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Some more summer shots, this time early morning freights from De Aar to Kimberley on the climb from Modder River in January 1980. This one is hauled by 25NC 3512 'Ilse'.
North British built class 15F No.3040 is crossing the Modder River bridge near Perdeberg on 3rd June 1998 with the Cape Province Explorer IV, travelling from Bloemfontein to Kimberley.
After arriving at Kimberley, 3450 was replaced by 16E 4-6-2, 858 for the run to Bloemfontein. The high wheeled pacific ( 6ft diameter driving wheels, the largest for a narrow gauge loco) is seen here crossing the Modder River at Perdeberg.
Mamiya 645. FujiRDP.
The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). The 40 to 45 cm Avocets are easy to identify. Adults have white plumage except for a black cap and black patches in the wings and on the back. They have long, upturned beaks and long, bluish legs.
They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. This species is migratory and most winter in Africa or southern Asia. Some remain to winter in the mildest parts of their range, for example in southern Spain and southern England.
These birds forage in shallow brackish water or on mud flats, often scything their bills from side to side in water (a feeding technique that is unique to the avocets. They mainly eat crustaceans and insects.
This species gets its English and scientific names from its black cap, as once worn by European advocates or lawyers. The call of the Avocet is a loud “klute-klute-klute”. The Dutch name is therefore “Kluut”.
The Pied Avocet is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
This picture was taken in Zoo Duisburg, Germany.
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De kluut (Recurvirostra avosetta) is een sierlijke moerasvogel vogel uit de familie van kluten (Recurvirostridae). Door de extreem lange blauwgrijze poten en het overwegend witte verenkleed met scherpe zwarte tekening is de 40 à 45 cm grote kluut in Nederland een opvallende vogel. De kluut is de enige Europese vogel met een duidelijk omhoog gebogen snavel. Met behulp van deze snavel vangt de kluut op een bijzondere manier zijn voedsel. Het voedsel zoals insecten en kleine kreeftjes wordt in ondiep water gevangen, waarbij de kluut met maaibewegingen de snavel door de modder beweegt.
De kluut broedt in kolonies, zowel langs de kust als verder landinwaarts in moerassen of bij ondiepe plassen met zout of brak water. Het nest bestaat uit een kuiltje met wat plantendelen, waarin ongeveer vier eieren gelegd worden. Na het uitkomen van de eieren verlaten de jongen het nest meteen en gaan al zelfstandig op zoek naar voedsel.
De Nederlandse kluten zijn trekvogels en brengen de winter door langs de kusten van Zuidwest-Europa of West-Afrika.
De zwarte tekening op de verder witte kop heeft veel weg van een capuchon. De Engelse naam 'avocet' is dan ook afgeleid van het woord 'advocaat', naar de Europese pleitbezorgers die vroegen capuchons droegen. De roep van de kluut is een luid klute-klute-klute, waar de Nederlandse naam dus ook vandaan komt.
Deze foto is gemaakt in Zoo Duisburg in Duitsland.
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Image taken in my home village during a lunch break walk. Had to hurry up because the snow
was smelting quite fast.
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On this particular morning in January 1980 we saw around 6 freights heading up the climb from Modder River heading into Kimberley before Breakfast. After breakfast it was time to spend the rest of the morning and early afternoon round the Municipal swimming pool in Kimberley before going out on the Bloemfontein line in the late afternoon.
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de kluut foerageert lopend in modder en ondiep water met heen en weer zwaaiende bewegingen van de kop. Kan goed zwemmen. Broedt in kolonies, meestal op zanderige vlaktes, moerassige weilanden, opspuitterreinen, etc., meestal nabij water (ook brak en zout). Deze vogels zijn erg territoriaal ingesteld en agressief tegen indringers. Het voedsel bestaat uit zoetwaterplankton, kreeftjes, slakken, enz. Het is een groepsvogel.
Kluten foerageren het liefst in water met een fijne sliblaag, daar maaien ze als het ware, met hun snavel op een kiertje open, doorheen. Zodra er een garnaaltje of iets dergelijks naar binnen zwemt, klapt de kluut haar snavel direct dicht. Op die manier foerageren ze het grootste deel van de dag.
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Net thuis van een paar dagen Ouddorp, dit was de zonsondergang van gisteren.
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This is the pre-alpha of the upcoming FNV quest mod--Willhaven. I am currently working with Dragbody and other modders with the development of this mod. Can't really say much after that, but let me just tell you that this mod is gonna be a blast.
In Line for the Currywurst with the red in my Colour Name Modder replied by blue. (Just the Colour Name Modder red, the other reds are left intact.) Makes quite a difference.
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Indefinitely inspired by BFBC2, this gun is one heck of a machine. I love it! :)
My entry for the Iron Modder contest, Round 2 :)
This is the pre-alpha of the upcoming FNV quest mod--Willhaven. I am currently working with Dragbody and other modders with the development of this mod. Can't really say much after that, but let me just tell you that this mod is gonna be a blast.