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Hummel / Bumblebee / Bombus
Taubnessel / Lamium L.
Danke an Jörg Belling für die Bestimmung der Blume
Thanks to Jörg Belling for identifying the flower
Hommel op bezoek bij het vingerhoedskruid
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis) are known from fossils. They are found primarily in higher altitudes or latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, although they are also found in South America, where a few lowland tropical species have been identified. European bumblebees have also been introduced to New Zealand and Tasmania. Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals
A male Ruffed Grouse displaying for three hens perched up in a Balsam Fir Tree in the Hersey Lake Conservation Area located in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Description
The scientific name for the Ruffed Grouse is Bonasa umbellus. Both terms are from the Latin: Bonasa means good when roasted and umbellus, a sunshade. This refers to the ruff or dark-coloured neck feathers that are particularly large in the male. When he is in display before the female, these are erected and surround his head almost like an umbrella. By nodding his head and ruffs, and spreading his tail and strutting, the male identifies himself to the female and encourages her advances.
The male Ruffed Grouse is about the size of a bantam chicken and weighs about 500 g. The females are smaller. Unlike the chicken, the grouse has a broad flat tail that is usually held down but that may be erected and spread into a half circle.
The dappled and barred plumage ranges in colour from pale grey through sombre red to rich mahogany. In the east, most grouse are predominantly grey, although some are red. Greys are in the majority in the central parts of the continent, and on the west coast most grouse are reddish brown.
The colours worn by the grouse are related to their habitat: the dark-coloured grouse inhabit dark forest, as on the coast; grey grouse live in lighter bush. This camouflage helps protect the grouse from their predators.
Males are hard to tell from females at a distance, but they are larger with larger ruffs and a longer tail. In the male the broad band of dark colour in the tail is usually unbroken.
The Ruffed Grouse is frequently called the “partridge.” This leads to confusion with the Gray, or Hungarian, Partridge, which was introduced to Canada from Europe. The Ruffed Grouse is only distantly related to the Gray Partridge, which is a bird of open areas, not woodlands.
Source: Hinterlands Who's Who
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Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Kop van Zuid, Wilhelminaplein, Sculpture (slightly cut)
A structure on the Wilhelmineplein, facing the regional Courthouse which I identified as a sculpture, but I ain't sure it is. There are probably a myriad of metaphoric connections to be made between this structure and a courthouse. But I was not thinking about it when I shot this – the motive was purely graphic, as it often is ;-)
This is number 1325 of Minimalism & explicit Graphism
and 311 of Urban frontiers.
A large duck species easily identified due to their bright white and brown plumage. The birds are migratory from South Eastern Europe and much of Central Asia during winters to India. They are not so common in our state, but common in our neighbouring western state.
Found them in a shallow lake in the middle of a grassland where there was a group of 6 along with dozens of Pintails, Garganeys and Pochards. The rest of the ducks flew away by our presence, but these Shelducks stayed put cautiously and after a short while ignored us entirely. The birds were chasing each other and seemed to have fun for a short while. The presence of 3 large raptors distracted us and the birds which flocked together to probably feel more secure.
Thanks in advance for your wonderful feedback and likes.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.
The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
A Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) patiently listens for movement under the snow cover possibly identifying its next meal in the boreal woods north of Opal, Alberta, Canada.
23 November, 2017.
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identified by Rafael Carbonell, a spanish expert for Chrysomelidae on iNaturalist on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/162437639
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A watch, especially a complication like this one, comes with many labels to identify the various parameters of time. This Oris moon phase, dual time zone complication is powered by the Calibre 581 developed in 1991 by its watchmakers in Holstein, Switzerland.. This particular watch has performed flawlessly through many time zones for many years. Submittal for the 6/15/20 Macro Monday's theme of "Label.”
The Parish Church of Saint Materiana at Tintagel is a Church of England church in Cornwall, England, UK. It stands on the cliffs between Trevena and Tintagel Castle and is listed Grade I.
The first church on the site was probably in the 6th century, founded as a daughter church of Minster: these are the only churches dedicated to the saint, though she is usually identified with Madryn, Princess of Gwent.
The first time I saw a Short-tailed Hawk it was in a Cypress Tree having lunch. I looked and looked through my bird books and references online and couldn't identify it. It was a dark phased individual and everywhere I had been looking showed it in its light phase, like this one. When I saw this one soaring down in Miami, I was pretty sure that it was a Short-tailed. Looking at images online I believe that this one is a juvenile. The adult has a more distinctively dark head and whiter chest and belly. They eat smaller birds, like grackles, red-winged black birds and meadowlarks. I've read that they hunt from the air, often making a series of swoops down taking their prey off a perch or possibly in the air. It's a sight I've never seen and only rarely see this species. (Buteo brachyurus)
Correction. Thanks to the help of several folks and my own research I've determined that this is a Red-shouldered Hawk. (I hope I'm right.) Short tailed hawks have a cleaner belly and chest and the light phase has a very dark head and the white of the chest forms a thick line up to the bill. Learning is half the fun.
Houston Texas USA
The historic taxonomic status of Harlan's hawk has been quite erratic, sometimes it has been classified as its own species, B. harlani to the opposite extreme that R. S. Palmer (1988) classified as it (perhaps improbably) as a mere western color morph. Most modern authorities recognize as a valid subspecies. Harlan's hawk is markedly different from all other red tails and can be identified nearly 100% of the time by an experienced hawk watcher. Throughout the morphs of this subspecies, the plumage is predominantly blackish, lacking any warmer or brownish tones (save the tail). Harlan's hawks usually have faint streaks on the sides of their head and about their chest with a little gray mottling or speckling on the scapulars. Apart from a variably white-streaked throat, their underparts are usually mostly black with variable white streaking and barring on the thighs or crissum. There are up to four main variations from the typical one above: extreme dark morph (where even the throat is black and no pale streaking is present), dark morph (with barring still present from the tarsus to the underside), rare pale morph (with few blackish blobs on the belly and generally a whiter head) and perhaps even rarer types where the base color is grayish. Unlike most red-tailed hawks, generally immatures are similar enough than adults that it can be difficult to distinguish them. On average, immatures have more extensive pale streaking above and mottling below, but much individual variation has been recorded. The typical tail of a Harlan's hawk is white with a thick black subterminal band but individuals may vary considerable and the tail may be reddish, dusky, whitish or gray and can be longitudinally streaked, mottled or barred.
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What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy,
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy.
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives,
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives.
"Pizza Pie" - System Of A Down
C'était une énorme surprise quand ma femme m'a prévenu que cet oiseau est venu se poser sur la bâche d'hivernage de la piscine pour y faire sa toilette. Il y est resté 11 minutes ce qui m'a permis de le photographier longuement, un moment magique. La plupart d'entre vous vont l'identifier facilement, pour les autres la réponse dans les jours à venir.
It was a huge surprise when I saw this bird land on the winter cover of the pool to wash up. It stayed there for 11 minutes, which allowed me to photograph it at length, a magical moment. Most of you will identify it easily, for others the answer in the following days.
this is identified as Paph. Hilo Citron 'Giant Doral' x Pap. Spring Wolf 'New Horizon' and dedicated to Ron Parsons who has inspired me to learn about orchids from a more knowledgeable perspective!!!!! This is a first step....
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
La seule façon d'identifier avec certitude ce moucherolle c'est par son chant. L'oiseau étant en tous points identique au Moucherolle des aulnes.
The only way to identify with certainty this flycatcher is by his singing. The bird is in all respects identical to the Alder Flycatcher.
This waterlily has been identified as a new species this year at Kew Gardens and named Victoria boliviana from its country of origin. It has the largest leaves in the wild where it reaches 3 meters of diameter.
www.kew.org/read-and-watch/new-giant-waterlily-victoria-b...
the object looks like an alien was identified and called plant :-D
"Thank you very much for all your faves"
The ashy prinia or ashy wren-warbler (Prinia socialis) is a small warbler in the family Cisticolidae. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, ranging across most of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, eastern Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and western Myanmar. It is a common bird in urban gardens and farmland in many parts of India and its small size, distinctive colours and upright tail make it easy to identify. The northern populations have a rufous rump and back and have a distinct breeding and non-breeding plumage while other populations lack such variation
The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.
The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
An often sighted wagtail in tree covers and dirt roads, fields and countryside. The bird is easy to identify and it constantly wags it tail up and down. The bird prefers small insects on the ground and once it finds something it darts off to a tree to munch on it.
We were so busy trying to the flycatchers which were making us run all around when we noticed this one sitting quietly on a rock in a distance.!
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So many times I see these small woodpeckers and I try to remember which is the Downy Woodpecker and which is the Hairy Woodpecker. They are so similar at first glance. So I bought a really good bird book to help me identify the birds that will be returning to our area soon. The book is beautiful to browse through and it has me excited for the new birding season. I found out that this guy is the Downy Woodpecker. I will concentrate on trying to spot the two main differences to tell them apart. This guy has a shorter beak than the Hairy. Plus, the Downy has these black spots on the white tail feathers which you can just tell on the one image.
This brings me to my next goal in photography. I just deleted about 500 images from my photo stream this week. I will get rid of more. My work has changed and it has even improved over the years I have been on Flickr so there are images I do not need to keep online anymore. There are many I can even improve with better editing techniques I have learned and then I can replace those old images with newly edited images. My bird album is one of the first albums I will reorganize, I do not want to just collect bird images. I want to try for better bird images. I admire all the wildlife photographers on Flickr. I am not as dedicated to capturing all the amazing images they take. This is a simple practice for me to get to know my camera better and to try to keep improving while learning more about the world around me. Happy Wing Wednesday!
Den Helder - Zeepromenade
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I incorrecly identified this bird originally as an american goldfinch however as BridgetSpencer13 and Engilis Photos pointed out, it's a female western tanager. Interestingly enough phingular who has previously posted two pictures of this bird correctly identified it :D Oh well!
This was taken in August at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Not 100% sure on this one but I believe it is a hibiscus. Very delicate crepe paper like petals.
Newly identified as a purple flowered rock rose! Thanks to David Nice for the ID.
I used to travel alot. Long international flights could become boring but I liked nothing more than to look out of the window down at the landscape 6 miles below me. I used to pit my geographical knowledge against navigational abilities to see if I could identify towns, cities, rivers, landmarks. It helped pass the time. Once I picked out Monument Valley on the brown Utah landscape. I was able to identify some of the towering features but couldn't get over how an area it had taken most of a day to explore in a car could be the size of a sixpence against the featureless desert around.
The best time was when I had been flying for ages: a few months actually, and I had dozed off, forehead leaning against the cold window. I awoke and through bleary eyes looked down. I didn't instantly recognise it a convolusion of channels leading across the land. Rivers, gorges and canyons. And then I remembered. Mars. I was flying over Mars. And the sunlight glinted off the surface. Water? Water? Every where? Had I just discovered water on Mars?
Unfortunately that's nothing like the truth. I often work my way round to a little cove along from Camusdarrach to find unusual patterns and colours on the beach. Here a little oil seeps into the bog that feeds the burn down onto the beach, the oil catching the light like sun on a river estuary. With dark and light sands, this is my impression of what a Martian river might (have) look like. (this section of sand being about 12 inches across)
Photographed in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Cowiche Unit. I believe I have this plant correctly identified, but I am not an expert. If you believe I am incorrect please let me know. There are multiple common names for native plants so I include the scientific name. IMG_7487
Starman by David Bowie
'There's a Starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds'
After all the dark weather (and news!) I thought it was time for a splash of colour and fun! This is the 9 metre tall 'Identified Flying Object', colloquially known as 'The Birdcage' that stands on railway land between King's Cross and St. Pancras stations. It was designed by Jacques Rival and first appeared in 2011, being suspended above different locations in the area, certainly having the appearance of a UFO!
The psychodelic raindrops in the foreground are resting on one of the safety bollards that protect the station from vehicular attack, a prescient move in light of the events in Nice and Berlin.
Is there life out there beyond our planet? It's a thought that I've always been somewhat uncomfortable with. I hope it remains Science Fiction but the idea is becoming increasingly mainstream, with scientists claiming we might find life on another planet within the next ten years.
Sleep tight!
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Difficult birds to identify unless they are heard and this one never made a sound. I was thinking Least Flycatcher but the eye ring doesn't seem bold enough.
Mira loves to bring home sea shells from her trips to the ocean! What better to do on a cold and blustery day than to try and identify them in her books?!
Hope everyone is having a warm and cozy Saturday!
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...😉
It look a couple of efforts to identify the celestial South but eventually managed to locate it behind the tree. This was taken near Mkuze in KwaZulu Natal where there were many knarled trees, many of which seem to have died in the last 5-6 years due to continuing low rain levels
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!
Central Maryland
iPhone 5
2016
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.
I was only able to get one shot. Never seen one of these before and sure would like to know what it is.
First impressions of White-crowned Sparrows tend to be of a plain, pale-gray bird; next your eye is drawn to the very bold black-and-white stripes on the head and the pale pink or yellow bill. Learn this bird's size and shape so you're ready to identify young birds that have brown, not black, markings on the head.
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Eurasian Wigeon stands out from the other wigeons on the pond with its red head. It seemed a bit smaller to me than the American Wigeons, and I don't think it was an illusion of distance, because it seemed smaller when in front too. I've given up on looking through the pics for a female Eurasian Wigeon. One site said, very unhelpfully, that the female Eurasian Wigeon can be identified by its lack of field marks. Really?????
Photographed at Wenas Lake, Yakima County, Washington. I struggle with identifying some sandpipers so if I am incorrect please let me know. The legs are yellow but it is hard to tell in this photo. Notice the gooey black mud on this birds legs, feet, and bill. I only saw one Pectoral sandpiper but there were probably more on the far side of the lake. IMG_4655