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It's been lovely revisiting some of the beautiful sims around the grid.
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Found some time, after taking down the Holiday Lights and Christmas Decorations, to scoot over to a local wildlife sanctuary; the trip paid off ;-)
Cooper’s Hawk:
Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high-speed pursuit of other birds.
Dashing through vegetation to catch birds is a dangerous lifestyle. In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s Hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, or wishbone.
A Cooper's Hawk captures a bird with its feet and kills it by repeated squeezing. Falcons tend to kill their prey by biting it, but Cooper’s Hawks hold their catch away from the body until it dies. They’ve even been known to drown their prey, holding a bird underwater until it stopped moving.
Once thought averse to towns and cities, Cooper’s Hawks are now fairly common urban and suburban birds. Some studies show their numbers are actually higher in towns than in their natural habitat, forests. Cities provide plenty of Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove prey.
(Nikon Z8, 600/6.3, 1/640 @ f/6.3 ISO 90, edited to taste)
This lizard was basking in the sunshine, Arne RSPB reserve Dorset. It's a male in its breeding colours.
According to Wildlife Trust website:
The sand lizard is extremely rare due to the loss of its sandy heath and dune habitats. Reintroduction programmes have helped establish new populations.
Restricted to a few isolated areas in Dorset (my home county), Hampshire, Surrey and Merseyside. Reintroduced into other areas in the South East, South West and Wales.
Statistics
Length: 20cm
Weight: 15g
Average lifespan: up to 20 years
Conservation status
Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. Listed as a European Protected Species under Annex IV of the European Habitats Directive.
When to see
April to October
Well, I have finally reached 1000 uploads after being on flickr for exactly 9 years. I know that I am not the most prolific contributor, but I do like to try and show only my best work on my stream. I have also had a couple of breaks over the last 9 years as life has sometimes taken priority over what for me is a pastime rather than a livelihood. Of course, I only show a tiny fraction of the amount of images that I take and I use this stream to share my landscapes and a few nature images. I do photograph other subjects and I have recently got the bug for scanning and reviving very old slides and negs - but that would be for another stream/profile.
This image was one that I made last week up Higger Tor in the Dark Peak. I waited approximately one hour for the strong wind to blow thick dark cloud further north. The wait was worth it because the sun then shone through the clouds in dramatic fashion.
Not really our bag, but armed with our 7d's Caroline and myself spent an afternoon with other Folkestone togs taking pictures.of planes. This image was taken with a 18-135 IS Canon lens,Al servo focus, shutter priority. Paned to streak the the sky and alot of luck.
Inherited four-axle units from the BN-ATSF merger take off from the BNSF Northtown Yard with interchange traffic for the Canadian Pacific. This train will be swimming upstream as plenty of other traffic will get priority for precious track space over in St. Paul east of West 7th Street and Westminster Junction.
Health and happiness (these are my priorities) and I wish that for you too guys.
Merry Christmas and a better 2022.
Greetings from Honduras!!
Three day lillies in the garden this morning! They bloom and fade in a flash, so ...work will just have to wait.
Our first surprise : the gentoo penguins are waterbirds but their nest is far from the sea, sometimes on hills.
For us, as short time visitors, the rules are simple :
Clean your clothes and bags before landing, never put anything on the ground, never sit down, never get on your knees, never approach less than 5 meters from animals, give them a total priority, move back if they come to you.
And enjoy, it's magic !!!
Falkland islands.
Again today it was -19C feels like -28C out there. I ran out and took a whole three photos of frozen bubbles before giving it up and coming in.
Prior to that though, I again noticed our Manitoba Maple Tree had a flock of visitors to partake in the scrumptious maple keys for breakfast before flying off down the road. As it was too darn cold I again grabbed the camera and shot these through the bathroom window glass. This is SOC no edits other than resized for the web. The sky is really that gorgeous deep blue which just goes to show once again how darn cold it is.
I want to thank each and everyone for your comments and visits to my little space here on Flickr. Although, I may not get to respond to all the comments left, rest assured, I read them and appreciate them all more than you know however, awards and invites aren't necessary.
Richmond Park is London's largest Royal Park, covering an area of 2,500 acres. It is a National Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, of both national and international importance for wildlife conservation.
Richmond Park was established in its present form by King Charles I, who in 1637 turned the area on the hill above Richmond into a hunting park for red and fallow deer. He enclosed the Park with high walls, an action that was not popular with the local residents, although he did allow pedestrians to exercise historic rights of way across it. To this day most of the wall remains, although some sections have been removed over the centuries and the remainder has been rebuilt and reinforced.
Legal action in 1758 by John Lewis, a public-spirited brewer of Richmond, confirmed the right of access for pedestrians at all times and frustrated attempts by the Royal Ranger to prevent such access.
The Park has changed little over the centuries and, although it is surrounded by human habitation, the varied landscape of hills, woodland gardens and grasslands set among ancient trees abounds in wildlife. This incredible environment has been created by centuries of grazing by herds of red and fallow deer.
Some features have been added to the Park. The Isabella Plantation is a stunning woodland garden, which was created after World War II from an existing woodland, and is organically run, resulting in a rich flora and fauna.
Richmond Park is a site of both national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It is London's largest Site of Special Scientific Interest, a National Nature Reserve and a Special Area of Conservation. The Park also incorporates the most important area of lowland acid grassland in the Greater London region. Lowland acid grassland is a priority habitat in the Government's Biodiversity Action Plan.
The Park is a top UK site for ancient trees, particularly oaks, which have great historic and wildlife importance. The trees and associated decaying wood support nationally endangered species of fungi, as well as a remarkable range of nationally scarce invertebrates such as the cardinal click beetle and the stag beetle. Over one thousand species of beetle (more than one quarter of the British list) have been recorded in the Park.
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One of my most prized possessions: a roll of dutch priorty mail stickers. It allows me to send postcards all over the world.
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No flowers: 8/20
Ukrainians are changing hunting weapons for military ones, the hunt for the aggressor has begun, Ilford HP5+ 400
Glorious Autumn colours enhanced by the sun backlighting the Chestnut leaves.
A jpeg out of the camera re-sized and watermarked.
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A priority intermodal train is heading eastbound through downtown Elk River with the quietness of no horn. This was the last of four on this morning making for an interesting hour along Staples East.
(No Crop) So Green!
This Lovely Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Breeding Adult was taken along 空堀川（からぼりがわ）Kawabori-gawa, or Kawabori River in Musashimurayama / Higashimurayama Tokyo, Japan. I was supposed to be photographing Asian House-Martins, (Delichon dasypus), but ended up photographing some beautiful Egrets.
What a beautiful day. Life is good!
Nikon D500
Nikon Nikkor AF-S VR 500mm f/4G ED Lens
f/8
Aperture priority
ISO speed - 400
Focal length - 105mm
1/1,000
Monopod used
Manual Focus
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Butchart Gardens started with the idea of resurrecting life in an abandoned quarry. Ornamentation and variety took priority over native plants, reflecting the times. This is what you get when you pour resources into a garden lavishly and consistently for over a century.
Happy Quarry/Garden Thursday!
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