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A little #SocialAlly speech bubble project we did here at the office! We filled the bubble wrap with water that had food coloring in it.
The thing with subways is that the rhythm of the tracks can lull you to your own world. Sometimes, I even can catch a cat nap once in awhile. Then you get jolted back to reality when the train stops. If you happened to overshoot your station, you can always catch the other train back. But when you're addicted to photography, sleeping is not an option.
at the R train, Manhattan, New York, the US
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This shows the four points that the bow attaches to the foc'sle section, giving it realatively strong support
Passeriformes | [family] Motacillidae | [latin] Anthus trivialis | [UK] Tree Pipit | [FR] Pipit des arbres | [DE] Baumpieper | [ES] Bisbita Arbórea | [IT] Prispolone | [NL] Boompieper
Measurements
spanwidth min.: 25 cm
spanwidth max.: 27 cm
size min.: 14 cm
size max.: 16 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 12 days
incubation max.: 14 days
fledging min.: 12 days
fledging max.: 14 days
broods 2
eggs min.: 2
eggs max.: 6
Physical characteristics
Slightly bulkier than Meadow Pipit, with slimmer rear body making tail length more obvious, and slightly longer wings with narrower point. Plumage pattern typical of small pipits but differs subtly from typical Meadow Pipit and Red-throated Pipit in combination of noticeably pale eye-ring, warm but not rufous upperparts, striking wing-bars, yellow-buff, boldly spotted breast, and little-streaked flanks. At close range, quite large bill, noticeably pink legs and short hind claw are useful characters. Sexes similar, little seasonal variation.
Habitat
Breeds in middle and upper middle latitudes, and in Scandinavia up through subarctic to borders of and Arctic, thence down through boreal and temperate to forest tundra belt, overlapping in central Palearctic. Mainly in continental but spreading marginally into oceanic climates, but avoiding more exposed windy and wet as well as torrid and arid conditions. Like congeners, basically a ground-feeder and ground-nester, but unique among them in west Palearctic in attachment to trees and bushes as look-outs and song-posts, no less essential in breeding territory than suitable foraging terrain and nest-sites. Accordingly shuns both open treeless and shrubless habitats and those where density of woody vegetation leaves insufficient open low herbage accessible.
Other details
Anthus trivialis is a widespread summer visitor to most of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is extremely large (>27,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in parts of western Europe and Fennoscandia (notably Sweden) during 1990-2000, most populations to the east—including the key one in Russia— were stable or increased, and the species underwent only a small decline overall.
Feeding
Chiefly insects with some plant material taken in autumn and winter. Food taken mostly from ground, low herbage, and leaf litter, more rarely from twigs, branches, tree trunks, and stumps. Occasionally takes insects after short aerial pursuit from ground.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population, including an estimated 53,000,000-84,000,000 individuals in Europe (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Breeds April-June in North-West Europe. Nest site is situated on ground flat or sloping, in low cover, or more or less in the open. Nest is a shallow depression holding substantial cup of dry grass leaves and stems, often with moss foundation, lined with finer grasses and hair. 2-6 eggs which are Incubated 12-14 days by female only.
Migration
Long-distance total migrant. Winters irregularly in Israel, in Persian Gulf states, where scarce, and possibly in northern Iran, but otherwise wholly in Afrotropics and Indian subcontinent. Main wintering area in Africa extends across from Guinea coast to Ethiopia in the west, south only to northern edge of equatorial rain forest, but in east extending south to Natal and Transvaal.
In autumn, all populations breeding west and those from Finland and even from north-west Russia move between south-west and just west of south into western Mediterranean basin and to Portugal, and thence into Africa. Northward passage in spring on a broad front. Higher proportion of birds overfly Mediterranean area in autumn than in spring. Leaves north European Russia September to early October.
Autumn passage through Switzerland occurs late July to late October; at Gibraltar, autumn exodus from end of August to late September with continuance on minor scale until 3rd week of October. In southern African winter quarters, present late October-March. Northward passage begins March, with main movement through Mediterranean area in April and arrival on breeding grounds from early April to late May in north.