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Large, glossy-black bird with a wedge-shaped tail. Larger than a crow with a longer, thicker bill. Distinctive shape in flight, with rather long, swept-back wings and long tail. Note smoother, steadier wingbeats compared with faster, choppier wingbeats of crows. Extensive range throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, coniferous forest, coastlines, sagebrush, tundra, and grasslands. Often solitary or in pairs, but can gather in small groups. Typical call is a loud, guttural croak, but makes an astonishing variety of other strange noises. Compare with Chihuahuan Raven in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, and with various large, all-dark crows and ravens in Europe and Asia. (eBird)
When we started birding in 2005, ravens were unusual enough to take special note. Now, you can expect to see one on nearly every birding outing. So interesting to see how things change over time.
Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2022.
Some species of Agapanthus are commonly known as lily of the Nile (or African lily in the UK), although they are not lilies and all of the species are native to Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique) though some have become naturalized in scattered places around the world (Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, Ethiopia, Jamaica, etc.). Agapanthus is a genus of herbaceous perennials that mostly bloom in summer. The leaves are basal, curved, and linear, growing up to 60 cm long. They are rather leathery and arranged in two opposite rows. The plant has a mostly underground stem called a rhizome (like a ginger 'root') that is used as a storage organ. The roots, which grow out of the rhizome, are white, thick and fleshy. The inflorescence is a pseudo-umbel subtended by two large bracts at the apex of a long, erect scape, up to 2 m tall. They have funnel-shaped or tubular flowers, in hues of blue to purple, shading to white. 45779
The Kirchdorf high-rise is a 52-metre-high building with 16 storeys, built in 1955 by order of Hans Liebherr for employees of the Liebherr company. Located opposite the Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH premises in Kirchdorf on the Iller in Upper Swabia, The high-rise building is regarded in the town as a sign of the economic upswing in the area after the Second World War, which is associated with the name Liebherr and the invention of the tower crane. Following its renovation at the beginning of the third millennium, it has become the town's landmark.
The high-rise building is located near Liebherrstraße at the confluence of Heimstraße and Hochhausstraße, named after the high-rise building, opposite Kirchdorf Bürgerpark. With its 16 floors, it is the highest building in the community and was the highest building in the district of Biberach at the time of its construction. It is the only high-rise building in a village community in the district of Biberach. The facade of the high-rise building is painted in yellow and white.
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This is one of the many little rocks that I bought from a store in Copenhagen. I couldn't resist the colours with my mania for colours. Have a blue and Happy MM!
My huge cross-shaped pistol has defended the hellish world from the intrusion of uncontrolled demons. To control evil you must be a part of it...
En forma de media luna, de arena blanca y fina, al abrigo de su puerto y al pie de las casas.
Bares Beach.
Crescent-shaped, with fine white sand, sheltered by the harbor and at the foot of the houses.
Bares (Mañón). La Coruña. Galicia.España.
Antelope Canyon carved from the red sandstone for millennia by seasonal flood rains and wind, the canyons are narrow passageways that lead several hundred feet away from the mouth. Antelope Canyon is also one of the most famous slot canyons in the world. Magnificent Antelope Canyon was named for the herds of pronghorn antelope that once roamed the area.
** One of the places Mary wanted to revisit was the Devils dyke which is just a few miles from Brighton. It was a place she came too when she was a young. It's certainly a beautiful landscape. It is a coincidence that she now spends a lot of time in the East Yorkshire Wolds whose chalk landscape is so similar to the Sussex Downs . After a walk in the Dyke we went to a pub that Mary had been fond of the Shepard and Dog in the village of Fulking. It a pleasing pub in a wonderful landscape the only downside was being charged an obscene amount of money for two pints but thats southern England for you .
Devil's Dyke is a 300 foot deep V-shaped dry valley on the South Downs in Sussex managed by the National Trust it is about a mile in length . The valley is the result of solifluction and river erosion. More than fourteen thousand years ago, the area experienced an intensely cold climate (but not glacial conditions). Snowfields capped the South Downs. Permafrost conditions meant that the chalk was permanently frozen. In summer, the snowfields melted and saturated the top layer of soil, because the water could not permeate the frozen chalk underneath. Waterlogged material situated above the permafrost slid down the gradient, removing material by friction, exposing deeper layers of frozen chalk. When the Ice Age ended, the snowfields covering the South Downs melted, and rivers formed across Sussex. The Devil's Dyke valley was completed by one such river.
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Pine fence along the road. The golden aspect is influenced by the maple trees. Near Pushchino, Moscow region
Heart shaped box by Nirvana, is fine for what I saw as a heart shaped cloud winking at me on a beach shaped box. Cloud formations always make the day different, and this line of cloud was ever changing and kept my attention .
We are shaped by our thoughts. We become what we think.
So when we create more positive thoughts, we become happier.
Corporate Buildings. Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Lisbon Banco Caixa Geral - Headquarters of Madrid
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Edificios Corporativos. Caixa Geral de Depósitos- Lisboa Banco Caixa Geral- Sede Operativa de Madrid
star-shaped sea animal or starfish. It has a central mouth on the underside and feed on oysters and other molluscs on shores and the seabed
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Vivid potted Nasturtium flowers on the dock.
Tropaeolum commonly known as nasturtium literally "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker" or nasturtian, is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants. [...].
Plants in this genus have showy, often intensely bright flowers, and rounded, peltate (shield-shaped) leaves with the petiole in the centre. The flowers are bisexual and zygomorphic, with five petals, a superior three-carpelled ovary, and a funnel-shaped nectar spur at the back, formed by modification of one of the five sepals. Wikipedia
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