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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
Spending a vacation week with the "kids" and grandkids, my schedule shifted and I found myself up before sunrise every morning. The skies and clouds at Lanikai Beach were often so dramatic with the sunrise, sunset, rain and rainbows.
Smithills Hall is a Grade I listed manor house, and a scheduled monument In Smithills, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
It stands on the slopes of the West Pennine Moors above Bolton at a height of 500 feet, three miles north west of the town centre. It occupies a defensive site near the Astley and Raveden Brooks.
One of the oldest manor houses in the north west of England, its oldest parts, including the great hall, date from the 15th century and it has been since been altered and extended particularly the west part
The name Smithills derives from the Old English smeþe meaning smooth and hyll, a hill and was recorded as Smythell in 1322. Early medieval records about the hall began in 1335 when William Radcliffe acquired the manor from the Hultons who held it from the Knights Hospitaller. On Radcliffe's death in 1369 it passed to his son and heir Sir Ralph Radcliffe, High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1384–1387 and twice MP for Lancashire. The Radcliffes lived there until 1485, when the male line failed and Smithills Hall passed to the Bartons, wealthy sheep farmers who lived there for nearly 200 years.
In 1659 the hall and estate passed by marriage to the Belasyse family. In 1722 the Byroms of Manchester bought the manor and kept it until 1801 when the hall and estate were acquired by the Ainsworths, who made their fortune as the owners of a bleachworks at Barrow Bridge, (photograph of Barrow Bridge previously posted )
Around 1875 Richard Henry Ainsworth employed architect George Devey to extend and modernise the hall. In 1938 the Ainsworths sold the hall to Bolton Corporation.
I am usually a sunset rather than a sunrise person. Yesterday morning I needed to drop Lori off at the hospital for some scheduled surgery (She is well and in good spirits.) and I couldn't stay with her because of our high COVID-19 numbers locally. I drove along Lake Michigan to North Point for some personal centering and saw the start of the sunrise. It was restorative and I whipped out my iPhone 11 to capture the moment.
They are not a common sight around our area. Though I have seen and photographed one in Ontario in 2016, when this opportunity presented itself not too far from where I live I headed out to try my luck and better the previous photo I took. On arrival I immediately saw a group of birders, all looking up in the canopy. It was spotted soon afterwards and half an hour later it came down to forage on a tree almost at the eye level when this photo was taken. It was still a challenge because of its constant movement and leaves on trees. As a bonus I also got to see a Northern Parula which wasn't as rare but certainly a bit late in its migration schedule. Bronte Bluffs Park, Oakville, Ontario.
Taken Bourne, Lincolnshire. These are two of five Sparrowhawk chicks being fed by the female parent bird. Photographed under schedule one licence with Wildlife Photography Hides using a 40' tree hide.
Two of the four chicks to come out of this box. All ringed, weighed and measured, admired and photographed. The chick on the right was the youngest and judging by its dark face a ruff is probably a female. All birds ringed under Schedule 1 Licence by qualified ringers and in a box which is part of the Falkirk Council Barn Owl Box Scheme. We’ve had a good season, with 36 chicks ringed, our second highest total
As the sun rises over the horizon, the pilot & co-pilot of the Commemorative Air Force's B-29, "Fifi", enjoy a quiet, contemplative moment with a good cup of coffee before the day's flight schedule commences. _DSC5732
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Nu ik al een aantal ÖBB Talenten op foto had weten te zetten, begon ik uit te zoeken wanneer ik een DB Talent – ook wel bekend onder hun bijnaam Hamsterbacke – voor de lens kon krijgen. Vanaf het balkon van ons vakantiehuis had ik namelijk al wat observaties gedaan, en die leerden me dat er om 10:46, 14:46 en 18:46 telkens een DB-variant vanuit Seefeld richting Innsbruck vertrok. Die tijden hield ik in mijn achterhoofd voor aan de overweg 😉.
Voor de geïnteresseerden: dit is trouwens gewoon te zien op het Fahrplanbild van de ÖBB. DB Talenten hebben namelijk zowel eerste als tweede klasse, dus je kunt ze op die manier makkelijk onderscheiden van hun ÖBB-tegenhangers. Maar ach, het was natuurlijk geen straf om op ons balkon te zitten, met uitzicht op de sneeuwbedekte bergen van het Inntal 😄.
Enfin, op dag 2 van ons verblijf had ik mijn eerste DB Talent al kunnen fotograferen aan het overwegje (die foto hou ik nog even achter de hand). Op dag 5, met opnieuw schitterend weer en lenteachtige temperaturen rond de 17°C, had ik met mijn oudste zoon een langere wandeling gepland. Mijn oog was gevallen op een route van Scharnitz – het Oostenrijkse grensstation – terug naar Seefeld. De eerste drie kilometer zou ik de spoorlijn volgen tot in Giessenbach. Een kwestie van strategisch plannen natuurlijk, want dat zou gegarandeerd nog een treinfoto opleveren.
Omdat ik tijdens de ochtenduren nog niet op pad was geweest deze vakantie, stond ik rond 8:30 op en begaf me opnieuw naar de overweg. Elke kans op een mooie foto moest benut worden! Na het fotograferen van twee passerende treinen, zag ik in de dienstregeling dat er om 9:56 een DB Talent zou toekomen in Seefeld, komende uit Garmisch-Partenkirchen – meteen ook zijn eindstation. Van die kant van het station had ik nog geen foto’s genomen, maar het leek me dat er vanaf de Riehlweg – die daar zo’n driehonderd meter parallel aan de spoorlijn loopt – wel een goede plek moest zijn.
Na wat heen en weer stappen vond ik inderdaad een mooi standpunt. En jawel, de Hamsterbacke werd naar volle tevredenheid vastgelegd!
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After capturing several ÖBB Talent trains on camera, I started looking for opportunities to photograph a DB Talent — also known by its nickname Hamsterbacke. From the balcony of our holiday home, I’d already observed that DB trains left Seefeld for Innsbruck at 10:46, 14:46, and 18:46. Handy times to keep in mind for a quick visit to the crossing 😉
For those interested: this info is actually available in the ÖBB schedule. DB Talents have both 1st and 2nd class, so they’re easy to spot — but hey, no complaints about train spotting with a view of the snow-covered Inntal mountains 😄.
On day 2, I managed to catch my first DB Talent at the nearby crossing (photo saved for later). Then on day 5, with perfect weather and spring-like temps around 17°C, I had a longer hike planned with my eldest son — from Scharnitz back to Seefeld, following the railway for the first 3 km to Giessenbach. Smart planning, of course — always thinking of a good train shot!
Since I hadn’t been out much in the early mornings, I got up around 8:30 and headed back to the crossing. After photographing two trains, I noticed a DB Talent was due at 9:56 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, ending in Seefeld. I hadn’t photographed from that side of the station yet, but the Riehlweg — which runs along the track for about 300 meters — looked promising.
A bit of walking later, I found the perfect spot. And yes — I caught the Hamsterbacke just the way I hoped.
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Seefeld in Tirol, 11/04/2025
DB 2442 233
RB/S6 5411 Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Seefeld in Tirol
Obviously, I was having a cloud battle and lost on this one.
Train #97 passes signs giving passenger riders a clue as to just what the various mountains are as they pass through the area.
During early Amtrak, the Empire Builder was scheduled through Marias Pass during daylight both ways.
8-8-80
From the records, this ran about an hour late from the schedule. Was around Carmont then the light faded so, Scotston (Laurencekirk) was chosen for the evening June light. And the record for this, 47812 was still in its plain blue colours!
Mais qu'est-ce qu'on marche dans cette famille, mais qu'est-ce qu'on marche!
Cela dit, Mademoiselle (qui a priori n'a pas le droit de monter à l'étage) est venue me réveiller à 7h20 ce matin, ce qui n'est pas vraiment mon horaire de vacances
This family is insane, we walk and walk and walk
That said, Mademoiselle (who is not supposed to go upstairs) came to wake me at 7:20 this morning, which is not really my holiday schedule
With all the recent flurry of photos of the final trains to run on this unaltered single track stretch if street running I figured I'd edit up a few more from last summer's pilgrimage since I couldn't make it for the last runs.
Here is another look at South Shore train 508 (the railroad was running their weekend schedule on the observed Monday holiday) that left South Bend at 5:45 PM 45 minutes prior to when I took this shot at 5:30 PM. Yes, you can travel through time on the South Shore Line! Are there any other commuter lines in the country where you cross a time zone boundary?
Anyway, the standard train of Nippon Sharyo Electric MUs is led by #106, one of the single ended cab units from the 2001 order of 10 similar cars, the newest of the single level fleet most of which date from 1982-1983 though 14 more are a decade newer than that.
They have just snaked through the famous s-curve on 11th Street between Lafayette St. and Cedar St. at about MP 33.8 and are climbing the hill toward me at the corner of Spring Street. Dominating the background is abandoned Spanish Revival style circa 1925 First Christian Church building. I framed this scene up intentionally like this to highlight the historic church which has since been demolished to allow for the straightening of this curve in conjunction with the double track project that is underway forever altering this classic scene.
To learn more history of this last interurban check out the long caption with this image from my trip out last year: flic.kr/p/2jx3cBG
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Monday July 5, 20211
Inside the TWA flight center which was open to the public during the 13th Annual Open House New York event. The building designed by Eero Saarinen is futuristic with wonderful lines and curves. Scheduled to reopen in 2018 as the only on site hotel at JFK International Airport
The hottest train on Conrail's River Line was TVLA. Scheduled to depart North Bergen at 7:30am, it was usually through CP 5 before 8:00am, and was carded to be interchanged directly to the Santa Fe at Corwith Yard in Chicago by 9:00am the following day. According to my notes, the train pictured here is TVLA-1X. It crossed Overpeck Creek at 9:30am on New Yeasrs Eve, so perhaps it was following the regular TVLA. The trailing Santa Fe and Southern Pacific GEs had led TV-556 the day before and have made a quick turn to head back west.
Conrail TVLA-1X:
CR 3300 GP40-2
ATSF 7485 B36-7
SP 8010 B40-8
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The River Taff and bridges at Pontypridd on 14 May 2024.
A view upstream on the River Taff at Pontypridd, with the Victoria Bridge of 1857 nearer and behind it the William Edwards Bridge of 1756. The older bridge is Grade 1 Listed and scheduled as an ancient monument. At the time of its completion, its 140ft / 43 m arch was the longest in Britain (and one of the longest in the world), and remained such for forty years.
On the left behind the bridges is the Pontypridd Museum, opened here in 1986 in what had been the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel that was built in 1861. Much of the interior, including the organ, remains in place.
For further information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bridge,_Pontypridd
On a beautiful spring day Jubilee 45690 Leander heads towards Newby Bridge with the 11.45 ex Haverthwaite train, an exceptional few days at the railway with both Beet family engines featuring in both charter and service train schedules, a very well manicured line side by the railway compliments the scene.
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Can greylag geese be white?
It can be white, completely gray (like the wild form), or somewhere in-between.
Are greylag geese native to UK?
There are two subspecies of Greylag Goose recognised: Western Greylag A. a. anser from Iceland, and north and central Europe; wintering from Scotland, south to northern Africa and east to Iran.
The greylag goose is a large, bulky, goose with a big head, and the largest of the grey goose species. It was one of the first species of animals to be domesticated in Ancient Egypt about 3000 years ago and is a typical farmyard goose. The domestic breed is known as A. a. domesticus and can interbreed with Anser anser. Many birds seen in the UK outside of the winter months are re-colonised from domestic populations and are often semi-tame. It is seen as a pest due to overgrazing of agricultural crops and is listed in Schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, meaning it can be killed or taken outside of the close season.
Key facts Scientific name: Anser anser
Status: Resident wild and feral populations, winter visitor.
Breeding birds: 46,000 pairs UK wintering birds: 140,000 British birds and 88,000 from Iceland
Conservation status: Amber Family: Ducks, geese & swans
Length: 76 – 90 cm Wingspan: 147 – 180 cm
Weight: 2.9 – 1.4 kg
Typical lifespan: 8 years
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Ohio Rail Experience's Lima Limited excursion from Springfield to Lima, OH ran pretty much like clockwork during their final weekend in October. Sadly, weather conditions for 3/4 of it were uncooperative, bringing rain and wind to strip the peaking foliage around Central Ohio away. Regardless, with a morning free on Saturday, I headed up to Springfield to intercept the special with CRR 800 at the helm for the Northbound leg. Here, the 800 departs Snyder Park in Springfield, OH right on schedule on a very damp morning.
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VRE 305 heads south toward Fredericksburg, dodging some intermittent clouds as they slow for their stop in Crystal City. With the roads still rough and the federal government offices closed, VRE operated their snow schedule at about 50% the normal service today. I'm guessing most trains were still empty.
This charming little house has been scheduled for demolition, guess they're going to put a parking garage or something there.
Tigger on the table after dinner tonight. She (like Bonkers and probably all cats) has her routines and scheduled she must follow. For Tigger, that means jumping on the table after dinner for attention and affection.
This variety of Cicada (Magicicada) has a 17-year life cycle and is part of brood IV, or the Kansan Brood. The last time they emerged in Nebraska was 1998. They started to emerge from the ground about a week ago as they were delayed by the rainy weather. So happy that we were able to find them in Weeping Water, Nebraska yesterday afternoon.
People call these cicadas “locusts” but they are not true locusts — real locusts look like grasshoppers. The phrase “17 year cicada” indicates that they arrive every 17 years. The name “periodical cicadas” indicates that they arrive periodically and not each and every year. The scientific name for the Genus of these cicadas is Magicicada, and there are 3 types of 17 year Magicicadas: Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini and Magicicada septendecula. This is a true locust:
There are literally billions of 17- year cicadas. Why? One theory suggests that the large number of cicadas overwhelms predators, so predators are never able to eat them all and many always survive to mate. This is a survival strategy called “predator satiation”.
Some of you may enjoy the following website: www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/brood-iv-the-kansan-brood-wil...
In May 2013, our son was going to play a baseball game at the Fort Vancouver Little League near downtown Vancouver, Washington. After we arrived for the pregame warmups, I realized Amtrak 501 was due over at the depot, so I took off with my camera.
Before the accident at DuPont in December 2017, Amtrak 501 was just the morning schedule from Seattle to Portland. I snapped a few images of the station stop, not appreciating that they would eventually be ETTS fodder.
Station work complete, the train departs for the end of the run at Portland. It is crossing the massive drawbridge over the Columbia River. Amtrak 90251 at the rear of the train is an F40 locomotive converted to a baggage/cab car.
An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Named for the Greek god of fear, Phobos is one of Mars' two moons (Deimos, named for the god of terror, is the other), and it's only about 13 miles (21 kilometers) across. Stickney Crater, the indentation on the moon's lower right, is about 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) wide in this image from the HiRISE aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Despite its small size, Phobos is of great interest to scientists: Is it a captured asteroid, or a chunk of Mars that broke off after a massive impact? A Japanese mission is scheduled to launch to Phobos in the near future, and the moon has been proposed as a staging ground for astronauts before they go to Mars.
Image credit: NASNA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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With a Tim Horton's mug full of fresh coffee in hand, engineer Mitchell and conductor Beattie climb aboard CITX 3071, a former SOO Line SD40-2, next to the old Canadian Pacific station at Sherbrooke, Quebec. Described by Mitchell as a "Monday to Friday railroad", train no. 2 from Brownsville Junction, Maine to Farnham, Quebec was running nearly 38 hours behind "schedule" on this particular Sunday afternoon.
A behind schedule Wiltshire departure has made today's 6002 Westbury-Woking Down Yd aggregates some 45min late reaching Basingstoke and seen here shortly thereafter passing Winchfield Cutting at 08.47 with Cl59/1 59104.
A good level of fresh Rhododendron blooms are now present and with odd patches still in bud the optimum displays are near.
14th May 2025
1995 saw Shannon celebrating 50 years of landplane transatlantic scheduled services and the winding-down of flying boat activity at Foynes, and so it was appropriate that an aircraft visited which revived memories of that era. In conjunction with the Irish Coffee festival in mid August, the Flying Boat Museum brought over North Weald- based Grumman G21A Goose N93GS. The aircraft flew via Bristol to Foynes on 16 August 1995, staying until 21 August but flew up to Shannon for night hangarage.
Barely 45 minutes after a scheduled earthquake drill in Mexico City a second alarm goes off and we are warned that this is "not a drill" but "the real thing'!
- Mrs P, I know we had euthanasia scheduled for your sick cat today, but I run some tests and it seems he's suddenly feeling better, so I'll cancel it. To keep HCM under control, give him half of this pill every twelve hours and come back every two weeks for exam.
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Yes, after our 11,5 y/o was quickly fading away despite treatment we were called to do it, but that same morning something must have been manipulating his midi-chlorians. The vet told us cat's vital signs are better (we were all quite surprised) and the big "E" was cancelled. So, we came back home with our cat alive and pills to keep fluid out of his lungs. That was 35 days ago and he's still here. His heart is in bad shape so we're not expecting miracles, but every day counts.
Would like to do some Lego shooting but without a single new piece in months, I'm out of ideas.
Will try to catch up on vacation next week :)
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After a brief mushroom break, it's back to the fall spectacle which is very nearly at peak. And despite three days of relatively constant rain, your intrepid reporter continues to dash about between the drops to document the scene for you more than deserving contacts. However, this has unfortunately put a damper (finally a truly appropriate use of the word) on some of the local annual events scheduled for this weekend, those being the apple and cranberry festivals. The rain, combined with 50F (10C) temps and 20 mph winds has also no doubt discouraged less than hardy travelers who make the trip to the Northwoods to view the color changes. This has caused concern amongst the local merchants who depend on the tourist trade to keep their coffers filled. I was going to recommend that they call their Congressman to see if he might filibuster the weather patterns, but then remembered that he is one of those responsible for the government currently being closed (regardless of weather), and thus unavailable to take any calls.