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Day 19 GROUND LEVEL
Taken tonight on my street using a 10 second timer my camera sat on an empty tissue box on the pavement or for my American friends, the sidewalk!
Got a few funny looks from dog walkers and joggers!
Model: Me!
All three photos posted this morning were taken yesterday, 25 June 2016, when I drove SW of the city to possibly meet friends. No one was sure how bad the weather was going to be, as the forecast was for rain and thunderstorms. It had rained overnight, so everywhere was soaking wet. Normally, on a day like that, I stay home, but I'm really glad I did go, especially as I was able to find a Bobolink again. Or, perhaps I should say it found me. Three times now, when I have been photographing a particular pair of Mountain Bluebirds, I have heard a certain call, turned around, and there was a Bobolink sitting on a fence post across the road. It just kept up this call until I stopped what I was doing, crossed the road, and started taking photos of him, as if to say: "Hey, take my photo, too!"
I didn't think any friends were going to turn up, as I hadn't seen anything that looked like a small convoy of cars. Then suddenly, one single car came around a distant corner and stopped. Three people got out - Andrew, Tony and Howard. Three people who are excellent birders and who didn't let the weather keep them from doing what they love.
I followed them slowly as far as Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, where the day's walk was supposed to take part, stopping to look at various birds along the way, Once there, we parted ways, as I didn't want hours of walking in mud and dripping trees. Instead, I wandered for a few minutes near the parking lot, where I took my next two photos and then I returned to the Bluebirds, where the Bobolink reappeared and repeated his behavior, giving me another chance for photos.
And now I have to dash, as I overslept almost an hour, and I have to pick up a friend and then do a long drive NW of the city, where we will be meeting others for a walk, followed by a BBQ. Ths annual event is always very enjoyable - just hope the forecast rain and thunderstorms stay away! Will have to finish off my tags this evening. Gotta run!
"Perched on a grass stem or displaying in flight over a field, breeding male Bobolinks are striking. No other North American bird has a white back and black underparts (some have described this look as wearing a tuxedo backwards). Added to this are the male’s rich, straw-colored patch on the head and his bubbling, virtuosic song. As summer ends he molts into a buff and brown female-like plumage. Though they’re still fairly common in grasslands, Bobolink numbers are declining." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bobolink/id
"The Bobolink inhabits Canada's grassland and agricultural areas from the interior of British Columbia to the east coast. Relative to 1970 levels, this species has shown a large decrease across most of its range, with the exception of the Prairie Potholes Bird Conservation Region where populations have changed little. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed the Bobolink as Threatened in 2010 (COSEWIC 2010d). This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada."
www.ec.gc.ca/soc-sbc/oiseau-bird-eng.aspx?sY=2014&sL=...
Andrew's list of birds (24 species) seen during the time I was with his group of 3;
Plummers Road
Jun 25, 2016
9:00 AM
Traveling
20.00 km
60 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: 15 deg C, overcast turning to sunny.
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10 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
4 Blue-winged Teal
6 Lesser Scaup
3 Bufflehead
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Sora
3 Wilson's Snipe
2 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Common Raven
4 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
4 Mountain Bluebird
10 American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
2 European Starling
2 Clay-colored Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
3 Bobolink
30 Red-winged Blackbird
3 American Goldfinch
A composition in steel by local sculptor David Jensz at this year's Sculpture by the Sea. Unexcitedly titled, 'Level', according to the blurb it's a statement on anticipated sea level rise (it might be rusted by then).
Well nearly anyway. Roxy is very good at sitting still, but this was a challenge. The mini-level is just a round barrel so any movement would cause it to roll off. This is as good as I could get as she was tiring of my instructions. Bless.
As I descended, the view over Muker meadows disappeared and the two barns "rose up" against the background of Ivelet Side.
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I forgot to post this one yesterday. We started our day on the Levels with a walk along the River Tone, near Ham.
A minor level crossing near Worsbrough on the Worsbrough branch, that linked Wath with Barnsley Junction at Penistone, that was once part of the 1500DC Woodhead system.
This section of the Woodhead route closed to all traffic just after 1pm on 17th July 1981, after the passage of the Wath branch bankers which were 76012 and 76007.
The Worsbrough branch now forms the 9 mile Dove Valley Trail that runs from Silkstone Common towards Wombwell passing through Dodworth and Worsborough and forms part of the National Trans Pennine Trail.
5th October 1995
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Historia de un pueblo abandonado. A pocos kilómetros de Puerto Deseado, recorriendo aproximadamente 83 Km se accede a las salinas de Cabo Blanco, una antigua explotación minera de grandes dimensiones y se deduce que ha sido importante por la infraestructura instalada para esa época.
Esta salina representó una fuente de riqueza relacionada a la producción ovina, teniendo en cuenta la conservación de la carne y cueros mediante el salado, y también a la explotación de lobos y elefantes marinos que se desarrollaba en distintos puntos de las costas australes, como ser el Paraje “La Lobería”, al norte de la Provincia de Santa Cruz, donde los lobos fueron cazados en grandes cantidades durante los siglos XVIII y XIX por el alto valor de su piel.
Al evitar la descomposición de carne y cueros, la sal adquirió en siglos pasados un valor comercial elevado, y las salinas fueron consideradas un recurso estratégico, pero a partir de la construcción de cámaras frigoríficas su valor cayó abruptamente.
Aún no se había construido el faro, pero había una población numerosa que vivía en las cercanías de las rocas, donde habían construido varias casas, como las de Guillermo Jenkins (h) y Pedro Fasioli (tienda y ferretería), galpones pertenecientes a la Empresa Grandes Salinas de Cabo Blanco y un almacén de ramos generales perteneciente a la Empresa Lucio Parmeggiani y Cía., que explotaba la salina y le pagaba a los obreros con monedas acuñadas a tal efecto, donde se podía leer en un lado “L. Parmeggiani y Cía.” Y su valor en números, del otro decía “Grandes Salinas de Cabo Blanco Santa Cruz”. También había Oficinas de Correo y Juzgado de Paz, dependencias de la Policía, y las fondas de José Deangelli y Gabriel Pérez. (En el año 1941 también había una escuela).
Al iniciarse la explotación de la salina se utilizaban carros para llevar la sal a Cabo Blanco donde era embarcada. Este fue uno de los primeros trabajos que tuvo José Font, (carrero de profesión que luego se hiciera famoso como dirigente gremial en la huelga de 1921 conocido como “Facón Grande”), arrimar las bolsas de sal a las cercanías de la línea férrea de trocha angosta que en vagones arrastrados por un trencito traía la sal hasta la orilla Sur del Cabo, recorriendo una distancia aproximada de 5.600 metros.
History of an abandoned village. A few kilometers away from Puerto Deseado, traveling approximately 83 km is accessed to the salines of Cape Blanco, an old mining of large dimensions and it follows that has been important for the installed infrastructure for that time.
This saline was a source of wealth related to sheep production, taking into account the conservation of the meat and hides by the salty, and also to the exploitation of sea lions and sea elephants that were being carried out in different points of the southern coasts, such as the spot "The Loberia", to the north of the Province of Santa Cruz, where wolves were hunted in large quantities during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the high value of your skin.
To avoid the decomposition of meat and hides, salt acquired in past centuries a high commercial value, and the Salinas were considered a strategic resource, but from the construction of cold storages its value fell sharply. Had not yet been built the lighthouse, but had a large population that lived in the vicinity of the rocks, where they had built several houses, as the William Jenkins (h) and Pedro Fasioli (store and hardware store), sheds belonging to the Company Large Salinas of Cabo Blanco and a general store belonging to the Company and Lucio Parmeggiani Cia., which operated the saline and paid the workers with coins minted for this purpose, where you could read on one side "L. Parmeggiani and Cia." and its value in numbers, the other said "Large Salinas of Cabo Blanco Santa Cruz". Also had Post Offices and Magistrates Court, Police, and the inns of José Deangelli and Gabriel Pérez. (In the year 1941 also had a school).
At the beginning of the exploitation of the saline carts were used to carry salt to Cabo Blanco where was shipped. This was one of the first jobs that had Jose Font (driver of profession that then made famous as a leader in the guild strike of 1921 known as "Facón Grande" ), lend the bags of salt to the vicinity of the railway line of narrow gauge as a wagon drawn by a small train brought salt to the south shore of the Cape, a distance of approximately 5,600 meters.
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De Rotterdam is a building on the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam, designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1998. The complex is located between the KPN Tower and Rotterdam Cruise Terminal and was finalized at the end of 2013. On 21 November 2013, the municipality of Rotterdam, as the largest user, received the keys. The design provides space for offices, a hotel and apartments. The 44 floors amount to a total floor space area of about 160,000 m², making it the largest building in the Netherlands.
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The level crossing uses an Arduino controlling two micro servos and an MP3 player to play the “ding-ding” sound.
Features:
* Five distance sensors to detect trains – outer and inner approach from each direction and one to detect if the crossing is occupied (inner approx. 6 baseplates from crossing, outer approx. 12 baseplates away).
* Lights flash and ding sounds when any sensor detects a train.
* Booms lower a few seconds after lights start or immediately when inner sensors are triggered.
* Booms raise a few seconds after inner sensors are clear; lower again if inner sensors are reoccupied.
* Lights stop a few seconds after all sensors are clear.
* Five indicator lights show status of each sensor.
* Volume button to change volume of ding.
* Sensor button to change sensor threshold or disable outer sensors.
These are the original booms from my childhood 4.5V trainset. I think from set 146. Any tooth marks are mine!
Although this is dangerous and not recommended, but this action just pure affection of how you love animal :))
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Six Mile Creek was really rushing. Stormy conditions made for muddy water but the leaves were still on the trees.
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Hi All, Happy Fence Friday. This is the glass fence that runs around the viewing level on the top of the Helaba Main Tower in Frankfurt.
I am disappointed that I didn't get to post pictures for the last couple of days. I am also sorry that I haven't been able to keep up with most of your streams. I have tried to catch up, but your out put is impressive and I have given up! So I am sorry if I missed anything.
I have been pretty traumatized the last couple of days and that is the main reason I haven't wanted to post. I had a work christmas party on Wednesday and something really terrible happened and somebody got really badly hurt. The thoughts of myself and the whole department are with him and his family and I wish him a very speedy recovery.
So, I hope this weekend turns out to be more fun! I have 2 weekends left before I fly to the states to see the person I love! I'm very excited, but it seems that I should have more to prepare before I leave. I must finish my Christmas shopping and that is always stressful! I am hoping to finally see Harry Potter though. I am a huge Potter fan and it has been really annoying not getting to see it till now! So yeah, that should be fun.
On a separate note, my lovely and talented girlfriend has an interview this weekend to get in to the London College of Arts to study Fashion Photography. So please head over to her stream, check out her great picture and offer her some encouragement and luck :) Thank you all, I am sure she will appreciate it.