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A blustery morning and wild clouds created a magical day's beginning from Buck Hollow Overlook.
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The birds and squirrels knock down the apples which the wild yard bunny appreciates
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Black Drongo
The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo. Previously grouped along with the African fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations.
The black drongo has been introduced to some Pacific islands, where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there.
The black drongo was once considered a subspecies of the fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), a close relative that diverged relatively recently. The two are now considered distinct species, with the fork-tailed drongo restricted to Africa and separated from the Asian range of the black drongo.
Seven subspecies have been named but the largely contiguous populations show clinal variation and intergrade with each other. Individuals from northern India (ssp. albirictus) are larger than those from the Sri Lankan population minor while those from the peninsular India (nominate subspecies) are intermediate in size. Race cathoecus is found in Thailand, Hong Kong and China. This race has a much smaller rictal spot and the wings are dark with a greenish gloss. In southern Siam a race thai is resident, but overlaps with wintering cathoecus. Race javanus is found on the islands of Java and Bali. Race harterti found in Formosa has the tail length less than the wing.
This bird is glossy black with a wide fork to the tail. Adults usually have a small white spot at the base of the gape. The iris is dark brown (not crimson as in the similar ashy drongo). The sexes cannot be told apart in the field. Juveniles are brownish and may have some white barring or speckling towards the belly and vent, and can be mistaken for the white-bellied drongo. First-year birds have white tips to the feathers of the belly, while second-years have these white-tipped feathers restricted to the vent.
They are aggressive and fearless birds, and although only 28 cm (11 in) in length, they will attack much larger species that enter their nesting territory, including crows and birds of prey. This behaviour led to their former name of king crow. They fly with strong flaps of the wing and are capable of fast manoeuvres that enable them to capture flying insects. With short legs, they sit upright on thorny bushes, bare perches or electricity wires. They may also perch on grazing animals.
They are capable of producing a wide range of calls but a common call is a two note tee-hee call resembling that of the Shikra (Accipiter badius).
The black drongo is found predominantly in open country and usually perches and hunts close to the ground. They are mostly aerial predators of insects but also glean from the ground or off vegetation. They are found as summer visitors to northeastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan but are residents from the Indus Valley until Bangladesh and into India and Sri Lanka. Some populations show seasonal movements that are poorly understood. The black drongo can be found in savannas, fields, and urban habitats.
Black drongos were introduced just before the Second World War from Taiwan to the island of Rota to help in the control of insects. It is believed that they dispersed over the sea to the island of Guam in the 1950s. By 1967, they were the fourth most commonly seen birds in roadside counts on Guam and are today the most abundant bird there. Predation by and competition from black drongos have been suggested as factors in the decline of endemic bird species such as the Rota bridled white-eye and the Guam flycatcher.
Being common, they have a wide range of local names. The older genus name of Buchanga was derived from the Hindi name of Bhujanga. Other local names include Thampal in Pakistan, Gohalo/Kolaho in Baluchistan, Kalkalachi in Sindhi, Kotwal (=policeman) in Hindi; Finga in Bengali; Phenshu in Assamese; Cheiroi in Manipuri; Kosita/ Kalo koshi in Gujarati; Ghosia in Marathi; Kajalapati in Oriya; Kari kuruvi (=charcoal bird), Erettai valan (=two tail) in Tamil; Passala poli gadu in Telugu; Kaaka tampuratti (=queen of crows) in Malayalam; Kari bhujanga in Kannada and Kalu Kawuda in Sinhalese.[70] A superstition in central India is that cattle would lose their horn if a newly fledged bird alighted on it. It is held in reverence in parts of Punjab in the belief that it brought water to Husayn ibn Ali, revered by Shī‘a Muslims.
Autumn boating on the Wild and Scenic Rogue River at the Rainbow Recreation Site, Oct. 24, 2019, by Greg Shine, BLM.
The Rogue River is located in southwestern Oregon and flows 215 miles from Crater Lake to the Pacific Ocean. The 84 mile, Congressionally-designated "National Wild and Scenic" portion of the Rogue begins 7 miles west of Grants Pass and ends 11 miles east of Gold Beach.
The Rogue was one of the original eight rivers included in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. The Rogue National Wild and Scenic River is surrounded by forested mountains and rugged boulder and rock-lined banks.
Steelhead and salmon fishing, challenging whitewater, and extraordinary wildlife viewing opportunities have made the Rogue a national treasure. Black bear, river otter, black-tail deer, bald eagles, osprey, Chinook salmon, great blue heron, water ouzel, and Canada geese are common wildlife seen along the Rogue River. Popular activities include: whitewater rafting, fishing, jet boat tours, scenic driving, hiking, picnicking, and sunbathing.
The Smullin Visitor Center is located at the Rand National Historic Site, on the river near the town of Galice, approximately 20 miles from I-5 on the Merlin-Galice Road.
Visitor Center Address:
14335 Galice Road
Merlin, Oregon 97532
541-479-3735
BLM_OR_MD_Rogue_River_Mail@blm.gov
Collage of magazine images, computer printed text, acrylic paint, stamped images, gel pen and souffle pen.
Wild Ride, 2009
Shawna Dempsey - Winnipeg, Canada
Lorri Millan - Winnipeg, Canada
Performance Art, Multimedia Installation
Bay Street – emblem of Canada's banking industry – is closed. The smell of cotton candy and raucous music fill the air. Two midway rides reflect the whirling, tilting exhilaration of the bull market and its less than thrilling collapse. Free to the public and staffed by recently downsized businesspeople, the rides invite audience members to kinetically contemplate the ups and downs of the recent economic crisis. Out of the darkened financial district, screams will be heard!
Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan have created a body of internationally acclaimed work that addresses feminist, lesbian, and social justice concerns with biting wit. Their videos, such as We’re Talking Vulva, A Day in The Life of A Bull-Dyke, and Lesbian National Parks and Services, have received numerous awards and been viewed worldwide. Their performance works twist traditional mythology and iconography, explore notions of the lesbian body, and look at the devolution of modern-day language and democracy.
This was THE picture, not great photographically but of a genuine wild Orangutan. We'd been hoping to see one but were prepared for the fact that we might not see one in the wild.
The puma couple of the zoo of Amnéville relaxing in the shade. I like their enclosure, it's in wood and it's tex-mex style! :)
This photos is from my archives. These lovely Tiger Lillies grow wild along the ditches and rivers in my area. I transplanted some into my garden last year and they are thriving. Hope you like them. They are one of my favorites.
LA: Prunus avium
EN: Wild cherry
DE: Vogel-Kirsche
HU: Vadcseresznye / Madárcseresznye
The wild version of the cultivated cherry trees. Naturally grows in mixed decidiuous forests, like oak-hornbeam, beech, maple-lime or alder-elm frests.
Endemic to Europe, Kaukasus and Iran.
There are countless cultivated and hybridized versions of it.
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
(Gray's Elegy)
I found this hidden beauty in fields near the Cutacre slagheaps in Atherton/Tyldesley.
For whatever reason I really like this image. Its a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from central WI. This turkey and a bunch of baby turkeys ran across the road. The baby turkeys are too short too be seen in this photo but here is the mother looking back at me taking her photo from a car window.
This gentelman is one of the regular performers at the Fort Worth Stockyards, playing the part of Wild Bill Hickok.
Four Seasons Nature Preserve, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Color My World Daily - Saturday : Pink or Purple
Peak District, Derbyshire
Day out with Tesni Ward. Glyn and I had a day's tuition that was cut short as the hares were very skittish due to the high winds and the unusual surge of walkers due to people escaping isolation by going to the great outdoors. We will go with her again on a quieter day and hopefully they won't all run away!
Wild Turkey 2009. Bike Octoberfest in Daytona. Finally - after 2 weeks been out of virtual life (because my desctop was burned after storm) I build new computer and ready to processed photo on this new machine! :) Yes!
Nikon D60 + Nikkor P 180mm f2.8 .