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I observed about 400 of these at the Lyseng Reservoire near Camrose. According to Sibley, a flock of Long-billed Dowitchers give a constant soft chatter while feeding. Feeding Short-billed Dowitchers are silent. The groups I observed were vocal while feeding.
Long-billed Dowitchers feed and fly in tight groups. The second photo in the comment box illustrates this.
The bill size is not a reliable field mark. Only the extremes of either case is useful. According to the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta, if a Dowitcher has extensive white on the belly, no bar on the sides of the breast and a short to moderate bill, it is most likely a Short-billed Dowitcher. The two species will flock togther during migration.
Long-billed Dowitchers nest in northeast Siberia, northwest Alaska, and the Mackenzie district and northern Yukon. We see them here in May and again in September and October.
Short-billed Dowitchers breed in central and northern Alberta.
Lyseng Resevoir, Camrose. October 03, 2010.
I have added some photos of White-fronted Geese and Snow Geese taken while I was out with Glenn
Parker and Bob van Essen. We saw thousands of these birds. There was no way to get close for really sharp shots, but I think our photos give an idea of the numbers we saw.
The spiral galaxy UGC 11860 seems to float serenely against a field of background galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. UGC 11860 lies around 184 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus, and its untroubled appearance is deceiving; this galaxy recently played host to an almost unimaginably energetic stellar explosion.
A supernova explosion – the catastrophically violent end of a massive star’s life – was detected in UGC 11860 in 2014. Astronomers used Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 to search through the aftermath and analyze the lingering remnants of this vast cosmic explosion.
One team explored UGC 11860 to understand more about the star systems that eventually meet their demise in supernovae. The hugely energetic processes during supernova explosions are predominantly responsible for forging the elements between silicon and nickel on the periodic table. This means that understanding the influence of the masses and compositions of the progenitor star systems is vital to explaining how many of the chemical elements here on Earth originated.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko, J. D. Lyman
#NASA #NASAMarshall #NASAGoddard #ESA #HubbleSpaceTelescope #HST #astrophysics #galaxy
Observed at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Originally shot in vertical orientation.
Pentax D-FA 100mm F/2.8 WR Macro (not sure if I had the Raynox DCR-250 on here, but probably not) with off-camera diffused Godox V850ii flash.
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Ex-LMSR 'Jubilee' No. 45699 'Galatea' restarts a charter working from a signal check on the last leg of it's journey into Shrewsbury station. The train is West Coast Railway Company's 1Z49 0552 Cleethorpes - Shrewsbury on 5th October 2013 which operated diesel-hauled to Crewe where 'Galatea' then took over for the remainder of the journey, working via Chester and Wrexham General. Many heads hang out of carriage windows to check progress, as the locomotive approaches the complex point work on the approach to the station. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
A recent shower had freshened things up at Highley on 20th August 2016 just in time for the passage of The Fifty Funds Class 50 No. 50035 'Ark Royal', which is departing with the 1325 Bridgnorth - Kidderminster service. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Observed this one feverishly inspecting the tree for its next snack. It was constantly in motion, but I finally managed to get a photo where it was still for a split-second. Taken at Fort Abraham Lincoln near Bismarck ND.
Le fleuve Amou-Daria, en Asie centrale, observé avec différents niveaux de zoom. On devine que les habitants voisins utilisent avec reconnaissance cette 💧 pour l’agriculture : la zone semble très fertile au milieu d’une zone plutôt désertique. 🌾🐑🌱🐄 Une chose qui m’a particulièrement marqué pendant cette mission, c’est l’incroyable diversité de formes et de couleurs des champs d’agriculture et des pâturages de par le monde. 🌍🌏🌎 Peut-être que devenir ambassadeur de la FAO m’y a rendu plus attentif… Leur omniprésence sur Terre est évidemment liée au besoin de sécurité alimentaire des populations, et malgré leur immense variété, une chose ne change pas : on a besoin de faire pousser de la nourriture. Des champs et des prairies ronds, carrés, autour des rivières, dans les creux des vallées, dans les déserts, qui transforment le paysage. À mesure que notre climat change, nous devons nous adapter et apprendre à cultiver différemment pour garantir une alimentation saine pour tous. #WorldFoodDay #ArtGriculture
A fertile area in a desert region, by the Amu Darya river. Rivers bring water, and water brings life and food. 🌾🐐🌱🐄If there is one thing I have noticed this mission it is that agriculture and pastures come in all shapes and sizes, maybe being @FAO good-will ambassador made me more aware of the #CropArt in the 🌍🌏🌎. It is logical because humans all over the world need food security, and throughout our changing landscapes the need to grow food doesn't change. Crop fields and pastures come in many shapes and sizes: round, square, in-between and landscape-changing or river-diverting, and in deserts. As our climate changes we need to adapt and farm differently as necessary to ensure healthy food for all.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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