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Hawk owl returning to its perch[hydro line LOL] after a successful dive in snow
The vole is covered by its wing didn't get a good angle that shows it other that back side of owl this was sharpest image of the burst
Okay...so yesterday was my first day birding for a couple of months. Although, sciatica remains to be a pain in the arse (literally), it was so good to drive out to the Salisbury Plain to look for some migrating whinchats. The trip was a success! Plenty of stonechat about also!!
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Flores de Santa Gemita - 012522 - Enhanced-7
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning
and goes to bed at night and in between
does what he wants to do
Neear Nesañ - Al laouelanig youtu.be/Gul74SP-3Eg
Voici la vue que l'on découvre en suivant donc le chemin qui descend vers la mer, au départ du parking de la Croix des Veuves Située sur la commune de Ploubazlanec...
La Pointe de la Trinité, à Porz-Even, est un site magnifique dominant l'île Saint-Riom.
Construite à quelques mètres de la grève, sur la rive faisant face à la cale de Pors-Even en 1868, la chapelle porte le même nom que la Pointe sur laquelle elle fut édifiée.
Cet édifice n'est pas le premier à avoir pris place à cet endroit. Il est le successeur d'une série de chapelles dont la première fut construite, paraît-il, à la suite d'un vœu émis au 12ème siècle déjà ! En ce temps-là, la communauté monastique installée sur l'île de Saint-Riom faisait régulièrement la traversée afin de se ravitailler sur le continent. Une tempête d'une rare violence leur fit craindre une fin prochaine ; se recommandant à la protection de la Sainte Trinité, leur embarcation fut finalement drossée à la côte, à cet endroit. C'est ainsi qu'une première chapelle fut construite, sous l'égide du protecteur des moines, Alain comte de Goëlo et de Penthièvre. Beg ar C'hastell (Pointe du Château, en vieux breton) ne changera toutefois de nom que bien plus tard, devenant Pointe de la Trinité au début du 18ème siècle.
Bien avant cela, déjà, Saint Pébrel aborda l'endroit après une traversée l'amenant de sa Cornouaille anglaise. Afin de marquer son passage il édifia un oratoire, au même endroit, à la gloire de la Saint Trinité, déjà.
Il n'y eu pas moins de cinq chapelles de ce nom ! Successivement ruinées puis reconstruites, l'une d'elles, édifiée en 1744, au sommet de la Pointe plutôt qu'à l'endroit de son érection originelle, fut frappée à plusieurs reprises par la foudre ! Les superstitieux y virent un signe de l'au-delà et les trois édifices qui lui succédèrent, y compris l'actuel, redescendirent au pied de la falaise.
L'actuelle chapelle de la Sainte-Trinité est un édifice de style néogothique à vaisseau unique construit en granite. Les murs-pignon est et ouest sont édifiés en grand appareil de granite. Les murs nord et sud sont couverts d'enduit et sont épaulés de contreforts droits construits en pierre de taille. Elle est couverte d'un toit à longs pans et pignon découvert à rampants à crossettes. Le pignon ouest est couronné d'un clocher à baie unique sommé d'une petite flèche en maçonnerie. Datant du 3ème quart du 19ème siècle, sa bénédiction a eu lieu le 26 octobre 1868.
Ploubazlanec est une ville au nord du département des Côtes-d'Armor. Située sur la côte du Goëlo, elle est bordée par la Manche, sur environ 19 kilomètres de côtes.
www.petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp...
Success of his Elements of Political Science and his first satirical books Literary Lapses, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures of the Idle Rich allowed him to move from his family's summer house at Sibbald Point, Lake Simcoe and over time develop his own lakeside retreat at Old Brewery Bay, where Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching join.
Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness.
May all your wildest dreams manifest in 2023.
May you find success, happiness, and everything your heart desires. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy New year 2023!
To my darling wife ..I will love you more in 2023 and be the best that I can be . Fill your heart with love ..I adore you baby ♥♥♥
An early shot from this morning. We went out in search of migratory sparrows (LeConte's and Nelson's) with limited success, but the fall color was gorgeous and our typical winter sparrows (Swamp and Savannah) were out in quantity. This guy gave a nice peekaboo pose among the fall forbs. BK Leach Conservation Area
Mama Red Necked Grebe shows me her eggs for the first time. I believe there are three. I went to check the nest this morning after a lot of rain and very strong winds yesterday. Thankfully the nest is about two inches / five centimetres above the waterline and there is no rain in the forecast.
A Common Tern fishing at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California.
A graceful, black-and-white waterbird, the Common Tern is the most widespread tern in North America. It can be seen plunging from the air into water to catch small fish along rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
Friday night in Sydney town.
Near the very chilled 'Theatre Bar At The End Of The Wharf'.
See: www.thetheatrebarattheendofthewharf.com.au/
This is the 'Lowdown' view from Wharf 3/4 - Walsh Bay Wharf & Arts Precinct. Last Friday night in Sydney: 8th March, 2024.
15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point (aka Millers Point).
See: www.sydney.com/destinations/sydney/sydney-city/walsh-bay/...
And here is Boz Scaggs with his incomparable 'Lowdown' track from the iconic 1976 album 'Silk Degrees':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-hKBmTAADo
This is the track that Robert Stigwood wanted to use on the soundtrack of 'Saturday Night Fever' but, for whatever reason, Boz Scaggs declined!! Many years later Boz Scaggs declared that this was a shocking mistake given the amazing success of 'Saturday Night Fever'. Nevertheless, Boz has done okay!!
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A royal spoonbill catches lunch at the lagoon. It is a 4 km walk from our friends house around the lagoon and beach and back to the house but always some pictures to be taken!
Hope you have a successful Friday and thanks very much if you have time for a comment.
A grizzly bear emerges from total submersion underwater with a freshly caught salmon in its claws/jaws. For a successful hibernation the bears need to ~double their weight and an adult will eat 40 kg or more of salmon a day during the fall salmon run. Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia (best at full size).
28/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
Four Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) exploring their lucks in the intertidal mudflats with perfect following up moves. The first one got its catch in the beak right after taking it off from the water surface with the typical style while the rest of the three were following the same pattern of moves in the backdrop. The symmetry of moves and the Bokeh transition with the hint of Depth of field are the special effects in this unique composition. Pics was taken from Patibunia beach, West Bengal, India.
I am dripping wet...not an easy job...curses on barbie! she put a spell on these shoes, i am sure of it!!
Tomorrow she will be taken to get spayed & vaccinated. Hopefully she will be able to adjust to being our indoor kitty. If she can’t adjust, I will feed and shelter her as my feral garden cat.
These guys (Great Egret) are awesome and this posture was great. They kept trying to grab something but with little success.
After all of the effort in the previous photo this eagle did not fly away empty clawed. I could spend hours just watching these wonderful creatures. Their intense effort and precision are amazing.
After many years of putting up a variety of birdhouses we finally have a nesting pair of swallows who have taken up our offer and moved in to one of them. They are very attentive parents and are constantly checking the contents of their new home which I assume is one or two eggs.? Two years ago we did find a flying squirrel nesting in one of the other bird houses. The flying squirrel is nocturnal so we had no idea he/she was there until I went to take it down for some maintenance. I almost fell off the ladder when he/she jumped on my shoulder.
It's not much of a photo but I couldn't help but share our delight at our new tenants.
I've had great fun testing out the slow motion video function on my new camera on this pair - but - I am definitely not a videographer.
P.S. I don't own a 300mm f2.8 lens so I don't know why the EXIF info on this shot says that was what it was taken with ... wish I did own one. The photo was taken with a Sigma/Bigma 50-500mm Minolta a-mount with a mount adaptor.
- Rosa's Garden of Earthly Delights, Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
Spent fours hours at the river yesterday watching the Juvenile Kingfishers as they honed their fishing skills ...
Caught this one as it returned to its perch after successfully catching a tiny fish ...
Stay safe out there ...
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