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This sunny yellow bird is a welcome summer visitor to Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
The American Goldfinch is a small North American bird of the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada-Untied States border to Mexico during the winter.
Pictured is a "male Goldfinch", taken on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
Canon EOS 6D - f/5 - 1/100sec - 100 mm - ISO 1000
- During my photo shoot with the Inca berry suddenly a ladybird/ladybug appeared on it.
I'm still wondering if this small beetle travelled with the berries from Colombia to The Netherlands or did it (gender neutral, I didn't investigate ;-) ) wake up while hibernating in my home ?
Parakeets in Hyde Park are used to take nuts from the hands of park visitors.
Thank you for visits, faves and comments!
We had a new visitor to the backyard today, this Dark Eyed Junco stopped in for a brief snack before flying off to parts unknown, but not before I managed to take a few photos of him.
Adult male Pine Warbler stopped by my backyard while Bandit and I were busy sitting on the deck. Glad I wasn't napping :-) And yes, we had sun Saturday.
Located in Hyde Park, New York, the Eveready Diner is a favorite of the locals & visitors to the historical home of President Roosevelt.
These bees were visiting the flowers as the other winged mechanical flyer moved past in the distance. A montage of 2 photos
There are several visitors to my garden every day. The bees are just one of them and they are most welcome. I did not realize that my Bleeding Hearts would be such a treat for them. My lilacs are definitely drawing them into my backyard right now. Soon it will be the lavender. The Hummingbird has been into the Bleeding hearts too but I haven't been home long enough to catch him/her yet!
Walking down the street, I saw a quick movement. I detected the weasel hiding between the wall and the flower pot. Seconds later he (she ?) disapeared back into the fields.
The Elite, or Lotus Type 14, was the first purpose-designed road coupe from the innovative mind of Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (1952). This endeavor followed his open Six and Seven roadsters and a series of very successful sports racers, starting with his first fully enclosed aerodynamic 1954 Lotus Mk VIII.
Chapman’s approach was always to “add lightness,” instead of moving to bigger, heavier engines. He achieved this for the Elite by pioneering an all-fiberglass monocoque with only localized steel reinforcement. The 1953 Corvette showed the potential of a fiberglass body on a steel chassis, but Chapman took it a step further. The Elite was entirely fiberglass, including its load-bearing structure. Suspension parts and the front subframe supporting the engine, bolted directly to three box sections molded into the fiberglass body. His advanced glass-reinforced composite body panels were lightweight and cost-effective but, more importantly, it was the world’s first fiberglass monocoque production car.
The curvaceous body style was the work of Peter Kirwan-Taylor, John Frayling, and aerodynamicist, Frank Costin. The resulting design had a low drag coefficient of only 0.29. Underneath was an advanced suspension derived from Lotus 12 Formula 2 racing car and used “Chapman struts” at the rear. You can see their tops poking up through the rear window. The resulting build, and combined lighter weight, gave the Elite a nimble, exhilarating performance out of its 75hp 1.2-liter Coventry Climax “Feather Weight Elite” (FEW) inline four-cylinder engine. 1960 Motor magazine road test noted its maximum speed at 111.8 mph with 0–60 mph in 11.4 seconds. “Speed, controllability in all conditions and comfort in all its aspects make this compact two-seat coupe an extremely desirable property,” concluded the road test, calling it a “mettlesome thoroughbred.”
At roughly $5500 with tax, the Series 1 Elite was pricey, but it was gorgeous and fast! Series 2 developments included an improved design of rear suspension, and a better body build by Bristol Aircraft. In 1960, one could option a higher performance, special equipment (SE) Lotus model, like the one seen here. This included a ZF all-synchromesh close-ratio gearbox, two SU carburetors, and a modified exhaust manifold. Altogether, the package developed 85 bhp.
The Lotus Elite offered outstanding performance, but it was expensive to build and nearly bankrupted Lotus. In September 1963, after a mere five years, Elite production came to a halt. Road & Track magazine even ran “An Appreciation and an Obituary” for the elegant little car.
Posted for the Happy Caturday theme "Visitors".
Apart from THE BIRDS Tofu isn't a big fan of visitors. At the moment nightmare visitor number one is my niece's baby daughter. She is only 4 months old and not really dangerous (yet) but both Tofu and Sethi consider her as highly suspicious. Tofu's typical reaction is to run and hide, He has several places where he feels safe but can still keep an eye on everything. One of these spots is the rhododendron at the far end of the garden.
Happy Caturday !
- UNA. Rio Boots Warehouse event.
- UNA. Amarie Dress at Mainstore
- UNA. LaurieWizaring Belts with book and wand (with poses) at Mainstore
- S-CLUB Pinky Hair
Taken at beautiful and scenic Luminara sim
Landgoed Den Treek-Henschoten is popular with hikers. The modest variety of heath, former production forest, shifting sands, meadows and the cultural-historical country house makes the estate pleasant to explore. The landscaped marked routes meander through the estate and bring the visitors to the most beautiful places.
Taken for Compositionally Challenged - Week 22 - Patterns in Nature. We are building a home in a neighborhood that is in a somewhat rural area. The neighborhood bear visited our lot this week.
We had a new visitor at the feeder today, much to Scott's delight. The newly named Chippewa has basically moved in and had started hoarding food in a hidey-hole nearby.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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just a snapshot, but it was way too cute how it had a look inside our kitchen. He (or maybe she) enjoyed quite a good breakfast and emtied the food bin to the left quite good.
Midweek Aalten (NL), mei 2019
Trifolium incarnatum
Inkarnaatklaver
E: Crimson clover or Italian clover
D: Inkarnat-Klee auch Blutklee, Rosenklee oder Italienischer Klee
F: Trèfle incarnat
Bumlebee is probably Akkerhommel, (Bombus pascuorum)
E: common carder bee
While lotus flowers are blooming, they attract many bees. These visitors make the scene very active.