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The greylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser. It has mottled and barred grey and white plumage and an orange beak and pink legs. A large bird, it measures between 74 and 91 centimetres (29 and 36 in) in length, with an average weight of 3.3 kilograms (7 lb 4 oz). Its distribution is widespread, with birds from the north of its range in Europe and Asia often migrating southwards to spend the winter in warmer places, although many populations are resident, even in the north. It is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic goose, having been domesticated at least as early as 1360 BCE. The genus name and specific epithet are from anser, the Latin for "goose". In the USA, its name has been spelled "graylag".
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.
Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid.
The forked appearance of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name swallowtail. As for its formal name, Linnaeus chose Papilio for the type genus, as papilio is Latin for "butterfly". For the specific epithets of the genus, Linnaeus applied the names of Greek heroes to the swallowtails. The type species: Papilio machaon honored Machaon, one of the sons of Asclepius, mentioned in the Iliad.
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Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia. It has been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay.
The breeding male has a red face with black markings around the eyes, and a black-and-white head. The back and flanks are buff or chestnut brown. The black wings have a broad yellow bar. The tail is black and the rump is white. Males and females are very similar, but females have a slightly smaller red area on the face.
The European goldfinch was one of the birds described and illustrated by Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in his Historiae animalium of 1555. The first formal description was by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae published in 1758. He introduced the binomial name, Fringilla carduelis. Carduelis is the Latin word for 'goldfinch'. The European goldfinch is now placed in the genus Carduelis that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 by tautonomy based on Linnaeus's specific epithet.[ Modern molecular genetic studies have shown that the European goldfinch is closely related to the citril finch (Carduelis citrinella) and the Corsican finch (Carduelis corsicana).
The English word 'goldfinch' was used in the second half of the 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer in his unfinished The Cook's Tale: "Gaillard he was as goldfynch in the shawe (Gaily dressed he was as is a goldfinch in the woods)".
I had a specific hope from this sunrise shoot of the Buttercross in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, and that was to capture the sun rising at the end of the street on the left (Wrawby Street). But unfortunately there was an annoying slither of cloud on the horizon and by the time it cleared, the sun had moved too far to the right. Maybe I’ll be luckier another time.
Shot as a 5 shot panorama (each bracketed) with my Tilt Shift, and stitched in Lightroom. The highlights on the front of the building are due to spotlights above the upper windows.
The Buttercross, historically was the Brigg Town Hall, but is now used as a tourist information centre and as an events venue.
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Malayan tiger, from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies, that is native to Peninsular Malaysia. Classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015.
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This Yellow-headed Blackbird fledgling just recently left the her nest.
She is waiting for one of her parents to return with food. When any Yellow-headed black bird parent with food flew near this little one she would open her mouth and scream. This went on until her own parents returned with bugs and worms to feed her.
Typically these birds eave the nest very early, between 9-12 days after hatching, but before they can fly.
Parents find their fledglings through a combination of vocalizations and visual cues. Fledglings, once they leave the nest, will beg loudly for food with distinctive calls, and the parents recognize these calls.
Additionally, the fledglings often perch on marshy vegetation and can be seen by the parents as they approach the nest area.
Over time, the parents learn to recognize the specific begging calls and visual cues of their own fledglings, making it easier to locate them.
This photo was taken in Alberta, Canada
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
A trio of Norfolk Southern SD40Es work east across the CSX diamonds at Vickers with a train of Herzog ballast cars in tow.
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Die Lokomotive mit der Bezeichnung "FLC 077" ist eine spezifische Dampfspeicherlokomotive, die heute als Museums- und Traditionslok bei den Dampflokfreunden Berlin erhalten ist.
The locomotive designated "FLC 077" is a specific steam storage locomotive, which is preserved today as a museum and heritage locomotive by the steam locomotive enthusiasts of Berlin.
I woke up to heavy fog and felt the pull to get out and drive, not chasing a specific image so much as a feeling. It was the last morning of the year, and Tacoma felt hushed, wrapped in itself. I had pictures in mind before I even grabbed my camera. I drove to the Rialto, past the Murray Morgan Bridge, up Tacoma Avenue, hoping to find the city falling away into fog from above.
But the fog was thick, relentless. The views I imagined simply weren’t there. Hills vanished. Landmarks softened and disappeared. Each stop asked me to let go of the image I had planned and stay open to what was actually present.
On East 34th Street, the bridge finally revealed itself, not boldly, but quietly. Its lights hovered in the mist, the structure dissolving as it stretched forward. Cars moved through like brief thoughts, leaving behind faint traces before slipping back into the fog. The city felt suspended, as if it was holding its breath.
Standing there, I found myself reflecting on the year that had just passed. The plans that didn’t materialize. The moments that only made sense in hindsight. The unexpected pauses. The fog felt honest, offering no clarity, no grand reveal, just the invitation to be present with what remained visible. Sometimes that’s how a year ends, not with answers, but with stillness.
Oudemansiella mucida, the Porcelain Fungus, is specific to beech wood. It appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on dead branches high up in living trees. Common and widespread in Britain and Ireland, Oudemansiella mucida occurs throughout northern Europe, but in southern Europe where Beech is not found the Porcelain Fungus is also absent.
Provided that the skin is thoroughly washed (or peeled from the caps) to remove the mucus, these mushrooms are edible, although their slimy covering is probably enough to put most people off. Only larger caps are worth collecting, because the flesh is thin and insubstantial.
These critically endangered white-backed vultures are a joy to be able to observe/photograph in any situation since there’s no telling how much longer they’ll still be around in the wild. In this specific shot, the birds are somehow managing to look affectionate and very intimidating all at the same time.
There is a section of road north of us called the Ferndale "flats". It is notorious for having white outs at that specific site when the rest of the way is clear up the Peninsula. Snow drifts accumulate pretty quickly on the highway in the right conditions and even the snowplough can't keep up until the winds die down.
Kürtőskalács is a spit cake specific to Hungarian-speaking regions in Romania, more predominantly the Székely land. - Spit cake is a generic term that denotes a variety of European cakes all made in a similar way: layers of dough or batter are deposited, one at a time, onto a tapered cylindrical rotating spit; the dough is baked by an open fire or a special oven, rotisserie-style. Generally, spit cakes are associated with celebrations such as weddings and Christmas. The spit can be dipped in a thin dough, or the dough can be poured or rolled on the spit. This cake group may have originated from Ancient Greek times, around 400 BC, when similar large cakes were prepared on spits for Dionysiac feasts.
Pareidolia par·ei·do·lia ˌper-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə -ˈdōl-yə : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. The scientific explanation for some people is pareidolia, or the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness.
I happen to see a big smiling face in this collection of rusted objects.
It's amazing what you find in the junk along the train tracks when you're waiting for a train to come along.
As a kid, my favorite CSX power were always the SD50s. It didn't matter if they were YN2, YN3 or Conrail blue, the big EMDs just looked mean and sounded powerful. On a particularly nice September evening in 2008, I was treated to a pair of YN2 SD50s slogging out of the Thornapple River valley with Toledo-Grand Rapids freight Q335 in tow.
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Ceratopetalum gummiferum, the New South Wales Christmas Bush, is a tall shrub or small tree popular in cultivation due to its sepals that turn bright red-pink at around Christmas time. The petals are actually small and white - it is the sepals that enlarge to about 12mm after the flower sets fruit and starts to dry out.
The specific name gummiferum alludes to the large amounts of gum that is discharged from cut bark.
The species is endemic to New South Wales where it occurs to the east of the Great Dividing Range from Ulladulla in the south to Evans Head in the north.
The Safety match was invented to stop spontaneous combustion when matches were rubbing against each other. For that you need a specific surface to strike them against as opposed to the selfstriking ones. Of course before High Viz gear, red and for that matter white were the original colours of warning alerts.. I'm not sure if 'pants on fire' has anything to do with dangerous matches:)
German sculptor Stephan Balkenhof is known for his figurative wooden sculptures, which combine traditional craftsmanship with contemporary art.
Duitse beeldhouwer Stephan Balkenhof staat bekend om zijn figuratieve houten sculpturen, die traditioneel vakmanschap combineren met de hedendaagse kunst.
Der deutsche Bildhauer Stephan Balkenhof ist bekannt für seine figurativen Holzskulpturen, die traditionelle Handwerkskunst mit zeitgenössischer Kunst verbinden.
Der deutsche Bildhauer Stephan Balkenhof ist bekannt für seine figurativen Holzskulpturen, die traditionelle Handwerkskunst mit zeitgenössischer Kunst verbinden.
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The specific origin of the Generals of the Ulla cannot be assured with certainty, but, due to the common characteristics of these masquerades, it is necessary to look for it in the different armed confrontations that occurred in the region throughout the 19th century: first the fight against the French invasion and, later, the revolution of 1846, which ended with the battle of Cacheiras, with the troops of each of the sides crossing the spaces in which this carnival is kept alive today. The different Carlist wars that took place in Spain during the nineteenth century would undoubtedly help create a collective astonishment that led to their ridicule.
I had never heard of this until a fellow poster uploaded an image of it, I thought it was a bunch of feathers stuck to a branch.
Hair Ice
Hair ice is a rare type of ice formation where the presence of a particular fungus in rotting wood produces thin strands of ice which resemble hair or candy floss.
One of the first records of the phenomenon was made by Alfred Wegener (the discoverer of continental drift) in 1918. He observed a strange ice forming only on wet dead wood and proposed a theory that a specific fungi must be the catalyst for the smooth, silky hairs of ice.
How does hair ice form?
The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, hence the relative scarcity of sightings. To form, moist rotting wood from a broadleaf tree is required with the presence of moist air and a temperature slightly below 0 °C. It is generally confined to latitudes between 45°N and 55°N.
In 2015 the scientists Hofmann, Mätzler and Preuß determined the exact cause of the hair ice phenomenon, linking its formation to the presence of a specific fungus called Exidiopsis effusa.
They discovered that the presence of the fungus led to a process called 'ice segregation'. When water present in the wood freezes it creates a barrier that traps liquid between the ice and the pores of the wood. This creates a suction force which pushes water out of the pores to the edge of the ice surface where it freezes and extends outwards. As this repeats it pushes a thin 'hair' of ice out of the wood which is around 0.01 mm in diameter.
It is believed that an inhibitor present in the fungus allows the strands of ice to stabilise allowing the formation of the beautiful phenomena and allows the hair ice to keep its shape often for several hours.
The common name of this species of fungus that typically appears as a round piece of black coal-lik ball attached to a dying or dead tree trunks and branches is King Alfred’s cakes. This name originates from legend that King Alfred (who ruled in 9th century) was mistaken for a soldier by a peasant woman in the house were he was seeking a refuge after the battle. She asked him to look after cakes baking on the fire but he fell asleep…, well, another name for these fungi are coal fungi. Whether this story is true or not difficult to say because it was first told 100 years after the King lived, but the name sticks to the fungus forever.
The scientific name of this common and widespread saprotrophic fungus is Daldinia concentrica. The genus Daldinia is named in honour of Agostino Daldini, a Swiss clergyman and botanist. The specific epithet ‘concentrica’ is self-explanatory if you look at the image above showing concentric rings of the fungal body. This is where black spores are matured and then driven up to the surface and expelled outside through tiny openings. The concentric rings are thought to reflect seasonal growth like tree rings - so it is likely to be about 12 years old. Majority of trees were planted here in 2000. This fungus, when dry, can be used as tinder to light fires, hence another name the tinder bracket.
This specimen was neatly sliced in half by a chainsaw I think when this ash tree trunk was fell down and cleared of branches; a cut through the branch seen on the left. Massive clearance is taken place in this Community Woodland as part of removal ash trees infected with dieback fungus, as well as general maintenance. Primrose Hill Community woodland. Bath, BANES, England, UK
After Kolmanskop, we finally drove to one of my favorite places in Namibia: Sossusvlei. In fact, we didn't book our flights and car until we had a reservation for a specific campsite there. You may be wondering what the reason for this was, and the explanation is quite simple: there are two park gates, an outer and an inner one, with the first one opening at sunrise and the second one an hour before. Therefore, you have to stay in one of the few accommodations between these two gates to be able to shoot the sunrise. And since there is basically only the NWR Sesriem Campsite and the luxurious Sossus Dune Lodge, which costs 10 times as much as the campsite, we really wanted to book the campsite (there also seems to be another campsite called Sesriem Oshana Camp right next to the Sesriem Campsite, but we couldn't find a website to book it). Luckily it all worked out and by the time we arrived at the campsite we were pretty tired from the 6 hour drive from Lüderitz, set up our rooftop tent, cooked some dinner and went to bed early to be ready for the sunrise tomorrow, especially as we had read that there is usually a long queue at the inner gate before the park opens and so we wanted to be there early.
The next morning we didn't know exactly what to expect as we hadn't entered the park yet, but we knew we had to pay an entrance fee. Luckily they just opened the gate and let the line of cars pass, and you pay when you get back, otherwise you wouldn't make it to one of THE highlights in Namibia for sunrise: Deadvlei. As it was pitch dark when we drove through the gate and we had never driven this road before, we didn't drive too fast, especially as wild animals can cross the road at any time, which you simply can't see with the car headlights. After half an hour of driving, the morning light started to illuminate the huge dunes to the left and right of the road, which was so surreal. When we finally arrived at the parking lot right before the section where you can continue through deep sand, we opened the door and one of the shuttle drivers shouted: “Come on, come on, let’s go guys, let’s go for sunrise! We are already late!” Although I really wanted to try driving through sand myself, we both thought that these people are more experienced and we wanted to play it safe and not miss sunrise. During the shuttle ride, our driver pulled up next to a car that had gotten stuck in a section of deeper sand (they pick people up and pull the cars back out on the way back to the parking lot), which was funny because we met these two couples at the car rental company and heard their macho men bragging about their driving skills. Well, at this point we were glad we switched straight to the shuttle as this was definitely the faster option since these locals are driving like crazy over the extremely bumpy and sandy sections.
At the Deadvlei parking lot, we had to hike for another 15 minutes before we reached the dried-up river pan with all the dead tree skeletons. I'm sure you've seen countless pictures of it, but this place is simply a photographer's dream. However, I didn't take my favorite pictures from this trip until the next morning, which I'll share in later posts. After spending the morning there, we took the shuttle back to our car, drove to Dune 45 (the number represents the actual kilometers from the gate to the dune), had a snack and hiked up the ridge to take in the breathtaking views. Since we still had some time until sunset, we looked for possible compositions and didn't have to drive far to find a few. Most were located between Dune 37 and 45, and since we were so impressed by the sheer size of these piles of sand, we chose this amazing dune with the tree at its bottom as our first composition. And as the sun got low, the color of the sand turned from a dull midday brown to a bright orange with hard, contrasting shadows on the left side of its crest, resulting in a really nice, colourful minimalist image. I hope you like it!
Lake Yamdrok (羊卓雍錯湖), Tibet, China
Lake Yamdrok is about 170 km (110 mi) southwest of Lhasa. The surface elevation is 4,441 m (14,570 ft)
Lake Yamdrok is considered a sacred lake and is said to be able to help Tibetans find the reincarnated soul of the Dalai Lama. After a Dalai Lama passes away, the senior monks are responsible to find the boy in whom the reincarnated soul of the Dalai Lama has gone to abide. They come to Lake Yamdrok to chant and pray, and throw hada (a piece of silk used as a blessing object) and other holy articles into the lake to get the reflection of the specific location of the Dalai Lama's soul.
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A shot planned months in advance took place on Day 2 while chasing UP 4014 on its eastward journey. Built in 1941, the 25-engine Big Boy fleet never operated east of the Mississippi during its regular revenue service. This 2026 trip is the locomotive’s inaugural journey across Ohio and into the Northeast.
What makes this shot special is fans gathered to witness the 1.2-million-pound goliath glide at track speed along the former Nickel Plate Road corridor. Because the Big Boy was never originally designed for this specific route, it was uniquely treated to clearances and bridge capacities during its run along the southern shore of Lake Erie.
Here we see one of many bridges UP 4014 crossed on its trek across the NKP, headed east in Vermilion, OH, as it crossed the Vermilion River.
The Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), most often simply called the collared dove,[2][3][4][5] also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian collared-dove,[6] is a species of dove native to warm temperate and subtropical Asia, and introduced in North America in the 1980s.
Collared doves are sometimes kept in aviculture, and form strong relationships with each other.
The genus name Streptopelia is from Ancient Greek streptos, "collar" and peleia, "dove". The specific decaocto is a latinisation of the Greek word for "eighteen", from deca, "ten", and octo, "eight". In Greek mythology, a servant complained bitterly about pay of just 18 pieces a year, and the gods changed her to a dove that still cries mournfully.[7]
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April 2025
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From Los Angeles Zoo
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family. They live in matriarchal groups of up to 30 individuals called mobs or gangs. These are comprised of an alpha mating pair, their pups, and other adults. Mob members have rotating designated roles, for instance, non-alpha females who babysit pups or sentries who stand upright on rocks or termite mounds—using their tails for stability—and scan the horizon for predators such as hawks, eagles, or jackals. If any predators are spotted, the sentry sounds an alarm that including barks, clucks, and whistles to indicate the specific type of predator. Once alerted to the threat, the meerkats run to the nearest burrow entrance called a bolt hole. After the danger has passed, the sentry is the first to emerge and check the area, letting the others know when it’s safe.
There is a huge expanse of beach from Holme next the sea to Thornham and we had some great Norfolk skies for our beach walk.
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The Rhodopes (/ˈrɒdəpiːz/; Bulgarian: Родопи, Rodopi; Greek: Ροδόπη, Rodopi) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak at 2,191 meters (7,188 ft). The mountain range gives its name to the terrestrial ecoregion Rodope montane mixed forests that belongs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome and the Palearctic realm. The region is particularly notable for its karst areas with their deep river gorges, large caves and specific sculptured forms, such as the Trigrad Gorge.
A significant part of Bulgaria's hydropower resources are located in the western areas of the range. There are a number of hydro-cascades and dams used for electricity production, irrigation, and as tourist destinations. In Greece, there are also the hydroelectric power plants of Thisavros and Platanovrysi. The Rhodopes have a rich cultural heritage including ancient Thracian sites such as Perperikon, Tatul and Belintash, and medieval castles, churches, monasteries, and picturesque villages with traditional Bulgarian architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries. (Thx to Wikipedia)
Soon after arriving in the Nicola Valley, the weather began to change. This altered the look of the sky, making it appear more dramatic over the land below. The slivers of light that made it through the clouds, brightly lit one specific section of hillside, leaving the rest in shadow.
Once again the Valley delivered some interesting opportunities to capture. And this time, it included a cloud with a mushroom stem to compliment the layers above. My timing was fortunate, but it was the light and the clouds that were the main actors of this show.
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This sweet little jumping spider is I believe, Pelegrina genus. Perhaps galathea...the peppered jumper.
Any advice regarding specific species most welcome.
Female, 6mm body length.
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Showcasing distances to major points along UP's North West network, a unique sign found at Multnomah Falls along the Portland Sub
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A nature wall decoration with a group of older Porcelain fungus.
Happy Wall Wednesday ;-))
"Oudemansiella mucida, commonly known as porcelain fungus, is a basidiomycete fungus of the Physalacriaceae family and native to Europe.
O. mucida is a white, slimy wood-rot fungus and is strongly tied to rotting beech, where it grows in clusters. It is in season late summer to late autumn, and tiny fungi can then sometimes be seen parachuting from high branches, when they are dislodged by the wind on breezy days.
Porcelain fungus has also been referred to as Beech Tuft, Poached Egg fungus or simply Porcelain Mushroom. Strongly tied to beech and being a delicate, white and slimy mushroom, it reminisce porcelain or egg white; hence its English common names.
In 1794 Heinrich Adolf Schrader described the fungus and gave it the scientific name Agaricus mucidus. Its present accepted name dates from 1909, when Austrian mycologist ´Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel transferred it to the genus Oudemansiella. The genus Oudemansiella was established in 1881 by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini and named in honour of the Dutch mycologist Cornelius Anton Jan Abraham Oudemans (1825–1906). The specific epithet mucida refers to the layer of transparent mucus that covers the caps of porcelain fungi. Synonyms of Oudemansiella mucida include Agaricus mucidus, Collybia mucida, Armillaria mucida and Mucidula mucida.
Caps are 2–8 cm across, strongly convex at first, but mildly flattening over time. They are pale greyish when young, becoming whiter and covered with a semi-translucent and slimy membrane, often with an ochraceous flush at the centre. The surface layer resemble spore-bearing tissue with erect club-shaped cells, but are lacking functional basidia (i.e. cap cuticle is hymeniform).
The slender stems are 30–100 mm tall and 3–10 mm wide, white striate above a substantial membranous ring and slightly scaly and greyish below.
Flesh is thin and white and the lamellae are adnate, broad and very distant.
Cystidia are thin-walled cylindric or utriform. Spore print is white, they are smooth and subglobose in shape and very thickwalled at 13–18×12–15 µm.
When porcelain mushrooms grows from the underside of the tree, the stems will curl in a way so the caps are all held horizontally, with the gills facing down.
Oudemansiella mucida are seldom confused with other fungi.
Porcelain fungus is native to Europe, and specific to beech wood, where it appears in autumn on dead tree like trunks and fallen branches, occasionally on dead branches high up in living trees. It is saprobic or weakly parasitic to living beech trees. While it has a strong tie to beech, it has been found growing on oak on rare occasions.
Oudemansiella mucida occurs throughout northern and central Europe, where Beech is found and in its habitat this fungus is a common species. When O. mucida is found on a beech tree, it usually outcompetes other fungi locally by means of a powerful anti-fungal agent called strobilurin.
Porcelain fungus is generally not considered toxic. Some sources claims that it is mildly toxic though, while others considers it edible after washing (to remove the mucus). Still others, describes porcelain fungus as a good culinary mushroom even and provides specific recipes for preparing it.
It has been discovered, that O. mucida releases a powerful fungicide that deters or even annihilates competitors. Known as strobilurins, these kinds of anti-fungal agents, have found use in the agricultural business as they protect crops from attacks by powdery mildews and other microfungi. Although subsequently improved upon by industrial chemists, the first strobilurin fungicides were isolated from wood-rotting mushroom fungi such as Oudemansiella mucida and, in particular Strobilurus tenacellus; another white-spored, wood-rotting fungus." - WiKi
"De porseleinzwam (Oudemansiella mucida, synoniem: Collybia mucida) is een witte tot ivoorkleurige plaatjeszwam waarvan de hoed bedekt is met een slijmlaag.
De 3-10 cm brede hoed is in de jeugd bolvormig, later convex. De witte lamellen zijn dik en staan uiteen. De witte of lichtgrijze steel is slank met bovenaan een ring die aan de bovenkant geribbeld is. Ook het vlees is wit en heeft geur noch smaak. De sporen zijn wit.
Meestal wordt de porseleinzwam aangetroffen van augustus tot november op takken en stammen van beuken, minder vaak op eiken. In Nederland is het een algemeen voorkomende soort.
De hoeden zijn eetbaar, maar niet erg smakelijk. Uit de porseleinzwam wordt het middel tegen schimmels oudemansine A gehaald. Deze stof kan bij huidziektes ingezet worden." - WiKi
Alberobello - The trulli 20191012
A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof. Their style of construction is specific to the Itria Valley, in the Murge area of the Italian region of Apulia. Trulli generally were constructed as temporary field shelters and storehouses or, as permanent dwellings by small proprietors or agricultural laborers. In the town of Alberobello, in the province of Bari, whole districts contain dense concentrations of trulli. The golden age of trulli was the nineteenth century, especially its final decades, which were marked by the development of wine growing.
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A glorious morning for taking reflection shots at Brixham marina.
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This olive-sided flycatcher proved more interested in perching at this specific location than with the dude in the camo-looking tent. I don't normally go to the trouble of lugging a hide around, but this guy seemed worth it.
Albizia julibrissin, the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae, native to southwestern Asia and eastern Asia. The genus is named after the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced it to Europe in the mid-18th century. It is sometimes incorrectly spelled Albizzia. The specific epithet julibrissin is a corruption of the Persian word gul-i abrisham (گل ابریشم), which means "silk flower" (from gul گل "flower" + abrisham ابریشم "silk").
Albizia julibrissin is a small deciduous tree with a broad crown of level or arching branches, growing to 5–16 m (16–52 ft) tall. Its bark is dark greenish grey, becoming vertically striped with age. Its leaves are large and frond-like: They are bipinnate, divided into 6–12 pairs of pinnae, each with 20–30 pairs of leaflets. Individual leaflets are oblong, 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long and 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) broad. The true leaves are 20–45 cm (8–18 in) long and 12–25 cm (5–10 in) broad.
The flowers bloom throughout the summer in dense inflorescences, which resemble starbursts of pink silky threads. The true flowers have small calyx and corolla (except the central ones), with a tight cluster of prominent stamens, 2–3 cm long and white or pink with a white base. They have been observed to attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.[2] Its fruit is a flat brown pod 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long and 2–2.5 cm (0.8–1.0 in) broad, containing several seeds inside. R_27003
The Common Cuckoo shows two adult plumage morphs—adult male plumage is grey and adult females are either grey or, less frequently, rufous.
The situation is less clear in juveniles, as both sexes exhibit variable proportions of grey and rufous colour. We thus describe the patterns related to sex-specific plumage colour variation in a central European Cuckoo population.
Landscape and Architectural Photography by Allen Russ - Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia
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Scotland - 2005
Negative Size: 6 x 6cm
Film Type: Ilford PanF, FP4 or Fuji NPS 160
Average Exposure: 5 - 10 Minutes
These photos are from a trip to Scotland in 2005. I had gone there for a friends wedding and stayed over for a week to visit the countryside for a week of photography.
In creating these images I used all of my classic film and darkroom technique and applied it to a digital work environment. The original photo was captured on medium format film and digitized via drum scanner. I then limited myself to what I believed would have been possible in a traditional wet (color) darkroom. In essence, I printed a black and white negative on color paper. With the exception of "Tree and Cuillin Hills" which is a color negative, all of these images where created by making broad enlargement burning and dodging masks. Further, each mask was given a specific color balance, Ie. blue or green.
Take a look around the room
Love comes wearing disguises
How to go about and choose?
Break it down by shapes and sizes
I'm a man who's got very specific tastes
You, you, you're just my type...
– Saint Motel, My Type
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is one of the most fascinating birds of prey, known for its incredible ability to hunt fish. Its distribution is very wide, as it is found on almost every continent except Antarctica. Physical characteristics It is a large bird, with a wingspan of up to 170 cm. Its plumage is unmistakable: the upperparts are dark brown, while the underparts are predominantly white. The head is white with a characteristic dark brown mask that extends from the beak to behind the eyes. The wings are long, angular, and end in black tips. Diet and hunting method As its name suggests, its diet consists almost exclusively of fish, which it catches with a spectacular hunting technique. It flies low over the water, hovers in the air, and once it locates its prey, it dives with its talons forward. Their feet are specially adapted for this task: An opposable outer toe, which allows them to hold the fish with two toes forward and two back. Long, sharp nails. Pads with spicules on the soles of the toes to prevent the slippery fish from escaping. The Osprey in Spain In Spain, the Osprey has experienced a notable historical decline due to direct persecution and habitat destruction. However, in recent decades, the population has begun to recover. Breeding population: It is mainly found in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and Andalusia. There is also a population in the Chafarinas Islands. Wintering population: We can also find a considerable number of specimens that spend the winter on the Iberian Peninsula, especially in wetlands and coastal areas. Conservation status Although globally it is considered a species of "Least Concern", in some areas such as the Balearic Islands, it is listed as "Vulnerable" and is the subject of specific conservation plans. The main threats it faces are loss of coastal habitat, disturbance of nesting areas, and interaction with other species such as gulls.
Tide tables are charts that show the predicted times and heights of ocean tides at a specific location.
They’re mainly used by:
Sailors and boaters
Fishermen
Surfers
Coastal walkers
What they include
A typical tide table tells you:
High tide times – when the water is at its highest
Low tide times – when the water is at its lowest
Tide heights – how high or low the water will be (usually in meters or feet)
Dates and locations – predictions are specific to each coastal area
Exeter, Devon, UK.
A mushroom, or toadstool, is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. The standard for the name mushroom is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word mushroom is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap. Mushroom also describes a variety of other gilled fungi, with or without stems, therefore the term is used to describe the fleshy fruiting bodies of some Ascomycota. These gills produce microscopic spores that help the fungus spread across the ground or its occupant surface. Forms deviating from the standard morphology usually have more specific names, such as bolete, puffball, stinkhorn, and morel, and gilled mushrooms themselves are often called agarics in reference to their similarity to Agaricus or their order Agaricales. By extension, the term mushroom can also refer to either the entire fungus when in culture, the thallus (called a mycelium) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms, or the species itself. 20063
Huron & Eastern 702's arrival in Durand is heralded by the distinctive glug of old GE FDLs. C30-7 #5175, U23Bs #8903 and #8905, and a pair of Geeps power the train on this day.
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Su nombre científico Thraupis palmarum proviene de griego thraupís: Ave pequeña, no identificada y del latín palmarum: De las palmeras. Thraupis equivale a tangara en ornitología.
Orden: PASSERIFORMES
Familia: Thraupidae
Genero: Thraupis
Nombres comunes: Azulejo Palmero, Tángara Palmera
Nombre científico: Thraupis palmarum
Nombre en ingles: Palm Tanager,
Lugar de captura: El Poblado
Región: Medellín, Colombia
Por: Carlos Iván Restrepo Jaramillo
This is Yellow card. Also called a stop action Card. We use this in various Industries. This Specific one is from my Ship office. If I think that any one is doing any Unsafe practice, I can just show him and he has to stop whatever he is doing. And no question to be asked. This card is issued to everyone and any one can show this to anyone. The sad part is – I can only show this to my colleagues. HMM !!
My LR catalog has over 100,000 digital images spanning 26 yrs. At times I play with the search, finding images from camera or lenses at specific focal lens, speeds, focal or ISO. More often than not I’m surprised with forgotten images. Here is one of those finds while searching on two lens, a sigma 16-300 rf mount and a xf70-300mm. The image was taken with the latter on a XH1 at 300mm and 1/80th sec, I loved that combo, capturing some of my favourite images.
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwestern Florida
USA
Close encounters with a raccoon looking up from fishing under the sanctuary boardwalk.
The raccoon (Procyon lotor), also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, northern raccoon, or coon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. The raccoon is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of (16 to 28 in) and a body weight of 11 to 57 lb).
Raccoons are noted for their intelligence, with studies showing that they are able to remember the solution to tasks for at least three years. They are usually nocturnal and omnivorous.
The original habitats of the raccoon are deciduous and mixed forests, but due to their adaptability they have extended their range to mountainous areas, and coastal marshes. Raccoons are now also distributed across much of mainland Europe, Caucasus, and Japan.
Though previously thought to be generally solitary, there is now evidence that raccoons engage in gender-specific social behavior. Related females often share a common area, while unrelated males live together in groups of up to four animals to maintain their positions against foreign males during the mating season, and other potential invaders. Home range sizes vary. – Wikipedia