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Giant Kingfisher.
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Verreaux's eagle-owl, also known as a milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl (Bubo lacteus), is the largest African owl. It is a resident primarily of dry, wooded savanna. Verreaux's eagle-owls are mainly grey in color and are distinguishable from other large owls by their bright pink eyelids, a feature shared with no other owl species in the world. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.
Conservation status: Least Concern
This is a Giant Swallowtail, the largest North American butterfly species. with a wingspan range of 86-140mm (3-3/8" to 5-1/2"). It flitted about my yard for a few minutes, but always returned to this mass planting of phlox.
I was fascinated by seeing this giant dragonfly fluttering in our garden. I've never seen one before. It's probably 4 or 5 times the size of a regular dragonfly, there was a regular one standing next to it and it appeared tiny compared to the giant one! I admit that it gave me both the awe and the chill!
Mesmerizing, ominous...some sort of invasion in our fields....only the cow seems oblivious to their looming presence. The scene caught my eye on a road trip through rural Missouri. Edited using Snapseed and Touch-Retouch.
Another archive pic from last summer at Prairie Garden Trust. This is a gorgeous butterfly, with yellow on the outside of the wing and different dark markings on the inside. There are similar species in other parts of the country and world, but this is the only one like this around here.
Wild - At Pantanal - MT - Brasil.
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probably every visitor to my photostream knows that I love kingfishers. This is an older image of a male Giant Kingfisher in Kafue NP, Zambia in November 2017.
Taken from a small boat on the Kafue River
The Giant Kingfisher is very large ( up to 45 cm or 18 inch ) and has a massive black bill.
Typically it hunts from a perched position next to rivers, lakes or lagoons but sometimes it can be seen hovering, a really impressive sight
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Met I have Giants, with their head reaching the clouds and open arms, on my way back home. Afraid I was, but not for long. Not after I saw that there was nothing to be afraid of those goodhearted Giants. I was to find out that Man was to fear so much more...
"We are shaped by our thoughts,we become what we think. When the mind is pure,joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
Buddha
I think this is the correct ID. When I was checking it out I found out there were 500 species of Swallowtails. That is a lot. :-)
Two giants moored in the Calandkanaal in Rotterdam harbor (Netherlands).
To get an impression of the size just try to locate the barge moored next to Thialf.
SSCV Sleipnir is a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) owned and operated by Heerema Marine Contractors. It is named for Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse ridden by Odin in Norse mythology. The vessel is equipped with two revolving cranes built by Huisman Equipment B.V., each with a capacity of 10,000 t (11,000 short tons); the main cranes can be operated in tandem to jointly lift 20,000 t (22,000 short tons). It was ordered in 2015 and built in Singapore by Sembcorp Marine. After its completion in 2019, SSCV Sleipnir succeeded Heerema's earlier SSCV Thialf as the largest crane vessel in the world. [source Wikipedia]
Size of Sleipnir is 220 x 102 meter
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A rare and very shy bird... very difficult to find and photograph.
Species # 960
Refúgio Paz de Las Aves - Mindo
Ecuador
Giant Antshrike - Sítio Macuquinho, Salesópolis, Brazil
Bird Species # (659) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624788152
Allium giganteum, common name giant onion, is an Asian species of onion, native to central and southwestern Asia but cultivated in many countries as a flowering garden plant. It is the tallest species of Allium in common cultivation, growing to 1.5 metres
Taken at Bayard Cutting Arboretum...
These beauties are such a delight to see flying around in the garden. So it's always nice to see that they are making more.
I always worry a little about them when they are on their honeymoon. They are very easy to spot and they are a highly sought after meal for birds.
Speaking of birds, the house finches have started visiting once more and I have seen a bunch of the tiny little guys that stick to the treetops. Well, I guess you can say I have seen them :) I haven't gotten a good look at the treetop hoppers, they move so quickly and stay so high. I know they are there, I hear them and see the activity. It's time to clean up boggy creek for the little migraters.
I will be on and off a while. I have a bunch of indoor projects in the works plus outdoor maintenance and company coming soon.
I hope your weekend is spectacular. Happy snapping.
When I went to our local park, Dan Foley, I really didn't expect to find much with so many people around...but then...I saw two Green Herons chasing each other and this one landed nearby and began to hunt! It ran and hopped from bolder to bolder then took this 'giant step' in search for prey! I just wish I had seen the catch, but it fled before that happened!
Prehistoric giant came up from the ocean, from the North Sea.
It's resting here
Its head all down, facing his home
Laying on its belly
Arms all flat on the lovely beach
Resting before it will take a deep dive into the ocean again
It's trying to camouflage
But I spotted it
I'm not telling anyone
Promise