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That’s James who led me to this hidden spot to view a rock arch at Garrapata State Park. Sitting on the cliff’s edge while juggling 2 cameras (not visible), he is much braver than me…

 

Happy Friday dear friends!

The way the light has illuminated the top bud kind of reminds me of one of these human chakra diagrams where the crown chakra of enlightenment - the Sahasrara, is lit up. It is normally depicted with a lotus flower, but I think this one does a nice impression. Perhaps on some level, the fact it has thorns adds rather than detracts.....

 

It's a bit of a stretch I know, I was tempted to put a star burst onit but managed some self restraint, not bad for an old fool on this day.

 

Berberis Aurea.

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CANON D450

 

Lens : Canon EF 18-55 mm

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Our monarchy is going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment, but I'm sure the Crown will bounce back!

50 P Z

6 peace L 6

 

Wikipedia: The white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) is a species of passerine bird native to North America. A medium-sized member of the New World sparrow family, this species is marked by a grey face and black and white streaking on the upper head. It breeds in brushy areas in the taiga and tundra of the northernmost parts of the continent and in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast. While southerly populations in the Rocky Mountains and coast are largely resident, the breeding populations of the northerly part of its range are migratory and can be found as wintering or passage visitors through most of North America south to central Mexico.

 

Conservation status: Least Concern

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_sparrow

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

Tangara xanthocephala

(Saffron-crowned Tanager / Tángara coronada)

 

Saffron-crowned Tanager is a brightly colored tanager with a distinctive yellow head. This species occurs through the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, and occupies humid montane forests and secondary woodlands.

 

Due to human destruction of habitat, it is hypothesized that the population numbers are decreasing. Like most Tangara tanagers, the Saffron-crowned is sexually monomorphic.

 

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

Spotted this migrating Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Grindstone Marsh Trail during an October hike in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario.

(Regulus calendula)

A white-crowned sparrow is perched at the Pickleweed Inlet ✔️

Kronkorken

 

Für "Macro Mondays"

Thema "Made of Metal" am 06.02.2023.

 

Have a "Happy Macro Monday"

and a good start into the new week.🌸

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Well, autumn is almost over, so we're a bit late with our autumn upload. Here are some nicely arranged autumn leaves, just like a crown.

I love these little sweeties with their lovely delicate singing. Never remaining still definitely makes them not easy to photograph.

 

Thank you for all views, faves, and comments.

It's not the crown and kingdom that makes a king.

Novalis (1772 - 1801)

 

Looking close... on Friday!

The grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), also known as the African crowned crane, golden crested crane, golden-crowned crane, East African crane, East African crowned crane, Eastern crowned crane, South African crane, is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, and is the national bird of Uganda. Conservation status: Endangered

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PP work in Topaz Labs Studio2/Liquid Color 2.

 

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Photographed in my backyard, Yakima County, Washington.

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La Fortuna de San Carlos - Costa Rica

#sliderssunday

 

My last photo from the Berlin government district (which you can find in the first comment) was taken from the Kronprinzenbrücke (Crown Prince Bridge); in that image, you could only see one of the rusty fenders of that bridge; since I'd also uploaded two other images before where you can only see a small part of the Crown Prince Bridge (please check the album, if you like), I thought it's about time to upload a photo of the bridge itself. I have two different versions, taken from both sides of the Spree, which differ quite considerably in their "look and feel", although the bridge itself looks pretty much the same, of course, so it was difficult to choose which I'd upload first. This photo is the more harmonious version because there isn't so much going on in the background – the buildings you can see here are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (on the left), and the building of the Bundespressekonferenz (Federal Press Conference; on the right) –, while in the other photo of the Crown Prince Bridge which I'd taken four days before this there are the more well-known governmental buildings plus a "slice" of the berlin cube in the background, and there are also nice drama clouds.

 

So stay tuned for the "drama version" of the Crown Pince Bridge which is even more of a slider than this one; you will see it on one of the future Slider Sundays :)

 

This final image is an HDR made from exposure bracketing consisting of three single images which I've combined in HDR Efex, and which I've sliderified in Lightroom with the masking tool, and in Color Efex Pro with various filters.

 

The Crown Prince Bridge was designed by famous Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava. His style is unique and the design of his buildings is so distinctive that I think you will always easily recognize a Calatrava design once you've seen one of his constructions. To me, his constructions often have a distinctive sci-fi touch, and they also remind me of alien or futuristic exoskeletons, but that's probably just me ;) The origins of the Crown Prince Bridge date back to 1709, when a simple wooden bascule bridge, the "Thiergartenbrücke", was erected across the Spree. Much later, from 1877 to 1879, a new wrought-iron bridge was built in the current location, and that bridge was named "Kronprinzenbrücke" in honour of Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick III) who later was German Emperor for 99 days until his death in 1888. That bridge was heavily damaged in WWII. Since it connected the Berlin boroughs of Tiergarten (West-Berlin) and Mitte (East-Berlin), it was finally torn down in 1961 after the Berlin Wall had been erected. The new Crown Prince Bridge which was opened in 1996 was the first new bridge construction that (re-)connected the former Western and Eastern sectors after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

 

Happy Sliders Sunday, and have a nice week ahead, dear Flickr friends!

The yellow-crowned night heron, is one of two species of night heron. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. [Credit Wikipedia] This bird was feeding dangerously close to a couple of alligators.

They have a highly audible song for such a small bird. It took several minutes before I could locate him as he sang a few phrases from one place, and then started again in another location. Luckily for me, he flew down to an open perch very close where he sang and raised his crown.

 

It was a bright overcast backlight situation. I was close enough to get detail though, and I really like the way those red crown feathers were lighted from behind.

 

If you have never heard its song, Check the link below.

 

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/sounds

 

Beaumaris Lake. Edmonton, Alberta.

The white-crowned sparrow is a species of passerine bird native to North America. A medium-sized member of the American sparrow family, this species is marked by a grey face and black and white streaking on the upper head.

Okay, it's a stretch, but the red and green made this shot a bit Christmasy, the placement of these twigs landed right on the head of this American Robin, so I'm going with it!

A White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) hunting on our back lawn.

Spotted this ruby crowned kinglet at Commonwealth Lake, and actually got a small look at that ruby crown!

Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.

 

Tangara xanthocephala

(Saffron-crowned Tanager / Tángara coronada)

 

Saffron-crowned Tanager is a brightly colored tanager with a distinctive yellow head. This species occurs through the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, and occupies humid montane forests and secondary woodlands.

 

Due to human destruction of habitat, it is hypothesized that the population numbers are decreasing. Like most Tangara tanagers, the Saffron-crowned is sexually monomorphic.

 

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” ― Jim Carrey

 

Ireth wears:

Dress and gloves - Dernier

Necklace - Orsini

Earrings - Ysoral

Crown - Antaya

Hair - Studio Exposure

Makeup - Iddty

We had a ton of snow last night... what a wonderful decor we had today but I was so busy, I have not had a chance to look at antyhing I captured,,,, so tired after hours with the birds, walk with the dogs who crazy love the snow (just like myself ) ... and snow shoveling (do not like that part of the deal :)) ... I am just ready to go to bed and it is not even 8:00 pm yet... maybe in the next few days I will process some snow pictures... meanwhile we have our usual greenish / brownish west coast decor :)

Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 850mm, f/10, 1/1250, ISO 1400, Sigma TC-1401. View Large.

Orange-crowned Warblers are one of the plainest of warblers. The orange crown is rarely ever seen.

The Orange-crowned Warbler forages by flitting from branch to branch feeding on insects from the foliage and flowers, often seen fairly low. They will hover to take prey from underside of leaves, or catch flying insects while on the wing. They even feed on the nectar from flowers, like the one shown had been doing in the Flowering Currant Bush!

2 Timothy 4:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

 

This White-crowned Sparrow belts out its call while perched at the top of this spruce in Denali.

 

Taken 25 June 2020 in Denali, Alaska.

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus

(Red-crowned woodpecker / Carpintero habado)

 

The red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago.

 

The male has a red crown patch and nape. The female has a buff crown and duller nape. Immature birds are duller, particularly in the red areas of the head and neck.

 

This woodpecker occurs in forests and semi-open woodland and cultivation. Red-crowned woodpeckers feed on insects, but will take fruit.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_woodpecker

Caught this Kinglet resting in the Reed Beds.

 

Golden-crowned Kinglets are pale olive above and gray below, with a black-and-white striped face and bright yellow-orange crown patch. They have a thin white wingbar and yellow edges to their black flight feathers.

These tiny songbirds usually stay concealed high in dense trees, revealing their presence with thin, very high-pitched calls. They pluck small insects from clusters of conifer needles, often hovering briefly to reach them. In migration and winter, kinglets frequently join other insectivorous songbirds such as warblers in mixed flocks.

Ye Olde School Trail, Kensington, CA

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Thema:“CROWN“ Krone am 13.01.2023.

 

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• At nightfall, Old Québec takes on its finest colors. The building housing Simons, clothes and deco store is a magnificent example. Old Quebec was named " World Heritage Site " by UNESCO. Samuel de Champlain, a navigator who came from France, founded Quebec City July 3, 1608.

 

• À la tombée de la nuit, le Vieux-Québec revêt ses plus belles couleurs. L’édifice abritant Simons, magasin de vêtements et déco, en est un magnifique exemple. Le Vieux-Québec a été nommé « joyau du patrimoine mondial » par l'UNESCO. Samuel de Champlain, un navigateur venu de France, fonda la ville de Québec le 3 juillet 1608.

 

• Al anochecer, el Viejo Québec adquiere sus mejores colores. El edificio que alberga Simons, tienda de ropa y deco, es un magnífico ejemplo. Viejo Quebec fue nombrada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. Samuel de Champlain, un navegador de Francia, fundada la ciudad de Quebec el 3 de julio 1608.

 

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