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Great White Egret - Ardea Alba
The great egret is generally a very successful species with a large and expanding range, occurring worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. It is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes could be used to decorate hats. Numbers have since recovered as a result of conservation measures. Its range has expanded as far north as southern Canada. However, in some parts of the southern United States, its numbers have declined due to habitat loss, particularly wetland degradation through drainage, grazing, clearing, burning, increased salinity, groundwater extraction and invasion by exotic plants. Nevertheless, the species adapts well to human habitation and can be readily seen near wetlands and bodies of water in urban and suburban areas.
The great egret is partially migratory, with northern hemisphere birds moving south from areas with colder winters. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In 1953, the great egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was formed in part to prevent the killing of birds for their feathers.
On 22 May 2012, a pair of great egrets was announced to be nesting in the UK for the first time at the Shapwick Heath nature reserve in Somerset. The species is a rare visitor to the UK and Ben Aviss of the BBC stated that the news could mean the UK's first great egret colony is established. The following week, Kevin Anderson of Natural England confirmed a great egret chick had hatched, making it a new breeding bird record for the UK. In 2017, seven nests in Somerset fledged 17 young, and a second breeding site was announced at Holkham National Nature Reserve in Norfolk where a pair fledged three young.
In 2018, a pair of great egrets nested in Finland for the first time, raising four young in a grey heron colony in Porvoo.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Stilpnia vitriolina (Scrub Tanager / Tangara Rastrojera)
The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.
The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.
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Macro Mondays - Tape
Happy Macro Monday everyone.
Dolly was a bit miffed she'd put on a few pounds over Christmas. And that tape measure she'd got out of the Christmas cracker, was proof she wasn't going to fit into her Summer dresses.
PS ... for us mere mortals, the tape measure is tiny and totally useless for us.
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Smile on Saturday ~ Mushrooms
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Macro Mondays ~ Damage
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55 E Main St # 1, Avon, NY 14414, United States
Avon Inn is an historic inn located in Avon, USA, in Livingston County, New York. The main block was built in the 1840s as a residence in the Greek Revival style. The five bay structure features a two-story portico supported by massive Ionic columns.
In 1882, the building was expanded and remodeled for use as a sanitarium. It was expanded and remodeled in 1912, when it was converted for use as an inn and banquet hall. At this time a notable Colonial Revival style dining room was adde
Der aus dem Mittelalter stammende Königspalast, dessen spanischer Name Reales Alcázares de Sevilla lautet, blickt auf eine lange und sehr abwechslungsreiche Geschichte zurück. Erbaut für König Pedro I. auf den Ruinen eines maurischen Forts ist der Alcázar ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel für die christliche Bauweise, die die maurischen Elemente aus der langen Zeit der Maurenherrschaft miteinander kombiniert. Das Zeugnis der sogenannten Mudéjar-Architektur wurde ab 1364 errichtet und im Laufe der Jahrhunderte von den nachfolgenden Herrschern immer weiter ausgebaut. Schon den Herrschern der Mohaden, einem Berber-Volk, diente der Alcázar als Wohnsitz. Das ist bis heute so geblieben, der spanische König und seine Familie halten sich bei Reisen nach Andalusien stets im Königspalast in Sevilla auf.
The Royal Palace, whose Spanish name is Reales Alcázares de Sevilla, dates back to the Middle Ages and looks back on a long and very varied history. Built for King Pedro I on the ruins of a Moorish fort, the Alcázar is a striking example of Christian architecture, combining Moorish elements from the long period of Moorish rule. Evidence of the so-called Mudéjar architecture was erected from 1364 and continued to be expanded over the centuries by subsequent rulers. The Alcázar was already the residence of the rulers of the Mohaden, a Berber people. This has remained the case to this day, the Spanish king and his family always stay in the royal palace in Seville when traveling to Andalusia.
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I'm not sure why these are called Inca Doves. Reportedly, they've never inhabited the Andes Mountains of Peru where the Inca Empire thrived. They do live in Mexico and southern US states, however. And apparently they're expanding northward. Look out Colorado, they're coming. These are very small doves, just a little bigger than a sparrow.
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This is un-cropped, shot from only 15-feet away. If you love feather details, hit the expand arrows then F11 to see full-screen.
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A fading rose is still beautiful.
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Treasure Hunt #73 ~ Wires
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Posted expressly for the "Smile on Saturday!" theme of 8/6/2022: BRIGHT ON BLACK.
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A dark , colourless day today with sleet instead of snow leaving everything look dirty outside so a bit of colour to redress that from a Wax Melt Burner that a friend bought me for my birthday .
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Our Daily Challenge ~ Yellow Submerged
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Floods expand the River Adur at Partridge green near Ashurst in Sussex.
The huge cloud bank started to peel back to shed some much needed light across a cold wet landscape and lift the spirits, may the light always be with you .
A medieval grave cover in the south porch dated 1150, depicting a pair of cropper’s shears, provides the earliest evidence for the textile industry in Calderdale.
Although plague, which claimed the lives of three later vicars, caused considerable economic and social dislocation
in the late fourteenth century, during the fifteenth century the church was substantially enlarged in a magnificent perpendicular rebuilding in order to offer more spacious accommodation for the growing population of the parish sustained by the expanding textile
industry.
Fascinating concertina extension service cables for one side of a moveable pair of buildings (on tracks) that services airplane wings. The top one for compressed air is broken, while the bottom one for electricity is intact.
To all veterans of all branches: Thank you for your sacrifice, your bravery, and the example you set for us all. To all those who have served, and those who continue to serve… Happy Veterans Day!
Shown is the upper machine gun turret on the B17 Madras Maiden, taken when this rare plane visited Spokane.
When I turned 18 I was up for the draft as the Vietnam War was raging on. Rather than dodge bullets I enlisted in Rickover's Navy nuclear engineering program, getting a great education I later served as a nuke on 2 boomer submarines, deep underwater for a total of 577 days safe from any bullets. Was quite a unique experience. Was hard but joining the Navy was one of the best decisions I ever made. Came out a better man. And as it turned out I would have been drafted...my number came up.
We celebrate our veterans in America on this date. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
"In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Congress amended the bill on June 1, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since." Wiki
Pioneer Peak is a 6,398 foot mountain in the Chugach Mountains in the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley. I took this photo of Pioneer Peak from Reflections Lake next to the Knik River. You can see the snow capping the mountain. The snow covering has been expanding as rain comes through, as it snows at the higher elevations, and the coverage has slowly been moving down the mountain as winter approaches. You can see the effect of the wind as it passes the peak, condensing into cloud from the moisture as the snow on the mountain evaporates.
A prominent landmark in the Mat-Su Valley, Pioneer Peak was named for the pioneers of the Matanuska agricultural colony of the mid-1930s.
Taken 16 October 2017.
Pink Footed Geese at Martin Mere Wetlands in Lancashire, alarmed by the presence of a Buzzard (at the top of the photo). Very Noisy! Best expanded.
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Flickr Lounge ~ Macro
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Finally, the first of my daffodils has flowered!
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Celtfest expanded to Friday night this year, and the first group up was Ten Strings and a Goat Skin from PEI. They were a very talented group, much better than what one would expect from the opening act. I think they appeared so early because they had to move on quickly to other venues.
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More of my lovely new crocus flowers.
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I walked out into the garden today to find that this little beauty has flowered. Another of the tulips I planted last autumn.
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Wonderfully juicy satsumas.
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Alberta - Canada
When Jimmy Simpson camped at Bow Lake in 1898, he vowed that one day he would "build a shack here". Twenty-five years later he began building the first log cabin on the site and had a permanent base for his outfitting tours. He called his operation Num-Ti-Jah, a Stoney Plain word for pine marten, a small animal similar to a sable.
In 1937, the Banff-Jasper highway was completed as far as Bow Lake. Jimmy, his wife Billie and their children Margaret, Mary and Jimmy jr. began expanding on the original dream of a "shack". With the earnings from Margaret and Mary's professional ice-skating tours, the building of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge began. In 1940, the Lodge had six guest rooms. By 1950, a beautiful log and stone hotel with 16 rooms stood on the shores of Bow Lake.