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Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
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The ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia.
The ruff is a long-necked, pot-bellied bird. This species shows marked sexual dimorphism; the male is much larger than the female (the reeve), and has a breeding plumage that includes brightly coloured head tufts, bare orange facial skin, extensive black on the breast, and the large collar of ornamental feathers that inspired this bird's English name. The female and the non-breeding male have grey-brown upperparts and mainly white underparts.
The ruff forages in wet grassland and soft mud, probing or searching by sight for edible items. It primarily feeds on insects, especially in the breeding season, but it will consume plant material, including rice and maize, on migration and in winter. Classified as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List criteria, the global conservation concerns are relatively low because of the large numbers that breed in Scandinavia and the Arctic. However, the range in much of Europe is contracting because of land drainage, increased fertiliser use, the loss of mown or grazed breeding sites, and over-hunting. (wikipedia)
The Ruff is a scarce spring & autumn passage migrant in Ireland while moving from Siberia/Central Europe south to winter in Africa (and vice versa). This juvenile stopped off at Swords estuary, Co. Dublin this autumn on its journey south. This individual got spooked by a Peregrine Falcon flying over, so it was eyes to the skies for a while. Great birds.
My brother from another mother makes himself another cigarette during at quiet spell at Polhill on Friday 29th March 2019.
Yesterday we had a family get together because my Aunty Eve was visiting from the USA what may be her final trip over from the states. I took my camera along but it never really got firing as I was catching up with family members I hadn't seen in a long while.
After the meal some of the 'boys' me included went to a pub in Glossop called the Globe. I saw Tom sat by himself rolling a cigarette in the beer garden. I noticed that he wore two shirts and wore a distinctive hat, I knew immediately that he needed to be photographed.
When I asked he was more than willing and asked how I wanted him to pose. I just wanted him to be natural as I prefer my portraits to be. I'd noticed him rolling a cigarette in the first place so was keen to include this in the shot. Typically stranger portraits are set with the subject looking into the camera, but not this time. Tom is against the mold and so is this portrait.
I offered to send him the portrait but he said that he didn't do social media. His family has been in Glossop for four generations he told me which I'm pleased about because it meant I got to meet Tom and take his picture.
You'll never get to see the pic, but if you do I hope you like it.
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Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka. This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its range, with occasional breeding in northwest Europe.
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly-coloured, slender bird. It has brown and yellow upper parts, whilst the wings are green and the beak is black. It can reach a length of 27-29 cm, including the two elongated central tail feathers. Sexes are alike.
This is a bird which breeds in open country in warmer climates. Just as the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. They will also catch lizards on the ground. Before eating its meal, a European Bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface. It eats some 250 bees daily.
These bee-eaters are gregarious, nesting colonially in sandy banks, preferably near river shores, usually at the beginning of May. They make a relatively long tunnel in which the 5 to 8, spherical white eggs are laid around the beginning of June. Both the male and the female take care of the eggs, which are brooded for about 3 weeks. These birds also feed and roost communally.
The call is a pleasant distinctive trill.
What a stunning bird. This bird flew over a pond system near Vilamoura, Portugal, earlier this summer.
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Thank you to everyone who takes time to view and comment on my work. Any critique or feedback is welcomed or feel free to browse my other galleries at kdp450.smugmug.com which are constantly changing. Most recent postings can by found in the "Recent Postings (Not Dailies)" gallery.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern subspecies is partially migratory, with much of the population wintering further south. The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head, streaked brown back, chestnut rump, and yellow under parts. Other plumages are duller versions of the same pattern. The yellowhammer is common in open areas with some shrubs or trees, and forms small flocks in winter. Its song has a rhythm like "A little bit of bread and no cheese". The song is very similar to that of its closest relative, the pine bunting, with which it interbreeds.
The yellowhammer is a bird of dry, open country, preferably with a range of vegetation types and some trees from which to sing. It is absent from urban areas, forests, and wetlands. Probably originally found at forest edges and large clearing, it has benefited from traditional agriculture, which created extensive open areas with hedges and clumps of trees.
The song of the cock yellowhammer is a series of short notes, gradually increasing in volume and followed by one or two more protracted notes. It is often represented as "A little bit of bread and no cheese", and the full version can be confused with the almost identical song of the pine bunting. (wikipedia)
Formerly a widespread breeding species in Ireland, now restricted mainly to the east and south. Strongly linked with the cultivation of cereals and has declined in areas where these are no longer grown. (Birdwatch Ireland)
This male Yellowhammer was singing continuously from the telegraph wire along a boreen in north county Dublin, quite close to the Irish sea.
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Roll-Up Doors. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A pair of roll-up doors on a San Jose industrial building.
Collecting quotations about photography is an occasional hobby of mine. (Making them up is, too!) One of my favorites comes from Minor White: “One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.” (There are several slightly different versions of this remark, so I suspect it is something that he referred to a lot.) This is a powerful and loaded observation, it has quite a few implications, and it points an appropriately wagging finger at those folks who seem to think that photography is nothing more than a way to “capture” things in some form imagined to be “objective.”
This is, perhaps obviously, one of those photographs of “what it is” and “what else it is.” The objective reality of this subject is pretty mundane — a pair of metal roll-up doors on a light-industrial building. I photographed it in bright, harsh sunlight, and the original includes colors not present in the monochromatic presentation I chose here. So, a couple fo doors, a bit of wall, and some dark concrete. Yet, that’s not what I really “see” when I look at this photograph — for me that “what else it is” is the main focus, to the point that I have to almost remind myself of the original subject.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus) is a small gull. This gull breeds almost entirely in the Western Palearctic, mainly in the south east, especially around the Black Sea, and in central Turkey. There are colonies elsewhere in southern Europe, and this species has undergone a dramatic range expansion in recent decades.
The Mediterranean Gull is slightly larger and bulkier than the Black-headed Gull with a heavier bill and longer, darker legs. The breeding plumage adult is a distinctive white gull, with a very pale grey mantle and wings with white primary feathers without black tips. The black hood extends down the nape and shows distinct white eye crescents. The blunt tipped, parallel sided, dark red bill has a black subterminal band. The non breeding adult is similar but the hood is reduced to an extensive dusky "bandit" mask through the eye. This bird takes two years to reach maturity. First year birds have a black terminal tail band and more black areas in the upperwings, but have pale underwings. (wikipedia)
A recent colonist, the Mediterranean Gull arrived in Ireland in 1995 and first bred in the Republic in 1996 in Co. Wexford. Prefers low lying islands near the coast on which to breed. Only two or three pairs breed but this is likely to increase with more and more birds seen in suitable habitat in the breeding season. Regularly breeds, at Ladies Island Lake in Co. Wexford, along with other nesting seabirds, including Black-headed Gulls, with which it is often associated. In winter, Ireland attracts birds from northwest France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and the Baltic States, occurring from September to April.
This is the second record of Mediterranean Gull for Griffith Park in Co. Dublin. An fine adult bird beginning its moult to breeding plumage. Great to see.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes. Grebes prefer shallow bodies of fresh water such as lakes, marshes or fish-ponds as breeding sites.
The Red-necked Grebe is a nondescript dusky-grey bird in winter. During the breeding season, it acquires the distinctive red neck plumage, black cap and contrasting pale grey face from which its name was derived. It also has an elaborate courtship display and a variety of loud mating calls. Once paired, it builds a nest from water plants on top of floating vegetation in a shallow lake or bog.
Like all grebes, the Red-necked is a good swimmer, a particularly swift diver, and responds to danger by diving rather than flying. The feet are positioned far back on the body, near the tail, which makes the bird ungainly on land. It dives for fish or picks insects off vegetation; it also swallows its own feathers, possibly to protect the digestive system. The conservation status of its two subspecies—P. g. grisegena found in Europe and western Asia, and the larger P. g. holboelii in North America and eastern Siberia—is evaluated as Least Concern, and the global population is stable or growing. (wikipedia)
This individual spent part of the winter months in and around Dun Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, Ireland. It is a scarce bird in Ireland, generally only occurring in winter.
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SINPHONY
Oil painting on line
Singe
W x H (“) 50 x 4
Sinphony series
The artist engages us in a mysterious arena of the inner process of creation.
The nature of creative work is such that it is unanalyzable.
It’s a higher activity of mind when unexplained energy of inspiration awakes and rises from the lower stage to higher one. When the mind opens the
enlightenment comes to the artist, his creativity reaches its top level. Then,
the artist is almost detached from his body and mind. The only existing thing
left is the produced art. The artist is experiencing the spiritual growth.
He even feels the phenomenon withdrawal of his soul from the physical
body. The condition of trance is shown in Sinphony by an amazing transformation of the musician’s genders.
Jaisini is able to unveil hidden mysteries of creation, visually. Sinphony depicts an idea, that the truth of art creation is rarely pure and never simple.
The perfection is a result of an inborn gift increased by a ‘hard labor.’
An artist, who felt the impetus, can never be the same person again. The recollection of his experience will become a new source of inspiration.
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A blue-clad person walks along a Florence sidewalk
Late in August, we ended our lengthy travels — the last four weeks of which were in the UK and Europe — in Florence, Italy. We had met family in the Chianti region, where we all stayed together for a week, and since we would begin our homeward flight in Florence, we decided to at least spend a couple extra nights there before departing. I suppose the main thing I discovered during our brief Florence visit was that two nights (two half days and one full day) was not nearly enough time to explore this city!
Our first Italian city was Bologna, where I noticed the color palette of the buildings was different from what I'm used to — almost everything was some shade between a dark tan and brown, all earth tones. We soon figured out that this was typical in all of the areas of Italy we visited. You see those colors in this photograph, with slight variations plus a bit of blue-gray around one door frame. Coming from the high-tech world of the San Francisco Bay Area, I was also struck by the natural wear on buildings in Italy — many had cracks, areas "needing" paint, and might seem to lean a bit. I discovered that this isn't really a sign of decay, just the nature of the many older structures that give the place its character. This photograph shows, for me at least, one other characteristic I found in Italy, namely the remarkable light. Here it is the stark midday light, but it is often softened by a kind of gentle atmospheric haze or by low clouds. I think I now understand much better the nature of the skies I've seen in paintings from this part of the world.
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"Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin'", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for the chorus) is "In and Out the Windows".
It is possible that this song was inspired by an actual event, where a female convict (Charlotte Badger), sailing on the colonial brigantine Venus, convinced members of the crew to commandeer the vessel, sailing from Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, (now part of George Town, Tasmania) in 1806.
Despite various reports, the ultimate fate of the Venus is unknown. This may have led to speculation by those left behind, with fantasies leading to the creation of this drinking song. One of the verses also refers to a 'Charlotte':
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Candid shot, Brixham Pirate festival 2019.
Quilt is approx. 54"w x 72"L
Made from a couple of Roll Ups (aka Jelly Rolls) of the 2014 new Kona Cotton Solids - all 32 colors!
For the front border & the back, I added Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Denim to the mix. I love what that added to the quilt.
Simple quilting on each side of the horizontal seams using Aurifil 50wt #2600 thread made it even easier.
I used the same pattern as the one I designed for the Denver Girls quilts a couple of Christmases ago.
The front of the quilt is made from 3 blocks that are 11 strips high by 48" across. Each color is separated by a 2" finished square of Kona Cotton Solid in White.
The back has one of those blocks turned vertically.
I'm in love with this color palette & am so pleased with how the colors fell (darker colors on the left & lighter colors on the right). I just used the colors as they were bundled & this is the result.
Linked to:
Anything Goes Monday - marelize-ries.blogspot.com/ - 10/13/14
Fabric Tuesday - quiltstory.blogspot.com/ - 10/14/14
Show & Tell Tuesday - ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/ - 10/14/14
WIP Wednesday - www.freshlypieced.com/ - 10/15/14
Finish It Up Friday - crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ - 10/17/14
Bloggers Quilt Festival - amyscreativeside.com/blog/ - 10/24/14