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Quintron & Miss Pussycat, John Wesley Coleman, and Sharp Balloons played the Hi Tone Cafe in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 2, 2012. There were lots of beers and nude asses.
Update: A birder friend suggests this is a Sharp-Shinned Hawk, not a Cooper's Hawk as originally thought. At first I thought it was a juvenile peregrine falcon, because those have been seen in the neighbourhood too, but it's not.
Photo taken by Jeremy Dec. 10, 2009 right across the street from our place, in the oak trees ringing the Strathcona school field in Vancouver (NW corner of Heatley and Keefer Streets).
At first I thought it was one of our peregrine falcons. There's an overpopulation of aggressive squirrels in our neighbourhood, which I hope the peregrine falcons - or whatever raptor this is - are taking care of. We do have peregines in the neighbourhood. In the summer while watching a falcon (an adult peregine, I thought) I noticed an oblivious crow in an adjacent tree. When it finally caught sight of the falcon it did a cartoon double take, made a strangulated choking sound and nearly fell off its branch. The falcon was watching a squirrel and couldn't have cared less, but the crow went off and loudly warned the whole neighbourhood.
Sharpes of Nottingham Volvo B12B, Van Hool Alizée VJI 625 in Nottingham City centre. Tue 10.04.2016.
They found no shortage of stone along Quarry Road, raising a narrow point to span West Moose River. The modern bridge is just in sight, a good deal sturdier and wider than what once was. But these remnants are never likely leaving. Every time I spot a couple disconnected abutments on my travels – either quarried stone, loose rock, or solid concrete – I seem to see the ghost bridge between them. Not metaphysically or anything, just that sharp quick spark of visualization unavoidable. Reminds me of when I was a kid in bed at night, lying late and sleepless, engaging in what I liked to call "passive imagination". I'd close my eyelids, and try my hardest to think of nothing at all. Then I'm watch while whatever random possibilities passed in the vacant darkness. Unexpected images, words, letters, memories. The joy of what came taught me to never stop seeking the pleasures of emptiness.
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Staff Sgt. Jake Sharp, a equipment operator with 3120th Engineers, 120th Engineer Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard and native of Quapaw, Okla., clears a soldier’s rife during weapons qualification ranges at Camp Gruber, Okla., June 9.
Rifle qualification is an important part of a Soldier’s individual training, ensuring they are proficient and prepared to deploy to a combat theater when called. To qualify with their weapons Soldiers must score a hit on 23 of 40 targets from three different firing positions: prone supported with a sandbag, prone unsupported and kneeling.
The 120th is undergoing premobilization training at Camp Gruber, near Muskogee, Okla., preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan later this year. The 120th Engineer Battalion is deploying to Afghanistan as a headquarters element for National Guard units from multiple states as well as active duty Army units and the Afghan National Army.
(US Army photo by Spc. Brent Oakes, 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Can anyone definitively ID this bird? Coopers Hawk, Sharp Shinned Hawk? No matter what species he/she is, what an absolutely intimidating face they have!
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Quintron & Miss Pussycat, John Wesley Coleman, and Sharp Balloons played the Hi Tone Cafe in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 2, 2012. There were lots of beers and nude asses.
Rogerstown Estuary, County Dublin, Ireland 17-03-2021
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Motacillidae | [latin] Anthus pratensis | [UK] Meadow Pipit | [FR] Pitpit farlouse | [DE] Wiesenpieper | [ES] Bisbita Comun | [NL] Graspieper | [IRL] Riabhóg Mhóna
spanwidth min.: 22 cm
spanwidth max.: 25 cm
size min.: 14 cm
size max.: 16 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 11 days
incubation max.: 15 days
fledging min.: 10 days
fledging max.: 15 days
broods 2
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 6
Status: One of the commonest bird species in Ireland, favouring rough pastures and uplands.
Conservation Concern: Previously Green-listed, though Red-listed in Ireland since 2014, following sharp breeding declines thought to be a result of the unusually severe winters of 2009/10 and 2010/11. Populations have shown signs of significant recovery since. The European population is considered to be Secure.
Identification: A very non-descript bird when seen in the field. Meadow Pipits are brown above with black streaking on a white breast and belly. The beak and legs are pinkish. It looks very similar to a Skylark, but that species is slightly larger than a Meadow Pipit and has a broad white stripe above the eye. Rock Pipit is dark grey on the back and has much denser dark streaking on the breast.
Similar Species: Skylark and Rock Pipit.
Call: A rapid “vist-vist-vist” call is given when alarmed or flushed from cover. Performs a short song flight from a post, which acts as a song. The bird flies straight up, before parachuting back down to the original post.
Diet: Feeds on Invertebrates such as craneflies, mayflies and spiders and to a lesser extent on seeds.
Breeding: Very widespread breeding species in Ireland, with around 500,000 to 1,000,000 pairs. Found in bogs, uplands and areas of scrub and pasture.
Wintering: Generally sedentary, but moves to lowland areas from breeding sites in uplands. Significant numbers of European birds move to Ireland in winter.
Where to See: Common throughout Ireland.
Physical characteristics
The Meadow Pipit looks like a Song Thrush, but is only slightly larger than a Great Tit. The male and female Meadow Pipits are alike. Typically, the upperparts are grey to olive-brown in colour with darker streaks. The underparts are pale grey or buff coloured with bold streaks and spots on the breast and flanks. The belly and outer tail feathers are white. The legs are a dull pink. Juvenile Meadow Pipits are pinkish-buff and lack the dark streaks on the flanks. The Tree Pipit is very similar to the Meadow Pipit, but its general appearance is cleaner with more distinct markings, the legs are a paler pink and the hind claw is much shorter
Habitat
Breeds in middle, upper middle, and upper latitudes of west Palearctic, from temperate through boreal to fringe of arctic climatic zones, and from continental to oceanic regimes, accepting rainy, windy, and chilly conditions, but avoiding ice and prolonged snow cover as well as torrid and arid areas, within rather narrow temperature range of 10-20 degrees. Eurasian mainland chooses, as a ground-dweller, open areas of rather low fairly complete vegetation cover. Avoids extensive bare rock, stones, sand, soil, and close-cropped grass of herbage, and on the other hand tall dense vegetation, including woods, telegraph wires, stone walls, and other points of vantage.
Other details
Anthus pratensis is a widespread breeder across much of central and northern Europe, which constitutes >75% of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is very large (>7,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Sweden during 1990-2000, the species was stable or increased across most of its European range? including in Norway and Russia?and probably declined only slightly overall.
Feeding
Diet based on invertebrates, with some plant seeds in autumn and winter. Feeds almost exclusively on ground, walking at steady rate picking invertebrates from leaves and plant stems. Occasionally takes insects in flight which it has disturbed but never flies after them.
Breeding
Onset of laying affected by temperature in last third of March, becoming later with increasing altitude and latitude. April-August in central and western Europe, April-May in Britain, June-July in Swedish Lapland. Nest site is on ground, usually concealed in vegetation. Nest, cup of grasses and other plant material, lined finer vegetation and hair, building by female. Clutch size 3-5 eggs incubated for 11-15 days by female only