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A young masked lapwing trying to blend in to the colourful Gazania patch, down by the side of our local lake.
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In Sweden it is very difficult to find environments that have not been fixed. Almost all areas of Stockholm are cleaned up ... nothing is scrappy ... This is a place that many photographers has shot a photo ... but soon this is going to be fixed to ...
If not for the bluish green patch on their bodies, I might have walked away without noticing the pair of peahens (as was told) against the brick wall of an old building I passed by during an outing with friends. As it was, I did spot them & with my camera in hand took a quick shot:)
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Taken at Flower Dome, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore in Nov 2019
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European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus cuniculus)
Ambury Regional Park, Manukau, NZ.
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We saw so many turkeys at the park this year. This one was doing its best to hide behind this little bare tree and blend into the background! I used one of the Lightroom presets to give it a little Fall color.
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The New Brighton landscape at sunset taken with a long exposure to get the clouds to blend in, a lovely blend of light and shadows at the best time of the day.
We watched this squirrel in a park for some time. It was very busy! This particular one is a Pallas's Squirrel - very common in South East Asia
This Sulphur butterfly is doing a great job of trying to blend in with the wildflowers. Happy Wing Wednesday.
A Hawthorn shield bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale, matches well with the colours of the leaves from a Cotoneaster shrub, where I had found it.
Field Grasshopper
Samsung NX300 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2 Lens | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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I don't wanna blend in
When I was born to stand out
I don't wanna settle
When God called me to soar
Stand Out - Matthew Snodgrass
“Rebirth is a continuous dynamic of inner renewal…growth in the life of the Spirit, a deepening of new life, a continuous rebirth, in which exterior and superficial life of the ego-self is discarded like an old snake skin and the mysterious, invisible Self of the Spirit becomes more present and more active.”
- Thomas Merton (Love and Living p. 199)
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Splendid Fairy-wren
Scientific Name: Malurus splendens
Description: The breeding plumage of the male is predominantly blue, varying from cobalt-blue in the east of its range to violet-blue in the west.It has black bands at the base of the tail (absent in the violet-blue birds), across the breast and from the beak, through the eyes to join a band across the back of its neck. Its crown and cheek patches are paler blue. Wings and long tail are brown with a blue wash. His beak is black and his legs and feet are brown-grey. In non-breeding plumage, called eclipse, he is very similar to the female, being pale brown above and buff to white underneath although he retains the blue wash on wings and tail. The female does not have the blue wash on her wings, but does have a reddish-tan line from beak to eye that extends into a ring around her eye. Her beak is reddish-tan.
Similar species: The male in breeding plumage is quite distinct but in eclipse he is similar to the males of other fairy-wrens in eclipse. A faint wash of blue on male wings during eclipse distinguishes this species from others. The female is similar to females of other fairy-wren species, but has a bluer tail than most.
Distribution: These birds are widely distributed across Australia in two areas. One area is from about Shark Bay south through WA, through SA except the coast to about the Flinders Ranges and the southern and central parts of NT. The eastern area include SA from the Flinders Ranges, the far north-western tip of Vic, NSW east to about Moree and Balranald and south central Qld.
Habitat: These birds live in arid to semi-arid areas, in mostly dense shrublands or woodlands of acacia, and mallee eucalypt with dense shrubs.
Seasonal movements: These birds are mostly sedentary, defending a territory all year, but the younger females may disperse to another territory. In some areas they are semi-nomadic, depending on local conditions.
Feeding: Like most of the fairy-wrens, Splendid Fairy-wrens eat mostly insects and forage on both the ground and in shrubs. They live in groups which forage together.
Breeding: The Splendid Fairy-wren female builds an oval domed nest of dry grass, strips of bark and rootlets, with an entrance two thirds of the way up one side. The female is the only member of the group to incubate the eggs, but all members of the group feed the chicks.
Calls: A rapid series of slightly metallic, high-pitched pips that blend into an "undulating" call.
Minimum Size: 12cm
Maximum Size: 14cm
Average size: 13cm
Average weight: 9g
Breeding season: mostly September-December, but can extend from August to April
Clutch Size: 2 to 4, mostly 3
Incubation: 15 days
Nestling Period: 11 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Another shot from Rocky Mountain National Park. I used a 10-stop ND filter to greatly increase the exposure time. Post-processing done in Lightroom.
Wisconsin Electric’s coal trains that were sourced from Consolidated Coal Company’s mines on the Monongahela Railway were loaded with blended coal from two mines. After the cars were half loaded with black diamonds from the Baily Mine on the Manor Branch, the trains topped off at the Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia. Here, the typical three-unit consist (two from CSX, one from the C&NW) has an added Monongahela GP38 for the trip down the Waynesburg Southern.