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Original location: Ameliasburg, Ontario (Prince Edward County)
Roblin’s Mill was built in 1842 by Owen Roblin, the grandson of a United Empire Loyalist. When purchased by the Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the mill was scheduled for demolition. The original timbers, flooring and machinery were salvaged and moved to Black Creek Pioneer Village in 1964.
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Stellar's Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri) are very active at our peanut feeder of late! Barely stopping throughout the day! Here a juvenile takes a second in the Maple tree to have a quick look around.
San Francisco
The sculpture "Cupid's Span" on the embarcadero, with the Bay Bridge in the background.
I believe that this is the same bird the frequently visits my yard in Yakima County, Washington. If not the same bird I have several adult Cooper's Hawks that stop by almost every day. A juvenile Coopers/Sharp Shinned was here this morning but I didn't see this one today. IMG_5791
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In snow and green grass. This is Canada's only endemic songbird and breeds in the north central region. This rare visitor to our area in the east, has been continuing in the location for almost two months. I went to the site on Nov 20 and despite waiting for almost three hours the bird was a no show. However, on this day it appeared twice in 30 minutes to feed on seed pile that kind people left there for it. Inksetter Road, Hamilton.
The Devil’s Channel in Prague is home to the water sprite Kabourek. You can see him here on the platform next to the Water Mill.
Thor’s Hammer – Looks like Thor still has lost his worthiness with his hammer as it is sitting on top this hoodoo in Bryce Canyon. Really, though how can one go to Bryce Canyon and not take a photo of Thor’s hammer. I took a few different perspectives, and I will post some later as I have time to edit them.
Scott's Orioler - Corn Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada
Bird Species (# 366) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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Peter’s Stone is a circular limestone dome in the Wardlow Mires, northern end of Cressbrook Dale. It is also referred to as Gibbet Rock and shown on the OS map as Peter’s Stone. This is where the last gibbet in the county stood and local legend has it this was the last gibbeting. A gibbet was a gallows used to display the bodies of criminals after their execution and this is where they were left until long after execution with their bones rattling against the iron cage serving as a deterrent to other would be criminals.
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The dive display of the Anna's Hummingbird lasts about 12 seconds, and the male may fly to a height of 40 m (131 feet) during the display. He starts by hovering two to four meters (6-13 feet) in front of the display object (hummingbird or person), and then climbs in a wavering fashion straight up. He plummets in a near-vertical dive from the top of the climb and ends with an explosive squeak within half a meter of the display object. He then makes a circular arc back to the point where he began. On sunny days the dives are oriented so that the sun is reflected from the iridescent throat and crown directly at the object of the dive.
Bonaparte's Gull at Indian River Inlet in Delaware.
I enjoy watching these dainty little gulls as they hover just above the water dipping in to catch their prey
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This is the best shot I have taken of the winnow display. It is difficult to capture because they are high in the air when they begin the dive and being a small bird they are hard to track as they swoop and level off still high in the air.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes winnowing as follows:
"Air rushing over the Wilson’s Snipe’s outspread tail feathers creates the haunting hu-hu-hu winnowing sound, described as similar to the call of an Eastern Screech-Owl. The sound is usually produced as the birds dive, but can also be generated when the bird levels out following a dive. Males perform the winnowing flight to defend territory and attract mates. Females also winnow prior to breeding, but stop as soon as they begin to nest."
To hear this unusual sound, click on the link below and play the "Winnow Display" video.
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Like all hummingbirds, the Anna’s spends much of its life in overdrive. When flying, their hearts, no bigger than an infant’s fingernail, beat 1,200 times a minute. Every 60 seconds they breathe 250 times. In a typical day they will visit hundreds of flowers, dining every 15 minutes. It’s not an idle pursuit — they must consume twice their body weight in insects and nectar on a daily basis just to survive. They drink the nectar with tubular tongues that work like pumps and are so long that, when retracted, coil up inside the birds’ heads, around their skulls and eyes. The nectar, which is 26 per cent sugar, acts like rocket fuel, powering their high-octane lifestyle.
Hummingbirds burn energy faster than any creature except flying insects. An average-sized male human burns between 2,500 and 3,000 calories a day. If a similar-sized hummingbird existed, it would burn more than 150,000 calories a day. American ornithologist Crawford Greene Walt once calculated that if we used energy at that rate that hummingbirds do, our skin would heat up to 400 C. Hummingbirds don’t overheat largely because they have so much exterior and so little interior; no part of them is far enough from the surface to trap much heat. These flying furnaces do cool down at night, however, when they enter torpor and slow their heart rate from a fluttery resting pulse of 21 beats per second to little more than one beat every two seconds.
The ability to slip into a type of hibernation on chilly nights helps the Anna’s survive our cold and rainy winters. The other factor is the abundance of backyard feeders and ornamental flowers found throughout the city, which provide them with a year-round food supply, in addition to the insects, spiders and tree sap they also feed upon.
Arrowhead's Provincial Park has been transformed into a winter wonderland with piles of snow everywhere! An absolutely tranquil and peaceful place to visit.
Rocky shoreline at Lamb's Resort and Campground on Lake Superior's North Shore at Schroeder, Minnesota.
Today is King's Day in the Netherlands, as the Dutch celebrate the birthday of Willem Alexander, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
Playing with my cut tulip and trying to preserve the natural beauty before it fades away. It's a simple concept but I hope to have done the flower justice.
I see many Wilson’s Phalarope in breeding plumage during our Alberta summers, so it was interesting to observe lots of them in the subdued nonbreeding feathering during my time in Peru. This individual was on Laguna Piuray near Cusco.
This building sits on the North End Road, the main shopping street in Croydon. It's a two story building and on the ground floor is a Vodafone shop. I'm sure no one ever looks above the Vodafone sign but if they did they would see this wonderful old ornate building.
Ganga Goteada, Burchell's Sandgrouse, Pterocles burchelli.
Especie # 1.467
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botsuana
A male Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) on the grounds of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
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Good Stewards of Nature
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The Anna's on the other hand like to hover. They will sip and then pull back from the feeder, often giving me time for a few shots.
Morning light and shadow gave his gorget a nice, bright pink flash.
Tucson, Arizon
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Detail of the family crypt for Valentin Blatz (1826 to 1894). Blatz purchased a brewery and later expanded the buildings until they covered more than four city blocks. In 1874, he produced Milwaukee’s first bottled beer. The company was incorporated in 1889 as the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company. Blatz was also prominent in banking, railroad promotion and real estate.
A bit different for me but we had a two month long spell of rain here in the UK and what do you do when it's raining and you like taking outdoor photos? - go find something indoors!
There is much to say about this place but I'll do my best to keep it succinct. This is the interior of the Roman Catholic church in the small market town of Cheadle in the Staffordshire Moorlands. I was born in this town and I lived there for 44 years, and, seeing as the Cope family were Catholics until just before I was born when the family fell out with the church and all left, I went to many funerals and a few weddings in this church - it was just a regular part of life.
and yet there is something remarkable about this place that I never appreciated until I was an adult - and that is that people have have come from all over the world to see this place ever since it was completed in 1846! It holds a unique and hugely important place in the history of the Gothic Revival of the 19th Century due to it's sublime and intricate interior design features.
Built by the famous architect Pugin, (most famous for designing the Palace of Westminster/Houses of Parliament in London), it was one of a number of local designs that he was commissioned to design and oversee (including the great hall at nearby Alton Towers) by the then Earl of Shewsbury and this stunning and unique example of interior church design became known as 'Pugin's Gem'
Madwoman's Stones, the curiously named group of gritstone tors towards the eastern end of Kinder Scout.
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Significant short summer sun setting silently. =)
location: Carkeek Park: Seattle, Washington.
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the Lord's Prayer
from aramaic .. the language which Jesus spoke
Father Mother Birther and Breath of All
create a space inside of us
and fill it with Your Presence
let Oneness now prevail
Your one desire then flows through our's
as energy fills all form
give us this day our physical and spiritual nourishment
and untangle the knots of error that bind us
as we release others
don't let appearances make us forgetful of our Source
but free us to act appropriately
for age to age from You flow the glorious harmonies of life
may these words be fertile ground from which our future grows
amen and amen
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It was perishing cold on the side of Mam Tor after dark and for a long time no cars appeared. And then I spotted the flashing orange lights of a road gritter coming up the road. I thought, "Oh wow! what great luck, It's going to leave a brilliant trail of light through the 'S' s and off down the Edale valley". With shutter on Bulb, ISO100 and f22 I held the shutter open for over two minutes, while I temporarily stopped shivering with anticipation of a great shot. And then when I checked the shot there was a big 'S' across the image, but why wouldn't it open to include the hills and skyline behind, and the lights further down the valley?. "Awww Shi......." Somewhere along the way with my cold hands I switched to the cropped sensor and I had only captured the centre part of what was in the viewfinder. Damn, that ruined everything. How many times have I done that sort of thing: ruined the shot because I didn't check basic settings? Note to self: you're an idiot!