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في إحدى الغابات "الصغيرة" في سكانيا -- السويد تتجلّى عظمة الخالق في تشكيلة رائعة من الوان الطبيعة تأخذ بالألباب
In one of the "small" woods of Scania -- Sweden, you can clearly observe the magnificence of The Creator with the play of colors in nature that takes your breath away!
هنالك العديد من النشاطات الرياضية أليس ستينار، منها التحليق بالمظلّة: فكانت هذه اللقطة الساحرة.
Part of the sporting activities at Ales stenar-- para-sailing. Which gave me the opportunity to take this lovely shot.
جزء آخر من ا لخندق المائي المزدوج لقلعة لاندسكرونا والذي لا يزال محتفظاً بتركيبته الأصلية. سكانيا -- السويد
Another Part of the well preserved double moat system of Landskrona Citadel. Scania -- Sweden.
حالما تخطو إلى الداخل بعد السور يطالعك هذا المشهد الخلّاب
Once you step inside at the main gate, you are greeted with this breath-taking sight.
East Calder waterfalls West Lothian scotland panoramic image three images stitches together if on a mobile please click on picture to see full image. Thanks fur all the lovely comments and favs much appreciated
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Thank you August Mirabella for giving me a call to get the chance to see this beautiful bird at Peace Valley Park, New Britain.
This is one of the birds I was shooting the other day while Bandit and I were sitting on my porch. It was waiting to go onto the suet house. The late afternoon sun was setting on it.
Two species of vulture occur in Florida, the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
Turkey vultures have reddish heads while the heads of black vultures are black. The turkey vulture holds its wings in a slight "V" while soaring, whereas the black vulture's wings are held straight. The tail of the black vulture is usually more fanned out in flight and is shorter and broader than that of the turkey vulture.
The black vulture flaps its wings more and soars less than its relative. From below it has whitish patches near the tips of the wings, whereas the wings of the turkey vulture lack these patches.
Vultures eat carrion in the form of road-kills or dead cattle in pastures. Black vultures are more aggressive and may occasionally kill or injure lambs, calves, cows giving birth, or other incapacitated livestock.
The oldest recorded black vulture lived to be 25 years old.
Black vultures have no voice box, so can only make rasping noises and grunts. They will make a hissing sound, if they feel threatened.
I found this Black Vulture at Lake Marian in Osceola County, Florida.
The viewer cannot but wonder what they're talking about. We could always fill the blanks with our own assumptions and imagine them to be true...
Known affectionately as Butter-Butts, Yellow-rumped warblers, (Setophaga coronata), migrate south in the winter. These flocks of Florida snowbirds can be found in mangroves, scrub, forests, or your yard.
Their winter diet consists of fruit from shrubs such as wax myrtle, juniper berries, poison ivy, and poison oak as well as many seeds including those from goldenrod and beach grasses.
The yellow-rumped warbler ranges over most of North and Central America, breeding in the summer throughout most of the Rocky Mountains and along the far northern reaches of the continent. Come fall, it migrates in huge numbers, flying south to Florida and warm spots beyond. Not all yellow-rumps make the trip, however. Their ability to eat and digest certain wax-covered fruit allows them to spend the winter as far north as New England or even into Canada.
There are two distinct forms of the yellow-rumped warbler, the wax myrtle, predominant in the east, and Audubon's, which tends to hang in the Rockies and is rarely seen in the east. Myrtles, however, will winter along the Pacific Coast. They've also been known to roam as far as Alaska, Siberia and Europe.
Another one of my yard birds.
Polk County Florida.
This looks to a third year by the amount of brown still on the head and tail. It takes five years to become completely white. Lake Galena. Peace Valley Park, New Britain PA.
The Green Heron, also called the Green-backed Heron is a year-round resident of Florida. Found in both fresh and saltwater marshes, ponds, lakes and rivers where it fishes by wading or standing motionless on a branch, log or aquatic plants close to the waters surface.
Green Herons are unique in that they will often drop insects, bits of twigs and other small objects onto the water surface to attract small fish which it then catches with a quick thrust of its beak.
Adult Green Herons have a body length of 19 inches with a wingspan up to 26 inches.
I found this one in my backyard (canal) in Polk County Florida.
Great Horned Owl Owlet all puffed up and giving me the eye. This is one of three and was doing it's best to stay near mom who was close by.
The Great Crested Flycatcher is an aggressive Tyrant Flycatcher, nesting in a variety of woodland and suburban habitats. From exposed perches it searches for insects and vigorously defends its territory against intruders. Most of the Great Crested Flycatcher's diet consists of flying insects, such as beetles, flies, wasps, katydids, and dragonflies, although fruits of the elderberry, wild cherry, and blackberry are eaten by both adults and young.
In Florida, males begin to settle on their breeding territories in late March or early April. Egg laying takes place during April, May, or June. Great Crested Flycatchers are probably single-brooded. Fall migration is from mid-August to mid-October.
I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.
A winter visitor, the Savannah Sparrow is one of the most numerous songbirds of North America. It has some unique markers that identify this streaky brown bird. Look for a short tail, small head and a yellow spot be-fore the eye. It is named for Savannah, Georgia where the first specimen was collected by the nineteenth century ornithologist Alexander Wilson.This sparrow has a tendency to return each year to the area where it hatched. This is called natal philopatry and is used to identify the many subspecies of the Savannah Sparrow.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway, NJ.
The well-named Yellow-throated Warbler shows off its bright yellow throat in the canopy of forests in the southeastern United States. It hops up branches, working its way high into the canopy probing for insects in crevices and clumps of pine needles, much like a Brown Creeper or Black-and-white Warbler. Unlike those birds, the Yellow-throated Warbler is gray above with a black triangle below its eye and a white eyebrow. It is also one of the few warblers that can be found during the winter in the U.S.
Many warblers migrate from South America to Canada each year, but Yellow-throated Warblers are almost homebodies by comparison. They nest farther south than most warblers, winter farther north, and are even year-round residents in parts of the southern U.S.
I found this one in my backyard. Polk County, Florida.
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The Green Heron is a Small, dark heron with a blue-green back, rusty-colored neck and dark cap. Usually in a crouched position, partly concealed in vegetation, waiting patiently for prey. In flight, looks like an awkward crow with broad wings, neck tucked in, and legs extending just beyond the tail. Often vocal when flushed; gives a sharp "skeiw!"
Compared with other herons, the green heron is difficult to see. This small, cryptic bird spends most of the daytime waiting motionless for fish to come within striking range.
Green herons are one of the few birds that have been recorded using bait to lure fish to sites. They have been seen placing bread crusts, insects or feathers on the water surface and waiting quietly nearby for prey to approach the bait.
I found this one along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus)
It was a beautiful morning at beach. The sunrise, hardly a cloud and the birds going back and forth in the wash of the surf. I couldn't resist yet another pic of this handsome bird. Stone Harbor Point NJ.
Fairly large flycatcher; about the same size as a robin but more slender. Favors mature forests, where it nests in cavities. Brightly colored for a flycatcher, with yellow belly and rufous in the wings and tail. Quite vocal, giving loud, rising "queeEEEEP" and various rolling, burry calls. Distinguish from similar Ash-throated Flycatcher by range, bright plumage, and voice.
I found this one at Arbuckle Wildlife Management Area in Polk County, Florida.
Leucism is defined as a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. It differs from albinism in which there is no dark pigment at all, the animal appears pure white, and even the eyes appear red.
Leucisitic animals may have some dark pigments and the eyes are the normal color.
I found this young male in my backyard. Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
Have never seen him before.
Kenansville Florida a late 1800's cattle town on the now defunct Okeechobee spur of the Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. The railroad did run right through town but the tracks and the depot are gone. The town died when the railroad was pulled out. There is a small resident population of farmers and cattlemen in the area. Further west on CR523 you can tour the old Kenansville Cemetery. Turn left there and follow the road til it dead ends at a left turn dirt road. This is the Old Peavine Road which runs out through the Florida scrub and Hammocks. This road is one of the old pioneer roads of Florida that few know about. The road which is about 10 to 12 miles long is dirt, but good. and you can get a feeling of what the old Florida looked like.
I take The Peavine Road north from State Road 60 as a Shortcut to Joe Overstreet Road. I sometimes see more wildlife along The Peavine Road than I do on Joe Overstreet Road.
We took a mid-morning walk today at the lake. I spotted this Golden Retriever just sitting in the water cooling off. I had to get down next to the water in the mud to get to his level. Well worth it. Peace Valley Park, New Britain PA.
The Carolina Wren is easily recognized by the white stripe above each eye and its distinctive "tail-up" posture that it assumes as it flits about the bushes. Energetic and vocal this little wren has one of the loudest songs of any small bird. Males sing their “tea-kettle-tea-kettle-tea-kettle-tea." song hundreds of times a day, all year long. One particularly busy bird was recorded singing almost 3,000 times in a single day!
More brightly colored than most wrens, and with a rich musical song, Carolina Wrens are common in open woods and backyards in the southeast. There they busily explore brush piles and low tangles. The adults live in pairs all year, and they may "duet" at any season, with the female giving a chattering note while the male sings. The northern edge of this species' range varies over time: it gradually expands northward during series of mild years, then gets knocked southward again by very severe winters.
Fond this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.