Ringed Birds in Europe
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Thema der Woche bei - smile on saturday - music for the eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AfjxFOIxQw
Selena Gomez / Ring
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.
Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 850mm, f/9, 1/800, ISO 640, Sigma TC-1401. Breeding male. View Large.
Lots of afternoon sun on Georgian Bay for this Ring-billed Gull seen just offshore 3rd Beach in Awenda Provincial Park, Ontario.
(Larus delawarensis)
Day 19 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.
Seven - James
"Ring, ring the bells
wake the town
everyone is sleeping
shout at the crowd
wake them up
this anger is deeper than sleep
Got to keep awake to what is happen
I can't see a thing through my ambition
I no longer feel my God is watching over me
Got to tell the world we've all been dreaming
This is not the end, a new beginning
I new longer feel my God is watching
Break, break the code
Concentrate,
let the door swing open
See, through all my walls
All my floors, now I'm in deeper than sleep
When you let me fly,
grew my own wings,
now I'm tall as the sky
When you let my drown
grew gills and fins
Now I am as deep as the sea
When, you let my die,
my spirits free
There's nothing challenging me"
James: youtu.be/N0xRALsTGIE
The song in an anther wonderful version in an X-Files chapter: youtu.be/tDRVOXtTquQ
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Long Island, NY
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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One, out of so many reasons why I love living at the beach! There is always something to practice on!
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
I spent a happy hour or so photographing small waders on the shores of Thornham Point, Norfolk, over the weekend. The best technique seemed to be to find a likely spot just above the line of the outgoing tide, lie on the wet sand and wait for them to come to me.
I don't usually photograph the Gulls but this one was so close and posing quit well so I fired off a quick shot.
A Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) rests on the waters of the wetland in Hawrelak Park in the river valley of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
19 April, 2016.
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Anyone who wants to can dress up with as many rings as will fit on their fingers. Two thousand years ago, however, this was different. Rings were important status symbols at that time. According to the law, certain types of rings were only allowed to be worn by the elite.
”Ring”😄
Silver Ring with Peridots
Size : 1 ¼ " x 1 ¼ "
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Work with Aluminium Foil
Uploaded for the groups
Macro Mondays #Ring
and
😄 Happy Macro Monday 😄
Gigaset GS 290
ƒ/2.0
4.0 mm
1/33 Sec
ISO 350
A pair of Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarenis) roosting on an urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada prior to the start of the breeding season.
4 May, 2018.
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