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Macro Mondays 01/01/2018 theme Redux 2017--My Favorite Theme of the Year.
With so many great themes to choose from I decided to start at the top of the list and work down and try to fit as many themes in to one photo.So starting with January 9th: Member's Choice--Inspired by a Song (Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf)
As it has a little heart I thought it would also fit February 13th theme: Heart
As its metallic it fits March 13th: Member's Choice: Made of Metal
Next on the list is October 30th theme: Halloween (my favorite holiday).
Last on the list is December 18th theme: Lit by Candlelight as this was how it was lit : )
HAPPY 2018 EVERYONE
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]
......has arrived ! Stella and I was picking them up yesterday, and introduced them to our "family". I think they did feel welcome..... Henny the hen (grey) and Agda the hen (white) : )
Henny had her doubts at first, and didn´t really wanted to leave the cage.
Moment at home, Lionheart.
Closest landmark:
Cuckoo - Cuculus Canorus
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, e that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being seen to do so.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.
The scientific name is from Latin. Cuculus is "cuckoo" and canorus, "melodious ".
A study using stuffed bird models found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos that have barred underparts similar to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, a predatory bird. Eurasian reed warblers were found more aggressive to cuckoos that looked less hawk-like, meaning that the resemblance to the hawk helps the cuckoo to access the nests of potential hosts. Other small birds, great tits and blue tits, showed alarm and avoided attending feeders on seeing either (mounted) sparrowhawks or cuckoos; this implies that the cuckoo's hawklike appearance functions as protective mimicry, whether to reduce attacks by hawks or to make brood parasitism easier.
The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off. The whole process takes about 10 seconds. A female may visit up to 50 nests during a breeding season. Common cuckoos first breed at the age of two years.
More than 100 host species have been recorded: meadow pipit, dunnock and Eurasian reed warbler are the most common hosts in northern Europe; garden warbler, meadow pipit, pied wagtail and European robin in central Europe; brambling and common redstart in Finland; and great reed warbler in Hungary.
Studies were made of 90 great reed warbler nests in central Hungary. There was an "unusually high" frequency of common cuckoo parasitism, with 64% of the nests parasitised. Of the nests targeted by cuckoos, 64% contained one cuckoo egg, 23% had two, 10% had three and 3% had four common cuckoo eggs. In total, 58% of the common cuckoo eggs were laid in nests that were multiply parasitised. When laying eggs in nests already parasitised, the female cuckoos removed one egg at random, showing no discrimination between the great reed warbler eggs and those of other cuckoos.
It was found that nests close to cuckoo perches were most vulnerable: multiple parasitised nests were closest to the vantage points, and unparasitised nests were farthest away. Nearly all the nests "in close vicinity" to the vantage points were parasitised. More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying.
This member of the finch family is the only one that goes through any changes in plumage during the year and becomes less colourful during the fall and winter months.
They strongly prefer wide open country where they can forage on the many weed seeds available but like a few trees nearby for shelter and nesting. Being heavy seed foragers they nest later in the season in hopes that there will be a good seed crop available to feed their chicks. The juveniles mature very quickly being ready to leave the nest from 11 - 17 days after hatching.
Being very active and acrobatic little songbirds we often see them clinging to weed seed heads, often upside down while harvesting the seeds.
They are often seen visiting backyard feeders and share their space with many other species.
For Macro Mondays - Members Choice - Musical Instruments.
With little time this week to prepare for MM I quickly took a shot of the Machine Heads on one of my guitars this morning.
Happy Macro Monday.
The season opened for me this last weekend with the Goodwood 74th Members Meeting. Its perhaps underselling it to say that this opener to the season once again proved to be a knockout event, with 8 Porsche 917's and 6 Ferrari 512's being on show alongside some regular attendees.
Although the Sunday was dampened by a number of serious accidents that re-enforced the message that motorsport can and will be dangerous, the Members Meeting managed to provide a number of opportunities to get up close and personal with some real racing legends that I hope will continue in the future.
My opening shot from the event is of the magnificent 1970 Ferrari 512M owned by Paul Knapfield. It was difficult with so many great cars in attendance to know where to begin, so I thought I'd start with a type of shot that proved popular last year.
I'll try and post some details regarding this particular car in future uploads.
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Went the back road from my home & came across these sheep, they were quite inquisitive & 1 came over for me to pet it & scratch behind its ear. Lovely creatures.
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
This young male could be an older brother of the two I already posted (www.flickr.com/photos/leendert3/50524149451/in/dateposted/) It also appears from all the battle scars and painful expression on its face that this might have been the lion who hunted down and killed the Blue Wildebeest the pride feasted on during the night or early morning.
This is the last of the series.
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There are several Sufi orders in Senegal.
The Xaadir (Qādiriyya) is the oldest and founded in Baghdad by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī in the 12th century, now pan-Islamic, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.
His portrait is at the far left, with his name in Arabic :
عبدالقادر الجيلاني
The members of this family probably belong to this Muslim brotherhood.
The most important brotherhoods in Senegal are:
- The Xaadir (Qādiriyya), the oldest, founded in Baghdad by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī in the 12th century, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.
- The Tijaniyyah, the largest in membership, founded in Fez, Morocco by the Algerian born Cheikh Sīdī 'Aḥmad at-Tijānī.
- The Mourides, the richest and most active, founded by the Islamic leader Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1850–1927) of French West Africa, now Senegal.
- The Layene are a smaller Sufi order, centered at Yoff, north of Dakar.
I will try to found out about the other portraits, but I had understood that they were Gilani's son and grandson. ( no, I don't think so)
If you know, let me know!
searching, but: Cheikh Hadramé est né en 1910, sept ans avant la disparition de Cheikhna Cheikh Saadbou. Son père est Cheikh Sidibouya le premier fils de Cheikhna Cheikh Saadbouh.
www.boromansar.com/cheikhna-cheikh-saad-bouh/
Submitted: 25/01/2018
Accepted: 25/01/2018
A new horse mom came to Devin´s Eye and brought her baby. His name is Buba <3
Taken @ Devin´s Eye : Taxi
Whilst everyone else's attention was drawn to the delights of the Ferrari 250 LM and GTO, and the Bizzarrini's going through their warm up routines in the paddock, I spent some time looking over the beautiful cars from the 1930's, including this glorious Alfa Romeo 8C Monza.
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I know I keep posting E-Type images and saying how much I love the competition cars, but this one in particular is a real beauty. OWC 4 is a competition replica built from a crashed chassis sometime around 1987 by racing driver Bryan Wingfield.
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Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 at F2. When you grow old, there is a constant seepage or loss of memory. You normally notice this yourself, in particular when reading old letters or diaries. It is just like whisky in the barrel with its slow loss of alcohol during the aging process. That loss is called the angel's share. Whisky is getting better with age. Whether that is true for people is another matter. However, if the lost alcohol goes to the angels, where would the lost memories go? Are they going anywhere? Or will these memories simply be obliterated? Can or even must I remember on behalf of somebody else whose memories have already gone? These and other questions pop up when you observe somebody losing his or her memories due to a severe accident or illness. You immediately recognise that our memories are essential for determining who we are and that the fragmentation of memory is a devastating process and will send us on a search for the person we once thought we know. We then start to re-member, to put together again what has fallen apart. There is consolation in the thought that there may be a place where all the memories are preserved and nothing is ever lost. But if you are not sure about this, like me, it is up to us whether we re-member or not.
This is our newest family member that we have had since May, when we lost our oldest bird Lisa (after close to 9 years).
Nemo is a cockatiel and has been a bit shy so haven´t had a picture to post until now.
She´s out more and more, enjoying the company of us, Pino and Sonny, A curious lady filled with energy and such a cute little feather spike on top of her head.
I hope to post some more pics of my birds now and then. Such a shame that I have rarely posted pictures of them but will get better at this.
Have a lovely Sunday,
The only member of the Hanging Parrot / Lorikeet species in India. They are small - maybe around 14-15 cms long, have no tail and the beak is pretty small. The birds are often seen around fruiting trees in small groups of 2-3 usually.
The birds are resident birds in the country and they are found in parts of South India and Himalayan regions, but common across much of South East Asia.
We travelled to the western side of India for 2 days to visit a farm in the countryside where several of these birds make a visit every year. That organic farm hosts these Rosefinches along with Vernal Hanging parrots, Crested Buntings and other Minivets. For 3 months, the crop is laid just for these birds and is eaten by the birds entirely. In fact, 2 rounds of crop is laid for the birds. By the end of October, the birds disperse all over the countryside.
Thanks so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves. Much appreciated.
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.
The Great Western Society, the Charity that runs Didcot Railway Centre. The Centre is run by the Great Western Society – Charity No. 272616.
There are around 4,000 members including over 250 active volunteers who help run the Centre.
Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point.
A living Museum of the Great Western Railway. The Centre was developed around the original 1930s Engine Shed and is home to a large collection of Great Western Railway steam locomotives, carriages, wagons, buildings and memorabilia.
Members of the Cervidae family (deer) are the only mammals that grow antlers, and the annual process of growing and shedding antlers is one of the most fascinating phenomena in nature. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
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.
Just a bit of fun, we are celebrating after all 😂😍
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Sons of Confederate Veterans Beirne Chapman Camp 148 members pose for a photo at a group social, Union, Monroe County, WV.