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A stitched, panoramic, long exposure, landscape image of Bow Fiddle Rock near Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.
I have taken many images of Bow Fiddle but for some time now, I have been meaning to do a panorama of the Bow. All too often, the average image of it does not convey the size of the rock sufficiently. A wide angle lens gets the whole scene but always makes it too small in the image. This image was to finally address this so it could be seen for the size it actually is. Glad I finally did it. :-)
The female Common Kestrel is noticeably larger than the male with an adult weighing around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are small compared with other birds of prey, and with a typical wing span of around 75cm they are roughly the size of a magpie.
As seen here, the Kestrel is a vole specialist, with the field vole accounting for the majority of its diet. It will also take mice and shrews, as well as small birds and occasionally worms and insects. Birds are taken more often in places where voles are scarce, such as in urban areas.
The Bare-nosed wombat is a marsupial. They grow to an average of 98 cm (39 in) long and a weight of 26 kg (57 lb).
Bare-nosed wombats have been described as ecological engineers as their burrow building results in soil turnover and aeration, which assists plant growth, and provides habitat for a range of invertebrate and vertebrate species. They are a solitary, territorial species, with each wombat having an established range in which it lives and feeds. In this area, they dig a tunnel system, with tunnels ranging from 2 to 20 m in length, along with many side tunnels.
Bare-nosed wombats are herbivorous, subsisting on grass, snow tussocks, and other plant materials. Foraging is usually done during the night. They are the only marsupial in the world whose teeth constantly grow. Due to the underlying enamel structure of the teeth, the continuously growing teeth maintain a self-sharpening ridge which allows easier grazing of the diet consisting of mainly native grasses. (Wikipedia)
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Why did the wombat cross the road? It is likely because his burrow was flooded due to the heavy rain in the area. On the other side of the road was a nice, dry culvert into which he wedged himself. I was surprised by how big they are.
Glen Alice, Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
An active thunderstom over Louisville CO shows off its inner glow with multiple cloud to cloud lightning strikes. An airplane flying towards the storm makes a turn away as indicated by the the line of double dots in the lower left quadrant. The orange-y glow in the sky is from the lights of Denver to the right.
Thunderstorms have been abundant thus far in eastern Colorado, even before the arrival of the t-storm season associated with the summer monsoon. Precipitation is already around 80% of the annual average with half the year to go.
The terraces were dug following the natural curves of the landscape. The thickness of the walls stores heat during the day and diffuses it at night. Thanks to this method it has been possible to obtain a different microclimate as one goes down and gets closer to the centre. An average temperature difference of 5°C was observed, whereas the difference is only 0.5°C over comparable height differences at the same location. Due to its sheltered position, each of the terraces represents approximately one thousand metres of altitude under normal growing conditions.
Red-footed Falcon,The average number of recorded birds yearly in the UK is less than 15 (BTO) a globally declining population its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting. It is migratory bird wintering in Africa found in eastern Europe and Asia in the summertime.
This beautiful raptor visited Dengemarsh and was feeding on dragon flies with a group of Hobbies. Watching it hunt is amazing so fast and agile making the most incredible turns and dives it can hover like a Kestrel and in the company of the Hobbies there was little competition although it is about the same size and shape at a glance as the Hobbies
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Long Eared Owl - Asio Otus
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Long-eared owls inhabit dense vegetation close to grasslands, as well as open forests shrub lands. They are common in tree belts along streams of plains and even desert oases. They can also be found in small tree groves, thickets surrounded by wetlands, grasslands, marshes and farmlands,
It nests in trees, often conifers using old sticks from other nest. Breeding season is from February to July, average clutch 4-6 eggs and the incubation time averages 25-30 days. Owlets begin to explore the nest and close branches around 3 weeks and are capable of flight from 5 weeks, they still rely on being fed for up to 2 months. Long-eared owls usually begin breeding at 1 year.
Porcupines are about 3 feet long and on average weigh 23 pounds. The beaver is the only larger rodent in North America. Porcupines are malodorous, making them unappetizing to predators. The quills are the porcupine’s main defense when attacked. The quills cannot be thrown and penetrate only when touched. When threatened, the quills stand up away from the body and easily detach. Thrashing of the tail at the predator will release the quills if he hits his target.
Another evolutionary adaption that protects porcupines from predators is their coloration. Their Bright white outer hairs make them easily identifiable to predators at night. Similarly, skunks, with their bright white stripes is also a warning to predators.
Wildlife Park photo.
With an average body height of four feet and wing length of nine feet, the American White Pelican gives off a dino vibe.
While gangly on land, their soaring abilities are amazing and they know how to use the air currents both in their migrations as well as in daily flight.
This one passed directly over me as I fired off several shots.
Here's a link to 10 Fun Facts About Pelicans :)
www.mentalfloss.com/article/515654/10-fun-facts-about-pel...
18-march-2022: the perpetual alternation between low and high tide, more marked precisely in this area where the tidal masses are channeled along the entire narrow Adriatic Sea, has greater variation in conjunction with the days around the full moon and the new moon.
It is therefore an astronomical phenomenon, but that Weather Patterns can alter, even massively.
In "my area", for most of the winter and with a peak in March, there were numerous extreme low tides and minimal high tides, this due to the over 1040hpas of adiabatic pressure and the continuous currents prevailing from the East or North-East.
So, every +1hpas over the terrestrial average pressure (gravity) value of 1013hpas corresponds to 1cm less in the level of that sea placed under the adiabatic pressure of the anticyclone and obviously vice versa in case of decreasing pressure.
The north-eastern currents tend to move the water masses towards the West and then towards the South following the anti-clockwise current that goes up the Adriatic along the Dalmatian coast and descends it from the Italian side.
All these factors "empty" the Gulf of Trieste which is also the Northernmost Spot of the entire Mediterranean Sea!
The exact opposite occurs with Low Pressure and the activation of persistent "long currents" from the South or South/East, in which cases not only Venice ends up under the surface of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
A local kingfisher waits on the footbridge for a fish to reveal itself. This juvenile male has become a bit of a star locally as it seemingly has no fear of people.
Today however, another male has appeared and seems to have chased this one off. The new adult seems to be doing very little fishing and lots of territory patrolling.
(Glaucidium cuculoides)
Mandal
Uttarakhand
Índia
We were photographing the species that appeared when the guide excitedly told us that an owlet was vocalizing. Since we hadn't photographed an owlet before, we tried with renewed enthusiasm to identify the origin of the sound, but quickly became discouraged as it seemed beyond our capacity to identify a bird that we already knew to be very small, although we had never seen one before. We refocused on what was displayed before our eyes and didn't think about it anymore.
After about 15 minutes, the guide exclaimed excitedly, "it's over there". However, even with the explanation of where to look, it was not easy and some of us took a few minutes to follow the instructions of the trunks to find this small, but beautiful, ball of feathers!
We spent another 10 minutes photographing this beauty, searching for possible angles, backgrounds, and frames. I even managed to find a second bird by myself. The difficult part is finding the first one :)
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Índia (2023) (213)
- All the photos for this order STRIGIFORMES (66)
- All the photos for this family Strigidae (Estrigídeos) (61)
- All the photos for this species Glaucidium cuculoides (1)
- All the photos taken this day 2023/03/08 (16)
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(Odontophorus capueira)
Trilha dos Tucanos
Brasil
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Brasil // Atlantic Forest (2019) (271)
- All the photos for this order GALLIFORMES (136)
- All the photos for this family Odontophoridae (Odontoforídeos) (4)
- All the photos for this species Odontophorus capueira (2)
- All the photos taken this day 2019/08/21 (20)
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In an uncharacteristic stroke of better-than-average luck, I finally catch an eastbound Rock & Rail train at CP RG130 Swallows on UP's (ex-D&RGW) Tennessee Pass subdivision, after many years of infrequent trips to West Pueblo. And, I got the new-paint leader I've only ever seen parked behind the yard "office" in Portland. Guess I've used up all my karma for 2023.
The 401 was reportedly built in 1968 as Penn Central GP40 3128, and repainted from RRRR's older red-yellow scheme in 2021.
at home under quarantine — which is why we call it a PANDEMIC :-)
Internet meme, May 2020
HPPT!! protect those you love...wear a mask...take care :-)
echinacea, coneflower, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
February 14th
You say you wanna see me
I'm thinking chocolate and flowers
We meet for breakfast
I'm feeling restless
Been gettin' ready for hours
Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
The average Clan member and his family lived in a small single family home, which were grouped into small villages or townships consisting of only a few families. Due to the sever winters in this area of Scotland, snows of 6 and 7 feet are not uncommon, the livestock was kept in the home during the worst part of the winter. The average house was divided into two areas. The first and lowest in elevation were the animal pens. The rest of the house was the living area with the centre section serving as a living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom in one small room. The other end of the house was reserved for storage of items during the winter and a very special box bed. There were no walls separating the areas just dividers, which were sometimes made out of wicker.
Doug Harrop Photography • January 25, 1989
Average snowpack for the state of Utah on New Year's Day 2026 was only 57%. There is time for that average to improve, but the trend is for continued drought conditions.
In January of 1989, Mount Ogden was packed with an average snowfall when American President Lines containers rushed through Strawberry, not far from Doug's home in Mountain Green, Utah.
For my copyright by mankind theme I chose the average kitchen sponge. HSoS!. History below from reference.com:
German scientist Otto Bayer, who founded the Bayer Company, was the inventor of polyurethane foam, the material from which sponges are made. Bayer invented this material by accident in 1937.
As German scientists persisted in creating uses for polyurethane foam, they created a defective batch that had many air bubbles. The outcome resembled sea sponges, which had been used since the Middle Ages to help wash the body. Prior to that, people used rags to wash dishes.
The earliest polyurethane sponges were easily destroyed during dish washing due to their fragility. As the technology progressed, these sponges were designed to be more durable.
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Figures from Pixabay ,background room is in Bodie Ghost Town which is my image.All texture and tints done in Nik Efex and Perfect Effects.Thank you.
Artfully and precisely stacked Cabernet barrels at Chateau Camou winery in Valle de Guadalupe wine country, Baja California, Mexico
Last night. 6x10-min. Exp. averaged and merged in-camera with multiple exp. mode. Enhanced in Adobe Lightroom. 14mm Rokinon F/2.8 manual lens. Milky Way is diagonally across frame.
I took this shot near Sarchu at an altitude of around 14000 feet above sea level on the Manali- Leh highway .We travelled this road in June 2016 and I have never seen such breathtaking mountain scenery in my life.This is also the only time in my life that I was really badly affected by altitude sickness.
The approx.490 kms long Manali-Leh highway connects Manali in the state of Himachal Pradesh to Leh in the state of Jammu & Kashmir in India.This highway is open for only about 4-5 months of the year from May-June till around mid-October.The average elevation of the highway is over 13000 feet and the highest elevation is at Tanglang la Pass (17480 feet).The highway passes through some spectacular mountain scenery and one can see some amazing rock and sand formations along the way.
Will be a little irregular during the next few days as my son is coming home for a short break.:-)
Those of you who follow my work know about something called my 'Batten Kill Batting Average.' It started because of my story of trying to shoot this most elusive and desirable of northeastern rail operations. This link will take you to that original story of you don't know what I'm talking about: flic.kr/p/2mz9p86
As is I mentioned in a prior post since I was on vacation I hit the road early and headed out on faith and a hunch they might run on Monday. Alas when I got to Eagle Bridge there was no sign of them or the storage cars they'd been waiting for days for Pan Am / CSXT to drop off. So I followed the line north to Salem only to find all five units cold and shut down by Cargill. I lingered in the rain a while and eventually some trucks showed up and they opened hood doors and it looked like it was just going to be a maintenance day.
This was my 16th lifetime attempt it wasn't looking good so I decided to strike off toward the only other viable rail option in the area, Vermont Railway's RDHJ coming down from Rutland on the Bennington Branch. After chasing them down from North Bennington down to Hoosick Junction I fortuistly ran into a friendly older local gentleman who told me that the BKRR was running after all with an unusual on duty time of noon. So back up the line I went and sure enough, in the bottom of the 9th I got the hit I needed. 16th attempt and 8th win....BATTING 500!!!
So despite the gloom the slow speed 'chase' was on to Eagle Bridge on a gloomy and damp but spectacularly colorful evening. Very much on home raikls, G&J 4116, a veteran ex D&H Alco RS3 (blt. Sep. 1952), is rounding the curve at MP A131.8 just north of the Railroad Avenue crossing as they enter the quaint little village. The A denotes Albany, and despite being 37 miles in a straight line, via rail it's nearly 132 miles north to Castleton, west to Whitehall, then south to Mechanicville and on to the state capital and the D&H's historic headquarters city.
Shushan, New York
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I've got the pen
You cannot find the vape in your hand
It's offensive you want to be friends
Do not mention me ever again
You're disposable I'm undeniable
Let's not pretend
I am a legend already
Right now I am being mentioned
In therapy sessions
Across the state of Connecticut
They talk about me incessantly
Whispering "cunt"
... of the American sycophant and spittle licker is precisely 6.5 cm. Spittle lickers are a universal phenomenon, but in Washington DC they are congregating in huge numbers, particularly in the Government where they lick the shoe soles (and other unmentionables) of GNOTUS (Great Narcissist of the US). The world is watching with disgust. Fuji X-Pro1.
The average joes almost in Heaven were purged to make room for the rest of the average joes. Only the best and worst were worth saving.
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Art of the Real
(Todiramphus diops)
Sidangoli - Halmahera - North Muluku
Indonésia
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Indonésia (2025) (52)
- All the photos for this order CORACIIFORMES (243)
- All the photos for this family Alcedinidae (Alcedinídeos) (96)
- All the photos for this species Todiramphus diops (1)
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I composed this image of hoodoos while visiting Writing On Stone Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations, and typically in hot, dry desert areas.
Hoodoos range in size from the height of an average human to heights exceeding a 10-story building. Hoodoo shapes are affected by the erosional patterns of alternating hard and softer rock layers. Minerals deposited within different rock types can cause hoodoos to have different colors throughout their height.
The name "hoodoo" is derived from Hoodoo spirituality, in which certain natural forms are said to possess certain powers, but by the late 19th century, this spirituality became associated with bad luck. For example, hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park were considered by Indigenous peoples to be the petrified remains of ancient beings who had been sanctioned for misbehavior.
(With help from Wikepedia.)
Photographers line up in our cars to catch pictures of this black-footed ferret. I've heard that there are also juveniles, but I've never seen others. This morning the average was around 8-cars. The ferret simply sat at the burrow and watched the cars. I'm not sure, but I think that they're nocturnal hunters.
AKA, American Polecat and Prairie Dog Hunter.
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New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
With long, slender beaks and a tongue which can protrude well beyond the end of their beaks, New Holland Honeyeaters are able to probe for nectar in the deep flowers of Banksias and Grevilleas.
Calls: The voice comprises a loud 'chik', a fainter 'pseet' and some chattering notes. If danger, such as a bird of prey approaches, a group of honeyeaters will join together and give a loud alarm call.
Minimum Size: 18cm
Maximum Size: 18cm
Average size: 18cm
Average weight: 20g
Breeding season: any time of year; mainly summer and winter
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 16 days
Description: The New Holland Honeyeater is mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an active bird, and rarely sits still long enough to give an extended view. Sexes are similar in looks, but females are slightly smaller in size. Young birds are browner and have a grey eye.
Similar species: One very similar species is the White-cheeked Honeyeater,Phylidonyris nigra. This species has a single large white cheek patch and a dark eye. The two species frequently occur together.
Distribution: The New Holland Honeyeater's range extends throughout southern Australia, from about Brisbane, Queensland, to just north of Perth, Western Australia.
Habitat: The New Holland Honeyeater is common in heath, forests, woodland and gardens, mainly where grevilleas and banksias are found. It is inquisitive and approaches humans. It also mixes with other types of honeyeaters.
Feeding: New Holland Honeyeaters are active feeders. They mostly eat the nectar of flowers, and busily dart from flower to flower in search of this high-energy food. Other food items include fruit, insects and spiders. Birds may feed alone, but normally gather in quite large groups. Most feeding takes place in lower areas of bushes and thickets.
Breeding: The New Holland Honeyeater's cup-shaped nest is made of bark and grasses, bound together with spider web. It is lined with soft material and is placed in a bush or tree, anywhere from ground level up to 6 m. Both sexes feed the chicks. A pair of adults may raise two or three broods in a year.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Phylidonyris-novaehollan...)
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The unmistakable echo of 16-645E3 prime movers carried along the ridge as a trio of LaGrange’s finest cross Lonesome Valley on Southern’s ‘Short Holler Trestle” with 23 loads from Four Rivers headed to TN Eastman. They have their work cut out for them with the grade averaging 1.5% through here, but reaches up to 3.01%.
La Jolla is a hilly, seaside neighborhood in San Diego, California, occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of 70.5 °F (21.4 °C).
La Jolla is surrounded on three sides by ocean bluffs and beaches and is located 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown San Diego and 45 miles (72 km) south of the Orange County line. The neighborhood's border starts at Pacific Beach to the south and extends along the Pacific Ocean shoreline north to include Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve ending at Del Mar.
Our daily average temperature has been dropping since July and hit rock-bottom a few days ago. Today the tide turned and we inched up a degree if this were a "normal" year. To celebrate, here's a look back at those balmy summer days. The orange sulphur is sometimes called the alfalfa butterfly because its caterpillars like to eat alfalfa leaves. However, the caterpillars also eat the leaves from a variety of other legume plants. Females have light-colored spots that break up the solid black bands that form a border on their dorsal wing surface, visible in this backlit view. Male orange sulphurs would be all black along that wing border.