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Curlew - Numenius Arquata
They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills.
Curlews feed on mud or very soft ground, searching for worms and other invertebrates with their long bills. They will also take crabs and similar items.
Curlews enjoy a worldwide distribution. Most species show strong migratory habits and consequently one or more species can be encountered at different times of the year in Europe, Ireland, Britain, Iberia, Iceland, Africa, Southeast Asia, Siberia, North America, South America and Australasia.
The distribution of curlews has altered considerably in the past hundred years as a result of changing agricultural practices. Reclamation and drainage of marshy fields and moorland, and afforestation of the latter, have led to local decreases, while conversion of forest to grassland in some parts of Scandinavia has led to increases there.
Population:
UK breeding:
66,000 pairs
UK wintering:
140,000 individuals
Redshank - Tringa Totanus
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia. They are uncommon vagrants outside these areas.
They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates. Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities. They lay 3–5 eggs.
The common redshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
It is widely distributed and quite plentiful in some regions, and thus not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
THEY may be widespread and rather nondescript, streaked brown bird, but I have a real affection for them, as a ground-dwelling species, it is quite approachable with care. Feeds on invertebrates as seen, a bit harder in the capture in the winter when they often form loose flocks.
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Please take great care folks, put your trust in our Lord, and we will get through this................God bless you...............Tomx
they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether :-)
― Jim Butcher
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rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden, Raleigh, north carolina
DISTINCTIVE water bird, the largest in he region, when swimming the neck is held in a elegant curve. FAMILY gruops with parents are often seen. They mate for life.
TRY TO POST all British birds seen, but have not put up a SWAN for years, shame on me. Seen at Stodmarsh nature reserve Kent.
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They are not weight lifting equipments. The middle "bar" is stabbed into your earlobe. So they're really little.
Macro Mondays 【The Periodic Table】
Silver 925 consists of 92.5% genuine silver(Ag). The other 7.5% will be alloy to help prevent tarnishing. Typically copper(Cu) is used, although zinc(Zn), platinum(Pt) or geranium(Ge) are also common.
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Admirale sind anders als einige andere heimische Schmetterlingsarten keine Lebensraumspezialisten. Sie kommen in verschiedenen Habitaten vor und lassen sich beispielsweise in Wäldern ebenso antreffen wie auf Ackerflächen, Weiden und an Wegrändern. Darüber hinaus trifft man sie in Parkanlagen und Gärten sowie auf Friedhöfen an.
Eine der wichtigsten Futterpflanzen der Raupen des Admirals ist die Große Brennnessel (Urtica dioica). Doch auch andere verwandte Arten wie die Kleine Brennnessel (Urtica urens) werden von ihnen gefressen.
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Red Admiral,
Unlike some other native butterfly species, admirals are not habitat specialists. They occur in different habitats and can be found, for example, in forests as well as on arable land, pastures and on roadsides. They can also be found in parks and gardens as well as in cemeteries.
One of the most important forage crops for the admiral's caterpillars is the great nettle (Urtica dioica). But they also eat other related species such as the small nettle (Urtica urens).
They say that Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.
If true or not it doesn't matter because all of this is what I wish to you, dear Flickr friends, in the beginning of one more week, a very special week in some parts of the world ;)
Orchid: Laelia Harpophylla, photographed at Botanic Garden/RJ
“They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you burn through the skies and ignite the night like a phoenix; the kind that cuts you loose like a wildfire and you can't stop running simply because you keep on burning everything that you touch! I say that's a good love; one that burns and flies, and you run with it!”
― C. JoyBell C.
"I dwell in a lonely house I know
That vanished many a summer ago,
And left no trace but the cellar walls,
And a cellar in which the daylight falls
And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.
O'er ruined fences the grape-vines shield
The woods come back to the mowing field;
The orchard tree has grown one copse
Of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops;
The footpath down to the well is healed.
I dwell with a strangely aching heart
In that vanished abode there far apart
On that disused and forgotten road
That has no dust-bath now for the toad.
Night comes; the black bats tumble and dart;
The whippoorwill is coming to shout
And hush and cluck and flutter about:
I hear him begin far enough away
Full many a time to say his say
Before he arrives to say it out.
It is under the small, dim, summer star.
I know not who these mute folk are
Who share the unlit place with me—
Those stones out under the low-limbed tree
Doubtless bear names that the mosses mar.
They are tireless folk, but slow and sad—
Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad,—
With none among them that ever sings,
And yet, in view of how many things,
As sweet companions as might be had."
- Robert Frost, "Ghost House"
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A storm brews up. I love weather events. They afford ready perspective of our smallness in the face of nature's immense energies.
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and they are not to blame ...
Yesterday was Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. (1987= 19th of December)
Time to reconsider our consumption habits !
More information and hints what everyone of us can do at www.overshootday.org and in Wikipedia: English and Deutsch !
Plains Zebras / Steppenzebras (Equus quagga)
Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
And, as they say, here is the rest of the story. Again, I don't believe it's a real train station. But, it looks pretty good.
Yesterday, we had a major catastrophe in my little town. A truck ran off the road and knocked out an electrical pole around 10am. The whole town was without Internet, phones and TV until after 10pm. It was really sad because everyone here depends on the tourist coming here and spending money on the weekends. Sadly, no one carries cash. And since the ATM machine couldn't work either, no one could sell anything. Also, there was a fund raiser for my favorite restaurant that burned down. No one could access there money so they didn't raise as much as they had hoped. I went, and enjoyed listening to the music. I had to drive for a ways until I found a place where my phone would work and I could pay on line for my ticket. Crazy world we live in
They say hummingbirds are feathered jewels and this female looked like an emerald glistening in the bright afternoon sun.
The Painted bunting is a small brightly-colored member of the cardinal family. The males are brightly colored with blue, green, red and yellow plumage. Females and juveniles are bright green with pale rings around their eyes. The male is considered by many to be North America's most beautiful bird, and they are one of the most popular visitors to bird feeders. Painted buntings are one of the most spectacularly colored and visually impressive birds in the United States and are the only U.S. bird with a blue head along with red underparts.
Painted Buntings are still fairly common, but populations have been dropping for several decades. The North American Breeding Bird Survey estimated a decline of 62% between 1966 and 1995, but the 1966-2014 survey does not find significant decreases, suggesting that populations may have stabilized, or at least the decline has slowed, since 1995. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of 13 million, with 80% spending at least part of the year in the U.S., and 51% in Mexico. The species rates a 12 out of 20 on the Continental Concern Score, and is not on the 2014 State of the Birds Watch List. Painted Bunting is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Found this male in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
Taking a walk last Saturday through the dark woods. The fog slowly disappeared and the morning sun broke through. What a mystique mood, just like beeing visited by the aliens some steps ahead behind the trees.
They look like mystic dancers
Belive it or not, these trees got an 'educational' cut. The pic's core is a street scenery. Visit the location via google streetview.
Deep in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, the Thorncrest Dairy Farm Milk House serves with pride.
Elephant seals: They're huge, loud and so ugly, they're cute. And each year, they gather on California's Central Coast for mating, birthing and molting seasons. Visitors to San Simeon can catch elephant seals there year-round, but the population grows at certain times of the year as the seals go through different phases in their life cycle. The peak months for viewing elephant seals are from October through March, when their population on San Simeon's shores can reach 17,000. So if you've planned a trip to Hearst Castle or San Luis Obispo in the fall, winter or early spring, consider dropping by San Simeon to watch the elephant seals in action.
From this point up & down 3 miles, the elephant seals estimated of 25,000 there.
So amazing to witness this, they do smell tho when you get near.
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Sandhill Crane
(Grus canadensis)
This is the second year I have seen these two here in our neck of the woods. If one would look at their range map, this area is not on it . It's north of us. These two are liking the area around the Pine Run Reservoir in Doylestown Pa.
“Boats in the harbour are safe but that is not what they are meant for.” – Zig Ziglar
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Your love, lifting me higher
Than I've ever been lifted before
So keep it it up
Quench my desire
And I'll be at your side
Forevermore
You know your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting me (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
Listen
Now, once I was downhearted
Disappointment was my closest friend
But then you came and it soon departed
And you know, he never
Showed his face again
That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting me (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher), alright
I'm so glad I finally found you
Yes, that one in a million, girl
And now with my loving arms around you
Honey, I can stand up
And face the world