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The bar-headed goose migrates over the Himalayas to spend the winter in parts of South Asia (from Assam to as far south as Tamil Nadu. The modern winter habitat of the species is cultivated fields, where it feeds on barley, rice and wheat, and may damage crops. Birds from Kyrgyzstan have been noted to stopover in western Tibet and southern Tajikistan for 20 to 30 days before migrating further south. Some birds may show high wintering site fidelity.
With Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
They nest mainly on the Tibetan Plateau. Intraspecific brood parasitism is noticed with lower rank females attempting to lay their eggs in the nests of higher ranking females.
The bar-headed goose is often kept in captivity, as it is considered beautiful and breeds readily. Records in Great Britain are frequent, and almost certainly relate to escapes. However, the species has bred on several occasions in recent years and around five pairs were recorded in 2002, the most recent available report of the Rare Birds Breeding Panel. It is possible the species is becoming gradually more established in Great Britain. The bird is sociable and causes no problems for other birds. The feral population is believed to be declining in Great Britain due to over-hunting.
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Gion, Kyoto, Japan
An narrow alleyway of bars and restaurants...not sure if I upset her.
Sony A7R III | Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA
Double exposure of this Bar Romano sign, with one shot slightly out of focus, in 2019. Taken on a specialty film from Revolog.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D lens. Revolog Snovlox 100 35mm B&W film.
The interior of Casa Alfonso in Barcelona's Barri Gottic. Flanked with Spanish Ham on the left and the bar on the right, a server busily serves her clientele. To see my group of top ten images from explore, go here: www.flickr.com/groups/2913176@N23/
Micklegate Bar was the most important of York’s four main medieval gateways and the focus for grand events. The name comes from 'Micklelith', meaning great street.
It was the main entrance to the city for anyone arriving from the South. At least half a dozen reigning monarchs have passed through this gate and by tradition they stop here to ask the Lord Mayor's permission to enter the city.
The lower section of the bar dates from the 12th century, the top two storeys from the 14th. The building was inhabited from 1196. Like the other main gates, Micklegate Bar originally had a barbican built on the front, in this case demolished in 1826.
For centuries the severed heads of rebels and traitors were displayed above the gate, the many victims include Sir Henry Purcey (Hotspur) in 1403 and Richard, Duke of York in 1460. The last of the severed heads was removed in 1754.
Silvery Bar/Cigaritis phanes
One more butterfly for now, the previous upload was a "natal bar", this one is the "silvery bar". As bars they must be related and they were visiting the same plant, trying to keep it in the family I think.....
Don Edwards NWR Alviso
We were lucky enough to be able to see this uncommon visitor to the Bay Area. We saw it in Pond A17 and had better views than now it has now moved to A18 and viewing is better with a scope. Another life bird to add to my list!
Not the best shot but you can see some of the differences: more pale overall especially the underside, prominent eyebrow and bill more pink. It apparently has shorter legs which we were not able to see. And it is nice to be able to compare to our Marbled Godwits.
Photo below shows more pale belly.
This surreal scene came as we walked the bar at Bar Harbor at low tide, with the mist still on the hills...
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The bar-headed goose is one of the world's highest-flying birds, having been heard flying across Mount Makalu – the fifth highest mountain on earth at 8,481 m (27,825 ft) – and apparently seen over Mount Everest – 8,848 m (29,029 ft) – although this is a second-hand report with no verification. This demanding migration has long puzzled physiologists and naturalists: "there must be a good explanation for why the birds fly to the extreme altitudes... particularly since there are passes through the Himalaya at lower altitudes, and which are used by other migrating bird species." In fact, bar-headed geese have never been directly tracked (using GPS or satellite logging technology) flying higher than 6,540 metres (21,460 ft), and it is now believed that they do take the high passes through the mountains. The challenging northward migration from lowland India to breed in the summer on the Tibetan Plateau is undertaken in stages, with the flight across the Himalaya (from sea-level) being undertaken non-stop in as little as seven hours. Surprisingly, despite predictable tail winds that blow up the Himalayas (in the same direction of travel as the geese), bar-headed geese spurn these winds, waiting for them to die down overnight, when they then undertake the greatest rates of climbing flight ever recorded for a bird, and sustain these climbs rates for hours on end, according to research published in 2011.
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
April 5th, 2017
Rhyll, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 1D X
Canon EF 500mm f4L IS II USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
2017 was the first year I visited the Rhyll Inlet, a place which very quickly became a favourite location of mine. The Inlet is a well known wader roost, including for some of our less abundant waders, such as this Bar-tailed Godwit.
On this particular Autumn evening in April, the combination of a rising high tide & setting sun made for a spectacular scene with beautiful light.
Although I usually prefer more direct eye contact in my images, for this particular photo I really liked having the bird appear to be gazing out into the ocean. The gorgeous golden sunset really lit up the birds plumage, which is complimented by the dark tones of the deep blue ocean. Look closer & notice the single strand of seaweed wrapped around the birds leg; the foam of the tide washing along the sand bank & the sea spray it creates.
This image conveys a real sense of peace for me & I am instantly taken back to one of my favourite places to visit each time I view it.
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis
September 28th, 2019
East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS II USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
Another species I was keen to photograph from the Top End last year were these beautiful Bar-shouldered Doves. They were quite common, but proved to be pretty flighty. Thankfully I found a confiding individual on the last morning of our trip & after a few minutes of crawling in the dirt I managed this nice portrait that really shows off the wonderful barring.
From a year ago, here is another wide view from that fabulous sunset in Bar Harbor. I liked this comp that looked away from the brighter part of the sky and towards the area that was still under some thunder clouds.
There were some nice Aurora on this night, but there was also a good amount of fog that ruined the best parts of the show - bright purple Auroras! The fog is neat in some parts of the video, but it ruined the time stack.
The time slice version (seen above) turned out pretty interesting. I's like a bar graph. Since this image is made with lots of thin vertical slices (546 to be exact) it shows time on the horizontal axis (to make it a little more confusing, this was put together starting on the right side, so time moves right to left - the first frame of the timelapse is the slice on the right side of the image, and the last frame of the timelapse is the slice on the left) The darker gray bars are when the fog was the densest, blocking out more of the light. The brighter yellow-white bars are from cars passing. (I was shooting pretty close to the road on the edge of a field) I was also near some train tracks, and that's what the red bars are - the fog reflecting the rail road crossing lights. And of course, the green and purple parts are the Aurora Borealis.
I have been trying for years to capture a half-decent Bar-tailed Godwit image and on one single day at Spurn I managed at least half a dozen. They are winter visitors to Britain from breeding grounds on the tundra from Lapland right across to Alaska, though only the western populations winter in Britain. Those from eastern Siberia winter in West Africa but stop off to refuel in Britain on their way back north in May. The ones from Alaska winter in New Zealand but they make the 11,000km journey without stopping and it takes them about 7 days to complete. They are very much a coastal bird in Britain, rarely straying inland, and even at the coast they are quite localised to areas with sandy shores where they feed on various invertebrates like lugworms, sand mason worms and shrimps.
The names of both British Godwits were coined in 1828 by John Fleming in his History of British Animals. Prior to that Bar-tailed was known as the Common Godwit (or simply Godwit). while Black-tailed was unhelpfully called "the second sort of Godwit" by Ray (1678) then later Red or Red-breasted Godwit in the mid eighteenth century. That wasn't very helpful as both species are red in breeding plumage. Though non-breeding Black-tailed often spend the summer in Britain when they are largely red, whereas Bar-tailed don't usually over-summer here so we only see them red for a short time in spring. But the origin of the name godwit is puzzling. There are a couple of variations; Godwipe and Godwike, but these don't really shed any light on the origins. Isaac Casaubon in 1611 rendered the word in Latin as "Dei ingenium" which translates as God's wit, but with no suggestions as to why. The earliest use of the name was Turner (1544) who used the Latinised Godwittam. Christopher Merrett (1667) suggested the origin was onomatopoeic (ie named after the sound it makes), but modified by folk etymology. Godwits are noisiest on their breeding grounds, and as Bar-tailed has never bred here the original name was probably coined for Black-tailed. Here is a recording of Black-tailed Godwit on the breeding grounds www.xeno-canto.org/561282 . Similar onomatopoeic folk names from East Anglia are Yarwhelp and Yarwhip. For completeness here are the calls of winter Bar-tailed Godwits www.xeno-canto.org/281114 .
The Bar-shouldered Dove is a medium-sized, long-tailed dove. Adults doves have a blue-grey head, neck and upper breast, with a distinctive reddish-bronze patch on the hindneck, with dark barring. Young doves lack this patch and barring and tend to be duller overall. There is also a distinctive pinkish bar on the lower breast. The lower body is pale. They have a blue-grey eye-ring and reddish eye. They are usually seen in pairs or small parties. The northern subspecies hedlandi is lighter in colour. This species is also known as the Mangrove Dove, Scrub Dove, or Kookawook.
The nest of the Bar-shouldered Dove is usually hidden in dense shrubs or trees and in gardens, throughout its range. A thin platform is made from twigs and roots and is placed in a fork or on a branch. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the chicks. Young doves are fed with 'crop milk', specially produced by the parent birds (a common characteristic of pigeons and doves).
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