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Another photo of one of the Grey Partridge chicks at our zoo. It was a pleasure to watch these cute little fluffballs of different sizes, all healthy looking and quite active, although this one seemed to need a short break.
This is a Brahminy starling in an aviary at our local zoo. I love the colour of these birds and they have very expressive faces too ! It's often not easy to take photos of them due to the dense vegetation. This one sat on a tree and looked down on a duck who was swimming in a little pond under the tree.
I add another capture in the comments which shows the "normal" appearance of the starling.
Rietvlei Nature Reserve is open to private vehicles and offers superb sightings of the wildlife of the South African highveld. There is a bird hide and an area set aside for picnics at Marais Dam upstream from Rietvlei Dam and there are day and overnight hiking trails and horse trails (all accompanied by reserve staff). There is also a fishing area/camping site along part of the banks of Rietvlei Dam.
As beautiful as these creatures are be aware of them this time of year, they can be a bit nippy, especially if they have cignets.
This one was very hissy but posed beautifully for his/her portrait.
Catching up as always 😊
Some more close-ups of the cygnets, taken on Sunday morning, when they would have been 3 days old.
More shots in the comment, the last one taken last Friday - 1 day old.
I'm going to be busy with my grandsons, so won't have time to post or comment for a few days. Thanks, as always for your kind comments and I'll catch up as soon as I can.
"Swan Fluff" by Patti Deters. A Trumpeter Swan fluffs its wings on a cold winter day as it settles in on the St. Croix River in Hudson, Wisconsin with two other Cygnus buccinator in the background. Texture overlay and other editing transform the already lovely photograph into fine art. Please enjoy more of my (wildlife and more) images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/swan-fluff-patti-deters.....
On my Edgewater walks
Edgewater by Del Webb
Elgin, Illinois - Near 42.0109, -88.3477
February 15, 2024
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The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds. The museum includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others.
The Grade II* listed building housing the museum was once the world's largest woollen mill. The current structures were built in 1805 by Benjamin Gott and closed as a commercial mill in 1969.
風が吹いた瞬間に押したつもりでしたが、
いつも通りに瞬発力が足りず。。。
そして、もうちょっと絞っておけばよかったなとも思いました。
でも、こんなことに時間を使えるなんて
なんて豊かな時間だったのだろうと
そのことを嬉しく思いました。
I happened to catch this guy in mid-fluff. Apparently this can also be a response to heat, although we often see them doing it briefly...
The nests of herons are usually found near or above water. They are typically placed in vegetation, although the nests of a few species have been found on the ground where suitable trees of shrubs are unavailable. Trees are used by many species, and here they may be placed high up from the ground, whereas species living in reed beds may nest very close to the ground. Generally, herons lay between three and seven eggs. Larger clutches are reported in the smaller bitterns and more rarely some of the larger day herons, and single-egg clutches are reported for some of the tiger herons. Clutch size varies by latitude within species, with individuals in temperate climates laying more eggs than tropical ones. On the whole, the eggs are glossy blue or white, with the exception being the large bitterns, which lay olive-brown eggs.
Info source URL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron
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Photo capture date & Location: 2020-02 Bushtime at Mabula