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(Scottish Black Face X)
These two cuties are now sisters. The little black lamb, Ebony, was rejected by her mother and the shepherd made the decision to pair her with the white lamb’s mother, who had just produced Ivory. This is not unusual. It does, however, take some time for the mother to accept the new lamb as her own. Consequently, the three of them have been isolated, in close quarters, in one of my byres (barns) for about a week, in order to pair successfully.
Here, they have just been allowed into the nursery field, behind my house, for a few days. All is going well, and Ebony is now established as part of the new little family, “in perfect harmony”. Happy days!
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
“Ebony and Ivory” Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
A beautiful Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly. Dragonflies and damselflies are similar, both belonging to the Odonata subspecies of insects but Damselflies are much smaller. Photographed at Cromwell Valley Park in Maryland.
Stylish lightweight pocket knife made in France. With a hint of an ebony handle. Lockable blade with liner lock, but still "street legal" in Germany, as it is dual hand operated.
The "37g" name comes from the nominal weight of this knife - 37 grams.
These knives also come with other wood inserts on the handles, such as juniper or olive. Or even as "naked" w/o that piece of wood at all.
Tip, in case you stumble upon those in an online shop: though the "naked" versions do look even more stylish and cool, they are unfortunately very uncomfortable to hold in the hand.
Better buy in a "brick and mortar" shop where you could "try it on" and see how the respective wood and metal combo really looks like.
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Réalisé le 02 novembre 2015 à Cape Coast, Ghana, Afrique de l'ouest.
La chèvre domestique est une espèce de mammifères herbivores ruminant, appartenant à la famille des bovidés, sous-famille des caprins. Elle a été domestiquée dès le début du Néolithique (environ -10000 ans), vraisemblablement d'abord pour son lait, puis pour sa laine, sa viande, sa peau et son cuir. La plupart du temps, les chèvres sont domestiquées, mais on les trouve aussi à l'état sauvage dans quelques contrées du Caucase, d'Iran, d'Afghanistan ou d'Irak.
Taken on November, 2nd / 2015 in Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa.
One of the draws of Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia is the large Ebony tree forest. The morning light often glows as it filters through the large Ebony trees at sunrise. On this morning an elephant wandered into the glow and provided me this vision. It is a magical place even when the subjects don’t cooperate or the light gets harsh. It’s worth it just to take it all in with one’s eyes. (Loxodonta africana) (Sony a9iii, 70-200 f/4 lens @ 153mm, f/5.6, 1/400 second, ISO 1250)
Wikipedia: The ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) is a species of broad-winged damselfly. One of about 150 species of Calopterygidae, it is found in the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, ranging west to the Great Plains. Other common names include black-winged damselfly.
Prey of this species includes the tiger mosquito, giant willow aphid, fungus gnats, crane flies, large diving beetles, eastern dobsonfly, water fleas, green darner, aquatic oligochaetes, caddisflies, rotifers, copepods, amphipods, dogwood borer, six-spotted tiger beetle, freshwater triclads, and green hydra.
Conservation status: Secure
The white spot on the wings of this individual marks her as a female. Certainly not as showy as the male I posted a few days ago, but lovely nonetheless. Horn Prairie in Fayette County, Illinois.
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A Black & White Squirrel learning tolerance.
Exeter,Ontario
Canada
Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. Distinctive features of elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, pillar-like legs, and tough but sensitive grey skin. The trunk is prehensile, bringing food and water to the mouth and grasping objects. Tusks, which are derived from the incisor teeth, serve both as weapons and as tools for moving objects and digging. The large ear flaps assist in maintaining a constant body temperature as well as in communication. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears and convex or level backs.
The East Javan langur (Trachypithecus auratus), also known as the ebony lutung, Javan langur or Javan lutung, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is found on the island of Java, as well as on several of the surrounding Indonesian islands. The langur is considered endangered. Langurs cannot swim and in the wild they can live for up to twenty years. (Best in Large)
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[Calopteryx maculata]
Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly
Everyone out for the day, so I got a taxi to take me to a nearby “park with a river, please”.
“There’s a Lake, over there...” Some taxi drivers have such a drôle sense of humour 😂
I am hopelessly rubbish at driving, here...Automatic!!! I engage the clutch, but it’s the brake and lookout windscreen!
I spent a glorious three or four hours just whiling away the morning and afternoon, snapping off shots of anything I fancied.
Most of my birdie shots - grackles, cardinals, downie woodpeckers, red-wind blackbirds, and American robins are really bad. I was very excited to see so many, I’m afraid...and cyclists, walkers, joggers, skateboarders and children, CHILDREN, kept appearing out of the trees, specifically to scare away the wee birdies...😁
On the way out of the park, I saw this little guy flit in front of me. I followed him, like a stalker...Thrilled!
Taylor Creek Park
East End
Toronto
Canada
For The Smile on Saturday group - theme "Collage in Black and White"
The two in the centre are my neighbour's cats, the rest I have met on my 'travels'.
... live together in perfect harmony.
A dedication to Paul McCartney and Steve Wonder, who performed this wonderful song 1982.
Happy smile on saturday!
I finally got an image of one of these little beauties with enough back light to show some of the detail in those wings.
These guys were all over at the Greer Crossing Recreational Area where I camped. Oregon County, Missouri
Close up of Ebony....
Her beautiful highlighted hair and sweeping, lush eyelashes accent her lovely eyes and gorgeous face....