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Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
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hola........sinistrato e sinistronzo...
assenza da troppo lavoro e troppo altro, mi porta a pensare, a cercare di capire, a essere un po piu' dentro il mio essere, stagliato come un ombra nel cielo plumbeo di novembre...
sempre piu' incasinato con gli ordini, le commesse, i fornitori, le banche, l'erario, lo stato, i dipendenti, tutto che chiede, tutto che vuole, tutto che pretende.
E si corre troppo, si perde di vista l'essenziale.
Parlo per me, che poi ho bisogno di piu' tempo per fare, visto che i miei tempi sono piu' lunghi dovuti alla lentezza, sento che nessuno puo' rinunciare a se stesso come bene primario, e se poi si deve necessariamente tagliare qualcosa, beh che si tagli il superfluo e il di piu'.....
Ognuno di noi ha un Essenziale, un libro di cui non puo' fare a meno, e non si deve neppure inventare, esiste, è dentro di noi, quello che sfugge, a volte, è il significato di ciò che ci vuole dire....ecco allora serve un buon traduttore, e per uno come me, negato per le lingue in generale, è necessario trovarne uno piu' che buono.
buenas dias zomberos....
che la finanziaria ci assista, e non ci devasti.
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Last evening the fire department had a controlled burn/training for new cadets. 19* out and Dave was gone for a good seven hours. I rode out for a few hours. One has to salute these men and women for their dedication.
Part of the old salt evaporation facility at Newark, California. Controlling water flow from one pond to another.
Now, a part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and being restored to wetlands.
(Explored August 7, 2021)
Earlier this Spring at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA
DSC_8731 - LRC
And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
God damn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
I'm well acquainted with villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them so they'll never die when I'm dead
And I've grown familiar with villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them so I'll never die when I'm dead
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
These juvenile Bald Eagles would patrol the beach inches from the volcanic sand looking for scraps, for such young birds, their flight control was amazing.
This is for Joan, a Flickr friend who loves Eagles, and is busy recovering after an operation. Keep at it Joan :o)xx
Hmmm, I wonder what's trending on Twitter...
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2018 Thunder Over Michigan air show
Ypslianti, Michigan
HCS
Of course we can’t control the Fall, Autumn but the title is a pun on the balloonists who were actually controlling their fall into a space among the trees which are now full of brilliant Autumn (Fall) colours.
I cut off his feet and one wingtip, but I'm fascinated by all the little control surfaces that these egrets have to work with. Check out those leading edge feathers helping to slow his descent
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Unless we step into the uncharted territory of the gender revolution, we know exactly where we will be regressing. An all-powerful State that infantilises us, interferes in all our decisions for our own good and—under the pretext of protecting us—keeps us in a childish state of ignorance, fear of punishment and exclusion. The special treatment until now reserved for women, with shame as the primary tool for ensuring their isolation, passivity and lack of protest, could now be extended to all. To understand the mechanics of how women have been made to feel inferior, and induced to willingly maintain themselves in this state, is to understand how the entire population is kept under control. Capitalism is an egalitarian religion, in the sense that it demands general submission, making everyone feel trapped—as all women are.
Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory
I posted a photo of a barking Roe recently with its mouth wide open. But it was rather niche, so here's a more normal shot of it watching me from behind some Foxgloves. Roe are a small deer, 60-70cm at the shoulder and males are about 10% larger than females. They have much smaller and simpler antlers without the elaborate branching of those on Red Deer. Its scientific name, Capreolus capreolus translates as small goat.
Along with Red Deer, Roe is Britain's only other native deer. Roe deer have been hunted from prehistoric times. They became extinct in England, Wales and southern Scotland during the 18th century (though they survived in northern Scotland) and populations were re-introduced to southern England (Dorset) and East Anglia in the 19th century. They have never occurred in Ireland. As they have become more abundant, they have been treated as pests because of damage to forestry and agriculture, and consequently numbers are controlled. Roe deer may now number as many as 500,000, and are increasing.
There are six species of Deer breeding in Britain. In addition to Roe and Red there are four non-native introduced species. Fallow was probably introduced by the Normans, although Fallow bones were found at a Roman archaeological site in Britain. Sika, Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer were all introduced in the nineteenth century.
You have to ask the sparrow first, if you want any water from the tap. The sparrow, is in total control.