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Check out the slideshow of our Enderby Cliffs Hike - it's cool! This hike has been on our list for a long time. While taking some time off in BC, we found the perfect day to finally achieve it. These cliffs are quite visible near Enderby BC, and anyone driving to the Okanagan area from the Trans Canada Highway will have seen them.
I recently found some Kodachrome transparencies I took with my Pentax P30N on holiday in Cornwall, June 1991.
Suisun Marsh was beautiful this morning. A walk at sunrise on the little Hill Slough trail provided views of Suisun Hill, Hill Slough and the surrounding area bathed in glorious sparkling light. I also took particular note of a colony of Cliff Swallows nesting under the bridge. I have yet to capture a sharp image of one of these swift little creatures, but I did manage this somewhat blurry shot taken from an awkward angle of a single bird perched on one of their interesting nests. I’d like a better view -- I wonder if I should invest in some hip waders?
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
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Barn and cliff swallows build mud nests attached to buildings and other structures, a habit that sometimes puts them into conflict with people. This is particularly true of the cliff swallow—the swallow of San Juan Capistrano—which nests in large colonies of up to several hundred pairs.
Swallows feed on insects and spend a large part of each day in the air catching flies, beetles, and mosquitoes. Their long, pointed wings give them great speed and maneuverability. Cliff swallows are found throughout California, except in high mountains and the dry southeastern desert. Four basic conditions are found at all cliff swallow colonies: (1) an open habitat for foraging; (2) a vertical surface beneath an overhang for attaching the nest; (3) a supply of mud that has the proper consistency for nest building; and (4) a body of fresh water for drinking.
Cliff swallows arrive at nest colonies in successive waves. A definite homing tendency exists among adults that previously nested at a colony. These birds are the first to return, followed by adults who bred at other colonies in previous years and by young birds who have not yet bred. The younger birds include individuals not born at the selected colony. In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. Under suitable conditions, a nest is quite durable and can be used in successive years. Old nests are usually claimed on the first day of arrival, although probably not by the original makers. Dilapidated nests are quickly occupied and repaired.
Cliff swallow nests are gourd-shaped enclosed structures built of mud pellets, consisting primarily of sand with smaller amounts of silt and clay. The nest is cemented with mud under the eave of a building, bridge, or other vertical surface. Usually the first nests are located at the highest point possible with subsequent nests attached below it, forming a dense cluster. Both sexes construct the nest, proceeding slowly to allow the mud to dry and harden. Depending on mud supply and weather, nest construction takes 1 to 2 weeks. Mud is collected at ponds, puddles, ditches, and other sites up to one-half mile away, with many birds using the same mud source. A typical nest contains 1,000 to 1,400 mud pellets, each representing one trip to and from the nest.
Went on a late afternoon hike with Matt and snapped a photo of popular climbing spot on the other side of the trail near Eldorado.
This tower is a short walk from Ayr. (You can make out Ayr on the horizon)
Built in 1603 this tower stands on the site of an old castle that is no longer there.
You can get right up to the tower itself and once you do you realise just how close to the edge of the cliff it really is...
Capri (is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town Capri on the island shares the name. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic.
Features of the island are the Marina Piccola (the little harbour), the Belvedere of Tragara (a high panoramic promenade lined with villas), the limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the Faraglioni), the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), and the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas.
Capri is part of the region of Campania, Province of Naples. The town of Capri is the island's main population centre. The island has two harbours, Marina Piccola and Marina Grande (the main port of the island). The separate comune of Anacapri is located high on the hills to the west.
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In geography and geology, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. Cliffs are formed as erosion landforms due to the processes of erosion and weathering that produce them. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers. Cliffs are usually formed by rock that is resistant to erosion and weathering. Sedimentary rocks are most likely to form sandstone, limestone, chalk, and dolomite. Igneous rocks, such as granite and basalt also often form cliffs.
An escarpment (or scarp) is a type of cliff, formed by the movement of a geologic fault, or a landslide.
Most cliffs have some form of scree slope at their base. In arid areas or under high cliffs, these are generally exposed jumbles of fallen rock. In areas of higher moisture, a soil slope may obscure the talus. Many cliffs also feature tributary waterfalls or rock shelters. Sometimes a cliff peters out at the end of a ridge, with tea tables or other types of rock columns remaining.
The Ordnance Survey distinguishes between cliffs (continuous line along the top edge with projections down the face) and outcrops (continuous lines along lower edge).
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located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north. A round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs was built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien. From the cliffs and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south.
Taken on film in 2001, this is a general view of the Pentire headland taken from nearby Rumps Point. The rocks are known geologically as 'Pillow Lava', the result of an ancient volcano. Trevose Head with its lighthouse is in the far distance.
The view (from the other direction) over the 300 foot cliffs from the 2500 year old ring fort Dun Aonghasa on Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands
Dunnottar Castle
a wee bit of history 4U... In 1651 Oliver Cromwell`s army besieged the castle. Dunnottar was eventually taken in 1652, but the royalists saved the crown jewels of Scotland by lowering them over the side of the cliff in a basket. The crown, sceptre and sword were likely collected by a woman pretending to gather seaweed, and stored within a fishing creel. The local minister then buried the `Honours of Scotland` in his churchyard until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
Oh yeah... and when Mel Gibson played Hamlet there, it is rumoured that pamelaadam was lurking therabouts ;-)