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A parrot is pictured feeding from a tree long the Paseo Las Vistas pedestrian promenade alongside the Playa de Las Vistas beach in Los Cristianos.
My oldest boy and I went for a hike on the Lime Kiln Trail today. Poor wee chickadees are so hungry in this midwinter deep freeze that they were dive-bombing us and fighting for the food!
She really enjoyed visiting the chickens to feed them...(or as she calls them, the "bockbockbocks").
The weather canopy ends of working a bit like insulation. Not only does it completely block the wind, but on a 15 minute ride, the air temperature under the canopy becomes 10 to 15 degrees warmer (my estimate). So, although it would appear that she's "sitting out in the cold". she's actually warmer as she rides.
So, there have yet to be complaints about getting on the bike this winter. Nor have their been any fits of "how much longer till we get home?". Instead, she enjoys seeing the sites and sounds along the route, like the Christmas lights lining Main Street, or the impressive impromptu snowman on the lawn of the City Building.
No, the only fit today was when we had to say goodbye to the bockbockbocks...
Feeding Innovation – Stocktaking workshop on a Feed Innovation Toolkit for Livestock in the tropics, Dak Lak, Vietnam, 22–24 September 2014 (photo credit: ILRI/Nils Teufel).
a Guga (Juvenile gannet) feeding from one of its parents which has recently returned from a fishing trip
Gannet - Morus Bassanus
Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft).
Gannets are colonial breeders on islands and coasts, normally laying a single egg which is chalky blue in colour. They lack brood patches so use their webbed feet to warm the eggs. It takes five years for gannets to reach maturity. First-year birds are completely black, and subsequent sub-adult plumages show increasing amounts of white.
The most important nesting ground for northern gannets is the United Kingdom with about two thirds of the world's population. These live mainly in Scotland, including the Shetland Isles. The rest of the world's population is divided between Canada, Ireland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, with small numbers in France, the Channel Islands, Norway and a single colony in Germany on Heligoland.
The biggest northern gannet colony is on Scotland's Bass Rock; in 2014, this colony contained some 75,000 pairs. Sulasgeir off the coast of the Isle of Lewis, St. Kilda, Grassholm in Pembrokeshire, Bempton Cliffs (as seen here) in East Yorkshire, Sceilig Bheag, Ireland and Bonaventure Island, Quebec are also important northern gannet breeding sites.
Gannets hunt fish by diving into the sea from a height and pursuing their prey underwater. having a number of adaptations which enable them to do this:
no external nostrils, they are located inside the mouth instead;
air sacs in the face and chest under the skin which act like bubble wrapping, cushioning the impact with the water;
positioning of the eyes far enough forward on the face for binocular vision, allowing them to judge distances accurately.
They can dive from a heights of up to 30 metres (98 ft), achieving speeds of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) as they strike the water, enabling them to catch fish much deeper than most airborne birds.
They let you feed the orphan lambs, Sam was too nervous to try at first but Tanith threw herself into the activity with gusto! Sam did manage to do it, but I wasn't able to take a picture of her :(
This Perigeuex shopkeeper was standing in her doorway feeding an abandoned hedgehog while her dog, Doudou, sat on the pavement making sure no one came too close
This was one of the shots I got of the buffalo... Not very pleasant surroundings because as you can see their feeding trough is where the water collects and as a consequence they are walking in mud.. It is my understanding that they are raised for slaughter for the meat...
Michael made these geese sculptures from discarded snowmobile mufflers. They have moved themselves down next to the swimming pond.
Click Here to see the geese standing guard over the pond.
Feed The Rhino @ Hevy Festival, Port Lympne - 7th + 8th August 2010
I covered this for www.pushtofire.com
We were supposed to get only a light dusting of snow but it's up to around 3-4" so far and counting. I'd forgotten what a great shelter the table itself made on the deck but Lynda remembered and set feed out in an old water dish. There's also a board next to the house protected by the overhang that gets lots of visitors. I keep trying to catch a shot of the varied species that congregate together - this and the next are the best so far but it seems more crowded before I get the camera in place.
I came across 20-30 vultures feasting on the body of a deer. They seemed too excited about their meal to worry about me, although several did fly up to perch on a tree branch to keep watch.
Knowing that some viewers will be sensitive, I'll keep the majority of the deer's body out of what I post. But, I went away, amazed by the sheer number of these large birds, and by the absence of fear while I was present.
these are the kids we've been feeding for more than six months now at our saint andrew the apostle parish. these kids have charms you cant resist
Dollard meer info.
Dollard
De Dollard (Duits: Dollart, Gronings: Dollert, Oostfries: Dullert) is een zeearm, onderdeel van de Waddenzee, op het grensgebied van Nederland en Duitsland. De rivier de Eems mondt hier in uit en stroomt daarna door naar de Noordzee. De Dollard is ongeveer 100 vierkante kilometer groot. De Duitse stad Emden ligt ten noorden ervan en de Nederlandse stad Delfzijl ligt een kleine negen kilometer ten westen van de Dollard. De Nederlandse kust van deze zeearm is dunbevolkt en er liggen enkele kleine dorpen als Fiemel. Op de grens van Nederland en Duitsland bevindt zich de monding van de Westerwoldse Aa. Hier ligt tevens het sluizencomplex Nieuwe Statenzijl. Het getijverschil in de Dollard is meer dan drie meter. Het water van de Dollard is brak doordat het zeewater zich hier mengt met het water uit de Eems.
Dollart
Ems estuary: The Dollart is at the bottom rightThe Dollart (Dutch: Dollard) is a bay between northern Netherlands and Germany, on the west side of the estuary of the Ems river. Most of it dries at low tide. Many water birds feed there.
The Dollart was likely created between 1219 and 1413, by the rising waterlevel and some floods. However, in the beginning that wasn't a real problem. The land was protected by dikes. But in the battle between the schieringers and vetkopers, two medieval Frisian parties, some dikes were attacked. Some historians think that those dikes collapsed in 1413 and overflowed the land (Reiderland). In 1520 the Dollart had its largest surface. Between then and the 19th century, the Dollart had partly been re-empoldered again.
Nowadays it's a paradise for all kinds of birds and other animals that live around water. The foundation of protecting and examining the landscape of Groningen, Het Groninger Landschap, organizes excursions to the Dollart around three times a year.
The Netherlands and Germany do not agree on the exact course of the border through the bay.
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