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The Specially painted F-4EJ Phantom of 301 Hikotai complete with squadron yellow neckerchief pulls some vapor on the wings as it pulls up and around after completing a simulated straffing run on a target during the Hyakuri Air Festival 2019
Seen slightly off its branded route, Arriva Kent & Surrey ADL Enviro400 MMC YX17 NDZ (6517) is seen at Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre on 13/10/18 before working a 132 to Chatham Bus Station.
Arriva Kent & Surrey (GL)
YX17 NDZ (6517)
ADL Enviro 400 MMC
The Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni or Zenaida macroura graysoni) is a dove that is extinct in the wild.
It was endemic to Socorro Island, 550 km off the west coast of Mexico. The last confirmed sighting of a wild Socorro dove was in 1972 and it is was officially declared extinct in 1978, following human settlement on the island some 20 years earlier, predation by cats (it is a ground-dwelling bird), and overgrazing of its habitat by sheep. There are not more than some 200 and probably fewer than 100 purebred birds in captivity.
The Socorro Dove (Zenaida macroura graysoni) is was formerly a subspecies of the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) in North America. The dove is now officially considered a separate species (Zenaida graysoni).
The Socorro Dove is still larger and darker as the Mourning Dove and more heavily built.
It is a medium-sized dove, 26.5–34 cm long and weighs 190 g on average.
The Socorro Dove hybridizes readily with the Mourning Dove and a great many of the Socorros in the US, when DNA tested, have been shown to by hybrids. This is not the case with the European-bred birds and it is this stock that will be used for the reintroduction programme.
This picture was taken in Burgers Desert, a part of Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
De Socorroduif (Zenaida graysoni), ook wel Socorrotreurduif en Graysonduif genoemd, is een duif die in het wild is uitgestorven. Sinds 1972 komt deze vogel niet meer voor op het eiland Socorro in de oostelijke Grote Oceaan, 550 km voor de Mexicaans kust, waar hij endemisch was.
Omdat er geen roofzoogdieren op het oorspronkelijk onbewoonde eiland Socorro voorkomen, liet de duif zich gemakkelijk pakken door katten die rond 1950 naar het eiland waren gebracht. Ook voor mensen is de duif niet echt bang. Er zijn nog ongeveer 200 exemplaren in gevangenschap, waarvan minder dan 100 nog echt zuiver is. Een programma is opgezet voor herintroductie van de soort op het eiland.
Deze roodbruine duif kan ruim 30 cm lang worden en weegt gemiddeld 190 gram. De roodkleurige snavel is kort en slank met een donkere punt. Het mannetje is wat meer uitgesproken van kleur dan het vrouwtje.
Op het eiland kwam de Socorrotreurduif vooral voor in bosachtig gebied boven de 500 meter.
Hij eet zaden, fruit en kleine insecten.
Deze foto is genomen in Burgers Desert, de grote overdekt woestijnhal van Burgers Zoo.
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VMA 225 A4C Skyhawk, Charlie Echo # 9; BU # 148462 fires off JATO Rockets to Accelerate in Order to Gain Lift on Takeoff at SATS Runway ( 3500 ft. ); Summer 1965. We had to use JATO ( Jet Assisted Take Off ) for the first couple of months at Chu Lai. The Runway kept Settling and the US Navy Seabees from MCB 10 were Constantly Repairing one End of the Runway while we Flew from the Other End. Chu Lai was the First Time SATS had been deployed during Combat Operations. After the Mission, when the Aircraft Landed, the A4C Skyhawks were brought to an abrupt stop by an arresting cable system called MOREST.
ODC-Snap, Crackle, Pop
This area experienced a couple of severe thunderstorms recently and it did some heavy damage to the Weeping Willows in the park. It appears this one was broken off from the heavy winds that came off the lake. This one will probably have to be removed.
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE SHOTS I LIKE.
this is ellen, looking off the edge of a beautiful hill near her house.
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Every morning it is always a mad rush to get to the office, first you have to squeeze into a tube train and then take your life in your hands trying to cross the busy London roads to get to work. At least I get to do it in a skirt and heels otherwise it would be unbearable.
Having delivered wagons to Wellington from Bescot Yard, Class 25/2 25089 was about to set off for Donnington MOD as part of its Bescot Trip T41 duties.
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Class 27 1300 chuffs merrily on it's way to Weybourne from Sheringham, on the North Norfolk Railway. April 2009.
luckily i managed to get to the 80cm distance from this posing herring gull, which is required of the lc-a's zone focus. and black and white film photography seems to go nicely with the gloomy, murky days of the uk's winter..
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I'm taking off my heels to give my feet some rest. My right pump is already off, now my left one has to follow...
Opportunity shot, waiting for my bus: very lucky on this one, I targeted him and wait... and wait.... and finally, this gentle gull decided to take off... I pushed fiercely the trigger of my -bad for action shot - little bridge, then immediately went to see the result on the viewer.... which gave me a big smile!