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I love the colours of this photo, the bird not so much. Noisy Miners live in large groups and are very territorial and highly aggressive. Like a gang of thugs they will attack and chase away other species of birds that enter their territory, even if that territory had once belonged to that other bird.
Located in Munising in the U.P. of Michigan, it’s a nice hike to see such a beautiful place, the surrounding area is quite lovely.
In 1903 gold was found in the Denali Region. Soon the news spread and there was a stampede for the Kantishna Hills. This created a demand for food to feed miners and explorers. Market and trophy hunters were killing anything in sight. Dall sheep were quick prey as their white color made them an easy target.
Around 1907, Charles Sheldon, a naturalist, made a visit to study the Dall sheep. He could see that the sheep would soon be decimated if the slaughter continued. He started a Bill to make the area a national park. On February 26, 1917, the wilderness area became Mount McKinley National Park. In 1980, the name was changed back to the original name of Denali (the high one). Denali National Park (6.2 million acres) has remained a wilderness area with only one road 92 miles long.
For Looking Close... On Friday.
Flora and Fauna in Vertical Photo.
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The noisy miner is a bird in the honeyeater family and endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia. Noisy miners are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally, forming colonies that can contain several hundred birds. Each bird has an 'activity space', and birds with overlapping activity spaces form associations called 'coteries', which are the most stable units within the colony. The birds also form temporary flocks called 'coalitions' for specific activities, such as mobbing a predator. Group cohesion is facilitated by vocalisations, and through ritualised displays, which have been categorised as flight displays, postural displays, and facial displays. The Noisy miner is a notably aggressive bird, so that chasing, pecking, fighting, scolding, and mobbing occur throughout the day, targeted at both intruders and colony members.
I found his bird at a pub beer garden where the picking were easy, it wasn't the least bit aggressive but it did refuse to buy me a drink, even after we shared me lunch together.
We went for a drive and stopped off at the Bowral cemetery. We went for a wander looking at the gravestones, trees, flowers and birds. We discovered a noisy miner nest with a pair of adults working hard with three hungry babies to feed. It was a very well constructed nest.
In Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It has a 50 foot drop and is the park’s most powerful waterfall. We tried visiting this waterfall the first two times we were at Pictured Rocks, but both times the parking lot was full or just about full. This third time visiting was a charm! We pulled into the parking lot and there was only one other car there, so we ended up having the falls to ourselves.
Hearing the ways of a miner's life in words they've never seen... series
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My father always promised me
That we would live in France
We'd go boating on the Seine
And I would learn to dance
We lived in Ohio then
He worked in the mines
On his dreams like boats we knew
We'd sail in time
My sisters all grew up went away
To Denver and Cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
The lilacs and the man
I stayed behind the youngest still
Only danced alone
Hoping, hoping that my father's dreams
Would someday take me home
I live in Paris now
My children dance and dream
Hearing the ways of a miner's life
In words they've never seen
I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the Seine
And watch my father's eyes
Watching the setting sun
Set in my father's eyes again
(My Father, This Mortal Coil, 1986)
This was taken from Widegates, a couple of miles north of the south-east coast of Cornwall, and looks north towards Caradon Hill, with the TV transmitter tower. This is rich farmland, but at Caradon Hill, everything changes and it becomes the Caradon Mining Area. This extends onto Bodmin Moor, which can just be seen to the left of Caradon Hill.
This was a boom area for copper mining in the second half of the 19th century, and several of the villages that can be seen were built then in order to provide housing for the miners and their families. The mining boom mostly came to an end by the late 1800s, although several mines struggled on for a few more years.
More information can be found at: www.cornishmining.org.uk/areas/caradon-mining-district.
The “new” Miners Bridge across the River Severn at Severn Valley Country Park. The original bridge was installed so that miners could move between Alveley and Highley without having to pay to be ferried across the River Severn.
One of several, having a noisy frolic amongst the roses, feeding on the abundance of Aphids. Could this be the Mother of the chick in the next photo, I wonder?
The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, and is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia.
This yellow throated miner was sitting quietly by the water hole (after having a quick bath) in the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens in Port Augusta, South Australia. The water hole was right alongside the outdoor section of the cafe and was a wonderful place to sit and watch the local birdlife come and go! The food was pretty good too.
I know these birds aren't rare, but this was actually just my second time ever in seeing one and first reasonably good photo!
Happy Feathery Friday!
There was one tiny window in the small miner cabin on the road to the former mining town of Skidoo in Death Valley National Park.
Happy Window Wednesday!
from the 1800's silver mining prospectors
52 Weeks of 2023 - Week 18 - Weathered
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