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Red-winged Blackbird RWBL (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Red Barn / Tod Creek Flats
Saanich BC
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there was also a single egg on ground outside of nest
Main operations area of the Kennecott Utah Copper mine owned by Rio Tinto in the Oquirrh Mountains of Salt Lake County, Utah.
To see more of this gigantic pit check out my album here: www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/sets/72157627780868214
Bingham Canyon Mine, located near Salt Lake City, is the world's deepest man-made open pit excavation. The mine is 2.75 miles (4,5km) across and 0.75 mile (1,2km) deep. Since mining operations started in 1906, Bingham Canyon Mine has been the granddaddy of all copper mines.
Courtesy: www.losapos.com/openpitmines
It’s fun to look for bird nests in the spring…just watch out for protective mama birds!
This Blythe doll is Suri Sustainable posing for the theme “Bird” in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr.
We crawled through the slimy hole in the wall and came upon an unbelievable scene.
Ranger Rick was backing away from a huge creature
Just to get his head bit off by another one right behind him. Ouch!
Punk Suit, Wong and myself quickly decided to disappear before Diva's screaming attracted their attention.
Today, they were looking like young adults...well, until they stepped out of their nest and were teetering on the branch and testing out their wings. But, away they went!
My observations of this female eagle and this nest are reported to US Fish & Wildlife. Due to the incredibly vulnerable situation this nest is in, I can't share much more.
Returning to my annual trip to East Yorkshire and the Bempton Cliffs area in May.
Halfway between RSPB Bempton and North Landing there is a cove with a 30 metre tall rock pinnacle. Someone has climbed up it and placed a vehicle tyre which these Herring Gulls have made their nest in. A nest with a view.
Listertal Dam. This nest sits on top of a 40m tower. In there is all the technical stuff to regulate and handle the water and electricity.
Hard to explain for a non technician like me...
But I liked the architecture a lot.
After a long time I´ve been addicted to my P 67 II I rediscovered my Mamiya 7 II. And she is so beautiful, the results amazing and the 65mm lens a hammer.
Mamiya 7 II
65mm
Fuji Acros 100
Estuvimos un buen rato esperando a que anocheciese, así que pudimos hacer unas cuantas tomas, eso si, procurando evitar el fuerte viento que nos trepidaba las tomas de larga exposición.
May not look like much, but this is the first real view I got of 2 chicks in the White-tailed Kite's nest. I pretty much had to be with the best view possible of where we thought the nest was, then food had to come in to see any sign of life. So there it is - 2 little beaks ready to eat what mom brought them. After watching this unfold for 2 months, I can't begin to relate how exciting this was. If you can't find them, I added a note over them, so you just need to hover on the image with your mouse. (not theirs, yours)
At Wild Horizons Wildlife Sanctuary, a male southern masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) meticulously tends to his intricately woven nest, suspended from a branch like a living ornament. With vibrant yellow plumage and a piercing red eye, he works tirelessly to impress a potential mate—each strand placed with purpose in a delicate display of instinct, precision, and artistry.
Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) building their nest. "Male and female both build the nest, a bulky pile of aquatic plants that is anchored to emergent plants or piled directly on the lake bottom and built up. Most of the nest mound lies underwater. The central portion above water is lower than the edges, to contain the eggs. Nests average about 44 inches across, with a depression of about 6 inches across and 1.6 inches deep." Cornell
This adult got bored watching the kids while it's mate was out hunting so started doing some nest maintenance.
Replacement clutch.
Earlier brood taken by Fox.
In a rush, so Took a short cut over what's now an obsolete public footpath. Went past it, but the bird walked in front feigning injury, so I back tracked 15' & there they were.
It's nesting season! How many Great Blue Herons can you count in this huge tree-top nest?
I find at least 8, with one small chick ( and maybe a second?) on the right.
Handheld shot, across a rather wide area of the Millcreek
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Paper Wasps and Yellowjackets gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva to construct water-resistant nests of grey and brown papery material. This nest also included some layers of green. From a distance it looked smooth and brownish-grey, but up close it is a rich assortment of textures and colours. This part of the nest was very colourful.
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Macro Mondays: Texture
July 17th theme: Member's Choice: Texture
HMM!
The area in the image is 25 x 15 mm (1.0 x 0.6 inches).
Explored July 16, 2017 #49
Bestill52 week 18: organic. Found this nest which had been blown out of a tree after the birds had left it. Fascinating to see all the materials used in the construction - even a piece of string along with fleece.
"Hawks Nest Dam impounds the New River near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. A significant amount of water flows through a 3½-mile tunnel to a hydroelectric power plant. The construction of the tunnel led to a significant amount of deaths attributed to silicosis."
BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
"As early as 1920, the Union Carbide & Carbon Company was developing new facilities in the Kanawha River valley to support the development of alloyed metals, chemicals, and plastics. It had bought a small gasoline plant with a compressor station and natural gas supply in Clendenin and began operations with just a few young chemists. In the early 1930s, the Electro-Metallurgical Company, a subsidiary of Union Carbide & Carbon, had started construction of a factory in Boncar (Alloy) to compound and smelt ores to produce ferroalloys...
...To generate electricity for the new Electro-Metallurgical facility, the company’s Kanawha & New River Power Company subsidiary proposed to divert the New River to a 100,000 kW hydroelectric power plant at a total cost of $9 million. A dam was proposed below Hawks Nest to divert most of the flow of the New River into a 16,250-foot tunnel under Gauley Mountain, re-entering the river near Gauley Bridge...
...About 3,000 men, about two-thirds of whom were Black, came to West Virginia from southern states to dig the tunnel. Many were facing widespread unemployment during the Great Depression, and reliable pay and work were welcomed. They worked 10- to 15-hour shifts, using drills and dynamite to mine the sandstone which was compromised mostly of cemented quartz (silica) sand. The boring of the 32- to 36-foot diameter tunnel was started from both portals and met in the center on August 6, 1931. It was essentially completed on August 19, 1931, twice as fast as was originally projected...
...Water began pouring through the tunnel in late June 1936 and the tunnel was filled by July 1. The water was allowed to rest for a week to ensure the tunnel had no leaks after which workers slowly opened the gates to allow water to turn the four turbines to generate 140,000 horsepower of electricity.
The creation of Hawks Nest Dam formed a 250-acre lake behind the dam while it all but dried up the New River for a five-mile stretch that’s now referred to as the “Dries.”...
...The dry drilling techniques released large amounts of silica dust into the air. The workers were not given masks or specialized breathing equipment to use while mining, although management wore such equipment during inspections. As a result of the exposure to silica dust, many workers developed silicosis, a debilitating lung disease. About 60% of the Hawks Nest workers were unable to work after just two months of underground work, while 80% were rendered disabled after working underground for six months. A large number of the workers eventually died from silicosis, some as quickly as within a year. The tragedy brought formal recognition of acute silicosis as an occupational lung disease that could result in compensation to protect workers.
Lawsuits were soon filed against Rinehart & Dennis, the construction firm that oversaw the boring of the tunnel. P.H. Faulconer, president of the company, stated that the lawsuits were “rackets.” It ultimately paid $170,000 to settle 300 cases out of court (only 3% of the $4 million in damages originally sought) and paid $166,000 to a state compensation fund. The state supreme court threw out 200 other lawsuits as they had not been filed in time." (bridgestunnels.com)
I have taken these words from "Bridges and Tunnels" and cut some portions out for brevity. I strongly recommend reading the page on the Hawks Nest Dam, to learn more about the tragedy that was forced upon the Black workers. The site of the dam from Hawks Nest is simultaneously awe-inspiring and horrific, but what was done to the workers, how they were treated in both life and in death, is staggeringly terrible.
bridgestunnels.com/location/hawks-nest-dam/
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