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I loved cat "sammi". he lived from a age of 8 weeks to a older of 19 years by me, he died some years ago and was a great friend and partner on my side...
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Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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A record shot to show how low the pond water level got here this fall before four inches of rain filled it up again. It wasn't quite as bad as last year's drought but still pretty severe.
Pianta che vive su terreni sassosi e aridi, frequentata da farfalle e intensamente dalle api.
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. . . Excuse the small branches and trigs in the way, but this Bald Eagle taking off was a good test for my new camera, and I think even with the distractions it came out a winner!
Have a great week Facebook, Flickr, and 500px friends!
The point of maximum during the partial solar eclipse on Saturday 29th March 2025. Captured from my backgarden in Torquay, UK it took the sun around 2 hours to travel across the face of the sun and I was glad I was able to capture the event as well as sunspot AR 4046.
Mother Nature doodled again and hid it away again. I think she went a little over the top on this one but I'm not complaining :)
(looked up the coordinates so I could map this, the GPS says I'm 475.24 miles away. bummer. I bet there's more good stuff to be found there...)
handheld and in natural light of a metallic green bee (Augochlora spp) covered in the pollen of a Common Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) please view LARGE
Laguna Negra, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
La Laguna Negra de Urbión, o simplemente la Laguna Negra, es una laguna de origen glacial situada en la sierra de los Picos de Urbión en el término municipal de Vinuesa, en Castilla y León, España. Forma parte del Parque natural de la Laguna Negra y los Circos Glaciares de Urbión, declarado en el año 2010.
La Laguna Negra se ubica al norte de la provincia de Soria, en la parte septentrional del Sistema Ibérico y es el corazón del espacio natural Sierra de Urbión, que tiene una superficie de 4770 ha y está situado en el centro de la comarca de Pinares, dentro de los términos municipales de Vinuesa, Covaleda y Duruelo de la Sierra.
El Pico de Urbión, con sus 2228 m de altitud, es la máxima altura del parque, que se extiende por las vegas de los ríos Duero, que nace cerca de la cumbre del Urbión, y Revinuesa. La altitud mínima de la zona protegida es de 1300 m. La laguna Negra se halla a 1753 m de altitud.
Le acompañan a la Laguna Negra otras lagunas del mismo origen como la Laguna Helada y la Laguna Larga.
El acceso se realiza desde Vinuesa por la carretera de SO-830, que une esta localidad con Montenegro de Cameros y La Rioja, por el valle del Revinuesa. Aunque es posible llegar en vehículo particular hasta ella, los meses de verano y de afluencia de público, solo se puede llegar andando o en autobuses desde Vinuesa.
The Laguna Negra de Urbión, or simply the Laguna Negra, is a glacial lagoon located in the Sierra de los Picos de Urbión in the municipality of Vinuesa, in Castilla y León, Spain. It is part of the Natural Park of the Black Lagoon and the Glacial Circus of Urbión, declared in 2010.
The Black Lagoon is located to the north of the province of Soria, in the northern part of the Iberian System and is the heart of the Sierra de Urbión natural space, which has an area of 4770 ha and is located in the center of the Pinares region, within the municipalities of Vinuesa, Covaleda and Duruelo de la Sierra.
The Pico de Urbión, with its 2228 m of altitude, is the maximum height of the park, which extends through the valleys of the Duero rivers, which rises near the summit of Urbión, and Revinuesa. The minimum altitude of the protected area is 1300 m. The Black Lagoon is at an altitude of 1753 m.
Other lagoons of the same origin, such as Laguna Helada and Laguna Larga, accompany the Laguna Negra.
Access is from Vinuesa by the SO-830 road, which connects this town with Montenegro de Cameros and La Rioja, through the Revinuesa valley. Although it is possible to get there by private vehicle, during the summer months and when the public is crowded, it can only be reached on foot or by bus from Vinuesa.
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I have been working on humming bird photography for the last one month. I tried using natural light but it was not enough to get sharp picture of inflight bird. I also tried to use 3 speed light flashes but it was not enough as the maximum shutter speed was 1/250 sec. Today I used external LED light. With LED, Natural light and Fall background color has enhanced the color and sharpness of this picture.
This is one of the images that I'd never published before which are in my recently launched book, "Maximum Shadow, Minimal Light". It has 95 images and 190 pages, and can be ordered here: edition.lammerhuber.at/en/books/maximum-shadow-minimal-light (or directly with me, if you're in Brazil)
It’s. Not perfect but I will be working on it Walked past several days at 5:30pm end of winter and it grabbed me for some reason. This needs practice
at maximum 30 min before the Full Moon was visible again
Lunar eclipses can occur only during a full moon. Here, the moon was in perfect alignment with the sun and Earth, with the moon on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun. Earth will cast two shadows on the moon during the eclipse. The penumbra is the partial outer shadow, and the umbra is the full, dark shadow.
When the full moon moves into Earth's shadow, it will darken, but it won't disappear. Sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere will light the moon.
Moonshot taken over Munich on July 16th 2019 (23:31 MEZ)
with my Canon EOS 450D EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM
ƒ/ 5.6
300 mm
1/60
ISO 400
Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)
Reese Firehouse Carnival Westminster Maryland USA
Created for The Creative Digital Art Community November Challenge : "Art Carousels and Fairs"
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Textures applied using Topaz Texture Effects
Freshly repainted into DB "Verkehrsrot" following attention at Toton TMD, the ex-works 66653 'Barry Needham' heads through the snowy landscape at Red Bank with 6E26 1051 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton.
Formerly 66194, conversion to 66653 entailed an increase in haulage capacity and reduction in maximum speed to 60mph. Supposedly due to the success of the project, another batch has been authorised to take the number series up to 66665.
(photoshop note, GSMR mast removed)
The (former) ING house in Amsterdam. Photograph taken with my approach of the maximum point of perspective to increase the dynamics in the photo using a tilt-shift lens with maximum shift, and processed with the Artisan Pro X panel. More info on my panel on my website.
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Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
Description: Brown Falcons are small to medium-sized raptors (birds of prey). The female is larger than the male. The Brown Falcon has a range of plumage colours, from very dark brown to light brown above and off-white below. Generally, the upperparts are dark brown and the underparts are pale buff or cream. The sides of the head are brown with a characteristic tear-stripe below the eye. Birds from the tropical north are very dark, with a paler face and undertail, while those from central Australia are paler all over. Younger birds resemble dark adults, but have less obvious barring on the tail, and a buff-yellow colour on the face, throat and nape of the neck.
Similar species: Paler birds may often be confused with a related raptor (bird of prey), the Nankeen Kestrel, F. cenchroides, which is quite a bit smaller and has a more rufous crown. Dark Brown Falcons may be mistaken for slightly larger Black Falcon, F. subniger. The Black Falcon has longer legs and lacks barring on the tail. The Black Falcon also appears sleeker in shape and movements.
Distribution: The Brown Falcon ranges throughout Australia, and north to New Guinea.
Habitat: The Brown Falcon is found in all but the densest forests and is locally common throughout its range. The preferred habitat is open grassland and agricultural areas, with scattered trees or structures such as telegraph poles which it uses for perching. Around outback towns, the birds become quite tame and will allow quite close approach. Birds may stay within the same areas throughout the year or may move around locally in response to changes in conditions. Paler birds are usually associated with inland areas, but all the colour varieties are fairly scattered throughout the range.
Feeding: Brown Falcons are usually seen alone, searching for food from an exposed perch. When prey is sighted, the bird swoops down and grasps it in its claws (talons), killing the prey with a bite to the spine. The powerful bill has specialised 'tomial' teeth and matching notches for this purpose. Less often the species will hunt by hovering or gliding over the ground, often at great heights. Brown Falcons feed on small mammals, insects, reptiles and, less often, small birds.
Breeding: The nest used by the Brown Falcon is normally an old nest from another hawk species, but the species may build its own stick nest in a tree. Occasionally birds nest in open tree hollows. Both sexes share the incubation of the eggs, and both care for the young, although the female performs the bulk of these duties, while the male supplies most of the food.
Calls: Normally silent at rest, but gives some cackling and screeching notes when in flight.
Minimum Size: 41cm
Maximum Size: 51cm
Average size: 46cm
Average weight: 530g
Breeding season: June to November in the south; November to April in the north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 6 (usually 3)
Incubation: 30 days
Nestling Period: 45 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net; and Pizzey & Night, The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia)
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Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Both sexes have tusks, which erupt when they are 1–3 years old and grow throughout life.
It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal, traveling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves and bark.
Since 2004, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory.
They can weigh 7 t (7.7 short tons). The heaviest male on record weighed 10.4 t (11.5 short tons) and was shot in 1974 in Angola. Females are much smaller at about 2.2–2.6 m (7.2–8.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and up to 4 t (4.4 short tons) in weight.
Elephants attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around the age of 25. - Wikipedia
Close to maximum solar eclipse coverage in Livingston Manor, NY before clouds rolled in. At this point during the eclipse the ambient light dimmed as if it were twilight. The clouds made the environment even darker.
Our Daily Challenge - Twilight - 8/16/17
- www.kevin-palmer.com - It was supposed to hit the previous night. But the aurora runs on its own schedule. Only after the solar storm watch was cancelled, most skywatchers had written it off as a bust, did the northern lights show. The late arrival ended up being a good thing because this night was crystal clear in Wyoming. Temperatures below zero and a bitter breeze brought frosted eyelashes and numb fingers. But I've been waiting 3 months for a night like this one. Geomagnetic storms are less frequent in the winter and often hidden behind clouds when they do happen. So when conditions are perfect I have to take advantage. Pillars appeared briefly at 11:00 and faded, then the real show started after 1AM. This is a location I found while exploring the local backroads. After marking it on a map, I waited until the time was right to return and capture the northerly view. In recent months more sunspots have been appearing on the Sun. As we head towards the maximum of the 11-year solar cycle, views like this will only become more common.
Up close with a small (about a cm. long) day-flying moth (Heliolonche pictipennis) on its preferred flower, a desert dandelion. Mojave Desert, California. I particularly like its lovely pale-green eye.
Span: Flor colorada. Avise si puede identificarla.
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Engl: Red flower. Advise if you can identify it.
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Double-barred Finch
Scientific Name: Taeniopygia bichenovii
Description: The Double-barred Finch is one of the long-tailed grass-finches and is notable for its 'owl-faced' features, having a white face bordered black. It is grey-brown, with white underparts banded black above and below the chest, giving the species its name. The wings are black, spotted white, the tail is black and the bill and legs are blueish-grey. Juveniles are dulller, with indistinct chest bars. These grass-finches usually feed in flocks and have a bouncing, undulating flight pattern.
Similar species: There are two subspecies of Double-barred Finch: the eastern race has a white rump and the western race has a black rump. Otherwise, distinguished form other finches by its 'owl-face'.
Distribution: The Double-barred Finch is found in the Kimberley region through to west of the Gulf of Carpentaria (the western race annulosa), and then from Cape York down the east coast to south-eastern Victoria (the eastern race, bichenovii).
Habitat: The Double-barred Finch prefers dry grassy woodlands and scrublands, open forests and farmlands. It is never far from water.
Seasonal movements: Nomadic; only an occasional visitor to extreme south-eastern part of range.
Feeding: The Double-barred Finch feeds on the ground on seeds. It will also take insects, especially when breeding. It usually feeds in groups or flocks of up to 40 birds.
Breeding: The Double-barred Finch builds a rounded nest, with a side entrance and short tunnel into a inner chamber lined with fine grass, feathers and plant down. The nest is placed between 1 m to 5 m from the ground in pandanus or thick shrubs, or even in the eaves of a building, often close to an active wasps' nest. Both parents incubate and feed the young.
The nestlings of Double-barred Finches beg with their heads down to one side. This is unique to the grass-finch and waxbill family.
Calls: A brassy, drawn-out 'tzeeaat, tzeeaat'; also a low 'tat tat'
Minimum Size: 10cm
Maximum Size: 12cm
Average size: 11cm
Average weight: 10g
Breeding season: After rain in north and inland.
Clutch Size: 4 to 7 eggs
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 21 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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