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Robin - Erithacus rubecula
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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher.
The robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is a vagrant in Iceland. In the south-east, it reaches the Caucasus range. Irish and British robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and Russian robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winters. These migrants can be recognised by the greyer tone of the upper parts of their bodies and duller orange breast. The European robin prefers spruce woods in northern Europe, contrasting with its preference for parks and gardens in Ireland and Britain.
Attempts to introduce the European robin into Australia and New Zealand in the latter part of the 19th century were unsuccessful. Birds were released around Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin by various local acclimatisation societies, with none becoming established. There was a similar outcome in North America as birds failed to establish after being released in Long Island, New York in 1852, Oregon in 1889–1892, and the Saanich Peninsula in British Columbia in 1908–1910.
The robin is diurnal, although has been reported to be active hunting insects on moonlit nights or near artificial light at night. Well known to British and Irish gardeners, it is relatively unafraid of people and drawn to human activities involving the digging of soil, in order to look out for earthworms and other food freshly turned up. Indeed, the robin is considered to be a gardener's friend and for various folklore reasons the robin would never be harmed. In continental Europe on the other hand, robins were hunted and killed as with most other small birds, and are more wary.
Robins also approach large wild animals, such as wild boar and other animals which disturb the ground, to look for any food that might be brought to the surface. In autumn and winter, robins will supplement their usual diet of terrestrial invertebrates, such as spiders, worms and insects, with berries and fruit. They will also eat seed mixtures placed on bird-tables.
The robin features prominently in British folklore, and that of northwestern France, but much less so in other parts of Europe. It was held to be a storm-cloud bird and sacred to Thor, the god of thunder, in Norse mythology. Robins feature in the traditional children's tale, Babes in the Wood; the birds cover the dead bodies of the children.
More recently, the robin has become strongly associated with Christmas, taking a starring role on many Christmas cards since the mid 19th century. The robin has appeared on many Christmas postage stamps. An old British folk tale seeks to explain the robin's distinctive breast. Legend has it that when Jesus was dying on the cross, the robin, then simply brown in colour, flew to his side and sang into his ear in order to comfort him in his pain. The blood from his wounds stained the robin's breast, and thereafter all robins got the mark of Christ's blood upon them.
An alternative legend has it that its breast was scorched fetching water for souls in Purgatory.
The association with Christmas more probably arises from the fact that postmen in Victorian Britain wore red jackets and were nicknamed "Robins"; the robin featured on the Christmas card is an emblem of the postman delivering the card.
In the 1960s, in a vote publicised by The Times, the robin was adopted as the unofficial national bird of the UK.
In 2015, the robin was again voted Britain's national bird in a poll organised by birdwatcher David Lindo, taking 34% of the final vote.
A wild red rose, with a beautiful scent, from our garden.
It has no name, as other cultivars do, but is treasured, even so!
It brought to mind the poem by Rupert Brooke ...
"Unkempt about those hedges blows
An English unofficial rose;"
Rupert Brooke: The Old Vicarage, Grantchester
Happy Floral Friday! 😊
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The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, amphibians and small birds moving about on the ground. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs are laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to a fair height (69 to 144 metres), descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries. The sexes do not differ in coloration, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults. This species is unofficially considered the national bird of Kenya. Alternative names for the lilac-breasted roller include the fork-tailed roller, lilac-throated roller (also used for a subspecies of purple roller) and Mosilikatze's roller.
"An Unofficial Rose" is a novel by Iris Murdoch. Published in 1962, it was her sixth novel. The title comes from the poem by Rupert Brooke, "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester". The line reads:
"Unkempt about those hedges blows
An English unofficial rose;"
For the Macro Mondays challenge "My Favorite Novel (Fiction)" (January 15th 2018)
First off I chose a poem, as the original title for this week's challenge was "My Favourite Read", and I read and re-read poetry much more than novels these days. But then I checked the discussion here: MM Jan 15 thread where poetry and plays were ruled out!!. All my ideas were set aside, as I searched for the title of a novel that I could express in a 3" macro!
So finally here is a small part of a red rose petal, with a single water droplet ;o)
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i feel like this would be a gorgeous canvas for my studio :) i loved the light. their wedding is going to be off da hook! ;)
Oh, and I have tryed this Chevrolet. More pictures are in the Book. (Lego Tips,Tricks and Building Techniques: The Big Unofficial Lego Builders Book)
and to see color in the north, which is behind the mountains completely at my house! this is the bustling metropolis of Ísafjörður, the unofficial capitol of the Westfjords, and by far the largest town at about 2500 residents.
A panoramic view of Manhattan in which I initially desired cloud coverage to convey movement and add a sense of depth. Now, after viewing it. I am quite content at the end product.
Unofficial Chinese graves in agricultural land close to Pingzhuang. It could be that this corner of the field has been set aside for local people that worked the land. Or maybe other spiritual signs pointed to this particular spot. It was quite peaceful if you ignored the occasional passing of the trains on the nearby coal mine railway.
Pingzhuang, Nei Mongol, China.
January 2008. © David Hill
For the entirety of my more than two decades growing up in New England catching a train on the old Milford Branch beyond Franklin eluded me, but here is my third train in less than a week! Of course you've seen many posts of my chases of CSXT local B733 making its weekly Wednesday trips to Bellingham for Bluelinx and Garelick, including shots from Thursday that may be the last. And you've seen my photos of the crazy MBTA/Keolis detour trains last summer and the GEO train just this past Sunday.
But now here is a third railroad. This is Grafton and Upton local GU1 making the first freight move ever on their new rights on the Milford Industrial. On Monday they are expected to make their first revenue run to service the customers in Bellingham that they are assuming from CSXT. But in order to be able to access the Milford Industrial they had to move a string of hoppers that were blocking their own line between Hopedale and the rebuilt junction. The decision was made to shove this string up to end of track in the remains of the old Milford Yard.
Here is they are with their twin ex SCL MP15ACs in patched CSXT blue blocking Depot Street in Milford. These cars are allegedly still loaded with ilmenite ore tailings that were hauled out of Tahawas at the far northern end of the old Delware and Hudson Adirondack Branch. The cars were moved by Iowa Pacific's defunct Saratoga and North Creek and have been stored at various places for quite some time, including for a time on the Mass Coastal Railroad down towards Wareham.
The entire cut of cars would not fit between switches, and rather than shove the rest into the old runaround they cut away to clear and brought five back to Hopedale Yard. This was as far as they got but it still made for a neat photo of a real freight train (if only storage cars) in town, the first since CSXT's last customer closed in early 2018. And with a little imagination one could pretend these were loaded with anthracite for local homes and business to be unloaded on the spur behind the Barney Fuel building at left.
To learn more about this former New Haven line and three other rail routes that once radiated from this town check out the extensive detailed caption with this image of one of the detour trains that ran last summer:
Milford, Massachusetts
Thursday January 28, 2021
Gricer accommodation on the pick up from Bethesda Road to Rosmead hauled by GMA Garratt No. 4051. 43 years ago today, 30 June 1979.
These three and one surfer wades through the particles from the sewage spill! She looks like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, as she creeps out of the water!
The official symbol is a tobacco pipe statue but this is the one that most people see, right on the highway from Winnipeg. Gal power!
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