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While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It is restricted to the west of the British Isles.
It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. This Schedule 1 species can be found in flocks in autumn and winter.
There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (Pyrrhocorax graculus). The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related.
The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. They build a lined stick nest and lay three to five eggs. They feed, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey, supplemented by vegetable material or food from human habitation, especially in winter.
Population:
UK breeding:
250-350 pairs in Great Britain; 120-150 pairs on the Isle of Man
Queue nettement plus longue que la Bergeronnette printanière.Tête et dos gris, gorge et menton noirs, dessous jaune brillant.En hiver, elle perd les tons jaunes de son plumage, à l'exception du croupion. Difficile souvent d'identifier une bergeronnette des ruisseaux, face à ses cousines la bergeronnette des près ou la bergeronnette printanière : pour vous aider : c'est la seule bergeronnette qui a les pattes rosées, contrairement à ses cousines qui les ont noires.
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Tail significantly longer than the Yellow Wagtail.Grey head and back, black throat and chin, bright yellow underparts.In winter, it loses the yellow tones of its plumage, with the exception of the rump. It is often difficult to identify a wagtail brook, facing her cousins wagtail or spring wagtail: to help you: it is the only wagtail that has pink legs, unlike his cousins who have black.
Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
Males have two, sometimes three, mates at a time. Females build nests on the ground using soft woven grasses and hide them in the taller grass of an open field. The nest usually has an arched “roof” with a side entrance. A clutch of two to six grayish-white eggs speckled with brown and lavender may be laid any time from late March through July. Eggs are incubated by the female for 13 to 15 days. The young fledge at 12 days. The parents continue to tend them for about two weeks until they are able to fly. Juveniles are similar to adults, but the black “V” becomes prominent in adulthood. The meadowlark has been known to live ten years in captivity.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
… moored in Canary Wharf.
Yachts identified as Bravo Eugenia, Phi and Here Comes The Sun by Léandre Loyseau of Superyacht Times.
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Identify plantnet wasn't very confident of its artificially intelligent identification, but we'll go with Filipendula ulmeria, and the rose family.
Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
Thanks to Eiona Roberts for identifying it as a Cricket and Joan Disley for naming it as a Dark-Bush Cricket
I got lots of shots of blur and empty leaves before he stopped jumping just long enough to get this shot.
Taken on a walk near our South Wales home
Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road with three differnt insects (bugs) in its beak!
Mosque "Gold Dome of the Rock". Moriah Hill is a place sacred to the three great monotheistic religions. Tradition identifies this place with a mountain of Moriah, where Abraham was to sacrifice of his son Isaac. King David bought the place, trying to build a temple to God. It does this by his son Solomon. In the year 587 BC the temple is destroyed by the Babylonian king Nabuchodozonor. Is then reconstructed to provide only the former glory of King Herod Great. In the year 70 AD, is destroyed by the soldiers of Titus so that "no stone left unturned." Western Wall is a remnant of this great building. After the Arab invasion in the seventh century, Caliph Abd al Malik raises great mosque, one of the most beautiful and important. According to Arab tradition, the Prophet Muhammad was taken away to heaven along with his horse.
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Meczet "Złota Kopuła Skały". Wzgórze Moria jest miejscem świętym dla trzech wielkich religii monoteistycznych. Tradycja utożsamia to miejsce z górą Moria, gdzie Abraham miał złożyć ofiarę ze swojego syna Izaaka. Król Dawid wykupił to miejsce, chcąc wybudować Bogu świątynię. Dokonuje tego jego syn Salomon. W roku 587 p.n.e świątynia zostaje zniszczona przez króla babilońskiego Nabuchodozonora. Zostaje potem odbudowana, uzyskując dawną świetność dopiero za króla Heroda Wielkiego. W roku 70 n.e zostaje zniszczona przez żołnierzy Tytusa tak, że "nie pozostał kamień na kamieniu". Mur Płaczu jest pozostałością zachodniej ściany tej wielkiej budowli. Po inwazji arabskiej w VII wieku, kalif Abd al Malik wznosi wspaniały meczet, jeden z najpiękniejszych i najważniejszych. Według arabskiej tradycji, Prorok Mahomet stąd został wzięty do nieba wraz ze swoim koniem. We wnętrzu pod kopułą znajduje się skała na której Abraham składał w ofierze Bogu swojego syna.
My best effort identifies this damselfly as a Powdered Dancer in blue form. Still with the morning's dew on its back, it rests upon the bloom of an American Water Willow. Water Willow is a perennial which commonly colonizes along the edges of Ozark streams and is a host to many dragonflies, damselflies, bees and butterflies. If you would like to see the colonization of water willow along a stream and discover some of an Ozark stream's beautiful and amazing inhabitants, above and below the water, I would be honored if you took a look at my latest blog post here: www.gmichaellewis.com/blog/2015/6/life-of-an-ozark-stream
Identified only in 1985 and named after the American conservation biologist Steven Michael Goodman. It is nocturnal and weighing just around 50 grams is one of the smallest primate in the world. The smallest is Madame Berthe's mouse lemur that lives only in the Kirindy forest and is just slightly smaller.
The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus separating the Black and Caspian seas in the region where Europe and Asia converge. Trending generally from northwest to southeast, the mountains consist of two ranges—the Greater Caucasus (Russian: Bolshoy Kavkaz) in the north and the Lesser Caucasus (Maly Kavkaz) in the south. Mount Elbrus in the Greater Caucasus range, at 18,510 feet (5,642 metres), is the highest peak. The watershed of the Greater Caucasus, the backbone of the system, traditionally has been part of the line dividing Europe and Asia, but Europe’s eastern boundary has been the subject of much debate. One widely accepted scheme draws the dividing line along the crest of the Greater Caucasus range, putting the portion of the region north of the line in Europe and the portion south of it in Asia. Another puts the western portion of the Caucasus region in Europe and the eastern part (the bulk of Azerbaijan and small portions of Armenia, Georgia, and Russia’s Caspian Sea coast) in Asia. Still another scheme identifies the Aras River and the Turkish border as the line of continental demarcation, thereby locating Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in Europe.
One job, identified by many who have worn the "Yellow Shirt," is the Arresting Gear Officer. AKA "Shooter". So important is this role in an aircraft carrier that they even immortalize themselves in The Tailhook Daily Briefing, which is a naval aviation community. We all know that we have seen "that attitude" or postures on the covers of an aircraft carrier and what that means, this for those who do not know, it is simply. You're going to fly! Like it or not!
Un trabajo, identificado por muchos que han llevado la "Camisa Amarilla", es el del, Arresting Gear Officer. AKA "Shooter". Tan importante es este papel en un portaaviones, que incluso se inmortalizan en The Tailhook Daily Briefing, que es una comunidad de la aviación naval. Todos sabemos los que hemos visto "esa actitud" o posturas en las cubiertas de un portaaviones y lo que significa eso, esto para los que no saben, es simplemente. ¡Vas a volar! ¡Te guste o no...!
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Tourists are everywhere at the Treasury (Al-Khzneh).
Treasury is behind the Camera!!
The Treasury (Al-Khazna). A vast structure and magnificent architecture are Petra's main site attractions.
Established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. It lies on the slope of Jebel al-Madhbah (identified by some as the biblical Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains that form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is believed that Petra was home to roughly 30,000 people and was abandoned in the year 106 A.D. Site has been a UNESCO World Heritage since 1985.
Benni and I saw these flowers on an overcast day so I was surprised to come home and see them with lots of light on the big screen.
(Identified by my dear friend, Rachel, as Strawflowers)
A colorful bird that is common throughout the country and is the state bird for many South Indian States. These are found all the way to the Middle East and are easily identified by their unique colors. The are about 30-35 cms tall and often sighted perched on power lines, fence posts and sometimes on grass bales in the countryside.
The birds hunt insects like beetles, grasshoppers and dragonflies. Sometimes they are seen on the ground in the grass picking up insects. They are not social birds and sightings are of solitary birds or at best two of them. During our last weekend trip to a grassland, sighted one of them foraging in the grassland. It flew to various trees sometimes coming to the ground and catching insects.
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This one can be found in Akaroa, New Zealand
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First identified from dinosaur-age fossils and was thought to be extinct. The dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
Then, in 1941, a living specimen was discovered during a survey of Sichuan and Hubei provinces, China. Seeds were later collected and raised in arboreta worldwide. Young trees are now readily available. It exists in the wild as only a few scattered stands in China where it is has protected status.
This old and tall tree at Sandringham may well have grown from one of the original seeds brought from China.
The dawn redwood is one of the few deciduous conifers.
Jizou Bosatsu (地蔵菩薩) or Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is the principal image of worship (本尊) for Kenchouji. Kstigarbha is associated with Pure Land Buddhism (浄土教). He is easily identified by his monk-like shaved head.
Pure Land buddhism assumes that Buddhism started to decline after the death of Gautama Siddhartha. It asserts that the Latter Days of Buddhist Law (末法) would come in 2000 years after his death, which will continue for 10,000 years until the Amitabha Tathagata (阿弥陀如来) will appear to save his devotees by taking them to the Pure Land.
Jizou is tasked to soothe and take care of the people during the Latter Days, in which we live today.
In my opinion, Pure Land Buddhism is a millenarian cult in disguise of Buddhism, while Zen preserves the original concept of Buddhism, which is for individuals to attain enlightenment through asceticism.
Maitreya Bodhisattva (弥勒菩薩) and Vairocana Tathagata (大日如来) are also Latter Days deities of Buddhism.
Butsuden (仏殿) or the image house of Kenchouji was moved here in 1647 from the Zoujouji temple (増上寺) in Edo (present-day Tokyo). It was originally built as the mausoleum for the wife of Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川秀忠 1579 - 1632), the second shogun of the Edo (Tokugawa) shogunate.
The wooden statue of bodhisattva dates back to the Muromachi period (室町時代 1336−1573).
Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday.
BTW...if anyone can identify the bird, I'd love to know what it is. I thought tri-colored heron, but I'm not sure.
I can't remember for sure, but I think I shot this through glass. There's a bird "blind"...shack, observatory, something with big glass windows and benches to sit on, from which one can observe the various birds in the area. I have shots that I know for sure were taken from the shack...but I can't remember for certain about this one.
... I always thought I was rubbish at drawing. Bought a book which shows how to identify shapes and shading etc. Not bad for a first attempt
AI is becoming more and more problematic. It's getting increasingly difficult to identify what is AI and what isn't.
This is true for photos, art, music, news, advertising, etc. Now the discerning eye can still identify AI, but eventually, the way it's improving, you won't be able to tell one from the other.
I spent some time having a discussion the other day with Google's GEMINI AI.
The AI attempted to dispense a fair amount of opinionated nonsense as cold hard facts. Each time, I would call it out on it, and eventually, every time, GEMINI would admit it was untrue, biased info, and it would apologize. When the AI is actually admitting this when pressed...well, what does that tell you? That old adage holds true: "Garbage in, garbage out."
A large problem is the "facts" provided by AI are procured from biased sources that align with its developers and aren't necessarily facts. During the extent of our "discussion" GEMINI would always eventually admit that what it was initially giving me as irrefutable facts, were no such thing.
In the words of CCR: I see a bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way.
The Halloween picture is of course created by me via AI prompts, and the accompanying song is also completely AI.
Be careful out there boys and girls, ghouls and goblins.
I'm off to retrieve my tinfoil hat.
Can anybody identify this animal print? Something has been walking around my backyard and making weird sounds in the middle of the night. It would be nice to know what's out there. Thanks!
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Pouvez-vous identifier deux comportements remarquables de la chouette épervière dans cette image ?🤔
En premier lieu, la chouette emploie sa queue comme un troisième point d'appui, de façon similaire à un pic-bois. Chose qui ne m'avait jamais frappée avant de regarder cette photo.
Secondo, si vous dirigez à nouveau votre regard vers le bas de la queue, à gauche, vous apercevrez la queue et la patte d'un campagnol qu'elle a dissimulées entre l'arbre et l'écorce. Comme c'est le cas pour de nombreux oiseaux, la chouette enfouit de la nourriture aux quatre coins de la forêt afin de se préparer à une éventuelle disette.
Nous saisissons désormais la raison pour laquelle on dit qu'on est jamais vraiment confortable lorsqu'on est "entre l'arbre et l'écorce"...😉
Can you identify two remarkable behaviors of the northern hawk owl in this picture?🤔
Firstly, the owl uses its tail as a third fulcrum, similar to a woodpecker. Something that had never struck me before looking at this photo.
Secondly, if you look again at the bottom left of the tail, you'll see the tail and leg of a vole that it has hidden between the bark and the tree. As is the case with many birds, the owl buries food in the four corners of the forest in preparation for a possible dearth.
Now we understand why it's said that you're never really comfortable when you're “between the bark and the tree...😉
The 1968 Blue Ford Mustang is quite easy to identify, however as far as I can tell the red Ferrari 250 is a DNA replica. I know which I would find room for in my garage and unlike most it wouldn't be the Ferrari replica.
Photo taken on Northgate, Wakefield during the cities recent Classic and American motor show.
Peziza is a large genus of saprophytic cup fungi that grow on the ground, rotting wood, or dung. Most members of this genus are of unknown edibility and are difficult to identify as separate species without use of microscopy. The polyphyletic genus has been estimated to contain over 100 species. (Wikipedia)
Meerdaal bos Leuven, Belgium.
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In the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae (1758) great Linnaeus gave scientific binonial names to Butterflies (Papilio). He drew the specifics from six groups derived from Greek mythology virtually emptying out the list of possible names. Thus our Swallowtail was placed in the group Equites Achivi (=Greek Soldiers of the Trojan War). Demoleus was one of them; he was slain by Aeneas, important defender of Troy. It is unknown why Linnaeus chose that specific name for this Flier, as indeed the specifics for the 200 or so others that he identified.
The photo shows a male, which can be identified as such by the shape and color of the red tornal spots. Those of the females have a more blue border.
Please tell me it's something more interesting than the immature white-crowned I suspect it of being, please!
Ophir Creek at Tahoe Meadows, Nevada. August 2018.
Easily identified as it is the only tit with blue wing, tail and crown. The chest is yellow and the blue tit has white cheeks. A black line runs through the eye, round the nape and cheeks. A white border surrounds the blue crown, while the back is a greenish colour, with yellow colouration on the rump. The bill is black with a brownish tip, legs are a deep slate blue.
The Nuthatch is a very pretty bird and quite distinctive in its plumage which makes it very easy to identify, they have strong bills which they need for removing bark and/or retrieving stored food ie nuts. The Nuthatch is very happy to visit gardens and enjoys the food people put out for the birds, they are also very persistent in ensuring they get as much food as they need by being a little bullish with the other birds around the feeders. They however prefer insects which they collect from tree trunks and branches but in the winter months they conceal surplus nuts in tree bark so they can retrieve them when natural food is scarce, they use their bills to hammer these nuts open. They nest in tree cavities also old Woodpecker nests, they lay between 6 to 8 eggs and it is the female who incubates the eggs and the chicks hatch after about 14 days then both parents feed their chicks and they fledge the nest after about 25 days.
A Crested Caracara is seen on the beach at Puerto Montt as it makes its final descent towards a crab it has found.
Identifying the black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia, is as simple as black and white. Really. And if that isn't easy enough, it's habit of creeping up, down and around tree trunks and branches makes it even easier to finger.
Observation.org identified her as a red mason bee. I don't know. Question b is if she tries to warn me, by lifting her middle leg, or if she is just very agile.
If you've ever seen the 1989 classic Field of Dreams, you've seen this corner and parts of north and south Main St. before. Galena, which is identified as Chisholm, Minnesota in the movie, is where Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, and Terrence Mann, played by James Earl Jones, go to look for "Doc" Moonlight Graham, played by Burt Lancaster.
Upon arriving in Chisholm, Ray and Terrence visit the local newspaper office and learn that Doc Graham died in 1972. Later that evening, a confused Ray goes for a walk on this street and discovers that he has somehow been transported back to the year 1972. He then sees an older man with an umbrella walking toward the corner shown in this photo. Ray catches up and calls out "Doctor Graham," who turns around. Ray asks "Doc" if he is "Moonlight" Graham. Graham responds that no one has called him "Moonlight" in fifty years. Ray then asks if he can join him on his walk to talk about what happened when Moonlight got to the majors and played only one inning of one game.
Ostensibly about baseball, the emotional, magical Field of Dreams became more than just a movie for many people following its release in 1989 to both critical and popular acclaim. Based on W. P. Kinsella's book Shoeless Joe, Field of Dreams is a story of faith, forgiveness, and redemption. I highly recommend both the movie and soundtrack by the late James Horner.
Back to the image. This photo provides a view of the west side of the 100 block of S. Main St. in downtown Galena. On the corner is the Newhall Building (where the scene just described takes place), a two-part commercial block in Greek Revival style that was constructed in 1843. Nearly every building in this view is a contributing property in the Galena Historic District, which encompasses a remarkable 85 percent of the City of Galena and includes more than 800 properties. The Galena Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, with modifications in 2013.
Galena is the seat of Jo Daviess County. This is the un-glaciated area of northwestern Illinois. The rolling hills, history and abundant 19th century architecture draws visitors from throughout the country. The estimated population of Galena in 2019 was 3,158.
Used Silver Efex.
Mesa Verde National Park
Far View was one of the most densely populated parts of the mesa from A.D. 900 to about A.D. 1300. Nearly 50 villages have been identified within a half square mile area, and were home to hundreds of people.