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This ain’t no way to be
Stuck between my shadow and me
The sun’s going down
It’s getting dark in here
Still folks say:
“I got nothing to fear”
I’m so tired over beating myself
Beating myself up
Gonna take a trip and multiply
Please go under with a smile
♫SONGSPIRATION♫ Multiply – Jamie Lidell
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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.
A couple of weeks ago Macro Mondays had a theme of Mushrooms. After searching for a while and not finding any I remembered my miniature ceramic red spotty mushroom nestling amongst the succulent pot plant. However, I never got to post it. Here for Sliders Sunday is the triple exposure in camera, duplicated in PS and overlain with a texture. After the rain and warmth of the last few days the mushrooms will start popping up again. I hope you weren't too affected by the rain storm last evening . I nearly had a flood inside the house. If it had rained at that intensity for another 15 minutes it would have been bad! So what else will 2021 throw at us? HSS
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Purnululu National Park is a national park in the north east of Western Australia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Bungle Bungle Range, lying fully within the park, has elevations as high as 578 metres (1,896 ft) above sea level. It is famous for the sandstone domes, unusual and visually striking with their striping in alternating orange and grey bands. The banding of the domes is due to differences in clay content and porosity of the sandstone layers: the orange bands consist of oxidised iron compounds in layers that dry out too quickly for cyanobacteria to multiply; the grey bands are composed of cyanobacteria growing on the surface of layers of sandstone where moisture accumulates.
I took this shot (and many others) from a doorless helicopter flying over the ranges. With only a seat belt to keep me from falling to my death, this was in equal measure, an awesome sight and a challenging experience.
I've taken glass spheres for the theme multiply which are greatly increasing in volume from bottom to top. I thought that they looked like an insect's eye but maybe I've been doing too much macro photography.
.. They go forth and multiply.
screenshot taken from my new 'Evolution' video - if you have a few minutes' spare you might want to take a look - YouTube www.youtube.com/user/peryburge
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Part of an expanding (multiplying) grove of mangroves exposed at low tide, Wynnum, Brisbane, Australia. Mature trees produce floating seeds that wash around tidal areas until trapped in the substrate, eventually becoming new mangrove trees. As the trees age, their networks of aerial roots (pneumatophores) also multiply, extending further out from each trunk.