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Every year - usually from fall until spring - we split and pile about 75 cords of firewood at the farm and sell it as a side hustle for some extra cash. Anybody who does this knows that it isn't really a small job and takes quite a bit of time and manpower. It would be easier getting the job done by using a wood splitting machine but silly husband of mine isn't ready to hang up his axe yet and continues to split it all by hand. Last years woodpile didn't get finished when he broke his back in March but when October came around he picked up that axe again and got right back at it. And yes, he was sore but he never complained about it because he said he felt better moving around than sitting around. This year there is less cords than usual (about 50 this year) but it’s ok to be slow and steady if you need to be. When this gets finished, which is soon, it will be time to get ready to start planting our crops.
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Protozoan, organism, usually single-celled and heterotrophic (using organic carbon as a source of energy), belonging to any of the major lineages of protists and, like most protists, typically microscopic.
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A plain, chunky bird with a “big mouth.” Found in foothill rainforest of western Ecuador and western Colombia. It’s mostly olive-brown with pale eyes and a stout bill. Forages at middle levels of the forest and may join mixed-species flocks. Sings incessantly early in the morning, giving loud whistles intermixed with scratchy twitters and squeaks. It can open its beak surprisingly wide while singing, giving the impression that it’s shouting. (eBird)
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I've been going through my photo archive, updating names based on the latest taxonomy. As part of that work, I've come across photos that I've never processed or posted (usually because they were too grainy, fuzzy, etc.). New editing tools, though, have meant that a few will now see the light of day, like this one. Taken in the early hours of the morning by a less than perfect camera, it finally comes to light after some heavy duty editing.
Note: I had originally ID'd this bird as a South American Leaftosser (which is very similar to this). When I posted it on eBird, the reviewer got back to me almost immediately with a correction. Oh well, still a lifer and still the one and only time I've seen this bird.
San Jorge de Milpe, Pinchincha, Ecuador. July 2019.
Magic Birding Circuit.
This juvenile green heron was perched where the gulls usually land. Wasn't phased by an audience, but certainly had the look that it didn't really want to be observerd! In downtown Portland on the Willamette.
Usually, Harris’s Hawks come to the raptor blind at Santa Clara Ranch and muscle out some of the Caracara for their share of the booty. Unfortunately, they didn’t attend on this trip. However, there was a pair that our great guide, Cody, believed was nesting on the ranch property, and they commonly hung out on a telephone pole near the ranch house. The larger female is named Molly and her diminutive partner, Burt. I liked to think of Burt as a little guy with a big cigar who let Molly rule the roost. Cody was kind enough to let us use the blind by the house, that was no longer being regularly used. This is Molly making a “picture perfect” landing. 10’s all around. Thanks Cody! (Parabuteo unicinctus). (Sony a1ii, 400mm lens @ f/4, 1/3200 second, ISO 1250).
Usually skulking in damp habitat, but has habit of perching out in the open where it belts out it's beautiful song.Many thanks for looking at my images.
Here usually named Ballena Franca Austral, length up to 17 meters, weight 40 to 80 ton.
Nederlandse naam: zuidkaper -
behoort tot de echte walvissen
Muntjac Deer - Muntiacus reevesi
Doe
Reeves’ muntjac are small, stocky and russet brown in colour in summer and grey/brown in winter. Bucks have short (10 cm) antlers growing from long pedicles. Antlers are usually unbranched but a very short brow tine is occasionally found in old bucks. They also have visible upper canines (tusks) suggesting that they are a primitive species. Muntjac have two pairs of large glands on the face. The upper pair are the frontal glands, whilst the lower glands, below the eyes, are called sub-orbitals. Both glands are used to mark territories and boundaries. They have a ginger forehead with pronounced black lines running up the pedicles in bucks, and a dark diamond shape on does. The haunches are higher than the withers giving a hunched appearance. They have a fairly wide tail, which is held erect when disturbed.
Muntjac were brought from China to Woburn Park in Bedfordshire in the early 20th century. They are now widespread and increasing in number and range. Deliberate releases and escapes from Woburn, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire led to the establishment of feral populations. Movement and release by humans led to their rapid spread across south and central England and Wales, however, north of the Humber distribution is patchy but reaches close to the Scottish border.
Muntjac like deciduous or coniferous forests, preferably with a diverse understorey. They are also found in scrub and overgrown urban gardens. Unlike other species of deer in Britain, muntjac do not cause significant damage to agricultural or timber crops. However, high densities may prevent coppice regeneration and the loss of some plants of conservation importance, such as primulas. Muntjac trophy hunting has only recently become popular so there is little tradition of muntjac stalking on country and forest estates. The most significant direct economic impact that muntjac have on human interests is in collisions with cars. However, this has welfare as well as economic implications.
In contrast to all other species of deer in Britain, muntjac do not have a defined breeding season (rut). Instead, they breed all year round and the does can conceive again within days of giving birth. Bucks may fight for access to does but remain unusually tolerant of subordinate males within their vicinity.
Does are capable of breeding at seven months old. After a gestation period of seven months, they give birth to a single kid and are ready to mate again within a few days.
Bucks can live up to 16 years and does up to 19 years, but these are exceptional.
Muntjac are generally solitary or found in pairs (doe with kid or buck with doe) although pair-bonding does not occur. Bucks defend small exclusive territories against other bucks whereas does' territories overlap with each other and with several bucks.
They are known as ‘barking deer’ from the repeated loud bark given under a number of circumstances. An alarmed muntjac may scream whereas maternal does and kids squeak.
Muntjac are active throughout the 24-hour period but make more use of open spaces during the hours of darkness in populations subject to frequent disturbance. Peak activity is at dawn and dusk. Long periods are spent ‘lying up’, where the deer lies down to ruminate after feeding.
Usually I shoot from the house and up the hillside across the howe .... but this was shot coming home down the hill. You can see almost the whole village strung out along the road - and the spire of the Kirk after which the village is named ;o)
A sunny morning last month - I guess it will be quite some time before I see that view again!
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I don’t usually like to go out birding on windy days but was getting some cabin fever and decided to explore around the west end of Galveston. I think most of the birds staying low and out of the wind but this Little Blue Heron must have been pretty hungry because it was posing nicely and the wind was blowing its feathers into come comical positions. You can always count on a Little Blue Heron to be a good model.
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Egretta caerulea
Usually these little owls are very affectionate with each other. For me, this is unusual behavior.
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…….We usually try to include a walk around Attingham Park each week - the weather forecast was good first thing so we made an early start & got there for 08:30, nice and quiet - saw the deer which was nice but not in this section sadly, heard 4 Woodpeckers!!!! #067 taken on my phone in Apple RAW & edited in Lightroom. Alan:-)
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After unloading at the TMA Terminal this empty steel train is being pushed to Houtrakpolder yard (Aziëhavenweg). 1829 will run the train to Tata Steel Beverwijk changing direction at Amsterdam Centraal. Normally it is not possible to take this picture because this train is usually hauled.
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are not really progress at all, but just terrible things ;-)
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We usually leave a bowl of cat food out at night for any passing hedgehogs or stray cats. A couple of weeks ago we heard the bowl being rattled rather violently. We were surprised to see this chap happily munching his way through the food.... he didn't even run off when we opened the door !
Usually found on the way into the woods good old brambles, nuisance for many months of the year, but come the autumn the blackberries make for a lovely pudding! HMM all. Taken late one evening last week just as we entered the golden hour.
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The Inside Track:
Music is what moves me. It is usually a song that sparks my creativity and moves me to take a photo. For the rest of this month I am choosing songs that showcase LGBTQ artists or songs that celebrate that love is love. It is the love that fills and surrounds us that makes this whole human experience worth it. I hope you enjoy the songs this month. --Love Lexi
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I miss you
Yeah I'm just waking up
Feeling lonely as fuck
And I want you
On the floor, on the chair
I don't care, anywhere
That you want to, just gimme that
Gimme that heartfelt
Makin' my heart melt
Feeling, mmh
I'm sorry
Every night I go out
Always giving you reasons
To worry
But it's all in your head
I'm a good girl I swear
Won't you hurry, to gimme that
Gimme that old school
Playing it all cool
Baby, mmh
So gimme love, gimme love
Take it right back to your backseat, oh
'Cause I can't get enough
I don't wanna wait no
I just wanna take off
Right into your heart
Right to where you are
Baby you know
What you do
When you look at me like that, mmh
And that voice, it drives me mad, mmh
And you know that just one touch
And God I'm sold
I'm your fool
Believe me
It's just us, me and you
One and one, it makes two
It's so easy
An equation that will
Never change, you and I
Are meant to be
It's gravity
No matter how far
Wherever we are
Waiting, mmh
So gimme love, gimme love
Take it right back to your backseat, oh
'Cause I can't get enough
I don't wanna wait no
I just wanna take off
Right into your heart
Right to where you are
Baby you know
What you do
When you look at me like that, mmh
And that voice, it drives me mad, mmh
And you know that just one touch
And God I'm sold
I'm your fool
When you look at me like that, mmh
And that voice, it drives me mad, mmh
And you know that just one touch
And God I'm sold
I'm your fool
Give me love, gimme love, ooh
Give me love, gimme love
And you know that just one touch
And God I'm sold
I'm your fool
And when you look at me like that, mmh
And that voice, it drives me mad, mmh
And you know that just one touch
And God I'm sold
I'm your fool
usually when i update a work from the past like this one and i change it too much, i clear the favs and comments. this one i didnt. so this is now a "dirty installation".
Usually Vas'ka is not allowed to climb onto the dining table. But sometimes he can not to curb his curiosity when we eat or drink something.
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Fynnie usually poses whenever and wherever I ask him to. This photo was the result of a photoshoot in the garden yesterday. I wanted him to sit down in front of the Californian poppies and he willingly offered his best lion king pose. You can tell by his expression that he wasn't completely convinced by my choice of setting, though. :)
Hey flickr-friends, I don't usually publish the milestones, but with this photo I will reach 5 million views on flickr with my portfolio and I'd just like to use the moment to thank all of you! Especially if you've been around from the beginning 2.5 years ago! Thank you all! Have a wonderful day!
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Chilterns (Hertfordshire). Usually, I do not use my camera's programmes. Here, however, I am trying out a "Dynamic Range Priority". The promise is that bright skies will be kept under control (tones and colours as well) and information in the darker parts of the image be recovered. It does work to a certain extent. However, since I usually shoot in RAW and therefore edit my images anyway, I feel that I better continue doing things manually. I wonder what your experience is. Frankly, this image is "flat".
Dunham Massey Hall, usually known simply as Dunham Massey, is an English country house in the parish of Dunham Massey in the district of Trafford, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester. It is now a National Trust property, open to the public. During World War I it was the Stamford Military Hospital.
The stately home was designated a Grade One listed-building on 5 March 1959. It has been owned by the National Trust since the death of the 10th and last Earl of Stamford in 1976 Over 340,000 people visited the house in 2014/15, placing it in the ten most popular National Trust houses.
Dunham Massey was built in the early 17th century by the Earls of Warrington, passing to the Earls of Stamford by inheritance; the family still live in part of the house. There were significant alterations, especially internally, at the start of the 20th century. It has historic formal gardens and a deer park. It was formerly in the ancient parish of Bowdon, Cheshire. Wikipedia
Winter In Spring...
The Hyacinth is a very pretty plant that usually blooms in early spring. I have this in a pot outside and unfortunately it is supposed to snow as temps tonight are supposed to go down quite a bit from our current 8 degrees C.
I plan on putting it in our garage, hopefully it survives the next several days of cold weather. It seems winter isn't done with us here yet and spring will just have to wait.
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I usually only take a few shots of Sandhill Cranes because they are so far away, and my puny lens doesn't really get them all that well. I went out to Frenchman's Bar Park to see if I could find my favorite raptor (I didnt'). I wasn't quite prepared when this crane flew right over me, but I got it!
I couldn’t believe my luck when I pulled up and immediately saw this beautiful Five-striped Sparrow right on the side of the road next to the car! That NEVER happens. Usually I only find them after a long and difficult search.
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Amphispiza quinquestriata
Usually it is not so easy to tell male and female Grebe apart but I have no doubts who is showing off here ;-)
I usually don't post more than one image per day, but I have a back log of Dragonflies, so I posted three Whiteface species as a set. I don't expect a comment on each.
Elk Island National Park, Alberta.
I don't usually upload more than one photo of the same subject on consecutive days but I thought this Bittern was sufficiently different from yesterday's. This one suddenly exploded out of one reedbed, flew a short distance, then landed in a nearby reedbed. It took me by surprise but I locked onto it just as it came into land. I was really pleased that I managed to freeze the action in its legs and wings. I remember as kids we used to shout Geronimo as we jumped but I never knew why. Apparently U.S. Army paratroopers testing the practice of parachuting from planes began a tradition of shouting "Geronimo!" to show they had no fear of jumping out of an airplane, and was apparently inspired by the 1939 film "Geronimo".
Usually Spotted Towhees like to stay hidden in the dense underbrush but this one gave me a nice pose on top of the thicket, allowing me to get a shot with a clean background.
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (M)
The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences between the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female. The male's typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some isolated areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap's closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.
The blackcap feeds mainly on insects during the breeding season, then switches to fruit in late summer, the change being triggered by an internal biological rhythm. When migrants arrive on their territories they initially take berries, pollen and nectar if there are insufficient insects available, then soon switch to their preferred diet. They mainly pick prey off foliage and twigs, but may occasionally hover, flycatch or feed on the ground. Blackcaps eat a wide range of invertebrate prey, although aphids are particularly important early in the season, and flies, beetles and caterpillars are also taken in large numbers. Small snails are swallowed whole, since the shell is a source of calcium for the bird's eggs. Chicks are mainly fed soft-bodied insects, fruit only being provided if invertebrates are scarce.
In July, the diet switches increasingly to fruit. The protein needed for egg-laying and for the chicks to grow is replaced by fruit sugar which helps the birds to fatten for migration. Aphids are still taken while they are available, since they often contain sugars from the plant sap on which they feed. Blackcaps eat a wide range of small fruit, and squeeze out any seeds on a branch before consuming the pulp. This technique makes them an important propagator of mistletoe. The mistle thrush, which also favours that plant, is less beneficial since it tends to crush the seeds. Although any suitable fruit may be eaten, some have seasonal or local importance; elder makes up a large proportion of the diet of northern birds preparing for migration, and energy-rich olives and lentisc are favoured by blackcaps wintering in the Mediterranean.
The German birds wintering in British gardens rely on provided food, and the major items are bread and fat, each making up around 20% of the diet; one bird survived the whole winter eating only Christmas cake. Fruit is also eaten, notably cotoneaster (41% of the fruit consumed), ivy and honeysuckle, and apple if available. Some birds have learned to take peanuts from feeders. Blackcaps defend good winter food sources in the wild, and at garden feeding stations they repel competitors as large as starlings and blackbirds. Birds occasionally become tame enough to feed from the hand.
Aristotle, in his History of Animals, considered that the garden warbler eventually metamorphosed into a blackcap. The blackcap's song has led to it being described as the mock nightingale or country nightingale. Verga's 1871 novel Storia di una capinera, according to its author, was inspired by a story of a blackcap trapped and caged by children. The bird, silent and pining for its lost freedom, eventually dies. In the book, a nun evacuated from her convent by cholera falls in love with a family friend, only to have to return to her confinement when the disease wanes. The novel was adapted as films of the same name in 1917, 1943 and 1993. The last version was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and its English-language version was retitled as Sparrow. In Saint François d'Assise, an opera by Messiaen, the orchestration is based on bird song. St Francis himself is represented by the blackcap.
Folk names for the blackcap often refer to its most obvious plumage feature (black-headed peggy, King Harry black cap and coal hoodie) or to its song, as in the nightingale names above. Other old names are based on its choice of nesting material (Jack Straw, hay bird, hay chat and hay Jack). There is a tradition of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm bases being named for birds. A former base near Stretton in Cheshire was called HMS Blackcap.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,200,000 territories
UK wintering:
3,000 birds
Usually, I avoid shooting at high noon but yesterday? My shutter finger was twitchier than a caffeinated squirrel.
Off to the park I went, ready to squint and sweat for my "art". Now, here's the thing - I've spent so long zooming in on tiny things so when I stumbled upon flamingos, I felt like I'd brought a magnifying glass to a bird-watching party. I am so used to making small things look big, I forgot how to make big things look... well, normal-sized. I am not sure I like it. I guess I'm a small-picture kind of person.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Zantedeschia, usually erroneously called Calla or Arum lilies (only when big and white), they are not a true lily.
It is named after Italian botanist Francesco Zantedeschi.
The Zantedeschia species are very poisonous, capable of killing livestock and children.
All parts of the plant are toxic, and produce irritation and swelling of the mouth and throat, acute vomiting and diarrhea.
All species are endemic to southern Africa.
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A large resident owl usually found around rocky places, ledges and rock quarries. These birds prefer these habitats and are often found sitting quietly on one of the ledges or on a tree nearby. The bird - around 50 - 60 cms is one of the larger owls in the country.
Just like other large owls, they are usually found in pairs. But this one was alone in a quarry. And there were dozen's of swallows that were quite unhappy with the Owl and were constantly dive bombing on it. The owl didn't care since they are no danger to it. Several rounds of dive bombing made no difference to the Owl who tracked it a few times, but ignored it entirely - as if saying "You can't touch me".
I suspect that the Owl was making a meal of these Swallows every night since the ledges where the Swallows perch and nest had a lot of white markings indicating Owl droppings.
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I usually only post one image every day or two, but these seemed better together. It shows how quickly skimmers can go from looking graceful to looking painful.
Usually when I see an osprey eating its catch, it is sitting in a tree. No doubt this is done to help keep the fish away from interlopers. Out of the frame of this shot is a crow, who kept creeping closer and closer. The crow actually came up to the osprey and grabbed some of its tail feathers in its beak. After a few minutes the osprey took off, looking for a more peaceful spot finish off its dinner.
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Usually I'm starting up my feeders at the beginning of November.
However, it's been so unseasonably warm in our area, and there's been such an abundance of natural food to be had, there really wasn't any need.
Now the temperatures are finally feeling a bit more seasonable, so I decided to open for business.
It only took a few minutes to get my 1st customer!
Usually I wait for the vehicle to pass so that the light from the headlight doesn't mess up my shot. I wanted to try something different. I timed the passing vehicle so that I would capture the light as it painted the spruce trees. It took me a couple of tries. Oh yeah. The northern lights were pretty amazing too. Broad Pass, AK. 1/6/2021
Usually you would have seen the Ferris Wheel (called Wheel of Vision) moving but this year due to the pandemic it also came to standstill
Usually the shallow and narrow river Ver, after heavy rains, overflowed the banks and overflowed the artificial lake. Now all the paths along the lake are semi-flooded.
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Usually, Doc keeps a small portion of our trail cleared, so that he can reach our outbuildings. This year mother nature decided to deliver us an abundance of snow, and it has been impossible to keep up with it. Now I feel like our cabin is a little self-sufficient spaceship - floating in a sea of white.
Our large 5th wheel can be seen to the far right of this photo, and it is buried until spring. Doc did manage to make a path to our first Shelter Logic outbuilding that housed our snowblower, but the second Shelter Logic structure will not see us until the snow melts. (It is off in the distance to the right.) Luckily, we have a large workshop/storage building quite near our cabin for things we use more frequently.
This winter has been a challenge, but Doc and I would never think of living anywhere else.
Usually after a day walk we went at Restaurante Louisiana to have a drink and some food and enjoy the view and see the setting sun on the Fishermans beach.
Built in 1930. In 1984 the premises were purchased by Jose Moita Dias and Teresa Coffey who converted the property into
Louisiana Bar and Restaurant. Louisiana is still owned and managed by their daughter Sofia Moita Dias.
Occupying a prime position overlooking Fishermans beach in Albufeira, Louisiana continues to be an ideal venue to soak up the Algarve sunshine whilst enjoying a daytime snack and chilled cocktail or a more romantic candlelit evening meal.
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