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Soon the only color will come from the evergreens, but for now many of our deciduous trees are still providing a beautiful display of rust, yellow, orange, and gold.
Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver. Breeding males look smart, with slate grey upper parts, black faces and wings and an orange rump and chest. Females and young are duller. Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level. It is included on the Amber List of species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining. From the RSPB website.
The Shambles is a historic street in York, England, featuring preserved medieval buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. The street is narrow with many timber-framed buildings with jettied floors that overhang the street by several feet. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels (literally 'flesh-shelves'), the word for the shelves that butchers used to display their meat. In 1885, thirty-one butchers' shops were located along the street, but now none remain.
Its Their World Too They Have a Right To Live- Save Tiger
When experts say that the population of tigers in the wild is small, it isn’t an exaggeration. There are less than four thousand specimens, and some subspecies are already extinct in the wild.
People’s fear of tigers have made them be depreciated and accused of attacking men, which has contributed to some extent to their current situation. Also, they continuously face threats such as poaching and habitat loss, which has put them in a grave danger of extinction.
From the six subspecies, three are “Endangered, ” and three are “Critically Endangered” being the southern Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) the most threatened of all since for more than 25 years there have not been records of sightings in the wild.
– Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal Tiger) – Endangered (EN)
– Panthera tigris altaica (Siberian tiger) – Endangered (EN)
– Panthera tigris corbetti (Indochinese tiger) – Endangered (EN)
– Panthera tigris jacksoni (Malayan tiger) – Critically Endangered (CR)
– Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger) – Critically Endangered (CR)
– Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran tiger) – Critically Endangered (CR)
A beautiful hummingbird.
Their habitat is in high-altitude forests 3,900-7,500 ft ( 1,200-2,300 m). But sometimes, in search of food sources, these birds down as low as 1,600 ft (500 m).
This bird species spends most of its days in solitude. They go to great lengths just to defend a feeding territory.
Formerly killed in huge numbers for their fur, especially during the 1920s and ’30s, koalas dwindled in number from several million to a few hundred thousand. In the southern part of their range, they became practically extinct except for a single population in Gippsland, Victoria in Australia. Some were translocated onto small offshore islands, especially Phillip Island, where they did so well that these koalas were used to restock much of the original range in Victoria and southern New South Wales, Australia.
With their button nose and cheery petals, midsummer coneflowers are always a delight to see and enjoy.
We have 12 inches of snow on the ground outside, so I needed to post some summer color and warmth :)
Captured three years ago in on our local parks...
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
These cases take their name from the virgin Roman goddess of fire, home, hearth and family. Usually Vesta was depicted as the fire in her temple. Only Vestals (her priestesses) were allowed into her temple. Her association with fire made her name the natural choice for British companies who manufactured matches.
Iceland's Westfjords with their iconic mountains and fjords offer plenty of opportunities to enjoy unspouilt landscapes, stillness, beauty and solitude.
their eyes don't light up when you walk through the front door :-)
Robert Brault
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, nirth carolina
For Memorial Day.
Thanks to FOCUS Magazine for including this pic in your amazing edition June 2021 as winner in the contest "The Military".
For some that phrase would describe their eyes after a late night of partying and ringing in the New Year. For me on this first morning of the 20s, it meant first-light reaching Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park.
Being a native East-Coaster, who has transplanted to life on the West Coast, I still feel that the New Year occurs when the crystal ball drops in New York, and that's the end. So, with the aide of staid Springdale, Utah, it was easy to get an early bedtime on New Years Eve so we could begin the trek to the Canyon Overlook Trail at 6:00 AM to catch first-light and sunrise from this vantage.
The trail is a relatively flat mile hike with a few tricky spots where the ice and slickrock conspire to give even the most sure-footed concern in the dark. Once we reached the overlook, I was a little concerned that our cold trek may have been for naught, due to the heavy cloud cover. Though they were thick overhead, there still was some clearing to the East, along the sun on the horizon to light a narrow band, reflecting off the cloud bottoms and warming the sheer rocks faces of the Temple of the Virgin ahead. This image was captured about 10-15 minutes before the local sunrise time, and is considerably brighter than what we saw with our eyes, due to the 20-second exposure.
Once the actual sun rays reached the Temple directly, the light only lit the areas seen here in red for less than 5 minutes before disappearing above the clouds for the remainder of the day.
Recognition:
Merit, Nature/Landscape category - JAN 24 PPSDC Image Competition, San Diego
Selected for Display, Color Scenic Landscape: Winter - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Three young egret siblings fight over a piece of small but apparently desirable real estate near their nest in a rookery on Anastasia Island in northeast Florida. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Two Barred Owl chicks, fledged and nearly full grown, wait for their parents to bring them more food. Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine
Mechelen - Zandpoortvest
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Great Egret Juvenile - Explored
From Egret.Org:
....egrets feed their newly hatched young by regurgitating food into the nest and the chicks pick it up and gulp it down. As the chicks increase in size and strength they seize their parents' bills on their own at feeding time and try to pull them down into the nest perhaps hoping to hasten the delivery of food.
After egret chicks are large enough to grasp their parents' bills in this way, food goes directly into the mouths of the young instead of being deposited in the nests.
Not all chicks survive to independence. In broods of 3 or 4, the chicks that hatch later are smaller and weaker than their older nest mates. Older chicks aggressively peck the younger ones at feeding time and force them away from the food. When the adults bring plenty of food all the chicks in the brood survive, but if food is limited, the younger chicks die.
Successful adults usually raise 2 young, sometimes 3 and rarely 4.
"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." (Theodore Roethke)
Grass meadow with Wild carrots (Daucus carota) backlit by the setting sun. The image was taken on the way up to Little Solsbury Hill. Batheaston near Bath, BANES, England UK.
Fishermen returning to Steveston Docks with their catch of the day.
Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.
Stay Healthy
~Christie
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Main courtyard of the palace with that giant mosaic in perfect condition and the rooms with their Arabic arches accompanied by some very green plants.
Patio principal del palacio con ese mosaico gigante en perfecto estado y las salas con sus arcos arabes acompañados por unos plantas muy verdes.
Pati principal del palau amb aquest mosaic gegant en perfecte estat i les sales amb els arcs àrabs acompanyats per unes plantes molt verdes.
is THEIR photography is not art :-)
James Elliott
HFF! Character Matters!
tulip, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
this shot was taken at my cuzin's farm..
found those intimate flamingos expressin their love..
Arent They Just Cuute? =D
A warm and appreciative welcome to the dragonflies who have emerged from their watery haunts to provide relief from the flying pests which would otherwise cause us defenseless humans aggravation and torment.
[Were you wondering, not SOOC...;-)...more intimidating larger]
Their long fine beaks allow them to extract otherwise inaccessible seeds from thistles and teasels. Not that you can see it in this image. LOL
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The Great Crested Grebe seems to be quite flamboyant in all they do from the "weed ceremony" which takes place just before the pair begin to build their nest , to the striking look of their chicks often seen riding on their parents backs . The left hand adult seen here has just given a small fish to the chick on its back .
The narrow lanes and walkways with their bricks and arches were very charming! It was fun to explore, wondering aimlessly! This is the village of Vernazza on the northwest coast of Italy. It is one of the five villages known as the Cinque Terre.
A lone Kea, taken at Cascade Saddle , Mt Aspiring National Park , New Zealand. This one is wild but banded to help analyse their movements . Immediately behind the Kea is a sheer 500m drop
those idiots are clever - they decided that a sitting human is less dangerous than a standing human and they appeared only when I sat down .-)
this spring we could watch two families bringing up their kids on one on the trees .-)
A female Violet Dropwing Dragonfly from our recent visit to Spain. These dragonflies are called dropwings because of their habit of immediately lowering their wings after landing to perch.
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Their nests are made of mud,
they get their pink colour from their food and are filter feeders that turn their heads “upside down” to eat.
S'Albufera, Majorca
We know rainbows for their renowned beauty and for the fact that they form when the sun hits water particles in the sky at 22 degrees usually in mid morning or late afternoon. But, there is a whole lot more to a rainbow than what many may know. It is a symbol to remind the world that God would never flood the whole earth ever again. We know the science behind a rainbow and many other natural wonders that leave us breathless. What we don't realize is that creation responds to its Creator. Rainbows form across the sky as a reminder and a promise. Winds come to a calm by a word from the mouth of Jesus. The whole Earth and everything it contains was formed by a word spoken from its Creator, the LORD of all of heaven and earth. What is so special to me about rainbows is that they truly have symbolized promises made to us and answered prayers from God. I asked for a rainbow on my engagement day and there was a rainbow, I asked for a rainbow over a lake on the day of our wedding shower and there was a rainbow over a lake on our wedding shower as a promised reminder of the covenant to come.
Rags, Caithlin, Bastian and their humans wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Great Yuletide, Sweet Solistice or whatever you may celebrate with your loved ones. :)
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Take care and stay safe through these difficult times - there is light at the end of the tunnel...
Bastian (mixed breed), 23.12.2019, edit 21.12.2020
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
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American goldfinches all look alike now as the males are in their winter plumage. This goldfinch is dining on some nutritious Jerusalem artichoke seeds. Surprisingly, people can eat Jerusalem artichokes in the fall too if we dig up their starchy tubers.
A large duck species easily identified due to their bright white and brown plumage. They are migratory to the country from South Eastern Europe and much of Central Asia and winter in India. They are not so common in our state, but common in our neighbouring western state.
Found them in a shallow lake in the middle of a grassland where there was a group of 6 along with dozens of Pintails, Garganeys and Pochards. The rest of the ducks flew away by our presence, but these Shelducks stayed put cautiously and after a short while ignored us entirely. The birds were chasing each other and seemed to have fun for a short while. The presence of 3 large raptors distracted us and the birds which flocked together to probably feel more secure.
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Black-crowned Night-Herons often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches and normally feed between evening and early morning, avoiding competition with other heron species that use the same habitat during the day.
Their diet includes leeches, earthworms, insects, crayfish, clams, mussels, fish, amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, rodents, birds, and eggs.
They are social birds that tend to roost and nest in groups, although they typically forage on their own.
Source: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Taken at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida.
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