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after so many dull, grey, rainy and cold days, we finally get some sunny, cold days. Perfect weather for the peregrine falcon to hunt. In this case a feral pigeon, the main food source for peregrines at this site at the river Rhine in Cologne. I wonder if I can ever witness a peregrine's parakeet-hunt.
Hi Everyone!
A successful fishing trip and a little bit of jealousy! It turned out that the Pelicans on the left tried to grab the fish. During the scuffle, the fish was dropped into the water and immediately snatched up by a totally different pelican!
Image from my Spring 2017 archives.
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"If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
~ Herman Cain
a passion flower photo... a gift from a friend...
And, I am still learning how to use Photoshop!
;o))
وش حيلة اللي صابته رمية الهديف
خويك صويب طايح تنزف طعونه
مما جرى لها يطلب النجد والتسعيف
عيونه تخونه لين ما باح مكنونه
صويب الغزال اللي رعى عالي التنيف
في مرتع عسر على اللي يرودونه
غرير حسين الوصف ومكمل التوصيف
نذير يصون العرض واهله يدارونه
تبعد يميل الصيد شم الهوى طريف
وارموا مكانه وين كانوا يحيدونه
لو كان رماي ٍ على شارته هديف
على الشلش ولا تركد على هونه
كلمات/ سمو الشيخ.. محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم
Victoria and Albert Museum:
Examples of the works of Art in the Museum – South Kensington Museum – Published in 2 Volumes in 1881 – Book 1 - Plate Nos: 37 - 42
Sometime ago I posted some of the illustrations from the above book and I hoped that would be able to find them physically in the museum and photograph them. I took the third set of 15 illustrations from this book and went on the V & A website; Search the Collections. My results were based upon the following criteria:
(1) Items I did locate and photograph.
(2) Items that were in storage
(3) Items I couldn’t find anywhere
So I will be posting them, along with their locations in the museum, against the original plate and photograph from storage (where possible). The original price and any further information I might find.
One thing I didn’t count on, was that renovations would alter the interior of the building so drastically. I have found it very difficult to pin some of these locations down but in the main they have been found.
Not many of the examples shown this time were successful, as can be seen I only found 1 item.
Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
After the successful Normandy Beach Landings, the Allies spread throughout France taking back the many towns and cities into the hands of France. Many of the German soldiers were on their highest guard as they moved to a more defensive area.
Well, I've been busy with this for the past few months previously to SME collab at BFVA and its finally done, so here you go. This is a little town the Germans were stuck in as they waited for their tank to be fix.
More World War I content in the works so stay tuned.
God Bless!
~ Nick
After the robbery everyone retired to the beach house where certain members of the gang had a little too much coffee & decided to dance on the breakfast bar.
Someone also ate a massive donut!
After a successful nest from which the young have just fledged, work is started on a second clutch
Na een succesvol nest waarvan de jongen net zijn uitgevlogen wordt er weer gewerkt aan een tweede legsel
I can't say the same thing about the photographer, since I forgot to reset the shutter speed on my camera and had a lot of blurry shots! (I'm surprised I got any in focus). The Red-tailed hawk flew across the road in front of me and caught a mouse or vole. It proceeded to devour its prey in all its bloody goriness. Those of you who hate that kind of shot will be happy to know they all came out blurry. It took less than a minute for the prey to be devoured.
12 februari 2022
Hair ice, also called ice wool or frost beard, is a rare natural phenomenon in which a hair-like, woolly ice structure develops on dead and wet heartwood, not on the bark, of deciduous trees.
Hair ice can form when the air temperature is slightly below freezing. Fungi occur in the wood and the metabolism of these fungi, among other things, releases water that is forced out through very small openings in the wood. The water squeezed out freezes into a hair-like structure. High humidity is necessary for the successful formation of hair ice so that the water squeezed out cannot evaporate and remains available for freezing. As long as the fungi continue to produce water and the climatic conditions remain favorable, hair ice can continue to grow. If the air temperature becomes too low, the metabolism of the fungi drops to such a low level that insufficient water is produced.
Hair ice is very delicate and melts immediately upon contact. If hair ice is exposed to sunlight, it will quickly sublimate and disappear. Hair ice can therefore be found early in the morning or only in shady places.
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IJshaar, ook wel haarijs of sneeuwbaard, is een zeldzaam natuurlijk verschijnsel waarbij een haarachtige, wollige ijsstructuur ontstaat op dood en nat kernhout, dus niet op de bast, van loofbomen.
IJshaar kan ontstaan als de luchttemperatuur even onder het vriespunt ligt. In het hout komen schimmels voor en bij de stofwisseling van deze schimmels komt onder andere water vrij dat door zeer kleine openingen in het hout (houtstralen) naar buiten wordt geperst. Het naar buiten geperste water bevriest tot een haarachtige structuur. Een hoge luchtvochtigheid is noodzakelijk voor de succesvolle vorming van ijshaar zodat het naar buiten geperste water niet kan verdampen en voor bevriezing beschikbaar blijft. Zolang de schimmels water blijven produceren en de klimatologische omstandigheden gunstig blijven, kan ijshaar aan blijven groeien. Als de luchttemperatuur te laag wordt, daalt de stofwisseling van de schimmels tot zo'n laag niveau dat er onvoldoende water geproduceerd wordt.
IJshaar is zeer teer en smelt na aanraking direct weg. Als ijshaar aan zonlicht wordt blootgesteld, zal het snel sublimeren en verdwijnen. IJshaar is daarom 's morgens vroeg of alleen op schaduwrijke plaatsen te vinden.
RKO_1348. Born to be wild! Kingfisher spam !
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In a friend's office, each time that they have a successful business, they ring the bell as a way to motivate their team.
I wish it sounds many times this year for him and every of you too.
pic uploaded for FlickrFriday theme #ring.the.bell.
Last in series of these. This one overhead drifting towards edge of frame but catching the setting sun full on her face :-)
It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework. This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the British Isles. It should be remembered that such a structure would have had to have frequent repairs made to it, so the mill may predate 1627. It was dendrochronologically dated in 2004 by Dr. Martin Bridge of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory when the oldest pieces in the buck were found to be from trees felled in winter 1595/96 and spring 1597. The 'new' crown tree was made from a tree that felled in spring 1670, while the quarter bars of the trestle were from trees felled between 1824 and 1826, so like most mills, it is a mix of old timbers variously recycled or hanging on from their original use.
For nearly three hundred years grain grown in the two adjoining villages was ground at the mill into flour. In 1874 the mill was bought by Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow who owned the nearby Ashridge Estate. He subsequently left it to a local farmer, who ran a successful milling business from the mill.
In 1902 the mill was seriously damaged during an enormous gale, damaging it beyond the price of economic repair. Around 1922 the derelict ruined mill was bought from the Ashridge Estate by a farmer whose land was close to the mill. In 1937 he donated it to the National Trust. However, it was not until 1963 that a band of volunteers began to carry out renovations at their own expense. The mill appeared in an episode of The Champions titled The Invisible Man which was filmed in 1967.[2] In 1970, after an interlude of 68 years, the mill once again ground corn.
A Barred Owl takes shelter from some very upset squirrels with his catch -- another of their species.
Pen y Gogarth (The Great Orme), Llandudno, North Wales.
The Great Orme is 2 miles long, 1 mile wide and rises 207 metres (679 feet) from the sea. The geology, wildlife, archaeology and landscape is of such importance that much of the headland has been designated a Special Area of Conservation, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Heritage Coast. In order to ensure the successful coexistence of all interests, the Great Orme is managed as a Country Park and Local Nature Reserve by Conwy Countryside Service.
Most of the farms in this area family farms with a successful history. Several are Centennial Farms having been in the same family for over one hundred years.
A large falcon that is endemic to South Asia including parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This is as large as a Peregine Falcon and taller than Saker Falcon, but more leaner unlike the bulky build of Saker Falcon or Peregrine Falcon. We sighted them on two days in action - they were hunting in the area and one of them was fighting with the Saker Falcon.
The 2nd day, we sighted 3 of them - most likely a family and this one is the immature one judging by the size and plumage. The adult - likely a female was teaching the bird how to hunt and they both stuck together for almost an hour or more after which they disappeared together.
This immature one tried to hunt on its own, but wasn't successful, so it landed back on this perch briefly. The fog was so thick and heavy that it was challenging to shoot. We enjoyed the experience of watching them in action though.
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Thank you for your lovely best wishes messages. I missed you!
Explore #407 April 4th 2009. Thx Brendamb
Epipogium aphyllum, Aflenz, Steiermark, Austria. The rain during the last week was very helpful for these rare orchids. Unlike last year, they showed up in abundance. Nice and fresh.
After a successful day spent in the Iskar Gorge we took a night train from Sofia towards Povelyanovo.
When we arrived in Povelyanovo we hopped out of our sleeper coach towards the sitting coach which was now attached to our sleeper coach, after a stop of around 20 minutes the journey continued towards a little village named Valchi Dol, this is where we had planned our first photo of the day. When the train pulled into the station we had already opened the door as we had to run in order to catch the departure of our train. Though it seems like a short distance, it can be tricky, especially with suitcases, as the train departs almost immediately. Luckily, in our case the train had to wait for some elderly people to board the train.
At 07:52 AM BDZ 07 111 departs from Valchi Dol hauling the BV 2637 bound for Dobrich
Wild Great Gray Owl flying low to navigate the field along the trees for its next meal - and it was successful on this hunt.
After a hugely successful day chasing the Canadian leaders out of Richmond, I began heading for home, and there's nowhere better to eat dinner than trackside in Ashland. As I just opened my fresh hushpuppies, the scanner crackled to life and a VERY late Q031 began calling signals. An excited family spending their evening watching trains gave a wave to the engineer as they came through hot and heavy at trackspeed in beautiful golden hour lighting. While Amtrak's new Taj Mahal of train platforms has removed some of the magic of what was otherwise a simple southern station stop, this is still a place that should be on everyone's list.
Sacred Kingfisher with a very small fish from the Sandy Camp Road Wetlands. This went straight to its brood in a termite-mound nest nearby.
Tyrone Wright (aka Rone) is one of Australia’s best known and most successful street artists. His new exhibition, “Time”, includes 12 installations inside one of Melbourne’s most iconic buildings, the Flinders St railway station.
The building has been empty for some time, and Rone has transformed a forgotten wing, including the magnificent ballroom into an amazing exhibition taking visitors back to post-World War II Melbourne.
The building used to be used for many different purposes, classrooms, offices, industry and these and much more are remembered in the exhibition.
The exhibition employed a core team of 5-10 people, with up to 120 Victorian creatives and professionals working on the project. Rone has worked on the project for three years. Callum Preston was set builder director and Carly Spooner the set decorator.
Of course the installations are adorned with Rone’s world famous ethereal portraits of his muse, model Teresa Oman, and these combine with meticulous details in the sets, along with the ambience created by original music that makes this a magnificent experience.
Adrienne and I visited yesterday, and I’ll post photos over the next week or so, here’s the first five.
This is The Library.
“Time” is on show until April 23, 2023, more information can be found here rone.art
Explored! 11 Nov 2022 # 175
Охота за облаками
Это была удачная охота за светом , облаками и закатом.
Картинка стремительно менялась от серой до кислотно- яркой. Облака на заднем плане ,между вершинами , словно кипели в огне уходящего солнца и надо было сделать много дублей, что бы захватить наиболее выразительный для меня кадр .
Польша . Закопане
It was a successful hunt for light, clouds and sunset.
The picture rapidly changed from gray to acid-bright. The clouds in the background, between the peaks, seemed to boil in the fire of the setting sun, and it was necessary to do many takes to capture the most expressive frame for me.
Poland. Zakopane