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Moon Drop® grapes are a medium to large varietal that grows in loose bunches averaging 29 centimeters in length and 16 centimeters in width. Each grape has a distinct, elongated, uniform, and cylindrical shape, about 3 to 4 centimeters in length and 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter, and showcases a characteristic dimple on one end. The grape’s skin is smooth, semi-thick, glossy, and taut. The skin is also dark purple, often appearing black, and is covered in a medium to heavy blue-grey bloom. This bloom is natural and edible but can be easily wiped from the surface if preferred. Underneath the skin, the translucent purple-green flesh is crisp, seedless, and aqueous with a snap-like quality. [...]. Moon Drop® grapes are sweeter than standard black grape varieties and contain tannins to create a pleasant and balanced sweet-tart flavor.
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Moon Drop® grapes are available for a few weeks in the late summer through early fall.
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. R_11818
An easily recognized and beautiful dragonfly (well, they're all beautiful in my book!) photographed in Brice Prairie, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Once we had come out of the trees and long shadows the colours of autumn were on full display. You can easily tell you are on an old railway track.
Easily mistaken for the Imperial citizen's idea of angels, the Heralds are anything but saintly. Specialized Hellmouths that were spawned with wings and the ability to fly, it is the duty of the Herald to leave far from their home sanctum of the Black Word in order to spread it to distant lands. As such, these winged monsters are always on the move, never roosting in a sanctum for very long. Like pollen on the wind, the Heralds spread their seed and their word far and wide, spawning new sanctums and sects of the Black Word across the lands.
They are highly regarded amongst the Black Word, provided they do their duty. A Herald at roost for too long is often destroyed or executed by the members of the cult themselves, they may bathe in adulation and applause, but if they linger too long they will surely drown in it. As such, Heralds often fly in pairs or trios; such a nomadic duty is without many friends.
This easily-recognized squirrel (Earless or Early for short) has been cutting a rather sorry figure in the yard for about three years. The sculpture was made by Mrs. Orca's grandmother c. 1960s (?), but it seems to me she must have had a paleolithic fertility aesthetic in mind. We'll see if it brings Early any luck this spring. Gray squirrel backyard Olympia.
A sunset at Praia da Ursa ("Bear's Beach") is something that you won’t forget easily. This blue hour shot was taken two years ago on a hot summer day. The light changed dramatically from a gorgeous golden tone (see previous uploaded photo) to a beautiful light purple. One person stood at seaside, contemplating the view, which conveniently gives you a scale to the scene, as the sea stacks are effectively huge.
Praia da Ursa ("Bear's Beach") is located on the Portuguese Atlantic west coast just north of Cabo da Roca (just a few km distant from Cascais or Sintra). This beach is a litle and less well known gem. Unspoilt and wild, it is often cited as the most beautiful in the area and one of the most beautiful in Portugal. Its name comes from the "Rocha da Ursa" (bear rock) one of two huge sea stacks at the northern end of the beach. It is said that the rock resembles a bear with its cub.
Access is difficult, to say the least. The descent is done by foot down a steep sided valley with plenty of loose rocks under foot. That is certainly the reason it stays off the beaten track (fortunately!).
The strains of the route are more than justified by the superb landscape that awaits with the enormous rocky formations dominating the beach.
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Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal
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please, take a second and welcome a newbee on flickr My dream Life :)
she is a bit desorientated with our community, but I told her we are a bunch of cool, kind people :) aren't we? :D
Apparently, I am easily amused spending countless hours thinking about lights and motion My mornings are spent blowing bubbles, waving my arms and lights around in the dark, and hoping for magic. I've mentioned that I am not one that feels like sitting and meditating does anything for me but the act of creating my photos puts me in a flow state. It is one of the times I can maintain mental focus for a prolonged period of time. What activities help you?
A beautiful little finch with a sharp pink bill, cherry-red face, and brilliant black-and-yellow flashes in the wings. Juvenile (seen in late summer and autumn) has a plain head but is told easily by bold wing pattern.
Uses a wide array of wooded and open habitats, from forests and gardens to steppe grasslands and meadows; often feeds on seeding thistles.
Forms flocks in autumn and winter, gathering at food sources. Can be inconspicuous, but often detected by pleasant bubbling and twittering calls and song.
How do you do that thing so easily
And chase those shadows from inside of me
I wanna show you what you mean to me
Yeah, what you mean to me
There were bones in my garden
Ghosts in the darkness
Holes in my heart, yeah
You're exposing my demons
Show me the meaning
Oh, what a feeling, yeah
There in the middle of the night, comes daylight
Keep me up all night, the way you burn bright
Give me what I want, I'm begging, let your love shine on
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
All of my troubles, they all disappear
There'll be no worries, I cried all my tears
I'm living feelings, now I've got to here
Yeah, now I've got to here
No more bones in my garden
Ghosts in the darkness
Holes in my heart, yeah
You're exposing my demons
Show me the meaning
Oh, what a feeling, yeah
There in the middle of the night, comes daylight
Keep me up all night, the way you burn bright
Give me what I want, I'm begging, let your love shine on
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
So don't worry about the night
Let the midnight sun come shining through
I don't worry about the night
'Cause the midnight sun shines out of you
So don't worry about the night
Let the midnight sun come shining through (oh yeah)
(I don't worry) I don't worry about the night
'Cause the midnight sun shines out of you (oh)
There in the middle of the night, comes daylight
Keep me up all night, the way you burn bright
Give me what I want, I'm begging, let your love shine on
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Oh baby, you're my midnight sun
Blue Eyes Lacewing eggs
Nymphes myrmeleonoides
I didn't measure these at the time but they are very small so I'm sure they easily fit within the size constraints.
Macro Mondays: Symmetry
things are so easily lost.
things just can’t be kept forever.
I got the blues.
I got the blues.
that dog loved and
trusted me and
I let it walk away...
from White Dog by Charles Bukowski
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Tung_Street:
Lee Tung Street (利東街), known as the Wedding Card Street (喜帖街; 囍帖街) by locals, is a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The street was famed in Hong Kong and abroad as a centre for publishing and for the manufacturing of wedding cards and other similar items.
As part of an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) project, all interests of Lee Tung Street were resumed by and reverted to the Government of Hong Kong since 1 November 2005, and subsequently demolished in December 2007. The demolition was seen by many as causing irreparable harm to the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
The site was redeveloped as a luxury shopping and housing development. As with all other URA projects, no original tenants have been resettled on site.
After the development, only small part of next to QRE Plaza is official there. The rest of street, rebuilt and rebranded as Lee Tung Avenue, is a pedestrian street open for public in the high-rise housing estate The Avenue.
The street was known for its printing industry, and Wan Chai was a longtime host of the headquarters of the Hong Kong Times, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po. In the 1950s, print shops began to gather in Lee Tung Street between Johnston Road and Queen's Road East. Rumours had it that the government of Hong Kong mandated this in order to easily monitor illegal publication.
The poet and translator Dai Wangshu also established a short-lived bookstore in Lee Tung Street in the early 1950s.
In the 1970s, the print shops also began producing wedding invitations, lai see, fai chun, and other items, for which they became famous in the 1980s. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people visited the shops there to order their wedding cards, name cards, and traditional Chinese calendars.
** You could easily drive straight through Tudeley, a small hamlet in the Kent Weald of a dozen houses or more. You might notice the church but think it does not look particularly remarkable and drive on. However you would be missing something quite extraordinary.
All Saints' Church in Tudeley, is the only church in the world that has all its Stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall.
There are twelve windows in total. We were the only visitors on that afternoon and we had the space to ourselves to marvel at these beautiful works of art. The main shot is of the largest of the windows the first to be placed in the church and its a memorial to a local young woman
A place of worship has existed in Tudeley since the seventh century, then one of only four in the Kent Weald. The church is listed in the Domesday Book under the village's alternative name of Tivedale. The majority of the existing structure was created in the later medieval period, during the 13th and 14th centuries.
On 19 September 1963, Sarah the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid who owned nearby Somerhill House,was drowned in a sailing accident off Rye, East Sussex. In her memory, the couple commissioned Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to design a stained glass window for the church which was installed in 1967. When Chagall arrived for the dedication of the east window in 1967, and saw the church for the first time, he exclaimed "C'est magnifique! Je les ferai tous!" ("It's magnificent! I will do them all!") Over the next ten years Chagall designed the remaining eleven windows, made again in collaboration with the glassworker Charles Marq in his workshop at Reims in northern France. The windows were all installed by 1985 and in the following order: the Memorial Window in the altar wall, the five north windows and two south windows dedicated in 1974. Installing the four chancel windows meant removing the Victorian memorial glass and so was controversial but in 1985 these last Chagall windows were dedicated and installed, their predecessors being moved to the vestry at the back of the church, just before Chagall's death.
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……From a hefty ship this piece of rope - needed something to scale it really but it was easily as thick as your wrist! I pondered for ages thinking what the story was behind it - where & why did it become detached from the ship, and where’s the ship now!!! Taken at Poldhu Cove on the Lizard in Cornwall. (And no, there wasn't a Shipwreck here the next day!!!) Alan:-)…….
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The Old Post Office Tower is a federally protected site offering picturesque views of the nation’s capital. From the 270-foot observation deck visitors are treated to a view overlooking several of the United States’ prized structures. The Capitol, White House, Washington Monument, Pentagon, Smithsonian museums, Supreme Court, and Lincoln Memorial are easily observed from the 12th floor observation level. On a clear day visibility may exceed 12 miles. National Park Service rangers are on duty at the lobby, ninth floor, and observation deck to educate visitors about the building and surrounding attractions.
Easily the most famous bridge on the Delaware Division is Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro PA, built by the Erie in 1847-1848 to span the valley of Starrucca Creek. Seventeen arches standing 100 feet in height at a total length of over 1,000 feet, the Romanesque stone marvel still supports trains after more than a century and a half.
On the first day of 1989, three Conrail SD40s lead merchandise train OIBU across the iconic structure.
Sits easily on the banks of the Lyvennet Beck, a tributary of the River Eden.
The Maud in the name was the sister of Hugh de Morville one of the knights involved in the murder of Thomas Beckett. Henry II confiscated his property granting this attractive Cumbrian village to Hugh's sister. Just how attractive it was in 1170 it's difficult to know.
The village or hamlet has been described as the most attractive in the country - not a great fan of absolutes but they may have a point.
Bauska is easily accesible from Riga by international road Via Baltica which connects Tallinn, Riga and Kaunas and goes further to Poland. It has it's downside though - this important road goes right through the town
and the incoming traffic (Bauska has heaviest transit traffic in Latvia, except Riga) means that Bauska is not as calm, silent and clean as it could and should be. There has been plans about building the ringroad but they have been postponed again and again because of the lack of funding for road infrastructure and the attitude of central government which doesn't consider Bauska ringroad a prioritary project (now it's said the ringroad could be expected only around 2028-2034).
This is a bridge from air
Masai Mara National Park
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!
The lion species, also known as Panthera leo, is one of the largest species on earth. Typically weighing 300 to 550 pounds, the lion can vary from a light buff color to a deep reddish brown color. Surprisingly, there is also the rare white lion found in the wild. Easily recognized by it’s thick mane, the lion is also muscular and has a loud, deafening roar. Unfortunately, as majestic lions may seem, they are slowly disappearing.
As far back as 3 million years ago, lions roamed freely across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East . Today, lions live freely in their natural habitat in only two locations, Africa and Asia. In addition, some lions are bread in captivity.
Lions are listed as a vulnerable species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Though they are not under the classification of an endangered species, they still face obstacles that endanger their survival.
Currently, there are about 30,000 to 100,000 lions left on earth. In the past few decades, lion populations have decreased almost by half. Trophy hunting and loss of natural habitat are the primary reasons for the diminishing lion population.
The reflected city lights of Vancouver's South East False Creek and the easily-recognizable globe of Science World.
I don't see these very often-- not sure if it is that they are more rare in my area, or that they blend in so well with their surroundings. Certainly this one is more easily seen on pink stonecrop blooms than it would be on the forest floor.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/60952817
I love this cute little blooming grass!! It has the tiniest flowers that you could easily miss.
I have some of it in my yard, but this was taken at a nursery.
I was on my way home from a photo session at a park, and couldn't resist stopping.....after all I already had all my camera gear in the car!!!
Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday to all.
This will be the last post for a bit, I'll be busy and back to work!
Have a great weekend too! On the blog
Explore June 4 2009 #13
The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is an easily identifiable, colourful wading bird and is often found flocking together with the Lesser Flamingo in the great salt lakes across Africa.
Their feathers are pinkish/white, the wing coverts are red and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black. They have long pink bills with a black tip, yellow eyes and long pink legs. Greater Flamingos are omnivores and filter-feeders. Flamingos mainly feed during the day and use their long legs and webbed feet to stir up the bottom of the water where they then sweep their bills upside down through the water. A flamingo’s bill has a filter-like structure to remove food from the water before the liquid is drained.
Water is sucked in through the partly opened bill. As it is squeezed out again by the tongue, a row of spines or lamellae along the edge of the bill filter out the tasty morsels within. They usually feed with their head fully immersed in the water and they can remain that way for up to 20 seconds. Flamingos pump their tongues up and down, 5 - 6 times per second, pushing the water out of their beak.
When flamingos flock together, they are referred to as a ‘colony’ or a ‘stand’.
This beautiful Flamingo was captured during a photography safari on an early morning game drive in the Ndutu Plains of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
Macaranga tanarius
Macaranga tanarius is a plant found in South East Asia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. It's commonly seen as a pioneer species in disturbed rainforest areas. Easily recognised for the round veiny leaves. In Australia it naturally occurs from the Richmond River, New South Wales to Cooktown in tropical Queensland. (Source:
Wikipedia, Macaranga_tanarius, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Called by Wikipedia a "hill" in the north of the Lake District. At 868 metres it forms an impressive massif and a favourite amongst fell walkers, scramblers etc. There are safe ways up from the West and East for walkers, but as with any mountain even they could be treacherous in poor visibility. There are several difficult routes to the summit, Hall's Fell Ridge and Sharp Edge being two of the obvious ones. I ascended via Scales Fell and had a great safe views of both these routes. In good, clear weather there are views to the North across the Solway Firth while to the South other Lake District ranges are easily visible. The favoured name now is Blencathra (the old Cumbric name) rather than Saddleback. The mountain has a complex structure and large summit that embraces Blease Fell and Atkinson Pike. Blencathra has a broody presence, summit often cloaked in cloud and from a distance, and the East, frequently provides a centrepiece of a magnificent sunset.
Easily my spot of the year! Came across in my work carpark completely by chance a few weekends ago, couldn't quite believe what I was seeing. An original Ayrshire car to boot, amazing.
A354 YCS
White Park from my archive. I thought this was a most photogenic cow, it was certainly interested in what I was up to and chased me up the field, I don’t think it was trying though as I’m sure it could have caught me quite easily.
In this westward facing view off the old flyover at Cresson, the whole track scheme at Cresson as well as the engine house facilities is easily visible. Some engines sit at the facility, awaiting service, while cabin cars and MOW cars sit on the adjacent tracks. A freight train is seen rolling through Cresson as well.
Cresson yard and tracks. Cresson, PA.
Fall 1970. Photographer unknown.
Adam Klimchock collection.
Look closely at the thousands of tiny black seeds these colorful stalks contain. They mean Celosia will easily spread.
Celosia /siːˈloʊʃiə/ is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word κήλεος (keleos), meaning "burned," and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa’s highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Unlike an adult bald eagle that is quite easy to see when they are sitting in a tree, these immature bald eagles blend right in with all the branches so even though they are very big they can be easily overlooked.
Island Saga III 2015
This was easily one of the most amazing and colorful sunsets I have ever whitnessed during my travels and one of those super rare and special moments as a landscape photographer. This sunset highlights the ridiculously beautiful waterfall Seljalandsfoss located in south Iceland right on the ringroad. I camped right across the street and we just had lunch and enjoyed the evening as this sunset sets in, I quickly grapped my tripod and my filters and ran to the waterfall. I fired about 100 shots one after another, in between I also captured some video material. I was quite excited and scared at the same time to not mess this shot because this was surely a one of a kind oportunity and only the second sunset overall during my 11 day roadtrip.
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A woman enjoying the serenity and beauty of Mother Nature at Mount Pinatubo, Central Luzon, the Philippines. Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano and the crater of the volcano is a tranquil lake that is 2.7 kilometers wide. After lying dormant for almost 500 years, the volcano’s eruption in 15 June 1991 resulted in one of the most destructive volcanic eruptions of the 20th century. The easily eroded lahar flows have created a stunning landscape around the volcano.
thanks to johnfinn64 for the suggestion to crop this photo in closer. i think it makes a difference.
i have total admiration for people who shoot abstracts so well.
i just don't have an eye for it.
A comet you can observe easily with unaided eye while having cirrus, twilight and moonlight or even from downtown, a comet which has a tail extending more than 25 deg. and an antitail extending beyond the west horizon and rising over the sunrise hemisphere, a comet that has been photographed at daylight (even with difficulty) and reached a maximum apparent magnitude of -5, deserves to be remembered as one of the “great comets”. This is comet Tsuchinshan - ATLAS. I’ve seen and admired many magnificent photos from people all around the planet so, I will only post two here. This is the second.
This is a median stack of 5 photos taken with a 70 mm Tamron lens on a Canon 5Dmk4. Taken on 15.10.2024, from W.Attica, Greece.
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Rapeseed or oilseed rape is easily recognisable by its bright yellow flowers. Originally probably from the Eastern Mediterranian region, it is known to have been cultivated in other parts of Europe since 2000 years before our time. Today, it is the third-largest source of vegetable oil and the second-largest source of protein meal in the world. It has long been used as cooking and lamp oil, today it still used as edible vegetable oil, but also animal feed and even as the basis for biodiesel.
Rapeseed (or even just rape) gets its somewhat unfortunate name from the Latin word for turnip, rāpa or rāpum. The rapeseed is one of two subspecies of Brassica napus, namely Brassica napus subsp. napus. The other, B. napus subsp. rapifera, is the yellow (as opposed to the better know white) or Swedish turnip, which is also known as rutabaga (which appears to be its North American name).
Rapeseed is known to escape cultivation and settle in roadside verges and waste grounds. However, it seems to stay in the vicinity of the cultivation and I have not found any indication of it being invasive anywhere.
You can easily see who visited my sunflowers the other night. Whilst I appreciate their artistic slime design, I'm not enamoured with the results of their excursion as a lot of the leaves AND flowers have been consumed in Roman feast style. OK, snails and slugs, you win, but I think this might be the last year you will be able to feast like this as I shall be trying slug and snail-resistant plants next year.
The door seen in the photo, partially restored, was part of a defensive system called "bend entrance" that forced the invaders to turn 90º to lose all speed and be more easily attacked from the wall with thrown weapons or rocks.
In the background you can see the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña, from the 16th century, classified as late Gothic.
I have deleted, using Photoshop ("Remove Tool") a horrible graffiti painted by that type of terrorists who do not even respect historical monuments.
Also called "Cornel Castle", in reference to one of its several owners, the castle is of Muslim origin, built around the 10th century AD.
Being then located in a border area between the Muslim and Christian (Aragonese) kingdoms, it was conquered and reconquered several times until it finally passed to the crown of the kingdom of Aragon around the year 1141.
The king of Aragon gave the castle successively to several nobles and as it lost its strategic importance, as the reconquest advanced towards the south of Spain, its ruin began.
The current state is deeply ruinous, given the low quality of the construction materials and that, like many other castles in Spain, they have been used as "virtual quarries" to construct other buildings.
Some urgent restoration work has been carried out on walls, towers and two cisterns that stored water in the event of a siege.
PUERTA PRINCIPAL DEL CASTILLO DE ALFAJARIN, ZARAGOZA, ESPAÑA, 2023
La puerta que se ve en la foto, parcialmente restaurada, formaba parte de un sistema defensivo llamado de "entrada en recodo" que obligaba a los invasores a girar 90º para perder toda la velocidad y ser más facilmente agredidos desde la muralla con armas arrojadizas o rocas.
Al fondo se observa la Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña, del siglo XVI, clasificada en el gótico tardío.
He borrado, usando Photoshop ("Remove Tool") un horrible graffiti pintado por esa especie de terroristas que no respetan ni los monumentos históricos.
El también llamado "Castillo de los Cornel", en referencia a uno de sus varios propietarios, el castillo es de origen musulmán, construido hacia el siglo X de nuestra era.
Al estar situado entonces una zona fronteriza entre los reinos musulmán y cristiano (aragonés) fue conquistado y reconquistado varias veces hasta que pasó finalmente a la corona del reino de Aragón hacia el año 1141.
El rey de Aragón cedió el castillo sucesivamente a varios nobles y al ir perdiendo su importancia estratégica, a medida que la reconquista avanzaba hacia el sur de España, comenzó su ruina.
El estado actual es profundamente ruinoso, dada la baja calidad de los materiales de construcción y que, al igual que muchos otros castillos en España, se han utilizado como "canteras virtuales" para construir otros edificios.
Se han practicado algunos trabajos de restauración urgentes sobre muros, torres y dos algibes que acumulaban agua en caso de asedio.
RAZORBILL, distinctive seabird, easily recognised at close range by its distinctive bill shape. Swims well, dives frequently, flies low over the water with whirring wings. Found again in large nesting cliff sights, including Skomer, a real joy to see, and one of my favorites !
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucogaster
Description: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle has white on the head, rump and underparts and dark grey on the back and wings. In flight the black flight feathers on the wings are easily seen when the bird is viewed from below. The large, hooked bill is grey with a darker tip, and the eye is dark brown. The legs and feet are cream-white, with long black talons (claws). The sexes are similar. As in other raptors (birds of prey), Males (2.5 kg - 3.7 kg) are slightly smaller than females (2.8 kg - 4.2 kg).The wingspan is about 1.8 m - 2 m. Young Sea-Eagles are brown as juveniles than slowly become to resemble adults in a patchwork manner, acquiring the complete adult plumage by their fourth year.
Similar species: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is the second largest raptor (bird of prey) found in Australia. The largest is the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax, which stands up to 1 m tall. The Wedge-tailed Eagle is mostly brown, with a wedge-shaped tail. Young Sea-Eagles may be confused with the Wedge-tailed Eagle, but differ in having a paler head and tail and more steeply upswept wings when soaring.
Distribution: White-bellied Sea-Eagles are a common sight in coastal and near coastal areas of Australia. In addition to Australia, the species is found in New Guinea, Indonesia, China, south-east Asia and India
Habitat: White-bellied Sea-Eagles are normally seen perched high in a tree, or soaring over waterways and adjacent land. Birds form permanent pairs that inhabit territories throughout the year.
Feeding: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle feeds mainly off aquatic animals, such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but it takes birds and mammals as well. It is a skilled hunter, and will attack prey up to the size of a swan. Sea-Eagles also feed on carrion (dead prey) such as sheep and fish along the waterline. They harass smaller birds, forcing them to drop any food that they are carrying. Sea-Eagles feed alone, in pairs or in family groups.
Breeding: White-bellied Sea-Eagles build a large stick nest, which is used for many seasons in succession. The nest can be located in a tree up to 30m above the ground, but may also be placed on the ground or on rocks, where there are no suitable trees. At the start of the breeding season, the nest is lined with fresh green leaves and twigs. The female carries out most of the incubation of the white eggs, but the male performs this duty from time to time.
Calls: Distinctive loud "goose-like" honking call, which is heard particularly during the breeding season.
Minimum Size: 75cm
Maximum Size: 85cm
Average size: 80cm
Average weight: 2 630g
Breeding season: May to October
Clutch Size: Two.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Haliaeetus-leucogaster)
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