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Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
It is a summer visitor to the United Kingdom, seen from April until August. It has declined there in recent years. It is now very rare in Ireland, where only one or two pairs are recorded breeding in most years, usually in County Wicklow.
Various factors associated with forest structure, including slope, forest cover, proportion of broad-leaf forest, canopy height and forest edge length, all influenced the occupancy rates of this declining forest species. Conservation measures are therefore required that provide and maintain the wood warblers preferred forest structure. There is also a preference for forest in the non-breeding season, however this habitat is declining in wintering areas such as Ghana. Despite the decline in forest habitats, there has been no change in number of wood warblers as it appears that this species can use degraded habitats, such as well-wooded farms. However, further loss of trees will likely have a negative impact on this species in the future
Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
It is a summer visitor to the United Kingdom, seen from April until August. It has declined there in recent years. It is now very rare in Ireland, where only one or two pairs are recorded breeding in most years, usually in County Wicklow.
Various factors associated with forest structure, including slope, forest cover, proportion of broad-leaf forest, canopy height and forest edge length, all influenced the occupancy rates of this declining forest species. Conservation measures are therefore required that provide and maintain the wood warblers preferred forest structure. There is also a preference for forest in the non-breeding season, however this habitat is declining in wintering areas such as Ghana. Despite the decline in forest habitats, there has been no change in number of wood warblers as it appears that this species can use degraded habitats, such as well-wooded farms. However, further loss of trees will likely have a negative impact on this species in the future
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 ....!
first time for us - 1ere fois pour nous !
Also called "painted wolf", "mbwa mwitu" in Kiswahili, "osuyiani" in Masai, "suyian" in Samburu, "mbwa" in Kikuyu, "mulula" in Kinyiramba, the lycaon that looks like a large colorful dog , with an elongated muzzle with powerful jaws. The skin of the face is often black: it is illuminated by the piercing gaze of large, slightly rounded tawny-brown eyes. The ears, also rounded, surprise with their large size.
The lycaon is a well-proportioned animal, accustomed to traveling great distances in search of favorable hunting grounds, thanks to its well-developed but fine marathoner musculature. His lightness, mobility and speed, coupled with a formidable team spirit, make him an effective and feared hunter. The pack hunting technique is well suited to its size, because its lack of power is then compensated by the endurance, cunning and pooling of the abilities of each of the hunters. The females there seem to be more enduring and faster than the males.
Également appelé « loup peint », « mbwa mwitu » en kiswahili, « osuyiani » en masai, « suyian » en samburu, « mbwa » en kikuyu, « mulula » en kinyiramba, le lycaon a l'allure d'un grand chien bigarré, au museau allongé aux mâchoires puissantes. La peau de la face est souvent noire : elle est éclairée par le regard perçant de grands yeux marron-fauve légèrement arrondis. Les oreilles, elles aussi arrondies, surprennent par leur grande taille.
Le lycaon est un animal bien proportionné, habitué à parcourir de grandes distances à la recherche de terrains de chasse favorables, grâce à sa musculature de marathonien développée mais fine. Sa légèreté, sa mobilité et sa célérité, couplées à un formidable esprit d'équipe, font de lui un chasseur efficace et redouté. La technique de chasse en meute est bien adaptée à sa taille, car son absence de puissance est alors compensée par l'endurance, la ruse et la mise en commun des capacités de chacun des chasseurs. Les femelles y semblent plus endurantes et plus rapides que les mâles.
I'd been watching two male birds that were showing interest in a nest box near to the footpath for a few minutes and the situation was clearly getting heated: the bird that had been visiting and entering the box regularly chasing the other bird, though the latter persisted in hanging around, also exploring holes in an adjacent dead tree and displaying.
Eventually, the two birds had met in mid air and had a dust up only a few feet in front of me. It lasted only a couple of seconds, the two birds fighting and slowly dropping to the ground together only a feet away, both looking slightly disorientated upon landing, seen here. After a few seconds they gathered their wits and flew back up into the trees, to continue their cat and mouse behaviour, as before.
The stand off persisted for a good while longer, until both birds seemed to lose interest in the box and went on their way.
The shot is a significant proportion of the frame, as the birds were very close when they dropped to the ground, only trimming for framing purposes.
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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.
Fun Fact!! " Five species of rather similar looking stilts are recognized in the genus Himantopus. They have the second longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos."
Find this amazing collection and habitat from TLC at the Cosmopolitan 7th Anniversary Event. Includes mesh stilts, hybrid Stilt objects, animesh stilts in four different texture options and habitat. Please go see it in action for yourself here:
Cosmopolitan: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/131/61/22
TLC mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Liaison%20Collaborat...
TLC flickr: flic.kr/ps/2gY7Xy
Wear your Cosmo group tag to get the cute TLC turtles as a gift!
Pictured here from the Stilt Habitat set:
TLC Dragonfly/lilies set (adorable and colorful)
TLC Grass Patch
TLC Plant Patch-2
TLC Stilt [Animesh]
TLC Stilt Feeding [Animesh]
TLC Stilt Landscape Patch Hybrid
TLC Plant Patch
Thanks for dropping by! 😀
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.)
The Loggerhead shrike is a medium-sized songbird endemic to North America. It is nicknamed the butcherbird after its carnivorous tendencies, as it consumes prey such as amphibians, small birds, and even small mammals, and some prey ends up displayed and stored at a site, for example in a tree. Due to its small size and weak talons, this predatory bird relies on impaling its prey upon thorns or barbed wire for easier consumption.
Loggerhead shrikes are found across southern Canada, much of the USA, and Mexico. Northern populations are migratory while birds from the southern part of their range are sedentary. Loggerhead shrikes require an open habitat with an area to forage, elevated perches, and nesting sites. They are often found in open pastures or grasslands and prefer red-cedar and hawthorn trees for nesting. The hawthorn's thorns and the cedar's pin-like needles protect and conceal these birds from predators. They may also nest in fence-rows or hedge-rows near open pastures and require elevated perches as lookout points for hunting.
Loggerhead shrikes are carnivores (insectivores). They feed on insects, but also consume arachnids, reptiles, amphibians, rodents, bats and small birds. Due to their small size in proportion to the size of their prey, shrikes must rely on specialized adaptations to facilitate their hunting. The powerful, hooked beak allows them to sever the neck of a small vertebrate. Larger prey are subjected to impaling, in which they are pushed down into a sharp projection, such as a thorn or barbed wire. Shrikes can then tear off flesh by using the projection as an anchor. They may also use the thorn to fasten and store their food to return to at a later time.
I found this killer along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Some interesting facts about the Black-Necked stilt:
They feed in both salt and fresh water on half webbed feet that allow them to swim, although they rarely do.
They have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos.
-Himantopus mexicanus
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.
UNMISTAKABLE gamebird as well, and a joy to hear and see. It is estimated 15 million captive-bred birds are released each autumn. Of these, around 7 million are shot duriing the winter months and a significant proportion of those that escape the guns succumb to natural winter starvation. Take a walk or a drive in lowland countryside and you will surely see a pheasant. The species provides most interest in late winter and early spring after shooting has ceased. Once again seen at Elmley Marshes, Sheppey Kent, these ones are safe, from the gun here, and many do learn to feed and breed in the wild.
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"GODS BEAUTY is SIMPLY AMAZING !"
in inverse proportion to the amount of labor-saving machinery it employs :-)
E.F. Schumacher
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blue dasher dragonfly, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
You reap what you sow. Lincolnshire is known as the 'The Bread Basket' of the UK. Due to its rich silt soil a large proportion of the country’s vegetable and cereal crops are grown here including potatoes, cauliflowers, carrots, Brussels sprouts, pumpkins, onions, wheat and barley.
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The Royal Liver Building /ˈlaɪvər/ is a Grade I listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront. It was also part of Liverpool's formerly UNESCO-designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.
Opened in 1911, the building was the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group, which had been set up in the city in 1850 to provide locals with assistance related to losing a wage-earning relative. One of the first buildings in the world to be built using reinforced concrete, the Royal Liver Building stands at 98.2 m (322 ft) tall to the top of the spires, 103.7 metres (340feet) to the top of the birds and 50.9 m (167 ft) to the main roof.
The Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool with its two fabled Liver Birds which watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that if these two birds were to fly away, the city would cease to exist.
The Liver Birds are 5.5 metres,18 feet high. Their added height gives the Royal Liver Building an overall height of 103.7 metres, 340 feet. A building of skyscraper proportion, and once one of the tallest buildings in the country, the Royal Liver Building is currently the 4th tallest building in Liverpool.
Wikipedia
Tawny Owl - Strix Aluco
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Tawny Owl - Strix Aluco
The tawny owl or brown owl (Strix aluco) is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey. Several of the eleven recognised subspecies have both variants. The nest is typically in a tree hole where it can protect its eggs and young against potential predators. This owl is non-migratory and highly territorial. Many young birds starve if they cannot find a vacant territory once parental care ceases.
This nocturnal bird of prey hunts mainly rodents, usually by dropping from a perch to seize its prey, which it swallows whole; in more urban areas its diet includes a higher proportion of birds. Vision and hearing adaptations and silent flight aid its night hunting. The tawny owl is capable of catching smaller owls, but is itself vulnerable to the eagle owl or northern goshawk.
Although many people believe this owl has exceptional night vision, its retina is no more sensitive than a human's and its asymmetrically placed ears are key to its hunting by giving it excellent directional hearing. Its nocturnal habits and eerie, easily imitated call, have led to a mythical association of the tawny owl with bad luck and death.
Population:
UK breeding:
50,000 pairs
No more Second Guessing
Your not being dramatic
No more questioning if you are too sensitive
Your not blowing things out of proportion
No more saying sorry for doing nothing wrong
Your not the one telling lies
No more excuses
Your not imagining conversations
No more feeling like your never enough
You are worth so much more
No more thinking there is something wrong with you
Your not to blame for their actions
No more not trusting your own judgements
You trust your gut
No more staying silent......
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"
Anaïs Nin
"La vie se rétrécit ou s'agrandit proportionnellement à son courage"
Barcelona
Dive into Port Phillip Bay under the watch of 82 distinctive bathing boxes, a row of uniformly proportioned wooden structures lining the foreshore at Brighton Beach.
Built well over a century ago in response to very Victorian ideas of morality and seaside bathing, the bathing boxes remain almost unchanged. All retain classic Victorian architectural features with timber framing, weatherboards and corrugated iron roofs, though they also bear the hallmarks of individual licencees' artistic and colourful embellishments.
Thanks to these distinctive decorations, the boxes turn the Brighton seaside into an immediately recognisable, iconic beachscape that can transform by the hour according to season, light and colour. Just try to resist pulling out your camera and snapping away.
Content: Tourism Victoria
Jan. 30/2016
Iconic Brighton beach box sells for foreshore record of AU$285,000
The Pyramids of Hunger are structures designed by the Russian engineer Alexander Golod. They refer to the so-called "energy pyramids", which in occultism are considered transformers or accumulators of some unknown science of "bioenergy".
In the CIS, a lot of pyramidal constructions of the Hunger construction were built, the most famous of which was the pyramid, destroyed by the hurricane on May 29, 2017, built on the 38th kilometer of Novorizhskoe highway. The Pyramids of Hunger caused a wide public response in connection with the speculative pseudo-scientific statements of the author that the form of the pyramids proposed by him allegedly "harmonizes the structure of the surrounding space", bringing it in line with the ideal proportion of the golden section and thus correcting defects caused by unreasonable activities as a community of people. and nature itself.
There is no information on any positive changes in the environment and society on the territories adjacent to the Famine pyramids. According to the conclusion of Academician Eduard Kruglyakov, Chairman of the Commission on Combating Pseudoscience of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the magical properties of the pyramids, declared by the Hunger and other construction workers, have no scientific basis.
Пирамиды Голода — сооружения, разработанные российским инженером Александром Голодом. Относятся к так называемым «энергетическим пирамидам», которые в оккультизме считаются преобразователями или накопителями некой неизвестной науке «биоэнергии».
В СНГ построено множество пирамидальных сооружений конструкции Голода, самым известным из которых являлась разрушенная ураганом 29 мая 2017 года пирамида, возведённая на 38-м километре Новорижского шоссе. Пирамиды Голода вызвали широкий общественный резонанс в связи со спекулятивными псевдонаучными заявлениями автора, что предлагаемая им форма пирамид якобы «гармонизирует структуру окружающего пространства», приводя её в соответствие с идеальной пропорцией золотого сечения и исправляя тем самым дефекты, обусловленные неразумной деятельностью как сообщества людей, так и самой природы.
Сведений о каких-либо положительных изменениях в среде и обществе на прилегающих к пирамидам Голода территориях нет. По заключению председателя комиссии по борьбе с лженаукой РАН академика Эдуарда Круглякова, волшебные свойства пирамид, заявляемые Голодом и другими их строителями, не имеют под собой научных оснований.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пирамиды_Голода
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Rathaus underground station in Cologne, Germany
A pleasing contrast of midnight blue and silvery gleam
When completed, the new north–south suburban railway line in Cologne will have eight stops. While the last stretch of the line is scheduled to come into operation in 2016, Rathaus station has already proven itself fit for everyday operation. Located directly beneath the historic market, Rathaus underground station provides quick and convenient access to the centre of Cologne's historic Altstadt (old town) district, which was previously only accessible by bus.
The station, covering almost 3,000 m², lies 16 metres below ground. Its design is characterised by a fresh contrast of midnight blue and silver. A large proportion of the wall area is velvety-smooth blue, while the ceilings and certain sections of the walls are a shiny silver. The walls and ceilings are clad in hot-dip galvanised and powdercoated steel sheet modules, which are perforated in the ceiling area so that they also absorb sound.
Above the entrances, main traffic areas and footpaths throughout the station, WE-EF DOC240 recessed exterior downlights ensure excellent visibility and safety as well as aid orientation. The luminaires had to be integrated into various building situations – either installed in circular sections of the expanded metal ceilings or combined with an installation tube and mounted directly on the concrete ceilings. The DOC240 downlights in the underground station have proven to be versatile, not just in terms of the installation and mounting options, but also in relation to lighting techniques.
While the stairways and escalators are illuminated from a relatively high position, the height between floors in the main traffic areas is rather low. With different light sources in varying wattages – in this case HIT and CFL lamps, and two symmetric light distributions [M] medium and [EE] very narrow beam – the WE-EF luminaires provide exactly the right amount of light for the unique spaces.
All DOC240 downlights used in this project are fitted with vibration protection in order to extend their service life. Luminaires mounted at especially high installation positions are equipped with a device to lower the luminaire to facilitate ease of maintenance.
Architects:
Lighting Designer:Lichtdesign Ingenieurgesellschaft m.b.H., Prof. Heinrich Kramer, Cologne
Seen along the Poole Harbour Trail on the Hartland Moor Nature Reserve, Middlebere Heath.
Spotted this single wild rose flower with no other close by, the flower seemingly out of proportion with the size of the leaves.
Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female (or "queen"), many normally non-reproductive females or "workers", and a small proportion of fertile males or "drones". Individual colonies can house tens of thousands of bees. Colony activities are organized by complex communication between individuals, through both pheromones and the waggle dance. (Wikipedia) Wimbledon Common Park, London, United Kingdom
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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.
Only one picture captured from my camera, I do not do several clicks.
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
Males are 38 to 58 cm (15 to 23 in) long and weigh on average 550 g (1.21 lb). Females are slightly larger at 47 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) in length and a mean weight of 700 g (1.5 lb). The wingspan can range from 90 to 127 cm (35 to 50 in). Adult birds can vary in mass from 460 to 930 g (1.01 to 2.05 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing bone is 28–35 cm (11–14 in) long, the tail is 16–24 cm (6.3–9.4 in) long and the tarsus is 7.5–9 cm (3.0–3.5 in).[6] Adults have brownish heads, reddish chests, and pale bellies with reddish bars. Their tails, which are quite long by Buteo standards, are marked with narrow white bars. Red "shoulders" are visible when the birds are perched. These hawks' upper parts are dark with pale spots and they have long yellow legs. Western birds may appear more red, while Florida birds are generally paler. The wings of adults are more heavily barred on the upper side. Juvenile red-shouldered hawks are most likely to be confused with juvenile broad-winged hawks, but can be distinguished by their long tails, crescent-like wing markings, and a more flapping, Accipiter-like flight style. In direct comparison, it is typically larger and longer proportioned than the Broad-wing, though is slightly smaller and more slender than most other common North American Buteos. This bird is sometimes also confused with the widespread red-tailed hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent. The Red-tail is also more likely to soar steadily, with wings in a slight dihedral.
Los Angeles. California.
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
Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris
Globally, the marsh tit is classified as Least Concern, although there is evidence of a decline in numbers (in the UK, numbers have dropped by more than 50% since the 1970s, for example). It can be found throughout temperate Europe and northern Asia and, despite its name, it occurs in a range of habitats including dry woodland. The marsh tit is omnivorous; its food includes caterpillars, spiders and seeds. It nests in tree holes, choosing existing hollows to enlarge, rather than excavating its own. A clutch of 5–9 eggs is laid.
Marsh and willow tits are difficult to identify on appearance alone; the races occurring in the UK and are especially hard to separate. When caught for ringing, the pale 'cutting edge' of the marsh tit's bill is a reliable criterion; otherwise, the best way to tell apart the two species is by voice. Plumage characteristics include the lack of a pale wing panel (formed by pale edges to the secondary feathers in the willow tit), the marsh tit's glossier black cap and smaller black 'bib', although none of these is 'completely reliable'; for example, juvenile marsh tits can show a pale wing panel. The marsh tit has a noticeably smaller and shorter head than the willow tit and overall the markings are crisp and neat, with the head in proportion to the rest of the bird (willow tit gives the impression of being 'bull-necked').
A measure of the difficulty in identification is given by the fact that, in the UK, the willow tit was not identified as distinct from marsh tit until 1897. Two German ornithologists, Ernst Hartert and Otto Kleinschmidt, were studying marsh tit skins at the British Museum and found two wrongly-labelled willow tits amongst them (two willow tit specimens were then collected at Coalfall Wood in Finchley, north London, and that species was added to the British list in 1900).
Le château d'Azay-le-Rideau est un monument classé appartenant à l'État et situé dans la commune du même nom, en Indre-et-Loire, en France.
Le château actuel est bâti entre 1518 et 1523 par le maire de Tours et trésorier du roi François Ier, Gilles Berthelot; il s'agit d'un des chefs-d'œuvre de la première Renaissance française.
En 1791, le château « abandonné et très dégradé » est vendu au marquis Charles de Biencourt (1747-1824),qui lui donne son aspect actuel en procédant à de profonds changements intérieurs et extérieurs.
Pour moi c'est un des plus beaux châteaux français, et le plus élégant, et bien proportionné, de surcroît mis en valeur par l'eau qui l'entoure.
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This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Proportion
Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Proportion
O tema desta FlickrFriday é: #Proporção
本次 FlickrFriday 主題: #部分
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: #Anteil
El tema de FlickrFriday es: #Proporción
In a country full of spectacular waterfalls, and despite the obvious drawback in that one can never expect to experience this place alone, Skógafoss has been the one to set my pulses on red alert each time I’ve visited. Ok, so that’s only twice - well three times if you count the very brief pit stop we made here on the long journey east to Stafafell - but the mere sight of it makes for a display of extraordinary power. Not only in terms of the improbable physics that are happening right there in front of you, but also in the hold that it will take on your senses as you stand here at the bottom. Sixty metres tall and twenty-five wide, this is where the highlands end abruptly as that huge curtain of water crosses the divide and plummets down to earth in a resounding crescendo right there in front of you. There are bigger waterfalls in Iceland, but you can’t stand underneath many of them like this. And this one has such pleasing dimensions, that clean and uncomplicated single drop perfectly proportioned and surrounded by clouds of vapour that make you wonder whether you should have brought some shower gel and a bath towel. And a thermos full of piping hot coffee to help with the hypothermia afterwards.
We’d come here after breakfast on our third morning in the area, having agreed that the misty grey conditions would suit the subject well. Ironic that when we’d passed through here a week earlier, there had been a bright rainbow right in front of Skógafoss. There had also been a large number of visitors, taking endless Instaselfies as they tripped from their coaches and raced excitedly towards the action. That day we had to wait for a space in the large car park, such was the popularity of the place. Finding the visitor numbers too distracting, we soon moved on, although perhaps we should have photographed that rainbow and made merry with the clone tool later. At that stage we were getting rather blasé on the subject, having spent the previous day photographing a particularly fine example at Háifoss. But there were no more waterfall rainbows for the rest of the trip, and little did we realise we’d missed our chance.
Arriving in the middle of the morning seemed to have paid off. Although far from empty, the car park was noticeably quieter than last time, and with the aid of that trusty pair of welly boots I was soon paddling about in the shallow river, setting the tripod low to bring that foreground rush of water towards the bottom of the frame. And miraculously in these moments there were chances to get the shot with only minimum numbers of stragglers to contend with. There’s always someone standing as close as they dare to, but I only had to airbrush two spectres from the scene here. Bring your wellies and you can often go to places where others can’t.
Last time we came to Iceland, on that final night before heading back to Reykjavík, I got what became my favourite shot of the trip in the form of “Sandwich Bags, Spray and Spectators,” where I was that person standing as close to the white wall as I dared to. And now, an hour after this, I took my favourite shot of this second adventure with “The Watchers.” Very possibly my two most loved images of all time in fact - from a personal point of view anyway. I’m starting to wonder whether or not it’s a coincidence the place delivers pictures that make me feel this happy. I’m quite content with this one as well for that matter. While Skógafoss keeps giving me moments like these, I’ll carry on coming back for more.
Sandwich Bags, Spray and Spectators: www.flickr.com/photos/126574513@N04/50702613408/in/album-...
The Watchers: www.flickr.com/photos/126574513@N04/52420303660/in/album-...
Das erste Hochhaus was ich bewußt als kl. Mädchen wahrnahm...an der Hand meine Vaters, meiner Mutter bei den vielen Besuchen Düsseldorfs ich staunte...noch Heute erinnere ich mich gerne....vor acht jahren bae ishes mit Werner auch von Innen erlebt....
Seit 1960 prägt das Dreischeibenhaus mit seiner modernistischen Eleganz und 94 Metern Höhe die Düsseldorfer Skyline. Es zählt zu den großen Zeugnissen der Nachkriegsmoderne und gilt als architektonisches Symbol des Wirtschaftswunders. Nach mehreren geschichtlichen Etappen wurde es nun denkmalgerecht saniert: Vom 3. bis zum 24. Stock finden sich die Büroetagen, die für eine flexible Neuvermietung modernisiert wurden. Neu gebaut wurde das ehemalige Restaurant PHOENIX im Erdgeschoss. Ein weiteres Highlight der Revitalisierungsmaßnahme sind die Dachterrassen in den oberen Geschossen.
Lage
Als Büro- und Verwaltungsgebäude für die Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG (ab 1964 Thyssen) in der Düsseldorfer Stadtmitte errichtet, bildet das schlanke Stahl-Glas-Hochhaus am Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz ein spannungsreiches Ensemble mit dem Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus und dessen organisch geformter weißer Fassade. Bis 2013 führte der zeitgleich errichtete Tausendfüßler an der westlichen Seite dieses prominenten Stadtplatz vorbei, dann erfolgte der Rückbau der filigranen Autohochbahn zu Gunsten der Weiterentwicklung des derzeit im Bau befindlichen Kö-Bogen Projekts und einer landschaftsplanerischen Gestaltung, die eine Untertunnelung des Areals möglich machte. Trotz des baulichen Zuwachses in der Nachbarschaft ist das Dreischeibenhochhaus unangefochtene Landmarke und zählt mit seiner Höhe weiterhin zu den Top 5 der Düsseldorfer Hochhäuser. Aufgrund seiner zentralen Lage zwischen Königsallee und der innerstädtischen Parklandschaft des Hofgartens titelten zeitgenössischen Presseberichte bereits vor Fertigstellung des Hauses „[Eine] Art Manhattan im Grünen (…). Eine phantastische Zukunftsvision!“ (Die Welt).
Architektur
Geschichte
Urheber dieser „Zukunftsvision“ – die für viele als gebauter Ausdruck des westdeutschen Wirtschaftswunders galt und für den Beginn eines neuen Zeitalters in der Architektur stand – waren die Architekten Helmut Hentrich und Hubert Petschnigg (HPP). Ihr Siegerentwurf des 1955 entschiedenen Wettbewerbs gliedert den Baukörper in drei gegeneinander versetzte schmale Scheiben, von denen die mittlere mit 94 Metern und 24 Etagen die höchste ist. Das signifikante Erscheinungsbild, das dem Haus zu seinem einprägsamen Namen verhalf, schufen die Architekten, indem sie den Gebäudekern mit Aufzügen und die Sanitäranlagen dort platzierten, wo sich die drei unterschiedlich hohen Scheiben decken. Die zugehörigen Erschließungsflure gliederten sie optisch zurücktretend als „Fugen“ zwischen den Scheiben ein. Durch diese Anordnung der Erschließung sparten die Entwerfer wertvolle Verkehrsfläche ein. Die auf insgesamt 35.000 Quadratmeter verteilte modernste Bürofläche ließ sich flexibel als Großraumbüro oder Sitzungssaal nutzen oder aber zu Einzelbüros aufteilen. Neben diesen Eigenschaften war es vor allem seine Konstruktion nach Mies’schen Prinzipien, die dafür sorgte, dass das Gebäude als herausragendes Zeugnis der Nachkriegsmoderne in die Architekturgeschichte einging und den Wolkenkratzerbau der 1960er und 70er Jahre in den USA mitprägen konnte. Für die Architekten war der Skelettbau mit den Stirnseiten aus Edelstahl und der betont einfachen Vorhangfassade aus Stahl, Aluminium und Glas eines der ersten Hochhausprojekte, auf die viele folgen sollten.
Sanierung
Inzwischen in der vierten Generation geführt, wurde HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner 2011 mit der Modernisierung des seit 2010 leerstehenden – auch als Thyssen Hochhaus bekannten – Dreischeibenhaus beauftragt. Die Phoenix- Rheinrohr AG war bereits 1964 von der Thyssen AG übernommen worden. Seit der Fusion von Thyssen und Krupp im Jahr 1999 hatte das Dreischeibenhaus bis 2010 der ThyssenKrupp AG als Hauptsitz gedient. Mit dem Umzug des Industrieunternehmens in die Essener Hauptzentrale stand das symbolträchtige Gebäude kurze Zeit leer, bevor es die MOMENI Gruppe und Black Horse Investments 2011 kauften und den Auftrag zur Modernisierung des denkmalgeschützten Gebäudes an die Entwurfsurheber gaben. Wie ihr Entwurf zur Bauzeit nimmt auch die denkmalgerechte Sanierung und energetische Ertüchtigung eine Vorreiterrolle ein: Die Revitalisierung des Gebäudes erfolgte nach höchsten ökologischen Standards, dabei wurde besonderer Wert auf ressourcenschonendes Bauen, wie etwa die Reduzierung des Wasser- und Energieverbrauchs, gelegt. Gestalterisch konnten HPP mit ihren Maßnahmen die Qualitäten des Bestands nicht nur pflegen, sondern auch stärken. Eine besondere Herausforderung war die Anpassung der denkmalgeschützten Glas-Aluminium-Fassade. Die äußere tragende Fassadenkonstruktion, inklusive der Brüstungselemente, ließen die Architekten unangetastet, die großen transparenten Fensterelemente ersetzten sie durch Prallglasscheiben. Von Außen nicht sichtbar, wurde dem Hochhaus die energetisch unausweichliche Doppelfassade verpasst – die Zweischaligkeit ermöglicht die windgeschützte Be- und Entlüftung mit manuell öffenbaren Fenstern und einem versteckten, zwischen den Fassaden liegenden Sonnenschutz. Den Architekten gelang es außerdem, das gesamte Erscheinungsbild des Scheibentrios gemäß der ursprünglichen Gestaltung in Materialität und Proportionen wiederherzustellen. Durch Reinigung und Politur gaben sie den gekanteten Edelstahlflächen der Stirnfassaden ihre gleißende Strahlkraft zurück. Auch die Eingangshalle mit ihrem dunkelgrün schimmernden Marmorboden ist öffentlich zugänglich und empfängt die Besucher heute wieder mit einer zeitlosen Eleganz, die Helmut Hentrichs Studium bei Mies van der Rohe zu verraten scheint. Die Barcelona-Sessel-Sitzgruppe in der sich zur grünen Parklandschaft öffnenden, dezent über dem Boden schwebenden Lobby, rundet das Bild ab.
Für die Gestaltung des ehemaligen Restaurants Phoenix im Erdgeschoss sowie den Ausbau der oberen Geschosse waren Etienne Descloux und Irina Kromayer verantwortlich. Die neu gewonnenen Mietflächen im 22. - 24. Stock und die beiden Dachterrassen - gestaltet auf den äußeren beiden Gebäudescheiben im 22. Obergeschoss - sind ein Highlight des Dreischeibenhauses und in Düsseldorf einzigartig. Von hier aus haben die Mieter und deren Gäste einen einzigartigen Ausblick über die Stadt und den Rhein.
Am 12. März 2015 wurde das Dreischeibenhaus in der Kategorie "Best Refurbishment" mit dem MIPIM Award ausgezeichnet.
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