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Thanks to Dream Weaver for inspiring this composition.
Artistic license allows me to replace Dream Weaver with a real Unicorn.
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As we drove along one of the roads in the Ngorongoro Crater, we saw a pair of birds hopping frantically in front of us. The guide stopped the jeep, and we spent some time observing the courtship between this pair of weavers. It was amazing to see and photograph all the interactions between them.
Endemic to Tanzania.
Ngorongoro Crater - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
Young artisan while working at his shop on Stadiou street in Old Strovolos, Nicosia Cyprus. It is nice to see young people continue traditional trades. View On Black
The before and after of the life of a Golden Orb Weaver Spider.
I found this female Golden Orb Weaver and her egg sacs in a dead bush at our outback camp. Orb weavers usually mate in Autum. The female sometimes eats the male after mating.
This spider had three egg sacs approximately 3cm round. Each sac contains hundreds of eggs. The silk she uses for her egg sac is strong, yellow, and curly. Baby spiders are called spiderling. The baby spiders hatch within a couple of weeks, but remain inside their egg sac until winter is over. Once the tiny spiders emerge from their egg sac in early spring, they make small webs near their birthplace, or disperse on the wind, attached to short lengths of silk.
ANSH 123 - 14. before and after
At last a sunny 69. 69008 t&t with 56081 take the Liverpool line at Weaver Junction with 5F50 1418 Wembley Receptions 1-7 to Widnes Transport Tech, barrier vehicles. Wednesday 19 July 2023.
Another featherless Sunday today, my oh my, how time flies. Here is a picture I recently took in my yard. Ir is a Silver Orb Weaver spider and is quite common in Florida. They always appear in the summer.
Canon EOS 7D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, Sigma EM-140DG Ring flash, f/18, 1/250, ISO 100
MC GP50 #2010 and GP9RM #2008 lead a welded rail train under Clark St in Somerset. The rail is for Massdot’s South Coast Rail Project. A little less than a mile south of this location will be the MBTA’s layover facility at Weaver’s Cove.
Canon FD macro adapted via Metabones
Paulina CTA Brown Line station
Chicago, IL
October 2021
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At Marwell Zoological Park there is a walk through aviary so you are able to see the birds up close. This beautiful Village Weaver bird was busy building its nest (see the photo in the first comment below) as we walked through
This lovely female Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) was up and about early in the morning before sunrise.
Sitting on a cactus leaf with the golden sky from the breaking sunrise in the background made her the beauty of the moment.
Photographed in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
The Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius) is a common and widespread in much of eastern, central and southern Africa.
They generally prefer open or semi-open habitats, woodland or forest along rivers, particularly near water.
These are large, noisy, gregarious birds that are typically found in large colonies.
Lesser Masked Weavers mostly eat insects, such as Coleoptera (beetles) m termite alates, ants and locusts (Orthoptera), gleaning them from the ground and foliage and catching termite alates in mid-air ("hawking"). The percentage of insects in their diet increases during the breeding season, especially when feeding young.
Lesser Masked Weaver also feed on seeds and grain, and in some areas are considered crop pests. They will also take advantage of human offferings, readily accepting picnic table scraps.
This beautiful Lesser Masked Weaver was photographed during a boat ride on the banks of Lake Baringo, Kenya.
After getting looped at Hartford Jn for three passenger trains to pass 56103 finally gets into it's stride at Weaver Junction with 6M89 09.01 Middleton Towers - Ravenhead Sg sand. Saturday 6 July 2024.
9/24/2020 Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve, Cayce, SC
Canon EOS Rebel T5, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
© 2020 R. D. Waters
Won't be popular with many but I've never taken this close of a look to a spider. This orb weaver was at the garden center where we had our photography class Saturday and it was a popular photo amongst the group. We all got different shots of it. That is the beauty of a group shooting the same thing, each seeing something completely different.
Helms Garden Center
Guymon Oklahoma USA
The Orange Bishop is very similar to Napoleon Weaver in that Orange Bishop has a a black face and forehead whereas the Napoleon only has black cheeks.
E-M1ii / Olympuis 60mm F2.8 Macro / Cross polarised flash
A baby orb weaver spider, on a grass shoot.
A yellow weaver from a colony in the reeds by the St. Lucia estuary. Characterised by a red-orange eye and a limited orange wash on the head.
The name yellow weaver comes from my field guide, which unfortunately doesn't include scientific names, that I can't find through Google. However the guide does include an Afrikaans name (geelwewer) which led me to the alternative name of Eastern golden weaver.
Sigourney Weaver is one of my favorite actresses.
She impressed me the most in the first Alien film.
More pictures with Sigourney Weaver will follow.
The MJ-Prompt:
IMAGE: Cinematic | GENRE: Fantasy; horror | MOOD: Sinister, Ominous, Calamitous CHARACTER: Sigourney Weaver | COLOR: Vantablack and gold | BACKGROUND: purple and green fog | SCENE: Crypt wrapped in a ghostly light | AUTOR: H.R. Giger | POSE: Majestic pose | DETAILS: Hyperornate details, hyper-detailed, conspicuous detail, beautifully color-coded | RENDER: Photorealistic | LIGHTING: Accent lighting, dreamy ethereal glowing light, intense shading, smooth bokeh | COMPOSITION: Mesmerizing and dynamic composition | SHOT: Terrorwave low angle shot | FACIAL FEATURES: Rotting cadaverous face | TAGS: Sigourney Weaver; necromancer queen; fantasy horror --ar 16:10 --q 2 --v 5.1 --style raw --s 750
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"Defend the Nest"
The baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves. These nest colonies are usually found on thorny trees or palm fronds and the nests are often built near water or hanging over water where predators cannot reach easily. They are widespread and common within their range but are prone to local, seasonal movements mainly in response to rain and food availability.
As we drove along one of the roads in the Ngorongoro Crater, we saw a pair of birds hopping frantically in front of us. The guide stopped the jeep, and we spent some time observing the courtship between this pair of weavers. It was amazing to see and photograph all the interactions between them.
Endemic to Tanzania.
Ngorongoro Crater - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
8/1/2020 Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve, Cayce, SC
Canon EOS 77D, Helios 44-2 2/58mm (USSR vintage manual focus lens, M42 to EOS adapter)
© 2020 R. D. Waters
A breeding male cape weaver in a bottle-brush tree in Knysna. Characterised by a straw-yellow eye and a strong orange tinge on the face. Need to look carefully to distinguish it from the yellow weaver (Ploceus subaureus).
If spiders aren’t your thing...sorry! Spiders normally aren’t so much my jam either. But hear me out for a minute — what if we looked at things a little bit closer, with eyes of curiosity, rather than judgment? What if we tried to find the delicate in the creepy, the intricacies in the rough... the beauty in the messy & uncomfortable?
These large Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia) have been a frequent summertime sighting here in central Texas — hanging over trail-heads, under shade trees, along fence-lines. The spider in this image (captured while I was out on an early morning walk) constructed her three-foot-diameter web between the tops of two bushes! While I’m not afraid of these critters, I did find myself looking the other way and walking a bit quicker. 😅 But the lighting offered an opportunity too good to pass up, so I zoomed in to get a closer look and snapped a few photos. I was surprised to see the intricate designs on the spider’s body, the ombré-dipped coloration on all eight legs, and the mind-blowing complexity of the orb web, including the zig-zag stabilimenta centerpiece...
Without curiosity, I would not have seen how beautiful these creatures are. Yes, I am aware that it is a far stretch to equate spiders to beauty, but maybe the concept can also be applied elsewhere in our lives... Stay curious, friends.
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Clearing up shots from last years safari. I know I posted a few weaver bird shots before, but they are almost as irresistible as the penguins
I love this photo and its colors! Both yellow and green are my favourites! The weaver was deep in the bush along with maybe 25-30 friends. The bush was thick with thorny branches and as I shifted various positions the birds would disappear onto another side. So I moved to a far side and stealthily moved inside on my knees only to see my view blocked. I managed to get a few shots before he flew away, but didn't expect a decent shot.
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Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
The name for this particular weaver derives from the breeding season coloration of the male of the species. While he remains duller during the rest of the year, when the time for courtship arises, he sports a bright red head, breast, and upper back. The rest of his body is grey with a bright orange bill. Females have a quite different appearance, however. Their heads are a duller yellow, blending into a white breast with grey wings and back. Juveniles are duller in color than the adults.
The rough-looking nests with a 15-20cm long tunnel are the masterful creations of the Red-Headed Weaver which is in fact the only true weaver that uses twigs instead of grass as a building material. The male Red-Headed Weaver will construct a nest on a hanging branch above water or on a power-line, these specific areas making it difficult for predators such as a Boomslang to get to the chicks. The males construct the nests in the breeding season which is from October.