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That wood snake picked a bad time to raise its head. Osprey on Armand Bayou.

It's a known fact, once the sun sets the city of Gotham faces a rise in crime. Even the most kindest citizens turn to criminal tactics to help save society from all that is wrong... One of those citizens is known as, "The Grappler."

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Black Kite

Scientific Name: Milvus migrans

Description: The Black Kite is a medium-sized raptor (bird of prey). From a distance, it appears almost black, with a light brown bar on the shoulder. The plumage is actually dark brown, with scattered light brown and rufous markings, particularly on the head, neck and underparts. The tail is forked and barred with darker brown. This feature gives the bird its alternative name of Fork-tailed Kite. The eye is dark brown and the bill is black with a yellow cere (area of skin around the nostrils). Both sexes are similar. Young Black Kites are generally lighter in colour than the adults, and have a comparatively shallower forked tail.

Similar species: The Black Kite's plumage is similar to other raptors (birds of prey), such as the Little Eagle, Hieraaetus morphnoides, Whistling Kite,Haliastur sphenurus, and Square-tailed Kite, Lophoictinia isura. In flight, however, its long forked tail and almost unmarked underwing make it unmistakable.

Distribution: The Black Kite's range covers the majority of the Australian mainland, as well as Africa, Asia and Europe. The Black Kite is arguably the most numerous species of raptor in the world.

Habitat: The Black Kite is found in a variety of habitats, from timbered watercourses to open plains, and is often observed in and around outback towns. Although it is more normally seen in small groups, the Black Kite may form huge flocks of many thousands of birds, especially during grasshopper plagues. No other Australian bird of prey is seen in such large flocks.

Feeding: The Black Kite preys on lizards, small mammals and insects, especially grasshoppers. It also is a scavenger, and frequents tips in outback towns. Black Kites also gather in flocks around bush fires, and eagerly pounce on small animals as these flee the flames. Both live and dead (carrion) prey is eaten.

Breeding: Black Kites nest in isolated pairs or in small, scattered colonies. As with other raptors, a ritualised aerial courtship display is performed by both sexes. This involves loud calling, grappling of feet (talons), and tumbling or cartwheeling. The nest is a bulky cup of sticks, lined with softer material, and is placed in the fork of a tree branch (generally close to the trunk). The female incubates the eggs while the male provides food.

Calls: The call is a descending whistle "psee-err" followed by a staccato "si-si-si-si-si".

Maximum Size: 55cm

Average size: 51cm

Average weight: 540g

Breeding season: Usually August and November; can breed at any time

Clutch Size: One to three.

Incubation: 28 days

Nestling Period: 40 days

(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)

 

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This photo is part of a sequence capturing eagle talon-grappling behavior. The two eagles engaged in an aerial battle over a fish caught by the juvenile below, locking talons mid-air as the adult twisted to force the juvenile to release its catch. It is unclear which eagle lost the white feathers visible on the left.

Photo credit: bdopekarreuche

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Featuring:

GRAPPLING GUN: Songbird Claw Revolver 1.0 by Aiizawa!

This gun is amazing, pulls you up the side of buildings, can double/triple grapple, lifts you up n top of buildings. Super fun and easy to use. Beautiful construction and all around awesome. Highly recommend.

 

CREDITS:

BODY: Legacy F

HEAD: Briannon by Lelutka

NAILS: Witchy hands by MUG

PANTS: Camo High-waisted pants by Tetra

HAIR: J0916 by Tram

SUNGLASSES” Mia by Nanika

JACKET: Dynamite by Blueberry

SNEAKERS: Gemini by REIGNxFLITE

AURA: Forgiven by Void

  

Photo taken @ Celestis

 

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Fishing Children

 

The Fountain of the Fishing Children on the Danube terrace is the work of sculptor Károly Senyei from 1912. It depicts two children grappling with a fish. The fine workmanship of the fishing net is remarkable. The fountain was removed in 1955 and re-erected at Rákóczi Square in Pest, but brought back to its original place in 1976. It was restored in 2001.

Minolta Rokkor 100mm f3.5 Macro

Custom Transformer Universe Hoist, made from TFU Hound. Credits to Alphamagnus for the mod idea!

This pic was basically a test of my photoshop skills and I think the floating stormtrooper came out pretty good even though the reflection got kinda weird, but I need to work on the lightsaber effects.

A quick build multi-purpose robot. Maybe a little influenced by the "Loaders" in the Bordarlands video games. I have wanted to try those hands and head ideas for a while now. .

Macro Mondays - The Space In Between

Nitto Terra Grappler all-terrain tyre, designed for use on 4x4s and SUVs. Four such tyres will set you back $1,500.

 

Cherrybrook, Sydney

In recent years, however, the increasing prominence of new figurative work, truth. This is a genre that has never gone away and certainly hasn’t buckled to photorealism.

Grapple - Earthrise by Hasbro

 

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I mentioned recently that Black-tailed Godwits spent a lot of time fighting, and someone asked if it was like sword fighting. Well not really as this one had jumped on the other one's back and was nipping or plucking, I'm not sure which. But the victim was giving a great display of his wing bar and tail pattern. If you are questioning my choice of crop, I didn't have a choice as this was straight off the camera. I was using a 700mm prime and they were right in front of the hide. The Black-tailed Godwits were keeping company with Ruff, which are famously pugnacious. Yet the Ruffs seemed perfectly chilled while the Godwits grappled. It surprised me as all of the Godwits (and Ruffs) were in non-breeding plumage so should not have high levels of testosterone at this time of year. This was taken at Martin Mere in Lancashire.

Mini mural incorporating a fire hydrant by Jaune aka @jaune_art, seen at 1812 35th Street in the Five Points area of Denver, Colorado.

 

Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

 

Edit by Teee.

Boat of Garten female Osprey EJ grapples in the water after diving into the Lochin to catch a morning trout,unfortunately this was her 3rd attempt at catching a fish on this particular morning and she eventually flew away empty handed in the end.

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