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The peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread raptor, and one of the most widely found bird species. In fact, the only land-based bird species found over a larger geographic area is not always naturally occurring, but one widely introduced by humans, the rock pigeon, which in turn now supports many peregrine populations as a prey species. The peregrine is a highly successful example of urban wildlife in much of its range, taking advantage of tall buildings as nest sites and an abundance of prey such as pigeons and ducks. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon," referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations. Experts recognize 17 to 19 subspecies, which vary in appearance and range; disagreement exists over whether the distinctive Barbary falcon is represented by two subspecies of Falco peregrinus, or is a separate species, F. pelegrinoides. The two species' divergence is relatively recent, during the time of the last ice age, therefore the genetic differential between them (and also the difference in their appearance) is relatively tiny. They are only about 0.6–0.8% genetically differentiated.
While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects. Reaching sexual maturity at one year, it mates for life and nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures. The peregrine falcon became an endangered species in many areas because of the widespread use of certain pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the early 1970s, populations have recovered, supported by large-scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.
The peregrine falcon is a well respected falconry bird due to its strong hunting ability, high trainability, versatility, and – in recent years – availability via captive breeding. It is effective on most game bird species, from small to large.
Junonia coenia, known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Its original ancestry has been traced to Africa, which then experiences divergence in Asia.
Thought I'd liven up my photostream today with a little divergence ahead of the many more otter and deer pics not to mention the many seal pics from last year.
Our return trip to the iconic cliffs of RSPB Bempton after several years was on a lovely sunny day.
This has to be one of my favourite reserves and activity levels were high.
The puffin is without doubt the reserves main attraction and the one bird everyone comes to see.
So easy to see why they are often called sea parrots.
Puffin - Fratercula
RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Found this guy at the Kettle River Recreation Area, BC. We spent another couple of days there looking for the two three-toed woodpeckers (American Three-toed and the Black-backed). I saw both but was unable to get a decent picture of either.
Their breeding habitat is near fresh water across most of Canada and the United States. They migrate to the southern United States and South America.
These are not gregarious birds and are seldom seen in flocks.
Actitis is a small genus of two species, the spotted and the common sandpiper in the Sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.
Actitis is part of the shank-tattler-phalarope clade and less closely related to the calidrid sandpipers. Based on the degree of DNA sequence divergence and putative shank and phalarope fossils from around the Oligocene/Miocene boundary some 23-22 million years ago, Actitis presumably diverged from its closest relatives in the Late Oligocene. Given the much higher diversity of the prehistoric members of the group in Eurasia it is likely that they originated there, possibly being isolated as the remains of the Turgai Sea dried up, which happened just around this time.
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White Wagtails are the Continental subspecies (alba) of our British Pied Wagtails (subspecies yarrellii). Pied Wagtails have a black or very dark grey back (like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/49669689646/in/photolist ) whereas White Wagtails have a pale grey back showing much contrast with the black head. Juveniles are much harder to separate (eg www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/43193438854/in/photolist ). Small numbers of Pied Wagtails breed in northern France, the Low Countries and southern Norway. Occasionally Continental White Wagtails breed in Britain, especially on the Northern Isles. Where Pied and Wagtails breed in the same place they select mates of their own type. This assortative mating was sufficient evidence to treat Hooded and Carrion Crows as different species but for the time being Pied and White Wagtails are considered to be one species. Apparently there is no genetic difference between Pied and White Wagtails suggesting a relatively recent and rapid divergence. But there is no genetic difference between Parrot and Common Crossbills and we treat those as distinct species. Most British Pied Wagtails are resident in Britain but some migrate south to spend the winter in Iberia and Western France. The White Wagtails that occur in Britain on passage are mainly Icelandic breeders (plus some from Faeroes and Greenland) and these winter around the Mediterranean with some migrating to sub-Saharan Africa. I photographed this dapper individual this morning in West Yorkshire. And is it just me or are they more skittish than Pied Wagtails? I really struggled to get close to this one.
People come and go in our lives but no matter what happens, life goes on. Nature is always there to nurture us and offer beauty and comfort in times of stress. Sometimes it’s hard to access those threads but whenever you are ready to pick them up again they will always be there for you.
Perhaps friendships are like that too so if I have been neglecting you recently then I am sorry. I have diverged for a while but one day we will converge again.
Among some twelve essentially complete but redundant and stored locos at Alicante steam depot is 240F-2671 a type typically deployed on Spain's mountainous routes.
Into 1973 a number of centres were still under steam although having been dispensed with here in the south-east.
My post is in response to a request for examples from the days of Alicante steam traction. Types 240F and 241F were present. The depot roundhouse is just visible far right.
I reached Alicante as a divergence from a family holiday to Benidorm, just a small distance away on the Costa Blanca coast. Life was not particularly a bowl of cherries as I had my Higher National finals that year and therefore missing valuable term time.
15th November 1973
Two roads diverged in a green meadow, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
We all know struggle. There is always a struggle. Some seem to plague us forever and burn with intensity, others are subtle, yet so seemingly cruel. It is undeniably true that without struggle there is no progress and with every breathe that we breathe we find ourselves moving forward toward the future. While it may be that the future lies in the shadows it always comes the opportunity to change. We may not be able to change the wind, the seasons, or the circumstances of this life we must take personable responsibility to be our own guiding light and to reassure ourselves, Do Not Fear The Future!
This Image represents my own push, my struggle, my drive to be different, divergence!
“The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.”
Prescott, Arizona Photographer
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The American Goshawk is a species of raptor. The American Goshawk was previously considered conspecific with the Eurasian Goshawk, but was assigned to a separate species in 2023 based on differences in morphology, vocalizations, and genetic divergence. It is mainly resident, but birds from colder regions migrate south for the winter. In North America, migratory Goshawks are often seen migrating south along mountain ridge tops at nearly any time of the fall depending on latitude.
In North America, they are most broadly found in the western United States, including Alaska, and western Canada. Their breeding range in the western contiguous United States largely consists of the wooded foothills of the Rocky Mountains and many other large mountain ranges from Washington to southern California extending east to central Colorado and westernmost Texas.
This image was created and enhanced with the assistance of several digital imaging software programs, including Topaz Photo AI, Photoshop CC, Snapseed, and Midjourney.
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Have barely gotten out to shoot lately so it was great to hit up this rock shelf between Whale Beach and Palm Beach with some of the Focus group last night.
We were lucky enough to get a pretty decent sunset and it was a great spot with plenty of different things to shoot.
At this spot you would have waves coming over the rocks from two directions; one set would hit towards the back of the frame and the water would funnel down this channel in the rocks before splitting off into two mini waterfalls over the rock shelf.
Nikon D800
Zeiss 21mm f/2.8
Lee 0.9 Soft GND
Droneuary 2024
Made with what limited stuff i have at uni. Thank you to Simon and Mansur for the parts <3 (this is not what they were intended for)
David www.flickr.com/photos/41715345@N00/ has been kind enough to do a painting of this picture..Thank you David for your encouragement
My entry for From Bricks to Bothan's latest contest. Resh (r), basically a "7." The contest is for the starfighter only, but I couldn't resist throwing a base together. The ship was designed by belligerent Togruta that took to weapons design after being enslaved during the Clone Wars, hence the asymmetrical design symbolic of his divergence from his culture. It is maintained by the Togruta's daughter and a Zabrak survivor from Jedha. A Twi'lek zealot guards the depot while a Hiitian pilot flies intercept missions against Imperial cargo.
The emergence of autumn transports the finite spell of summer to its last chapter. The change brings the incalculable measure of colors and paints a once lush fantasy of green to shades of orange, red and gold. The descending leaves blanket the forest much like a ballerina creates an enticing and graceful movement across the stage in front of her audience.
Historic New England’s fall can be very unpredictable and one vehement storm of wind or rain can turn the changing season to a barren lifeless landscape.
Just outside of Aspetuck, Connecticut resides a mill-house with a mirror like reflection created by a motionless body of water. I posted a couple years ago this tranquil and aesthetic image but eventually removed it replacing it with new content.
I readied my divergence at 6:30 AM hoping to capture the basking of the morning light as sunrise began to caress softly the immediate scenery. I arrived 80 minutes later only to mourn a loss much like the departure of a first girlfriend.
Most of the trees had already shed the burden of foliage and the mirror like properties of the water contained its fruits. Just below the millpond lay several small pools of water from the overflow.
As I stood deciding on my next fixation, a lone golden leaf slowly swirled within my view. The bottom of the pool was virtually black which led me to make this conception. Sometimes you need to make lemonade when a lemon is handed to you.
Thank you for all favs, comments, visitation and words of encouragement. Your images inspire mine and allow me to see what I once could never visualize.
The track measuring vehicles EM-SAT 120 misses the divergences conditioned by train journeys of a rail of his ideal line. The elevation and moving value are raised above a combination of GPS and laser measurement in the distance of 5 metres with an exactness from +/-1 millimetre.
On 25/02/20 70015 swings away on to the Erewash at Clay Cross divergence working 6X73 1052 Doncaster Up Decoy-Toton Yd. This is taken with a pole and a fair bit of work carried out on the computer to remove branches from in front of the loco.
This dress was made using a free pattern from the Culture Japan website and then following a tutorial by Beth Ramsden
Nita (my SmD Divergence) will be wearing this outfit to the wedding themed Birmingham mini BJD con this coming Saturday.
Can't wait to meet up with the other Smart Doll collectors who are going!!!
Link to Beth's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpJct1to7Y
I take a portrait with consent to a walker or go up it to the roof without getting permission to a guard, or the choice lasts for many divergences, but it is not necessary to hesitate about it. In the case of me, I choose the latter.
About the photography of the portrait, there is the plan that I want to try a little soon.
On August 3, 2014 in Ikebukuro.
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歩行者に許諾を得て肖像を撮るか、守衛に許可を得ずに屋上へ上るか。 それについて迷う必要はありません。 僕の場合は後者を選択します。
肖像の撮影については、近々少し試してみたい計画があります。
2014年8月3日、池袋にて。
The family Rostratulidae encompasses two genera and four species (one extinct). Painted-snipes superficially resemble true snipes but the two taxa are not closely related. Instead the similarity can be attributed to convergent evolution where both groups have been subjected to similar selection pressures, thus promoting the evolution of analogous features such as a long slender bill and legs, mottled crypsis plumage and particular body proportions. While less similar in morphology, the species that are considered most closely related to painted-snipes are other members of the suborder Thinocori; jacanas, seedsnipes and the plains wanderer.
The painted-snipe, †Rostratula minator was described in 1988 from deposits of the early Pliocene found in Langebaanweg, South Africa. This is the first valid fossil belonging to the family Rostratulidae. Comparisons of bone measurements with R. minator and the extant species show that it was relatively intermediate in size, although this considerable difference indicates that it may only be an endemic African species that has become extinct, rather than the direct ancestor of R. benghalensis.
The Australian painted-snipe was described as Rostratula australis by John Gould in 1838, although later lumped with the similar greater painted-snipe, R. benghalensis as subspecies R. b. australis. However, morphological and genetic differences have resulted in the species being split in recent years. Such a similarity between the two species can be explained by a recent evolutionary divergence, and is an example of allopatric speciation where the prevention of gene flow by geographical isolation has resulted in an accumulation of differences by genetic drift and differing selection pressures
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a British breed of toy dog of spaniel type. Four colours are recognised: Blenheim (chestnut and white), tricolour (black/white/tan), black and tan, and ruby; the coat is smooth and silky.[2] The lifespan is usually between eight and twelve years.[1]
The Cavalier King Charles changed dramatically in the late seventeenth century, when it was inter-bred with flat-nosed breeds. Until the 1920s, it shared the same history as the smaller King Charles Spaniel. Breeders attempted to recreate what they considered to be the original configuration – a dog resembling Charles II's spaniel of the English Civil War period, when supporters of the king were known as Cavaliers.[3][4]
History
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; lesser stop; skull not inclined to be domed with spot in centre of skull on the Blenheim. A white blaze between the eyes is standard of the Tricolour variety.
Correct Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; uniform chestnut colour, with no white markings; ears and slippers are often slightly lighter but dark chestnut colour should predominate
During the early part of the 18th century, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, kept red and white King Charles type spaniels for hunting. The duke recorded that they were able to keep up with a trotting horse. His estate was named Blenheim in honour of his victory at the Battle of Blenheim. Because of this influence, the red and white variety of the King Charles Spaniel and thus the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel became known as the Blenheim.[5]
Attempts were made to recreate the original Cavalier King Charles Spaniel as early as the turn of the 20th century, using the now extinct Toy Trawler Spaniels. These attempts were documented by Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, in the book "Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors Including the History And Management of Toy Spaniels, Pekingese, Japanese and Pomeranians" published under the name of the "Hon. Mrs Neville Lytton" in 1911.[6]
Divergence from King Charles Spaniel
In 1926, the American Roswell Eldridge offered a dog show class prize of 25 pounds of sterling silver each as a prize for the best male and females of "Blenheim Spaniels of the old type, as shown in pictures of Charles II of England's time, long face, no stop, flat skull, not inclined to be domed, with spot in centre of skull."[7] The breeders of the era were appalled, although several entered what they considered to be sub-par Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in the competition. Eldridge died before seeing his plan come to fruition, but several breeders believed in what he said and in 1928 the first Cavalier club was formed.[7] The first standard was created, based on a dog named "Ann's Son" owned by Mostyn Walker,[8] and the Kennel Club recognised the variety as "King Charles Spaniels, Cavalier type".[7]
The Second World War caused a drastic setback to the emerging breed, with the vast majority of breeding stock destroyed because of wartime hardship and food shortages. For instance, in the Ttiweh Cavalier Kennel, the population of 60 dogs dropped to three during the 1940s.[9] Following the war, few dogs survived as the new beginning from which all present-day Cavaliers descend. And in 1945,[10] the Kennel Club first recognised the breed in its own right as the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.[7]
The first recorded Cavalier living in the United States was brought from the United Kingdom in 1956 by W. Lyon Brown who, together with Elizabeth Spalding and other enthusiasts, founded the Cavalier King Charles Club USA that continues to the present day. In 1994, the American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club was created by a group of breeders to apply for recognition by the American Kennel Club. It was recognised by the American Kennel Club in 1995,[2] and the ACKCSC became the parent club for Cavaliers.[11] Since 2000, it has grown in popularity in the United States and ranks as the 15th most popular pure-breed in the United States.[12]
Description
"The purebred Black and Tan uniform."
A purebred Black and Tan uniform.
Historically the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was a lap dog and is small for a spaniel, with fully grown adults comparable in size to adolescents of other larger spaniel breeds. The tail is usually not docked,[13] and the Cavalier should have a silky coat of moderate length. Standards state that it should be free from curl, although a slight wave is allowed. Feathering can grow on their ears, feet, legs and tail in adulthood. Standards require this be kept long, with the feathering on the feet a particularly important aspect of the breed's features.[13]
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the English Toy Spaniel can often be confused with each other. In the United Kingdom, the English Toy Spaniel is called the King Charles Spaniel, while in the United States, one of the colours of the Toy Spaniel is known as King Charles. The two breeds share similar history and only diverged from each other about 100 years ago.[citation needed] There are several major differences between the two breeds, with the primary difference being size. While the Cavalier weighs on average between 13 and 18 pounds (5.9 and 8.2 kg), the King Charles is smaller at 9 to 15 pounds (4.1 to 6.8 kg). In addition, their facial features, while similar, are different; the Cavalier's ears are set higher and its skull is flat, while the King Charles's skull is domed. Finally, the muzzle length of the Cavalier tends to be longer than that of its King Charles cousin.[7][14]
Colour
"Two dogs with long ears sit on a wooden platform overlooking the sea. They are mostly white, but have black ears and black and brown markings on their faces. Their fur is ruffled by the breeze."
Tricolour Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Blenheim variety, with chestnut brown markings on a white background on its back, patches over eyes and all brown ears
The breed has four recognized colours. Cavaliers that have rich chestnut markings on a pearly white background are known as Blenheim in honor of Blenheim Palace, where John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough raised for assistance in hunting the predecessors to the Cavalier breed in this particular colour. In some Blenheim dogs there is a chestnut spot in the middle of the forehead: this is called the "Blenheim" spot.[15] The Blenheim spot is also known as the mark of the "Duchess Thumb Print", based on the legend that Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough while awaiting news of her husband's safe return from the Battle of Blenheim, pressed the head of an expecting dam with her thumb, resulting in five puppies bearing the lucky mark after news that the battle had been won.[16]
Black and Tan are dogs with black bodies with tan highlights, particularly eyebrows, cheeks, legs and beneath the tail.[17] Black and Tan is referred to as "King Charles" in the King Charles Spaniel.[7] Wikipedia
Sporting an uncharacteristic six domes, the very final westbound Rio Grande Zephyr approaches the divergence of the Craig branch and the Dotsero cutoff at Bond, Colorado.
My entry for From Bricks to Bothan's latest contest. Resh (r), basically a "7." The contest is for the starfighter only, but I couldn't resist throwing a base together. The ship was designed by belligerent Togruta that took to weapons design after being enslaved during the Clone Wars, hence the asymmetrical design symbolic of his divergence from his culture. It is maintained by the Togruta's daughter and a Zabrak survivor from Jedha. A Twi'lek zealot guards the depot while a Hiitian pilot flies intercept missions against Imperial cargo.
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Found this guy at the Kettle River Recreation Area, BC.
Their breeding habitat is near fresh water across most of Canada and the United States. They migrate to the southern United States and South America.
These are not gregarious birds and are seldom seen in flocks.
Actitis is a small genus of two species, the spotted and the common sandpiper in the Sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.
Actitis is part of the shank-tattler-phalarope clade and less closely related to the calidrid sandpipers. Based on the degree of DNA sequence divergence and putative shank and phalarope fossils from around the Oligocene/Miocene boundary some 23-22 million years ago, Actitis presumably diverged from its closest relatives in the Late Oligocene. Given the much higher diversity of the prehistoric members of the group in Eurasia it is likely that they originated there, possibly being isolated as the remains of the Turgai Sea dried up, which happened just around this time.
Wikipedia.