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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished shot from April 2018. Enjoy.
Little Owl (Athane noctau)
The Little Owl is not a native species, having been introduced to Britain in the 1870s, but it appears to have occupied a vacant niche without having any detrimental impact on other species. Numbers and breeding distribution increased gradually, reaching an estimated breeding population of between 4,000 and 8,500 pairs at the time of Project Barn Owl. The current distribution extends across England, north to the Scottish borders and west into Wales, where it is largely confined to Anglesey and to eastern parts of the country. There have been very few records from Ireland.
Pairs remain on their breeding territories throughout the year, with territorial calling evident during autumn – when young birds are searching for breeding territories – and again during spring. Small cavities are favoured for breeding, these often located within hedgerow trees or the walls of old agricultural buildings. Favoured nesting chambers tend to be located some distance from the cavity entrance and with little daylight reaching them. The male will often perch close to the nest cavity while his mate is incubating her clutch of eggs.
Little Owls often hunt from a perch, taking small mammals and large invertebrates, including earthworms, cockchafers and other beetles. There is evidence to suggest that breeding success is linked to the availability of small mammals, though some pairs evidently do well on other prey; a pair breeding on the island of Skomer, for example, took a large number of Storm Petrels (Courtesy BTO).
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Juvenile house sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched ona fance and all fluffed-up.
Młody wróbel domowy (Passer domesticus) siedzący na ogrodzeniu i cokolwiek rozczochrany.
It was quite a misty morning - the droplets of mist were clearly visible in the air. Out on his morning forage this Blue-gray Gnatcatcher paused for just a moment on a twig. The autumn colors of distant Sycamore leaves made a nice soft background behind him.
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A Green heron doing some grooming. Wildwood, Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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I'm wearing the ENRAGE Humphry Sweatshirt which is rigged for Jake, Legacy and Legacy Athletic and Inithium Kario Fit and Flex. I wear the Flex version.
The sweatshirt comes with a fatpack consisting of 30 colours and is available from the ENRAGE Mainstore on the Veles Sim.
I also wear the ENRAGE Ethelbert underpants. Again, these are rigged for Jake, Legacy and Legacy Athletic and Inithium Kario Fit and Flex. I wear the Flex version.
The Underpants come in a fatpack which provides a choice of 36 colours. Pick them up from the Mainstore on the Veles Sim.
A bellbird looking a bit ill just sitting on a branch and not reacting as I walked past quite close to it.
Hope I didn't catch anything!
A little variation on my attempts at getting the "perfect" B&W flower shot, whatever that might be.
Milpitas, California.
A very late downy Moorhen chick. This was probably a replacement clutch after one (or more) failures
This interesting bird is building a nest with found feathers - his eyes say, don't try to take that feather from him!
Happy Smile on Saturday!
A young Currawong sitting on our fence. This little(?) bird is quite a character - a bit timid but very curious. Last week I was sitting on the lounge reading a book and I heard some tapping on the glass door. I turned around and there was this bird trying to work out how to get inside. It didn't expect to see me so it jumped back to the deck railing where one of its parents was waiting.
I thought Jasper looked particularly fluffy in this shot. And in fact, he is a pretty fluffy boy. Here he is on the trail at Lost Dutchman State Park, concerned that his human mom makes it down the trail OK (she's a trooper, but she's no mountain goat)
A juvenile Roseate Spoonbill wetting her bill in the reflecting marsh at sunrise. She just fluffed up her feathers creating the soft look.
Photographed on my son's deck with Lensbaby Sweet 50, Canon EOS RP, and processed with Photoshop and Topaz.
No AI program used for my image.
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
I watched for several minutes as this egret fished from is perch on a rock in perfect late afternoon light. It suddenly decided to fluff up all its feathers, apparently in breeding plumage. It only lasted a few seconds, I was fortunate to capture it mid-fluff.
Circle-B-Bar Reserve, Polk County, FL