Giant Kingfisher.

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Giant Antpitta - Refugio Paz de las Aves, Ecuador

Bird Species (# 516) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

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Manatee County, Florida

August 8, 2020

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.

Indian giant squirrel, or Malabar giant squirrel, (Ratufa indica)

The spectacular "Côte du granit rose" coast (literally Pink Granit Coast) at Ploumenac'h (Brittany) with the lighthouse, called Maen Ruz (Red rocks).

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.

Papilio sp.

Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, and tropical Africa.

It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small "crown" rising from the center which holds the stamens. The aestivation found in calotropis is valvate i.e. sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin, without overlapping. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem.

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Commodore Barry Bridge.

Upper wings of the Giant Swallowtail are very different from the light yellow underwings (below).

The Liesbergmühle in Enger before a Spring thunderstorm. Enger, Ostwestfalen, Germany

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.

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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...

Northern Ireland

Saratoga National Historical Park

Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

day in zoo

The giant honeycomb structure design of Duo Tower at Fraser Street, Singapore.

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watch out mrs. the giant is going to get you.

Causeway

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.

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145 Years Old Giant Wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park

in Ashikaga, Tochigi.

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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

I noticed these giant mushrooms - each with a diameter of 25 to 30 cms, I guess - growing high up on the trunk of a willow.

I think it is Dryad's Saddle, but please correct me of not.

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

Start or finish of the Coastway Coast trail is Giant's Causeway. When I saw the first pictures I thought it must be giantly, but... it was an illusion. Fact: It is UNESCO world heritage, but for me the coast trail was better.

Here is the legend around the Giant's Causeway

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A tall, striking-looking plant which is related to Cow Parsley, but the sap can cause severe skin burns.

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Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka. September 9, 2022.

The most elaborately decorated cicada we have around here....