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FR : Lever du soleil sur le Cap Béar et son phare.
ENG : Sunrise over the Cap Béar and his lighthouse.
A beautiful heron, if slightly odd in appearance, the Capped Heron is a resident of South American forested swamps, river courses and small pools. Although it seems adaptable to any habitat with water and has a wide distribution, it usually occurs only at low densities. Often seen flying along rivers or feeding in pools, the Capped Heron can be conspicuous, and easily is identified by its silvery white body plumage, black cap and striking blue face. In flight, it is best distinguished from other white herons by its small size and rapid, choppy flight style. The sole member of the genus Pilherodius, the Capped Heron is superficially simlar to the night-herons, but does not share their nocturnal feeding habits nor their distinctive juvenile plumage.
Dhanagun Temple, Bogor West Java, Indonesia during Cap Gomeh celebration.
February 9, 2009
Explore in February 10, 2009, #244
Sunday seems to be bird setup day in my backyard. At least until things pick up around here. So this past Sunday I practiced some more bird setups again. Of course, just like last weekend the bigger variety showed up after I went inside. But I did get a Chickadee shot I was more happy with then last weekend. Always room for improvement on this one though.
Heliomaster constantii
Colibri pochotero
San Antonio, Escazu
Historia Natural
Reproducción
Su nido consiste en una taza poco profunda hecha de pelusa vegetal de coloración clara, decorada por fuera de forma variada con pedacitos de corteza y liquen gris; se localiza cerca de la punta de una rama, generalmente en una posición expuesta, en la parte alta de un árbol en el borde del bosque o en una sabana. Se reproducen de octubre a enero.
Alimentación
Visitan flores de poró (Erythrina spp.) de corolas largas (los machos algunas veces las defienden), ceiba (Ceiba pentandra), pochote (Bombacopsis quinatum), robles (Tabebuia spp.) y otros árboles. En algunas ocasiones visitan flores de banano (Musa sapientum) y platanillas (Heliconia spp.) y es frecuente que vuelen a considerable altura en el dosel para atrapar insectos.
Comportamiento
Son solitarios y defienden contra cualquier colibrí los árboles grandes con flores abundantes, o vuelan entre los árboles pequeños esparcidos sobre áreas extensas.
Duermen sobre ramas altas bien expuestas.
Habitat y Distribución
Habitat
Viven en el dosel y los bordes del bosque seco (incluso en bosques de galería), bosques secundarios viejos, plantaciones de café y banano, y sabanas arboladas.
Distribución
Es una especie residente de poco común a relativamente común en las bajuras y colinas al norte de la vertiente del Pacífico, hasta los 800 m. a lo largo de la Cordillera de Guanacaste y hasta los 1000 m. en la Península de Nicoya; su abundancia disminuye hacia el este a través del Valle Central; se extiende regularmente hasta San José y en raras ocasiones hasta Cartago; es rara en la región de los ríos General-Térraba.
Distribución fuera de Costa Rica
Se encuentra desde el sur de México hasta el noroeste de Perú, Bolivia, parte central de Brasil y las Guyanas.
Distribución de Area de conservación
ArenalTempisqueGuanacastePacifico CentralAmistad PacificoCordillera Volcanica CentralOsa
Descripción
Descripción científica
Mide 12 cm. y pesa 7.5 grs. Es bastante grande, más o menos opaco, con el pico relativamente largo y grueso y la cola corta; presenta una lista blanca distintiva que baja por el centro de la rabadilla.
El macho adulto es verde bronceado oscuro por encima, con la coronilla fusca. Las timoneras son bronce verdoso con el tercio distal negro y las 3 externas con la punta blanca. Muestra las listas postocular y malar blancas y prominentes. La barbilla y la cara son fuscas y la gorguera iridiscente es entre rojo rosa y rojo naranja. Por debajo es predominantemente gris opaco, con los bordes de las plumas verde bronceado en los lados. El centro de la parte baja del pecho, el abdomen y los penachos a cada lado de la rabadilla son de color blanco.
En la hembra el fusco de la barbilla se extiende hasta el centro de la gorguera, cuyas plumas muestran el borde ante opaco, y el blanco en las puntas de las timoneras laterales más extenso. El pico es negro y las patas son fuscas.
Los ejemplares juveniles muestran toda la gorguera fusca, bordes anchos ante opaco en las plumas de la gorguera, pecho, costado y región superior, y la lista de la rabadilla con un tinte anteado.
Información taxonómica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Aves
Orden: Apodiformes
Familia: Trochilidae
Género: Heliomaster
Harry Jerome bronze statue in Stanley Park against the night lights of Vancouver.
He's sporting a little cap of snow from the snowfall that day!
We tried to "light paint" him, not sure if it worked well.
born on September 1940 in Prince Albert, SK; died 7 December 1982 in Vancouver, BC). Three-time Olympian Harry Jerome won the bronze medal in the 100 m race at the 1964 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. He also won gold medals at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and the 1967 Pan American Games. Jerome broke the Canadian record in the 220-yard dash when he was only 18 years old and set or equalled world records in the 60-yard indoor dash, the 100-yard dash, the 100 m sprint and the 440-yard relay. Following his retirement from competition, he promoted amateur and youth sport through national and provincial programs. Jerome also advocated for better support of Canadian athletes and for greater representation of racialized Canadians on Canadian television and advertising. He was the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Order of Canada.
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En montée sur le fleuve St-Laurent à la hauteur de Québec, Canada.
Upbound on the St-Lawrence River in front of Quebec, Canada.
2017-6-14
We went for a drive down to Gerroa to seven mile beach. It was a grey dreary day but we were lucky to see some interesting things.
There were 12 red capped plovers running around on the beach
These are the first bird photos in a long time ... all taken over Easter around Chiltern in Victoria. In late afternoon as drinks were being served back at camp, I found this confiding male beside one of the dams on our host's property.
As anyone who's ever seen one knows, male Red-capped Robins are a spectacular sight in the "monotonous hues" of the Australian bush.
("monotonous hues" were words used by Major Mitchell when describing the ability of another bird to enliven the bush -- the beautiful pink cockatoo that now carries his name).
John sporting his flat cap. I love meeting new people and listening to their fascinating life stories of time gone by. John grew up in Scotland, born in 1944 nearing the end of World War Two.
Born in hard times he remembers how a family member would exchange bags of coal for fresh meat and vegetables or even clothes.
John wanted to be a Doctor, he has a great brain and at 72 years old when it comes to Math he is razor sharp.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla) in the mixed woods of the aspen parkland region near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
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3 December, 2012.
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The rain got heavier the closer we got to Nice, but JJ and I were determined to get the best photos from the boat that we could! Here, you can see the Cap-Ferrat lighthouse, with Nice in the background.
The lighthouse has been listed as a Monument Historique (national heritage site) since 2012. Built in 1732, the lighthouse was designed to replace an ancient 16th century fire tower. Destroyed in 1944, it was rebuilt in its current form after the war.
It provides a unique view that extends from l'Estérel as far as the Italian coast. The lighthouse is currently closed to the public. (From www.explorenicecotedazur.com/en/info/phare-du-cap-ferrat-en/)