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One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!
Looking Close... on Friday: Tip
On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)
Male orange tip on blossoms of saxifrage in warm sunrise light.
During the shooting, the butterfly rolled the proboscis constantly in and out and moved, which did not make the focussing much easier.
Männlicher Aurorafalter auf Blüten des Wiesen- oder Köllchensteinbrechs im warmen Sonnenaufgangslicht.
Während des fotografierens rollte er den Saugrüssel ständig ein und aus und bewegte sich, was das scharfstellen nicht gerade vereinfachte.
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CPKC is really pushing the limits of their mainline in the Mississippi River floodwaters in downtown Davenport, IA as an empty ballast train heads north with KCS 3967 and KCS 4405.
Another northbound would follow the ballast train 1.5 hours later and the mainline will possibly shut down yet today with floodgates closing at Waterworks.
April 29, 2023.
Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.
Common though not so abundant this year.
did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^
When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.
Janolus savinkini, common name purple-tipped janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina (a suborder of Janolus) nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae. The body and caruncle of this species are yellow with a hue of light orange. The papillae and cerata are also this colour except for the tips, which are blue/purple, hence the common name. (Wikipedia) Anilao, South Luzon, Philippines
Kalender 2026
A roosting female on a grey day near the Wirksworth Stone Centre in the Derbyshire Peak District (UK) (8803)
Una especie que por su fisonomía y vuelos llama la atención, pero al mismo tiempo es muy difícil de fotografiar si se quiere sacar toda a foco. De hecho yo solo la he podido sacar a foco en plan lateral en contadas ocasiones.
Esta tiene de especial que estaba comiendo, introduce su boca hasta los ojos en las flores de esta manzanilla, moviendo al mismo tiempo una especie de mandíbulas que tiene. No se si lo que come es polen o restos dentro de la flor, pero es muy intereante verlas haciéndolo.
Este tipo de foto es difícil de hacer. Ahora imposible con mis lentes manuales. A ver si arreglo mi cámara y le puedo volver a calzar el 105 macro automático y con VR.
Saludos y salud para todos en esta nueva fase 3.
Que os vaya bien.
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Camino a la vida es guardar la instrucción;
Pero quien desecha la reprensión, yerra.
Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.
Looking Close on Friday: tip
Methinks I’ll stop now- this one is pretty darn good!! Sometimes my little iPhone acquits itself nicely!!
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The remains of a hortensia flower, a little bit of one of the flowers is still holding on.
Happy looking close....on Friday!
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Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus
The European crested tit, or simply crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) (formerly Parus cristatus), is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian peninsula.
In Great Britain, it is chiefly restricted to the ancient pinewoods of Inverness and Strathspey in Scotland, and seldom strays far from its haunts.
A few vagrant crested tits have been seen in England. It is resident, and most individuals do not migrate.
It is an easy tit to recognise, for besides its erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved, its gorget and collar are distinctive. It is, like other tits, talkative, and birds keep up a constant zee, zee, zee ,similar to that of the coal tit.
It makes a nest in a hole in rotting stumps. This bird often feeds low down in trees, but although not shy, it is not always easily approached. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.
Like other tits it is found in pairs and it feeds on insects (including caterpillars) and seeds.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,500 pairs
UK wintering:
5,200-9,500 birds
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