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Struts supporting a large patio umbrella for the Smile on Saturday group, Challenge: Umbrellas. Happy Saturday!
A view through the steel work of Old Bridge including the yellow and green balustrade, across the roof of the service bridge, across the deck of New Bridge, to the rail bridge with the criss cross steelwork.
It can be hard to tell males from females Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) unless you can see the violet blue patch on the throats of femaies, just visible in this shot of a female walking though the tall dried grasses in the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, that is a breeding facility for this threatened species. The bird's classification as endangered is tied to its slow reproductive rates and other factors such as habitat loss and accidental poisoning.
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So cute!!! I love this collection. I just hope with the new exposed box style plus MGA's iffy QC the dolls won't be too wonky.
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Why do Pied Wagtails never come in gardens? Well not in ours anyway. They just seem to prefer roads or this retail park.
young gull strutting along the prom wall yesterday , what I like is the amount of midges the camera/lens combo has picked up on
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The adminstration office of the National Wine Centre, with struts supporting the whalebone verandah structure on its exterior.
Male Mandarin Duck in Kensington Gardens, took lots of shots of these, you are never sure how long they are going to be around for.
Sometimes a visit to a venue just keeps giving! After the sunset clouds moved on, there were still nice clouds at sea and reflections to capture. Saltburn Pier, yesterday.
Tom turkeys along Lake Erie, showing off for the ladies. Point Pelee National Park.
The ladies were unimpressed.
As I was leaving Kohler-Andrae State Park Thursday afternoon this tom turkey and his harem stood on the side of the road. When I pulled over on the side of the road and parked (illegally), he and his friends wandered into the middle of the road and blocked traffic in both directions. No one driving in or out of the park seemed to mind the delay.
p.s. I have learned, over the years, that I should never put my camera away until after I have left the park grounds.
Grackle strutting around looking for the peanuts I put out for the squirrel.
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Not a lot around today, but I did see a couple of beeflies but they just wouldn't settle also I heard a few chiffchaffs but couldn't find them for a shot. Still nice out in the sunshine though.
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This handsome bird kept to the shadows - staying cool in the hot sun today.
Rousham House and Gardens, Oxfordshire.
The boat-tailed grackle might be one of the more underappreciated members of the avian world. For one, it's among, the most common birds around. Second is its looks, seemingly, uninterestingly all black. Third is its willingness to eat almost anything, including garbage.
And then there is its blasted unmelodious call. It's just noise to the human ear.
But Quiscalus major shouldn't be so easily dimissed. Yeah, there are a lot of them, but that's because as a species they're doing something right.
The reality is that this bird is anything but plain. In the right light, iridescent blues and greens become apparent, making the boat-tailed beautiful.
And it actually has a fairly complex social structure. Boat-taileds form colonies, where males fight to be the king of the roost, so to speak, and the mating rights that go with it. While the top bird gets his share of the action, according to Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, a lot goes on behind his back. Only about a quarter of the young of a given flock carry the DNA of the dominant male.
Boat-tailed's range extends along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Texas to New York and Connecticut. But only in Florida do they venture inland.
Boat-tailed grackles forage near and in water for insects, snails, crayfish, frogs, fish and shrimp. They also eat seeds, scraps of food ā we've seen them steal french fries from an occupied picnic table ā and will take the eggs and young of other birds. They can be pesty in agricultural areas ā farmers have been known to take pot shots at them even though they are protected under the Migratory Species Act.
Boat-tailed populations are generally stable, but they do face a threat from declining habitat. They are members of Icteridae, the blackbird and oriole family.
I found this male "Strutting His Stuff" along the shore of Lake Kissimmee at the Joe Overstreet Landing in Osceola County, Florida.