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I had a great time watching this young cooperative Red-tailed Hawk as it was hunting next to the river today. It struck this pose shortly after it had emerged from an unsuccessful attempt to snag something in the woods.
“You’re my favorite subject, Love. I’ll start with your eyes. I fell in love with those first. One look was like a punch to the gut. You have these ageless eyes on such a young face. I just knew that you had seen bad things, and from the start, I knew that you could understand pain. Understand feeling hopeless and helpless and alone. I fell in love with your eyes first because I looked into their depths and saw the other half of my soul.”
― R.K. Lilley
Great Egret ~ Northside Park ~ Wheaton, Illinois
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 900, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/125s
drops on leaves too late
on the ground, dry and parched
autumn’s final show
Week 43 in 2024
© Web-Betty: digital heart, analog soul
Torii gates are erected at the entrances to Shinto shrine to symbolize that the ground inside is sacred. As you know, Fushimi Inari Shrine situated in Kyoto, an ancient capital of Japan, is extremely famous for its thousands of red-lacquered torii gates.
I searched for the similar location in Tokyo and finally reached to Sannou Inari Shrine in Chiyoda-ku, where I could enjoy a scenery of torii gates like that of the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto.
It is unbelievable that such a mysterious shrine is located in the heart of Tokyo. The Diet Building and Prime Minister's Official Residence are within a few minutes of the shrine.
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A Columbian Ground Squirrel (Citellus columbianus) at the entrance to its den on the slopes of the foothills in Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada.
October, 1994.
Slide # GWB McB Scan AA_20250224_167-2.jpg
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In Vienna you can find some populations of the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik. It needs short turf in order to dig its tunnel system which it finds this on the steppes and in pasture, in dry banks, on sports fields, parks and lawns. These conditions are lost when changes in agricultural practice convert grassland into arable land and forest, or grazing ceases and the grass grows coarse and scrubland develops - which has happened a lot in the recent years. This is why the European ground squirrel is listed as being endangered by the IUCN in its Red List of Threatened Species. The population trend is downward and it is believed that, over the last ten years, the population has diminished by more than 30% due to the destruction of their habitat. These cute little critters are so much fun to watch and should be - as all living creatures - protected at all costs.
In Wien kann man das Europäische Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) noch recht häufig finden, obwohl es mittlerweile durch die Zerstörung seines Lebensraumes zu den stark bedrohten Tierarten gehört und sich weit oben auf der Roten Liste wiederfindet. Durch Landwirtschaft, Verbuschung und Bebauung sind die Steppenlandschaften, die es als Lebensraum bevorzugt, zu stark geschrumpft. In Deutschland ist es ausgerottet, Wiederansiedlungsversuche sind gescheitert. Diese putzigen Nager, die sehr zutraulich werden können, sollten - wie alle Lebewesen, unbedingt geschützt werden.
The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) is one of two species of ground hornbill, both of which are found solely within Africa. They are carnivorous and hunt mostly on the ground. Their food ranges from insects to small vertebrates. Their nests are often found in high tree cavities or other shallow cavities, such as rock holes in cliff faces. These birds are a long-lived species, having lifespans in the range of 50–60 years, and up to 70 in captivity.
Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Botswana.
Conservation status:Vulnerable
Camera: beer can
Paper: Kodak Polymax, 14x16 cm
Exposure: 1 week (2016-07-16 --> 07-24)
No development, no fixation.
This camera was dug underground in horizontal position to solar arches. Heavy rains washed the ground and shook the camera.
Another large Italian 6 day tour. Eventful to say the least.
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Beautiful weather blue skies and a bit of sunshine over padarn lake and snowdonia mountains in the background.
Such intricate design on the California Quail. They like to perch high in the garden to keep an eye on things.
A very enthusiastic "Ground Stab" and a rather unenthusiastic audience. :)
Sandhill Cranes
Monte Vista NWR, Monte Vista, CO
A Columbian Ground Squirrel (Citellus columbianus) at the entrance to its burrow in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Waterloo National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Image captured on Kodachrome 64 slide film and digitized for use on this site.
September, 1994.
Slide # GWB McB Scan AA_20250224_165-2.jpg
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They had a controlled burn in this area in the Spring of 2023 leaving many trees scorched. However the Blueberries and other ground cover returned with profusion and even though the tree leaf colour had already peaked before we arrived, the ground cover colour was at peak and intense.
New pose from a new pose store by my pal, Glamouramama Boa, called Just A Pose. Visit her at the BLOOM sim :) with other awesome stores like BamaLama <3
Dress- Equus: Prima Donna from DU event
Skin- Pink Fuel- Ember in Honey Bee
Hair- CBC- Shaken not stirred
Stockings- Milk Motion, from Vaudeville DU
Shoes- LeLutka Saffron Pumps