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Der Donaudurchbruch, oder auch Weltenburger Enge, liegt am niederbayerischen Abschnitt der Donau zwischen Kehlheim und dem Kloster Weltenburg. Die Ausdehnung des Naturschutzgebietes beträgt etwa 560 Hektar, ist 5,5 Kilometer lang und etwa 400m breit.
The Danube Breakthrough, or Weltenburg Narrows, is located on the Lower Bavarian section of the Danube between Kehlheim and Weltenburg Monastery. The extent of the nature reserve is about 560 hectares, is 5.5 kilometers long and about 400m wide.
Here is a shot taken yesterday at Ladybower reservoir showing the extent of the dry weather we have had this year so far.
The piles of stones are the remains of Derwent church, demolished in the 1940's prior to the valley being allowed to flood.
The normal water line can be seen above that stone building where the bracken finishes.
Pied Flycatcher (F) - 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 (F) - 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 (f) - 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
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.
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
A figure really shows the extent of the rice terraces and the great work that must have been required to carve them into the mountain.
Just as amazing is how well the terraces continue to hold up (over 600 years since they were started) and be useful year after year to this day.
My website: In the Moment Creations
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
Pied Flycatcher (F) - 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
The beginnings of the feudal residence on the site of the chateau go back to the end of the 13th century. It underwent numerous reconstructions. The most significant took place at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century under the rule of the lords of Pernštejn. The original castle was transformed into a palace. A new, massive fortress was built around it. Thus, a combination of a castle and chateau was created. No building of this type has been preserved to this extent in Central Europe. Highly valuable remains of early renaissance wall paintings, two soffit ceilings, plus valuable elements of architecture such as the entry portal. The Pernštejns sold the chateau and manor to the King in 1560. The last significant reconstructions date back to the 1570s. The original furnishings of the interior were not preserved. The chateau is now the residence of the Museum of East Bohemia in Pardubice and part of the area is also used by the Gallery of East Bohemia.
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"The Morteratsch Glacier (romansh: Vadret da Morteratsch) is the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland.
It is, just after the Pasterze Glacier and Gepatschferner, the third largest and by volume (1.2 km3) the most massive glacier in the eastern alps. The Morteratsch Glacier is a typical valley glacier with a pronounced ice front. The accumulation zone lies between the peaks of Piz Morteratsch, Piz Bernina, Crast' Agüzza, Piz Argient, Piz Zupò and Bellavista. From Piz Argient to the ice front in the Val Morteratsch, its horizontal extent is about ~7 km (4.3 mi), with an altitude difference of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Together with the Pers Glacier, originating at Piz Palü, which joins the Morteratsch just below the rock formation Isla Persa ("Lost Isle"), it covers an area of about 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi). The volume of the ice is estimated to be about 1.2 km3. The Morteratsch Glacier drains through Inn River and Danube into the Black Sea.
In spring, depending on the snow conditions, a 10-km-long ski-run accessible to skilled skiers is marked on the glacier. It leads from the Diavolezza aerial tramway terminus to the Morteratsch inn and has an altitude difference of 1,100 m (3,600 ft). The RhB Station Morteratsch used to be situated directly at the ice front of the glacier. The ice front has receded over 1,800 m (5,900 ft) in the meantime, and cannot be seen from the station today.
Yearly length change measurements have been recorded since 1878. For the period to 1998, the overall retreat was over 1.8 km (1.1 mi) with a mean annual retreat rate of approximately 17.2 m (56 ft) per year. This long-term average has markedly increased in recent years, receding 30 m (98 ft) per year from 1999–2005. Substantial retreat was ongoing through 2006 as well.[1]
During the time that measurements have been taken, the glacier has advanced a few meters in only four years. Since the large glaciers react slowly to short-term climate changes, these advances cannot be accounted for by increased precipitation in the accumulation zone. On the high moraines to the left and right of the ice front, which are still nearly free of overgrowth, the enormous quantities of ice which were still being pushed down here at the end of the "Little Ice Age" in the middle of the 19th century can be seen.
Der Morteratschgletscher (rätoromanisch Glatscher dal Morteratsch oder Vadret da Morteratsch) ist ein Alpen-Gletscher in der Berninagruppe im Kanton Graubünden in der Schweiz. Zusammen mit dem Persgletscher ist er mit einem Volumen von rund 1,2 Kubikkilometern der volumenstärkste Gletscher der Ostalpen. Seit Beginn der systematischen Beobachtungen im Jahr 1878 hat der Gletscher 2,2 Kilometer an Länge eingebüsst, er ist heute noch rund 6,4 Kilometer lang und damit der drittlängste Gletscher der Ostalpen, nach Pasterze und Gepatschferner in den österreichischen Alpen.
Die beim Gletscherrückgang im Gletschervorfeld hinterlassenen Spuren gelten als typisch für die Alpen. Ein Gletscherlehrpfad erklärt an 20 Stationen Glaziologie, Geomorphologie und Vegetation. Entlang dieses Wanderweges stehen darüber hinaus Schilder zur Dokumentation des Gletscherrückgangs. Im Frühjahr führt eine Skiroute von der Diavolezza über den Gletscher.
Le glacier Morteratsch (en romanche : Vadret da Morteratsch) est le plus grand glacier de la chaîne de la Bernina. Il se situe dans le canton des Grisons en haute-Engadine.
Il a une longueur maximale de 7 km avec un dénivelé de 2 000 m et se termine au plus haut sur le Punta Perrucchetti à 4 020 m. Il couvre avec le glacier Pers environ 16 km2.
Entre 1878 et 1998, le glacier a reculé de 1,8 km avec une moyenne annuelle d'environ 17,2 mètres. Le recul s'est accéléré ces dernières années avec une moyenne de 30 mètres par an de 1999-2005.
À la confluence avec le glacier Pers, le glacier Morteratsch se comporte comme un barrage naturel bloquant les eaux de ruissellement et à l'origine d'un petit lac."
This informations was found at Wikipédia.
[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 a biogeographic definition, paramo is any intertropical mountain ecosystem, characterized by shrubby vegetation that generally occurs from altitudes of about 3,000 to 4,000 meters or up to 5,000 meters, that is, in regions above the forest line. continuous but still below the permanent snow line. It is found in East Africa, New Guinea, and Central and South America. However, since in each of these regions this ecosystem has a specific name, when discussing Paramos, we refer specifically to Andean Paramos.
In this strict sense of the term, all Paramos are located in the neotropical zone, mainly in northwestern South America, present in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. The ecosystem occupies over 30,000 km² of South America and represents 7% of Ecuador's territory. In absolute terms, Colombia is home to 50% of the extent of Paramos (in its three branches of the Andes) and the largest Paramo in the world (Sumapaz).
Paramos' climate is characterized by wide daily fluctuations in temperature and humidity. In general, cold and humid, can undergo a sudden and drastic change in which temperatures fluctuate from below freezing to 30 ° C plus in a daily freeze-thaw cycle. High altitude in tropical locations produces a special, cold, low air density atmosphere that allows for greater dispersion of ultraviolet radiation (light and heat). This climate can be summed up in the phrase "winter every night and summer every day."
In Paramo ecosystems, soils are generally recent, of glacial and volcanic origin, and many are still in formation. Its structure is a combination of organic material that decomposes very slowly in cold weather with volcanic ash. They usually have low pH (acidity) because of the abundance of moisture and high content of organic matter. These characteristics contribute to soil water retention, which in turn is the basis of an essential environmental service: the constant storage and distribution of clean water to lower places.
The largest and most known area is the Páramo grass, which covers large areas of the mountain ranges. It extends from approximately 3,500 to 4,100 m in height, and is mainly composed of grasses and small shrubs.
Pied Flycatcher (F) - 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
A wise person here on flickr 情事針寸II once told me that sharpness is not necessarily an essential factor when it comes to beautiful flower photography. While I admitted (and still do to an extent) that it's not an insignificant aspect to me, the sentiment resonated with me regardless and made me think twice before going for the sharpest available option, when looking for a suitable lens for flowers.
I shot this one with two lenses: A 90 year old special Zeiss Graphikon lens and one of my sharpest lenses for macros, the Nikon LS3510AF scanner lens. While the detail in the image by the latter is incredible of course and it's free of any abberations, I clearly prefer the look of the old Zeiss Graphikon, despite its flaws... maybe in part even because of them.
It's good to keep an open mind...
Shot with Carl Zeiss "Graphikon" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
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.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Mniotilta varia
(Black-and-white warbler / Chipe trepador)
The black-and-white warbler is a migratory species, breeding in North America and wintering in North and South America. It is typically found in deciduous forest in its breeding range.
During migration, this species prefers forest to other land cover types.
This species is migratory, wintering in Florida, Central America, and northern South America down to Peru. The IUCN estimates the extent of occurrence, or range, to be 11 500 000 km2.
Explored October 2, 2022
#sliderssunday
This is somewhat anti-cyclic because it's a photo taken in spring, whereas autumn is in full swing – but spring is so, too, in the southern hemisphere, so let's say it's an autumn image as seen from somewhere down under ;)
This is also another re-edit from a holiday on Baltic sea semi-island Usedom in 2013. I've already re-edited a few images taken during that holiday (please check my album), and I've always wanted to re-process this one because it's one of my favourites from that trip. The woods along the Usedom high coast are incredibly beautiful, and to wander through them felt like being in an enchanted forest. It was a truly magical experience.
Photographed with the tiny Pen-E-PL3, my very first MFT camera (which still exists). Needless to say, the 12,8 MP sensor isn't capable of capturing the absolute best details, and especially on the horizon there is a considerable loss of detail, but not to the extent that you couldn't at least guess what you see, namely a sailboat and one of the many ferries crossing the Baltic sea every day to different destinations such as Poland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic countries.
Please don't ask me about the (over-)processing steps in this re-editing journey, because a journey it was, and a rather long one, as I've been returning to this image on and off, doing this and that in different programmes until it finally felt "right" – at least for this moment ;) You can find the original, almost SOOC image in the second comment.
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The Green Hairstreak holds its wings closed, except in flight, showing only the green underside with its faint white streak. The extent of this white marking is very variable; it is frequently reduced to a few white dots and may be almost absent. Males and females look similar and are most readily told apart by their behaviour: rival males may be seen in a spiralling flight close to shrubs, while the less conspicuous females are more often encountered while laying eggs.
Although this is a widespread species, it often occurs in small colonies and has undergone local losses in several regions.
… 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.
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.
Medicine Lake, Alberta CA
I just returned from a trip to the Canadian Rockies where an early snow provided challenges driving but also some nice photo opportunities. This "lake" is in Jasper National Park. The massive fire in 2017 destroyed many of the trees surrounding this lake as you can see off to the right.
From Wikipedia: Medicine Lake is a geologic anomaly in the sense that it is not actually a lake but rather an area in which the Maligne River (flowing from Maligne Lake into the Athabasca River) backs up and suddenly disappears underground as a losing stream. During the summer months during intensified meltwater runoff the lake (which during the winter months is a meandering frozen river) fills to levels which fluctuate over time and with the runoff events. Much like a bathtub that is filled too fast for it to drain, it becomes laden with water (lake) until it can slowly drain as the tap flow (runoff) is reduced (river). The underground system is extensive and 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.
An aisle at Jedburgh Abbey, still beautiful despite the extent of the disrepair!
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Cabo da Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal, continental Europe and the Eurasian land mass.
The UK is renowned for being rainy - a reputation that is to some extent undeserved .
Taunton is only slightly wetter than New York.
Since record keeping began in Central Park in 1869, New York has averaged 120 days of measurable precipitation each year, (since 2000 the number of days has averaged 126).
Somerset typically receives about 141 rainy days.
Today was one of the wet ones.
"The quintessential Queenslander is a single detached house made of timber with a corrugated iron roof located on a separate block of land. They are all high-set, single-storey dwellings with a characteristic veranda that extends around the house to varying extents but never entirely surrounds it."
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
It's a tradition and essential part of our Christmas preparations that Tofu wears his hat and allows me to take photos. I tend to tell him that this is not a big deal and that all cats wear hats for Christmas. Does he believe me ? No, but he thinks that humans are strange and as a wise cat you simply accept that. Be tolerant and cooperative, at least to a certain extent, and the human will be happy. Life is good. :)
Posted for the Happy Caturday theme "A penny for your thoughts" and the Smile on Saturday theme "Get in the Festive Mood".
This is the town of Sisimiut, Greenland, filled with wonder, as nature rules to the fullest extent. Humans adapt.
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...
Ophrys araignée - Early spider Orchid
Le genre Ophrys est un groupe d'orchidées répandu dans une grande partie de l'Europe, de l'Afrique du Nord, des îles Canaries et du Moyen-Orient jusqu'à l'est du Turkménistan.
Ces plantes sont remarquables en ce qu'elles se reproduisent avec succès par pseudocopulation : leurs fleurs imitent les insectes femelles à un point tel que les mâles s'accouplent avec elles, les pollinisant ainsi. (Wikipedia)
The genus Ophrys is a group of orchids spread across much of Europe, from North Africa, the Canary Islands and the Middle East to eastern Turkmenistan.
These plants are remarkable in that they successfully breed by pseudocopulation: their flowers mimic female insects to such an extent that males mate with them, thus pollinating them. (Wikipedia)
With everything she does she melts your heart.
She is sweet and secretive,
and the next moment luring and wanton,
then she is funny, playful, spontaneous
and from one breath to another she gets sad
and concerned, or exhausted and worried.
Sometimes she sighs and moans at once,
smirks, jumps, and then she squirms,
pulls and pushes your buttons.
With her you never know what happens next.
She is unpredictable, moody, ambitious and curious, adventurous, lascivious, innocuous, adorable aggressive and sullen silent from here and there.
And every day a new shade of her personality unfolds in front of your
loving eyes and with every day more you fear even an infinitude of time would be too short to see everything from her, every idea, desire, every thought and mood, and you wish the day would have many more hours, and every year many more days to be able to love her to the fullest extent possible, for every part of her deserves at least to be fully loved once all alone.
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Thank you my wolfie for putting up with me ;)
Love you tons now and forever... your Milkyway (Lori)
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A Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon flies up into the treetops with additional material for the nest it is building with its partner.
Some facts about this species:
Habitat: Southeastern lowland forests of Papua New Guinea, although the full geographic range of this bird is poorly understood
Size: Weighs 2,250 grams (4.96 lb), making this the second largest living pigeon species behind the Victoria crowned pigeon; on average 70 cm (28 in) long
Population: In 2016, the species was precautionarily estimated to number fewer than 10,000 mature individuals
Threats: Hunted for meat and, to a lesser extent, for its feathers. Tame birds naturally, Crown Pigeon species now seem to be increasingly fearful of humans in the wild
Status: This species is categorised as Vulnerable because its population is estimated to be smaller than 10,000 mature individuals, it is thought to have a single subpopulation, and it is inferred to be declining
Sources: Wikipedia and ‘Datazone by Birdlife’
NOTE: This is NOT a wild bird. This image was captured inside a large outdoor aviary.
Species: Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon / Goura scheepmakeri / 紫胸鳳冠鳩
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One of the challenges photographing birds at this time of year is the molt that different species undergo. It is common to notice Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals,for example, without plumage around their heads; other species, especially the migrant and resident migrant Warblers, pass through more complete molts, and can look very odd (and be hard to identify).
The basic idea of a molt is to renew feathers that have been worn down or damaged in the activities the bird takes part in to survive. The pattern and extent of molting however varies by species. Some birds molt over a two year cycle, with different types of feathers going in stages; other have a pattern, a sequence of feather groups, that molt annually. If a bird has to fly to eat or capture food, for example, the molting of flight feathers is a delicate issue. Bald Eagles don’t have a first molt until the birds mature.
Eastern Screech-Owls, like some other high profile species, have a sequential molt, usually after breeding and fledging has occurred - around late August - and I found this bird in the ‘complete head molt’ phase. You can see some of the other feathers are coming in, so the head would seem nearly the final phase.
This image was secured late in the day, against the setting sun, as the bird was rousing for an evening’s hunt. I stayed only about a minute, to secure a few images.
This is a part of the picture book page that I bought for study English when I was a student. I've never read this... l0l
A small selection of the amazing extent of flowers at Gardens by the Bay. I shall end this series here as I have more Singapore sets to bring you in the future. Thanks very much for traveling virtually with us - I hope you enjoyed our tour of SE Asia. We were very lucky to go when we did - I think it will be a long time before we could do the same kind of trip restriction free.
La Défense est un quartier d'affaires situé dans la métropole du Grand Paris en Île-de-France, le premier en Europe par l'étendue de son parc de bureaux, aussi le premier en Europe pour le volume d’activités financières, et le troisième quartier d’affaires le plus attractif du monde, avant Londres selon les données de l’agence financière Bloomberg en 2022. Le quartier abrite notamment les sièges de nombreuses entreprises françaises et étrangères ainsi que l’autorité bancaire européenne. Il est situé en banlieue nord-ouest de Paris, dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine, sur les territoires des communes de Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre et La Garenne-Colombes, à l'extrémité occidentale de l'axe historique qui commence au palais du Louvre et se poursuit par l'avenue des Champs-Élysées, l'Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile et au-delà jusqu'au pont de Neuilly et l'Arche de la Défense.
La Défense is a business district located in the metropolis of Greater Paris in Île-de-France, the first in Europe by the extent of its office park, also the first in Europe for the volume of financial activities, and the third most attractive business district in the world, ahead of London according to data from the financial agency Bloomberg in 2022. The district is notably home to the headquarters of many French and foreign companies as well as the European banking authority. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, on the territories of the communes of Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes, at the western end of the historic axis which begins at the Louvre Palace and continues along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and beyond to the Pont de Neuilly and the Arche de la Défense.
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I'm somebody I used to be. Part of the mystic. Unfocused to some extent. Random to mystery. Late for anything you want to do. Or maybe not. Once. Sometimes s/m-ad. Standing on a stage mostly. Wrapped in a number of bizarre layers. Always involved and forever alone. Alive at login (I try not to miss it. I swear). I had a dream. Phenomenal. Then I woke up. Terrible. Then I see black. Yeah. Abra Cadaver. Unconsciously and endlessly here. Or maybe not quite so. I can't see you. If I see you, I'll never leave you. Maybe I'll talk to you. Or maybe not. I dunno anymore. But I have a lot of wishes. No, impossible. I sometimes act like a Demo. Other times I have a Lucky Strike. No, not the cigarettes, I'm thinking. But sometimes thoughts grow into pain. And it hurts. Unfailingly. A bit obscene. When I feel like it. Or rigorously shy. I throw words at the world to make it stop. I have an interest. Microscopic. And emotions. And a syndrome. But I don't have skin unless you touch me.
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black