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Pied kingfisher with catch, Shingwedzi River crossing, Bateleur, Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Guillemot /Murre - Uria aalge
The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It is also known as the thin-billed murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Common murres have fast direct flight but are not very agile. They are more manoeuvrable underwater, typically diving to depths of 30–60 m (98–197 ft). Depths of up to 180 m (590 ft) have been recorded.
Common murres breed in colonies at high densities. Nesting pairs may be in bodily contact with their neighbours. They make no nest; their single egg is incubated on a bare rock ledge on a cliff face. Eggs hatch after ~30 days incubation. The chick is born downy and can regulate its body temperature after 10 days. Some 20 days after hatching the chick leaves its nesting ledge and heads for the sea, unable to fly, but gliding for some distance with fluttering wings, accompanied by its male parent. Chicks are capable of diving as soon as they hit the water. The female stays at the nest site for some 14 days after the chick has left.
Both male and female common murres moult after breeding and become flightless for 1–2 months. In southern populations they occasionally return to the nest site throughout the winter. Northern populations spend the winter farther from their colonies.
Some individuals in the North Atlantic, known as "bridled guillemots", have a white ring around the eye extending back as a white line. This is not a distinct subspecies, but a polymorphism that becomes more common the farther north the birds breed.
The common murre nests in densely packed colonies (known as "loomeries"), with up to twenty pairs occupying one square metre at peak season.[citation needed] Common murres do not make nests and lay their eggs on bare rock ledges, under rocks, or the ground. They first breed at four to nine years old, but most individuals recruit into the breeding population at ages six or seven, although birds may disperse (permanently depart their natal colony) if space is limited. Annual survival probability for birds aged 6–15 is 0.895, and average lifespan is about 20 years. Breeding success increases with age up to age 9-10 to 0.7 fledglings per pair, then declines in the oldest age birds, perhaps indicating reproductive senesence.
High densities mean that birds are close contact with neighbouring breeders. Common murres perform appeasement displays more often at high densities and more often than razorbills.
Allopreening is common both between mates and between neighbours. Allopreening helps to reduce parasites, and it may also have important social functions. Frequency of allopreening a neighbour correlates well with current breeding success.
Allopreening may function as a stress-reducer; ledges with low levels of allopreening show increased levels of fighting and reduced breeding success.
Alloparenting behaviour is frequently observed. Non-breeding and failed breeders show great interest in other chicks, and will attempt to brood or feed them. This activity is more common as the chicks get older and begin to explore their ledge. There has also been a record of a pair managing to raise two chicks. Adults that have lost chicks or eggs will sometimes bring fish to the nest site and try to feed their imaginary chick.
At time of extreme food stress, the social activity of the breeding ledge can break down.
On the Isle of May colony in 2007, food availability was low. Adults spent more of their time-budget foraging for their chicks and had to leave them unattended at times. Unattended chicks were attacked by breeding neighbour which often led to their deaths. Non-breeding and failed breeders continued to show alloparental care.
In areas such as Newfoundland, the birds, along with the related thick-billed murre, are referred to as 'turrs' or 'tuirs', and are consumed. The meat is dark and quite oily, due to the birds' diet of fish. Eggs have also been harvested.
Eggers from San Francisco took almost half a million eggs a year from the Farallon Islands in the mid-19th century to feed the growing city.
Population:
UK breeding:
950,000 pairs
Panorama de 3 photos assemblée.
Le Gouffre de Padirac est une cavité naturelle monumentale située à 11km à vol d'oiseau (17km en voiture) de Rocamadour. C'est, parmi les grottes et les gouffres le plus emblématique et le 1er site souterrain de France. L'orifice fait 35 mètres de diamètre et le gouffre plonge à 75 mètres de la surface du causse. Au fond, à 103 mètres sous terre, coule la rivière de Padirac qui s'écoule dans un réseau de galeries de plus de 40km !
Un peu plus d'1 km de galeries est ouvert au public. Le parcours commence sur une barque manœuvrée par un batelier. La visite permet de découvrir successivement la Grande Pendeloque, stalactite de plus de 60 mètres de long, suspendue au-dessus du Lac de la Pluie, le Lac des Gours (succession de barrages naturels) et la Salle du Grand Dôme, 94 mètres sous plafond !!!
From earlier this year. One of the 3 recently fledged juvenile Common Kingfishers with a tasty (albeit tiny) fish. You have to start somewhere.
You can tell this female is a juvenile by the dark feet and the remains of the white aiming spot on the end of the bill.
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.
Sadly, the weather became misting, fogging with heavy rain, our uphill to the Snowndon mountains wasn't a success event.
As the name suggests, the Marsh Harrier lives in wetland habitats. They are a success story now after being extinct in Britain in the 19th Century. Since the first pairs bred in 1971 in Suffolk they have increased very well indeed, as has the wetland management on which they depend. It is now a regular sight to see these wonderful large harriers hunting over our marshes. I photographed this one locally, something that I would not have thought possible only 30 years ago.
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A golden pancake is browning in the kitchen,
And the day is surprisingly clear.
The soul blooms, sings, and rejoices,
In both hot and cold weather.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish you more luck in life
and a great mood!
May your home be filled with grace and prosperity,
and your heart be filled with love, understanding, and order. Let's say goodbye to the cold winter,
And celebrate this national holiday.
May there be a mountain of pancakes on the table,
I wish you love and good.
One we will eat for good luck,
The other - for monetary profit.
For loyal, devoted friends
Raise glasses of wine.
And the fifth pancake - for all our friends,
for those who are dear to us and our homes.
Let success knock on your door,
And laughter will fill your home. .... Treat yourself, friends, these pancakes with cottage cheese...!
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.
They said I had to wear a suit to work. Who was I to deny them in this latest release from Avec Toi at the FameshedX event 10/10/22
Avec Toi seems to really know my personal style, because a corset with a white blouse is my power outfit. And now it exists in SL and I'm SO happy it does!
La Sala di Amore e Psiche è una delle più sontuose stanze affrescate di Palazzo Te, progettato e realizzato a Mantova da Giulio Romano.
Il marchese Federico II Gonzaga richiede a Giulio Romano di decorare una sala di Palazzo Te, definita successivamente, nel 1577, dall'antiquario mantovano Jacopo Strada "camaron quadro", con un ciclo di affreschi rappresentanti la novella di Amore e Psiche secondo la versione raccontata da Apuleio nelle Metamorfosi. La favola di Amore e Psiche adombra le vicende private di Federico, il suo amore proibito per Isabella Boschetti, la donna a cui è dedicato il Palazzo, e il conflitto con la madre Isabella d'Este che osteggia quel legame, come Venere osteggia quello fra Eros e Psiche. La sala, un tempo adibita a sala da pranzo, è adiacente all'appartamento del marchese. Con la Sala di Psiche si chiude la prima fase decorativa (Sala del Sole, Sala dei Venti, Sala grande dei Cavalli, Loggia nord) di Palazzo Te nel 1530.
"We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played." ~ Alan Watts
I am dripping wet...not an easy job...curses on barbie! she put a spell on these shoes, i am sure of it!!
In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.
On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”
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With the best wishes for health (most important), love (just as important) and success (over advertised but yet very handy) for 2025
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 -
Hiked a challenging trail with snow, 13 down trees and large stone faces to navigate in early July. Northern Idaho
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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