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The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a large, pale grey goose famous for its ability to migrate over the Himalayan mountains, a feat that requires extraordinary physiological adaptations for high-altitude flight.
Himalayan migration: The bar-headed goose breeds in Central Asia, near high-altitude lakes in Mongolia, China, and the Tibetan Plateau, and migrates south to winter in the lowlands of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Their journey requires them to fly over the Himalayan mountain range, often at altitudes well over 5,000 meters, which challenges even the fittest human athletes.
Bar backed partridge, Vietnam.
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Eng 👉 In a street of Colonial Town of Trinidad, south-central Cuba. Founded in 1514, Trinidad is a Unesco World Heritage site since 1988.
Esp 👉 En una calle de la ciudad colonial de Trinidad, en el centro sur de Cuba. Fundada en 1514, Trinidad es un sitio del patrimonio mundial de la Unesco desde 1988.
Fra 👉 Dans une rue de la ville coloniale de Trinidad, au centre-sud de Cuba. Fondée en 1514, Trinidad est inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis 1988.
Window of the former headquarters of De Nederlandsche Bank (The Duch Bank) from 1867 until 1968 in the sun.
The current owner has painted the bars matte silver, although you can't see that very clear in this B&W. :-)
The slightly visible lamp behind these bars repeats in some way the patterns.
UP's Potash Local exits Gold Bar canyon as it heads north on the Potash Branch. The hiking trail in the foreground leads to Corona Arch which overlooks the only tunnel on the line, but that will have to wait for another day.
This Bar-Tailed Godwit did not make it from its home in Alaska to New Zealand. It stopped here in the SF Bay Area for some reason unknown to all of us. But normally each fall, migratory flocks take flight from western Alaska nonstop for over 10,000 km (6,000 miles) until they reach their nonbreeding grounds in New Zealand and Australia.
Needless to say it's a rare bird here and many birders from all over come to find it and take its photo.
Another fascinating tidbit is that they digest parts of their own organs as part of an incredible adaptation for their long, non-stop migration. They absorb up to 25% of the tissue from their liver, kidneys, and digestive tract to make room for extra fat and to reduce weight. This process, called autophagy, allows the organs to be rebuilt once the birds arrive at their destination.
Be prepared to see a lot of photos of this juvenile bar-tailed godwit over the next few days. This was my best photography experience whilst in Cornwall and probably the one where I had the most weird looks ever. I had just finished eating (a highly recommended) fish and chips in the harbour at St Ives and spotted this godwit fly in. Off I went and took hundreds of photos whilst the hundreds of tourists in St Ives watched on probably in amusement at this weird person with a big lens taking photos of a non-descript bird (from their perspective!)
Not sand bars but a fence around the sand pile that will be and is now the Ice Rink for Broken Arrows winter fun.
Bar Bellied Pitta, Vietnam.
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Melbourne CBD from 405 Bourke Street. The effect is made more abstract and dramatic in that every second pane of glass in the curtain wall is fluted.
This is a cropped section of an image from this weeks adventure in Bentonville. Like much of the country lately, it was very windy.
There has been a gateway here for nearly 2000 years - Bootham Bar is on the site of one of the four main entrances to the Roman fortress.
The existing structure is not Roman but it has been around for quite a while. The archway itself dates from the 11th century and the rest of the structure is largely from the 14th century. In 1501 a door knocker was installed as Scots were required to knock first and seek permission from the Lord Mayor to enter the city.
The bar was damaged during the siege of York in 1644. Like Micklegate Bar, it was sometimes used to display the heads of traitors, the heads of three rebels opposing Charles II’s restoration were placed here in 1663.
Bootham Bar was the last of the gates to lose its barbican in 1835.