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The redhead is a pochard, a diving duck specially adapted to foraging underwater. Their legs are placed farther back on the body, which makes walking on land difficult, the webbing on their feet is larger than dabbling ducks and their bills are broader, to facilitate underwater foraging. In addition, pochards have a lobed hind toe
During breeding season, redheads are found across a wide range of North America, from as far north as Northern Canada to the Caribbean. Their preferred areas include the intermontane regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Dakotas with some small localities in Ontario, Quebec and southern United States. These pochards then migrate south to winter in warmer climates. These areas include southern United States where breeding does not occur and extends to Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and the Bahamas.[6][7] In either season, redheads use wetlands as their main habitat.[7]
The dragon fly here measures in at about three inches and got caught up in the spider web - right away the spider went to work and did a complete number on the giant flyer. Wrap and rewrap to hold him in place then injected him. We saw this unfold near the roof of our house through a window and after a couple of camera shots i decided this wasn't a fitting ending to a noble mammoth dragon fly who catches lots of mosquitos for us each summer. So i rescued it.
The spider made a beeline out of the way and i freed DF from the web, and proceeded to disentangle all the webbing it had wrapped around its wings. I gave him 3 baths and lots of drinking water. He remained stunned from the poison and only made very slight movements. Between baths i left him for an hour on a rock, no sooner had i come back but another small spider decided to have another go at him. I squashed that one pronto and placed my dragon fly on an outside table safely under our porch.
Happy to report he was not there this morning. Full recovery. The spider has not yet rebuilt his web and i'm sure he's not in a very happy mood today.
Grebe chicks enjoy very special treatment captured in this photograph, it has always amazed me how diligently wildlife cared and provides for their off spring.
You can also see grebe feet, which don't have the webbing common in ducks, grebe legs are located at the very back of body which makes them very clumsy on land.
Another shot from my spiderweb session. This one was just begging to be converted to black and white.
I found this non-breeding Plover feeding on the rocks and in the algae one evening in September.
Their name "semipalmated" refers to the unique partial webbing between their toes, which allows them to walk on soft mud and even swim short distances.
They look somewhat like miniature Killdeer (which is another plover), but you can distinguish them by their single black breast band rather than the Killdeer's two bands.
Have a great Sunday, everyone...
The male Monarch has thin webbing with two black spots on rear wings. This one just emerged and is pumping up his wings with fluid.
The most wonderful surprises are often right at our feet. After a heavy shower of rain, I took my camera in hand. Instead of traveling through my garden, I headed down the street. Between two large rocks I found a place that a spider had created a hammock of webbing. The raindrops were caught in the fine strands of web.
I posted the same shot from an earlier visit to the Abbey church in Mission, B.C., but I couldn't resist another attempt!
These are the windows in the roof above the altar. As with the stained glass windows on the four walls (facing the Four Directions), the colours represent the changing colours of the sky over the course of the day from dawn to dusk.
The original stained glass windows in the roof started to fall due to the design of the cement webbing to hold them in place, so for many years there was only clear plastic in their place. Finally, in the last year or two, the stained glass was re-installed by the monks, adding to the original and very beautiful ambiance of their cathedral-like church.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey_(British_Columbia)
This is a female Monarch just after emerging. She has broader webbing and no spots. She also likes pink.
The bird is celebrated in Indian mythology and is India's national bird. It has crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage. This peacock is metallic blue on the crown, with the feathers of the head being short and curled. The fan-shaped crest on its head is made of feathers with bare black shafts and tipped with bluish-green webbing. There is a white stripe above the eye and a crescent shaped white patch below the eye that are formed by the bare white skin. The sides of the peacock's head have iridescent greenish blue feathers. I chanced upon this beautiful male peacock in the wilderness of Masinagudi. It looks alert but the beauty is not compromised. Looking straight for any probable danger ahead!
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This female Anna's has removed some webbing from a nearby tree and will use it to strengthen her nest.
Mermaid
by Indranil Bhaduri
You came like the gushy wind
Blowing me away with your might,
You came with your dreams unlimited
Embracing me with your warmth.
You looked at my eyes,
With unspoken words of love
Your brief murmurs in the air
Enlightened the lonesome soul
I wish.. I could feel you,
Kiss your sweet lips
With my everlasting passion
And ignite the fire within us..
See, it's a dream coming true
For us, swimming in the vast ocean
As I burn with ecstasy touching you
O My beautiful mermaid blue...
_________________
Details:
* Head: Genus : Strong face
* Body: Maitreya Lara
* Webbing for hands: Aii
* Nails: Venge Stiletto Nail Applier - 'Mariposa' Advert
* Merbra: :: ANTAYA :: Coral bra
* Crown: - Fika - Asherah Set - Crown
* Skin: Fallen Gods Inc: OCEANICA female +FGInc.+ ARCTIC Ivory MARKS
* Hair: Raven Bell: Nereid
* Scale texture: Nefekalum - - Slither
* More tattoos: [AERTH] Agito tattoos Skybird
* Mermaid tail & pose: Aii & Ego: Siren Tail
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Polypedates otilophus (also known as the file-eared tree frog, Borneo eared frog, or bony-headed flying frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is widespread and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, typically in the lowlands but sometimes as high as 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level. This species has prominent, sharp ridges behind the eye, above the ear, referred to in its names.
Description
Males measure up to 80 mm (3.1 in) and females up to 100 mm (3.9 in) in snout–vent length. The body is robust and dorsally lemon yellow in color, with many thin, black stripes; also the thighs have many black bars. The tympanum is conspicuous, with a serrated bony crest above it (the "ear"). Fingertips are expanded into large discs; those on the toes are smaller. The fingers have only rudimentary webbing whereas the toes are moderately webbed. The tadpoles are yellowish green above and white below, acquiring the stripes seen in adults well before metamorphosis. The largest tadpoles are 60 mm (2.4 in) in total length.
Habitat and conservation
Polypedates otilophus typically occurs in secondary habitats, at the edges of primary forest, and also in villages. They are most easily spotted at suitable breeding ponds where adults perch on vegetation 1–4 m above the ground. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Another figure with the new BA webbing, I definitely like the look of these, they add so much more detail to a figure. They fit well over printed figures, although with this one you can see a little of the pouch printing showing through, but nothing major.
Hope you like the figure, if anyone has any ideas of figures I could try (I have British and German webbing, no American) then let me know. :)
This bird has been presented with a venomous Lesser Weever fish (Echiichthys viper) by its mate. Thanks to Julian Thomas who ID'd the fish from the previous shot of the male bringing it in. In this one you can clearly see the distinctive dark webbing that separates its front dorsal spines which contain the venom (as do the spines on the gill covers) and the characteristic dark tipped tail.
Taken at Rye Harbour, Sussex
Spider webbing from tier to tier upon a beautiful flower can also attract a meal from whoever decides to visit such floral enticement !
Have a safe and spectacular day dear Flickr friends !
When I shot the bullseye photo, the lady of the web was off taking care of spider business. You can see her in the other photo, but she looks like blue glitter webbing almost in the center of the pic. It's never good to disturb them while they make a capture. Since these spiders are truly tiny, their prey are often larger than they are.
Processing this faded tulip image provided me with a real education. At first, I mistook all the webbing Waldo provided for artifacts of the focus stacking process. For example, the web stretching from the stem to the bottom left of the blossom seemed to be six or seven lines, and the all the curves near the petal seemed ridiculous, so I just cut it all out.
Then I discovered Waldo, who is plausibly responsible for all the webbing. Then I examined the images that made up the focus stack, and discovered that there was only one piece of web attached with all the curves, but it moved significantly from exposure to exposure, as if flapping in a breeze.
So I copied that big piece of webbing from the image with the curls in best focus, and pasted it into the stacked image, and did a similar paste from an image with the webbing between the bottom petal tips. And I left most of the other webbing in, as it hadn't flapped about nearly as much. Now I'm wondering how much other webbing I've cut out of other images that I mistook for artifacts.
CAN YOU FIND WEBBER WALDO?
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Morus bassanus
Réserve nationale des Sept-Iles Bretagne
Particularités morphologiques:
Les yeux sont légèrement tournés vers l'avant et vers le bas, ce qui leur procure une large vision binoculaire sans désaxer la tête. Lors des plongées, les membranes nictitantes couvrent les yeux. Le bec conique est long et fort, pointu et sans crochet. Il est dépourvu de narines externes. Comme chez tous les oiseaux marins, il existe des glandes à sel pour évacuer le sel en excès dans l'organisme, ici par le bec.
Leurs pattes sont totipalmées, c'est à dire que la palmure englobe les 4 doigts. Elles sont souvent vivement colorées.
Ils peuvent plonger d'une grande hauteur (jusqu'à 40m) et pénétrer le milieu marin en profondeur (en moyenne 10-15 m, max. mesuré 35). La durée moyenne d'immersion est 5 à 10 secondes. Au moment de l'impact avec l'eau, les ailes sont complètement rabattues et tendues vers l'arrière dans l'axe du corps pour faciliter la pénétration en minimisant le choc.
Adaptation morphologique, des sacs aériens disposés en protection de la tête et de la poitrine amortissent aussi le choc avec l'eau et facilitent ensuite la remontée vers la surface.
Morphological characteristics:
The eyes are slightly turned forward and downward, which gives them a wide binocular vision without misaligning the head. When diving, the nictitating membranes cover the eyes. The conical beak is long and strong, pointed and without hook. It has no external nostrils. As in all seabirds, there are salt glands to evacuate excess salt in the body, here through the beak. Their legs are totipalmate, that is to say that the webbing includes the 4 fingers. They are often brightly colored.
They can dive from a great height (up to 40m) and penetrate the marine environment in depth (on average 10-15 m, max. measured 35). The average immersion time is 5 to 10 seconds. At the moment of impact with the water, the wings are completely folded and stretched backwards in line with the body to facilitate penetration by minimizing the shock.
Morphological adaptation, air sacs arranged to protect the head and chest also absorb the shock with the water and then facilitate the ascent to the surface.
Source: Les oiseaux de France www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/fou.de.bassan.html
I saw these hanging on a tree while on a nearby walk along a river. Looking more closely, I saw that there was a web surrounding them. No idea what they are...
Constructed on a fence at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. These non-sticky webs are designed to entangle or stop flying prey in the upper portion, after which the prey often falls onto the lower "sheet" where the spider awaits. Notice the loose curved threads strung between the stiff vertical strands. This web was about 6" long. Quite a piece of engineering!
(Second of two) This is the same Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, as in the preceding image. Here you can see even more clearly the partial webbing between the toes that gives rise to the term semipalmated in the name.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Outer Banks, North Carolina. August 20, 2019.
I seem to recall this phrase being a popular saying when I was quite young. It may have been coined as early as the 1850's, but I sure wasn't around then!
Here is another example of an Atlantic puffin picking something up for unknown reasons. Pretty sure it is not for nesting material.
Notice that the foot closest to the camera has the webbing torn between it at least two places. Since they use their feet as rudders when swimming under water, I would think this bird would be challenged to change direction as fast as 'normal' puffins.
Another figure with the BA webbing, hope you like it. Thanks Josh ( www.flickr.com/photos/121259978@N08/ ) for the suggestion.
Any other suggestions are welcome for any figures that you might like to see, thanks for taking a look!
The Semipalmated Plover must have been named by a scientist in a laboratory. Personally, I can't tell how much webbing is on tiny bird feet.
"Semipalmated: ADJECTIVE:
used in names of wading birds that have toes webbed for part of their length..."
Grand Isle, Louisiana
A soft, mellow yellow haven for this tiny spider. It was hard to photograph, being so deep within the foliage, but I hope
I have portrayed the little haven that it inhabited and the protection that it might have felt within its refuge.
And I love the even tinier water drop caught on the silk.
This is Badumna longinqua, native to the eastern parts of this country. The species can be found living in tree trunks, rock walls, retreats and foliage within tangled webbing. Once they have found such a refuge, they sit and wait for prey to pass by.
Around 5 mm body length.
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In Remembrance
Captured in May 2019 at the "Daks over Prestwick" event where 11 DC-3 Dakota and C-47 aircraft stopped over at Prestwick International Airport, Scotland, on their way to the D-Day 75th anniversary event in Normandy, France.
A few re-enactors were wandering around the event and I asked this fine fellow in US 82nd Airborne Division uniform to pose for a few shots in front of one of the beautiful Daks.
Remembering those that gave their lives to save us from tyranny and fascism in Europe and across the globe during two world wars.
Through memory, re-enactment and remembrance, we will never forget. They live on in us.
Lest we forget.
Something caught my eye as I walked alongside the lake.
It was one of those half-cloudy days where the sun was desperate to break through the cover. Just as it did, a slowly spinning leaf, suspended only by a fine line of spider's web, connected with its warm ray. All of those elements - the leaf, the spider's web, the sun, the timing - coming together were the enablers of my unique view that afternoon. I captured it in pixels as quickly as I could.
If you look very closely at the uppermost tip of the leaf, you can see a small thread of webbing. I liked how it was relatively well-lit when compared to it's grey-scale background, the lightly mottled and watercolour-like bokeh of the lake behind and then most of all the vast array of colours making up the composition of the leaf itself.
Sometimes it's the little things that make the difference.
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Posed portrait of Stranger 75 in my 100 Strangers project, Kevin, who was providing a thematic presence at the "Daks over Normandy" ground display on their stop-over at Prestwick International Airport, Scotland.
A tinted black and white edit of my original portrait shot and Kevin was proud to receive the shots I took for him. I can feel a hint of 'nervousness' in this smile as if he were there, with the 82nd Airborne, about to embark upon the unknown on foreign soil. He is posing beside 'D-Day Doll', an aircraft that was a veteran of D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Bastogne and, post war, the Berlin Airlift.
Originally captured and edited in May 2019.
Lest we forget.