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Op deze foto is VR 7178 met de lange sleep Fccpps’en weer onderweg naar Amersfoort als trein 58102. In Zutphen heeft de trein kopgemaakt, waardoor de op de heenrit achter de eloc meelopende 203-5 nu achteraan de trein meeloopt. Doorkomst te Harselaar stipt op tijd om 14:45 uur op 3 mei 2021.
Chloris chloris
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Spinus spinus
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Op 28 april 2021 was er een VolkerRail instructie- en belastingtestrit van Amersfoort naar Deventer Goederen en weer terug naar Amsterdam Westhaven.
Hier is de loc net omgelopen op Deventer Goederenemplacement en zal binnen korte tijd richting Apeldoorn vertrekken met een sleep beladen Fccpps'n als trein 58102.
Loc 7178 van VolkerRail komt onder treinnummer 56005 op een rondrit ten behoeve van instructie van Amersfoort via Deventer, Nijmegen, Breda, Rotterdam en Utrecht naar Amersfoort langs Teuge. 22 maart 2021
Vanuit Teuge werd verplaatst naar Rheden waar VolkerRail voorbij kwam met een werktreintje uit 's-Hertogenbosch. De 7178 (ex NS 1778) is met de 203-5 en Unimat 103 onderweg via Deventer naar Amersfoort.
Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) captured at Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR.
For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com
VolkerRail 203-1 'Tom' staat bij OBA rustig te wachten tot het tijd is de volgende VTG zelflosser onder de laadinstallatie te trekken, Amsterdam Westhaven, 17-01-2022
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Square-tailed Kite
Scientific Name: Lophoictinia isura
Although it usually occurs singly, the Square-tailed Kite is sometimes seen soaring in pairs during the breeding season, and family groups of adults and one or two dependent young may be seen during post-fledging period. The Square-tailed Kite usually hunts by flying low over the treetops, occasionally plunging down through the foliage to snatch a bird or insect from among the leaves or twigs. The species often eats the nestlings of birds, and sometimes it will remove the entire nest to get at the young birds, and at other times may remove the tiny birds, one clutched tightly by the talons of each foot. They also catch adult birds by surprising them in the canopy of the forest.
Description: Often solitary, but can be seen in pairs when nesting. Squared-tailed Kites have a long, square tail with very long, upswept paddle-shaped wings and a large cream crescent at the base of their wing tips.
Similar Species: Immature Black Kite, Black-breasted Buzzard, and Red Goshawk
Distribution: Endemic to mainland Australia.
Habitat: The species mainly inhabits open eucalypt forests and woodlands, often where there is a broken canopy, but it also ranges into nearby open habitats. In southern Australia, Square-tailed Kites mainly inhabit open eucalypt forests and woodlands, often dominated by stringybarks, peppermints or box–ironbark eucalypts, as well as Woollybutt, Spotted Gum, Manna Gum, Messmate, River Red Gums, as well as other trees such as Angophora, cypress-pines and casuarinas. It also occurs along the edges of dense forest and along in road verges with remnant or planted trees, and in clearings within forest or in areas of regrowth, up to 4 years after the area has been logged. Other habitats which occasionally support Square-tailed Kites include mallee, heathland (mallee or coastal) and other low shrublands including saltbush plains, and also grasslands or open or cultivated farmland near remnant woodland.
Feeding: Searching for prey from the air, where they are highly agile at low levels, they mainly hunt in eucalypt open forest or woodland, and less often in low shrublands, heath, grassland or crops, and the margins between open and timbered country (forest–heath; woodland–heath; forest–open field; mallee–open paddocks; woodland edges; riparian timber; belts of trees in urban or semi-urban areas; and clearings in forests) are especially favoured. They specialise in hunting among trees, twisting between and below tree-tops, and they take most prey from the outer foliage of the canopy, but do not enter the canopy.
Breeding: Square-tailed Kites nest on horizontal branches in mature living trees, especially eucalypts, often near water, and they need extensive areas of forest or woodland surrounding or nearby.
Calls: Yelping, yeep, yeep, yeep. Also squealing ee ee ee ee
Minimum Size: 50cm
Maximum Size: 55cm
Average size: 53cm
Average weight: 568g
Breeding season: Aug - Dec
Incubation: 37 days
Nestling Period: 63 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Lophoictinia-isura and www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/square-tailed-kite)
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Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) captured at Don-e-Das, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR.
For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com
Voor losse loctreinen kom ik normaal gesproken mij bed niet uit, maar bij deze was ik toevallig in de buurt wilde deze plek altijd nog eens proberen na het debâcle met de DE-20.
Qua zon vind ik deze beter gelukt. De loc is onderweg tussen Bathmen en Colmschate en passeert landgoed De Bannink waar ook de op de achtergrond zichtbare boerderij tot behoort.
Ter hoogte van de Wieldrechtse-zeedijk (Dordrecht )
Kon ik op Woensdag 24 Juli 2024 , de VR 7178 met de V100 203 -2 naar Roosendaal vastleggen …
White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Auf der Futtersuche. Die Jungen der zweiten Brut warten schon gierig.
Foraging for food. The young of the second brood are already waiting greedily.
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Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna
Bird Overview: The Musk Lorikeet specialises in feeding on the nectar which is produced by flowering eucalypts, and sometimes also from the flowers of banksias and grevilleas. They collect nectar with their brush-shaped tongues. Musk Lorikeets are usually seen feeding in large noisy flocks in the canopy of eucalypts, often associating with other nectar-feeding birds, especially Rainbow Lorikeets and honeyeaters. The movements of Musk Lorikeets are often correlated with the flowering of trees, with birds appearing when the trees are in bloom, and leaving after the flowering has finished.
Identification: The Musk Lorikeet is a medium-sized, sturdy lorikeet, sometimes seen in large flocks when trees are flowering and often in mixed flocks with other parrots and other birds. They are active and noisy. This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast. It has a bright red forehead and band through the eye to the ear coverts. The crown is blue, with females having less blue than males. In flight, brown flight feathers and the golden tail are revealed. Flight is fast and direct, with short angular wings and a medium-length, pointed to wedge-shaped tail.
Songs and Calls: The usual contact call is a shrill metallic screech, higher than the Rainbow Lorikeet, in flight and when perched. They constantly chatter when feeding.
Habitat: Musk Lorikeets are found in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. They are also seen in suburban areas, parks and street trees. They roost or loaf in tall trees away from their feeding sites.
Behaviour: Musk Lorikeets are gregarious, often mixing with other parrots when feeding, including Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Little Lorikeets and Swift Parrots.
Feeding: Musk Lorikeets feed in all levels of the canopy and are very active when foraging. They eat mainly pollen and nectar from eucalypts using their specialised brush-tipped tongues, but also eat seeds, fruits and insects and their larvae.
Breeding: Musk Lorikeets breed in hollow branches and holes in living eucalypts, often near watercourses. The entrance holes are usually very small, so they have to squeeze in. Eggs are laid on a base of chewed or decayed wood. The female incubate the eggs and both parents roost in the hollow at night.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/musk-lorikeet/?srsltid=AfmB...)
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Passionné par l'astronomie depuis ma tendre enfance, je n'ai jamais été attiré par l'astrophotographie. Ceci n'est qu'une timide tentative de faire une «belle» photo de la lune et rien d'autre.
Nikon D90+MB-D80
AF-S DX Nikkor 3.5 - 5.6 ED VR 18-300mm
300 mm
ISO 800
0 ev
f/8
1/800
Trépied Manfrotto
Déclencheur
Post Prod Aperture 3
Bark at the Moon.