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This afternoon, the eastbound Mountaineer nears the east switch at Plain as it hurries toward Denver. Plain is a siding and a small MofW base in the settlement of Plainview, Colorado, about 24 rail miles west of the Mile-High City. Plainview is where the plains end and the mountains begin. From here, one has a plain view of the plains. Photo by Joe McMillan, September 12, 2023, at 5:05 p.m.
gorgeous ain't it?
Minute Papillon , Belle Vent (174, 158, 21) - Moderate
i found it by browsing the Destination Guide
Posted by Second Life Resident Torley Linden. Visit Belle Vent.
Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata) Subspecies P.i. insularis is a common endemic resident of Sri Lanka. Habitats paddy fields with long grass. Belongs to Cisticolidae family.
සරල ප්රීනියා උප විශේෂ P.i. insularis ලංකාවට ආවේණික සෑම පෙදෙසකම දැකිය හැකි සුලබ කුරුල්ලෙකි. කුඩා පඳුරු සහිත තෘණ භූමි ආශ්රිතව දක්නට ලැබේ.
Brachystola magna
The Plains Lubber is an attractive grasshopper when encountered on the open prairie. Not the hopper with the greatest maximum length but certainly the heaviest.
Paloma Ceniza, Plain Pigeon (Patagioenas inornata )
Status: Residente Local No (Rnc)
Amenazada NT
torcaza cenicienta o paloma boba, es una especie de ave columbiforme de la familia Columbidae que habita en Cuba, Isla de la Juventud (Cuba), La Española, Isla Tortuga (Haití), Jamaica, Puerto Rico. En Cuba es la mayor de las palomas y también la más amenazada. También se denomina Columba inornata
Prefiere las zonas cercanas a las costas, lugares con pastos y poco arbolados o bosques semicaducifolios abiertos. Se mantiene alejada de los bosques densos.
El macho tiene la cabeza, el dorso del cuello, el pecho, el abdomen superior y las grandes plumas cobertoras de las alas de color castaño violáceo claro. La espalda superior y la garganta son más claras y opacas. Las cobertoras menores y medias son de color gris parduzco. La espalda inferior, la rabadilla y el resto del abdomen son de color gris azulado claro que se aclara hacia los flancos. Las plumas remeras y la cola son grises. El pico es negruzco. El ojo tiene el iris blanco plomizo y la esclerótica rojiza. Las patas son rojizas. La hembra es similar pero más opaca. Los inmaduros son de un color gris parduzco predominante que es más claro en el abdomen y bajo la rabadilla. Se agrupan en bandos. Son poco ariscas y no se desbandan cuando se les dispara. Se alimentan de pequeños frutos y semillas.
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Plain Pigeon / Paloma Ceniza (Patagioenas inornata )
Status: Non Common Resident (Residente No Comun)
Near Threatened (Amenazada)
The plain pigeon / Paloma Ceniza (Patagioenas inornata) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are forest, woodland, coastal desert, mangrove and swampy areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The plain pigeon is a large-bodied bird (38 cm [15 in]) that superficially resembles the common city pigeon. At a distance it appears pale blue-gray overall. The head, hind-neck, breast, and part of the folded wing are colored with a red-wine wash. When folded, the wing shows a white leading edge; in flight, it forms a conspicuous wing bar. Legs and feet are dark red. The female is slightly smaller and duller than the male. Juveniles are browner overall, with pale wing margins and dark eyes.
Three subspecies of the plain pigeon are recognized: P. i. inornata from Cuba and Hispaniola, P. i. exigua from Jamaica, and P. i. wetmorei from Puerto Rico.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Dominican Republic
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Patagioenas
Species:P. inornata
Binomial name
Patagioenas inornata inornata
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I didn’t realize that the pronghorn antelope is an original “native American”. It has no close relative on this or any other continent. We spotted this pair alone—separated from the herd—and the male was a bit lame. Although he had seen better days, the female was sticking close by him, waiting patiently as he slowly followed her across the stream and up the hill.
Carrizo Plains
Nikon D5300
I may miss the lakes of Northern Ontario, but this wide expansive sky of Alberta has grown on me :-)
Rob took me to the butterfly aviary for Valentine's Day. The lighting was tricky, but I managed to get a few good shots. It was heaven being around so many different species of butterflies at once.
Plain Tiger ~ Asia
Rural Nebraska
The first day of my trip to the Northwest (US), I drove from Kansas into Nebraska--much of which, as is the case in my home state of Kansas, is dominated by the Great Plains. This particular scene is typical of much of those Central Plains states--gently rolling prairies with only the occasional cottonwood tree to break the "monotony" of grasslands or fields of wheat. I, like so many others, used to, indeed, find the panoramas rather boring. They always fell short when compared to the barrier Islands of the East, or the snow-capped mountains or great sandstone-scapes of the West. Clearly, these plains cannot claim to have the same awe-inducing power of those places--but no matter. They still have a beauty all their own--just as the small-town beauty of the girl next door may not turn heads the way a Hollywood starlet might. Still, she has every right to claim a beauty all her own.
This is a Pano combining 12 photos. The location on the map is a close approximation. I ended up eating my evening meal in a (VERY) small-town diner in Gilead, Nebraska late in the day, and when I exited, sunset was less than an hour away. So, I couldn't have driven far before taking this photo (off US Highway 136).
I ended up spending the night in Hastings, NE--which for most, couldn't be considered making good time on a trip that would end up covering about 8,000 miles (it's about 240 miles from Topeka). The next day I only made it as far as Valentine, NE--about 230 miles. The way I usually travel, however, that's making very good time indeed! I do so love stopping and smelling the scenery along the way. There would be days that I covered ever so much more--especially near the end when I found myself under some time pressure (I had to be in DC June 28th--though I didn't make it, arriving the next day). I do hate driving like that, however. Hate it.
Opuntia macrorhiza, a common low-growing prickly pear cactus in Austin. Unlike the much taller Texas prickly pear, the flowers on this species usually have red centers. Bauerle Ranch Park.
Wild Brumbies feeding on the Long Plain in the Snow Mountains, NSW.
Brumby is the colloquial term for these animals, which are descendants of the stock that were brought to the area during the gold rush era in the Late 1800s. there are now many thousands of these animals roaming the area,
The Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) is the most common and geographically widespread form of zebra. Plains Zebra were once found on plains and grasslands from the south of Ethiopia right through east Africa as far south as Angola and eastern South Africa.
Photographed in Zimbabwe
According to some of the other birders at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (Hereford, AZ), this was the only known plain-capped starthroat in the United States at the time (8/14/23).
It was drawing a constant stream of visitors. I hung around enough that day to see it come and go five or six times.
Look how much bigger it is than "regular" hummingbirds.
Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, by the way, is a great place to kick back for a while and just watch insane numbers of hummingbirds. Nice people too.