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The Herring Gull picked off this unsuspecting Atlantic Puffin and tried to make off with the tasty meal. But to no avail. The puffin, you all will be glad to know, escaped the wily clutches of the ferocious gull.
while waiting for more salmon.
This is one of the very tiny triplets I've posted lots of shots of on here
Got so many shots of these little ones. You haven't seen the last. So bear with me. ( I know! Eye roll! LOL!)
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
Steingrab - vorgeschichtliches, aus großen Steinen weitläufig angelegtes, ursprünglich von einem Steinhügel bedecktes Grab!
Mausoleen sind große, oberirdische Bauwerke, oft aus Stein oder Beton, die mehreren Personen als Ruhestätte dienen können. Sie sind in der Regel aufwendiger gestaltet als Krypten und bieten einen besseren Schutz vor Umwelteinflüssen wie Überschwemmungen.
Stone tomb – a prehistoric grave, extensively constructed from large stones and originally covered by a mound of stones!
Mausoleums are large, above-ground structures, often made of stone or concrete, that can serve as the final resting place of several people. They are generally more elaborately designed than crypts and offer better protection against environmental influences such as flooding.
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A grab shot of a male Kentish Plover as it flew past.
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I headed out as storms were all around us, making lighting conditions pretty poor. I only grabbed my camera because people tend to avoid such places in bad weather, and the birds seem to notice the absence of humans and behave in more relaxed ways.
I was discussing this with a fellow birder I had run into. We were noting that the woods were empty of people, and wishing each other some good birding experiences when this female dropped right down in front of us. This is not cropped. As we stared while she began excavating part of a stump just off the trail, I raised my camera.
Serendipity.
So successful was she, and so intent on food, that after a couple of minutes we were able to walk by her, and she gave a brief look as if to say ‘are you going to make me fly away?’ But we didn’t, and she didn’t, and she resumed her digging.
Of the twenty or so images I secured, almost all are blurred by the rapid-fire hammering she was engaged in. Again, as if sensing she was lower than usual and exposed, she rarely paused. I was lucky to get a couple of images when she came up for air and checked her environment.
The shot was taken at 59th and Central Park North in Manhattan.Those people were running out of one of the Time Warner Center towers flic.kr/p/NEKVWt
as I was trying to take a shot of the skyline.59th St is one of the few locations in Manhattan where one can catch a view of the skyline from the street.Most of the buildings shown here are residential,a few are hotels.Central Park is just across the street from them.The small white building (far right) is an art and design museum,and one of the few museums in the city that allows visitors to take photos.I took the shot as I was walking to a nearby subway station to go home,I had a loooong day 😩
After dropping off a cut of loaded centerbeams, Quincy 12 makes its way down the steep hill that connects the UP interchange to the American Valley. After getting to the bottom of the hill, the crew would take another cut or two of loads to the interchange before heading back to the Sierra Pacific facility in East Quincy to tie down for the day.
While perusing ROMP last night I happened upon this stall and decided to take a picture of this outfit I have been parading round in by Blueberry. I am smitten with this devious little kitty outfit! I do believe the tail is my absolute favorite part. The boots are totally...............
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In Switzerland, when you park your bike in a forbidden zone, huge hands emerge from the ground and drag your bike underground to be melted in magma. Once in a while, an unlucky driver is sucked down with it.
A green heron grabs a small fish as it prowls the shore of the Arboretum Pond at the For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, July, 2021.
Whilst bouncing up and down on the boat and returning to the mainland this cormorant (I think) came swooping down. Rather than duck (no pun intended) I grabbed this one shot and even though it is clearly out of focus it has a certain something that I find quite likeable.
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Eagle fishing on the Susquehanna River. Normally I like to show the eagle with the fish but in this case the eagle missed the fish
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It's "Grab-a-Box Week" once again. That time when I clean out a slide box from the cabinet to scan it's contents and re-pack them into print file sleeves.............
An westbound Canadian Pacific/Delaware & Hudson freight drifts down off the famed Beldon Hill at Moot Town Road a couple of miles from the summit. A gaggle of EMD SD's from the host and lease companies provide power, and an oddball SD26 from GTI. This crews journey will be over once they arrive in East Binghamton.
Ruddy Darter dragonflies mating. The male is blood-red, the female ochre-yellow.
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum).
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I was very lucky to lock this image when the lady Kestrel put her body into action in order to hold onto her large prey during the windy day.
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This is the head of my Gibson 'Grabber' bass guitar. It has one pickup in a housing that can be slid towards or away from the neck to produce a different tone.
This array of parabolic dishes was set up in 1981 to collect and concentrate solar energy that in turn produced superheated steam to drive a power generator. The power station was shut down in 2005 and is preserved now as part of Australia's industrial heritage.
Gräber des jüdischen Friedhofs im Heidelberger Bergfriedhof
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Graves at the Jewish cemetery in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery (Bergfriedhof)
A Downy Woodpecker (m) hammered an opening into the branch and was using its tongue to retrieve a morsel.
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia, ON
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