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"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
"I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food" ~Erma Bombeck
Many thanks to my brother for being such a good sport!!
Nikon D750 & 24-70mm
A delve into the archives here. A glutton waits for its next meal, a parasite, but a bird to be admired. So too its very busy foster parents for utter devotion to their guest.
Nikon D7100 + Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD
@ 400mm
f/8 @ 320 @ iso 2000
(tweaked in Smart Photo Editor)
View Large On Black sickly and sweet, just how i like it. i'm turning ever so feminine lately, i didn't think i'd ever met the colour pink before and now i have pink nails and flowers..
i'm a glutton for punishment. i have roughly three weeks til i finish uni, i have 3 assignments to hand in, an exhibition to plan & also new work to produce for said exhibition, and a new website to re-build.
said that, i work so much bettter under pressure and if i'm weird enough to say it...i quite enjoy it too!
'Love on the rocks'. But not in this case as most Gannets mate for life…here a pair of Northerm Gannets, Morus bassanus are having a tender loving moment on their nest of grass and natural materials...Sadly however, a survey of 7280 Gannet nests on twenty nine colonies by the British Ornithologists Union revealed that 46% of nests contained debris. The vast majority of this debris was threadlike plastic, most likely from fishing activities, with the occasional piece of sheet, foam or hard plastic! The birds get tangled in these fishing lines and plastic debris and many Gannets die from injury and starvation, let alone the devastating results of Bird Flue this year.
Many thanks for visiting my Flickr pages...Your visits, interest, comments and kindness to 'fave' my photos is very much appreciated, Steve.
Northern Gannet Notes and Information:
A search for ‘Gannet nest’ and ‘Plastic’ on Google Images will reveal many photographs of gannet nests containing plastic. The Northern Gannet Morus bassanus colony on Grassholm, South Wales is particularly infamous for the amount of anthropogenic debris in nests, largely threadlike plastic, such as fishing rope from fishing activities (Votier et al. 2012). Each autumn the RSPB visit Grassholm to cut free alive individuals entangled at the nest, largely involving juveniles which otherwise wouldn’t have fledged BOU notes.
Name: Northern Gannet, Solan, Solan Goose (Sula bassana)
Length: 80 to 110 centimetres.
Weight: 2 to 3.5 kg.
Location:
Eastern coast of North America down to Gulf of Mexico. Crosses across the Northern Arctic to the west coast of Europe down to northern coast of Africa.
Conservation status:Least Concern.
Diet: Fish, squid.
Appearance: White with brown or black
wingtips. Black patch around blue eyes.
Long blue-grey beaks with slight downward curve at the end.
How do Northern Gannets feed?
Northern Gannets dive at the water like an arrow at tremendous speeds of up to 100 km per hour. Their bodies are built to withstand the impact with an especially strong sternum.They are able to spot prey when they are as high as 45 km above sea level, though 10 to 20 metres is more usual. During the dive they will use their wings as rudders to control their direction, tucking their wings in at the last moment just before they hit the water. Their velocity can carry them 5 metres below the surface of the water. They can additionally swim a further 15 metres to hunt down prey. They will swallow the fish while still underwater instead of surfacing and carrying it away.They are also known to follow fishing vessels like gulls do in order to pick fish out of the nets or pick up any refuse left behind.
Are Northern Gannets social?
Northern Gannets forage together.
How fast do Northern Gannets fly?
Northern Gannets can reach flying speeds of up to 65 km per hour.
What are Northern Gannet birthing rituals like?
Northern Gannet flocks have been known to return to the same breeding sites for hundreds of years. The biggest colonies contain tens of thousands of nests. The oldest birds tend to return to the breeding ground first. The time of year that the breeding season occurs in depends on the location of the grounds. For example the birds that choose Bass Rock as their grounds (a location off the coast of Scotland) breed at the end of January while those in Iceland tend to breed around March or April.
Northern Gannets reach sexual maturity around four years of age. Juvenile birds that join the rest of the flock at the breeding grounds may make a nest of their own at the fringes of the site or take over other nests, but they will give up the nests if an older member of the flock comes to claim it. The nests are generally constructed by the males, made from seaweed and any other materials found floating on the water. The nests are about 50 to 70 centimetres in diameter and will require maintenance throughout the season due to erosion from the wind. Same-sex fights can break out during the season. The male fights can be especially aggressive and can result in broken necks and wings. Females soar over the grounds searching for a suitable mate. Males will display by shaking their heads back and forth. Once mated the birds usually remain monogamous for years, if not the rest of their lives.
One egg is laid, weighing about 100 grams. If the first egg is lost then a second will be laid. The incubation period takes 6 or 7 weeks.Once hatched, the hatchling is fed regurgitated food for the next 3 months. Adult birds that are searching for feed for their young have been known to fly as far as 320 km away from their nesting site.After the 3 or so months the chick is strong enough to glide down to the water from the nest on their own. They are now on their own, permanently separated from their parents. Their fat reserves are enough to keep them alive for the next 2 or 3 weeks while they earn to tend to themselves. Initially brown, the juvenile birds will take three or so years before they have grown in their fully white plumage.
How long do Northern Gannets live?
Northern Gannets live about 35 years in the wild.
How many Northern Gannets are there today?
Rough estimates put today’s wild Northern Gannet population at anywhere between 950,000 and 1,200,000 individuals.
Do Northern Gannets have any natural predators?
Adult Northern Gannets are on rare occasions taken by bald eagles, white-tailed eagles, large sharks, and seals. Chicks and eggs are also vulnerable to gulls, ravens, ermines, and red foxes.Nesting northern gannets7
Grand Northern Gannet Facts
1. The Northern Gannet is the largest member of the gannet family.
2. Northern Gannets secrete a water-impermeable oily fluid from subaceous glands. They spread the oil across their feathers with their heads and beaks.
3. Northern Gannets are not particularly good at walking. This means they are better at taking off into flight from the water than from land. They do this by facing into the wind and vigorously flapping their wings to produce the necessary lift. This can cause problems for them on especially wavy days which can see them ending up beached.
4. Northern Gannets have tiny airbags under their skin that they use to help them return to the surface after a dive.
5. Northern Gannet females are much choosier than the males when hunting. They will take longer to choose their foraging area, and will dive deeper and longer on average per dive.
6. Northern Gannet migrations have taken them as far south as Ecuador.
7. The term “gannet” has become synonymous with “glutton” in the U.K. due to the bird’s huge appetite. Oceanwide expeditions notes.
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
Pixicat : All Seeing Top/Skirt @ TAG! Gacha
Little Bones : Strange @ C88
Contraption : The Glutton Mouth
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, WITCHES.
Christmas Eve sunrise on Chrome Hill. I procrastinated (again) on where to go for sunrise, and although there was some mist elsewhere, the developing sky colour had me abandoning the car at Glutton Bridge and heading for my favourite pair of hills (again)
When I was getting Bebe prepped to go for a walk I discovered that her collar did not fit anymore. She has been eating a lot recently because my other dog, Buck, had cancer and often did not finish eating his food. She is such a glutton! Luckily, I found an old collar that fits loosely around her neck.
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird and the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae. It has the same colours as the Australasian gannet and is similar in appearance.
Nesting in colonies as large as 60,000 pairs on both sides of the north Atlantic this bird undertakes seasonal migrations and is a spectacular high-speed diver.
Old names for the northern gannet include solan and solan goose.
They have a maximum lifespan of up to 35 years.
The gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft). Gannets hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater.
Gannets have 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.
Gannets can dive from a height of 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.
The gannet's supposed capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to "gannet" becoming a disapproving description of somebody who eats excessively, similar to "glutton".
This image was taken in the North Atlantic Ocean on the way from Iceland to the Faroe Islands.
A fistful of fear in my hands
A bullet of betrayal in my brain
No progress comes from pleasure
We smile in ignorance and learn in pain
Willful deceit was your plan
Desperately avoid the blame
Who will you answer to now?
Sharpened your shovels just to dig your grave
Stand up 'cause the ground is in your way
I won't give you any peace
Yet still, you talk
Try to fight, but I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?
Sick, sick, sick
I'm sick of being your martyr
Your inflated ego is just dead weight
Bask in all the eyes upon you
Before you know it they'll have turned away
Stand up as the whole world turns away
I won't give you any peace
Yet still, you talk
Try to fight, but I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?
Wait and see, cry yourself a lonesome creek
Your decaying corpse can feed the roots of my towering tree
Just wait and see
You're dead to me
Yet still, you speak
Trying to justify what you're doing to me
I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you, what did you expect?
So it's another late entry from me, but better late than never!
I originally struggled to find inspiration for this weeks theme, having toyed with a few idea's that wasn't up to standard or just didn't work out. So that left my Friday evening to get the shot done, processed and then submitted - I'm a glutton for punishment!!!
It's funny because at the start of this Fifty Two I had said "it's all a bit of fun, I don't plan to take it seriously", but so far I have spent money on every single shot I've done and I'm also too hard on myself. Next week I'm going to be easier on myself and TRY not to spend any money on the shot.
Strobist:
Canon 580ex II directly under glass firing upwards to subject, set to 1/128.
Canon 430ex II with homemade snoot up high (slight camera left) firing down on to the subject, set to 1/16.
The last full moon of the year is known as the Cold Moon. Mars is in very close company (at about 4pm within the “moon burst”) and outshone. Although an hour before sunrise Chrome Hill is starting to glow, lit up by the intense predawn glow on the south east horizon.
Wolverines are the largest land-dwelling member of the weasel family. The scientific name is Gulo gulo which is Latin for Glutton; an alternative name for it. They have a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to their size, being capable of taking on animals much larger than themselves. Prey as large as Reindeer are taken, but smaller mammals such as squirrels and lemmings are more typical. Wolverines are generally rare and elusive, wandering over massive home ranges. This was photographed in the wild in Finland where the population is estimated at 155 to 170.
Post-sunset alpenglow in Sequoia National Park. Taken on a recent backpacking trip out of Mineral King, the Kaweah Peaks - already a bright red in nature - glow mysteriously in the post-sunset alpenglow. I put my body through quite a bit of abuse to reach this location, but I'm a glutton for punishment. For some reason these days backpacking for me equates to windy conditions, and for just a fleeting moment the wind died down enough for a reflection to manifest itself, before being obliterated a moment later.
Cape Royal
North Rim, Grand Canyon
If anyone is so crazy as to be interested, I set up a separate Flickr account to put too many photos fro the trip online to chow friends. Anyone who is a glutton for long slideshows is welcome to peruse it.
🇫🇷 Banquet dans les ombelles
Au cœur d'une 🌿mégaphorbiaie 🌿montagnarde, les grandes ombelles de la berce ressemblent à des tables dressées où chacun trouve sa place : nectar pour les pollinisateurs, pollen pour les coléoptères, et parfois même quelques pucerons au menu des prédateurs. Le coléoptère (Cantharidae) n'est pas seulement un gourmand : en passant d'une fleur à l'autre, il transporte du pollen tout en régulant de petites populations d'insectes, rappelant qu'un bon pollinisateur peut aussi être un discret chasseur. Dans ces prairies humides enrichies par les eaux de fonte et les alluvions, cette abondance florale nourrit une incroyable diversité d'invertébrés, véritable carburant des oiseaux, des chauves-souris et de toute la chaîne alimentaire de la vallée.
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
🇬🇧 Feast among the umbels
In the heart of a 🌿mountain megaphorbia 🌿forest, the large umbels of hogweed resemble set tables where everyone finds their place: nectar for pollinators, pollen for beetles, and sometimes even a few aphids on the predators’ menu. The beetle (Cantharidae) isn’t just a glutton: as it flits from flower to flower, it carries pollen while regulating small insect populations, reminding us that a good pollinator can also be a discreet hunter. In these wet meadows enriched by meltwater and alluvial deposits, this abundance of flowers sustains an incredible diversity of invertebrates—the very fuel that powers birds, bats, and the entire food chain of the valley.
🍀Cantharidae sp🍀
Milieu naturel, écosystème : 🌿mégaphorbiaie montagnarde🌿
Natural environment, ecosystem: 🌿mountain tall-herb meadow🌿
Lieu / Location : Vallon de Valsenestre / Parc national des Écrins / Isère / France
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
Dawn creeps across the valley from Glutton Bridge. Nearby, in the hamlet of Earl Sterndale, is a pub called "The Quiet Woman".
They have some great names in those parts of the country.
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Having descended Parkhouse a bit faster than I wished (gravity and snow often cause problems) I returned to my car at Glutton Bridge, changed wet gloves for dry ones, dumped my sack and set off to walk up to Dowel Hall and Dowal Dale and onto limestone plateau above the latter. The dark clouds kept scudding over giving a few snow flurries, but in between the sun shone very brightly
Deep inside our Galaxy, at its core, about 25000 light years from us, a gigantic glutton resides, destroying anything that comes too close to it. Many stars orbit it, some so closely that it takes only a few years to circle the black hole, Sagittarius A*. This exact part of the sky is however hidden in the visible spectrum by many dark nebulae spanning the Milky Way, called together the Great Rift.
20th July 2017, Canon 6D unmod, Sigma 24-70mm, 272s total exposure time from tripod, ISO8000, f2.8
Taken from Boa Vista (Cabo Verde)
Die pinda gaat met bast en al in één keer naar binnen...:))
That goes with peanut bark and all at once inside ... :))
This guy devoured that corn cob in less than half an hour and was definitely looking for more.
Happy December 1st everyone!!
24 days and counting.
Senate House, University of Cambridge. The press and TV guys waiting for the arrival of the Queen. I think 90 percent were Canon users:-)
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
Wolverines are the largest land-dwelling member of the weasel family. The scientific name is Gulo gulo which is Latin for Glutton; an alternative name for it. They have a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to their size, being capable of taking on animals much larger than themselves. Prey as large as Reindeer are taken, but smaller mammals such as squirrels and lemmings are more typical. Wolverines are generally rare and elusive, wandering over massive home ranges. This was photographed in the wild in Finland where the population is estimated at 155 to 170.
This modestly sized (360m) hill is the remains of an atoll from when this part of Derbyshire was covered by a tropical sea.
The little white dots you may be able to see on the hill are sheep which help to give a sense of scale.
Gomez the Gomezian up early looking for more yummies,.. but I know he JUST ate,.. because I JUST fed the little pig glutton !!..LOL!!
C'mon my little man, I'll scramble you up some eggs,.. you want bacon with that?.. how 'bout a nice cuppa coffee?..
but I GET THE BATHROOM FIRST you hear??..otherwise I'm gonna poop in YOUR litter box...