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The darter is known as "snake-bird" for good reason :-) It's long neck & slender head form a streamed unit. When it's swiming, it's body submerged and only its head and neck above water. So it looks like a snake!!
Like the cormorants, they do not have waterproof plumage. This enables them to dive deeply in the water with less effort. Therefore, they always need to dry the wings before flying.
An Australasian Darter drying its feathers in Centennial Park.
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2011 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart integral body/chassis with a Cummins ISBe 4.5 litre inline 4 diesel engine, Reg.YX61BXJ of ASD Coaches on a NHS Shuttle Bus service to Chatham Hospital at Chatham Quays, 28 October 2022.
Originally introduced in 2003 by Transbus (formed in 2000 by the merger of Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton) as a replacement for the Plaxton Pointer 2 body, the Alexander ALX200 body, and the Dennis Dart SLF chassis, the Transbus Enviro 200 Dart was effectively a semi-integral bus employing an updated version of the ALX200 body and Dart SLF chassis combination. However, available options were the Enviro 200 body with the MAN 14.240 chassis; or the Enviro 200 chassis with the Optare Esteem or MCV Evolution bodies. Production stopped in 2018.
Darter dragonfly exuvium . Found this yesterday much smaller than the previous exuvium so assume it must belong to a darter dragonfly.
Focus stacked using zerene
You just have to laugh at the cheeky smiley face on this darter. I had been watching this medium size dragonfly flitting around in the early morning sun, but it was forever landing low down giving only an overhead shot of it. Eventually it moved to a pile of old twigs a metre off the ground giving me this head on shot with a 300mm prime in the macro mode. This was in the area of the park were I feed the birds.
As of mid-May 2013 Lothian's Y-reg Darts are nearly all gone and just two remain in service with new fleet numbers. 187 (new 47) can be seen mostly on the short diagram Service 20 with 188 (new 53) branded Get-There-Greener for Service 36.
Located now at Longstone depot, Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 47 (Y187 CFS) is seen alongside the abattoir at Slateford railway station and is one of just two vehicles required on this half-hour service between here and the Gyle.
My good friend Frank Mitchell (new chairman of the Scottish Tramway Society) alerted me to this being out and about on holiday Victoria Monday and as it arrived, to my amazement, Frank stepped off the bus and told me he'd enjoyed a very smooth journey on the old bird. Another friend of mine however Michael Stuart described 187 as a "horrid little machine". Reporting this to Chris Cuthill he said to me "Stuart you'll just have to buy one!"
Well whatever, but it's a dear old sweet little thing that's still got plenty of life left in it.
Every year my hometown of Modesto California hosts the American Graffiti parade and car show. This event brings out thousands of cars from across California in remembrance of the movie "American Graffiti" and also the car culture of the 50's.
Former Busways Dennis Dart/Alexander K715PCN is pictured at the NEBPT's Rally at the Howlands Park and Ride site, Durham, on June 21st 2015.
Ellenvale "Excelsior" LK07CBV - Dennis Dart LWB with East Lancs Mylennium Bodywork (But registered as Optare). The ISB6.7 coupled to an Allison gearbox certainly makes her an interesting drive. She is PSVAR compliant, fit with 39 coach style seats, 37 of which are fitted with 3-point belts, room for a wheelchair on top of this and also capacity for a further 23 standing - this makes her quite the versatile machine meaning she could crop up anywhere demand requires, although the mainstay is intended to be Scholar/Public service S1 into Cockermouth.
An express courier aircraft.
As the trade in greebles grew increasingly important to the economy of the galaxy, mini-fig hands were used for more and more purposes, as were other body parts. Arms smuggling became a major problem across the galactic disc. Greebles were grown in vats and then rushed to eagerly waiting MOCers to be used whilst the ABS was still fresh. A specialist courier service grew up around this trade and Dai's Dart was part of this.
Llwyngwril Space Systems were commissioned by the Tarren Trade Authority to design a practical and useful VTOL transport plane. It had to be capable of landing in small spaces to make deliveries of high-value items in built-up cities. Unfortunately the designers' search of the internet turned up plans of the Convair XFY-1 Pogo and so they decided to base their aircraft on this.
The unusual shape of the Dart was also down to the architects at Llwyngwril Space Systems deciding to take a spaceship design and stick a piston engine and propellor on the back. The engine used was the Watt & Pritney Cerberus, notorious for needing a lot of maintenance due to leaky gaskets on its eight cylinder heads.
Some versions of the Dart were equipped with drop tanks to increase their range. The nose cone hinged down as the cargo hatch and could also be opened for rescuers to gain access to cockpit in an emergency. The version illustrated here was flown by Dai Roberts, on the planet of Abergynolwyn VII. It was also equipped with a search light and weather radar to help it fly through the notoriously cloudy mountains of Eryri. Dai's company owned 6 of these aircraft, which were always kept immaculately clean. Dai Roberts was famous for his tidy darts.
Although the Dart met the specification for VTOL in confined spaces, the cockpit was awkward to access and the cargo hatch was even worse. Once again, a ladder was need to climb in and out. 137 years later, an investigation by the Galactic Revenue & Customs revealed that Llwyngwril Ladders Ltd. was a wholly owned subsisduary of Llwyngwril Space Systems.
FOURTH WALL TIME...
The main inspiration for this build has to be Jon Hall and especially his chapter in the Lego Adventure Book. I also liked Nathan DeCastro's Skypirates and other MOCs. Lastly, doing a degree in aeronautical engineering and loving the Dastardly & Muttley cartoons must have played their part too. The background story is better viewed on this model's MOCpages page.
it was a nice afternoon, some sun, a little breezy but nice, went to the ponds and there were lots of dragonflies darting about, more Common Darters and Ruddy Darters appearing now as well as the Broad Bodied Chasers and Four spotted Chasers, also saw Emperors and Southern Hawkers, did get some shots of the Southern Hawker and Ruddy Darters as well as these Male Common Darters, so quite a good afternoons walk
Common Darter. If I had to guess, I'd say female.
Taken at Cudmore Grove East Mersea.
Flash, f11 ISO800.
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Well this is it .. the Dart . The Australian version of the Goggomobil .. the sporty one of the family . Not a particularly prime example with its dull paint job but it is red and it has some balloons to go with it . This could be the party machine of the bunch .. cute n sexy dare I say .
Cooly Rocks On
Coolangatta .
Gold Coast
Diesel trainsets for DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) on the assembly floor of the Stadler USA factory in Salt Lake City, 4 June 2022.
EXPLORED #259 on March 1st - thanks for the feedback.
After our bird photography outing to Bray Harbour, I stayed on to see if there might be any sunset or blue hour shots – and I liked this one with a DART light trail . It was taken 47 minutes after sunset according to my iPhone app focalware. View large (L) to see the lights on the Kippure mast on the skyline, 16km to the west. The “star” is Jupiter.
It was taken with the Canon EFS 17-55 lens set at 20mm for 30 seconds at f13 and ISO200 mounted on a Manfrotto 055CX3 tripod. In Lightroom, the main edit was a small crop on the left hand side as well exposure, vibrance and sharpening adjustments.
Dust ejecta at Asteroid (65803) Didymos from the DART mission impact onto its moonlet Dimorphos (invisible here) in the r' band from 27-Sep-2022 observed by NEXT, Xingming Observatory. Average (left) vs median (right) stacks from 81*30 s individual exposures. Airmass ~4.1-4.6. rH = 1.044 au, Delta = 0.075 au, phase = 54.7 deg, solar elongation = 121.9 deg.
Taken with a Kiev 88 & Ilford Delta 100. I developed the film with caffenol-c (15min). Flat scan with VueScan (no proceedings). Adjusting black & white & contrast with Darktable. No more proceedings.
Thank you very much for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
....from a walk through Oxley Creek Common. Oxley Creek Common is home to a remarkable variety of birds. An experienced observer can find as many as 70 species in one hour of observation during the spring about 10% of all Australia's bird species and several times the diversity one could find walking the suburbs. In the past eleven years over 190 species have been recorded on the Common. (Source: University of Queensland)
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Anhingidae
Description: The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.
Distribution: In Australia, the Darter is found from Adelaide, South Australia, to Tennant Creek, Northern Territory and then to Broome, Western Australia. it is also found in south-western Australia, from Perth to Esperance. Worldwide, it has been thought of as one of two mainAnhinga species (the other, A. anhinga, is found in North America), found in the southern half of Africa, Madagascar, Iraq, Pakistan, India, south-east Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. However, A. melanogaster is now considered to be further divided into three species, with rufa being found in Africa, melanogaster in south Asia and novaehollandiae in New Guinea and Australia (the Australasian Darter).
Habitat: The Darter is found in wetlands and sheltered coastal waters, mainly in the Tropics and Subtropics. It prefers smooth, open waters, for feeding, with tree trunks, branches, stumps or posts fringing the water, for resting and drying its wings. Most often seen inland, around permanent and temporary water bodies at least half a metre deep, but may be seen in calm seas near shore, fishing. The Darter is not affected by salinity or murky waters, but does require waters with sparse vegetation that allow it to swim and dive easily. It builds its nests in trees standing in water, and will move to deeper waters if the waters begin to dry up.
Feeding: The Darter catches fish with its sharp bill partly open while diving in water deeper than 60 cm. The fish is pierced from underneath, flicked onto the water's surface and then swallowed head first. Smaller items are eaten underwater and large items may be carried to a convenient perch and then swallowed. Insects and other aquatic animals, including tortoises, may also be eaten, as well as some vegetable matter. In hot weather, adult birds may pour water from their bills into the gullets of their young chicks when they are still in the nest.
Breeding: The Darter is usually a solitary bird, forming pairs only while breeding. Breeding is erratic, happening whenever water levels and food supplies are suitable, but most often occurs in spring and summer. Nests are usually solitary, but Darters may nest within loose colonies with other water birds that nest in trees, such as cormorants, spoonbills and ibis. The male decorates a nest-site with green leafy twigs and displays to attract a mate, with elaborate wing-waving and twig-grasping movements. The male carries most of the nest material to the nest-site, which is normally in the fork of a tree standing in water, usually about 3.5 m above the water's surface. Both sexes complete the nest, incubate the eggs and raise the young. Chicks are kept warm by brooding continously (or cooled down by shading with spread wings) for up to a week after hatching and both adults stay in the nest with the chicks overnight. In hot weather, the adults will even shake water over the chicks after a swim. Chicks can swim after about four weeks in the nest and start to fly at about 50 days.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
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Now withdrawn from Rhyl's fleet due to an unfortunate accident, ARRIVA Buses Wales Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2361 - V591 DJC is seen here in happier days in Old Golf Road, working route 35 Circular via Meliden.
"Oriental Darter" or "Indian Darter" is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a long and slender neck with a straight, pointed bill and, like the cormorant, it hunts for fish while its body submerged is in water. It spears a fish underwater, bringing it above the surface, tossing and juggling it before swallowing the fish head first.
Location: Thattekad Bird Sanctuary - Kerala, India
Dart 30 (DA52ZVM) had the first MCV body built. It probably also had the first MCV body to be scrapped as following an accident on Chester Rd, it had to be re-bodied. It is seen here in the depot on 2 October 2003 shortly after the incident - photo taken with permission. Scanned from a print.
The dark peaty waters of the West Dart flow towards the union with the East Dart at Dartmeet.
This fine bridge crosses the West Dart near the Hamlets of Hexworthy and Huccaby. It has three segmental arches, and the middle one has a span of 9 yards. The roadway (carrying travellers from Two Bridges to Buckfastleigh) is 9 feet in width. In 1809, James Green described it as a good bridge built of moorstone, but the arches have probably been rebuilt since then...
Tin mining first began nearby in 1240 and the last mine closed in 1919.
Image processed On1 PPS 9.5 PsCC 2015
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It's yellow. there were some of these and more of the reddish ones that I think are Common Darters. These are the first dragonflies I've ever shot so know very little about them. ID info gratefully received!
The common darter is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae native to Eurasia. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe, occurring in a wide variety of water bodies, though with a preference for breeding in still water such as ponds and lakes. In the south of its range adults are on the wing all year round