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Unlike many endemic birds, Seychelles bulbul or the Merl in Creole, are not in any immediate danger of becoming extinct.
You can see them on all the largest islands from sea level to high altitudes in gardens and scrub, although they are particularly common in old woodland. They are noisy and aggressive birds, usually seen in small groups, with a range of chattering or squawking calls. Aldults are the only Seychelles land birds with orange beak and legs, but in young birds the beak and legs are dull grey-brown.
We have in Toronto a celebrity, unlike any. The biggest tribute mural is near the park where she lives (lived), but there are several smaller tributes. This garage door mural is in an alley, which have several interesting murals from 2018. I have not seen her/him, it in my lifetime in the city, but photo evidence is almost as compelling as George Floyds video. Not only this squirrel has a statue, several murals, even a coffee shop and streets are named after it. This mural is by Karen Roberts, several blocks from the park.
662. TMR Toronto 2021-Apr-18, P1460642. Uploaded 2021-Apr-19. Lmx -ZS100.
Unlike lions, cheetah females are solitary and raise their cubs alone. Another image of the three cubs
Houmoed, Auob riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
© 2019 Gerda van Schalkwyk - All Rights Reserved
Unlike swans, Canada geese and most ducks (Shovelers are an exception), the Snow goose lifts off pretty directly, without running along the water first.
The clouds almost break as a Westbound BNSF grainer rolls along the Clark Fork River in Northwest Montana. Soon enough, another wave of precipitation will crest over the mountains to drench the valley. This Purple Toadflax is enjoying every second of the rain, where as I, in my soaked windbreaker, am not.
Rain or shine, this section of the Montana Rail Link provides especially fantastic photo opportunities to those who are willing to explore.
Unlike the large catch of the great blue heron of my last posting, a great egret was dining on the smallest minnows in the pond...
Unlike hostas, the yarrows do not sit still in the wind to have their pictures taken. This was the best that the D850 could do at 1/400 sec.
Unlike most songbirds, a male Kentucky Warbler appears to sing only one song type. He will sing the same song throughout his life.
Unlike most birds where the female has the predominant role in caring for young, female phalaropes desert their mates once they’ve laid eggs. While the male raises the young by himself, the female looks for other males to mate with. This unusual mating system is called polyandry, and it’s reflected in the way the two sexes look, with the females more brightly colored than the males.
Unlike most plants, the peanut plant flowers above the ground, but fruits below ground. From planting to harvesting, the growing cycle of a peanut takes 4 to 5 months, depending on the type and variety.
Have a good one.
The Hagen Open-air Museum (LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen – Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Handwerk und Technik; English: "LWL Open-air Museum Hagen – Westphalian State Museum for Craft and Technics") is a museum at Hagen in the southeastern Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded, together with the Detmold Open-air Museum, in 1960, and was first opened to the public in the early 1970s. The museum is run by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL, regional authority for Westphalia and Lippe within North Rhine-Westphalia). It lies in the Hagen neighbourhood of Selbecke south of Eilpe in the Mäckingerbach valley.
The open-air museum brings a bit of skilled-trade history into the present, and it takes a hands-on approach. On its grounds stretching for about 42 ha, not only are urban and rural trades simply "displayed" along with their workshops and tools, but in more than twenty of the nearly sixty rebuilt workshops, they are still practised, and interested visitors can, sometimes by themselves, take part in the production.
As early as the 1920s, there were efforts by a group of engineers and historical preservationists to preserve technological monuments for posterity. The initiator, Wilhelm Claas, even suggested the Mäckingerbach valley as a good place for a museum to that end. The narrow valley was chosen, as wind, water and wood were the three most important location factors for industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In 1960, the Westphalian Open-Air Museum was founded, and thirteen years later, the gates opened to the public. Unlike most open-air museums, which show everyday life on the farm or in the country as it was in days gone by, the Hagen Open-Air Museum puts the history of these activities in Westphalia in the fore. From the late 18th century through the early years of the Industrial Revolution to the highly industrialized society emerging in the early 20th century, the visitor can experience the development of these trades and the industry in the region.
Crafts and trades demonstrated at the Westphalian Open-Air Museum include ropemaking, smithing, brewing, baking, tanning, printing, milling, papermaking, and much more. A favourite attraction is the triphammer workshop shown in the image above. Once the hammer is engaged, a craftsman goes to work noisily forging a scythe, passing it between the hammer and the anvil underneath in a process called peening.
The Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum is open from March or April until October.
Dutch street organs (unlike the simple street organ) are large organs that play book music. They are equipped with multiple ranks of pipes and percussion. As originally built the organ was operated by the "organ grinder" turning a large handle to operate both the bellows/reservoir and the card feed mechanism. Almost all examples in the Netherlands have now been converted to belt drive from a small battery powered motor, allowing the organ grinder to collect money.
Los órganos callejeros holandeses (a diferencia del simple órgano callejero) son órganos grandes que reproducen música de libros. Están equipados con múltiples rangos de tubos y percusión. Como se construyó originalmente, el órgano era operado por el "organillero" que giraba una manija grande para operar tanto el fuelle / depósito como el mecanismo de alimentación de tarjetas. Casi todos los ejemplos en los Países Bajos ahora se han convertido a transmisión por correa desde un pequeño motor alimentado por batería, lo que permite al organillero recolectar dinero.
Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
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I was surprised to find these, but they are in the shade and towards the bottom of a slope. I did a stack of 18 images for this and used Helicon which will provide the EXIF data (unlike Zerene). This was a test using f/8, not my norm and I forgot to lock the ISO, I was lucky on that one.
Unlike many birds, having a raptor fly straight towards you can be a bit intimidating, like when this Osprey flew towards us!
Limpkins, unlike Snail Kites are not solely dependent on apple snails for their food, but they seem to prefer them to the clams. The apple snail is of the South American variety. At Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Gainesville Florida
quote from Steve Goodier
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Our local wood, Kent UK,
Unlike most damselfly species that lay their eggs beneath the surface of the water, the Willow Emerald Damselfly is quite unique in this country in that it lays its eggs in the thinner branches of a number of trees, Willow being a particular favorite as it often overhangs the water. The eggs which are laid in pairs either side of the insertion mark overwinter in the branch and begin to hatch from early April where they drop into the water and grow at an alarming rate. They also have an amazing mechanism in that if they fall on to dry land, they can spring on the surface until hopefully they reach the water.
Acharacle on the south western shore of Loch Shiel. Move a bit to the left and the top of Ben Nevis is visible between two peaks over towards Glenfinnan.
The white chimney and upstairs bedroom window of our house peep out from amongst the dense clump of conifer trees, dead centre of picture. The landscape is relatively green , unlike later in the year when it is exclusively brown and gold
Unlike the majority of my work, this photo does not start with a story. I prefer to begin with a story or idea, because it helps me figure out what to include and conversely, what to exclude in the final result. Take for example this shot that is more a matter of combining shapes and curves to create a pleasing image. The curving sandy shore, the stoic tree silhouettes, and the distant fading mountains. Attempting to balance these elements, then wait for the evening light, resulted in a challenge onto its own. .
Suffice it to say, while the leading line of the curve takes one into the shot, the rest aids in attempting to balance it. However, this leaves me less satisfied with the final product. Fulfilling the parameters of photographic design, may result in a pleasing picture, but it is less fulfilling. Instead, it is more like discovering a uniquely shaped bottle, than enjoying its contents when we hunger from an insatiable appetite.
Unlike real cats - once they dry up - they blow away.
I took this image for the occasional abstract as well as it shows the marsh is turning over for Spring.
Unlike any other elfin, the Eastern Pine Elfin with its bold pattern of brown and white stripes that resembles a pine cone, is the only butterfly species that uses pines as the larval host plant, preferring the hard pines such as the Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) or the Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana).
As with other elfins, this butterfly is univoltine producing only one adult generation per year and flying only for a short time in early spring. Both the larvae and the adults are smartly colored to mimic the host plant to evade predators.
Right now, in the dead of winter, this species is a very small pupa trying to survive the harsh winter conditions. The adults will emerge sometime in spring.
Eastern Pine Elfin -First of Year- (Callophrys niphon) Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Unlike my usual dilapidated buildings, this barn is in pretty good shape. It needs some repair, but not too much. HFF!
"Unlike most members of its family, Blue Mockingbird inhabits dense thickets and it's a lucky birder who observes one singing from an exposed perch. Complicating matters, the adult's dark and subtle plumage—deep blue with a black ear patch (hence Melanotis: black ear), black tarsi, and a ruby red eye—blends well with its shadowy world. Endemic to Mexico, from Sonora and Tamaulipas south to Oaxaca..."
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Photographed in the wild, Jalisco, Mexico
Unlike the others, this owl will sit quietly at dusk this weekend, without doritos and beer, keeping an eye in all directions and not giving a hoot about the intercepts and the half-time show.
It will, however, be looking for a chicken wing.
Shot in the wilderness of rural Ottawa.
Unlike my recent kingfisher posts, this one lacks feathers. The second tallest of the Fisher Towers near Moab, the Kingfisher rises 600 feet/ 183 m from its base to the summit. The rock is composed on iron-rich deposits from nearby highlands that were eroded away 290 million years ago, as well as even more ancient cobbles that form conglomerates that make the towers attractive for rock climbing.
I usually photograph the Fisher Towers in full afternoon sun, but this day found the cloud filtered light gave the formations a richness in color and texture that you sometimes don't see in full sun.
Unlike Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster who have rarely been photographed, this little green animal from Mars was more than happy to have its portrait taken.
(Photo consent form upon request)
For Smile on Saturday
Theme: Green Animals
Unlike most of its relatives in the thread-waisted wasp family (Sphecidae), which nest in excavated underground burrows, the grass-carrying wasp prefers to nest aboveground in a preexisting cavity. These gentle, solitary wasps are common in July and August, visiting a variety of flowering native plants. Females collect tree crickets and grass blades in our gardens and landscapes to provide food and a safe, comfortable nursery in the chosen cavity where their larvae will grow and develop.
Unlike most security units, Ash has a personality chip setting that makes her revel in the thrill of combat.
Unlike this train I’m getting nowhere at the moment. I’ve just finished a NHS pathway to check if I had prostate cancer, I don’t, I didn’t think I did. After blood tests, ultrasounds, rectal examinations and MRI I had the final consultation on Tuesday. That was the good news, but I still have a big old prostate causing me bladder problems and I need it fixed. Oh there’s medication and I’m coming round to accepting one of the recommended drugs, they wanted to but me on two, the first one relax’s the bladder muscles and the second which I don’t want reduces the size of the prostate. Both have possible side effects the second drug more so, but they are alternatives, so beings my next journey with my prostate. A photo from autumn 2019 I don’t think I’ve posted before.
A warrior unlike any…
She has built an army one by one
For every act she survived and endured…
A new soldier was born
They have one war to win…Her freedom
Back from the ashes of the oppressed
The dark sky opens to reveal
Her resurrection…
Unbeknownst, her enemy taught her how to win
He will not fear, nor stand guard
For her mask is most deceitful…
The beauty,
The innocence,
The naivete…
That imprisoned her, is what will liberate her
The enemy will not know who the quarry is…
Until the day she reveals the dagger she carries
Blinded by the reflection of her light
Off the bejewelled weapon
The enemy will die with a look of horror and surprise,
Forever frozen to his fate.
Ivanna Halliday
Unlike surf fishing on the North Carolina Coast [https://www.flickr.com/photos/28394192@N08/51696715253/in/dateposted-public], surf fishing on California’s Central Coast is more of a lonely pursuit. Morro Bay, CA
Unlike the captive falcons I posted recently, this Rough-legged Hawk is wild and free. On New Years Day I was driving through the park with my friend Madonna, and there it was, perched by the side of the road. We stopped. It didn't fly. Even when I stepped out, on the far side of the car, it continued to observe us, and it was still sitting there when we drove away.
Rough-legged Hawks are winter visitors here; by the end of March they will have moved on, heading north to their high Arctic breeding grounds. A beautiful hawk and always a thrill to see at close range.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Unlike the proverbial rolling stone that gathers no moss, this building at Paronella Park in Mena Creek, north Queensland is just covered in moss and ferns making for a very Kermit green scene. I uploaded many of shots from this interesting location just after our trip last year but I have kept a few back which I will put up in the next few days as I work through some oldies standing in the photo queue. And interesting point is that rains in north Queensland from the recent cyclones made Mena Creek flow a gusher and break its banks. This tends to encroach on some of the facilities at Paronella Park which reach down to the creek.
Unlike the female Anhinga, which has a variegated tawny and black plumage (see previous photo), the male is mostly black. 40-acre Lake, Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas.
Wooer Street.
Unlike its names suggests it takes its name from the weavers who in past times plied their trade in this narrow cobblestone street.
Today the weavers are gone and the street is more renowned for being a spot where coffee and food shops have are the favoured options.
Falkirk, Scotland.
"Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll.[4] Instead of generating food using the energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, and more specifically a mycoheterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi[4] that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its food from photosynthetic trees. Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest. It is often associated with beech trees.[5] The complex relationship that allows this plant to grow also makes propagation difficult." Wikipedia
Unlike the male Anhinga, which is mostly black (see next photo), the female exhibits tawny tones and variegated plumage as seen here, which is somewhat true of juveniles as well. 40-acre Lake, Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas.
Unlike other woodpeckers, this species forages largely on the ground feeding on ants. (Sibley)
Photographed at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.
Unlike most of the cathedral squares of Italian cities, Piazza dei Miracoli is in a position farther from the historic center of the city. Since the time of the Etruscans the area was intended for worship and today constitutes the religious center of the city.
The monuments of Piazza dei Miracoli were built between the 11th and 14th centuries, but among all of them the one that attracts tourists from all over the world is the leaning tower, an icon of Italy in the world. As if that were not enough, the square is the largest medieval complex in Europe, a unique case in the Italian medieval architecture: a set of delicate white architectural works that stand out on a green lawn, creating a beautiful effect.
The Pisa Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Monumental Cemetery and the famous tower were built thanks to the fact that Pisa was a very rich Maritime Republic of great political prestige. Thus, with the huge gains made after the military victories throughout the eleventh century, it was possible to begin the construction of the Piazza dei Miracoli complex.
The monuments and museums are:
Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (today - Friday);
Torre (today that is Friday and Sunday);
Battistero (Sunday);
Camposanto (Sunday);
Museo delle Synopie (Sunday);
Museum dell'Opera del Duomo.
North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England. Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although originally intended only as a promenade, competition forced the pier to widen its attractions to include theatres and bars. Unlike Blackpool's other piers, which attracted the working classes with open air dancing and amusements, North Pier catered for the "better-class" market, with orchestra concerts and respectable comedians. Until 2011, it was the only Blackpool pier that consistently charged admission. Wikipedia
Unlike their domesticated city kinfolk, Band-tailed Pigeons stick mostly to the treetops in mountainous areas of the southwest and are fairly wary. This bird was often heard but rarely seen at my Boot Canyon campsite in Big Bend National Park.
Unlike Vermont, where so many of the barns are red, most barns in Quebec and Ontario that I see are grey (unpainted wood). I know why Vermont barns are painted red, but I don't know why they didn't bother to paint them on this side of the border. This barn is right beside this church: www.flickr.com/photos/195136680@N07/52924954699/in/datepo...