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The Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts (order Apodiformes).
Wire-tailed Swallow breeds in Africa south of the Sahara and in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southeast Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter.
This bird is found in open country near water and human habitation. Wire-tailed Swallows are fast flyers and they generally feed on insects, especially flies, while airborne. They are typically seen low over water, with which they are more closely associated than most swallows.
The neat half-bowl nests are lined with mud collected in the swallows' beaks. They are placed on vertical surfaces near water under cliff ledges or more commonly on man-made structures such as buildings and bridges.
The clutch is three to four eggs in Africa, up to five in Asia (Turner and Rose). These birds are solitary and territorial nesters, unlike many swallows, which tend to be colonial.
This striking species is a small swallow at 14 cm in length. It has bright blue upperparts, except for a chestnut crown and white spots on the tail. The underparts are white, with darker flight feathers. There is a blue mask through the eye.
This species gets its name from the very long filamentous outermost tail feathers, which trail behind like two wires. Sexes manifest similar appearances, but the female has shorter "wires". Juveniles have a brown crown, back and tail. The Asian form, H. s. filifera, is larger and longer-tailed than the abundant African H. s. smithii.
I have never used this tool, but I believe it's used where a great deal of tension is intended, such as a wire "hose clamp".
This was a gift from Bigfooter Roger Knights.
While repairing an amplifier for a friend, Joy found the problem quickly, and a quick trip to Thingsgiving yielded a free replacement part.
Barbed Wire Table
Danny Lane
1992
Limited Edition
Glass, steel
H72.5 x W145 x D120cm
Photo: Gavin Kingcombe
Ref: 760.01
Carved Silver bead wrapped in sterling silver wire. With all the silver in this ring you can't help but catch someone's eye! This ring can't help but shimmer and shine for you! Gorgeous wire wrapped art ring to compliment your favorite outfit!
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Here's a wire wheel on a beautifully restored Model A. Cars were so much simpler and elegant back then.
Camera Olympus Om2n
Lens Zuiko 50mm f/1.4
Film Kentmere 100
dev Xtol 1+1 1-min @20C
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photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
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Finally getting back into doing some art, after being plauged with doing tons of websites, and designs. I'm thankfull that it's made me a better coder, and designer, but I've been itching to get back on the canvas. This is a series that was inspired by erimansson on flickr . Also these photos were taken from a shoot done by Cancan Chu he does pr photo. The style I was going for was alot like what Mansson does I wanted to get that vintage painter look, but convey the power of wuxia fighting.
Pipra filicauda - male
Found this gorgeous little manakin on the west bank of the Rio Negro, in partially flooded lowland forest. Note the long tail filaments.
By looking at this you can see how high up we live.
snapped this as i went to pick my son up.
to be honest im getting a bit lazy with this project, i dont want to quit i just need to make a bit more effort!!
At the moment ive just got stock photography on my mind, what to upload and take photos of.
im going to go back through the archives to see if i have anything so expect random uploads from time to time!!