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Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (m) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Trees in winter
With the arrival of winter, and often at the end of autumn, a new problem arises with trees. This specific "winter" problem is associated with the accumulation of wet snow and the formation of frost on the branches and trunks of trees. "Freezing rains" - phenomena occur under certain combinations of weather conditions: sleet, wind, fog, sudden changes in temperature with a "transition through 0 degrees". Such a significant load on the branches and trunks of trees can lead to emergency situations:
1. Breaking off and collapse of large branches. Typical for poplar, aspen, willow, linden, oak. To a lesser extent for pines and elms.
2. Breaking the forks of co-dominant trunks. Most often found in the above tree species with V-shaped forks. Less typical for U-shaped forks of birch and spruce.
3. Bending under the weight of snow and ice, with possible breaking of the trunks of inclined trees.
I found the trees without obvious problems :)
Oxalis latifolia is a native of Central America and equatorial South America but has been introduced very widely in Africa, Asia and Australasia; to some extent deliberately as an ornamental, but also covering the ground under coffee in Uganda, and as rabbit food in India. It is particularly successful at high altitude in India and Uganda, and also in subtropical situations in New Zealand and southern Africa.
O. latifolia is a plant of the humid tropics, especially at higher elevations (up to 3000 m in Colombia), and of the subtropics.
It is favoured by intensive cultivation, especially in orchards, gardens and plantation crops, where removal of other vegetation allows it to thrive, and where cultivations help to spread the bulbs.
It occurs on a wide range of soil types. The bulbs survive short periods of freezing but are killed by prolonged exposure to sub-zero temperatures.
The Indian rhinoceros is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km2. Moreover, the extent and quality of the rhino's most important habitat, the alluvial Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands and riverine forest, is considered to be in decline due to human and livestock encroachment. As of August 2018, the global population was estimated to comprise 3,588 individuals, including 2,939 individuals in India and 649 in Nepal. Kaziranga National Park alone had an estimated population of 2,048 rhinos in 2009.
Nearly 85% of the global Indian rhinoceros population is concentrated in Assam, where Kaziranga National Park contains 70% of rhino population. (Wikipedia)
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This very large male rhino had just had an altercation with another very large male. He is leaving the scene of the dust-up with a couple of wounds to his shoulder and a couple of Eastern Cattle-Egrets on his back. The ranger that was with us was not concerned with the injury.
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. March 2016.
Asian Adventures - Northeast India.
Lo and behold, it's Poppy Day again. I'm surprised myself how many different shots I brought back from just three different locations.
Somehow they are quite similar to some extent and yet they are not. I have no idea if you understand what I mean by that.
In any case, their specificity is enough to post them all.
I've counted it, we'll still have about two months of Poppy day as my monday flower greetings. Unless I bring one here and there in the middle of the week.
Und siehe da, schon ist wieder Mo(h)ntag. Ich bin selber überrascht, wie viele verschiedene Aufnahmen ich von nur drei verschiedenen Standorten mitgebracht habe.
Irgendwie sind die sich schon teilweise recht ähnlich und trotzdem auch wieder nicht. Ich hab keine Ahnung ob ihr versteht was ich damit meine.
Auf jeden Fall reicht ihre jeweilige Besonderheit aus um sie alle zu posten.
Ich hab mal durchgezählt, wir werden noch ungefähr zwei Monate Mo(h)ntage haben. Es sei denn ich bring hier und da mal eins schon mitte der Woche.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
This year we do seem to have had a winter that lived up to the name - and is still doing so to some extent since every night the temperature is dropping below zero. Having said that I think that scenes like the above are probably now behind us.
hff! and weekend to all.
[Eng. /Esp.]
To some extent, and if it weren't because it's his outbound segment, my son's unrelenting rowing passion seems like a long, long trip to Ithaca.
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De alguna manera, y si no fuera porque es la parte de la ida, la pasión infatigable por el remo de mi hijo Pablo se parece a un largo, largo viaje a Ítaca.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol comprising a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or particles suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. The droplets and crystals may be made of water or various chemicals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere (which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere). Nephology is the science of clouds which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology.
There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the atmosphere; Latin and common. Cloud types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adaptation of Luke Howard's nomenclature. Formally proposed in 1802, it became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms that appear in any or all of three altitude levels (formerly known as étages). These physical types, in approximate ascending order of convective activity, include stratiform sheets, cirriform wisps and patches, stratocumuliform layers (mainly structured as rolls, ripples, and patches), cumuliform heaps, and very large cumulonimbiform heaps that often show complex structure. The physical forms are divided by altitude level into ten basic genus-types. The Latin names for applicable high-level genera carry a cirro- prefix, and an alto- prefix is added to the names of the mid-level genus-types. Most of the genera can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties.
Two cirriform clouds that form higher up in the stratosphere and mesosphere have common names for their main types. They are seen infrequently, mostly in the polar regions of Earth. Clouds have been observed in the atmospheres of other planets and moons in the Solar System and beyond. However, due to their different temperature characteristics, they are often composed of other substances such as methane, ammonia, and sulfuric acid as well as water.
Taken as a whole, homospheric clouds can be cross-classified by form and level to derive the ten tropospheric genera and the two additional major types above the troposphere. The cumulus genus includes three species that indicate vertical size. Clouds with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one altitude level are officially classified as low- or mid-level according to the altitude range at which each initially forms. However they are also more informally classified as multi-level or vertical.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud
Urbino is the town that everyone wants to visit but has never heard of which explains why this beautiful city has never been commercialized to the extent that we see in some other areas of Italy. We can thank Federico da Montefeltro a bastard son who excelled at mercenary work for Urbino’s development into a cultural hub, after the legitimate heir died Federico assumed power leaving behind martial endeavors and embracing Renaissance ideals. The town sits between two steep hills with city life straddling between them the roads are more suited to carts than automobiles but all this adds to the charm as does the lack of tourists.
I took this on Sept 07, 2011 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 52mm, 1/500s, f10 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Shot from the hip while walking, so it's a bit blurry; hope you'll find the composition good enough to justify this to some extent. :-)
Taken on a morning walk on the beach. A beautifully patterned array of seaweed debris that is outlining the extent of the sea washing up on the beach.
about the extent of their differences. It is more profitable to think of points of agreement :-)
John Henry Joshua Ellison, c.1907
HBW!!
japanese camellia, 'Rosea Supreme', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. It is a distinctive feature of the culture of Myanmar, seen commonly applied to the face and sometimes the arms of women and girls, and is used to a lesser extent also by men and boys.
Medicine Lake - This intriguing lake is a place of mystery and Indian legend. Due to a unique underground drainage system, the water level of the lake varies from season to season … sometimes it actually disappears! Every fall this lake mysteriously drains. What makes Medicine Lake unusual is that there is no visible channel for draining the lake – so where does the water go? The answer is, “out the bottom,” like a bathtub without a plug. Early Indians once thought that “spirits” were responsible for the dramatic fluctuations in the placid waters. Interpretive exhibits explain the phenomenon but nobody knows for sure where all of the water goes.
During the 1970s researchers used a biodegradable dye to determine the underground river's extent. The dye showed up in many of the lakes and rivers in the area to the point where it became clear that the underground system was one of the most extensive in the world.
Medicine Lake was long, most part of the lake was dry, people walked on the lake to catch the fishes... this was the "deepest" part of the lake. The photo was taken at sunset with reflection of the mountain on the lake, the golden light painted the mountains beautifully!
A Floribunda rose discovered by Australian rosarian Lilia Weatherly in 1995 as a mutation of the pure white Iceberg rose. I have the white Iceberg rose at home and have also noticed over the years the odd rose with a pink tinge but not to this extent.
about the extent of their differences. It is more profitable to think of points of agreement :-)
John Henry Joshua Ellison (1855–1944), c.1907
HPPS!! stay safe my friends, take care :-)
rhododendron, in the neighborhood, cary, north carolina
Kew Gardens Lion Gate
Lion Gate is at the southern end of the Gardens on Kew Road opposite the end of Lion Gate Gardens.
This gate marks the location of the Pagoda Gate, one of the original late 18th/early 19th century entrances to the Pleasure Gardens at Kew. The statue of a Lion that tops the gate formerly stood on one of the entrance lodges associated with the early-19th century main gates. After these were removed the Lion was first moved to another “Lion Gate” near the current Cumberland Gate but sometime after 1840 it was moved again to the Pagoda Gate, which was then renamed the Lion Gate.”
From: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Heritage Site management plan:
“Lion Gate – provides visitor access from Richmond and marks the southern extent of the Kew Road brick boundary wall. Here the setting for the gate from outside the Gardens is provided by the Lions Gate Lodge and its metal railings, which sit beyond the end of the Gardens’ long brick wall. There is a linear long distance view into the Gardens from this gate, of a tree lined tarmacked avenue behind the Pagoda, but the eye cannot roam as trees restrict the view in any other direction. The Lion Gate Lodge is also part of the setting of the Lion Gate from inside the Gardens, currently hidden behind incongruous lap fencing.”
What can I say?
When I've already said a lot of nothing?
Oh that's right...
You wanted something...
Something...
Here.
"I'm moving on
I'm getting paid
I'm on my own
I had some space to deal with it
I'm moving on
It's getting late
Go and grab someone and find a place to deal with it
Yeah, don't even try
Can't fuck up my vibe
Double cuppin' in the ride
Motherfucker, don't play with me"
Anthomyiidae.
Iedereen bedankt voor de reactie en de favorieten/vind ik leuk!!!
Één enkele foto, geen stack.
Anthomyiidae.
Thanks everyone for the response and favorites/Likes!!!
One single shot, no stack.
Originally created for Macro Mondays theme, "Forks." Well I've been going with sharply detailed focus lately so I figured it was time to mix things up a bit. I knew this was a job for the
When I heard that this week's theme was forks, I thought to myself, 'What can I do with a fork that hasn't been done before?"
Pentacon lens and it didn't disappoint. Focus DoF can be so overrated. :) When I was done with 'the shoot" I wound up with a few images that I liked, this is one of them. All the images were created with the 50mm Pentacon f/1.8 with a Nikon PK-13 27.5mm extension tube, one fork, one window screen, one piece of aqua colored paper, some cleaner in a squirt bottle (not used for this shot) and the morning sun for light. Single image processed in Photoshop.
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… I guess I‘ve always been to a certain extent. I remember being around the age of 7 or 8 when I recorded the first 'album' which consisted of a friend of mine and me playing on a small toy piano. It was probably around 25-30 minutes of instrumental music, recorded on a cassette, and the process for each song was me trying to come up with some chords and then telling my friend which keys he could use to improvise a melody over it.
I‘m sure quality varied… but of course the memory is hazy. We even thought of titles for each track, trying to match the mood of the songs and made some cover artwork for it. A couple of years later - when I was a somewhat 'cool kid' with 11 or 12 - I found the cassette again and deleted it, in order to avoid the risk of anyone else finding it and laughing at me…
Decades later I would love to still have it and listen to it, but I guess that‘s the way it is. 😂
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Music".
It shows a small detail of my acoustic guitar, which I got when I was 6 years old and still play to this day - sometimes even together with my own kids!
Shot with a Noritsu "32 mm F 4" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
3 plumes de perroquets Ara généreusement donné par l'animalerie locale. Empilement de 50 photos. 90mm + tubes d'extension 26mm + Raynox 250.
Macro of 3 Macaws feathers. Shot at 90mm + 26mm extension tube and Raynox 250. Stack of 50 images.
So, spring is slowly rolling back through my mountains. At this elevation the trees aren't really budding yet, but at sunset with the sun in the background it hides that to an extent. This is Cowee Mountain Overlook along the blue ridge parkway, one of my favorite places to shoot sunset, that's both accessible, and gives a stunning view. Of course I knew what the weather conditions were before I went, and had planned to hit Craggy visitor center. I wasn't even going to stop here, but I noticed that the rays were really clear at this overlook, so I took a chance. This was an hour and a half before sunset. After taking this shot I drove on, only to discover that the rays were behind me, and the clouds ahead were not as energetic. So, in the interest of saving the drive, and not missing a shot I went back to ride out sunset on hopes and dreams.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f11
SS: 1/160
Focal: 16mm
Four shot across panorama using exposure bracketing.
In an Enchanted Rose Garden Destroyed by Indignant Old Ladies’ Fatal Lobbying
While I was taking pictures here one day, two old ladies appeared behind me and cried shame and scandal at the sight of the untidy state of this rosarium at some extent left to itself. I, on the other hand, had year after year enjoyed the enchantment of this sleepy rose garden at the Donaukanal in Vienna and found lots and lots of wonderful photo motifs there. I could not foresee the impending disaster at that moment.
Old ladies indignant at untidiness are a natural force that can't be stopped with bare hands (except by strangling them in time, but this isn't allowed by the law). In the spring of the next year, when I wanted to look for the first rose blossoms there, I found a construction site fence with the announcement that they were laying out a new rosarium... I waited one year for the result.
The result? The result is shattering. The result is tidiness without any roses. It's an annoying alibi parkway. The Vienna municipality gardeners are doing great jobs. Any of their parkways is worth being photographed, because they follow their excellent ideas, except this one, which is the result of the indignant old ladies' fatal lobbying.
Luckily I have dozens of photos of this wonderful rosarium destroyed by human stupidity in my archives...
An aisle at Jedburgh Abbey, still beautiful despite the extent of the disrepair!
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UPDATED: 14th November, 2018
A view of the buildings on the north side of Lincoln's historic courthouse square as seen from the steps of the Logan County Courthouse. This view shows the entire 600 Block of Broadway St. All of the properties in this view lie within the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Of the eight buildings shown above, the former Lincoln Savings and Building Association building (c. 1914, Neoclassical) at the corner of Broadway and N. Kickapoo St. (left), and the two-story commercial building at the opposite end of the block (c. 1895, Italianate) at the corner of Broadway and N. McLean St. (right). are contributing properties in the historic district.
The buildings sandwiched between the two ends are a mix of newer mid-century commercial buildings, and older buildings that have been modernized to the extent that their historic architectural antecedents are basically unrecognizable. These buildings are non-contributing properties within the historic district.
Lincoln is the seat of Logan County, which is situated in central Illinois approximately 26 miles northeast of Springfield, the state capitol. The estimated population of Lincoln in 2018 was 13,685.
Schorpioenvlieg, mannetje, Panorpidae.
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Scorpionfly, male, Panorpidae.
Thanks everyone for the response and favorites/Likes!!!
One single shot, no stack.
Matera is a town in the basilicata region of southern Italy. Matera is known for its old town, which consists to a considerable extent of cave settlements, the Sassi. The Sassi have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. On 17 October 2014, Matera became the first city in southern Italy to be named European Capital of Culture 2019.
In the foreground is the Royal Castle (Dresdner Residenzschloss). Much of the castle was destroyed during WWII and I remember it well being in ruins, to a large extent, as late as 1978. Its restoration has been completed in 2013 and it is such a pleasure to see it whole again.
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
Leonardo da Vinci
Encontrei essa bela mosca parada sobre uma folha e a princípio seria realizado somente um clique mas para minha sorte ela se manteve imóvel por alguns segundos o que favoreceu a aplicação da técnica de empilhamento de foco em campo (Field stacking).
Foram realizadas 25 fotografias combinadas posteriormente com o programa Combine ZP.
... that French snails are remarkably strong.
This picture has lots of lovely notes. If they are not where they should be when you open the page, going to lightbox and back again should do the trick. It's simply a Flickr quirk. No comment!
They are slimy customers, but they work hard! At the moment this one, Hercules, is getting a bit of shut-eye after a hard day's work!.
But French snails can cause quite a lot of damage and, as you may have noticed, they have a penchant for concrete! I know it's hard to believe that but you can take it as gospel, you have my word for it! And after all, seeing is believing, is it not?
According to a Pillbox Study Group report, over 18,000 pillboxes were built for the defence of Britain in 1940. But, despite the herculean nature of the task, not a single snail, French or otherwise, was mentioned in the report. Classified information is my guess.
Interestingly enough, the first thing the Germans did when they marched into Paris, was to round up all the snails! There was work to be done!
In France, snails grow on trees (see below). At first the trees didn't like snails very much but, in the fullness of time, the snails grew on them. Also, they are said to be edible - that's snails not trees - which means they are fit to eat. Yuck! You may not like them either at first but, given time, they may even come round to growing on you! (ツ)
The French are eating snails (see below) not only as a delicacy but also as a convenient form of pest control. The downside is that the snail is fast becoming an endangered species which, in turn, could mean the end of the pillbox manufacturing industry as we know it?
View in lightbox and zoom in to admire his craftsmanship.
Do you believe that? Well, if you believe that they can do it, then they can do it, if you believe. So, in your comment below, just say : We do! We do! We do! And I firmly believe that both Irving Berlin and Johnnie Ray would have endorsed that. ♫♫♫ (new tab).
And to any lingering sceptics, I would say: Be ye not of little faith! The evidence is there, before your eyes, concrete evidence no less. No trick photography, no special effects, no added sweeteners; He’s a real, live French snail asleep on the job! The extent of his capabilities is undeniable. So, where’s the problem?
P'tit Glossaire (en cas de besoin!) ;-))
- shut-eye = sommeil / demi-sommeil
- to come round to = finir par / arriver à
- to grow on (someone) = apprendre à aimer (quelqu un)
- to be slow on the uptake = être lent à comprendre (voir note)
- seen better days = vieux et délabré (voir note)
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Take care, my friends, and many thanks for calling,
Colin ... (ツ)
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See, below, what looks like a new project underway ( ツ)
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Happy Every Day is Stairs Day!
Perhaps no other house in Riga embodies the spirit of the Renaissance to such an extent as the Benjamin House. The shape of the house is reminiscent of an Italian "palazzo" and its owners over time, like the builders of the "palazzo", have been rich, influential and art-loving. This large mansion is essentially a palace.
The house was built in 1876 for the wealthy merchant Pfäb family according to a project by Berlin architects. The Pfäbs at that time, among other things, owned the Central Market Speakers Complex and the Dannenstern House. Over time, luck turned away from the family and in 1928 the Pfäbs could no longer maintain the house. The house was sold to the Benjamiņi family, later - in 1939 the Pfäbs repatriated to Germany.
The house was purchased from the Pfäbs by Antons and Emilija Benjamiņi - the most influential people in Latvia at that time, owners of a mass media empire. The house became more magnificent during the Benjamiņi period, and by 1930 it was rebuilt according to a project by E. Laube. Outstanding works of art ended up here, popular artists performed in the salon of the Benjamiņi House.
As there started Soviet occupation, Benjamins family fell into disfavour to the new power. Emilija was exiled to Soberia and died from hunger there soon. The house was natonalised and in 1945 there started to operate the Union of Writers, Composers and Artists. After some time this union united freethinkers under occupation regime (of course - open expression of their attitude was impossible), there often took place public events.
In 1990ies the house was inherited by posterity of Benjamins. In 2006 the building was restored and there was opened hotel "Europa Royale".
From www.ambermarks.com/_Pieminekli/IsieApraksti/Riga/Centrs/K...