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Beelitz Heilstätten was a lung sanatoriums, built between 1898 and 1930 by the Berlin State Insurance Institution. It is one of the largest hospital complexes in the Berlin area and consists of an ensemble of 60 buildings on a total area of approximately 200 ha.
This image is from the house C of the sanatorium for men and is located south of the railroad station. I have no idea about the function of this lens, which is mounted at the ceiling.
Islandhill with the tide coming in and my wellies about to overflow. It's a bit grim and grey outside so hitting the archives :)
These have always reminded me of a periscope by the way they pop their heads up through the heather.
It FINALLY came up for a breath so I could take a photo!
How long can a cormorant hold its breath?
"Cormorants can dive anywhere from 4-24 feet underwater, holding their breath for 30-70 seconds. Their webbed feet help propel them through the water to catch fish."
When the Green Heron wants to show off or intimidate, it raises its neck and flares it's feathers, making it look larger and more 'dangerous'...
Yep, it is comical, but so necessary...got to be alert and cover your ass when you're the little guy. Sticking with the Knothole you know
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Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
Chironius is always a fun genus of snake to come across as they're often large, alert, extremely fast, and stunning to behold. All of those adjectives apply to this one except large, this is actually a juvenile C. scurrulus and has a lot of growing to do. As it grows it will lose the green color and turn a rusty red, however when young and more vulnerable these snakes are green to help them blend in with vegetation. This snake was extremely cooperative and I have a few different photos from the encounter some of which I'll share as time goes on. As mentioned before Chironius are fast snakes and once one gets going its difficult to keep up with, so when I spotted this juvenile in the low vegetation I carefully crept towards it attempting to sneak up on it. It almost worked but I stepped on a vine that was attached to a bush that was touching the tangle the snake was in. This alerted the snake to my presence but I stopped and didn't move a muscle, instead of taking off the snake actually moved into a better position to better see what had caused the disturbance. Thats when I was able to get this photo.
A link to the other Chironius sp. I have photographed: www.flickr.com/photos/26500525@N08/24554859049/in/album-7...
Periscópio em cima
Sempre achei interessante este tipo de imagens com uma garça-cinzenta solitária espreitando no meio da lezíria como um periscópio levantado.
Up Periscope
I always found interesting these kind of images with a lonely Grey Heron watching in de middle of the wetland like a lift periscope.
There are about 10,000 pairs of Puffins breeding on Svalbard, which might sound a lot until you realise there are more than half a million pairs (580,000) in Britain. The ones that breed on Svalbard are of the high Arctic race naumanni that are about 25% bigger than British Puffins, with larger and deeper bills, although bills get bigger with age so young birds might not look that different. I did take photos showing the full bird swimming but I quite liked this one in a trough with just its head showing. I managed to get such a low pov as I was in a Zodiac (Rigid Inflatable Boat) at the time.
This shot was taken back in July for submission to the TD Bank employee photo contest for their annual "Friends of the Environment Foundation (FEF)" calendar. The theme for this year was Shades of Green and my photo was fortunate to be chosen amongst some great photos to be included in the Wall calendar version (there is also a desk calendar) for 2017.
FEF is a charitable foundation that funds and supports environmental initiatives nationally across Canada and in it's 25 years has funded more than 24,000 environmental projects. To learn more the link is:
If you live in Canada you can visit any TD Canada Trust branch and pick up a calendar!!
When these Great Blue Herons detect anything moving toward them, it’s always up periscope and time to depart. I do see them, but they never stick around. Photo taken on Horsepen Bayou.
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Common Seal - Phoca Vitulina aka Harbour Seal
Coastal Mull near Duart. - Scotland.
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This beauty was part of seal colony just across the reef from our boat. This individual was curious enough to come close to the boat to check us out.
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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Have a wonderful Friday!
Nikon D500 - 300 f/4 prime lens - ISO 320 - f/7.1 - 1/1600
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Seals usually bob about buoyantly in the water with their whole heads out to look around. But this huge male Grey Seal slowly rose so that just his huge, glassy eyes were above the surface. This shows his eyebrow whiskers particularly well. This was taken on the Farne Islands in Northumberland where many Grey Seals breed.
Finally found the male periscope orb weaver, 4 years after finding the first female. Now we'll have a better chance at identifying this surprised muppet!
About 3-4mm and hardly... ever... sits.. still. Lucky that it stood in this position for a few seconds for a 6-shot stack.
View more at Araneidae Checklist: Orb Weaver Spiders