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338 makes the daily trek towards Kirk Yard with morning departure out of Waterloo. Here the train passes over Prairie Creek just outside of Masonville, about 40 mile east of Waterloo. Not alot of old wooden trestles left along the main in Iowa, but a few cool ones still holding up freight.
"When a lazuli bunting babe sets out to make bunting babies, she doesn't mess with Mr. In-Between. Instead, she goes for the extremes--choosing either one of the snazziest-looking potential mates or one of the drabbest. That's because the best territories go to the blandest or the brightest male birds, according to a new study. The unusual situation--the two extremes being favored over the middle--is a rare case of sexually selected male-male cooperation, the researchers report in the 26 October issue of Nature.
In the bird world, it's often the guys who are the head-turners. Darwin argued, and many researchers believe, that sexual selection--competition for mates--is the driving force for the evolution of such foppish ornamentation as a male peacock's tail and the stunning turquoise, white, and chestnut coloration of an adult male lazuli bunting. But Bruce Lyon of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Erick Greene of the University of Montana in Missoula wondered why, then, yearling male lazuli buntings were so variable in color, with some birds almost as dull as the all-brown females and others as splendid as the full-grown males. Using bird-bands, photographs, and DNA fingerprinting, the researchers closely tracked the goings-on in a population of buntings living in a shrubby prairie habitat outside Missoula, Montana.
They found that the gaudy males, whether adults or juveniles, managed to win the competition for scarce good territories. Juvenile males with intermediate coloration apparently weren't aggressive or strong enough to win; but the studly guys tolerated the dullest males, letting them settle next door and sometimes even hanging out with them. The genetic fingerprinting revealed that both parties benefit. The more dull-looking neighbors a hunky bunting has, the less chance he stands to be cuckolded, for reasons that aren't entirely clear yet. The dull guys, on the other hand, get to sire significantly more young than do the intermediate-colored males--even though their partners do sometimes cheat on them."
Running to the Extremes
mari n. jensen
sciencemag.org Oct. 25, 2000
Andrew grabs the shot as DB Cargo Class 66/0 No. 66023 negotiates Stainforth Junction with 4R53, a Milford Sidings – Immingham working on 19th January 2023.
Mr. Gainer, Jack's girlfriend's dad attacks Janet. Read the full transcript of the three's company episode Make room for Daddy
Spent an hour getting some shots at the iconic boat house on the swan river .... managed to make the shots look peaceful , even though there was a steady cue of tourists with selfie sticks making things difficult ha !!!
EXPLORE 410 ...... many thanks :) :)
The world is not interested in what we do for a living. What they are interested in is what we have to offer freely ...... hope, strength, love and the power to make a difference ~ Sasha Azevedo
A dreary day at Myrtle Beach. I got up early that morning with the hopes of catching a sunrise. I watched a lady putting up beach umbrellas and chairs. When the weather gives you lemons, make lemonade. I captured this image from the balcony of our hotel room on the 10th floor.
Photographing an ostrich pacing inside it's fence was slight compensation for failure to get a proper shot of a sandhill crane. The rain was heavy so I shot through an open car window. Sometimes you have to make do with the limited photographic opportunities fate provides....
Storm cell brewing over recently planted vegetables.
Couldn't help myself. I saw this dramatic scene and had to pull over and cross a busy road to take the shot. Near Windsor, North West of Sydney.
I can’t adequately describe the thrill of seeing not one, but two, koalas just near home this week. It doesn’t get much better than that 😍 And it was just delightful to see so many people stopping their cars to look, show their kids and take photos. (The koalas were safely inside the fence line of our golf course which has unfortunately been sold, but close enough to to the road to be easily seen).
It’s a desperately sad fact that koalas in Queensland, where I live, are now listed as an endangered species. Their numbers continue to decline as a result of habitat loss due to land clearing for development and farming, climate events like bushfires and drought, and disease.
Spring is mating season for koalas and I was lucky to spot two of them in the same tree in our local area where it’s estimated there are around 40 living in a conservation zone. But even this area is now under threat of housing redevelopment which would mean the further destruction of precious habitat for the koalas, kangaroos and other wildlife. The developers and local authorities will have a fight on their hands. I am getting ready for battle.
30. Far apart
122 in 2022
Event: Couture Fashion Week
Location: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY
Date: September 16-18, 2011
A photo tribute to the hard working hair and make-up teams at Couture Fashion Week, September 2011. Great going guys!
Hair Styling
Elie Esper Salon
Make-Up
Mykel Renner & AOFM Pro
Cosmetics
INGLOT
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If you want to escape, make sure you leave your shit behind. It can drag you down.
Message to boat owner: pull your boat above the tide line to stop it being swamped like this. Finns are not used to tides and the sea level changing. Normally there is hardly any tide in the Baltic Sea. But there was on this day
makes me think of Steller Sunshine's beanstalk, one of the earliest "big builds" in SL...
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On the open road with this beauty of awesome truck. Having good smoke and checking to make sure everything is good before going on a long drive. Love it!!
Pose is from PixIT and its called Punk Much?
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Sorry guys, I can't make my mind up so here is a series of dragonfly images I took in my garden. As you can see, it is the same common darter on a garden sculpture but turning just a couple of inches one way or another gave me these different backgrounds.
We were following a pair of juveniles and had paused before we got to the slough, as there was another group already near them. Next thing we knew, Crimp Ear (what the guides call her), came flying along the bank. We heard a big splash - the juveniles had jumped into the slough and scattered.
The guides think the juveniles were her cubs from 2 years ago, and she was trying to drive them further out of the territory.
If you are wondering, we did move back when we saw her approach. She was totally ignoring us!
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." ― A.A. Milne
Indy 19th March 1998 to 19th December 2011.
At 11 am 19th of December 2011, Indy was put to sleep, I was with him to the end keeping the promises I made to him on his first day with me. I told him he would never have a moment when he didn’t know he was loved, he would live a life as free as possible and I would be there at the end.