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I am getting ready to leave town for a few days. Hopefully when i return, april showers will have come and washed away the layers of yellow dust covering everything!
Pine Siskins are very small songbirds with sharp, pointed bills and short, notched tails. Their uniquely shaped bill is more slender than that of most finches.
My first wildlife photography trip of the year, I travelled up to Blairgowrie for the Pine Marten, I was last there in October last year and got some nice images. There had been clear skies and good light all week with heavy snow to hit at the weekend. I waiting until about 730pm when the snow came on and was treated to a spectacular display as the snow laid and the snow fall was heavy. This pine marten was deep in contemplation with the snow falling around him.
Pine warblers are common summer residents here in South Jersey, usually arriving in late March. I say "usually" because this male was spotted at my suet-feeder on March 2, weeks earlier than I've ever seen one. And a second Pine Warbler showed up just a week later!
My favourite shot from my recent trip to Ardnamurchan. Not an easy subject to photograph in daylight, but fun trying. This is the result of two weeks of us getting to know each other’s habits and three afternoons trying to capture the pose I had in mind. I definitely went home with a smile when I took this on the last day of the trip.
Some Pine Trees at Nini Hill in Pangalengan tea plantation.
Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world ....!
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
-Helen Keller
Pine Marten - Martes martes
Pine martens are found in the Scottish Highlands and Grampians, with isolated populations in southern Scotland. In England and North Wales pine martens seem to be on the verge of extinction. They are widespread and relatively common in Ireland. Although they occur in a wide range of habitats, pine martens prefer well-wooded areas with plenty of cover.
Diet: Pine martens are generalist predators, feeding on small rodents, birds, beetles, carrion, eggs and fungi. In autumn, berries are a staple.
General Ecology: Marten dens are commonly found in hollow trees or the fallen root masses of Scots pines, an association that probably earned pine martens their name; cairns and cliffs covered with scrub are frequently used as alternative den sites. Martens have territories that vary in size according to habitat and food availability. For males, these are about 10-25 square kilometres and for females about 5-15 square kilometres. They mark their territories with faeces (known as scats) deposited in places where they are conspicuous to other martens; they are frequently left along forestry trails.
Breeding: Young martens are born blind and hairless, in litters of 1-5, in early spring and stay with their mothers for about six weeks. Their eyes open at the end of May and by mid-June they begin to emerge from their den. Male martens play no direct part in rearing the young.
Conservation Status: Martens and their dens are fully protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981); martens must not be trapped, sold or disturbed except under licence from Scottish Natural Heritage, the Countryside Council for Wales or Natural England. Despite this legal protection, poisoned baits and traps, often set for hooded crows and foxes, still probably account for many marten deaths each year. Others are also shot at hen houses, and some are killed when mistaken for mink.
Until the 19th Century, pine martens were found throughout much of mainland Britain, the Isle of Wight and some of the Scottish islands. Habitat fragmentation, persecution by gamekeepers and martens being killed for their fur, drastically reduced this distribution. By 1926, the main pine marten population in Britain was restricted to a small area of north-west Scotland, with small numbers in N Wales and the Lake District. They have now increased their range in Scotland, and now occur throughout the Highlands, N of the Central Belt but remains one of the rarest native mammals in Great Britain, with a total population of around 3-4,000, but Ireland probably also has as many.
A roadside view of the Pine Canyon caldera. The canyon which is NOT visible in this photo lies between the foreground and the background. The Pine Canyon caldera in located in the Chisos Mountains, a component of the Chisos mountains in the Big Bend National Park. It is the largest caldera in the Big Bend National Park. The dirt expelled from the mountain that was prior to the eruption covers hundreds of miles from the caldera.
As you look at the foreground, the Crown Mountain and part of Boot Rock are ladened with soil deposited from the eruption that formed the Pine Canyon caldera which occurred 32 million years ago
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A light coating of snow that only partially covered the fallen leaves on the ground made for an interesting bokeh backdrop.
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Thanks to brother Michel Mintake for this source. It is some type of Pine.
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The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines, some 4000 to 5000 years old, are the oldest living non-clonal organisms on Earth. 720nm infrared image processed with Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz filters.