-since hung up their clogs! The clapper bridge is thought to date from the 16th-17th century, though a few historians ‘think’ it might date from before the Norman conquest (Bentley, John, 1993).

One of the world's most mysterious and iconic sites, it isn't easy to get decent photographs at Stonehenge given the incessant crowds and increasingly restricted access to the site.

The crowds are a little thinner than normal because of Covid-19, and a visit of a friend from out of town gave me an excuse to visit this local but expensive landmark. I was initially disappointed with the cloudy skies, the scattered sunshine promised in the morning forecast having disappeared, but a long exposure gave some magical effects to them. The best aspect to the stones is from the south, which makes cloudy skies a helpful alternative to shooting into the direct sun!

Northern Shrike shots are few and far between for me.

I wish there was better detail on the head and bill here. On the other hand, the head in this shot illustrates a significant difference between a Loggerhead Shrike and this Northern Shrike.

The mask of a Northern Shrike is much thinner than the mask of a Loggerhead Shrike and does not wrap around the forehead.

The bill of the Northern Shrike is longer and has a very obvious raptor-like hook which the stubbier bill of the Loggerhead Shrike lacks.

Northern Shrikes are an inch longer in body length and have a wing span almost three inches longer than a Loggerhead Shrike.

Both Shrikes are songbirds, but are very aggressive predators.

To learn more about Shrikes and why they are called "Butcher Birds" click on the link below.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike

Big Lake Interpretive Trail. Parkland County, Alberta.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Female Gadwalls can be confused with female mallards; however, Gadwalls have a thinner, darker bill.

In the end I could not choose one out

Svínafellsjökull is one of the many crawling glaciers out of the main glacier Vatnajökull.

The crawling glaciers carry down the weight of ice the area can hold in place. In the worming climate of the last decades all crawling glaciers get shorter and thinner. Even the main shield of ice is getting thinner (and therefore the crawling glaciers have less material to move down from the main, adding still to them being shorter and thinner)

Some few of the crawling glaciers come from very flat area of Vatnajökull. In such areas the glacier can collect ice over a period and then the crawling glacier leaps - runs down with much more energy than normal - for some weeks until some kind of ballange is reached again.

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Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

This is the monochrome version of my most popular image. Each has its own unique character.

The lighthouse is called Fanale dei Pisani since it was built by the Pisans in 1303. The project is attributed to Giovanni Pisano and master builders Rocco Entello De Spina and Bonaggiunta Ciabatti, whose names were found engraved on a stone.[2] The lighthouse was built on an emerging rock, surrounded by the sea at the south entrance of the harbor; it is formed by a polygonal basement of 13 sides, over which is placed the tower formed by two cylinders, both with an embattled balcony and a lantern on the top. It consists of 11 floors, connected to each other by a 53-meter spiral staircase. Every floor is 3.72 meters high with the exception of the first and second floors, which are respectively 5.55 and 4.22 meters.[3] The lower part of the lighthouse is made of four cylinders of decreasing diameter. The upper part of the lighthouse is made of three cylinders, which makes the tower thinner toward the summit.

The lighthouse was originally built with white Verruca stone from San Giuliano cave near Pisa. Oil lamps were initially used for the light and were then replaced by compressed oil. In 1841 Fresnel lenses were installed and acetylene gas lamps were used, and at the end of the 1800s, the installation was electrified.[4] Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ordered the construction of warehouses in the basement in 1584, which were later transformed into Lazzaretto di San Rocco and a shipbuilding yard. In 1911, the lighthouse passed under the jurisdiction of the Italian Navy, where it remains to this day.

The tower was intact until June 20, 1944, when German troops blew up it as Allied troops approached. The Fanale was rebuilt in June 1954 according to the original project with material recovered from the ruins and from the San Giuliano cave. It was made from reinforced concrete 30 centimeters thick and covered externally by stone. The new lighthouse was inaugurated on September 16, 1956, by President Giovanni Gronchi on the 350th anniversary of Livorno's proclamation as a city. [2]

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

#MacroMonday

#String

Please press "Z" :)

Mesh fabric: A material that consists of many thin (nylon) strings, which in turn consist of even thinner, obviously only very loosely twisted together individual strings, which were obviously also only loosely knitted together afterwards, but still make an absolutely tearproof fabric. Amazing, isn't it? This is an extreme close-up of my rainjacket's purple mesh lining. Each of those larger holes is 1 mm / 0,039 inches in diameter. I've used both extension tubes (=26mm) together with my 60mm macro lens. You can see the rainjacket's waterproof membrane (original colour: white) behind the knitted nylon strings; the colours were again achieved by the (partial) use of my red and blue makeshift colour filters and warm light from the living room ceiling lamp. The image is another 40 MP High-res JPG which I've slighty sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI (method: sharpen), next I moved into ON1 Photo Raw where I'd applied the HDR filter, method "Subtle" at 67% opacity, and tweaked the Color Enhancer filter sliders for the background colours, and as final touch I've removed some colour noise in Topaz DeNoise AI.

Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe, take care!

Netzgewebe: Ein Material, das aus sehr vielen dünnen (Nylon-)Schnüren besteht, die wiederum aus noch dünneren, offenbar nur sehr locker zusammengedrehten Einzelschnüren bestehen, die im Anschluss offenbar ebenfalls nur sehr locker zusammengestrickt wurden und trotzdem ein absolut reißfestes Gewebe ergeben. Erstaunlich, oder? Dies ist das lila-farbene Netzfutter meiner Regenjacke; der Hintergrund ist die weiße, wasserdichte Membran der Jacke. Ich habe hier wieder die Zwischenringe (26 mm insgesamt) angeschraubt, um näher an das Gewebe herangehen zu können und habe auch teilweise wieder meine improvisierten Farbfilter inklusive warmes Licht von der Wohnzimmer-Deckenleuchte verwendet. Das Bild ist wieder ein 40-MP-High-Res-JPG, das ich in Topaz Sharpen AI noch leicht nachgeschärft habe; im Anschluss habe ich in ON1 den HDR-Filter "Subtle" (67% Deckkraft) und für den Hintergrund den Color-Enhancer-Filter (individuell angepasst) verwendet und zum Abschluss das Bild in Topaz DeNoise AI dezent entrauscht. Und: Bitte "Z" drücken :)

Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche und passt auf Euch auf!

Echeveria dionysos is a hybrid plant (E. Purpusorum x E. Spec) and is part of the crassulaceae family. It is small and is native to Mexico. It is a collector's item due to its pointed leaves in greenish gray tone, sparkling dots and stained purple. In addition, it has a perfectly symmetrical rosette, which makes it even more beautiful.

The plant reaches 8 cm in height and its rosettes are approximately 10 cm in diameter. The leaves are 5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. As the succulent Dionysus is a hybrid, it is often highlighted as Echeveria purpusorum.

The difference between them is that the second is thinner and has a more pointed peak. In turn, Echeveria dionysos is a little more “plump”.

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The ornamental succulent leaves organized in the form of compact rosettes, whose appearance reminds us of stone roses, are the trademark of representatives of the genus Echeveria. Typical plants from arid regions, with important adaptations to life in warm and sunny environments, Echeverias are omnipresent in the collections of admirers of succulent plants. Its resistance, rapid growth and multiplication, in addition to the ease of cultivation, justify this popularity.

The Echeverias were formally described in 1828, having been named after the Mexican botanical artist Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy. There are approximately 150 species gathered in the genus Echeveria, which are distributed in several regions of semi-arid climate in Central America, with a high concentration of ornamental succulents originating in Mexico.

Succulents of the genus Echeveria belong to the family Crassulaceae, which includes many plants often grown for ornamental purposes.

Also known as "Mexican Hens & Chicks", Echeveria can produce new offsets or "chicks" around the base of the mother plant. These chicks can be left to form a tidy cluster or removed and transplanted. Additionally, Echeveria can be propagated from stem cuttings or mature leaves.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Stonehenge on a windy day, which makes the clouds nice and interesting.

One of the world's most mysterious and iconic sites, it isn't easy to get decent photographs at Stonehenge given the incessant crowds and increasingly restricted access to the site.

The crowds are a little thinner than normal because of Covid-19, and a visit of a friend from out of town gave me an excuse to visit this local but expensive landmark. I was initially disappointed with the cloudy skies, the scattered sunshine promised in the morning forecast having disappeared, but a long exposure gave some magical effects to them.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent.

In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers have decreased drastically in recent years. This decline is associated with the introduction by humans of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America. However, the population in Scotland is stabilising due to conservation efforts, awareness and the increasing population of the pine marten, a European predator that selectively controls grey squirrels.

The red squirrel has a typical head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm (7+1⁄2 to 9 in), a tail length of 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in), and a mass of 250 to 340 g (9 to 12 oz). Males and females are the same size. The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz and 1 lb 12 oz).

The long tail helps the squirrel to balance and steer when jumping from tree to tree and running along branches and may keep the animal warm during sleep.

The red squirrel, like most tree squirrels, has sharp curved claws to help it to climb and descend broad tree trunks, thin branches, and even house walls. Its strong hind legs let it leap gaps between trees. The red squirrel also can swim.

The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several coat colour morphs ranging from black to red. Red coats are most common in Great Britain; in other parts of Europe and Asia different coat colours coexist within populations, much like hair colour in some human populations.

The underside of the squirrel is always white-cream in colour. The red squirrel sheds its coat twice a year, switching from a thinner summer coat to a thicker, darker winter coat with noticeably larger ear-tufts (a prominent distinguishing feature of this species) between August and November. A lighter, redder overall coat colour, along with the ear-tufts (in adults) and smaller size, distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from the American eastern grey squirrel.

The red colour is for camouflage when seen against the bark of pine trees.

Red squirrels occupy boreal, coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia, preferring Scots pine, Norway spruce and Siberian pine. In western and southern Europe they are found in broad-leaved woods where the mixture of tree and shrub species provides a better year-round source of food. In most of the British Isles and in Italy, broad-leaved woodlands are now less suitable due to the better competitive feeding strategy of introduced grey squirrels.

"hummingbird bill tips: their function as tongue wringers

...By using microCT scanning and macro high-speed videography we scrutinized the morphology and function of hummingbird bill tips, looking for answers about the nectar offloading process. We found near the bill tip, in an area of strong lateral compression of internal mandibular width, that the tomia (cutting edges of the bill) are thinner, partially inrolled, and hold forward-directed serrations. Aligned with these structures, a prominent pronglike structure projects upward and forward from the internal mandibular keel. Distal to this mandibular prong, another smaller maxillary prong protrudes downwards from the keel of the palate. Four shallow basins occur at the base of the mandibular prong on the mandibular floor. Of these, two are small basins located proximally and at the sides of the mandibular prong. A third, slightly larger basin is positioned distally to the first two and directly under the maxillary prong. And the fourth basin, the largest, is found more proximally where the bill becomes thicker, as seen from the side. We documented that this group of structures is integrated into the area of the bill where tongue extrusion occurs, and we hypothesize that they function to enhance the nectar release at each lick. We suggest that this "wringer", operated by bill and tongue movements, helps to move nectar towards the throat."

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

The red squirrel has a typical head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm (7+1⁄2 to 9 in), a tail length of 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in), and a mass of 250 to 340 g (9 to 12 oz). Males and females are the same size. The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz and 1 lb 12 oz).

The long tail helps the squirrel to balance and steer when jumping from tree to tree and running along branches and may keep the animal warm during sleep.

The red squirrel, like most tree squirrels, has sharp curved claws to help it to climb and descend broad tree trunks, thin branches, and even house walls. Its strong hind legs let it leap gaps between trees. The red squirrel also can swim.

The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several coat colour morphs ranging from black to red. Red coats are most common in Great Britain; in other parts of Europe and Asia different coat colours coexist within populations, much like hair colour in some human populations. The underside of the squirrel is always white-cream in colour. The red squirrel sheds its coat twice a year, switching from a thinner summer coat to a thicker, darker winter coat with noticeably larger ear-tufts (a prominent distinguishing feature of this species) between August and November. A lighter, redder overall coat colour, along with the ear-tufts (in adults) and smaller size, distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from the American eastern grey squirrel. The red colour is for camouflage when seen against the bark of pine trees.

Red squirrels occupy boreal, coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia, preferring Scots pine, Norway spruce and Siberian pine. In western and southern Europe they are found in broad-leaved woods where the mixture of tree and shrub species provides a better year-round source of food. In most of the British Isles and in Italy, broad-leaved woodlands are now less suitable due to the better competitive feeding strategy of introduced grey squirrels.

The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

The razorbill is a medium-sized seabird. It is black above and white below. It has a thick black beak which is deep and blunt, unlike the thinner bill of the similar guillemot. It breeds around the coast of the UK, with the largest colonies in northern Scotland. There are none breeding between the Humber and the Isle of Wight. Birds only come to shore to breed and winter in the northern Atlantic. The future of this species is linked to the health of the marine environment. Fishing nets, pollution and declining fish stocks all threaten the razorbill. What they eat: Fish, especially sandeels, sprats and herrings (Courtesy RSPB).

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Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

After I posted separate photos of Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, some people commented on how difficult it is to tell the difference between them. I agree wholeheartedly, so I went into the archives to see what I had.

Behold - from my earliest days of birding (and photography) - a great side-by-side comparison of the Lesser (left) and Greater (right) Yellowlegs in fading breeding plumage.

Note that the Lesser is smaller (shorter), has a shorter, thinner bill, and has almost no streaking on the sides and flanks. In comparison, the Greater has a much longer, thicker bill that in some circumstances can show a slight upward curve towards the tip. Its sides and flanks are also much more heavily streaked (an ID point I just learned this week).

When seeing one by itself, the key is to look at the bill. Does it seem to be about the same length as the depth of the head (then Lesser) or is it about 1.5 times as long as the head (Greater). Sometimes, working with a photo and ruler might make this easier. Winter plumage differences are not so obvious so practice estimating bill length.

Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada. August 2008.

This was taken on the trek to Ratangad.

One can see the Alang Kulang Madan range on the far right side. Also the Neda can be seen on the top right side of this image.

As the sun started to beat down, the clouds started to become thinner and thinner.....

Maxim mandal lai lai aabhri ahey.

Fall adult males would still have quite a bit of black in the central upper chest and throat area and it normally runs right up to below the beak. Fall adult females and first fall males look very similar but generally have some black in the central chest area. First fall females are generally devoid of any black in the central chest and throat and tend to have fainter black flank striping and thinner wing bars. My guess is this is likely a first fall male or a fall adult female all things considered.

Eastern Chipmunk.

Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.

The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.

They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

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TAXI

"People Get Ready"

by Rod Stewart

People get ready

There's a train a-coming

You don't need no baggage

You just get on board

All you need is faith

To hear the diesels humming

Don't need no ticket

You just thank the Lord

People get ready

For the train to Jordan

Picking up passengers

From coast to coast

Faith is the key

Open the doors and board them

There's room for all

among the loved the most

There ain't no room

for the hopeless sinner

Who would hurt all mankind just

To save his own

Have pity on those

whose chances are thinner

Cause there's no hiding place

From the Kingdom's Throne

So people get ready

for the train a-comin'

You don't need no baggage

you just get on board !

All you need is faith

to hear the diesels humming

Don't need no ticket

you just thank, you just thank the Lord

Yeah

Ooh

Yeah

Ooh

I'm getting ready

I'm getting ready

this time I'm ready

this time I'm ready