Take Offs (and Landings)
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The Hawaiian Short-eared Owl. I am finally coming near the end of my Hawaiian birds, for now anyway. This one isn't as sharp as I would have like still one of my favs.. The (rs) means resized I am hoping to maintain the quality while posting a smaller public version.
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I approached this Kestrel female too close, so it escaped.
In post, sky replacement (the original was boring grey) and finished with a dash of my favorite texture.
Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) taking of from his perch.
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Porto and the Douro at sunset.
View of Cais da Ribeira, traditional "rabelo" boats and the Dom Luís I Bridge from Cais da Gaia
[panorama merge with additional exposure for the seagull]
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Campanellino : " perché non riesco a volare? "
Peter Pan : " per volare hai bisogno di ritrovare i tuoi pensieri felici ..."
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DELFT Railway Station - Het nieuwe station is met twee ondergrondse eilandperrons een uniek station dat door het slimme gebruik van daglicht en kunstlicht als een open, overzichtelijke en veilige plek wordt ervaren. De spil van het station is het brede stijgpunt met de mezzanine (tussenverdieping) die toegang geeft tot de perrons, de fietsenstalling en de stationshal en een ruimtelijk geheel met deze hal vormt.
DELFT Railway Station - the new station with two underground Island platforms a unique station that through the smart use of daylight and artificial light as an open, orderly and safe place is experienced. The spindle of the drive is the wide take off point with the mezzanine level giving access to the platforms, the bike shed and the station Hall and a spatial whole with this Hall.
Little Owl about to take flight.
The Little Owl is not a native species, having been introduced to Britain in the 1870s, but it appears to have occupied a vacant niche without having any detrimental impact on other species. Numbers and breeding distribution increased gradually, reaching an estimated breeding population of between 4,000 and 8,500 pairs at the time of Project Barn Owl. The current distribution extends across England, north to the Scottish borders and west into Wales, where it is largely confined to Anglesey and to eastern parts of the country. There have been very few records from Ireland.
Pairs remain on their breeding territories throughout the year, with territorial calling evident during autumn – when young birds are searching for breeding territories – and again during spring. Small cavities are favoured for breeding, these often located within hedgerow trees or the walls of old agricultural buildings. Favoured nesting chambers tend to be located some distance from the cavity entrance and with little daylight reaching them. The male will often perch close to the nest cavity while his mate is incubating her clutch of eggs.
Little Owls often hunt from a perch, taking small mammals and large invertebrates, including earthworms, cockchafers and other beetles. There is evidence to suggest that breeding success is linked to the availability of small mammals, though some pairs evidently do well on other prey; a pair breeding on the island of Skomer, for example, took a large number of Storm Petrels (Courtesy BTO).
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Today was my first day out after the loss of my beloved dad a month ago. A little reconnecting with life.