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Plitvice podría ser conocido como el Paraíso de los Agua, ya que cuenta con 16 pequeños lagos, además de múltiples cascadas y arroyos. Declarado Parque Natural por las autoridades de la antigua Yugoslavia en 1949, los Lagos de Plitvice han recibido el reconocimiento de la UNESCO como reserva natural desde 1979.
Es realmente una maravilla pasear por este espectacular parque de Plitvice que cuenta con 30.000 hectáreas de naturaleza impoluta. Si elegimos visitarlo entre semana y a primera hora cuando la “población” de turistas es menor, la contemplación de la mayor cascada del parque, de76 metros de caída libre, o los bosques de hayas producirá un efecto de paz que dificilmente nos podrá llegar con turistas alterando el silencio.
Plitvice es sobre todo hayas (un 75%), bastante abeto y poco pino. Además, sapos amarillos, un puñado de linces, ciervos y carabos, todos ellos escondidos de los peatones dePlitvice.
En los paneles de entrada al parque de Plitvice la palabra más frecuente es travertino. Se refiere a ese milagro que convierte el musgo en roca conforme el agua va depositando cal y cal.
Plitvice fue, según la cartografía antigua, “el jardín del diablo”. Hoy ha recuperado su esplendor de edén, a pesar de haberse convertido en otro infierno durante la guerra, cuando guerrilleros serbios secuestraron el parque y amenazaron incluso con volar sus lagos. Por fortuna, la sangre no llegó al río. El rojo nunca ha sido un color dominante en la amplia paleta que muestran las aguas de Plitvice. El color de estos lagos puede ir desde el gris espejo de estanque finlandés hasta los transparentes turquesas de playa caribeña. El agua cambia de color de hora en hora y de orilla a orilla. Todo depende de mil factores, como la cantidad de minerales y organismos de las profundidades, las lluvias, el musgo o el ángulo de la luz.
La Bergeronnette grise se nourrit de nombreux invertébrés aquatiques et terrestres. Elle capture des insectes sur le sol après une courte poursuite, mais aussi en volant. Elle poursuit sa proie avec un vol ondulant rapide, ou en voletant brièvement avant de la capturer. Sur le sol, elle chasse en marchant, en exploitant toutes sortes de surfaces depuis les routes jusqu’aux toits des maisons et autres endroits découverts.
Elle peut capturer des proies en courant et en donnant un coup de bec pour la saisir. Il lui arrive aussi de sauter en l’air pour happer un insecte volant.
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The Yellow Wagtail feeds on numerous aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. She captures insects on the ground after a short chase, but also while flying. She pursues her prey with a fast waving flight, or flutters briefly before capturing it. On the ground, she hunts while walking, exploiting all kinds of surfaces from the roads to the roofs of houses and other places discovered.
She can catch prey by running and pecking to grab it. It also happens to jump in the air to catch a flying insect.
I took this today at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Ladner, BC. It is such a wonderfully peaceful place to walk and watch the birds.
I will be out much of tomorrow so will catch up with all of you as soon as I can.
The fishing vessel OB 597 otherwise known as Audrey sits patiently waiting on another adventure.
Taken at Loch Creran, Argyll - Textures mine - 3 layers
PRIMUS - John The Fisherman
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Crowley Lake just south of Mammoth Lakes - Mono County- California.
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Last year, this would be your view if you stood at the top of the falls on Smoke Creek as it flows out of Green Lake in Yates Park, Orchard Park, NY. The lake behind you would be full of water and surrounded with colorful foliage. The creek would be rushing down the rocks and into colorful woods.
Unfortunately, you won't see this beautiful scene this year. The lake was emptied in preparation for the winter season way sooner and is just one big pit of mud. There is no water flowing down the rocks either ...
One of many waterfalls on the Hafod Estate where trails have been enjoyed for over 200 years. This was taken on the "Gentleman's Walk".
These falls can be seen in the distance of a photo I posted a couple of months ago. With camera and tripod in hand it was a slightly tricky climb.
While I was risking life and limb slipping and sliding down a dirt bank to get a shot at Oxbow Bend, the Mrs. pointed her camera out the car window and captured this shot at Grand Tetons National Park. ..... Life is Good ;-)
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (480 sq. mi; 130,000 ha; 1,300 km2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. It is only 10 miles (16 km) south of Yellowstone National Park, to which it is connected by the National Park Service-managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Along with surrounding National Forests, these three protected areas constitute the almost 18,000,000-acre (7,300,000 ha) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world.
Human history of the Grand Teton region dates back at least 11,000 years, when the first nomadic hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians began migrating into the region during warmer months pursuing food and supplies. In the early 19th century, the first White explorers encountered the eastern Shoshone natives. Between 1810 and 1840, the region attracted fur trading companies that vied for control of the lucrative beaver pelt trade. U.S. Government expeditions to the region commenced in the mid-19th century as an offshoot of exploration in Yellowstone, with the first permanent white settlers in Jackson Hole arriving in the 1880s.
Efforts to preserve the region as a national park commenced in the late 19th century, and in 1929 Grand Teton National Park was established, protecting the major peaks of the Teton Range. The valley of Jackson Hole remained in private ownership until the 1930s, when conservationists led by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. began purchasing land in Jackson Hole to be added to the existing national park. Against public opinion and with repeated Congressional efforts to repeal the measures, much of Jackson Hole was set aside for protection as Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943. The monument was abolished in 1950 and most of the monument land was added to Grand Teton National Park.
Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The naming of the mountains is attributed to early 19th-century French-speaking trappers—les trois tétons (the three teats) was later anglicized and shortened to Tetons. At 13,775 feet (4,199 m), Grand Teton abruptly rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole, almost 850 feet (260 m) higher than Mount Owen, the second-highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 15-mile-long (24 km) Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the upper main stem of the Snake River. Though in a state of recession, a dozen small glaciers persist at the higher elevations near the highest peaks in the range. Some of the rocks in the park are the oldest found in any U.S. National Park and have been dated at nearly 2.7 billion years.