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Red Foxes provide such a pleasurable splash of color amid the otherwise relatively monochromatic landscape of winter. I've been watching the fox population up here for decades and it's interesting the way that every five years or so, the fox community undergoes a shift in color .... For a few years, they will all be Red, as now. In some years, you begin to see numerous foxes with coats of many colors, a sort of calico of black, red and white .... Then for a number of years you see only black foxes.
This, at first look, seems like maybe it would be simple genetic drift within the population, but it appears to be cyclical and therefore one might suspect some variable influence within the environment.
This year, fox and lynx populations are low, an effect of an extremely low ebb in the amount of snowshoe hares available for dinner.
Interestingly, and this is an established fact, albeit one which has never been adequately explained ..... The abundance of rabbits in the northland follows a regular rise and fall, more of a boom and crash, which is closely correlated with the 11 year cycle of sunspot activity. This year, along with a nearly total lack of magnetic storms on the 90 million mile distant sun, we have almost no snowshoe hares ... they are rare.
At other times, during solar maximum, they are virtually everywhere .... At those times, in the course of a drive along the Alaska Highway, you will see literally hundreds of rabbits. Now, virtually none.
Sunrise over the lake in Independence Grove.
This used to be a gravel quarry many years ago. It's amazing that a habitat for fish and other wildlife was created out of a sterile environment. All the mining materials were emptied out, clean fill added, and thousands of trees and shrubs were planted around the lake. Because the quarry originally had steep sides, gentle graded slopes had to be designed to create a safe shoreline for wildlife. Independence Grove opened to the public in 2001.
I took my mom on a date to NOLA, which ended at this cemetery. When we pulled through the gates, she turned to me and said, "This is what I call a target rich environment." Lakelawn Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Sandwich tern is a medium-large tern with grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow-tipped black bill and a shaggy black crest which becomes less extensive in winter with a white crown. Young birds bear grey and brown scalloped plumage on their backs and wings. It is a vocal bird. It nests in a ground scrape and lays one to three eggs.
Like all Thalasseus terns, the Sandwich tern feeds by plunge diving for fish, usually in marine environments, and the offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display.
This is a medium-large tern, 37–43 cm (15–17 in) long with an 85–97 cm (33–38 in) wingspan.
The Sandwich tern's thin sharp bill is black with a yellow tip, except in the yellow or orange billed South American race. Its short legs are black. Its upper wings are pale grey and its underparts white, and this tern looks very pale in flight, although the primary flight feathers darken during the summer.
Doñana National Park is a natural reserve in Andalusia, southern Spain. It covers 543 km2, of which 135 km2 are a protected area. The Parque Nacional de Doñana is one of Europe's most important wetland reserves and a major site for migrating birds. The parque itself and surrounding parque natural or Entorno de Doñana (a protected buffer zone) amount to over 1,300 km2 in the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla and Cádiz.
The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes in Las Marismas, the Guadalquivir River Delta region where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It was established as a nature reserve in 1969 when WWF joined with the Spanish government and purchased a section of marshes to protect it. Tourism at that time and the spread of hotels along the beach had been a major threat, but is today well regulated, educated and supportive to the management of the park. There has been a constant threat to the ecosystem, that of drainage of the marshes, the use of river water to boost agricultural production by irrigating land along the coast.
This image was taken in the Doñana National Park, near Cadiz in Southern Spain.
Today, these cooling towers at Cottam Power Station in Nottinghamshire were blown up in the name of the environment. Never again will I be able to shoot this view!
Buggerru is located on the west coast of Sardinia, characterized by small houses arranged in a fan, is located in the scenic sea mouth of a rugged valley, the Malfidano channel, which gave its name to the most important mining zona.La of his birth, in 1864 , it is linked to mining events of Sardinia ..
The early twentieth century, the population was five times that Buggerru starting twenty-first century; This is because in those years the town lived the most prosperous period of its mines. At that time the country was called "petite Paris" or "Little Paris" because the mining executives who had moved in the mining village with their families had recreated a certain cultural environment
Among these Georgiades Achille, a greek Constantinople arrived in Sardinia in 1903 to direct the mines of the Societe des Mines de Paris Malfidano. There was also the Frenchman Georges Perrier who ran a cinema; Also in the village there were also a theater and a club reserved for the elite of the French company executives. On the other side there were the miners who were working in inhuman conditions, underpaid and forced to exhausting shifts, often victims of fatal accidents at work.
On September 4, 1904, following the intensification of treatment imposed by Georgiades, the miners refused to work and made "the first general strike in Italy; The only answer Georgiades called the army that opened fire on the workers, killing three and injuring many more
This fact, even oggui, is remembered as: the "massacre of Buggerru".
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Buggerru si trova sulla costa occidentale della Sardegna, caratterizzato da casette disposte a ventaglio, si trova sullo scenografico sbocco a mare di un impervia valle, il canale Malfidano, che ha dato il nome alla più importante miniera della zona.La sua nascita, nel 1864, è legata alle vicende minerarie della Sardegna..
Agli inizi del XX secolo, la popolazione di Buggerru era cinque volte quella di inizio XXI secolo; questo perché in quegli anni la cittadina viveva il periodo più florido delle sue miniere. In quel periodo il paese veniva chiamato «petite Paris» ovvero "piccola Parigi" in quanto i dirigenti minerari che si erano trasferiti nel borgo minerario con le rispettive famiglie avevano ricreato un certo ambiente culturale
Fra questi Achille Georgiades, un greco di Costantinopoli arrivato in Sardegna nel 1903 per dirigere le miniere della Societé des mines de Malfidano di Parigi. C'era anche il francese Georges Perrier che gestiva un cinema; inoltre in paese vi erano anche un teatro e un circolo riservato alla ristretta élite dei dirigenti della società francese. Dall'altra parte c'erano i minatori che lavoravano in condizioni disumane, sottopagati e costretti a turni di lavoro massacranti, spesso vittime di incidenti mortali sul lavoro.
Il 4 settembre 1904, a seguito dell'inasprimento del trattamento imposto dal Georgiades, i minatori si rifiutarono di lavorare e fecero “il primo sciopero generale in Italia; per tutta risposta Il Georgiades chiamò l'esercito che fece fuoco sugli operai uccidendone tre e ferendone molti altri
Questo fatto, ancora oggui, viene ricordato come: l’eccidio di Buggerru.
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Behind the metal frame and glass panels, stairs and an escalator lead up to an enclosed walkway (overpass) over Macleod Trail, one of Calgary's busiest roads, and on to Chinook Centre shopping mall.
Note how the curved design of the red benches contrasts with the straight lines and angles of the structure behind them.
Regarding architecture, it is often said that "form follows function." While true in many cases, this ignores the fact that architects can also use frivolous architectural forms to show off, to indulge their egotism and vanity, and to attract attention to themselves for the purpose of obtaining future commissions. Viewers should ask themselves, "What is the purpose, the function, of the diagonal linear forms and triangular shapes on the outside of the structure [in the photo above]?" Mere decoration? Artistry that enhances the urban environment?
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Siempre he creído que Madrid tiene un gran atractivo cuando miras hacia arriba, sobre la parte más alta de los edificios.
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Al inicio de la calle Alcalá, cercano a donde está la estación de Metro de Sevilla, se encuentra el edificio de la antigua sede del BBVA, el cual está coronado por las esculturas de dos cuadrigas tiradas por cuatro caballos.
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El Banco de Bilbao, quiso destacar con estas imponentes esculturas, la imagen de fuerza y poder que tenían los bancos a principios del siglo pasado.
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Estos 2 conjuntos escultóricos de 25 toneladas de peso, fueron obra del escultor vasco Higinio Basterra y originalmente eran color dorado, por su recubrimiento de latón con paños de oro.
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Durante la Guerra Civil Española, estas esculturas se recubrieron con pintura oscura para evitar que sirvieran de referencia a los aviones franquistas que bombardeaban Madrid.
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También se dice, que durante el transporte de su lugar de fundición en Bilbao hasta Madrid, uno de estos caballos se perdió, lo que obligó a Basterra a hacer el recorrido inverso, hasta encontrar al caballo perdido.
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Hoy día este edificio alberga la Consejería del Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio.
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I have always believed that Madrid has great appeal when you look up, on the highest part of the buildings.
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At the beginning of Calle Alcalá, close to where the Seville Metro station is, is the building of the former headquarters of BBVA, which is crowned by the sculptures of two chariots drawn by four horses.
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The Bank of Bilbao, wanted to highlight with these impressive sculptures, the image of strength and power that banks had at the beginning of the last century.
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These 2 sculptural sets of 25 tons in weight, were the work of the Basque sculptor Higinio Basterra and originally they were golden color, for their coating of brass with cloths of gold.
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During the Spanish Civil War, these sculptures were covered with dark paint to prevent them from serving as a reference to the Francoist planes bombing Madrid.
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It is also said that during the transport of his casting site in Bilbao to Madrid, one of these horses was lost, forcing Basterra to make the reverse journey, until finding the lost horse.
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Today this building houses the Ministry of the Environment and Land Planning.
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A desert shrub survives the extreme environment along the Dog Canyon Trail in Big Bend National Park.
The rich colours of damp brickwork and a family of refuse sacks patiently awaiting a day out on the dustcart.
One I forgot to post ages ago.
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In "Labyrinth of Perception," the viewer is invited to navigate an immersive environment where geometry and colour playfully distort the boundaries of space and reality. This installation explores the interplay between the observer and the observed, challenging the conventional notions of perspective and dimensionality. The bold, intersecting lines and vibrant hues are designed to evoke a sense of disorientation and curiosity, prompting a deeper reflection on how we perceive and interpret our surroundings. As you traverse the corridors, allow yourself to become absorbed in the rhythmic patterns, letting each step guide you through a journey of visual and sensory discovery.
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The eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta), a white heron in the genus Ardea, is usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (A. alba). In New Zealand it is known as the white heron or by its Māori name kōtuku. Measuring 83–103 cm in length and weighing 0.7–1.2 kg, the eastern great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Its bill is black in the breeding season and yellow at other times, and its long legs are red or black. The colours of the bare parts of the face change to green during the breeding season. The breeding plumage is also marked by long neck plumes and a green facial area. The eastern great egret can be distinguished from other white egrets and herons in Asia and Australia by its very long neck, one and a half times as long as its own body. The eastern great egret has a wide distribution throughout Asia and Oceania, with breeding populations in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia (north-eastern), Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The egret breeds across Australia but only rarely in the southwest of the continent or dry interior. The largest colonies within Australia are in the Top End and Channel Country, which can number several thousand pairs. Colonies in the southeast of Australia can number several hundred pairs. The bird is an uncommon autumn and winter visitor to Tasmania. The diet includes vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small reptiles, small birds and rodents, and invertebrates such as insects, crustaceans, and molluscs. The eastern great egret hunts by wading or standing still in shallow water and spearing prey with its bill. The eastern great egret often breeds in colonies with other herons, egrets, cormorants, spoonbills and ibises. One brood is raised a year, although the breeding season varies within Australia. In the north of the country it is in March to May, in southern and central Queensland December and January, and October to December in the south. Located atop trees at a height of 20 m or more, the nest is a flat wide platform of dry branches and sticks with a shallow basin for eggs and young. The clutch consists of anywhere from two to six pale blue-green eggs, with three or four being the usual number. They are oval in shape and measure 52 x 36 mm. The subspecies is protected in Australia. 41804
The cow on the left and the calf in the middle are the ones I posted earlier this month. The cow on the right was peacefully grazing nearby and kept getting closer. I thought maybe the mom might get a bit defensive, but all remained calm. Again, this is two cows and one calf...not a cow and two calves. The cow on the right is on lower ground, making her looks smaller.
This was taken during the rut and there was a large bull nearby but he stubbornly remained in tall, dense willows so no shot of him on this day.
Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming.