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Blue-gray gnatcatchers are, without a doubt, one of the most special and entertaining birds the US has to offer. With a pretty sky-blue back contrasting with a paler shade of blue, along with white and black, they boast what I think is one of the more underrated color combinations when it comes to Neotropical migrants, and I’m sure they know it because they sure like to flip those tails around (kidding, that’s a foraging technique). That isn’t the only thing about them that’s underrated; males are pretty great songsters too, emitting an intricate series of what is both their own little babbles and little phrases of other species songs. I even found yesterday that they are able to mimic new vocalizations on the spot. Unfortunately, these guys have the luck of returning earlier than the warblers, and they only get two weeks of fame before what many people consider the real show falls upon our forests. That’s okay, though- they get right to pairing up and nest-building and have fledged young by the end of June, so I think they couldn’t care less about how much attention we pay to them.

... and man cannot live without love.

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NO FAVE WITHOUT COMMENT PLEASE! // DISTINCTIVE FINCH, and a familiar garden resident in many parts of the U.K. The greenfinch has a relatively large, pinkish and conical bill. In all plumages, the yellowish patch on the wings- seen as a yellow bar on the closed wing. Greenfinches are associated with parks, gardens and hedgerows, resident all year round, A beautiful bird that is in charge, when it gets to the feeder, excluding smaller species.

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THANK YOU for your visit and comment, it is always appreciated and find encouraging, Am praying we get some sunshine soon, its so dull and wet. please keep well and warm friends, God bless........ ......Tomx.

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An amiable beauty, reliable, but occasionally a little bit moody.

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At Frederiksborg Castle (Danish: Frederiksborg Slot), which is a royal castle built in a northern Renaissance style, for the Danish king Christian IV. The main building of the castle was built 1602-1620 (replacing an older structure). For a long time it served as a royal residence, but it was almost completely destroyed in a fire 1859 (which spared only the chapel and audience chamber). The castle was restored, using old plans and drawings to give it its proper look - with generous donations made by J.C. Jabosen (who made a fortune founding the Carlsberg brewery), to turn it into a National Museum, which it still is to this day.

 

So yes, this is a 19th century vision of how a Renaissance ceiling should look like.

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A small, Romanesque church in Myresjö, Småland, Sweden - built in the middle of the 12th century.

 

The church was for a long time parish-church, but deemed unfit for this in 1814 by the bishop. In 1879 the new church was inaugurated (a church the parish shared with neighbouring Lannaskede) and this one was abandoned for some 50 years before it was saved because people finally realized that this was something quite special (today it is considered a church of national interest). During the time it was abandoned it lost most of its roof, but not over the choir and apse, which is why the murals in this part of the church has survived. Some of the original furnishings of the church have also survived.

A long exposure shot of the upper part of this waterfall, which in total is more than 50 meters high.

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Una vista en larga exposición de la parte superior de esta cascada, que en total mide más de 50 metros.

 

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Without a doubt the best sunrise of the year for me and probably in the top 3 of my all time best.... amazing in every direction.

serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it

 

♫Mood♫Daughtry - Start of Something Good

Everyone knows life has it's ups and downs

One day you're on top of the world

Then one day you're the clown

Well, I've been both enough to know

That you don't wanna get in the way when it's working out

The way that it is right now

You see my heart, I wear it on my sleeve

'Cause I just can't hide it anymore

 

I know that it's gonna take some time

I've got to admit that the thought has crossed my mind

That this might end up like it should

And I'm gonna say what I need to say

And hope to God that it don't scare you away

I don't want to be misunderstood

But I'm starting to believe that

This could be the start of something good

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Day 1 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes. I'll start with Standing on a Beach. I remember listening this CD everyday in my high school years, in my house or in my friend's room, feeding our minds with these dark sounds and some bright musical notes, creating our perfect soundtrack for the teenager.

The album was titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries is the first greatest hits album by the English band the Cure, released in the United States on 15 May 1986 by Elektra Records and in the United Kingdom on 19 May 1986 by Fiction Records, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. (Wikipedia)

 

"Yesterday I got so old

I felt like I could die

Yesterday I got so old

It made me want to cry..."

 

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Happy Travel Thursday, everyone!

...without his life-long friend.

 

I am behind in Flickr comments and will be alittle inactive over the next few days so my apologies if I haven't been to visit

 

Pas de FAV sans commentaire.

No FAV without comment

 

Le busard des roseaux.

 

Bonne journée à tous.

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The marsh harrier.

 

Good day to all.

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Die rohrweihe.

 

Guten tag an alle.

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El aguilucho lagunero.

 

Buen día a todos.

Gracias por sus visitas y comentarios

 

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Il falco di palude.

 

Buona giornata a tutte.

Grazie per le vostre visite e commenti

 

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A águia-sapeira.

 

Bom dia a todos.

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I don't want summer to end without posting a butterfly. Here is a Painted Lady, and as you can see it was well aware that I was taking its photograph. How lucky we are to be able to observe with our macro lens their tiny lives.

 

Butterflies have been the inspiration of so many fairy tales and fantastic stories, and there are so many more things that I can say about them, but for now I'm going to stop there :)

 

Something interesting about this butterfly:

 

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Once Upon a Time:

 

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Photography is one of my passions, and nature photography is my favorite.

 

I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.

 

I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!

 

The best part of this forum is the contacts and friends that I have made over the years, that have the same passion for this art that is called photography!

 

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Unterordnung Großlibellen (Anisoptera)

Überfamilie Libelluloidea

Familie Segellibellen (Libellulidae)

Unterfamilie: Sympetrinae

Gattung Crocothemis

Art Feuerlibelle

Wissenschaftlicher Name Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)

 

Feuerlibelle

Die Feuerlibelle (Crocothemis erythraea) ist eine ursprünglich vor allem afrikanisch und mediterran verbreitete Libellenart aus der Familie der Segellibellen (Libellulidae), die zu den Großlibellen (Anisoptera) gehören. 2011 wurde sie in Deutschland zur Libelle des Jahres gekürt.

 

Merkmale

Die reifen Männchen der Feuerlibelle sind signalrot, wobei die Intensität der Rotfärbung offenbar mit der Umgebungstemperatur zusammenhängt. So wirken mitteleuropäische Tiere manchmal bräunlich-rot, anders als in den Mittelmeerländern. Die Weibchen sind ockerfarben bis hellbraun; sie weisen außerdem einen auffälligen hellen Dorsalstrich zwischen den Flügelansätzen auf. Feuerlibellen werden in der Regel zwischen 40 und 45 Millimetern lang. Sie erreichen Flügelspannweiten von 65 bis 70 Millimetern. Bei beiden Geschlechtern befindet sich auf der Basis der Hinterflügel ein deutlicher gelb-oranger Fleck, auf der Basis der Vorderflügel ein kleinerer. Das Pterostigma (Flügelmal) ist gelblich bis braun.

 

Man kann Feuerlibellen aufgrund der Färbung mit roten Heidelibellen-Arten (Sympetrum spp.) verwechseln, insbesondere mit der Blutroten Heidelibelle. Allerdings unterscheiden sie sich von diesen durch ihren flacheren Hinterleib und ihren relativ großen Körper. Außerdem sind bei den Männchen selbst die Beine rot. Die noch nicht ausgefärbten Imagines und die Weibchen sehen manchen Blaupfeil-Arten (Orthetrum spp.) ähnlich. Im Unterschied zu diesen weisen die Feuerlibellen-Weibchen aber einen ungefähr senkrecht abstehenden Legebohrer auf. Ebenso sieht auch der Gefleckte Sonnenzeiger (Trithemis kirbyi) der Feuerlibelle ähnlich, bei diesem sind allerdings auch die Flügeladern rot gefärbt.

 

Lebensweise:

Die Art lebt hauptsächlich an stehenden Gewässern, in denen auch die Larvenentwicklung stattfindet. In Mitteleuropa sind dies vor allem Stillgewässer mit einer üppigen Ausstattung an submerser Vegetation, wie z. B. Tausendblatt (Myriophyllum spp.), etwa Altwasser und Sandgrubenweiher. Im wärmeren Mittelmeerraum entwickeln sich die Larven jedoch in fast jedem Stillgewässer bis hin zu kurzlebigen Kleintümpeln.

 

Die Männchen sitzen gerne am Boden oder in der bodennahen Vegetation. Wie alle Libellen lebt auch diese Art räuberisch und jagt insbesondere kleine Insekten.

 

Die Paarung wird in wenigen Sekunden im Flug vollzogen. Die Weibchen tauchen die Eier gleich anschließend im Flug mit der Spitze des Hinterleibes ins Wasser, wobei die Eier gerne an flutenden Wasserpflanzen oder Algenwatten abgestreift werden. Dies geschieht oft fern vom Ufer. Die Männchen bewachen die Weibchen dabei nicht.

 

Verbreitung:

Feuerlibellen sind ursprünglich in den warmen Regionen Südeuropas, Afrikas und Vorderasiens verbreitet. In den 1990er-Jahren hat die Art sich auch nach Süddeutschland ausgebreitet, wo sie mittlerweile nicht selten ist. Die Feuerlibelle erweitert ihr Areal in Mitteleuropa derzeit kontinuierlich weiter und dürfte mittlerweile in fast ganz Deutschland zu finden sein. Die Flugzeit reicht hier von Ende Juni bis Mitte/Ende August, in Südeuropa bei mindestens zwei Generationen vom Mai bis in den Oktober hinein.

 

Die Feuerlibelle galt vor ihrer in jüngster Zeit zunehmenden Bodenständigkeit in Mitteleuropa als ausgesprochene Wanderlibelle, die in warmen Sommern zahlreich aus dem Mittelmeerraum nach Zentraleuropa einflog. Die Ausdehnung ihres Areals nach Norden wird mit dem Klimawandel in Verbindung gebracht.

 

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Well, you guys are probably sick of Palouse shots for now, but I thought I'd upload another of mine that I initially passed by (I think I only uploaded 3 this season). I have many without sky, so I thought I'd give this one an edit. I really liked the shadows cast by the group of trees (small forest) and the light was some of the best of the season. It's pretty warm over-all as the light was breaking through some mist as it usually does out there in the spring at sunrise. Comments and critiques are very welcome. Thanks for looking! Chip

 

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It's been a long day without you, my friend

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

We've come a long way from where we began

Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

When I see you again

Damn, who knew?

All the planes we flew, good things we've been through

That I'll be standing right here

Talking to you 'bout another path

I know we loved to hit the road and laugh

But something told me that it wouldn't last

Had to switch up, look at things different, see the bigger picture

Those were the days, hard work forever pays

Now I see you in a better place (see you in a better place)

Uh

How could we not talk about family when family's all that we got?

Everything I went through, you were standing there by my side

And now you gon' be with me for the last ride

It's been a long day without you, my friend

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again (I'll see you again)

We've come a long way (yeah, we came a long way) from where we began

(You know what we started)

Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again (I'll tell you)

When I see you again

Aah oh, aah oh

Ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

(Yeah)

First, you both go out your way and the vibe is feeling strong

And what's small turn to a friendship, a friendship turn to a bond

And that bond will never be broken, the love will never get lost (the love will never get lost)

And when brotherhood come first, then the line will never be crossed

Established it on our own when that line had to be drawn

And that line is what we reach

So remember me when I'm gone (remember me when I'm gone)

How could we not talk about family when family's all that we got?

Everything I went through you were standing there by my side

And now you gon' be with me for the last ride

So let the light guide your way, yeah

Hold every memory as you go

And every road you take

Will always lead you home, home

It's been a long day without you, my friend

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

We've come a long way from where we began

Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

When I see you again

Aah oh, aah oh (uh)

(Yeah)

Ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (yeah)

When I see you again (yeah, uh)

See you again (yeah, yeah)

Oh, oh (uh huh)

When I see you again (yup)

Without emotion, it is impossible to transform darkness into light and apathy into motion. (Carl Gustav Jung)

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There is no Beauty Without Some Strangeness

- Edgar Allan Poe

 

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The Raven:

 

Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists.

 

The Raven is an acrobatic flier, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. Young birds are fond of playing games with sticks, repeatedly dropping them, then diving to catch them in midair.

 

People around the world sense a certain kind of personality in ravens. Edgar Allan Poe clearly found them a little creepy. The captive ravens at the Tower of London are beloved and perhaps a little feared: legend has it that if they ever leave the tower, the British Empire will crumble.

 

Common Ravens can mimic the calls of other bird species. When raised in captivity, they can even imitate human words; one Common Raven raised from birth was taught to mimic the word “nevermore.”

 

The oldest known wild Common Raven was at least 22 years, 7 months old. It was banded and found again in Nova Scotia.

 

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Momiji (Japanese maple leaves) at the Buddhist temple Zōjō-ji in Tokyo.

 

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“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”

― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

 

“I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.”

― Erin McCarthy, High Stakes

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The Greater Whitethroat is a medium-sized warbler with a pleasant song.

 

also called Common Whitethroat

sylvia communis or curruca communis

grasmus

fauvette grisette

Dorngrasmücke

Curruca Zarcera

Sterpazzola

papa-amoras

 

Nikon Z9 at 560 mm and f/4

 

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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~ John Steinbeck

 

Moving into the season of gray and cold is always bittersweet...

 

For Slider's Sunday. HSS!!

 

Le soleil qui se couche doucement un soir d’été

Nous ramène chaque fois vers cette fascination de la fin La fin de la journée ou la fin sans fin ? ...

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“But many of us seek community

solely to escape the fear of being alone.

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving.

When we can be alone, we can be with others

without using them as a means of escape.”

― Bell Hooks

alert male bird

 

Common Kingfisher, also called Eurasian Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

ijsvogel

martin-pêcheur d'Europe

Eisvogel

Martín Pescador Común

Martin pescatore

guarda-rios

 

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