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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
A striking black-and-white bird with very long, thin red legs. Black-necked Stilts have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos.
Black-necked Stilts inhabit shallow wetlands from the western United States to Central America and parts of South America. In the United States, Black-necked Stilts are commonly found in salt ponds, flooded lowlands, or shallow lagoons.
Black-necked Stilts wade in shallow waters to capture their meals of aquatic invertebrates and fish. They often consume such fare as crayfish, brine flies, brine shrimp, beetles, water boatmen, and tadpoles. They peck, snatch, and plunge their heads into the water in pursuit of their food, and will herd fish into shallow waters to trap them there.
(Nikon, 500 mm, 1/1000 @ f/8.0, ISO 640)
The western honey bee or European honey bee is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is the Latin for "honey-bearing" or "honey carrying", referring to the species' production of honey.
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 dance language.
The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and it is the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for both its honey production and pollination activities. With human assistance, the western honey bee now occupies every continent except Antarctica. Western honey bees are threatened by pests and diseases, especially the Varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. There are indications that the species is rare, if not extinct in the wild in Europe and as of 2019, the western honey bee is listed as "Extinct" on the IUCN Red List, while also acknowledging "Data Deficient". (Wikipedia)
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Foraging through the flowers for pollen.
Pinhey Dunes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 2022.
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.
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.
then of course I am blowing something out of proportion :-)
Robert Brault
HMM! HPPT! Justice Matters!
prunus mume, pink japanese flowering apricot, 'Peggy Clarke', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
La capacità di fare del male si è sviluppata parallelamente al progresso tecnologico. La capacità dell'uomo di ferire psicologicamente è stata moltiplicata dall'uso di massa del sistema web. La possibilità di ferire la psiche, nel web attraverso i contatti virtuali, in flickr per esempio con le flickrmail interne, è aumentata in misura direttamente proporzionale allo sviluppo dei mezzi di comunicazione...
Attention - CHECK THE MASSES
The ability to do harm has developed in parallel with technological progress. Man's ability to psychologically hurt was multiplied by the use of mass web system. The possibility of hurting the psyche, the Web through virtual contacts, Flickr, for example in the internal flickrmail, has increased in direct proportion to the development of media ...
Lo strano viaggio - The strange travel " click here "
A small proportion of the deer around here are white. They aren't albinos, just white-tailed deer with white genes. If you look closely, you will see little touches of tan on its body.
Two or three times a week, starting in April, I drove around our area at dusk looking for a white buck. The antlers didn't start growing until June. I saw a couple in the distance, but they were too far away for a good, clean photo.
Finally, in August, I found one close to the vehicle in a small field. He was magnificent, with a large body and rack. Goal achieved!
forest ghost
emerging from the edge
finally found
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Led by a trio of SD40 variants, R926 grinds up the hill out of Duluth at Spirit Mountain. I much prefer the looks of the SD40-2W to their four axle cousins, to me they are much better proportioned.
Every so often, when hovering, a hoverfly has a quick leg stretch. The legs are quite long in proportion to the body.
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.
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Neuntöter (Lanius collurio) oder Rotrückenwürger
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Der Neuntöter (Lanius collurio) oder Rotrückenwürger ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Würger (Laniidae) und in Mitteleuropa die häufigste Würgerart. Er ist vor allem durch sein Verhalten bekannt, Beutetiere auf Dornen aufzuspießen.
Zu seiner Nahrung zählen vorwiegend Großinsekten, aber auch kleine Säugetiere und Vögel. In großen Teilen Europas und dem westlichen Asien heimisch, brütet er in halboffenen Landschaften, die ein gutes Angebot an Hecken und Sträuchern aufweisen. Die Nester werden bevorzugt in Dornsträuchern angelegt. Durch die Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft musste der Neuntöter in Mitteleuropa in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts große Bestandseinbußen hinnehmen. Der Zugvogel überwintert im südlichen Teil Afrikas.
Namensgebung
Der Name Neuntöter bezieht sich auf den irrigen Volksglauben, er würde erst neun Beutetiere aufspießen, bevor er sie verspeist.[1] Oder wie der Zedler es im 18. Jahrhundert ausdrückte: „… und wollen etliche, wiewohl ohne genungsamen Grund, davor halten, es genieße dieser Vogel nichts, er habe denn neunerley todt gemachet, als wovon er den Namen Neuntödter erhalten haben soll.“ Hieraus entstanden auch ähnliche Namen wie Neunmörder (niederdeutsch Negenmörder[2]) oder Neunwürger. Ebenfalls auf das „Spießen“ bezieht sich der Name Dorndreher (niederdeutsch Dorndreier[2]), Dornreich, Dornkreul[3] oder Dorntreter.[4] Die Bezeichnung Falkensänger scheint auf seinen falkenartigen Schnabel hinzudeuten. Im Niederdeutschen ist ferner der Name Dickkopp[2] bekannt, was die würgertypischen Proportionen lapidar, aber recht treffend beschreibt.
Da selbst noch im 18. Jahrhundert nicht einwandfrei zwischen den Arten (oder Geschlechtern) unterschieden wurde, sondern bisweilen alle einheimischen Würger als „Neuntödter“ bezeichnet wurden, sind nicht alle volkstümlichen Namen eindeutig Lanius collurio zuzuordnen. Diese Art wurde offensichtlich auch als „kleiner Neuntödter“ bezeichnet.[4] Namen mit Bezug zur Elster wie z. B. Berg-,[3] Wild- oder Kruckelster[4] bezeichnen vermutlich, da sie sich wohl auf die schwarz-weiße Färbung beziehen,[4] eher den Raubwürger. Weitere Namen, die sich in alten Nachschlagewerken finden, sind Quargringel (oder Quarkringel,[5] vielleicht auf Ruf und Bänderung bezugnehmend) oder Rabraker
Beschreibung
Der Neuntöter ist mit 16–18 cm Länge die kleinste mitteleuropäische Würgerart. Er zeigt einen sehr ausgeprägten Sexualdimorphismus – Männchen und Weibchen unterscheiden sich deutlich in der Färbung.
Die Flügellänge beträgt durchschnittlich 93 (91–95) mm, beim Männchen liegt sie zwischen 88 und 100 mm, beim Weibchen zwischen 82 und 98 mm. Die Länge des Schwanzes liegt beim Männchen zwischen 71 und 90 mm, beim Weibchen zwischen 68 und 85 mm. Das Durchschnittsgewicht liegt bei den Männchen etwa bei 28 Gramm. Bei den Weibchen kann es sich während der Brutzeit auf 32,8 Gramm erhöhen und liegt außerhalb der Brutzeit etwa bei 28,5 Gramm. Vor dem Zug können Fettdepots gebildet und das Gewicht auf maximal 37 g erhöht werden. Dies ist aber anscheinend nicht die Regel.
Weibchen
Das Weibchen zeigt im Gegensatz zum Männchen keinen grauen Oberkopf. Beim Weibchen ist die gesamte Oberseite einfarbig rötlich braun, meist etwas weniger lebhaft als beim Männchen. Die Gesichtsmaske ist undeutlicher, meist dunkelbraun bis schwärzlich angedeutet, das Auge hebt sich deutlicher davon ab. Dafür tritt der helle Überaugenstreif deutlicher hervor. Der Schwanz ist meist einfarbig braun mit weißen Säumen. Die Unterseite ist rahmfarben bis beige und zeigt an Brust und Flanken eine teils nur angedeutete, teils kräftige dunkle Schuppung („Sperberung“). Diese ist manchmal auch sehr blass auf dem Rücken zu sehen. Mit dem Alter kann die Schuppung verblassen, das Weibchen nähert sich in der Färbung dann immer mehr dem Männchen an
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" Massif du Mont-Blanc
Massifs des Alpes occidentales
Massif des Alpes
Géographie
Altitude4 809 m, Mont Blanc
MassifAlpes
Superficie400 km2
Administration
PaysDrapeau de la France France
Drapeau de l'Italie Italie
Drapeau de la Suisse Suisse
Région
Région à statut spécial
CantonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vallée d'Aoste
Valais
DépartementsHaute-Savoie, Savoie
Le massif du Mont-Blanc est un massif montagneux des Alpes franco-italiennes, où se dresse le mont Blanc, plus haut sommet d'Europe occidentale qui culmine à 4 809 mètres (altitude relevée en 2015). Il est traversé par le tunnel du Mont-Blanc, entre Chamonix dans la vallée de l'Arve et Courmayeur dans la vallée d'Aoste.
The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. It is named after Mont Blanc (4,808 metres (15,774 ft)), the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier – the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively.
Not only does the massif form a watershed between the vast catchments of the rivers Rhône and Po, as well as a tripoint between France, Italy and Switzerland, it also marks the border between two climate regions by separating the northern and western Alps from the southern Alps. The mountains of the massif consist mostly of granite and gneiss rocks, and at high altitudes the vegetation is an arctic-alpine flora.
The valleys that delimit the massif were used as communication routes by the Romans until they left around the 5th century AD. The region has remained of some military importance through to the mid-20th century. A peasant farming economy operated within these valleys for many centuries until the glaciers and mountains were discovered by the outside world in the 18th century. Word of these impressive sights began to spread, and Mont Blanc was finally climbed in 1786, marking the start of the sport of mountaineering. The region is now a major tourist destination, drawing in over six million visitors per year. It provides a wide range of opportunities for outdoor recreation and activities such as sight-seeing, hiking, rock climbing, mountaineering and skiing. Around one hundred people a year die across its mountains and, occasionally, bodies have been lost and entombed in its glaciers for decades.
Access into the mountains is facilitated by cable cars, mountain railways and mountain huts which offer overnight refuge to climbers and skiers. The long-distance Tour du Mont Blanc hiking trail circumnavigates the whole massif in an 11-day trek of 170 kilometres (110 mi). The Mont Blanc Tunnel connects the French town of Chamonix on the northern side with the Italian town of Courmayeur in the south. The high mountains have provided many opportunities for scientific research, including neutrino measurements within the Tunnel and impacts of climate change on its highest slopes. Recent rises in average temperatures have led to significant glacial retreat across the massif and an awareness of the need for better environmental protection, including a call for World Heritage Site status."
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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.
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The Sphinx (Romanian: Sfinxul) is a natural rock formation situated in Bucegi massif at an altitude of 2,216 meters (7,270 ft). Its bizarre shape has many scientific and even mystic explanations.
From a geographical point of view, it is an odd shape that was dug in conglomerate rock by a wind action called corrosion, which eroded the alternating layers of sandstone and limestone thus creating the shape we see now.
From a historical and even mystical point of view, the Sphinx is the representation of a supreme deity from Pelasgian time. Its human aspect is associated with an expression of sovereignty and power, evidenced by its proportioned face, severe lips and voluntary chin. Pelasgians inhabited the coasts and islands of the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean before the arrival of Greek-speaking peoples in the Bronze Age.
Many historians go as far as saying that the Sphinx of Giza (Egypt), is a copy of the one in Bucegi. This is based on some similarities that are more or less accidental, such as the fact that the Sphinx of Bucegi has the same height as the one from Giza.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"
Anaïs Nin
"La vie se rétrécit ou s'agrandit proportionnellement à son courage"
Barcelona
An adult grizzly makes its way through the ground cover in Denali National Park. All brown bears in North America are often described as grizzlies but in fact the grizzly is just one subspecies of the holarctically distributed brown bear, and not the largest; that honour goes to the Kodiak bear of Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska; its size is attributed to a diet containing a high proportion of fish, which are lacking in the meagre, silt-filled streams of the Alaska Range. The ground cover here beyond the tree-line consists of dwarf birch, dwarf willow, and ericaceous plants such as blueberries, crowberries etc., all able to survive the severe winters at this latitude. The bear's winter strategy is of course to hibernate. From a slide.
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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
Herzog und de Meuron
so anders als die Elbphilharmonie ...aber auch ein Kunstwerk
Die ursprüngliche Idee, einen Leuchtkubus aus Stahl auf das Dach der Silos zu heben, musste 2008 verworfen werden. Danach orientierten sich die Verantwortlichen stärker am Bestand und an den Baudenkmälern des Innenhafens. In Materialwahl, Proportion und Fassadengliederung lehnt sich der neue Baukörper, der aus drei unterschiedlichen, in der Höhe leicht variierenden Volumina zusammengesetzt scheint, an den Bestand an. Die Ostseite verläuft parallel zur Autobahn 59 und trifft jeweils im spitzen Winkel auf die Nord- und Südfassade. Der Hauptbaukörper schließt mit einem trapezblechförmigen Dach ab, in das Oberlichter integriert wurden. Bei Betrachtung vom Hafen aus erinnert die ungewöhnliche Formgebung an eine Krone.
Die historischen Stahlsilos blieben Teil des Entwurfs – auch weil sie ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Küppersmühle als Industriedenkmal sind. In ihrer neuen Funktion als Erschließungselement verbinden sie die bestehenden mit den neuen Ausstellungsräumen über Brücken im ersten und zweiten Obergeschoss. Darüber hinaus wurden sechs Innensilos herausgenommen und die Decke über dem Erdgeschoss geöffnet. Die entstandene Ausstellungsfläche bietet den Besucherinnen und Besuchern ein einmaliges Raumerlebnis. Eine gewendelte Treppe aus rot gefärbtem Beton, die Teil des Entwurfs aus den 90er-Jahren ist, führt vom Haupttreppenhaus aus in die neuen Bereiche (Baunetz Wissen berichtete; siehe Bauerwerke zum Thema).rz
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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.
The boat is a large when it's on dry land, but small when in a large lake, surrounded by large hills and trees. Our view from our camping spot this past weekend.
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
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.
End view of 1743 market and meeting hall. A rushed and quickly eyeballed sketchnote of a strangely proportioned and somewhat whimsically caricatured end to this building.
Brass is an alloy composed of copper and zinc, usually for sheet metal, and casting in the proportion of seven parts of the former to three of the latter. Such a combination secures a good, brilliant colour. There are, however, varieties of tone ranging from a pale lemon colour to a deep golden brown, which depends upon a smaller or greater amount of zinc. In early times this metal seems to have been sparingly employed, but from the Middle Ages onward the industry in brass was a very important one, carried out on a vast scale and applied in widely different directions. Source Wikipedia.
The Egyptian Knowledge of Metallurgy and Metalworking
The Egyptians learned how to work metals from an early period, and all agree that 5,000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians had already developed the techniques of mining, refining, and metalworking.
Ancient Egypt did not have several kinds of mineral ores, such as silver, copper, tin, lead, etc., even though they produced large quantities of electrum (an alloy of gold and silver), copper, and bronze alloys. The Ancient Egyptians used their expertise to explore for mineral ores in Egypt and in other countries. Ancient Egypt had the means and knowledge to explore for needed mineral ores, establish mining processes, and transport heavy loads for long distances by land and sea.
Because it being was largest and richest population in the ancient world, Egypt imported huge quantities of raw materials; and in return exported large quantities of finished goods. The Ancient Egyptians’ finished metallic and non-metallic products are found in tombs throughout the Mediterranean Basin, European, Asiatic and African countries.
The Egyptians possessed considerable knowledge of chemistry and the use of metallic oxides, as manifested in their ability to produce glass and porcelain in a variety of natural colours. The Ancient Egyptians also produced beautiful colours from copper, which reflects their knowledge of the composition of various metals, and the knowledge of the effects produced on different substances by the Earth’s salts. This concurs with our “modern” definition of the subjects of chemistry and metallurgy.
egypt-tehuti.org/vibrant-ancient-egyptian-economy/egyptia...
TD : Agfapan 100 Professional 35mm film, developed in D-76 1+1 for 7 minutes. Exposure ISO 100 @35mm lens, natural daylight. Scanned with Alpha 6000 edited in ACR, inverted in CS6.
Die Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus) ist ein kleiner, lebhafter Singvogel aus der Familie der Meisen (Paridae) und mit ihrem auffälligen blau-gelben Gefieder leicht zu erkennen. Sie ist eine der häufigsten Vogelarten in Europa und kommt auch in Teilen Westasiens, Nordafrikas und auf den Kanarischen Inseln vor. Die Blaumeise bevorzugt Laub- und Mischwälder mit hohem Eichenanteil, ist aber auch in Parks, Gärten und städtischen Gebieten weit verbreitet.
The blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) is a small, lively songbird from the tit family (Paridae) and is easily recognisable by its striking blue and yellow plumage. It is one of the most common bird species in Europe and is also found in parts of Western Asia, North Africa and the Canary Islands. The blue tit prefers deciduous and mixed forests with a high proportion of oak trees, but is also widespread in parks, gardens and urban areas.
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.