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I was puzzled by those chevrons along the flanks of this Bar-tailed Godwit in Norfolk as none of the other "Barwits" looked like this. It certainly did not look like any of the illustrations in the Collins Guide, so when I got home I checked the ID Handbook of European Birds, and there it was. It is an adult female still in breeding plumage. Males acquire a red colouration all over the underparts but females are variable, some with a bit of orange, and some pale birds just like this. There is a slight hint of peach on the belly, but in the field it looked creamy. An additional pointer to it being a female is the very long bill, which are a bit shorter in males. There is actually an optical illusion here that makes the tail look like a Black-tailed Godwit. But if you zoom in it is the right wing-tip you are seeing, rather than the tail.
The nominate subspecies that occurs in winter in Britain (Limosa lapponica lapponica) breeds patchily on tundra in northern Scandinavia east to Russia's Yamal Peninsula. It winters around the coasts of Britain and the Low Countries down to Africa. According to the BTO there are about 30,000 individuals wintering in Britain, with two thirds of these inhabiting The Wash. It was always assumed that European wintering birds were all of this western subspecies. But genetic work published recently in Ibis (2025) shows that large numbers of subspecies taymyrensis from further east make up the majority of European wintering birds. It suggests that the entire population of the nominate subspecies lapponica only numbers 30,000 individuals, which is much rarer than previously thought, which was 150,000 to 180,000 individuals. Birds of subspecies taymyrensis are just slightly larger than nominate lapponica but also differ genetically. However, they do not differ genetically from the doubtfully distinct subspecies yamalensis, which breeds between the other two subspecies in northern Russia.
11-01-2012
Sagres, Portugal
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BAR 80 is on an Eastbound working at Goodman Street Yard in Rochester, NY on May 8, 1979. After I got my first SLR camera I kept the old Graphlex in the glove box of my truck. I would use it if I came across something when I was out and about, in this case on my way to work. I always checked what was around the East end of Goodman Street Yard on my way in to work. I could grab a quick pic or two and then head over to work.
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Hedon Estate Surabaya, Indonesia. The cafe, they have lots of luxury classic cars and motorcycle.
Back in October I was in Spain with a few friends and this was the view out of my bedroom door which had this ornate barred outer door which I quite liked the look of.
Just back from a weekend away and struggling with a shoulder problem so I think my time on Flickr will be limited for awhile as working on the computer is not entirely comfortable. Therefore turning comments off on this one.
Olympus OMD-EM10Mk2
Leica Summicron-R 50mm f/2.0
Buttermere Lake, Lake District, Cumbria, England.
Reeds in the morning, with a mountain's reflection at the top. :)
A confession - I made the ripples by moving in the water.. The wind refused to blow.
This big alligator was lounging in the grass next to the (appropriately named) Alligator Alley walking path at Circle-B-Bar Reserve. It was a nice day and there were a lot of visitors. This was not the first alligator sunning along the path but so far none had been adventurous or seemed to mind people walking by. This one, on the other hand, was none too happy with the attention it was getting. A group of people had gathered on each side of the alligator afraid to try to walk by it because most of us were concerned it might not be as passive as the others had been; and, rightfully so because the alligator began to lift up and hiss at park visitors. Myself and my partner lingered a good distance back to see if the alligator would scurry off into the water, ready to turn back if necessary, but the alligator stood its ground for a while. Among the group was what I can only describe as Florida Man, those who live in Florida or who have read some of the stories written about Florida Man's antics will understand. So we will call this park visitor Florida Man. Florida Man was with his family including a baby in a stroller. Well, Florida Man got tired of waiting on this hissing alligator and after a while decided the best way to scare it off was to take his baby in the stroller and walk right on by it. I will give Florida Man credit because it worked. The alligator turned tail and ran off into the lake, but even knowing that alligators are generally afraid of humans I would not have taken that chance with my child.
Scene in the Rue Raspail in Ivry-sur-Seine, Département Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France, France 04.01.2024
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En Toledo; una gran idea; el bar se llama Círculo de Arte, Se organizan exposiciones, actuaciones de grupos noveles, hay buen café y copas a buen precio... y una música excelente, nada de Bisbaleo. Todo en la antigua iglesia de San Vicente. A ver si en mi pueblo hacen lo mismo.
They say if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change. That was definitely true while waiting for job 1 to arrive at Onawa with the weather ranging from sunny to snowing in less than five minutes. The only consitancy was the wind and the fact that it was a cold wait. The weather settled on being cloudy as the CMQ's Bangor & Aroostook heritage 9017 lead job 1 across the Onawa trestle with the 9010 and 3812 pulling 52 cars.