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Tree Pipit - Anthus Trivialis

Tree pipits have brown streaked upper parts and pale under parts with further streaking on buff tinged chest and flanks. They are very similar to meadow pipits but, on close inspection, may be distinguished by their heavier bill, shorter hind claw and fine streaking on the flank - they also have very different calls. Widespread summer visitors to the UK, they occur in particularly high densities in Western uplands. Their population has undergone declines over the past 25 years, especially in central and southern England.

Tree Pipit is a true summer visitor, with the first birds returning from sub-Saharan Africa in late March and the bulk of passage taking place from mid-April to mid-May. As its name suggests, it is associated much more with trees than is Meadow Pipit, although it must be remembered that the latter frequently lands in the tops of trees and bushes, particularly when flushed. But Tree Pipits habitually use trees for both singing and feeding, when they may walk up and down the branches searching for food, constantly wagging their tails as they do so. I have never seen Meadow Pipits do this.

Tree Pipits are characteristically birds of heathland, forest clearings and young forestry plantations, with scattered trees and bushes usually a prerequisite. Meadow Pipit is a bird of open country, particularly common in upland areas. These habitat differences are often the first clue in the identification process, but do not rely totally on habitat, particularly at migration sites when the differences break down.

Just another little tree on a hillside

Tree Pipit - - Anthus Trivialis

Beautiful autumn leaves underneath a tree in my backyard....

Detail of a tree stump, found in Munich's Fröttmaninger Heide, a former military training area, nowadays it is a nature reserve.

Here's that tree stump with it's surroundings.

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A photograph of leaves at the bottom of a tree in colour..

Trees in winter

With the arrival of winter, and often at the end of autumn, a new problem arises with trees. This specific "winter" problem is associated with the accumulation of wet snow and the formation of frost on the branches and trunks of trees. "Freezing rains" - phenomena occur under certain combinations of weather conditions: sleet, wind, fog, sudden changes in temperature with a "transition through 0 degrees". Such a significant load on the branches and trunks of trees can lead to emergency situations:

1. Breaking off and collapse of large branches. Typical for poplar, aspen, willow, linden, oak. To a lesser extent for pines and elms.

2. Breaking the forks of co-dominant trunks. Most often found in the above tree species with V-shaped forks. Less typical for U-shaped forks of birch and spruce.

3. Bending under the weight of snow and ice, with possible breaking of the trunks of inclined trees.

I found the trees without obvious problems :)

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Texture by: Lenabem - Anna J.

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we went in search of the supermoon and found thick patches of low hanging fog...genuinely beautiful but could easily have been the opening scene of a 70's Hammer Horror film

Here, where the trees have name's

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Texture by Paree

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Tree Image taken along an Oklahoma Backroad

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"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life."

~ Herman Hesse

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Tree Creeper . A nice surprise seeing this in a small patch of trees in my neighbourhood during my exercise walk. Pleased I carry my heavy camera as you never know what you find.

trees on the territory of the Museum-Estate Arkhangelskoe

Magnolia Trees In The Fog, Taken out of back door in the morning off the porch, I live in a great place of nature, Zen is every where you look in the woods..You don't even have to set it up it is just there

Domestic drama at the Tree Swallow family.

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A close up of this fascinating old tree.

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Alte Bäume und Totholz – ein vielfältiger Lebensraum.

Old trees and dead wood - in many ways a natural habitat.

Santa Barbara, California

Shot with the Olympus E-M1, Mark II outfitted with the Olympus 12.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-6.3 lens in Shelburne, Massachusetts.

The Floodplain in Aman Park

a tree swallow flying by with a beautiful white feather in its bill

I love winter shadows. This is late day light casting shadows over an untouched field which is a rare find with all of the wildlife around here.

An early morning view from Suomenlinna taken from the ferry just arriving to the fortress island. The trees in front were covered with ice after some very cold winter days. In the background there is the dome of Suomenlinna church which serves as a lighthouse as well.

A beautiful tree I found in Beetle Rock at Sequoia National Park.

Young people have been jumping into the waters below from this tree swing. Shot with the Olympus E-M1 at Lake Whitingham in Wilmingon, Vermont.