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A member of the widespread jay group, and about the size of the jackdaw, it inhabits mixed woodland, particularly with oaks, and is a habitual acorn hoarder. In recent years, the bird has begun to migrate into urban areas, possibly as a result of continued erosion of its woodland habitat. Before humans began planting the trees commercially on a wide scale, Eurasian jays were the main source of movement and propagation for the European oak (Q. robur), each bird having the ability to spread more than a thousand acorns each year. Eurasian jays will also bury the acorns of other oak species, and have been cited by the National Trust as a major propagator of the largest population of Holm oak (Q. ilex) in Northern Europe, situated in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight.[5] Jays have been recorded carrying single acorns as far as 20 km, and are credited with the rapid northward spread of oaks following the last ice age.[6]
Front on shot of the car known as the Coupe des Alpes after is success in the Alpine Rally.
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1/26/19....am bringing this harmonica
back around from my archives
and using this picture, as a wild card,
for the ANSH scavenger8 Music
HMM for the theme of musical instruments.
#macromondays #musicalinstruments
#Member'sChoiceMusicalInstruments
We left Badlands N.P. early to make a final loop around the park on the way out and found this guy and three of his buddies hanging out near Norbeck Pass. Although they looked mature, their behavior indicated otherwise. There was some awkward sparring where they basically rubbed their horns together. After they tired of that they took turns trying to mount each other. I’m guessing they were not yet ready to make a significant contribution to the gene pool.
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. Elevation: 3,234 ft. August 6, 2019.
Macro Monday member's choice theme: Bokeh
Small bauble (3 cm / 1,18 inches in diameter) in front of two "bauble" (ball) chains, red and gold-coloured, star filter for that extra Xmas bling. Oh, and yes, reflective surface... that's my Christmas teacup on the left ;-) ...
Dear Flickr friends, I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and, if you don't celebrate, very relaxed, beautiful days between Christmas and New Year ;-)
Kleine (3 cm Durchmesser) Christbaumkugel vor zwei Kugelketten (rot und goldfarben), Sternfilter für's weihnachtliche Glitzern. Ach ja, und vielleicht hätte ich meine Weihnachtstasse etwas weiter weg stellen sollen...
Liebe Flickr-Freunde, ich wünsche Euch ein frohes Fest und schöne, entspannte Tage zwischen den Jahren ;-)
The Alfa Romeo Tipe 33TT12 (TT for Telaio Tubolare meaning tubular chassis, the 12 for 12-cylinder) was mostly used for development in the 1973 season, and took its first victory in 1974 at the Monza 1000km and finished second overall in the championship that year.
In 1975, the car took 7 wins from 8 races, and therefore took the honours in the 1975 World Championship for Makes.
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A gathering of Porsche 917's would not be complete without at least one featuring the classic Gilf Livery, and at this years 74th Members Meeting there were 3 cars with the famous and distinctive blue and orange colours.
This car, chassis number 031, is part of the Rofgo Collection, and was used to rebuild the crashed chassis number 026. The car was converted to a Spyder and driven by Jurgen Neuhaus in the CanAm series, before being restored back into the coupe format by Jeff Hayes in 1988.
It was nice to see the Gulf livery on the car I most associate with it, the iconic colours have become a little diluted in recent years with various cars using the scheme.
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Members that live in the UK may have heard about the resent storms (January 2026)that have devastated the beautiful South Hams village of Torcross ...most of these buildings (cottages,pub and restaurant)have been badly damaged so has the main road (A397)that runs behind the buildings here and up past the beach in the distance big parts have been washed away and there is some debate now about should it be repaired ...it is costing millions of pounds and is happening more frequently....for members from the USA please Google Operation/Exersise Tiger and you will see that 749 of you country men died here in 1944 when a D-Day landing rehearsal went tragically wrong ....photagraph taken on our last stay here 20-01-2025.
First outing (I believe) for this Jaguar E-Type, one of six recently built by Jaguar Heritage using the original run of chassis numbers, and sold for approximately £1.2 million each.
Finished in a stunning shade of blue, the car looked fantastic in the paddock and on track. While some question the legitimacy of these cars being eligible to race, the way these continuation models were built, and with the price of the original cars now at £7 million, this may be the only option if you want to see these kind of cars race nowadays.
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This member of the Pochard family is considered a migrator even though a large number of them will reside on our Great Lakes throughout the winter months. This diving duck species tends to forage the hardest during dawn and dusk hours and seems to be content to drift during the day.
This mated pair is doing a flyby during a hold pattern prior to going north for the breeding season. After they arrive at their breeding territory they will either establish a nest of their own or parasitize another species nest and lay their eggs for some other hen to incubate and raise the young.
The sedimentary rocks formed in the Upper Cretaceous that occur in the region of Torotoro, Bolivia, belong to the El Molino Formation, which can be divided into three members due to their distinct lithologic characteristics. The lower member consists of carbonate rocks, the intermediate member by siliciclastic and mixed rocks, and the upper, by carbonate rocks. These association of rocks occur as the upper strata of the Torotoro Syncline, a 45 km long and 9.5 km wide feature well preserved in the dynamic of Andean tectonic.
Source: Menegat R; et al
Here is the 1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight creeping through the paddock during the 75th Members Meeting.
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Bare metal bodywork is always a winner in my book, and this 1958 Lister Chevrolet Knobbly is right up there in my eyes. Another low down point of view shot along the flank, highlighting those beautiful curves.
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5552 - North of A6 Bridge 09-07-1994 R2528
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
5593 "Kolhapur" in disguise
Great Central Railway
GCR Members' Day
We have a new member. Please welcome Cosmo Noel-Jenkins to the Flickr family. Playing with my new lens. I'm in love. <3 with new lens and Cosmo.
196 is not far from exiting the Calumet River Line for the SC&S. About as exciting as things get in Hegewisch nowadays. Daylight appearances from the South Chicago job happen 5 days a week for this Burnham-based crew.
As previously mentioned, the 74th members Meeting at Goodwood this year featured a number of Porsche 917's both on display and doing demonstration laps round the circuit. Quite possibly the most iconic of these is the Gulf liveried 917 that featured in the Steve McQueen film Le Mans. At the 74MM there were 3 917's that were shown in the Gulf livery, including this car, chassis 917-031, which forms part of the Rofgo Collection of Gulf Liveried cars.
The Porsche 917 was designed by Hans Mezger, chief engineer at Porsche. The car was built using a light spaceframe chassis that was pressurised with gas to detect cracks in the welding. Hans Mezger designed the original 4.5ltr V12 engine, which used two Porsche 2.25ltr flat-6 engines mated together. The gearbox, mounted longitudinally, was designed to take a set of four or five gears as dictated by the circuit and conditions. To ensure that the size of the car remained compact, the driver actually sits with feet positioned ahead of the front axle.
The 917 made use of components made of titanium and magnesium to provide strength and lightness, while the the gear knob was made from balsa wood. One of the clever techniques used to save weight was to put the oil through to the front cooler via the tubular spaceframe chassis itself rather than adding independent pipework that would add weight and complexity.
The Porsche 917 ran in the 1969, 1970 and 1971 World Sportscar Championship. Initially it was described as being incredibly unstable, using all the road at speed by factory driver Brian Redman. When suspension modifications did not resolve the issue, it was found that the long tail was creating an amount of lift not seen in sports racing before. As the 917 was significantly faster than anything that had run at Le Mans before, the aerodynamic lift was a new experience for the teams involved in this kind of racing.
Interestingly, the works racers at the time preferred the Porsche 908 due to its stability, especially on the more complex and technical tracks. This however caused a problem for Porsche who had a surplus of 917's to sell and so wanted to continue promoting the car. To do this they initially approached BMW and asked for their drivers Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester to compete in the 917 at the 1000km Nurburgring, but after initial testing BMW refused. This led Porsche to turn to Englishman David Piper and Australian Frank Gardner, but they struggled to finish in 8th place whereas the Porsche Team entry of six 908's finished in the top 5 places.
At the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, the inexperienced privateer and British gentleman-driver John Woolfe crashed and was killed when his Porsche 917 came off the track at Maison Blanche on the opening lap.
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Member of protest group meditating to in crease awareness of Chinese government oppression of minority groups
The American Goldfinch is the only member of the finch family that undergoes any plumage changes during the year. Their plumage becomes less colourful in fall and winter.
They prefer a habitat of open country where they can forage on the many weed seeds they consume with some brush and trees nearby for shelter and nesting. Other than the breeding season they are very social and will flock with numerous other species.
Being the very active and acrobatic little songbirds they are we often see them clinging to weed seed heads especially thistles. Because they are heavy seed eaters they nest later in the summer than other species supposedly so they have a plentiful supply of late summer seeds for their chicks. Their young mature very quickly leaving the nest in only 11 to 17 days after hatching.
Members of Catterline Coastal Rowing Club in one of their skiffs. They row along the North East coast between Catterline and Stonehaven, and take part in local events, races and regattas.
Young crew members posing on the fore-yard of Gustaf Erikson´s (Åland, Finland) four-masted barque Herzogin Cecilie. The Maritime museum of Finland does not give a date, only a time frame 1921 - 1936, when Erikson owned her. Most of these crew members were probably from the Åland islands.
My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original B&W image in the finna.fi archive. The photographer is unkonwn.
La jolie Twiggy a rapporté fièrement son trophée de chasse, à sa maitresse, ma fille...Celle-ci était désolée pour le petit suisse...
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EXPLORE 120 le 24 septembre 2020
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"Macro Mondays" "Members Choice: Abstract Macro" ~~ By Jackie
Abstract Scarf
The image was taken less than the 3". By moving in closer this allowed me to focus on the weave and pattern of the scarf.
Happy Macro Mondays.
Crew members relaxing on the Norwegian full-rigger Svalen in the Atlantic Ocean on April 26, 1920. My restoration and colorization
of an image in the Maritime Museum of Finland archive.
The 265 ft Svalen was built in 1903 by Anderson Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow, as Castleton for the owner, Beynon Shipping Co. in Cardiff. In 1915 she was sold to Sven O. Stray and Co., Kristiansand, Norway and was renamed Svalen. In 1924 Svalen was sold to Bang & Co, Grimstad, and renamed Skaregrøm.
16.12.1926 the ship was caught in a cyclone in the Atlantic and dismasted on voyage, Fredrikshald-Adelaide with timber.
She managed to reach the Azores on Jury rig. However she was declared a total loss and was eventually broken up in Rotterdam.
Cheetahs are solitary animals , who live alone, or in two…Males can create a group of more members. They can be very close to humans and have a strong bond with them….
This one you see here, has created a strong bond with her caretaker since she was a baby in the Lion Park of Johannesburg, and also …..with me!! With me, of course, she created a bond within the 10’ I was allowed to cuddle her…I was amazed to see the taken photos of me later, where I was close to her face to face, cuddling her tenderly like a dog! It is true, our energies were especially fulfilling, and we were not afraid of each other…And , I guess, this is the secret of the whole thing…The Love Energy Field!! ❤️