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Our average temperature for the whole month of January in this part of Northeast Ohio has been 21.6° (–5.5°C). Winter's not been here for a month yet, and it can already be called the coldest in about the last 5 years. These two northern cardinals don't seem to mind the frigid conditions. Male in foreground and female in back.
Ulaanbaatar, just your average 30 foot long can of coke meandering down the street. Well, not really. From my hotel window view, the perspective down on the main street shows the outside of the under-street tunnel entrance that was painted as a coca cola can. Safety of pedestrians crossing the street is greatly improved when using the crossover/under tunnel. Well lighted and clean, a few vendors also peddle wares down below!
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This fish grows to an average length of 8 inches, and moves about the reef slowly, rowing with its pectoral, dorsal and pelvic fins, using its caudal fin only when it perceives danger.
The most striking feature of this species its triangular shape in cross section, a feature enforce by a bony carapace.
Its lips are pursed and protuberant, used to direct a blast of water to move sand, revealing small invertebrates such as small worms and crustaceans.
When the fish is stressed its skin releases mucus containing a defensive chemical, ostracitoxin.
More than any other fish on the reef, smooth trunkfish evoke a reaction of "cute!"
The average female Praying Mantis lays three egg masses with an average of 50 eggs per mass. The mass is a sticky fluid that dries soon after the eggs are laid and is similar to styrofoam as it insulates her eggs through the cold winter, then hatch in mid spring when temperatures are ideal.
For a few brief minutes the sun actually shone earlier this week. Not sure I have seen the sun since November. It timed its visit well to coincide with this male stonechat posing at rushey meadow, it stopped and stared at me then just carried on searching for tasty insects.
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.
Cape Coral Florida. Small long-legged owls, averaging 9" in height. They spend most of their time on the ground near their burrows, and do not migrate. Burrowing owls are some of the smallest owls in the world.
03-November-2023
It happens on average every 15 years, now around 20, that the south-westerly wind blows strong and prolonged into the Gulf of Trieste coming from northern Romagna.
The gulf is very windy, but there are also long periods of calm, but no wind, even the strongest one, Bora, can create high waves, given that within this stretch of sea the maximum distances between the coasts are around 30km.
The only exception is provided by the wind that comes from the south-west in the wind rose and enters the only opening towards the rest of the Adriatic between the Grado peninsula (FVG, Italia) and tip/rt Savudrija (Istra, Hrvatska).
Through this passage the wind fishes on approximately 250km of sea surface and manages to generate waves of up to 3/4m (sea force 4/5 on the Douglas scale) which are decidedly important values for the area.
This is what happened on Friday 3 November 2023, due to a strong Atlantic front generated by the extratropical storm called "Ciaran" to which a strong high tide was added, flooding the adjacent State Road 14 (viale Miramare) in the Barcola section and where wood, branches, porphyry cubes, concrete blocks dragged for meters and metres, algae, sea stones'n'gravel and seafood were found.
The road surface is approximately 6m above the sea level.
The photos were taken in reportage style, so point and shoot without paying too much attention to the composition and limiting the image quality to have a quick shot with very short times.
The purpose is not that of likes, obviously, but to document an event which for those who know these little waves areas was very significant.
The precedents of the last 70 years are very few (1957, 1969, 1984 and 2003) and each time the seafront and the popular bathing establishments have been strengthened so, from the significant damage that occurred, it can be argued that it could have been the strongest storm ever or, at least, among the strongest for this area.
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
(Torgos tracheliotos)
Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzânia
A species whose status is Endangered
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Bit gutted I didn't quite nail the shot today. I only had 30 mins on the parking before having to dash to work, so rushed a bit. In 30 mins he really did put on a show for us all. All three birds were strutting their stuff.
(Rhipidura leucophrys)
Old Telegraph Station - Alice Springs - NT
Austrália
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(Entomyzon cyanotis)
Wynnum North - Brisbane - QLD
Austrália
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Cockatiel
Scientific Name: Nymphicus hollandicus
Description: The Cockatiel is an unusual member of the cockatoo family. It is small in size, and has a slender body and long pointed tail, which is more characteristic of the smaller parrots. Its plumage is mostly grey, paler below, with a white wing patch, orange cheeks and a distinctive pointed crest. The male can be identified by its bright yellow forehead, face and crest. Young Cockatiels resemble the adult female, although the young males usually have a brighter yellow face. The Cockatiel is not found naturally in any other country, but is a popular cage bird, second only to the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulates. The Cockatiel does not have the screeching voice of many other parrots and may learn to 'speak'.
Distribution: The Cockatiel is widespread throughout mainland Australia, but is uncommon in Tasmania, with only a few sightings being reported to date.
Habitat: The Cockatiel is seen in pairs or small flocks, in most types of open country, usually near water. It is common throughout its range, especially in the north and the more arid inland areas.
Seasonal movements: Throughout its range, the Cockatiel is strongly nomadic, moving around in response to the availability of food and water.
Feeding: Cockatiels feed on a variety of grass seeds, nuts, berries and grain. They may feed either on the ground or in trees, and always in small to large numbers. Cockatiels roost in trees near water and travel from these areas in large flocks to feeding grounds.
Breeding: Cockatiels may breed at any time, in response to suitable periods of rain, especially in the more arid regions. Both sexes share the incubation of the eggs, which are laid in a hollow, high up in trees. Suitable trees are either in or close to water. Cockatiels enter the nest hollow tail first.
Calls: Although mostly silent, the Cockatiel gives a long and distinctive "queel-queel" in flight. It does not have the screeching voice of many other parrots and may learn to 'speak'.
Minimum Size: 30cm
Maximum Size: 33cm
Average size: 32cm
Average weight: 90g
Breeding season: Normally July to December in south of range
Clutch Size: 2 to 9, usually 5
Incubation: 19 days
Nestling Period: 30 days
(Source: www.birdsinbakyards.net)
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Crimson-collared tanagers average 19–20 cm (7.5–8 in) long. The adult plumage is black with a red collar covering the nape, neck, and breast (remarkably similar to the pattern of the male crimson-collared grosbeak). All tail coverts are also red. The bill is striking pale blue and the legs are blue-grey. In adults, the irides are crimson, Females average slightly duller than males, but are sometimes indistinguishable from them. Juvenile birds are similar except that the hood is dull red, the black areas are tinged with brown, and the breast is mottled red and black.Young birds also have a duller bill colour.
Vocalizations are high-pitched and sibilant. There are several calls; one rendered as ssii-p is given both when perched and in flight. The song is jerky and consists of two-to-four-note phrases separated by pauses, tueee-teew, chu-chee-wee-chu, teweee.
Tico Rainforest B&B, Horquetas de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
How about some more WATCO? This time in the flat lands of Central Illinois. I came down here last year hoping for one of their new GP59s or WSOR geeps leading. Close, but no cigar. That said, I wasn't going to waste good light. So I gave chase to Tuscola and went looking for other things. All told this was a pretty average day down here last year.
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Model: ILCE-7RM2
Software: ILCE-7RM2 v4.01
Date/Time: 2021-11-30 09:04:52
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Focal Length: 200 mm
35mm Equivalent: 300 mm
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Average of 9 consecutive shots plus 2 for the ship. Nikon D800 full spectrum Nikkor AIS ED IF 300mm (x2 teleconverter, equiv. 600mm), UV/IR cut plus Baader solar film
(Anthochaera paradoxa)
Adventure Bay - Bruny Island - TAS
Austrália
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Eastern Great Egret
Scientific Name: Ardea modesta
Description: The Great Egret's overall plumage is white, and, for most of the year, when not breeding, the bill and facial skin are yellow. The feet are dark olive-grey or sooty black, as are the legs. During the breeding season, the bill turns mostly black and the facial skin becomes green. Also at this time, long hair-like feathers (nuptial plumes) hang across the lower back, and the legs become pinkish-yellow at the top. Young Great Egrets are similar to the adults, but have a blackish tip to the bill.
Similar species: The Great Egret can be confused with other white egrets found in Australia. It can be distinguished by the length of its neck, which is greater than the length of its body (and with a noticeable kink two-thirds of the way up), a dark line extending from the base of the bill to behind the eye and the overall larger size.
Distribution: Great Egrets occur throughout most of the world. They are common throughout Australia, with the exception of the most arid areas.
Habitat: Great Egrets prefer shallow water, particularly when flowing, but may be seen on any watered area, including damp grasslands. Great Egrets can be seen alone or in small flocks, often with other egret species, and roost at night in groups.
Feeding: The Great Egret usually feeds alone. It feeds on molluscs, amphibians, aquatic insects, small reptiles, crustaceans and occasionally other small animals, but fish make up the bulk of its diet. The Great Egret usually hunts in water, wading through the shallows, or standing motionless before stabbing at prey. Birds have also been seen taking prey while in flight.
Breeding: The Great Egret breeds in colonies, and often in association with cormorants, ibises and other egrets. Both sexes construct the nest, which is a large platform of sticks, placed in a tree over the water. The previous years' nest may often be re-used. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young (usually two or three).
Minimum Size: 70cm
Maximum Size: 90cm
Average size: 80cm
Breeding season: October to December in the south; March to May in the north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 6
Incubation: 28 days
Nestling Period: 40 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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The Moon.........Hand held photo.
Here's a thought. The Moon has about the same size diameter as Australia or USA at our widest point coast to coast.
(Wikipedia)
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period (lunar day) at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth. The Moon's gravitational pull—and, to a lesser extent, the Sun's—are the main drivers of Earth's tides.
In geophysical terms, the Moon is a planetary-mass object or satellite planet. Its mass is 1.2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the United States from coast to coast). Within the Solar System, it is the largest and most massive satellite in relation to its parent planet, the fifth largest and most massive moon overall, and larger and more massive than all known dwarf planets. Its surface gravity is about one sixth of Earth's, about half of that of Mars, and the second highest among all Solar System moons, after Jupiter's moon Io. The body of the Moon is differentiated and terrestrial, with no significant hydrosphere, atmosphere, or magnetic field. It formed 4.51 billion years ago, not long after Earth's formation, out of the debris from a giant impact between Earth and a hypothesized Mars-sized body called Theia.
The lunar surface is covered in lunar dust and marked by mountains, impact craters, their ejecta, ray-like streaks, rilles and, mostly on the near side of the Moon, by dark maria ("seas"), which are plains of cooled lava. These maria were formed when molten lava flowed into ancient impact basins. The Moon is, except when passing through Earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse, always illuminated by the Sun, but from Earth the visible illumination shifts during its orbit, producing the lunar phases. The Moon is the brightest celestial object in Earth's night sky. This is mainly due to its large angular diameter, while the reflectance of the lunar surface is comparable to that of asphalt. The apparent size is nearly the same as that of the Sun, allowing it to cover the Sun completely during a total solar eclipse. From Earth about 59% of the lunar surface is visible over time due to cyclical shifts in perspective (libration), making parts of the far side of the Moon visible.
The Moon has been an important source of inspiration and knowledge for humans, having been crucial to cosmography, mythology, religion, art, time keeping, natural science, and spaceflight. The first human-made objects to fly to an extraterrestrial body were sent to the Moon, starting in 1959 with the flyby of the Soviet Union's Luna 1 and the intentional impact of Luna 2. In 1966, the first soft landing (by Luna 9) and orbital insertion (by Luna 10) followed. On July 20, 1969, humans for the first time stepped on an extraterrestrial body, landing on the Moon at Mare Tranquillitatis with the lander Eagle of the United States' Apollo 11 mission. Five more crews were sent between then and 1972, each with two men landing on the surface. The longest stay was 75 hours by the Apollo 17 crew. Since then, exploration of the Moon has continued robotically, and crewed missions are being planned to return beginning in the late 2020s.
This is quite an average picture, but I'm keeping it 'public', because it shows another nice approach to this popular mountain. If we park by the old St. Oswald church above Jezersko, this cart-road brings you to the marked trail, coming to the mountain from the right.
CP 223 is right about to go through Gare Du Canal in Lachine, Qc as an outbound exo departs the station. Leading 223 is BNSF 4289, not your average CP gevo!
This was my first attempt at a combined 4 hour exposure. The seeing was average, and got increasing worse, with clouds in the middle, my camera ran out of battery... always learning. It's the first time I even captured this though. Hoping to get more detail in the future!
Modified Nikon D750 (sensor filter removed)
Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 with TC-14: 280mm f/4
Optlong L-Pro filter, LXD75 mount
46x90" iso800 shots stacked with DeepSkyStacker, processed in Ps & Lr
La albufera de Valencia es una laguna costera somera (profundidad media de 1 m) situada en la costa mediterránea al sur de la ciudad de Valencia.
Ocupa una superficie de 23,94 km² y está rodeada de 223 km² de arrozales.
Está separada del mar por una estrecha barra litoral (restinga) arenosa con dunas estabilizadas por un bosque de pinos (Dehesa del Saler).
La Albufera es una zona de paso para muchas especies de aves migratorias.
The Valencia lagoon is a shallow coastal lagoon (average depth 1 m) located on the Mediterranean coast south of the city of Valencia.
It occupies an area of 23.94 km² and is surrounded by 223 km² of rice fields.
It is separated from the sea by a narrow sandy coastline (restinga) with dunes stabilized by a pine forest (Dehesa del Saler).
The Albufera is a transit area for many species of migratory birds.
The roe deer is a relatively small deer, with a body length of 95–135 cm (3 ft 1 in – 4 ft 5 in) throughout its range, and a shoulder height of 63–67 cm (2 ft 1 in – 2 ft 2 in), and a weight of 15–35 kg (35–75 lb). Populations from Urals and northern Kazakhstan are larger on average growing to 145 cm (4 ft 9 in) in length and 85 cm (2 ft 9 in) at shoulder height, with body weights of up to 60 kg (130 lb), with the deer populations becoming smaller again further east in the Transbaikal, Amur Oblast, and Primorsky Krai regions.[citation needed] In healthy populations, where population density is restricted by hunting or predators, bucks are slightly larger than does. Under other conditions, males can be similar in size to females, or slightly smaller..
Bucks in good conditions develop antlers up to 20–25 cm (8–10 in) long with two or three, rarely even four, points. When the male's antlers begin to regrow, they are covered in a thin layer of velvet-like fur which disappears later on after the hair's blood supply is lost. Males may speed up the process by rubbing their antlers on trees, so that their antlers are hard and stiff for the duels during the mating season. Unlike most cervids, roe deer begin regrowing antlers almost immediately after they are shed.
12 to 18 inches
The average stitch length is 2.5mm.
Generally, skirts, dresses, and coats have wider hems (2 to 3 inches or 5 to 7.5 cm)
Don’t make me do Math when I’m tired. It’s not fair!
“If I only could. I’d make a deal with God and I’d get him to swap our places” (I like my lyric better)
Children is an irregular plural, not a regular one.
Therefore, the suffix is 's , and the possessive form is children's
Apparently, just a spoonful.
I took too many but medicine tastes awful.
Are you putting your head directly into those buckets? It matters….
Or, is it more of a full body immersion in caffeine kind of experience?
People are into a lot of weird things these days!
Male sea otters live between 10 and 15 years, while females live slightly longer, from 15 to 20 years.
Lucky otters, I wonder if spinning helps elongate their lifespans!
How many years do they spend feeling dizzy…that’s another thing I wonder about.
Arctic Ocean/Max depth is 17,881′
When the mother and father wolves stay together, their babies live longer.
Some live long enough to go to Wolf University and live to be the professors of otters
Some wolves like peanut butter so much that
One wolf started a band and named it Peanut Butter Wolf!
I think actually it could depend on the length of the song.
28 is the number of dinosaurs found in Argentina.
They have names like Abelisaurus and Alvarezsaurus.
All the children I don’t have would likely be named something like this and might hate me forever.
Altogether, there are over 50,000 Hanzi characters.
Many of them are quite friendly and memorable.
They would make strong novel protagonists!
Oh, that’s right, it was Fritz Lang!
Hard to define…on the tip of my tongue….
but it depends on the size of the dish
Are you a super taster, anyway?
Dolphins surpass humans by recognizing themselves at 7mo. (humans are 12 mo.)
Is anyone really all that surprised?
July 17, 1954. She’s a Cancer but hopefully doesn’t have Cancer.
16 plays but you only the remember the ones where
the gun appears early on.
Manuever.
40 humans with tails. Many more wish they were cats, though.
There are 7,500 varieties of apples in existence throughout the world
I can name at least ten.
Saying ti·nuh·tuhs makes my ears ring.
What kind of olives are you looking for in Seville, Spain because they can actually get pricey
Point your right index finger towards your head and then move both of your hands in front of you round and round
Like you are caressing a very small world in your hands
1,010,450 days to build Rome
So, the people who started building it never got to see it finished.
But, I bet they didn’t imagine it would ever get destroyed.
Who knows, maybe they also never conceived of its temporary greatness
They were all a part of
"Dividing the potential energy of the pyramid by 450 kJ implies that
It took 5.3 million man-days to raise the pyramid.
If a work year consists of 300 days, that would mean almost 18,000 man-years, which, spread over 20 years,
implies a workforce of about 900 men.” who never got to view their work to completion either!
Cleopatra was Greek!
I know so many answers and yet,
I feel even emptier. I think it was better to imagine than to know.
These answers are based on the questions previously asked here that I was wrong about:
www.flickr.com/photos/kirstiecat/50898158236/in/dateposted/
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The tui is a large honeyeater, 27 to 32 cm (11–13 in) in length. The Chatham Islands subspecies is larger on average than the nominate subspecies, and heavier.
Males tend to be heavier than females. Nominate males weigh between 65–150 g (2.3–5.3 oz), and females 58–105 g (2.0–3.7 oz). Males of the Chatham subspecies are 89–240 g (3.1–8.5 oz) and females 89–170 g (3.1–6.0 oz).
At first glance the bird appears completely black except for a small tuft of white feathers at its neck and a small white wing patch, causing it to resemble a parson in clerical attire.
On closer inspection it can be seen that tui have brown feathers on the back and flanks, a multicoloured iridescent sheen that varies with the angle from which the light strikes them, and a dusting of small, white-shafted feathers on the back and sides of the neck that produce a lacy collar.
This image was taken in ZEALANDIA, in Wellington, on the North Island of New Zealand
Loch Lomonds waters were above average height when this was taken. This meant that subjects usually on land were now partially submerged and offered a new perspective and choice of subject matter for the the photographer!
(Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
Andasibe
Madagascar
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White flower in the front garden of a house along Nursery Street in Hornsby - northern Sydney.
I often walk along this street as part of my mega trek from Cherrybrook to Wahroonga.
It is, I would argue, an average white flower!! It was part of a band of average white flowers in this cottage garden. But nevertheless they looked quite magical in Sydney's soft rain.
Photographed last November (2020).
The cottage garden also features white roses and white hydrangeas, and a magnificent, huge, white-flowering dogwood. It is the garden of Dorothy who has lived here for over 50 years. She and her husband brought up their daughters in this house. The house belonged to her parents before that. Circa 1920. Her husband has now been dead for 22 years but she still tends the garden.
Recently I gave her my 'Firefighter', 'Valencia' and 'Best Friend' hybrid tea-roses for the front garden. I purchased them last year but, given all my time constraints, they were still in their pots from the nursery!! But now they are in Dorothy's garden. And I will be able to pop over, as I do from time to time to keep her company, for a cup of English breakfast tea and a biscuit, and see the roses from the front porch. Dorothy is 85 years of age today - 9th August, 2021.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon f 2.8 L 100mm macro lens.
The Average White Band, of-course, is famous for its mega hit from 1975 - 'Pick Up The Pieces'. There are a number of versions.
Here are two versions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpflST8xWm8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnH_zwVmiuE
But one of the best 'live' versions is by Candy Dulfer!! Very funky and cool.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQQ7k30Ti4
The Average White Band is also renowned for their hit 'Cut The Cake'.
Processed in C1
28 mm equiv. (wide)
Exp. Corr. Value: +0.0 EV
Exp. Program: Normal
Metering mode: Centre Weighted Average
WB Settings: Auto
Not your average 10-pin
Hi all,
I’m adding my soapbox to this post.
Currently I am avoiding groups with big gaudy awards — IMHO, they could be adequately replaced by just the name of the group, maybe in bold and a colour. Those big graphics take up a lot of space in the comments, are distracting, and most likely chew up too much bandwidth. (How about a movement to rid Flickr of them ?)
Also, I am not posting to groups where you have to award x number of other posts for every one of yours. This just creates situations where one is making awards just to fill a quota. I rather award images that I find appealing and that I admire.
Would love to hear comments of others.
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(Ammoperdix heyi)
Ezuz - Negev Desert
Israel
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Your average southern summer frog strangler is drenching the Mississippi Export Railroad's daily southbound freight near Agricola, Mississippi. The freshly painted GP38-2 67 leads GP50 68 on what is a now typical Saturday AM run for this train. The rainy conditions made a shot that is often on the wrong side of the sun attainable this day.
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Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
Description: There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The form it is named for has mostly crimson (red) plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. The flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges and the tail is blue above and pale blue below and on the outer feathers. Birds from northern Queensland are generally smaller and darker than southern birds. The 'Yellow Rosella' has the crimson areas replaced with light yellow and the tail more greenish. The 'Adelaide Rosella' is intermediate in colour, ranging from yellow with a reddish wash to dark orange. Otherwise, all the forms are similar in pattern. Young Crimson Rosellas have the characteristic blue cheeks, but the remainder of the body plumage is green-olive to yellowish olive (occasionally red in some areas). The young bird gradually attains the adult plumage over a period of 15 months
Similar species: The adult Crimson Rosella is similar to male Australian King-Parrots, but differs by having blue cheeks, shoulders, and tail, a whitish, rather than red, bill and a dark eye. Immature Crimson Rosellas also differ from female and immature King-Parrots by having blue cheeks, a whitish bill and a more yellow-green rather than dark green colouring.
Distribution: There are several populations of the Crimson Rosella. Red (crimson) birds occur in northern Queensland, in southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and on Kangaroo Island. Orange birds are restricted to the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, while yellow ones are found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and neighbouring rivers (where yellow birds meet red birds they hybridise, producing orange offspring). Red birds have been introduced to Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
Habitat: Throughout its range, the Crimson Rosella is commonly associated with tall eucalypt and wetter forests.
Feeding: Crimson Rosellas are normally encountered in small flocks and are easily attracted to garden seed trays. Once familiar with humans, they will accept hand held food. Natural foods include seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.
Breeding: The Crimson Rosella's nest is a tree hollow, located high in a tree, and lined with wood shavings and dust. The female alone incubates the white eggs, but both sexes care for the young. The chicks remain dependent on their parents for a further 35 days after leaving the nest.
Calls: The Crimson Rosella has a range of calls, the commonest being a two-syllabled "cussik-cussik". It also has a range of harsh screeches and metallic whistles.
Minimum Size: 32cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 34cm
Average weight: 129g
Breeding season: September to January
Clutch Size: 4 to 8 (usually 5)
Incubation: 20 days
Nestling Period: 35 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans)
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(Cissa hypoleuca)
Di Linh
Vietname
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Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, located between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. The average temperature is between 68 and 83 degrees. As of July 1, 2015 Hollywood has a population of 149,728. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth largest city in Florida. Hollywood is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
Joseph W. Young founded the city in 1925. He dreamed of building a motion picture colony on the East Coast of the United States and named the town after Hollywood, California. Young bought up thousands of acres of land around 1920, and named his new town "Hollywood by the Sea" to distinguish it from his other real estate venture, "Hollywood in the Hills", in New York
Young had a vision of having lakes, golf courses, a luxury beach hotel, country clubs, and a main street, Hollywood Boulevard. After the 1926 Miami hurricane, Hollywood was severely damaged; local newspapers reported that Hollywood was second only to Miami in losses from the storm. Following upon Young's death in 1934, the city encountered more terrific hurricanes and not only that, but the stock market crashed with personal financial misfortunes. It felt as though the city was tumbling slowly piece by piece with all of those tragic events taking place.
Hollywood is a planned city. On Hollywood Boulevard is the Mediterranean-style Joseph Young Mansion, built around 1921, making it one of the oldest houses in Hollywood.
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NO.MATCH: NO AVERAGE UNISEX FATPACK - unrigged mesh
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The average European goldfinch is 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) long with a wingspan of 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) and a weight of 14 to 19 g (0.49 to 0.67 oz). The sexes are broadly similar, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upper parts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings.
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...And now for something completely different....
I haven't uploaded any photos from my last trip as I have such a backlog from Antarctica. But here's something different from my usual offerings. This is something I have wanted to see since childhood: a Marlin leaping clear of the water. This is a Striped Marlin, which are exceedingly swift predatory fish that feed on smaller shoaling fish like sardines. They are found throughout tropical and subtropical waters but are probably most frequent in the eastern Pacific where I took this. They are large too, averaging 2.9m from tail to sword-tip, but can exceed 4m. Most of my previous sightings have been of their tail fins at the surface but on this trip I saw three or four different individuals leaping. Typically they were distant but I had some luck with this relatively close one.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar_Zawacki Ontario, Canada- (Correction- this building possibly near Buffalo, NY, USA- thanks for your input and comments) I could find no listing or documentation validating this installation (in Canada) but the work certainly looks like his style. This is my first encounter with this fascinating artist who I may begin to embrace. buffaloah.com/a/main/1665/1665.html