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Hazel Plain
This foundation is all that remains of the two-and-a-half story frame house that was home to Benjamin Chinn and his family in 1861. Their small plantation, Hazel Plain, was typical for Prince William County, VA, producing corn, oats, wheat, and potatoes to feed the family and sell in the local market.
Twice in thirteen months the Chinn family fled their home as the Civil War encroached. The house was used as a field hospital during both battles of Manassas. The Chinn family returned to their home to find it bloodied and battered and their well filled with amputated limbs, an experience not uncommon for area families after the fighting had passed.
The house stood until 1950, when it was razed.
Texas birds
Many thanks to John and Audrey Martin for inviting us to their ranch to photograph the Chachalacas
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Snow storm over the plains of abraham in Quebec City. We can hardly see the Musée national des beaux-arts in the background.
Une tempête sur les Plaines , Difficile de voir le Musée national des beaux-arts en arrière plan.
One of the highlights of my recent, abbreviated road trip was visiting the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, WY.
La Posa Plain on the west side of the Plomosa Mountains, north of Plomosa Road and north-northeast of Quartzsite, 33.77270 -114.17786, La Paz County, Arizona, 19 Feb 2017. Ambrosia dumosa, Chaenactis carphoclinia, Phacelia ambigua, Lepidium lasiocarpum, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, Chamaesyce polycarpa, Parkinsonia microphylla, Erodium texanum, Krameria bicolor, Chylismia claviformis, Plantago ovata, Pleuraphis rigida, Chorizanthe corrugata, Chorizanthe rigida, Eriogonum deflexum, Larrea tridentata, etc.
Brdy is a range of hills in the Czech Republic, forming a long massif stretching for cca.60 km southwest from Prague.
The northern section of the Brdy is called "Hřebeny" and features one narrow ridge (highest elevation Písek - 690m).
The main Brdy range starts south of the Litavka river gorge and consists of several major elevations connected into one plateau, the highest peaks among them being Tok (864m), Praha (862m) or Třemšín (827m).
Most of the Brdy is covered by forest, and it is one of the largest contiguously forested areas in the interior of the country. Large sections of the massif are designated as a restricted military area and closed to the public. The Brdy military area has been a source of controversy for several decades.
(Wikipedia)
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Having lost its military no-go zone status just recently, the Brdy mountain range remain unspoiled and perfect for an off-the-beaten-path hiking exploration.
In February, we pursued a winter day-long 40km through-hike, starting in Příkosice and finishing our hiking in Příbram, wandering across deep woods and treeless plains between Padrťské rybníky ponds and Jordán plains - a rewarding though quite challenging endeavour.
The Plain Prinia, or the Plain, or White-browed, Wren-Warbler, (Prinia inornata), is a small warbler in the prinia family. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. A related form P. p. subflava, resident in Africa south of the Sahara is sometimes considered the same species, but is usually designated Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789).
This skulking passerine bird is typically found in wet lowland grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens. The Plain Prinia builds its nest in a shrub or tall grass and lays 3-6 eggs. The Tawny-flanked Prinia nests in herbage and lays 2-4 eggs.
These 13-14 cm long warblers have short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short black bill. In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white supercilium and rufous fringes on the closed wings. Underparts are whitish-buff. The sexes are identical.
In winter, the upperparts are a warmer brown, and the underparts more buff. The tail is longer than in summer. There are a number of races differing in plumage shade. The endemic race in Sri Lanka retains summer plumage, including the shorter tail, all year round.
Like most warblers, the Plain Prinia is insectivorous. The song is a repetitive tlee-tlee-tlee.
Place: Mastani Lake, Fursungi, Pune