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Megascolia maculata
sur fleur d'Artichaud sauvage
la plus grande guêpe (5cm) solitaire d'Europe,
photo prise sur l'île de Rhode Grèce,
a été observée en Belgique pour la 1°fois en 2020,
elle n'attaque pas l'homme....! mais vu sa taille très impressionnante et le bruit du battement de ses ailes, peut lui faire peur,
(ce fut mon cas), le petit scarabée que l'on trouve sur nos fleurs chez nous, et sous elle sur la photo, donne vraiment la proportion de ce monstre , à regarder en grand vous comprendrez....!/
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on wild artichoke flower
the largest solitary wasp (5cm) in Europe,
photo taken on the island of Rhode Greece,
was observed in Belgium for the 1st time in 2020,
it does not attack man....! but given its very impressive size and the sound of the flapping of its wings, can frighten it,
(this was my case), the little beetle that we find on our flowers at home, and under it on the photo, really gives the proportion of this monster, to look big you will understand ....!
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) is found throughout Northern Europe, Northern Asia and a significant proportion of North America. They are quite large birds, rivalling the Eurasian Eagle Owl in size. The great grey owl has a large, rounded head and yellow eyes, with light underparts mottled with darker grey feathers. Their wings and back are darker grey with lighter bars.
The great grey owl has a large "facial disk." The facial disk is a concave circle of feathers around the eyes of the bird. It helps to collect sound waves and direct them toward the owl's ears, helping the owl to locate its prey by sound. The great grey owl has the largest facial disk of any bird of prey.
Their diet consists mainly of small mammals and their preferred prey is voles, however they will also eat gophers, weasels, squirrels, rabbits, rats and mice. They nest in dense coniferous forests in most of the northern hemisphere.
The female will lay between two to six eggs at one- to two-day intervals. The female does all of the incubation, which starts when the first egg is laid. After four to six weeks the chicks hatch. The male provides all the food for the young, which is torn into smaller pieces by the female. When food is scarce the female great grey owl will often starve herself in order to feed her chicks, and may lose up to a third of her body weight. The chicks will leave the nest after approximately a month and can fly well after two months. The young stay close to home and are cared for by the female for some time after leaving the nest.
Ha ha - dare I compare this scene to Ansel Adams Mount Williamson?
Hardly - but I was attracted by the harsh sun creating deep contrast, near far composition, whisky clouds, and the proportion of the triangular background.
Photographed in an expansive construction site. (thank you to the yard boss in charge of shooing away tool scavengers for allowing me to stumble around his site.)
In southern England, a small proportion of females have wings that are bronze-green, known as the form valezina.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"
Anaïs Nin
"La vie se rétrécit ou s'agrandit proportionnellement à son courage"
Barcelona
A high proportion of my Western Meadowlarks are singing from fence posts, so it was gratifying to find one by the roadside, perched on a little pile of debris. This is a common bird in my area throughout spring and summer - one of the first migrants to return, a harbinger of spring. And its song is very sweet, rivalled, perhaps, only by the Bobolink's.
(My apologies to anyone who faved the White-crowned Sparrow that I uploaded earlier in this spot and have now removed. A clerical error; I had already shared it, 4 years ago. You can find it in my Best of 2017 album.)
This ends my "farewell to the birds of summer" series. Tomorrow I will begin posting more recent images. October was a busy month, lots of wildlife coming up so stay tuned!
Photographed from the rolling red Toyota blind in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A good proportion of the railways of Rajasthan are flat and direct (to my surprise in my ignorance), and the last remaining metre gauge line in this part of the state proved to be no exception.
Seen here, at an ungated road crossing just south of Sonthaliya, is North-Western Region liveried Alco YDM4 unit 6651 hauling the 10.30 Sikar - Jaipur Junction (train 19736) in some pleasantly clear light.
Out of shot is the policeman assigned to "guard" the crossing and whose job is to ensure there are no obstructions, or foul play, preventing the train making a safe passage. It makes a pleasant change to frame a shot to include telegraph poles and wires - whether they survive the line's conversion to broad gauge remains to be seen.
16th March 2016
Kenya
The serval cat is from Africa where tall grass and bushes can camouflage this tall cat allowing it to sneak up on its prey. They are known to resemble cheetahs but have shorter tails than their larger cousins. They typically hunt where they can hide and stay near water. In the wild, they are solitary and cover a home territory of four to 12 square miles.
Having the longest legs of any cat (in proportion to their bodies), servals are agile jumpers as well as experienced diggers. They can catch birds over nine feet in the air and dig a couple of feet into the ground to get under a fence.
University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, UK.
Sheppard Robson’s competition-winning design responds to the University’s vision of creating a world-class research and teaching facility. The architectural ambition of the project was to create a building that respected the neighbouring listed buildings and surrounding conservation areas whilst also adding a confident piece of contemporary design to Bristol.
The building is arranged in two parallel wings, with the east-facing element housing the office accommodation and responding to the proportion and massing of the adjacent listed buildings. Distinctly different in form, the west-facing wing is designed as an undulating aluminium wall.
United Kingdom, London, Barnes, Winter 2025
Barnes is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Its built environment includes a wide variety of convenience and arts shopping on its high street and a high proportion of 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the streets near Barnes Pond. Together they make up the Barnes Village conservation area where, along with its west riverside, pictured, most of the mid-19th-century properties are concentrated. Barnes Common is an important open space and a local nature reserve. Barn Elms reservoirs were turned into a wetland habitat and bird sanctuary in 1995. The majority of the WWT London Wetland Centre comprises areas of standing open water, grazing marsh and reed bed.
Taken at the site of the Battle of Great Bridge
Early on the morning of December 9, 1775, eight months after Lexington and Concord, six months after Bunker Hill and seven months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the earliest, smallest, shortest, least known yet most important actions of the American Revolution took place in Virginia within the present-day city of Chesapeake.
Known as the Battle of Great Bridge, less than 300 men, both sides included, took part in an action that lasted less than five minutes.
The Patriot victory at Great Bridge had an impact on the course of the American Revolution that was out of all proportion to its size. It made the British position in Virginia untenable. It resulted in Virginia being free of any organized British presence for five critical years – free to provide massive amounts of men and supplies to the Continental Army with virtually no enemy interference.
Very widely distributed, breeding from Australia to Spain and Morocco, with the northern extent of migratory breeders extending to northern Russia and Mongolia. Migratory over much of the Eurasian range, predominately wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. Present year-round in the Indian subcontinent eastwards through Myanmar, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Cambodia and northern Thailand, China, the Republic of Korea, DPR Korea and far south eastern Russia; also Japan, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and Australia. Birds are seen on passage through central and southern Thailand and the Malaysian Peninsular, indicating that a proportion of birds in the eastern range are also migratory.
Black Kite Germany_w_00115
The Blue Tit is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is easily recognisable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size.
Eurasian blue tits, usually resident and non-migratory birds, are widespread and a common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and the western Palearctic in deciduous or mixed woodlands with a high proportion of oak. They usually nest in tree holes, although they easily adapt to nest boxes where necessary. Their main rival for nests and in the search for food is the larger and more common great tit.
The Eurasian blue tit prefers insects and spiders for its diet. Outside the breeding season, they also eat seeds and other vegetable-based foods. The birds are famed for their acrobatic skills, as they can hold on to the outermost branches of trees and shrubs and hang upside down when looking for food.
The little globe is about 10 cm in diameter. That works out to about 31.4159 cm circumference or .314159 meter. According to google, Earth's circumference at the equator is about 40,075.017 km, in the neighborhood of 127,562,848.7 times bigger than this tiny thing. That works out to a earth to globe ratio of something like 1.28x10^8:1 Someone correct me if my calculation is wrong. Enjoy creating on Flickr Friday and thanks for any views, faves, and comments.
Die Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus, Syn.: Parus caeruleus) ist eine Vogelart der Gattung Cyanistes aus der Familie Meisen (Paridae). Der Kleinvogel ist mit seinem blau-gelben Gefieder einfach zu bestimmen und in Mitteleuropa sehr häufig anzutreffen. Bevorzugte Lebensräume sind Laub- und Mischwälder mit hohem Eichenanteil; die Blaumeise ist auch häufig in Parkanlagen und Gärten zu finden. Außer in Europa kommt sie in einigen angrenzenden Gebieten Asiens vor, in Nordafrika und auf den Kanarischen Inseln. Die Population der Kanaren wird oft auch als eigene Art angesehen (Afrikanische Blaumeise, Cyanistes teneriffae).
Die Blaumeise bevorzugt tierische Nahrung, vor allem Insekten und Spinnen. Außerhalb der Fortpflanzungsperiode steigt die Bedeutung von Sämereien und anderer pflanzlicher Kost. Beim Nahrungserwerb fällt die Blaumeise durch ihre Geschicklichkeit auf, sie kann sich an die äußersten Zweige klammern und auch kopfüber hängend nach Nahrung suchen.
Blaumeisen brüten meist in Baumhöhlen, auch Nistkästen werden häufig angenommen. Der Hauptkonkurrent um Bruthöhlen und bei der Nahrungssuche ist die deutlich größere Kohlmeise.
The blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus, syn.: Parus caeruleus) is a bird species of the genus Cyanistes from the tit family (Paridae). The small bird is easy to identify with its blue-yellow plumage and is very common in Central Europe. Its preferred habitats are deciduous and mixed forests with a high proportion of oak trees; the blue tit is also frequently found in parks and gardens. In addition to Europe, it is found in some neighbouring areas of Asia, in North Africa and on the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands population is often regarded as a separate species (African blue tit, Cyanistes teneriffae). The blue tit prefers animal food, especially insects and spiders. Outside the breeding season, the importance of seeds and other plant foods increases. When foraging, the blue tit is notable for its dexterity; it can cling to the outermost branches and also search for food hanging upside down. Blue tits usually breed in tree hollows, and nesting boxes are also frequently accepted. The main competitor for breeding cavities and for food is the much larger great tit.
A left over Christmas decoration silhouette still remains in May. I have yet to be in the area during the season to see it illuminated. I bet it's both stunning and very distracting on the side of a rural road.
In the Middle Ages the historical town of Haddington in East Lothian was the fourth largest city in Scotland. Now it is simply the county town of East Lothian with a population of around 10,000. We very much enjoyed our visit in September 2019 and thought it was a delightful little town. Today the whole town centre is a conservation area with a high proportion of listed buildings, some dating back to the 16th century. This is the High Street and the tower and spire belong to the Town Hall. This dates from 1748 though the tower and spire were added in 1830.
For further details please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddington,_East_Lothian.
Dig in there might be something.......
Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
The Oystercatcher is a striking and familiar wader, its pied plumage contrasting with the bright orange bill and pinkish legs.
The species breeds widely, both around the coast and inland, particularly in northern Britain, whilst during winter large flocks congregate on our estuaries. In Ireland the breeding population remains predominantly coastal. Britain & Ireland support a significant proportion of the global population of this species.