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The Hoopoe is a medium sized bird, 25–32 cm (9.8-12.6 in) long, with a 44–48 cm (17.3-19 in) wingspan weighing 46-89 g (1.6-3.1 oz). The species is highly distinctive, with a long, thin tapering bill that is black with a fawn base. The strengthened musculature of the head allows the bill to be opened when probing inside the soil. The hoopoe has broad and rounded wings capable of strong flight; these are larger in the northern migratory subspecies. The Hoopoe has a characteristic undulating flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly, caused by the wings half closing at the end of each beat or short sequence of beats.[6]
The song is a trisyllabic "oop-oop-oop", which gives rise to its English and scientific names.
[edit] Behaviour
In what was long thought to be a defensive posture, Hoopoes sunbathe by spreading out their wings and tail low against the ground and tilting their head up; they often fold their wings and preen halfway through.[13] The Hoopoe also enjoys taking dust and sand baths.[14]
[edit] Diet and feeding
The diet of the Hoopoe is mostly composed of insects, although small reptiles as well as some plant matter such as seeds and berries are sometimes taken as well. It is a solitary forager which typically feeds on the ground. More rarely they will feed in the air, in pursuit of numerous swarming insects, where their strong and rounded wings make them fast and manoeuvrable. More commonly their foraging style is to stride on relatively open ground and periodically pause to probe the ground with the full length of their bill. Insect larvae, pupae and mole crickets are detected by the bill and either extracted or dug out with the strong feet. In addition to feeding in soil Hoopoes will feed on insects on the surface, as well as probing into piles of leaves and even using the bill to lever large stones and flake off bark. Common diet items include crickets, locusts, beetles, earwigs, cicadas, ant lions, bugs and ants. These can range from 10 to 150 mm in length, with the preferred size of prey being around 20-30 mm. Larger prey items are beaten against the ground or a preferred stone in order to kill them and remove indigestible body parts such as wings and legs.[6]
[edit] Breeding
The Hoopoe is monogamous, although the pair bond apparently only lasts for a single season. They are also territorial, with the male calling frequently to advertise his ownership of the territory. Chases and fights between rival males (and sometimes females) are common and can be brutal.[6] Birds will try to stab rivals with their bills, and individuals are occasionally blinded in fights.[15] The nest is in a hole in a tree or wall, with a narrow entrance;[14] it may be unlined or various scraps may be collected.[11] The female alone is responsible for incubating the eggs. Clutch size varies with location, with northern hemisphere birds laying more eggs than those in the southern hemisphere and birds in higher latitudes having larger clutches than those closer to the equator. In central and northern Europe and Asia the clutch size is around 12, whereas it is between four in the tropics and seven in the subtropics. The eggs are round and milky blue on laying but quickly discolour in the increasingly dirty nest.[6] They weigh 4.5 grams.[13] A replacement clutch is possible.[11]
The Hoopes have well developed anti-predators defences in the nest. The uropygial gland of the incubating and brooding female is quickly modified to produce a foul-smelling liquid, and the glands of nestlings do so was well. These secretions are rubbed into the plumage. The secretion, which smells like rotting meat, is thought to help deter predators, as well as deter parasites and possibly act as an antibacterial agent.[16] The secretions stop soon before the young leave the nest.[13] In addition to this secretion nestlings are able to direct streams of faeces at nest intruders from the age of six days, and will also hiss at intruders in a snake like fashion.[6] The young also strike with their bill or with one wing.[13]
The incubation period for the species is between 15 and 18 days. During incubation the female is fed by the male. The incubation period begins as soon as the first egg is laid, so the chicks are born asynchronously. The chicks hatch with a covering of downy feathers, by around day days feather quills emerge which become adult feathers. The chicks are brooded by the female for between 9 to 14 days.[6] The female later joins the male in the task of bringing food.[14] The young leave the nest after approximately three and a half weeks; the parent still leads them for a week.[11]
Newcastle Baths - Newcastle - NSW - Australia
Canon EOS 5D MKII - Canon EF L Lens 17-40mm
Arrived a little earlier than first light knowing that there were to be no clouds in the sky. My initial intentions was to blend two shots. One for the pool area and the other for the stars in the sky. Due to the lights behind me, the exposure for the pool and surrounds needed to be reasonably short to avoid over exposing. The results gave me a dead black sky, which i love. I may still blend the stars in at a later date, but i really like the contrast this shot has.
Cheers,
Maxwell
The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose.
The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions:
1) apodyterium or changing room
2) frigidarium or cold bath room
3) tepidarium or tepid bath room
4) calidarium or hot bath room.
The thermal baths included latrines and, in the most developed type, a pool and gymnasium. They were often furnished with open spaces and gardens.
The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall.
The Thermae were not only buildings used for a function of public utility, but also played a very important social role in that they provided an important place for people to meet.
A historic former municipal baths in Manchester, rescued from redevelopment and slowly being restored. Famed for its stained glass and tiling.
also known as Home Of The Water Fairies
“These curious circular stone cavities on Lucy Brook originally were known as the Home of the Water Fairies; tradition says evil water sprites inhabited the ledges, tormenting the Sokokis Indians until a mountain god answered the Indians’ prayers and swept the sprites away in a flood. But sometime before 1859 a Miss Hubbard of Boston, a guest at the old Mount Washington House in North Conway, rechristened them Diana’s Baths, presumably to evoke images of the Roman nature goddess. The pools are also called Lucy’s Baths.”
from NH tour guide.com
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing.
The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century (Wikipedia).
Photo details: Exposure 1/45 sec at f/5.6 (ISO 200), Camera E-M10 with a Zoom 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 14mm.
Photo by: Jerold Paterson, copyright ©2015 all rights reserved.
Seems that I wasn't the only person making the most of a great start to the day yesterday.....
I ventured to Newcastle Ocean Baths and the surrounding rock platforms trying to grab something worthy of flickr!
A few other photographers arrive before sunrise drawn by the same desire....
Added to the recipe - 3 guys fishing and a cloudy sky - made for a great scene.
** Must view Large on Black!! **
Thanks for looking......
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 @ 11mm; 2 sec exposure at f11 ; ISO250.
Lee .9 GNDH used.
Victoria Baths, Manchester, England - Vintage Home Show.
I am trying to sell some 1960s furniture at the moment, so was hoping to meet dealers that are interested in buying it.
Earlier in the week I sold some of my parents' stuff to someone who had a stall at the Show and she'd pretty much sold most of it already by the time I arrived.
Good on her, that's what I say - she'd paid for a stall, stood there for hours and lugged all the stuff from her car into the building so I don't mind her making a profit. I was told in no uncertain terms by Mrs K "NOT" to buy anything to bring home though lol.
Victoria Baths is amazing and a good place for the show. I've not been for a while.
Part of my :-
Manchester
Northern England
Victoria Baths
And
Revisited..... Flickr albums.
I was actually pretty traumatised when I came across the most expensive thing there by far. We used to have the very same three-piece suite but our young Labrador dog ate it one lunchtime whilst we were out of the house.
It wasn't valuable when we bought it - it was second hand and bought for a pittance. But the upshot was the same - the dog ate it. Not completely, of course, he would have had terrible stomach ache. But just enough to ruin it.
:-( He was a little cutie and the kids liked him...
Govanhill Baths in Calder St, Glasgow, currently closed but there is a campaign to get it restored and re-opened for the people of Govanhill
For more details see www.govanhillbaths.com/
Make-believe Romantic Roman baths in Park Sans Souci. Postdam, Brandeburg. Germany.
Sans Souci is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
This long exposure panorama of Sutro Baths in San Francisco is stitched together from 3 individual photographs.
The above image was taken on Sunday 1st June 2014 at Victoria Baths, Manchester.
This was my first time at Victoria Baths and during this visit I decided to shoot exclusively using a very wide angle lens (a 12mm Sigma) and also use my usual HDR style.
For more information about Victoria Baths see the site:
#Manchester #Victoria #baths #hdr #sigma #12mm
Joined Focus south shoot this Sat with Sean, Tara and Rhett at Bronte Baths. Overcast skies, lots of clouds followed by rain, perfect time for black and white LE photography.
Did I mentioned fog, na It was not there but this effect has been achieved by the lens wide open at 1.8 coz top 2/3rd of my frame was obstructed by the white wooden bar in the front and I focused the lens in the pool giving the wodden bar a fog like effect(blurr). This is something I learnt new.
I took 3 shots,one to create a fog effect, LE to blur water at f13 and another one for swimmer. I also used ND4 and polariser filters to get rid of water reflections.
There is also another part of the story behind this scene which I probably will not explain today. Run your creative thinking. I give you clue, why one swimmer? why he is half inside water and half out?
Hope you like this image. Enjoy your rest of the weekend.
Shahi Hammam, also known as the Wazir Khan Hammam, the 17th-century royal baths of Lahore's Old City.
A historic former municipal baths in Manchester, rescued from redevelopment and slowly being restored. Famed for its stained glass and tiling.
Visited the Sutro Baths and had to take a photo from both sides of it! This is taken facing westward. The building in the background is the Cliff House, which offers another viewpoint of the Baths. This tourist spot has a surprising amount of San Francisco history behind it - look it up sometime!
The Cliff house is a restaurant in San Francisco on the the Pacific. On our last trip to San Francisco we had dinner there and I got to take some sunset pictures on the Pacific. It overlooks the old Sutro Baths which are part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. They were built at the turn of the last century.
I was shooting with my Sony a5100 which is my travel camera on business trips. It is easy to pack and most professional features you need. Basically it has all the features of the a6000 but no viewfinder. Great selection of lenses.
The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose.
The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions:
1) apodyterium or changing room
2) frigidarium or cold bath room
3) tepidarium or tepid bath room
4) calidarium or hot bath room.
The thermal baths included latrines and, in the most developed type, a pool and gymnasium. They were often furnished with open spaces and gardens.
The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall.
The Thermae were not only buildings used for a function of public utility, but also played a very important social role in that they provided an important place for people to meet.
The twin baths at Castle Miranda, the abandoned castle in Belgium. The baths are pretty secluded due to the worsening condition of the building; a walk across joists with a two storey drop below is required to access them!
View the full set on my website -
www.bcd-urbex.com/chateau-miranda-aka-chateau-de-noisy-be...
The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose.
The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions:
1) apodyterium or changing room
2) frigidarium or cold bath room
3) tepidarium or tepid bath room
4) calidarium or hot bath room.
The thermal baths included latrines and, in the most developed type, a pool and gymnasium. They were often furnished with open spaces and gardens.
The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall.
The Thermae were not only buildings used for a function of public utility, but also played a very important social role in that they provided an important place for people to meet.
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. It is a well-preserved Roman site once used for public bathing. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level.
It was so cool for so long, but now it is a full on hot Summer for us. I'm dreaming of the Parnell Baths in the Parnell neighborhood of Auckland. Saltwater, nice and cold, pretty deep at the lap end.
Repository: California Historical Society
Date: 1923
Call number: SF EPH
Digital object ID: CHS2014.1682
Preferred citation: Pamphlet, Sutro Baths & Museum [cover], courtesy, California Historical Society, CHS2014.1682
Online finding aid: www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3r29r798