ROBUST bird, strongly associated with forest thickets and dense vegetation where there are trees. Usually in pairs, rather elusive and sulking, so when one comes out into the open, I treated my camera like a machine gun lol.

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A ROBUST and pugnacious little wader. The Turnstone has a short, stout, and triangular bill that is used to turn stones and tideline debris in search of seashore invertebrates, but I rather suspect that this sea defence bolder is it a bit too big by far ..........lol........Seen at Hampton, near Herne Bay Kent.

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QUICK MARCH !!!

TALL robust plovers with long yellow legs, usually in pairs or small parties of up to ten birds. Favors a variety of fresh and saline aquatic habitats. Difficult to get close to, and very entertaining in their behavior. Seen at Kotu, Banjul, Gambia.

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A SMALL, robust wader. Small flocks seen at Hampton shore, feed along the edges of the tide line, staying away from the breaking waves on sandy beaches, running at speed.. A winter non-breeding visitor to the region., one of my favorite waders.

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ROBUST and pugnacious little wader. The Turnstone has a short, stout and triangular bill that is used to turn stones and tideline debris in search of seashore invertebrates. Love watching them, and they will approach you if you remain very still.

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SMALL and ROBUST wader, that feeds along the edges of breaking waves on sandy beaches, running often at great speed, often with other waders like the turnstones, a real joy to watch, and a bit of a challenge to photograph. Seen at Minnis Bay, Birchington Kent.

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ROBUST and pugnacious little wader. The Turnstone has a shout and triangular bill that is used to turn stones and tideline debris in search of seashore invertebrates. Love their reddish-orange legs, and with patience, and remaining still, they will work there way towards you. Seen at Hampton near Herne Bay Kent, U.K

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ROBUST wader seen in small flocks feeding along the edges of breaking waves on sandy beaches, often running at great speeds, one of my favourite waders, a joy to see.

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Robust songbird with short, fairly stout bill. Male pale gray above, pale orange below, with a bold white throat bordered in back. Female and immature are grayish above, pale below with extensive streaking that fades at buffy lower belly. Inhabits drier woodland and shrubland. Loud whistling song, given by both sexes. (eBird)

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Comonly seen and heard but often difficult to photograph. I finally got an opportunity to capture this distant male perched out in the open. We'd been able to get fairly close to the females a few times, so this was a nice chance to complete the "set".

Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia. October 2022.

Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.

Campephilus robustus. Campos do Jordão - Brasil

ROBUST AND PUGNACIOUS little wader, the Turnstone has a short, stout and triangular bill that is used to turn stones and tideiine debris in search of seashore invertebrates. Its a joy working with these birds, if you remain still, they often approach you, if dogs and their walkers do not chase them off. See at Hampton, near Herne Bay Kent, U.K

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The man was working used tyres, from which was obtaining bags, vases, containers of a really robust and strange aspect. He was so peculiar that I had to halt and take some photos. This is the one I love the most.

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Planta

Zantedeschia aethiopica, conocida comúnmente como alcatraz, cala, cala de Etiopía, aro de Etiopía, lirio de agua, cartucho, flor de pato o flor del jarro, es una planta perenne herbácea de origen sudafricano, de la familia de las aráceas, la más robusta y ampliamente naturalizada del género Zantedeschia.

Nombre científico: Zantedeschia aethiopica

Clase: Liliopsida

División: Magnoliophyta

Especie: Zantedeschia aethiopica; (L.) Spreng.

Familia: Araceae

Orden: Alismatales

Reino: Plantae

My Bleeding Heart plant is very robust in its 4th year. I think it likes it here.

Robust songbird with short, fairly stout bill. Male pale gray above, pale orange below, with a bold white throat bordered in back. Female and immature are grayish above, pale below with extensive streaking that fades at buffy lower belly. Inhabits drier woodland and shrubland. Loud whistling song, given by both sexes. (eBird)

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I've had a hard time identifying this pretty bird since I downloaded it. Merlin suggested a female White-breasted Whistler, but that would be rare. A quick check of my eBird checklists informed me we had a seen a Rufous Whistler and, et voilá, problem solved. A female Rufous Whistler (I hope). The eBird reviewer will be very quick to advise me if I am wrong.

Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.

Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.

ROBUST and familiar seabird, one of four seen at Dover Harbour, Kent UK, seen in winter plumage. The Guillemot swims well and dives frequently, it flies on whirring wing beats, and the relatively narrow wings are also used when swimming underwater, This is the only time of the year we may see a few of these passing through, this was seen today (Wed). A real joy !!

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Also called Scarce Emerald damselfly

Robust songbird with a strong, pointed bill. Grayish overall except for brown back and pale spot between eyes and bill (lores). Immature similar but with faint streaks on breast; juvenile more heavily streaked still, with rusty eyebrow. Inhabits most treed environments in Australia, foraging in pairs from ground level into treetops. Sings a beautiful five-note song. (eBird)

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We recorded these birds nearly every day during our travels, but they were usually very difficult to see. This photo is from our first encounter with the Gray Shrikethrush, and it really didn't want its photo taken. Still, I managed to get most of the bird in the frame before it disappeared back into the deep shadows.

Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. September 2022.

Robust warbler found near the ground in thick vegetation. Yellow below with blue-gray head and olive back. Adult males show black chest patch. Females are paler gray on the head; immatures are more olive-toned with a yellowish throat. Breeds in brushy, weedy clearings within mixed or coniferous forest. Often favors raspberry thickets. Tends to stay hidden in low vegetation, so can be difficult to see. Listen for its rolling song, “churry churry churry chew.” Most similar to MacGillivray’s Warbler, but little range overlap, and Mourning has somewhat shorter tail and lacks bold white eye-arcs. Also frequently confused with Common Yellowthroat, especially in fall, but Mourning is larger, with heftier pinkish bill, and brighter yellow underparts. (eBird)

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When we arrived at the trail, we could hear him singing deep in the tangles below the path. We looked high and low, and finally resigned ourselves to a "heard" tick for this lovely warbler. After spending a hour or two on the trail, in the company of mosquitoes, we headed back to the car. A large crowd of people alerted us to something good and there he was, out in the open, singing for all to hear.

Pine Grove Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.

To brew the perfect cup of Coffee..

Chatuchak - Bangkok - Thailand

Taken on Jul 25, 2015

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(Campephilus robustus) B28I3614 Trilha - Mata Atlantica - Brazil

Mata Atlantica Endemic Tour - Guide : Marcos Eugênio

Also called Scarce Emerald Damselfly

The long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the southern part of the United States of America. It cannot live in areas with prolonged frost. It is a showy butterfly, with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, prominent eyes, and a wingspan between 4.5 and 6 centimeters.

This is taken on the veranda of the Rocket Cafe Cromer. Scared of heights, forty foot drop but no camera shake ! Note robust fence! It was a beautiful bright day after two days of driving rain.

' I HEAR AMERICA SINGING"---THOSE OF MECHANICS, CARPENTERS, WOOD-CUTTERS, MOTHERS, AND THE PARTY OF YOUNG ROBUST FELLOWS...."

Also called Scarce Emerald damselfly

White-tailed Deer

27-March-2023

The Ćićarija (Čičarija for the part in Slovenija, Cicceria for the tiny portion attributable to Italia, or Monte Carso/Mali Kras border ridge, Dolina, Trieste) is a historical mountainous region of northern Istria, formerly inhabited by Istro-Romanian population, which falls within the traditional Karst, the coastal one (Trieste and Gorizia Karst in Italy, Primorska in Slovenia) of the Karst Region extensively understood, the only area of this region belonging to Croatia.

The Ćićarija/Čičarija is geologically the mountainous scar that joins the Istrian peninsula to the European continent, while its morphology is the classic one of the limestone areas at this latitude and altitude (here at just under 700m above sea level) therefore very similar to other areas not considered part of the Karst region, such as the contiguous coastal Gorski Kotar (Rijeka, HR) seen in the previous photos.

Over the geological eras, the rains have softened the appearance of these mountains, but the poor soil roughens the surfaces covered largely by karst moorland (Gmajna) of gnarled grass which for most of the year (between winter frost and summer sun) is golden in color and from which angular rock conformations frequently emerge.

The steppe aspect of these areas, despite the high average rainfall (1600-2200mm/y), is to be found in the porous soil, often dry and poor, beaten by strong winds and the difficulty in developing forests, which would guarantee the biomass (woody residue) for the formation of humus, but here the microclimate of these basins comes into play which, despite their proximity to the Mediterranean but closed in all directions, generate strong night-time temperature inversions (clear skies and calm winds) with minimum values below the freezing point possible for 9 months of the year.

This is always due to the porous calcareous soil which limits stagnation of humidity and exacerbates thermal dynamics with strong daily excursions which make the survival of many species of deciduous tall trees difficult, and, at the same time, the summer heat and drought are not suitable for many trees of the alpine environment, which instead form extensive virgin forests a few kilometers inland, where the extremes of wind, temperature and humidity are softened and where humus can develop.

A ground which freezes deeply in winter and which overheats in summer, sometimes even in the course of the same day, especially in spring, and which does not favor the maintenance of humidity, is clearly an obstacle to the development of vegetation, even if they try, as evident in the photo, with the robust black Pine (Pinus Nigra var austriaca) the only ones to bear such extreme microclimates and large producers of wood residue.

In any case, the karst moorland is a biodiversity that must be maintained, not fought.

Series: Walks through Berlin from Potsdamer Platz up to somewhere

ROBUST AND PUGNACIOUS LITTLE WADER, the turnstone has a short, stout and triangular bill, that is used to turn stones and tideline debris in search of seashore invertebrates. This is their summer breeding plumage.

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robust flowers of Violet wood-sorrel

... is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

The term "overshoot" represents the level by which human population overshoots the sustainable amount of resources on Earth. When viewed through an economic perspective, EOD represents the day in which humanity enters environmental deficit spending. EOD is calculated by dividing the world biocapacity (the amount of natural resources generated by Earth that year), by the world ecological footprint (humanity's consumption of Earth's natural resources for that year), and multiplying by 365, the number of days in a year: (Wikipedia)

In 1971 EOD was on December 21,

in 1987 it was on October 23,

last year the day was on July 29

and even the worldwide 'Corona lockdown break' this year brought only about 3 more weeks ...

UPDATE: in 2021 it was on July 29 again :-((

Robust tufted capuchins / Gehaubte Kapuziner (Sapajus apella)

at Pousada Rio Claro, Transpantaneira, Pantanal, MT, Brazil,

meditating about their future!

What about us?

Actually we need 1.75 planets with our style of living in worldwide average :-((

Dark

Also called Scarce Emerald Damselfly

A rare woodpecker...

Campos do Jordão - Brazil

Series: Expedition into the near environment

Paws for thought… The beautiful Caracal is a medium-sized cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted ears, and long canine teeth.

For this portrait, I am less than two metres away… one false move and I'm cat food!

Lighthouse overlooking the estuary, Newport wetlands.

Best viewed large. Explore 450 Mar 6th 09.

male of the Defassa subspecies in Mara North Conservancy, Kenya

a large and robust African antelope found in areas with tall grass or reed beds . Also in woodland if there is nearby grassland available to feed. Always near water.

kobus ellipsiprymnus

waterbok

cobe à croissant ou waterbuck

Wasserbock

antílope acuático, cobo de agua o cobo untuoso

cobo o antilope d'acqua

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DUMPY, ROBUST, WATERBIRD! found all year round, very common in all the U.k except parts of Scotland. In my bid to show all birds that I see, must show some common ones, have tried to get one in interesting surroundings', the water falls at Kearsney abbey, Dover. Kent, U.K taken earlier this year.

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A rare woodpecker of the Atlantic Forest..

Campos do Jordão - Brazil

TALL robust plover, favors fresh and saline aquatic habitats, particularly the mangrove fringes at Kotu river, Ganbia, a joy to see them.

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MY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY !!!!!

HOW OLD AM I ????????????

28,835 days old !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I THANK GOD FOR EVERY

ONE OF THEM, AND I LIVE ON

THE PROMESES OF ETERNAL

LIFE, FOR THOSE WHO ASK HIM INTO THIER LIVES.

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