Ringed Birds in Europe
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SMALL dumpy wader that is associated with coastal habitats. Feeds by running along sand, gravel or estuarine mud as if powered by clockwork and then standing still for a second, to pick up food from the ground. Seen from the sea wall Reculvers, where their was a flock of about 20.
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The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is a large, conspicuous kingfisher. The Ringed Kingfisher feeds primarily on fish. But it also takes reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans and insects.
Pantanal, Brazil
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The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate.
... a photo of the brides engagement ring at a recent wedding I photographed. This photo is best viewed large.
Creative: I tried to bring in background elements from the day... the colors, textures and objects. The flower was a part of her floral arrangement, so I pulled things together and created a bit of a backdrop (to on-lookers it looks like I'm making a mess...a mess I clean up I might add), and then place the ring in the shot.
Camera Setup: Photographed with a Canon 30D using a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro sitting on a Manfrotto 3021BPRO tripod w/ 322RC2 ballhead (which isn't that hot for macro work) with the center extension put horizontally so that I could get up and over the ring. Triggered with a Canon remote release cable to reduce camera shake.
Lighting: Two Canon 580EX flashes to the right and left of the camera (like just a few inches away from the lens). One flash difused with a Gary Fong Cloud LightSphere which acts as a massive softbox positioned above a bit. The other flash was on it's side with a STO-FEN OmniBounce and functioned as the key light, to get lower and get light under a bit more. Flashes triggered by a Canon ST-E2 with everything (flashes and camera) set in manual.
NOTE: This photo made it into Flickr's 'Explore" as one of the top five hundred most interesting photos on a particular day, which makes me somewhat sad as the actual resulting photos didn't make it, ha! You can see all of my photo's that have made it into the Flickr Explore pages here.
Never saw one perched off the ground. The hunters were out in the fields. Think the birds know if they get to the gates, they are safe.
My first migratory duck shot of the season - always exciting.
The storm water ponds and lakes in parks and neighborhoods here are the first to open up and provide a landing place for the early arriving migrating waterfowl giving them a place to rest and feed before the melt of the natural lakes in this area and farther north.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
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"Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire"
Blondie - Ring Of Fire [Live] (Roadie) (1980)
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Showing pair of rings that will be exclusive to Cosmopolitan SL event - Aug 23th - Sep 5th
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Munching on what I think might be a snail. Taken in fading light on a small partially frozen-over pond where a few ring-necked ducks have been showing up around this time for the past several years. Without a better spot to hide, I stayed flat on the mud at the edge of the pond for quite a while, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, but this was about as close as any of them came. Still a pretty big crop.
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Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula
The common ringed plover's breeding habitat is open ground on beaches or flats across northern Eurasia and in Arctic northeast Canada. Some birds breed inland, and in western Europe they nest as far south as northern France. They nest on the ground in an open area with little or no plant growth.
If a potential predator approaches the nest, the adult will walk away from the scrape, calling to attract the intruder and feigning a broken wing. Once the intruder is far enough from the nest, the plover flies off.
Common ringed plovers are migratory and winter in coastal areas south to Africa. In Norway, geolocators have revealed that adult breeding birds migrate to West Africa. Many birds in Great Britain and northern France are resident throughout the year.
The ringed plover is a small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird. It is brownish grey above and whitish below. It has a orange bill, tipped with black, orange legs and a black-and-white pattern on its head and breast. In flight, it shows a broad, white wing-stripe.
They breed on beaches around the coast, but they have also now begun breeding inland in sand and gravel pits and former industrial sites. Many UK birds live here all year round, but birds from Europe winter in Britain, and birds from Greenland and Canada pass through on migration.
Population:
UK breeding:
5,400 pairs
UK wintering:
34,000 birds
A Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male wanders through and open filed on the prairie landscape at Lake Newell near Brooks, Alberta, Canada.
27 May, 2016.
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I was lucky to see the UK's only naturalised parrot - The Ring-necked parakeet, he was popping in and out of a whole in the tree. Apparently they became established in the wild in the 1970's after a captive birds escaped or were released.
Ring-billed gull Miami.
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Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus
Slightly smaller and slimmer than a blackbird - male ring ouzels are particularly distinctive with their black plumage with a pale wing panel and striking white breast band. The ring ouzel is primarily a bird of the uplands, where it breeds mainly in steep sided-valleys, crags and gullies, from near sea level in the far north of Scotland up to 1,200m in the Cairngorms.and also several other locations within the UK.
Breeding begins in mid-April and continues through to mid-July, with two broods common, and nests are located on or close to the ground in vegetation (typically in heather), in a crevice, or rarely in a tree. The young are fed a diet consisting mainly of earthworms and beetles.
It breeds in the higher regions of western and central Europe and also in the Caucasus and in the Scandinavian mountains. Most populations are migratory, wintering in the Mediterranean region. It is declining in parts of its range, particularly in Ireland.
It is territorial and normally seen alone or in pairs, although loose flocks may form on migration. When not breeding, several birds may also be loosely associated in good feeding areas, such as a fruiting tree, often with other thrushes.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,348 pairs