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Ottawa, Canada
Cruising by # 2...
Premièrement j'aimerais vous remercier toutes et tous pour vos merveilleux commentaires et favoris, ils sont très appréciés.
Ottawa, Canada
Je vous reviens encore avec cette superbe Chouette Lapone et mon unique soirée avec elle au printemps 2019 en sa compagnie. Certainement la meilleure séance que j'ai eu avec une Chouette Laponne à vie.
J'ai eu des courriels me demandant si cette chouette était nourrie et si je nourrissais . Et bien non aux deux questionnements, le groupe de 25 personnes qui était là était contre le nourrissage tout comme moi. Les captures plein cadre ou presque plein cadre sont tout simplement le choix ou hasard de mon positionnement par anticipation de ses déplacements et je n'ai et ne voulais aucunement nuire à sa chasse ni harcelée d'aucune façon. Je tenais tout simplement à faire le point sur le sujet. Je reviendrai plus tard avec d'autres photos de cette exceptionnelle rencontre qui m'a offert plus de 200 Shots.... Erreur sur la date de la signature !!!
Ottawa, Canada
Cruising by # 2 ...
Firstly I would like to thank you all for your wonderful comments and favorites, they are very appreciated.
Ottawa, Canada
I am back to you again with this beautiful Great Gray Owl and my only evening with her in the spring of 2019. Certainly the best photo session I had with a Great Gray Owl of my life.
I had emails asking if this owl was fed or if I was feeding. Well NO to the two questions, the group of 25 peoples who were there was against feeding just like me. The full frame shots or almost full frame shots are simply the choice or chance of my positioning ahead of here in anticipation of here next movements and I did not want to hinder here hunt or harassed here in any way. I just wanted to make my point on the subject.
I will come back later with other photos of this exceptional meeting which offered me more than 200 shots ....Mistake on signature date !
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
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Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Venetian rowing (ital. “voga alla veneta”) on Lake Garda is represented mainly and historically from bisse, typical fishing boats, handed down in ancient tradition, their origins dating back to the Repubblica Veneta. The bisse from that era were a direct derivaton of the venetian bissone.
The structure of the craft has remained substantially the same over the course of time. The boat with a flat bottom to meet minor resistance from the water carries four rowers who remain standing, in the venetian manor, with a technique aimed to amalgamate timing, balance and rythmn of the movements, being at the same time light but powerful.
www.lagodigardaveneto.com/index.cfm/en/water-sports/venet...
Venezianisch gerudert (ital. “voga alla veneta”) wird am Gardasee in erster Linie auf den sogenannten “Bisse”. Es handelt sich hierbei um traditionelle Fischerboote, deren Entstehung auf die Zeit der Venezianischen Republik zurückzuführen ist. Die „Bisse“ entstammen dem antiken „Bissone Veneziano“.
Die Struktur dieser Boote ist im Laufe der Zeit grundsätzlich dieselbe geblieben: Der Rumpf verfügt über einen flachen Boden, um die Wasserresistenz möglichst gering zu halten und auf dem Boot finden 4 Ruderer Platz zum Stehen, so wie es sich für den venezianischen Stil gehört. Die Technik zielt auf die Vereinigung von Synchronität, Gleichgewicht und leichte aber dennoch kräftige Ruderbewegungen.
www.lagodigardaveneto.com/index.cfm/de/wasser-sport/venet...
Colourful Little Bee-eaters are residents in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Migration is limited to seasonal movements depending on rainfall patterns. This bird was seen in a garden at Tanji Beach, near Banjul, in The Gambia.
I was amazed when this fella flew up on this mossy clean branch. I know how tough they are getting open shots. He sat here for about 10 minutes as I kept my movements to a minimum. One of my favorite shots of this individual so far. Click top right corner arrows to view best.
This excavator had a primary purpose as an earth mover, yet in this snow covered image - it looks like it could have been contracted out to dig through the freshly fallen snow.
Looks can be deceiving.
**Captured less than two weeks ago. The snow has since then melted and Spring appears to have arrived.
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper, bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression from the steam shovels and often mistakenly called power shovels. All movement and functions of a hydraulic excavator are accomplished through the use of hydraulic fluid, with hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic motors. Due to the linear actuation of hydraulic cylinders, their mode of operation is fundamentally different from cable-operated excavators which use winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements.
Wikipedia
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay Healthy
~Christie (happiest) by the River
** Best experienced in full screen
'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'
I do not have a photo of an Ox and the closest is an African Cape buffalo which will have to do !
Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year and it is the year of the Metal Ox. The celebrations last for 15 days roughly from new moon to full moon.
The metal element represents anything sparkly from jewelry to the needle of a syringe. So we can see a bigger emphasis on industries related to metal in 2021.
"The ox, in Chinese culture, is a hardworking zodiac sign. It usually signifies movements so, hopefully, the world will be less static than last year and get moving again in the second half of the year."
Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves..it is always appreciated..
Happy Chinese Lunar New Year to those who celebrate.
www.londonchicinsl.com/post/movements
Hair: Ryancita - Doux [Kustom9 event - May round]
Top: Paella top - American Bazaar [Designer showcase]
Cup: Thirsty Tumbler - Lavish
Skirt: Ostrich feather skirt (white) - ISON [Collabor88 event - May round]
Bag: Beverly Hills bag (Lime) - Cinnamon Cocaine
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse is on the westcoast of the North Sea in Rubjer, in the Jutland municipality of Hjørring in northern Denmark. It was first lit on 27 December 1900. But due to erosion and large annual movements of the sand masses, it was decided to move the tower further inland, just because it was expected that the tower would fall into the sea by 2023... But it still towers high above the Danish dunes on the west coast.
Me like :-)
© Sigmund Løland. All Rights Reserved.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs in the fields.
This was a lifer to me and I was quite happy to have seen it. The birds look quite delicate and I found their movements slow and graceful. The birds bond for life and it is believed that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death. Their courtship display is very interesting with the birds raising their wings half way, raising their head upwards and make a loud trumpeting call.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
Porto
Escadaria da Casa da Música
Arquitetura OMA – Rem Koolhaas e Ellen van Loon
www.arcoweb.com.br/arquitetura/arquitetura629.asp
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( their liquid lifes , catch their movements, their longs dream…)
Secretly they slip into their liquid lifes...
Behind them a powerful light catch their movements.
After this, they will come up to their longs dream...
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Secretamente eles resvalam dentro das suas vidas líquidas...
Por detrás deles uma luz poderosa prende-lhes os movimentos.
Depois disto irão subir para seus longos sonhos...
César Augusto
Sparrowhawk - (F) Accipiter Nisus
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Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
matter and light ...
im Grunde sind es viele diagonale Bewegungen, jedoch zählen hier für mich nur zwei ...
;-) ...
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Sunrise Tai Chi, Yishun Neighbourhood Park hilltop, Singapore. In parks and open spaces all over Singapore each morning many locals will practice this ancient Chinese discipline of meditative, gentle movements. Taken from a respectful distance and cropped later. In the background is a Women's Tai Chi group.
The story continues and the performers were outstanding and paying attention to detail with synchronised movements.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Double click to view
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
Norfolk Titchwell
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Coastal California presents a study in layers. Here, the land, sky, and sea compose a seamless and ever changing symphony, where the spaces between the movements are felt by the senses, long before they are understood by the brain.
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone.
Bean Hollow CA
Black Skimmer
The Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_skimmer
Genunine "in camera" shot.
Obtained through camera movements.....just an abstract :-)
on Explore #343 on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Here is the composition I was focused on as the full moon rose over the horizon, but I hope you can see what was grabbing my attention. This photo is a composite of three images blending the best of the movement, waves and seagulls.
"For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected."
~ Jane Goodall
His departing gifts
As the fog began to lift along Safety Sound, more and more Short-eared owls came into view. Some were in flight, others consuming prey down deep in the tundra grasses while others, like this assumed parent and offspring sat and watched my movements.
It was several seconds into our photo session that my cameras focus and my concentration on capturing those brilliant yellow eyes allowed my mind to realize the second set below.
This was the last photo taken on my probable last Alaskan adventure. I could have done yet another U-turn and taken even more photos of the dozens of owls behind me, but when I lowered my lens after capturing forever this moment, I became overwhelmed in the realization of His blessing. For me, the minutes sitting and just looking into each other’s eyes, regardless of how the shot might come out, was worth every negative aspect of the trip itself.
To turn around and try to get more photos, to be more of a distraction from the hunt felt greedy and unappreciative of the gift given. I put my car in drive, verbally thanked the pair for our time together and headed to the airport for the first leg of my trip home to those I missed terribly, my greatest gifts of all…blessed and refreshed!
Adventure before dementia!
I just love a great reflection and doesn't matter from water or ice or mirror or windows... I always seek for these opportunities. So much so that I forgot to even capture ducks close by. So taken by the movements and colours. This was not achieved by intentional movement of my camera but by nature's water movement.
2020 National Geographic Instagram Avatar - February 2020
Georgian folk dances impress with their brightness, incredible fire, sumptuous costumes and the interweaving of history with art. They give incredibly great pleasure to both the audience and the dancers themselves. No one has remained indifferent after such a spectacle! Today we offer you to get acquainted with the most famous Georgian folk dances and learn a little about their history:
Georgian National Dances: General information
The exact date of the origin of Georgian national dances is not known. However, it is supposed that the Georgian dancing folk was mentioned for the first time before our era.
In different parts of the country during many years were appearing unique dancing movements which have passed from generation to generation. And you will note that the dances of mountainous region inhabitants are characterized by sharp and rapid movements while the dance movements of plain inhabitants are smooth. Each Georgian national dance requires special costumes which resemble the clothes of inhabitants of different regions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDIyzGLRvo
While discussing the various hand movements that we use when creating Pano-Sabotage ( or TumbleWorld ) images, Paul Ewing and I shared a few different views on how this medium really stands out for its radical creation of images INSIDE the camera itself, as opposed to post camera manipulation outside of the device.
Something that occurred to me that as I moved the camera around in the air, wobbling it, swooping it, arcing it, I realized that I was in fact drawing the image with the movements of my hand. Only now instead of the medium being at the end of a brush, pencil or conte stick, it's IN the camera itself, while the drawing is occurring in three dimensional space.
The iPhone camera directly responds to the movements of my hand and thereby shapes the image. This is drawing to me. It happens in real time, as any pencil drawing does, but the piece itself is manifesting from the combination of hand movements and camera function INSIDE the camera. In order to do that, then, I have to move the iPhone camera around in 3D - hence, "Drawing in Space".
Once again, and not so oddly for us, Paul and I hit upon the same thing at pretty much the same time again recently. His black and white image of himself passing by a shop window in Prescott, Arizona, using this technique, happened at almost the same time as I did this one. Both images have the ghostly presence of their creators within them. Synchronicity?
Paul's piece: www.flickr.com/photos/quasidogo/28106080970/in/pool-28927...
"PANO-Vision" 's First Anniversary is coming up on August 26th, when Professor Ewing and I are going to launch a newly revised award code and a brand new banner for the group's home page. I want to publicly thank Skagitrenee for her enormous help with coding and technical assistance in "PANO-Vision". She's done a lot to get us up and running and in preparing for the First Anniversary. Stay tuned. ;-)
Click on Image to Enlarge !
© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2016. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
Text Blog: visionheartblog.wordpress.com
A beautiful small flycatcher that I had long wanted to see and shoot. Around 10-12 cms long, agile and restless, it is easily identified by the red color on the breast area that extends down till the belly (There is another flycatcher - the Taiga Flycatcher - that looks exactly the same, but the red color stops at the neck).
This is a migrant from Western and Central Europe to South Asia during winters, the bird stays till March before moving back to its breeding range. Its an active flycatcher - restless with sudden movements and flight. The call too is quite easy to id. It tends to hunt on the edge of canopy and tends to sit in the open briefly.
Sighted this at a remote forest area that we explored. The area was teeming with Flycatchers and this bird was the star of the day. It was all over the place foraging actively throughout the day and calling loud. We really enjoyed the show of this bird.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
This is one of my gallery pieces being shown at Obsession Exposed gallery now!
Please come down and see my work... maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Loxich/139/98/21
Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
Scarlet Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Myzomela sanguinolenta
Description: The adult male Scarlet Honeyeater is a vivid scarlet red and black bird with whitish underparts. The females and immature birds are dull brown with dull white underparts and a reddish wash on the chin. In both sexes the tail is relatively short, the bill strongly curved and the eye is dark. This species is a small honeyeater, usually seen alone or in pairs, but occasionally in flocks, high in trees.
Similar species: The male Scarlet Honeyeater can be confused with the male Red-headed Honeyeater, M. erythrocephala, where their ranges overlap (east coast of Cape York Peninsula). It can be distinguished by having more extensive red colouring over the back and down the breast. Female and immature Scarlet Honeyeaters may be confused with similarly coloured honeyeaters, including females and immatures of the Red-headed and the Dusky Honeyeater, M. obscura, as well as the Brown Honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta. They differ from the Red-headed in being more olive-brown and lack red on the forehead. They are smaller and more compact than the Dusky, with a shorter bill and tail, as well as having different calls. They are smaller than the Brown Honeyeater and lack this species' eyespot.
Distribution: The Scarlet Honeyeater is found along the east coast of Australia, from Cooktown, Queensland to Gippsland, Victoria, but it is less common south of Sydney, being a summer migrant in the south. It is also found in Sulawesi, the Moluccas and Lesser Sundas, Indonesia and in New Caledonia.
Habitat: The Scarlet Honeyeater lives in open forests and woodlands with a sparse understorey, especially round wetlands, and sometimes in rainforests. It can be seen in urban areas in flowering plants of streets, parks and gardens.
Seasonal movements: Resident in the north of its range, seasonally migratory in south, with movements associated with flowering of food plants. It is considered nomadic around Sydney, following autumn- and winter-flowering plants.
Feeding: The Scarlet Honeyeater feeds mainly on nectar and sometimes on fruit and insects. It tends to feed in the upper levels of the canopy, foraging in flowers and foliage, usually singly, in pairs or small flocks. Often evicted by larger, more aggressive honeyeaters such as friarbirds.
Breeding:
The Scarlet Honeyeater breeds in pairs, with the more conspicuous male calling and displaying to the quieter females. The small cup nest is suspended from a horizontal branch or in a fork, and is made from fine bark and grass bound with spider web and lined with fine plant materials. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed the young. Up to three broods may be produced per season.
Calls: Males have a silvery tinkling song, which is sung from a prominent perch. Also, 'chiew chiew' contact calls made by both sexes.
Minimum Size: 9cm
Maximum Size: 11cm
Average size: 10cm
Average weight: 8g
Breeding season: July to January
Clutch Size: Usually 2
Incubation: 12 days
Nestling Period: 12 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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There was a small flock of these Long-billed Dowitchers that liked a particular marshy area at Westchester Lagoon. On occasion the entire flock would rise and fly in a large circle, probably due to fear of predation from a raptor. It was interesting to watch them searching for food with their sewing-machine like up and down head movements. In this photo one of the birds lifts its long bill for a second before plunging it back into the muck.
Taken 2 September 2017 at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska
This shot really hard to do...hi...have nice week and wonderful time...take care...i love all your picture was sand to me...will comment son....
Humpback whales normally travel alone. But in southeast Alaska, some occasionally work as a team to capture fish. With "bubble-netting," a group of humpbacks come together and rapidly circle in an upwardly shrinking spiral. The whales blow bubbles beneath a school of fish, commonly herring. The herring gets corralled into the net, produced by the whales’ precise, fine-scale movements and finely tuned teamwork. Then they efficiently scoop up lunch with their mammoth-sized mouths, gulping thousands of fish at once. It’s over in a flash and you never know the exact spot where the whales will engage in the behavior.
Not all humpbacks do this. Estimates are that only 60-100 whales out of approximately 4000 in southeast Alaska engage in this learned activity.
It was truly a treat to witness this.