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A face in Chicago's Crown Fountain at Millennium Park. Animated sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.
This is a song I grew up with:
Three Kings, Three Kings,
Give me a new hat.
My old one’s worn,
my mother can't know
my father has the money
already counted down on the counter.
Three Kings and tradition :
The Epiphany Singing is very much alive people use in parts of North Brabant, Flanders and Germany.
On January 6th, hundreds of children go from door to door, dressed up as kings.
They carry a star or lantern, sing a song and get candy and 'cents' .
It is a tradition to conclude the Christmas season.
Many people only dismantle the Christmas decorations after Three Kings, day, the twelfth day of Christmas.
Traditionally a cake is baked, with three bean hidden in it: two white and one brown.
That is to remind people that two of the kings white and one brown.
The child who receives the brown bean, for that day is king and wears the crown.
Epiphany is also celebrated in other Christian countries.
In many Spanish cities for instance they enjoy large parades through the streets.
Have a lovely dyad as always, thank you, Magda, (*_*)
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Crowned Crane, Ngorongoro Crater - Tanzania
Crowned Crane (Grey crowned crane) is found in nearly all of Africa. It is the national bird of Uganda and adorns the country's flag.
It has been fun to watch the Orange-Crowned Warbler variations as they migrate through. They range from this very gray head and nape to those who are really yellow.
Community Garden, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
Ruby-crowned kinglet at the water feature.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 4, 2021.
Lots of activity the last few days, warblers, jays, goldfinches, doves and woodpeckers s well as both species of nuthatch.
Corthylio calendula
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird that lays a very large clutch of eggs—there can be up to 12 in a single nest. Although the eggs themselves weigh only about a fiftieth of an ounce, an entire clutch can weigh as much as the female herself.
source- Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Orange-crowned Warbler is not as ‘flashy’ as many of the other members of the New World Warblers family, but is attractive in its own right. And it has a wide distribution, covering most of the continent of North America south of the treeline in the Arctic over the course of the year (between breeding, migrating, and overwintering). This individual was seen in the Cariboo District of the province of British Columbia, in western Canada.
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
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When I first spotted this pair, I thought they were preparing their new home.
But it seems that the hole if partially filled with water, and they were bathing inside.
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Purple-crowned Lorikeet
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Both birds spent quite awhile on the outside of the nest and then popping in and out.
Important to establish ownership.
Measurements
Both Sexes
Length: 3.5-4.3 in (9-11 cm)
Weight: 0.2-0.3 oz (5-10 g)
Wingspan: 6.3-7.1 in (16-18 cm)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets in coastal southern Alaska and British Columbia are slightly smaller and darker colored than elsewhere in their range.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are olive-green birds with a prominent white eye ring and white wingbar. This wingbar contrasts with an adjacent blackish bar in the wing. The “ruby crown” of the male is only occasionally visible.
These are restless, acrobatic birds that move quickly through foliage, typically at lower and middle levels. They flick their wings almost as they go.
These little Birds rarely stop , constantly on the move.
Oh my goodness! This is a lifer for my yard birds. I've only seen one other bird of this species, and only got one shot of it (Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive 2016). This was in the front yard, in God's garden, playing in the sprinklers on the Simpson's Stopper bush. Am I blessed or what! Thank You, Jesus.
This is such a great bird for me (practically homebound). This is at the same time as the Orange-crowned Warbler! Isn't that just something!
Crown of thorns, (Euphorbia milii), thorny plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to Madagascar.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
A couple years ago, I photographed a beautiful type of lion's mane fungus on this very same log. This morning, I found this crown coral fungus growing on it. Obviously, this decaying log has some very high standards as to the type of mushrooms it will host. Photographed in Upper Hixon Forest, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Rookery at Ocean City - Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea, formerly placed in the genus Nycticorax), also called the American night heron or squawk, is a fairly small heron. It is found throughout a large part of the Americas, especially (but not exclusively) in warmer coastal regions; an example occurrence is the Petenes mangroves of the Yucatan.
A related heron, the Bermuda night heron, was endemic to Bermuda, but became extinct following human colonization.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-crowned_night_heron
Rookery at Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Bring your binoculars to the new Ocean City Welcome Center and see nature in action.
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Crowned wood nymph (Green crowned) Thalurania colombica (M) Mindo Cloud Forest, Equador, South America
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