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March 14, 2016 - West of Kearney Nebraska US
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Our first non severe thunderstorms of the 2016 season.
I've been itching to get out to capture some Nebraska stormscapes. I was totally satisfied with that afternoons storm front that passed through about 6:30pm.
Not bad for my first batch of storm captures 2016!
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The Brimstone butterfly is pretty generally distributed in southern Britain, becoming rarer to the north. Its distribution pretty much matches that of its larval foodplants; Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn. It emerges in July then overwinters as an adult butterfly, apparently among ivy leaves, which it certainly resembles, though I have never found one hibernating. It then emerges on the first warm days of spring, and is usually the first butterfly to emerge. Its scientific name is Gonepteryx rhamni. Gonepteryx means angled wing, and Rhamnus is the scientific name for its larval foodplant Buckthorn.
Brimstone has been used as the name for this butterfly since it started appearing in books in the 17th century. The name is also an old-fashioned name for Sulphur (or Sulfur). Both the element Sulphur and the male butterfly are a similar yellow colour. Sulphur is associated with the acrid odour of volcanic activity (the word Brimstone comes from burnt stone) and is frequently used in the Bible to evoke either hell or God's wrath for the unfaithful.
Brimstones and Buckthorns are uncommon where I live in the Pennines of West Yorkshire. I usually see two or three a year but rarely get an opportunity to photograph them. I photographed this female nectaring on Knapweed during my recent visit to Lincolnshire for Brown Hairstreaks.
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Another view of the sunrise at Southwold Pier. It was the silhouetted seagulls that caught my attention here.
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The red admiral is widely distributed across temperate regions of North Africa, the Americas, Europe. In northern Europe, it is one of the last butterflies to be seen before winter sets in, often feeding on the flowers of ivy on sunny days.
Distributed from western Venezuela to northwest Peru, the Bronze-winged Parrot is mainly found in humid forested areas below 2800 m, and seems to be partially nomadic in parts of its range, for example in parts of Colombia.
It is a rather distinctive bird, given that the only similar species is the Dusky Parrot (Pionus fuscus) of the geographically far-removed Guianan Shield. The Bronze-winged Parrot is mainly bronze-brown to very dark blue, with an obvious pale orbital ring, a yellow-colored bill, white-flecked chin, and deep red ventral underparts. Its ecology and behavior have not been subject to intensive study, but the species remains at least locally common, especially in southwest Colombia and parts of western Ecuador.
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Photo taken at the AVIARIO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, Barú.
"Colombia is the number one country in the world to have the largest varieties of birds, having about 1,876 species and almost 70 kinds that belong specially to Colombia. AVIARIO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA has done an amazing job to show that. You see some of birds free and others in beautiful habitats. Peacocks, Toucans, Pink Flamingos, Crane Corona, Guacamayas, Pelicanos, Ducks, all types of little colorful birds Colombia is most famous for it, every imaginable birds are here.
This place is so well design, and so well taking care of, that you think some times you are in paradise!"
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The life blood of the high desert here in eastern Idaho is precious water distributed through a vast system of canals. This one is just west of Hamer, Idaho. I'm reminded of the children's song...
"Give," said the little stream, "Give, oh! give, give, oh! give." "Give," said the little stream, As it hurried down the hill; "I'm small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still."
"Give," said the little rain, "Give, oh! give, give, oh! give." "Give," said the little rain, As it fell upon the flow'rs; "I'll raise their drooping heads again," As it fell upon the flow'rs.
Singing, singing all the day, "Give away, oh! give away." Singing, singing all the day, "Give, oh! give away."
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July 23, 2015 - North of Norton Kansas
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Now just north of Norton Kansas, storm cells were in severe warning stages and we were in the perfect position to get some excellent captures.
This cell was building and now shifting to the southeast. Incredible cc & cg lightning was illuminating the sky.
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The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae).
Adults are 33–36 cm (13–14 in) long. They have long pink legs, a long thin black bill and are blackish above and white below, with a white head and neck with a varying amount of black. Males have a black back, often with greenish gloss. Females' backs have a brown hue, contrasting with the black remiges. In the populations that have the top of the head normally white at least in winter, females tend to have less black on head and neck all year round, while males often have much black, particularly in summer. This difference is not clear-cut, however, and males usually get all-white heads in winter.
Immature birds are grey instead of black and have a markedly sandy hue on the wings, with light feather fringes appearing as a whitish line in flight.
The breeding habitat of all these stilts is marshes, shallow lakes and ponds. Some populations are migratory and move to the ocean coasts in winter; those in warmer regions are generally resident or short-range vagrants. In Europe, the black-winged stilt is a regular spring overshoot vagrant north of its normal range, occasionally remaining to breed in northern European countries. Pairs have successfully bred in Britain in 1987, and after a 27-year hiatus, two instances of successful breeding in Southern England in 2014. 13 young were fledged in southern England in 2017.
These birds pick up their food from sand or water. They mainly eat insects and crustaceans.
The nest site is a bare spot on the ground near water. These birds often nest in small groups, sometimes with avocets.
The black-winged stilt is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-winged_stilt
Another view of a recent frosty sunrise on Chobham Common. The clouds were all over the place.
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🇫🇷 À côté, durant l’âge du Bronze final, on construisit la ‘cabane des réunions’, dotée de banc en anneau, sur lequel s’asseyaient les personnalités les plus influentes de la communauté. Il y a presque cent cabanes pour le village (5 hectares), distribuées en petits blocs et en grande partie encore à découvrir.
🇬🇧 Next to it, during the Late Bronze Age, the "meeting hut" was built, with circular benches on which the most influential people in the community sat. There are almost a hundred huts in the village (5 hectares), distributed in small blocks, most of which have yet to be discovered.
🇮🇹 Accanto ad essa, durante il Bronzo Finale, fu costruita la “capanna delle riunioni”, completa di panche a forma di anello su cui sedevano le figure più influenti della comunità. Nel villaggio (5 ettari) si contano quasi un centinaio di capanne, distribuite in piccoli blocchi, la maggior parte delle quali non è ancora stata scoperta.
🇩🇪 Daneben wurde in der Spätbronzezeit die „Versammlungshütte“ mit einer ringförmigen Bank errichtet, auf der die einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Gemeinschaft saßen. Für die Siedlung (5 ha) gibt es fast 100 Hütten, die in kleinen Blöcken verteilt sind und von denen die meisten noch nicht entdeckt wurden.
🇪🇸 Junto a ella, durante el Bronce Final, se construyó la «cabaña de reunión», con bancos en forma de anillo en los que se sentaban los personajes más influyentes de la comunidad. El poblado, de 5 hectáreas, cuenta con casi un centenar de cabañas distribuidas en pequeños bloques, la mayoría aún por descubrir.
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Listen to one of the greatest love songs of all time: Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Stand by Me: Ben E King
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
Darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me
Oh stand by me, oh won't you stand now, stand
Stand by me...
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Small sealed, labeled bag of Libby-vermiculite ore once distributed by WR Grace as a souvenir novelty. The intended concept behind this asbestos-bursting gimmick actually demonstrates a fundamental and unusual property of vermiculite ore and why it is used at all: it "pops" and "expands" when adequately heated.
Basically, vermiculite ore is essentially compressed layers of thin, flaky micaceous sheets with moisture trapped inside. When a requisite amount of heat is applied to the layered mineral material, it rapidly expands or exfoliates many times its original size, generating popping/crackling sounds as it quickly releases moisture vapor and creates small, accordian-like flaky structures.
These little expanded vermiculite kernels have been found to be excellent heat/cold insulators, durable, very light-weight, vermin-proof, fire-resistant, non-combustible, electrically non-conductive, water absorptive, chemically resistant, and many other properties useful to industry.
However, due to certain geological conditions at the vermiculite mine on Zonolite Mountain in Libby, Montana, these particular vermiculite ore bodies intermingled with naturally occurring asbestos and other minerals. Consequently, when Libby-vermiculite is processed, the inherent asbestiform minerals (fibrous amphiboles) are also involved in the processing and within the final "Zonolite" product itself. It has been documented and publicly reported that the highest release of airborne asbestos fibers from Libby-vermiculite occurs during the "popping" or exfoliation process in creating Zonolite.
It should be mentioned that not all vermiculite contains asbestiform minerals, but Libby-vermiculite has been studied and shown to contain a variety of potentially harmful asbestiform amphibole minerals, such as tremolite, richterite, winchite, magnesio-arfvedsonite, ferro-edenite, etc.; a literal amphibole asbestos cocktail.
So, this is a case where asbestos was not a specific ingredient added during product manufacturing, but is generally accepted to be a contaminant or "tramp fiber" within the Libby-vermiculite ore. Despite all of this, regardless of how asbestos got into the Zonolite, unless tested conclusively its presence should conservatively be assumed; bringing us back to the little "popping" novelty souvenir, which now doesn't seem so novel anymore. Perhaps it might also serve as an example of a certain technological naiveté or even blatant disregard of "defective" product health risks.
Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me
away!
Arthur: Shut up! Will you shut up?! [Grabs Dennis and shakes him]
Dennis: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
- from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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August 13, 2017 - South of Miller Nebraska, US
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I was loosing light fast as the sun was just about to set. I had to deiced to either move southeast via Hwy 2 or Hwy 183 due south. It was a guess, since I was simply to close for radar to help.
Hwy 183 has been good to me this year, so I went south. It was a good decision as the storm was now almost on a due south course.
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The Thick-billed Euphonia is distributed from Costa Rica south to southern Amazonia. Despite its name, the size of the bill is of extremely limited use in the identification process. The species is mostly found below 1200 m in secondary woodland, forest borders, and scrubby clearings and gardens. It is typically encountered in pairs or small groups, like most euphonias, and often joins mixed-species flocks, especially those dominated by tanagers. Males are mainly glossy steel blue with a yellow forecrown patch that reaches to just behind the eye, and bright yellow underparts including the throat. Females are, like those of most euphonias, much duller, being olive above and yellow below.
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The wasp spider, Argiope bruennichi, is a species of orb-web spider distributed throughout central Europe, northern Europe, north Africa, parts of Asia and in the Azores archipelago.[1] Like many other members of the genus Argiope, (including St Andrew's Cross spiders), it shows striking yellow and black markings on its abdomen.
Poisonous Spider!!!
Тигров паяк-отровен!
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"Ghost Riders in the Snow"; the DPUs (distributed power units) bringing up the rear of Norfolk Southern train 27A kick up the snow as they pass the former N&W depot at Boyce, Virginia on January 7, 2025.
Linnet:-
A small, slim finch, widely distributed, and once very popular as a cage bird because of its melodious song. Males are attractively marked with crimson foreheads and breasts, females much browner. It has an undulating flight, usually twittering as it flies and may be seen in large flocks during the winter.
Linnet numbers have dropped substantially over the past few decades, with the UK population estimated to have declined by 57 per cent between 1970 and 2008. Recent Breeding Bird Survey results suggest that while populations in England and Wales continue to decline, those in Scotland and Northern Ireland are currently increasing.
Courtesy: RSPB
DPUs (distributed power units) mid-train assisting NS 15T's head-end motive power with a 10,000 foot train, about to cross over the Potomac River into Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
July 2, 2017 - Road 755 West, Dawson County Nebraska US
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2017 Storm Season in south central Nebraska really hasn't been. Until this storm.
I wasn't feeling that good that afternoon. Had a touch of the crud, and energy level was way down. I honestly had no plans to chase storms that afternoon.
The storms that afternoon were moving the from east to the west. (This is RARE in Nebraska) As these storms had been brewing and raging most of the afternoon in north central Nebraska. Most of these had died and parts had reformed or backbuilded throughout late afternoon. Seen that a few of my other chaser friends from StormViewLive.com were out and streaming and these developing cells. I simply couldn't miss this....The rest is history....
Just off of I-80 west on to Thirty Mile Canal (Road 755) west to Junction 21 south to Ustis Nebraska. I pulled off a for a few moments to get my bearings on this storm. Perfect photo opp as this storm had warnings pop up mins before this capture.
I didn't have much time. I had to get ahead, or at along side of it. Just a few snaps before I headed south.
It simply was the best structured photographic beauty that I wait for each year. It is, in my own personal opinion, this set of images are my Best Captures of 2017.
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May 8, 2016 - East of Cozad Nebraska
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Strong cells will billowing past the cap and towers were forming to our south and to our west. Out of nowhere, things went severe fast as I got lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
Now officially there was no warning from the NWS but these pics tell the tail. We would eventually be under the rotation of the first developing cells of the day.
This particular cell had all the right conditions to form a tornado, but the storm didn't tighten and she never did produce a funnel.
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Utah
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An American Robin photographed near the lodge where I stayed just outside of Zion National Park, Utah. The robin had just finished eating a fresh worm out of the ground.
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family.
The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast.
According to some sources, the American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird (and just ahead of the introduced European starling and the not-always-naturally-occurring house finch) as the most abundant extant land bird in North America. It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis of Baja California Sur is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts.
The American robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits, and berries.
It is one of the earliest bird species to lay eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. Its nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
202) Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo, Dicrurus leucophaeus, Cecawi Kelabu
It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye. The ashy drongo has short legs and sits very upright while perched prominently, often high on a tree. It is insectivorous and forages by making aerial sallies but sometimes gleans from tree trunks. They are found singly, in pairs or small groups. They can imitate the calls of other birds and are capable of imitating the whistling notes of a common iora.
Cecawi ini biasanya bertenggek tinggi diatas pokok dan membuat bunyi dengan meniru bunyi burung lain seperti Iora. Ia biasanya dillihat sepasang atau dalam kumpulan. Ia memburu serangga dengan menyambar atau memburunya di dahan dahan pokok.
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The most widely distributed resident game bird in North America, living now or recently in all of the Canadian Provinces and in 38 of the 49 states on the continent. Their range in the East extends from near the tree-line in Labrador to northern Georgia and northeastern Alabama, and they once occurred as far south as Arkansas in the central part of the continent, although now they occur only in isolated pockets west of the Appalachians and south of the states bordering the Great Lakes. Quite isolated populations live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Turtle Mountains in North Dakota. In the mountains of the West, they range south to central Wyoming and central Utah, but apparently never reached most of the mountains of Colorado, northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. Ruffed Grouse have become established where they were not native in both Newfoundland and Nevada by transplanting wild-trapped birds. On the Pacific Coast, Ruffed Grouse occur on the western slopes of the Cascades and in the coastal ranges south into northwestern California (but not in the high Sierras), and north to the Yukon River valley in Alaska. By far the major portion of the Ruffed Grouse range and population is in regions where snow is an important part of the winter scene and consistently covers the ground from late November to late March, early April or later. The Ruffed Grouse is a hearty, snow-loving, bud-eating native which thrives during severe winters that decimate flocks of partridges, quail, pheasants and turkeys.
Myiarchus cephalotes
(Pale-edged flycatcher / Atrapamoscas montañero)
Distributed throughout subtropical montane forest in the Andes and northern Venezuela, the Pale-edged Flycatcher is a fairly typical member of the genus Myiarchus.
This species is typically a bird of humid forests and is one of the few species of Myiarchus that is restricted entirely to humid montane forest.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
Flood survivors in Sindh, Pakistan, receive aid items funded by Caritas members. Many homes and crops in this region (Khairpur) were flooded.
Caritas is providing the humanitarian aid--like sleeping mats, tarps, buckets, water purification tablets, and mosquito netting--to families whose homes were flooded. Caritas USA is also planning to build thousands of shelters for those whose homes are completely destroyed.
The presents are distributed and Santa has earned a break.
But one present is still missing and that's yours, tell me what you want from me as a present and you'll get it 🎄☃❄😘💖
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Portrait of flamingo, taken in the LA Zoo :)
Flamingos are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Afro-Eurasia. Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae as well as insect larvae, small insects, mollusks and crustaceans, making them omnivores. The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in their diet of animal and plant plankton. Flamingos are very social birds; they live in colonies whose population can number in the thousands. These large colonies are believed to serve three purposes for the flamingos: avoiding predators, maximizing food intake, and using scarce suitable nesting sites more efficiently. Flamingos form strong pair bonds and both, the male and the female contribute to building the nest, and to protecting eggs.
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133-acre (54 ha) zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The city of Los Angeles owns the zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. In 2002, the zoo became a certified botanical garden. Throughout the zoo grounds, there are 15 different collections of plants, highlighting over 800 different species, with a total of over 7,400 individual plants. The zoo has been intensively expanding since the 1990s. In 1998, the zoo opened Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, followed by Red Ape RainForest in 2000, the Komodo Dragon Exhibit, the Winnick Family Children Zoo in 2001, the Entry Plaza, Children's Discovery Center and Sea Lion Cliffs (now Sea Life Cliffs) in 2005, Campo Gorilla Reserve in November 2007 and Elephants of Asia in the winter of 2010.
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Portret flaminga pstryknięty w LA Zoo :)
Flamingi - czerwonaki, czerwonakowate (Phoenicopteridae) – rodzina ptaków z monotypowego rzędu flamingowych (Phoenicopteriformes). Rząd flamingów obejmuje gatunki brodzące, zamieszkujące wyspowo strefę klimatów ciepłych i gorących całego świata poza Australią i Oceanią. Środowisko życia stanowią słone i alkaliczne (sodowe) jeziora, nadmorskie laguny, mokradła, panwie solne. Spotykane również w głębi lądu. Dzięki zakrzywionemu dziobowi odfiltrowują drobne skorupiaki, mięczaki, owady oraz ich larwy i roślinność wodną. Różowy kolor upierzenia flamingów jest wynikiem przyjmowania bogatego w karotenoidy pokarmu. Flamingi są zwierzętami stadnymi. Dzięki swojej wysokości łatwo dostrzegają drapieżnika i zaczynają wtedy głośno alarmować inne osobniki. Są to ptaki wędrowne, w locie formują długie, nierówne linie. Łączą się w pary na całe życie.
Zoo i Ogrody Botaniczne w Los Angeles – 133-akrowy (54 hektary) ogród zoologiczny założony w 1966 roku, który znajduje się w Los Angeles w stanie Kalifornia. Właścicielem całego zoo, terenów, obiektów oraz zwierząt jest miasto Los Angeles. W 2002 roku zoo stało się także certyfikowanym ogrodem botanicznym. Na terenie zoo znajduje się 15 różnych kolekcji, w których prezentowanych jest ponad 800 gatunków roślin, w sumie ponad 7400 pojedynczych osobników. Od lat 90-tych zoo intensywnie się rozbudowuje. W 1998 roku zostało otwarte Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, następnie Red Ape RainForest w 2000 roku, Komodo Dragon Exhibit, Winnick Family Children Zoo w 2001 roku, Entry Plaza, Children's Discovery Center i Sea Lion Cliffs w 2005 roku, Campo Gorilla Reserve w listopadzie 2007 roku oraz Elephants of Asia zimą 2010 roku.
Distributed Power Units shoving hard on the rear of a westbound BNSF doublestack train, Ludlow, California, just before sunset.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
While perhaps not as widely distributed as Grant's, Thomson's are still the most common gazelles in East Africa. Though their numbers have diminished in some areas, in others they have persisted on ranches and farmlands long after other species have disappeared.
The graceful "tommie" is noticeably smaller than the Grant's gazelle, which it resembles in shape and color. It is also distinguished from a Grant's by the dark side stripe that runs from the shoulder to the flank and the white patch on the rump.
The males are larger than the females and have strongly ridged, almost parallel horns that curve backwards, with the tips curving forward. Female tommies have short, smooth, pencil-slim horns, or none at all. The face is accented by a black stripe running down from the eye, a dark marking on the nose and a light patch on the forehead.
Although more reliant on water than Grant's gazelle, the tommy has adapted to the open plains and grasslands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Wikipedia
Distributed from Mexico to southern Brazil. I have also photographed it in Costa Rica, but this is the better image. The large eyes give away that this is a nocturnal species that usually spends the day roosting in dense mangroves.
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Corvus is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. The genus includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws; there is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", and these appellations have been assigned to different species chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller than ravens. In Europe, the word "crow" is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow, while in North America, it is used for the American crow, fish crow, or the northwestern crow.
Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the common raven of the Holarctic region and thick-billed raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 45 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except South America, and several islands. The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the family Corvidae. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a 'flock' or a 'murder'. The genus name is Latin for "raven".
Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use, but also tool construction. Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient equal to that of many non-human primates.
In medieval times, crows were thought to live abnormally long lives. They were also thought to be monogamous throughout their long lives. They were thought to predict the future, to predict rain and reveal ambushes. Crows were also thought to lead flocks of storks while they crossed the sea to Asia.
Widely distributed from Ethiopia through East Africa to southern Africa. Sometimes known as mocking chat.
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Anartia jatrophae is distributed from the southern USA to Bolivia and Argentina. It is also found on most Caribbean islands. When freshly emerged jatrophae has a beautiful mother-of-pearl luminescence that is difficult to reproduce in a photograph, but after only a short while the colours fade to a dull greyish-white.
This is a sun-loving species. It is active mainly in the mornings when it can be seen basking on the ground or on low foliage. Later in the day when temperatures rise it rests in semi-shaded situations at the forest edge, or sits in open sunlight with the wings held erect. In the late afternoon when the temperature begins to dip, the butterflies commonly bask at the top of coarse grasses and herbage.
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Photo taken in La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
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Most widely distributed of owls. medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail.
Off-camera synchronised flash used.
Taken within a barn, El Barraco Spain
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Listen and enjoy: BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note* spelled l-i-t-e
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am
There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels its always near
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
(And while you're at it
Keep the nightlight on inside the
Birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul