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Railroad memorabilia display, St. Louis Union Station. The Illinois Central model train was out of order.

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P9190218. Photo: Crow Butte State Park, WA

A Bike tour From Portland (Troutdale) to Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Eleven days of riding 530 miles (plus 40 miles of hitching). The return was made on the Empire Builder Amtrak train at Sandpoint, ID.

For the tour Matt and Carye bought new custom built Bike Friday (www.bikefriday.com) folding bikes that are made in Eugene, Oregon. Neither Carye or Matt own cars, so investing in a reliable, flexible bike for travel was important. However the bikes arrived two days before leaving, so getting used to new bikes while on the road, was literally a pain in the butt! By the end of the trip, gears, seat and handle bar placement, and proper riding shoes were figured out. Everyday of the ride had awesome weather (not too hot, not rainy), and Carye and Matt met many friendly people, ate as much pizza and icecream as desired, and enjoyed some beautiful scenery (though Washington wheat fields get dull to the eyes after 20 miles). The fourth day brought bad luck - 4 flats (at once!) caused by Goathead thorns, and wind in the face most the day. Also a family of earwigs hitched a ride in C & M's camping gear, and it took about a week to finally see the last one. Idaho is a cyclist paradise (what a secret). From The State Border near Coere D'Alene to just before Bonner's Ferry, there were many bike paths, nice scenery, and most flat routes.

Day 1:Troutdale to Hood River (55.6 miles)

Highlights: Gorgeous Columbia River (Get the bike map from ODOT). Ride to Council Crest, Ride by Falls, bike-ped paths on the old historic highway.

The campground listed on the bike map for Hood River was not there. We decided to treat ourselves and stayed at the Hood River downtown hotel. Hood River is a super nice town - though sad the Carousel Art Museum is closed and moving elsewhere. Also on this route, between Cascade Locks and Wyeth, do not take the Wyeth Bench Rd (aka Herman Creek Rd), it is a horrible grade hill, and you are better off taking the I-84. Note about I-84, it's not the most pleasant experience, but it's not bad, In order to bike to Hood River, you will need to get on I-84 at several points - The shoulder is pretty wide at most places, and it's a good idea to wear some bright orange!

Day 2: Hood River to Maryhill, WA (52.5 miles)

Highlights: The old historic highway section is really neat: it goes through the Mosier Tunnels (now just for ped/bike), The section through Mosier town, and to Rowena's Crest was on low traffic streets. No need to get on I-84 at all all the way to the Dalles.

The crossing over to Washington on the bridge in the Dalles was difficult. It was so windy and the sidewalk so narrow we had to walk. Biking to hwy 14 across the wind was also difficult. But once on hwy 14 heading East, the wind was at our bikes, and we cruised past the Maryhill Museum (Too late in the day to stop!) and stayed at the Maryhill State Park (back down by the river).

Day 3: Maryhill to Crow Butte (58.2 miles)

Highlights: Cruising sometimes 20 miles an hour easily with the wind at our back on Hwy 14. Lovely more deserty scenery, waving to trains. A Stop at Stonehenge.

From the campground, we hitched a ride in a pickup back up the top of the hill to hwy 14. The road was a major truck route, and the shoulder was pretty much missing for the first section of the hill, we decided htiching was the safest option. We enjoyed stopping at America's Stonehenge. I had been there before, but never thought I'd bike all the way! Crow Butte park was father than we thought. We could see it, but then had to ride about 4 miles all the way around and out to it. The RV park was expensive, and did not offer "primitive camper" sites.

Day 4: Crow Butte, WA to Hat Rock Park, OR

Highlights: Early morning hike past deer to the top of Crow Butte. Discovering the way over the I-82 - there is a bike route, but you need to go on the may freeway before the bike route appears, then you exit, cross under and go over on the otherside. Umatilla was nice little town to check out. At first we were excited about the Lewis & Clark Bike/Ped Bath, but it turned into a bad situation.

The wind in the gorge changed from E to W today, so we had to push hard for 20 miles, going about 5-8 miles an hour. Very hard reality after the day before. The road moved away from the Gorge and was now less interesting. Onion (Walla Walla) trucks passed us all day, leaving onion skin trails. We crossed back to Oregon, and instead of the main road decided to follow the Lewis & Clark trail to Hat Rock State Park. Unfortunately it turned into a bad idea. The path was badly marked and kept changing from paved to shared road, to bark-dirt to gravel. After a gravel section we discovered that we had rode through thorns and had 4 flats at once. We pulled out 15-30 thorns and only had two new tubes, One tube needed to be patched 7 times. We were able to ride out to the main road and hitched a ride with a priest. The State park had a commercial RV park that we stayed at.

Day 5: Hat Rock to Walla Walla, WA (25 miles + 23 miles hitched

Highlights: Bicycle Barn in Walla Walla was awesome, they took care of us and our flat saga - and would not charge for labor because we were traveling. Thank you Reggie!! Walla Walla is a lovely town. We also had other nice folks give us lifts throughout the day.

Carye's bike had another flat in the morning. We were able to ride to the turnoff to Walla Walla where we hitched a ride, rode a little, got another flat, then got another ride. Outside Walla Walla we enjoyed an old style soda fountain/gift shop. After the afternoon in the Bike Barn - with goo in the tires to prevent anymore more thorn flats, C & M were good to go, and eager to eat an entire pizza in town. There was on camping nearby, so the Travelodge motel allowed some "free" hot showers.

Day 6: Walla Walla to Central Ferry, WA (57 miles + 10 hitched)

Highlights: Nice Campfire at a nice state park (Central Ferry)

The ride today was tough, Carye's body was tired of the bike and wanted a rest, The first part of the day was okay, but after Dalton, the ride was never ending (according to Carye) At Dodge, it was getting dark within 45 min, and with 10 miles to go, C & M hitched the rest of the way to the park.

Day 7: Central Ferry to Colfax (36.6 miles - lots of hills)

Highlights: Arriving at our destination in the early afternoon, Staying on Lisa and Mike's lawn, Top Notch eatery.

While a short day mile-wise, the wheat country hills were never ending. We started the day with 7 miles going uphill. In Dixie we stopped at garage sales. In Waitsburg (cutest town ever) we had icecream shakes and got free cucumbers from the antique shop. We were going to stay at a motel in Colfax (at first look , doesn't seem like a nice town, but it grows on you!), but before we did, we met Lisa and Mike outside the city park, and they invited us to camp on their lawn. Lake Oswego transplants with two small children they loved meeting Portland travelers. They knew about Bike Friday, and Mike does a lot of long distance biking as well. For dinner we highly entertained at the Top Notch Diner, where the 17 year-old host/waiter was hilarious, and amused us. We had more icecream!

Day 8: Colfax to Spokane (61.3 miles)

Highlight: Knowing that the next day we would have a day off (finally!)

This was a long hard day as well. Everyone we talked to said said the drive was pretty with rolling farmland hills. Yeah - if you are in a car. The hills were long, and not rolling, and the scenery was yellow wheat fields. Though we did enjoy watching a fox running around. Carye's cousins live in Spokane - at the top of the hill of course. Washing laundry, showers, and hanging with family was fabulous. Also was glad to not hitch finally.

Day 9: Spokane - No bikes whatso ever

Day 10: Spokane to Coure D'Alene Idaho (52. 1 miles)

Highlights: Ride down the hill to the giant Red Wagon slide in Downtown Spokane. Bike paths all the way baby! Riding 10 miles with a German-american recreational cyclist.

Today we travelled via the Centennial Bike Path (40 miles from Spokane toC D'A Idaho). However the path on the Washington side is badly marked, and we travelled 6 miles out our way since the first section is on the road with little signage. If anyone is taking this trail please inquire on how NOT to miss your turn - it's really not obvious. After we got back on again we enjoyed riding along with a nice German-american woman to the Idaho State visitor center. At lunch at the center Carye had a freak bee sting on her cheek. The bike path continuing into Idaho was very well signed and marked and paved. Coeur D' Alene was a nice town - with a boring shopping street (Sherman Ave). We stayed at the Tamarack RV park, that literally is a mini forest now surrounded by bigbox stores. The RV park is more of a monthly rental kind of place, with no real camping. There was one tiny patch of grass next to the dumpster that we rented for the night for a mere $25!

Day 11: Coeur D' Alene to Round Lake State Park, ID ( 37.1 miles)

Highlights: Bike Path along US 95 for part of the way out of town, and an early arrival to a really nice, real forest campground for only $12 a night with FREE warm showers.

We had a short set back in the AM, Matt biked over a screw, so we had to stop to fix the flat. Wonderful nice flat bike ride all day. Arrived early enough at the campsite that we could take a hike around the lake, and make food not in the dark. We were one of three others camping in the park, unfortunately one guy was a little creepy, and scared the crap out of Carye. The quiet and solitude did not help.

Day 12: Round Lake Park to Bonner's Ferry, ID

Highlights: Another bike path from where we camped to Sandpoint, ID. We finished our journey all in one piece!!

The old bridge into Sandpoint has been turned into a bike/ped path. I was so wide! We stopped in Sandpoint to check out the amtrak train station, (on a dirt road on th outskirts - strange!) and bought Idaho souvenirs. The ride to Bonner's Ferry was also easy and Flat except for one long hill at the end. We met another long distance traveller heading West from Fargo, ND. We had pizza for lunch AND for dinner on our celebratory day. In Bonner's Ferry our Idaho hosts Linda and Ben picked us to take us to Moyie Valley Ranch, 8 miles from the Canadian Border.

We spent 5 days on the ranch, and it rained pretty much the whole time, so we never did bike over the Canadian Border! Shoot! But we made friends with the Cows, Sheep, and Horses, and started a Cob Oven project (although only the foundation got finished) and experienced a highschool reunion party for Ben and Linda's eldest daughter.

On our final day of our trip We folded our bikes into our canvas bags, and took the train from SandPoint (leaving at midnight) all the way back to Portland, in one day!

A Bike tour From Portland (Troutdale) to Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Eleven days of riding 530 miles (plus 40 miles of hitching). The return was made on the Empire Builder Amtrak train at Sandpoint, ID.

For the tour Matt and Carye bought new custom built Bike Friday (www.bikefriday.com) folding bikes that are made in Eugene, Oregon. Neither Carye or Matt own cars, so investing in a reliable, flexible bike for travel was important. However the bikes arrived two days before leaving, so getting used to new bikes while on the road, was literally a pain in the butt! By the end of the trip, gears, seat and handle bar placement, and proper riding shoes were figured out. Everyday of the ride had awesome weather (not too hot, not rainy), and Carye and Matt met many friendly people, ate as much pizza and icecream as desired, and enjoyed some beautiful scenery (though Washington wheat fields get dull to the eyes after 20 miles). The fourth day brought bad luck - 4 flats (at once!) caused by Goathead thorns, and wind in the face most the day. Also a family of earwigs hitched a ride in C & M's camping gear, and it took about a week to finally see the last one. Idaho is a cyclist paradise (what a secret). From The State Border near Coere D'Alene to just before Bonner's Ferry, there were many bike paths, nice scenery, and most flat routes.

Day 1:Troutdale to Hood River (55.6 miles)

Highlights: Gorgeous Columbia River (Get the bike map from ODOT). Ride to Council Crest, Ride by Falls, bike-ped paths on the old historic highway.

The campground listed on the bike map for Hood River was not there. We decided to treat ourselves and stayed at the Hood River downtown hotel. Hood River is a super nice town - though sad the Carousel Art Museum is closed and moving elsewhere. Also on this route, between Cascade Locks and Wyeth, do not take the Wyeth Bench Rd (aka Herman Creek Rd), it is a horrible grade hill, and you are better off taking the I-84. Note about I-84, it's not the most pleasant experience, but it's not bad, In order to bike to Hood River, you will need to get on I-84 at several points - The shoulder is pretty wide at most places, and it's a good idea to wear some bright orange!

Day 2: Hood River to Maryhill, WA (52.5 miles)

Highlights: The old historic highway section is really neat: it goes through the Mosier Tunnels (now just for ped/bike), The section through Mosier town, and to Rowena's Crest was on low traffic streets. No need to get on I-84 at all all the way to the Dalles.

The crossing over to Washington on the bridge in the Dalles was difficult. It was so windy and the sidewalk so narrow we had to walk. Biking to hwy 14 across the wind was also difficult. But once on hwy 14 heading East, the wind was at our bikes, and we cruised past the Maryhill Museum (Too late in the day to stop!) and stayed at the Maryhill State Park (back down by the river).

Day 3: Maryhill to Crow Butte (58.2 miles)

Highlights: Cruising sometimes 20 miles an hour easily with the wind at our back on Hwy 14. Lovely more deserty scenery, waving to trains. A Stop at Stonehenge.

From the campground, we hitched a ride in a pickup back up the top of the hill to hwy 14. The road was a major truck route, and the shoulder was pretty much missing for the first section of the hill, we decided htiching was the safest option. We enjoyed stopping at America's Stonehenge. I had been there before, but never thought I'd bike all the way! Crow Butte park was father than we thought. We could see it, but then had to ride about 4 miles all the way around and out to it. The RV park was expensive, and did not offer "primitive camper" sites.

Day 4: Crow Butte, WA to Hat Rock Park, OR

Highlights: Early morning hike past deer to the top of Crow Butte. Discovering the way over the I-82 - there is a bike route, but you need to go on the may freeway before the bike route appears, then you exit, cross under and go over on the otherside. Umatilla was nice little town to check out. At first we were excited about the Lewis & Clark Bike/Ped Bath, but it turned into a bad situation.

The wind in the gorge changed from E to W today, so we had to push hard for 20 miles, going about 5-8 miles an hour. Very hard reality after the day before. The road moved away from the Gorge and was now less interesting. Onion (Walla Walla) trucks passed us all day, leaving onion skin trails. We crossed back to Oregon, and instead of the main road decided to follow the Lewis & Clark trail to Hat Rock State Park. Unfortunately it turned into a bad idea. The path was badly marked and kept changing from paved to shared road, to bark-dirt to gravel. After a gravel section we discovered that we had rode through thorns and had 4 flats at once. We pulled out 15-30 thorns and only had two new tubes, One tube needed to be patched 7 times. We were able to ride out to the main road and hitched a ride with a priest. The State park had a commercial RV park that we stayed at.

Day 5: Hat Rock to Walla Walla, WA (25 miles + 23 miles hitched

Highlights: Bicycle Barn in Walla Walla was awesome, they took care of us and our flat saga - and would not charge for labor because we were traveling. Thank you Reggie!! Walla Walla is a lovely town. We also had other nice folks give us lifts throughout the day.

Carye's bike had another flat in the morning. We were able to ride to the turnoff to Walla Walla where we hitched a ride, rode a little, got another flat, then got another ride. Outside Walla Walla we enjoyed an old style soda fountain/gift shop. After the afternoon in the Bike Barn - with goo in the tires to prevent anymore more thorn flats, C & M were good to go, and eager to eat an entire pizza in town. There was on camping nearby, so the Travelodge motel allowed some "free" hot showers.

Day 6: Walla Walla to Central Ferry, WA (57 miles + 10 hitched)

Highlights: Nice Campfire at a nice state park (Central Ferry)

The ride today was tough, Carye's body was tired of the bike and wanted a rest, The first part of the day was okay, but after Dalton, the ride was never ending (according to Carye) At Dodge, it was getting dark within 45 min, and with 10 miles to go, C & M hitched the rest of the way to the park.

Day 7: Central Ferry to Colfax (36.6 miles - lots of hills)

Highlights: Arriving at our destination in the early afternoon, Staying on Lisa and Mike's lawn, Top Notch eatery.

While a short day mile-wise, the wheat country hills were never ending. We started the day with 7 miles going uphill. In Dixie we stopped at garage sales. In Waitsburg (cutest town ever) we had icecream shakes and got free cucumbers from the antique shop. We were going to stay at a motel in Colfax (at first look , doesn't seem like a nice town, but it grows on you!), but before we did, we met Lisa and Mike outside the city park, and they invited us to camp on their lawn. Lake Oswego transplants with two small children they loved meeting Portland travelers. They knew about Bike Friday, and Mike does a lot of long distance biking as well. For dinner we highly entertained at the Top Notch Diner, where the 17 year-old host/waiter was hilarious, and amused us. We had more icecream!

Day 8: Colfax to Spokane (61.3 miles)

Highlight: Knowing that the next day we would have a day off (finally!)

This was a long hard day as well. Everyone we talked to said said the drive was pretty with rolling farmland hills. Yeah - if you are in a car. The hills were long, and not rolling, and the scenery was yellow wheat fields. Though we did enjoy watching a fox running around. Carye's cousins live in Spokane - at the top of the hill of course. Washing laundry, showers, and hanging with family was fabulous. Also was glad to not hitch finally.

Day 9: Spokane - No bikes whatso ever

Day 10: Spokane to Coure D'Alene Idaho (52. 1 miles)

Highlights: Ride down the hill to the giant Red Wagon slide in Downtown Spokane. Bike paths all the way baby! Riding 10 miles with a German-american recreational cyclist.

Today we travelled via the Centennial Bike Path (40 miles from Spokane toC D'A Idaho). However the path on the Washington side is badly marked, and we travelled 6 miles out our way since the first section is on the road with little signage. If anyone is taking this trail please inquire on how NOT to miss your turn - it's really not obvious. After we got back on again we enjoyed riding along with a nice German-american woman to the Idaho State visitor center. At lunch at the center Carye had a freak bee sting on her cheek. The bike path continuing into Idaho was very well signed and marked and paved. Coeur D' Alene was a nice town - with a boring shopping street (Sherman Ave). We stayed at the Tamarack RV park, that literally is a mini forest now surrounded by bigbox stores. The RV park is more of a monthly rental kind of place, with no real camping. There was one tiny patch of grass next to the dumpster that we rented for the night for a mere $25!

Day 11: Coeur D' Alene to Round Lake State Park, ID ( 37.1 miles)

Highlights: Bike Path along US 95 for part of the way out of town, and an early arrival to a really nice, real forest campground for only $12 a night with FREE warm showers.

We had a short set back in the AM, Matt biked over a screw, so we had to stop to fix the flat. Wonderful nice flat bike ride all day. Arrived early enough at the campsite that we could take a hike around the lake, and make food not in the dark. We were one of three others camping in the park, unfortunately one guy was a little creepy, and scared the crap out of Carye. The quiet and solitude did not help.

Day 12: Round Lake Park to Bonner's Ferry, ID

Highlights: Another bike path from where we camped to Sandpoint, ID. We finished our journey all in one piece!!

The old bridge into Sandpoint has been turned into a bike/ped path. I was so wide! We stopped in Sandpoint to check out the amtrak train station, (on a dirt road on th outskirts - strange!) and bought Idaho souvenirs. The ride to Bonner's Ferry was also easy and Flat except for one long hill at the end. We met another long distance traveller heading West from Fargo, ND. We had pizza for lunch AND for dinner on our celebratory day. In Bonner's Ferry our Idaho hosts Linda and Ben picked us to take us to Moyie Valley Ranch, 8 miles from the Canadian Border.

We spent 5 days on the ranch, and it rained pretty much the whole time, so we never did bike over the Canadian Border! Shoot! But we made friends with the Cows, Sheep, and Horses, and started a Cob Oven project (although only the foundation got finished) and experienced a highschool reunion party for Ben and Linda's eldest daughter.

On our final day of our trip We folded our bikes into our canvas bags, and took the train from SandPoint (leaving at midnight) all the way back to Portland, in one day!

Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 47 - Total Days: 1873

Ring mount 3 for MSD JID (little finger)

Kingdom=Plantae

Order=Poales

Family=Poaceae

Genus=Spinifex

Species=S.longifolius

Binomial name=Spinifex longifolius

Common name=Beach Spinifex grass

Accipiter nisus

Spioróg

[order] Falconiformes | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Accipiter nisus | [UK] Sparrowhawk | [FR] Epervier d'Europe | [DE] Sperber | [ES] Gavilán Vulgar | [IT] Sparviero eurasiatico | [NL] Sperwer

spanwidth min.: 58 cm

spanwidth max.: 80 cm

size min.: 29 cm

size max.: 41 cm

Breeding

incubation min.: 33 days

incubation max.: 35 days

fledging min.: 24 days

fledging max.: 30 days

broods 1

eggs min.: 4

eggs max.: 6

Status: Common resident, with occasional winter visitors from Continental Europe.

Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.

Identification: A small bird of prey (raptor) with broad wings with blunt wing tips and a long tail. Small hooked bill suitable for eating meat. Tail is banded in all plumages with four or five bands. The sexes are different in size, the female is larger than the male. Sparrowhawks have barred underparts in all plumages, with the barring extending across the underwings, breast, belly and flanks. Males are bluish-grey above and often have orangey-brown barring on the breast, belly and underwing coverts; the rest of the barring is brown. Females are grey above with brown-grey barring on the underparts. Juvenile birds are dark brown on the upperparts with finely marked feathers; the underparts are coarsely and irregularly barred.

Similar Species: Goshawk, Kestrel

Call: The main call a rapid high pitched chattering, which is usually only heard in the breeding season.

Diet: Usually small birds which are taken when perched or in flight, sometimes after a long chase. Attacks with one or both feet, will pursue prey on foot. Sparrowhawks often utilize hedge rows or other cover, flying low on one side and then crossing over to other side to surprise its prey. Is a master of flying in woodland where it can fly through small gaps in branches pursuit of its prey, displaying great agility. Will use woodland edges, rides as well as any cover, especially cover that adjoins woodland. Will even pursue prey birds on foot over the ground.

Breeding: Probably the most common bird of prey in Ireland. Widespread in woodland, farmland with woods, larger parks and gardens. Nests in trees. Breeds throughout Ireland but is scarce in the west, where tree cover is low. Formally bird of woodland, it is now also found extensively in wooded farmland and will venture into urban gardens, where small birds attracted to bird feeders are taken, much to some peoples distress.

Wintering: Resident in Ireland. Can be seen throughout the country, although numbers will be low in the some parts of the west. Resident birds will be joined by wintering birds from Britain and Europe.

Where to See: Many people see these birds in their gardens, where they will be hunting on small birds. Can be difficult to spot in the countryside but will often give good views, when flying over head, where it may on 'prospecting' flights.

Physical characteristics

The Sparrowhawk is about the same size as a Kestrel and has a similarly long tail but its wings have rounded not pointed tips and are shorter as if not fully extended. Whether soaring or gliding, Sparrowhawks have a characteristic flap-flap-glide action

Habitat

Breeds and winters in woodland, particularly coniferous, and also occurs in winter in farmland and even gardens

Other details

Accipiter nisus is a widespread breeder across most of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is large (>340,000 pairs), and underwent a large increase between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in a few countries during 1990-2000, populations were stable or increasing across most of Europe-including the key one in Russia-and the species increased slightly overall.

There are 32 000 breeding pairs in Britain with a further 11 000 in Ireland. Including non-breeders, by the end of summer the resident population will probably be around 170 000 birds. 150,000-170,000 breeding pairs widespread throughout most of Europe. The UK is a stronghold with about 34000 pairs. Russian population 140000-180000 Turkish population 3000-10000.

Feeding

The sparrowhawk is a specialist feeder, as its name suggests. It takes birds of varying sizes, from finches and sparrows, to the size of wood pigeons. It does on occasions take small rodents and other small land based prey, but birds account for well over 90% and maybe as high as 98% of their diet.

Conservation

This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 100,000-1,000,000 km2. It has a large global population estimated to be 1,000,000-10,000,000 individuals (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001). Global population trends have not been quantified, but populations appear to be stable (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001) so the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]

Breeding

Eggs from late April or early May in Britain and north-west Europe. Up to 2 weeks earlier in southern Europe and 2-3 weeks later in northern parts of range. The nest is build in the fork of tree, often close to trunk where 2 or 3 branches start at same level. Also on horizontal branch, usually in lower parts of main canopy. Conifers are preferred where available. Selected tree usually close to path or clearing for convenient access. A new nest is built each year, sometimes on foundation of old nest of Woodpigeon or other species, though normally close to previous nests. The nest is a loose structure of twigs with deep cup. Nest size varies with position in tree, with nests in forks built up until surface area is large enough. Twigs up to 60 cm long are used, during laying, lined with fine twigs or bark chips. The clutch size is 4-6 (3-7) and the incubation lasts 33-35 days per egg, average 39-42 days for complete clutch. The young fledge after 24-30 days, males before females.

Migration

Migratory in northernmost parts of Europe and in most of Asia. Partially migratory in Central Europe. Sedentary in South of range. Various Central European countries receive Northern migrants, some of their breeding birds possibly migrating further South, reaching Mediterranean countries. Most migration actually from North-East to South-West. Few migrants reach Africa, although some birds winter in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, occasionally South to Kenya and Tanzania. Siberian population winters in South and South-East Asia.

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Oxytricha corretea como un ciempiés de cuerpo corto, haciendo cosquillas a las algas y a los grumos que forman montañas y bosques en la inmensidad de los fondos del Lago.

Juega a esconderse entre las sombras, y sale a luz en un salto imprevisible, para encontrar a su paso cualquier fragmento de alga verde, o con suerte, alguna entera que será su desayuno.

Su vida está llena de encuentros casuales que van pintando de colores su cuerpecito minúsculo.

Así, poco a poco, los dorados y los verdes engarzado como gemas hacen de este ciliado una preciosa joya ambulante que hoy adorna con su vida las gotas de este Lago de Sanabria, tan hermoso y maltratado, no quizá por voluntad sino por la desidia y descuido.

Qué fácil sería que un buen sistema de depuración evitase que el tesoro que alberga el alma de las aguas de este Lago se perdiese, y que los niños, mañana pudieran asomarse a sus aguas cristalinas y frías, como antaño y hoy verdosas y cálidas como una sopa de despojos no apetecida.

Camuflada entre los grumos Oxytricha corretea recorriendo los islotes sumergidos en carreras de ciempiés. Unas veces, paso a paso, y otras veces con las prisas de un cohete, entra y sale por los grumos. A veces también, sin pensarlo, en un salto se lanza hacia vacío y entre las gotas nada tan ágil como si fuese un pez.

Allí hasta donde puede alcanzar, Oxytricha garabatea con sus patas cualquier gota de agua con andares de insecto líquido o con aire más calmado prefiere esperar inmóvil a que cualquier copo verde o pardo, se cruce en su camino, para alcanzarlo y engullirlo en un instante.

El género Oxytricha incluye a un complejo conjunto de ciliados, de mediano tamaño, representado por unas 50 especies bien identificadas y válidas y más de 60 que no han podido ser lo suficientemente estudiadas como para hacer una precisa descripción, todas ellas presentan los cilios soldados en espinosos cirros que se doblan como extremidades o que se mueven como remos, dando una versatilidad extraordinaria a la capacidad de movimiento de estos seres.

Como muchos otros ciliados, fundamentalmente herbívoros de agresivo aspecto, tiene un alma pacífica, aunque sus pasos sean nerviosos.

La monografía de Helmut Berger publicada en 1999 constituye el intento más destacado de organizar este amplio grupo de ciliados que se incluyen en la subclase (Hypotrichia), hipotricos y que por presentar cirros en la parte ventral parecen desplazarse caminando, como si se tratase de diminutos artrópodos.

Todos los ciliados de este grupo presentan unos complejos patrones en la distribución de los cirros y de las membranas que forman éstos cuando se funden, por ejemplo en la región próxima al citostoma y para conocer estos patrones es necesario un proceso de tinción especial que necesariamente pasa por la fijación y la observación de pequeños detalles estructurales con el objetivo de inmersión.

Nuestra intención en este sentido es dar a conocer la vida sin sacrificarla, y aunque no hayamos podido descubrir el nombre quizá secreto de este ciliado de los fondos del Lago de Sanabria, nos damos por satisfechos ofreciendo aquí algunos aspectos de su vida en movimiento.

Las fotografías, realizadas en vivo, a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y contraste de fase, se han tomado sobre una muestra de fondo recolectada por Ibone Martínez Zufiria y Alberto Ávila Pérez el 12 de diciembre de 2023 junto a la Isla de Moras desde el Helios Cousteau.

El Helios Cousteau/ Helios Sanabria es el primer catamarán eólico solar construido en el mundo y que investiga las aguas de este lago hermoso www.rtve.es/play/videos/reduce-tu-huella/sanabria-renace/...

LIBRO: Lago de Sanabria 2015, presente y futuro de un ecosistema en desequilibrio, desde la Estación Biológica Internacional “Duero-Douro”

this was an order.

More info at my website:

elitdolls.com/news/pre-order-blythe-pullip-eyechips/

What's that in English? We should sort this out?

Order of the Holy Cross Annual Chapter, Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York

Hopefully this will be enough to finish my 2016 castle!

More pictures coming soon.

Haven't made an order in a long time, i seem to have a thing for memo pads and lettersets at the moment ^^

www.919sow.afrc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123213093

Another bus number ;)

The Order of Release, 1746 is a painting by John Everett Millais exhibited in 1853. It is notable for the fact that it marks the beginnings of Millais's move away from the highly detailed Pre-Raphaelitism of his early years. Another notable fact is that Effie Gray, who later left her husband for the artist, modeled for the principal figure.

The subject is simply that of a wife, with child in her arms, coming with an order of release for her husband, who has been taken in the Civil Wars. The husband, overcome with emotions, and weak from a recent wound (his arm is in a sling), can but fall upon her neck and weep; moan, "firm of purpose," sheds no tear; she has none to shed; but her eye is red and heavy with weeping and waking; and she looks at the stern and unconcerned with a proud look, expressing that she has won the reward for all her trouble past. The coloring, the textural execution, are marvelous (for these degenerate days).

The Pelicans just line up and fly together.

Dog Beach at Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, USA

From left to right:

Pentel Slicci in Milk Blue (.4 mm)

Slicci in Violet (.3mm)

Hi Tec Coleto multi color pack. .3 mm

Hi Tec C Coleto refill in apple green .4mm

Uniball Signo in Baby Pink .38 mm

Hi Tech C Coleto pen body in blue.

Considering I didn't get the teaching job that I had wanted and had been subbing in for two weeks, this was a comfort to see in my mailbox. :)

First order Fresnel lens with 640 individual prisms. Lamp on the left appears to be lit. Lens made in England.

Train order dated November 4, 1970 describing a work extra between Ozark and Banks on the Dothan Subdivision. MP 813 is just west of Ozark. Banks is closer to MP 840.

1. I like the photo because I like playing pool.

2. I don't like the weights in the background

3. I would change the photo by adding more light.

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Fringillidae

Genus:

Pyrrhula

Scientific:

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Citation:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Reference:

Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.171

Protonym:

Loxia Pyrrhula

Avibase ID:

24764DC7AD26E5F7

Short link:

avibase.ca/24764DC7

Taxonomic Serial Number:

TSN: 179180

Asturian: Papu Collorau, Picabrotos

Azerbaijani: Adi qarquşu

Belarusian: Гіль звычайны, Звычайны гiль, Звычайны гіль

Bulgarian: Червенушка

Breton: Ar beufig, Beufig

Catalan: Bec-tort, Pinsà borroner, pinsà borroner eurasiàtic

Catalan (Balears): Pinsà borroner

Valencian: Bec-tort

Montenegrin: zimovka

Czech: Hýl obecný

Chuvash: Уйăп

Welsh: Aderyn pensidan, Chwibanydd, Chwybanydd, Coch y berllan

Danish: Dompap

German: Azorengimpel, Dompfaff, Gimpel, Gimpel-pyrrhula

Greek: (Κοινός) Πύρρουλας, Δενδρόσπιννος, Πύρρουλας

Greek (Cypriot): Δενδρόσπιννος

Emiliano-romagnolo: Bech in crous

English: Bullfinch, Cassin's bullfinch, Common Bullfinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, North Eurasian Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch

English (IOC): Eurasian Bullfinch

Esperanto: pirolo

Spanish: Camachuelo Comun, Camachuelo Común, Camachuelo picogrueso, Picotuerto Rojo

Spanish (Spain): Camachuelo Común

Spanish (HBW): Camachuelo común

Spanish (Mexico): Picotuerto Rojo

Estonian: Leevike

Basque: Gailupa, Pinsà borroner

Persian: سهره سرسیاه

Finnish: Punatulkku, Punatulku

Faroese: Prýðisígða

French: Bouvreuil pivoine

Irish: Corcán coille, Corcrán Coille, Gealún cuilinn

Gaelic: Corcan-Coille, Deargan-Choille

Galician: Cardeal, Pinsà borroner

Manx: Corkan keylley

Hebrew: אדמון

Croatian: Zimnica čučurin, Zimovka

Hungarian: Süvölto, Süvöltõ, Süvöltő

Armenian: [Sovorakan Khatzktik ], Սովորական Խածկտիկ

Icelandic: Dómpápi

Italian: Ciuffolotto, Ciuffolotto comune, Ciuffolotto comune eurasiatico

Japanese: hime, uso, Uso-dori, Uso-hime

Japanese: ウソ, ウソドリ, ウソヒメ

Japanese (Kanji): 鷽, 鷽姫, 鷽鳥

Georgian: სტვენია

Khakas: Сыгырай

Kazakh: Кәдімгі суықторғай

Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi swıq-torğay

Korean: 멋장이새, 멋쟁이, 멋쟁이새

Korean (Transliteration): meo-t-jaengi, meot-jaengi

Cornish: Tynk whyban

Scientific: Loxia Pyrrhula, Pyrrhula cassini, Pyrrhula coccinea cassinii, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Pyrrhula pyrrhula cassinii, Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula

Luxembourgish: Pillo

Limburgish: Kruusbek

Lithuanian: Juodagalve sniegena, Juodagalvė sniegena, Juodgalvė sniegena, Raudongurklė, Sniegelė, Snieguolė

Latvian: Lielais svilpis, Parastais svilpis, Sarkankrūšu svilpis, Sarkankrūtītis, Sarkanrīklīte, Svilpis

Macedonian: Зимовка, Црвено зимско врапче

Mongolian: Зана, Хавтгалж, Эгэл зана

Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ

Mongolian (Transliteration): egel zan, khavtgalj, zan

Moldavian: Botroș, Mugurar

Maltese: Bugeddum

Dutch: Goudvink, Noordse Goudvink

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dompap

Norwegian: Dompap

Polish: gil, gil (zwyczajny), gil zwyczajny

Pinyin: dōng-fāng xué, hóng-fù huī-què, huīr, niú-mōu, ōu-yà xué, xué, zhuō lǎopó

Portuguese: dom fafe, Dom-fafe

Portuguese (Portugal): Dom-fafe

Romansh: prelat

Romanian: Mugurar

Russian: Обыкновенный снегирь, Обыкновенный снэгирь, Снегирь, Снегирь обыкновенный

Scots: Corcan-coille, Deargan-choille

Northern Sami: Ruksesruivil

Slovak: hýľ lesný, Hýľ obyčajný

Slovenian: kalin

Albanian: Kuqalashi çafkëzi

Serbian: zamovka, zimovka, Зимовка

Swedish: Domherre

Turkish: Bayağı şakrakkuşu, Şakrak, Şakrakkuşu, Кәдімгі суықторғай

Tuvinian: Кызыл-хөрек

Ukrainian: Снігур , Снігур звичайний

Chinese: [hong-fu hui-que], [xue], 东方鸴, 拙老婆, 灰儿, 牛哞, 红腹灰雀, 鸴

Chinese (Traditional): 拙老婆, 東方鷽, 歐亞鷽, 歐亞鷽〔紅腹灰雀，灰腹灰雀〕, 灰兒, 牛哞, 紅腹灰雀, 鷽

Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 歐亞鷽

Chinese (Taiwan): 欧亚鸴

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A friend asked me for a little hat for a girl, I got this pattern form Ravelry and is really easy to do I added some flowers to make it a bit more girly...

www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scalloped-baby-hat

Shaky closeup of the details of the Third Order Fresnel Lens, taken by holding my camera up over my head whilst standing on the deck. The lens is enormous, and it is still in use, however it's being fed by a newfangled solid-state light source (methinks LED, you can see a tiny bit of it in this shot).

Woodland Hills, CA - This is what a waitress does behind your back when you take too long to order. At least this is what ours did. I miss this pub. White Harte Public House.

Welcome to Monk Bretton Priory

Founded in the 1150s, Mon Bretton Priory belonged to the powerful French order of Cluny. The monks lived their lives according to the 6th century Rule of St Benedict.

Sometime between 1090 and 1099 Robert de Lacy, who ran his lordship from Rontefract Castle, set up a priory of Cluniac monks - St John’s at Pontefract. Those monks came from the great Cluniac mother house at La Charite-sur-Loire in France. By founding a priory, Robert was ensuring that his and his family’s souls were saved through daily prayers said by the monks.

Sixty years later in 1154, Adam Fitz Swain, a local landowner whose grandfather had been a tenant of the de Lacys, set up his own Cluniac priory here at “Lund” (or Bretton), staffed by monks from St John’s.

You are in the north-west corner of the precent of the priory. This 7 acre enclosure contained a meadow, orchard, fishponds and the monks’ cemetery, in addition to the monastic buildings.

The panel scheme has been written and designed by Friends of Monk Bretton Priory in association with English Heritage funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

You can order him here: batchix.g36.net/?page_id=660

Illustration by Yuval Robichek

Mmmmm. The hotness.

Shooting of their new video "The Next Phase" in Treptower Park, Berlin. Video on YouTube: youtu.be/vH0pSHZOsTk.

WORLD ORDER is a Japanese band formed by Genki Sudo following his retirement from mixed martial arts. The band is best known for their song "Machine Civilization" wich was produced in response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.