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Wryneck - Jynx Torquilla
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The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards. However, they lack the stiff tail feathers that the true woodpeckers use when climbing trees, so they are more likely than their relatives to perch on a branch rather than an upright trunk.
Their bills are shorter and less dagger-like than in the true woodpeckers, but their chief prey are ants and other insects, which they find in decaying wood or almost bare soil. They re-use woodpecker holes for nesting, rather than making their own holes. The eggs are white, as with many hole nesters.
The two species have cryptic plumage, with intricate patterning of greys and browns. The adult moults rapidly between July and September, although some moult continues in its winter quarters. The voice is a nasal woodpecker-like call.
These birds get their English name from their ability to turn their heads almost 180 degrees. When disturbed at the nest, they use this snake-like head twisting and hissing as a threat display.
Population:
UK passage:
Approx: 280 birds
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Tri-colored heron providing another photographic opportunity.
This heron could fly above the water and capture fish with its head backwards or to the side and swallow them in the air - acrobatic.
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The day I fancied pulling in this ancient monument it was totally clouded over and a car and a minibus or campervan were already parked in the small layby. It was so dull that we drove a little further and turned back the way we came. Both vehicles were just pulling out so we parked up and nipped over the style for a quick look but the lighting was as flat as a pancake and we went back to the car. When crossing a style I have a tendency to descend backwards so saw this partial rainbow and in those few moments the clouds had bunched up and there was a bit of blue ( just enough to make a sailor a collar ) as my mother used to say :)
I couldn't believe it honestly and don't think I ever moved faster pulling a camera from its hiding place I practically flew back over that style. Now if you knew me at all you would know that is NOT how I usually move lol..
Hand held and I suppose not particularly special but that rainbow only came out for me at this particular time I'm sure.. Later the same day I got more rainbows and also soaked to the skin but I was as excited as a child with this very short lived partial rainbow in this special place.....
You can see the structure from the road if you stand on the roof of your car and peer over the hedgerows, but it’s well worth the two-minute walk to experience it firsthand. In the field, a large flat stone, or quoit weighing around 12 tons, rest on top of three upright stones. The dolmen was constructed around 2500 BC as part of a barrow, or chambered tomb, the remains of which are barely visible in the surrounding landscape today. Lanyon means “cold pool” in the native Cornish language. The site is also known as “The Giant’s Table,” for obvious reasons, and has been mentioned in Arthurian legends.
Originally, the dolmen was much higher, perhaps tall enough to accommodate a horse and rider beneath it. However, after a storm in 1815, the ancient structure collapsed. In the course of the 1824 reconstruction by locals, one of the supports broke. With only three uprights remaining, the quoit was lowered about five feet and rotated ninety degrees from its original orientation. Today it’s barely five feet from ground to ceiling.
The surrounding moors are windy and beautiful in themselves, and the spot is perfect for a respite on the drive from St Ives to Penzance.
This shy woodland bird is quite beautiful. The RSPB say that there are over two hundred species of woodpecker worldwide, but only three in the UK, and this is one of them - its a Great Spotted Woodpecker. They are great tree climbers, and can even walk backwards down a tree. Having a shy curious nature, they move quite quickly, and sometimes when aware of being watched, they cling to the far side of a nearby tree and pop their head round to watch you, this way and that.
A backward glance from the juvenile Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) I think he's grown accustomed to the click of the camera, but he still looks over!
I have to admit to lots of moving the sliders backwards and forwards in Lightroom until I finally got the shadows as visible as they are in the picture!
Three Southern Railway GP50’s wheel a southbound manifest through Faber, Virginia. Although GP50’s had been around for close to two years, they did not sell in the northeast, and this was my first encounter with one.
I Was In Ecstasy With A Huge Smile On My Face As Rhama Moved Forward, Then Backwards, Forward, Then Backwards Again, Back And Forth, Back And Forth...In And Out...In And Out.
It Was Going On 20 Minutes At This Point...Her Heart Was Pounding...Her Face Was Flushed...Then She Moaned, Softly At First, Then Began To Groan Louder And Louder. Finally, Totally Exhausted, She Let Out And Almighty Scream And Shouted "Ok! Ok! I Can't Park The Damn Car! You Do It, You Smug Bastard!"
The Temple Island in Henley-On-Thames is a beautiful little spot tucked away amongst the more exalted bustle of the Henley Regatta. I first caught wind of this place a few years ago when I had been a spectator at the Henley Regatta. Although I wanted to take some shots, there were not a lot of cloud cover to make it worth my while.
As a landscape photographer, everyone would nod their heads in unison that whilst sunny weather is preferred, all sun with little clouds does not really make for some compelling viewing especially at dusk.
So I went back thinking I should be here on other day when the clouds would play ball. Thing is you do not need too much of wind either or your reflection would be shot. So in all, there are a lot of factors that need to come together to get a good photograph of a place. There wasn't much of a wind blowing although there were a lot of boats going backwards and forwards which leaves a big wake every now and then. So you have to time the shot in between such instances.
In all, it was a decent evening's work at the temple island. Midsummer is a good time to be here with the sun setting adjacent to this location.
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Female White-crowned sparrow observes setting sun. Or not. But she's watching something from her perch in fir tree. I love these pretty sparrows.
“White-crowned Sparrows hop across the ground and through low foliage in brushy habitats. You may see them “double-scratching,” a move they share with towhees involving a quick hop backwards to turn over leaves followed by a forward hop and pounce.”
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-crowned_Sparrow/lifehis...
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Nose to nose, two Norfolk Southern C39-8’s pull a northbound freight through Teel, Virginia. Some may think that this is neat, but the sight of a non-first-generation long hood first leader holds no appeal for me.
I always love there - late arrivers, late leavers and they moult backwards - most birds moult their primaries from the bend of the wing to the outer edge, Spot Flys moult sequence is from the outer edge to the bend in the wing. Obscure factoid.
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Looking back and enjoying the pleasure still of my favourite place.
Taken from behind my favourite chalets.and nothing really but that simple view is imprinted on my brain. i don't usually look backwards but occasionally find I missed the essence of a place that was there all along...and what's more it will still be there unchanged next year...Happy Holidays dear friends... Sue xx
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Just a very casual moment for Dottinous Foul - body curved violently backwards so she can properly feel the little specs of snow fall upon her body. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Because the dome car on KCS's Southern Belle business train would not fit under the chutes at Bartlett Grain in Jacksonville, Ill. the train could not turn on the loop there. Instead, the F units ran around the loop and pulled the train backwards to Roodhouse, where everything was put back in proper order. This provided a rare chance to catch FP9 KCS 2 heading the train, seen heading down the Jacksonville - Murrayville branch.
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If you are a regular visitor to my photostream you will know what a love I have for the foxes that visit our garden.
Since I posted the videos last month with Mum playing on our lawn with her three cubs there have been very few visits (often just zipping through).
I could not believe it this morning when this little beauty came and stretched out in the sun.
I quickly grabbed a camera and watched through my kitchen window.
It stayed for about 5 mins and this was my favourite capture as it looked backwards. It had looked straight at me a few times, before dashing off.
Red fox information (sourced from British Wildlife Trusts website)
Length: 62-72cm
Tail: 40cm
Weight: 5-7kg
Average lifespan: 2-3 years
The red fox is our only wild member of the dog family. They are not fussy eaters and will happily munch on small mammals, birds, frogs, worms as well as berries and fruit!
Foxes that live in towns and cities may even scavenge in bins to look for scraps. A male fox, called a dog makes a barking noise whereas the females, called vixens make a spine-chilling scream sound.
A medium-sized dog, the red fox is orangey-red above, white below, with black tips to the ears, dark brown feet and a white tip to the bushy, orange tail (known as the 'brush').
Red foxes live in a burrow system called an 'earth'. They scent-mark their territorial borders with urine, creating a very strong, recognisable odour. They also have scent glands on their feet to mark well-used trails so they can follow them easily at night.
The Nuthatch is the secret spy of British birds. With an amazing and agile ability to scurry along the trunks of trees with its powerful claws, the Nuthatch is about as competent a climber as any bird can be. In fact, its unique movements upwards, downwards, backwards and sideways is something particular to the Nuthatch, the only British bird able to move around in this way; the classic image of a nuthatch is one in which the bird is in a right-angular position looking backwards from a tree trunk