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Without glue or screws the prototype fit together nicely. I only have a few more things to work through then I can start moving forward!
نحن حينما نكتب ,
نظهر كل ما بجوفنا من ألم , ونرصه على شكل احرف ,
لذلك ..عندما تتاذى مشاعر احدهم حين يقرأ ما كُتب !!
, نُعلم انه قد قرأ الألم ذاته لا الحرف ..
بقلم سمر حمد ~
THE END ~*O*~
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GhostWorks Texture Competition #93
Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess
Images credits with my thanks to;
Tree Brushes & Texture 1 - Skeletal Mess
Texture 2 is my own.
Erin S. 2015 IFDC Convention Without You
Gown and Braceltes: Pure Icon Paris
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"Without love I am half human without love I'm all machine
Without love there's nothing doin' I will die without love
Without love I am an island all by myself in a heartbreak sea
Without love there's no denyin' I am dyin' without love
For there is nowhere I can run and there is no hiding place
Sticking out like a sore thumb by that gloomy look upon my face
Without love I'm incomplete without love I am not whole
Without love I'm barely on my feet I am dyin' without love
For there is nowhere I can run...I am dyin' without love"
Elda e sua analógica em um dos lindos dias do último verão.
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NO FAVORITA SIN COMENTARIO
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Series: Without knowing ford
From a cycle: The Average strip
"Переправа"
серия: Не зная брод
село Павловская Слобода, Истринский район, Московская область, Россия
июль 2010
Less than 12 hours to our Persian new year....
Wish you all my friends a new year full of beauty and peace, and specially a year without war for my dear homeland - IRAN.
باز كن پنجره ها را كه نسيم
روز ميلاد اقاقي ها را
جشن ميگيرد
و بهار
روي هر شاخه كنار هر برگ
شمع روشن كرده است
همه چلچله ها برگشتند
و طراوت را فرياد زدند
كوچه يكپارچه آواز شده است
و درخت گيلاس
هديه جشن اقاقي ها را
گل به دامن كرده ست
باز كن پنجره ها را اي دوست
هيچ يادت هست
كه زمين را عطشي وحشي سوخت
برگ ها پژمردند
تشنگي با جگر خاك چه كرد
هيچ يادت هست
توي تاريكي شب هاي بلند
سيلي سرما با تاك چه كرد
با سرو سينه گلهاي سپيد
نيمه شب باد غضبناك چه كرد
هيچ يادت هست
حاليا معجزه باران را باور كن
و سخاوت را در چشم چمنزار ببين
و محبت را در روح نسيم
كه در اين كوچه تنگ
با همين دست تهي
روز ميلاد اقاقي ها را
جشن ميگيرد
خاك جان يافته است
تو چرا سنگ شدي
تو چرا اينهمه دلتنگ شدی
باز كن پنجره ها را
و بهاران را
باور كن
(فريدون مشيری)
For those who can't read Persian, this is a poem named "Believe in the Spring" by Fereidoun Moshiri, and here is its English translation.You can also listen to the poem there!
(The translation was copyrighted, so I didn't copy it here!)
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Norouz (Persian: نوروز , various local pronunciations and spellings) is the traditional Iranian new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Albania,
Georgia, various countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among the Iranian peoples in Pakistan,Turkey, and everywhere else.
As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday, it is also a holy day for adherents of Sufism as well as Bahá'í Faith. In Iran it is also referred to as an Eid festival, although it is not an Islamic feast. Shia Nizari Ismaili muslims, who trace their origins to Iran, celebrate the festival under the name Navroz. In their religious protocol, Navroz is officially recognized as an Eid, as with Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha, although it involves a distinct set of religious ceremonies.
Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year as well as the beginning of the Bahá'í year. It is celebrated by some communities on March 21st and by others on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (start of spring), which may occur on March 20th, 21st or 22nd.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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History and Tradition
Tradition takes Norooz as far back as 15,000 years--before the last ice age. King Jamshid (Yima or Yama of the Indo-Iranian lore) symbolizes the transition of the Indo-Iranians from animal hunting to animal husbandry and a more settled life in human history. Seasons played a vital part then. Everything depended on the four seasons. After a sever winter, the beginning of spring was a great occasion with mother nature rising up in a green robe of colorful flowers and the cattle delivering their young. It was the dawn of abundance. Jamshid is said to be the person who introduced Norooz celebrations.
Avestan and later scriptures show that Zarathushtra improved, as early as 1725 BCE., the old Indo-Iranian calendar. The prevailing calendar was luni-solar. The lunar year is of 354 days. An intercalation of one month after every thirty months kept the calendar almost in line with the seasons. Zarathushtra, the Founder of the Good Religion, himself an astronomer, founded an observatory and he reformed the calendar by introducing an eleven-day intercalary period to make it into a luni-solar year of 365 days, 5 hours and a fraction. Later the year was made solely a solar year with each month of thirty days. An intercalation of five days was, and a further addition of one day every four years, was introduced to make the year 365 days, 5 hours, and a fraction. Still later, the calendar was
further corrected to be a purely solar year of 365 days 5 hr 48 min 45.5 sec. The year began precisely with the vernal equinox every time and therefore, there was no particular need of adding one day every four years and there was no need of a leap year. This was [and still is] the best and most correct calendar produced that far.
Some 12 centuries later, in 487 B.C.E., Darius the Great of the Achaemenian dynasty celebrated the Norooz at his newly built Persepolis in Iran. A recent research shows that it was a very special occasion. On that day, the first rays of the rising sun fell on the observatory in the great hall of audience at 06-30 a.m., an event which repeats itself once every 1400-1 years. It also happened to coincide with the Babylonian and Jewish new years. It was, therefore, a highly auspicious occasion for the ancient peoples. The Persepolis was the place, the Achaemenian king received, on Norooz, his peoples from all over the vast empire. The walls of the great royal palace depict the scenes of the celebrations.
We know the Iranian under the Parthian dynasty celebrated the occasion but we do not know the details. It should have, more or less, followed the Achaemenian pattern. During the Sasanian time, preparations began at least 25 days before Norooz. Twelve pillars of mud-bricks, each dedicated to one month of the year, were erected in the royal court. Various vegetable seeds--wheat, barley, lentils, beans, and others--were sown on top of the pillars. They grew into luxurious greens by the New Year Day. The great king held his public audience and the High Priest of the empire was the first to greet him. Government officials followed next. Each person offered a gift and received a present. The audience lasted for five days, each day for the people of a certain profession. Then on the sixth day,
called the Greater Norooz, the king held his special audience. He received members of the Royal family and courtiers. Also a general amnesty was declared for convicts of minor crimes. The pillars were removed on the 16th day and the festival came to a close. The occasion was celebrated, on a lower level, by all peoples throughout the empire.
Since then, the peoples of the Iranian culture, whether Zartoshtis, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Baha’is, or others, have celebrated Norooz precisely at the time of vernal equinox, the first day of the first month, on about March 21.
(Source: The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies)
Extensive records on the celebration of Norouz appear following the accession of Ardashir I of Persia, the founder of the Sassanid dynasty (224-651 AD). Under the Sassanid emperors, Norouz was celebrated as the most important day of the year. Most royal traditions of Norouz such as royal audiences with the public, cash gifts, and the pardoning of prisoners, were established during the Sassanian era and they persisted unchanged until modern times.
Norouz, along with Sadeh (that is celebrated in mid-winter), survived in society following the introduction of Islam in 650 AD. Other celebrations such Gahanbar and Mehragan were eventually side-lined or were only followed by the Zoroastrians, who carried them as far as Turkey. Norouz, however, was most honored even by the early founders of Islam. There are records of the Four Great Caliphs
presiding over Norouz celebrations, and it was adopted as the main royal holiday during the Abbasid period.
Following the demise of the Caliphate and the subsequent re-emergence of Persian dynasties such as the Samanids and Buyids, Norouz was elevated to an even more important event. The Buyids revived the ancient traditions of Sasanian times and restored many smaller celebrations that had been eliminated by the Caliphate. Even the Turkish and Mongol invaders did not attempt to abolish Norouz in favor of any other celebration. Thus, Norouz remained
as the main celebration in the Persian lands by both the officials and the people.
Omar Khayyam in his Norouznama (letter of Nowrouz) has written a vivid description of the celebration in ancient Persian:
“ From the era of Keykhosrow till the days of Yazdegard, last of the pre-Islamic kings of Persia, the royal custom was thus: on the first day of the New Year, Nau Ruz, the King's first visitor was the High Priest of the Zoroastrians, who brought with him as gifts a golden goblet full of wine, a ring, some gold coins, a fistful of green sprigs of wheat, a sword, a bow and a handsome slave. In the language of Persia he would then glorify God and praise the monarch.. This was the address of the High Priest to the king : "O Majesty, on this feast of the Equinox, first day of the first month of the year, seeing that thou hast freely chosen God and the Faith of the Ancient ones; may Surush, the Angel-messenger, grant thee wisdom and insight and sagacity in thy affairs. Live long in
praise, be happy and fortunate upon thy golden throne, drink immortality from the Cup of Jamshid; and keep in solemn trust the customs of our ancestors, their noble aspirations, fair gestes and the exercise of justice and righteousness. May thy soul flourish; may thy youth be as the new-grown grain; may thy horse be puissant, victorious; thy sword bright and deadly against foes; thy hawk swift against its prey; thy every act straight as the arrow's shaft. Go forth from thy rich throne, conquer new lands. Honor the craftsman and the sage in equal degree; disdain the acquisition of wealth. May thy house prosper and thy life be long!"
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Today
Today, the ceremony has been simplified. Every house gets a thorough cleaning almost a month before. Wheat, barley, lentils, and other vegetables seeds are soaked to grow on china plates and round earthenware vessels some ten days in advance, so that the sprouts are three to four inches in height by Norooz. A table is laid. It has a copy of the sacred book (the Gathas for Zarathushtrians), picture of Zarathushtra (again for Zarathushtrians), a mirror, candles, incense burner, bowl of water with live gold fish, the plates and vessels with green sprouts, flowers, fruits, coins, bread, sugar cone, various grains, fresh vegetables, colorfully painted boiled eggs like the “Easter eggs,” and above all, seven articles with their names beginning in Persian with the letter s or sh. The usual
things with s are vinegar, sumac, garlic, samanu (consistency of germinating wheat), apple, senjed (sorb?), and herbs. Those with sh include wine, sugar, syrup, honey, candy, milk, and rice-pudding. Here in North America, these may be substituted with English words that would alliterate, rhyme, or make mouths water. The seven articles are prominently exhibited in small bowls or plates on the table. The whole table, beautifully laid, symbolizes the Message and the Messenger, light, reflection, warmth, life, love, joy, production, prosperity, and nature. It is, in fact, a very elaborate thanksgiving table for all the good beautifully bestowed by God.
Family members, all dressed in their best, sit around the table and eagerly await the announcement of the exact time of vernal equinox over radio or television. The head of the family recites the Norooz prayers, and after the time is announced, each member kisses the other and wishes a Happy Norooz. Elders give gifts to younger members. Next the rounds of visits to neighbors, relatives, and friends begin. Each visit is reciprocated. Zarathushtra’s Birthday and Norooz festival are celebrated by Zartoshtis at social centers on about 6 Farvardin (26 March). Singing and dancing is, more or less for the first, a daily routine. The festivity continues for 12 days, and on the 13th morning, the mass picnic to countryside begins. It is called sizdeh-be-dar, meaning “thirteen-in-the-outdoors.”
Cities and villages turn into ghost towns with almost all the i[nhabitants gone to enjoy the day in woods and mountains along stream and riversides. People sing, dance, and make merry. Girls of marriageable age tie wild grass tops into knots and make a wish that the following Norooz may find them married and carrying their bonny babies.
(Source: The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies)
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O Centro Histórico de Goiás abrange a área histórica do município brasileiro de Goiás, antiga capital do estado de Goiás. A preservação desse sítio histórico começou em 1978, quando foi tombada pelo Patrimônio Histórico Nacional(Iphan), possui cerca de 486 imóveis tombados e aproximadamente 1.200 bens móveis, como mobílias e obras de arte.
De influência medieval, adaptando-se à forma do terreno e sendo influenciada pela arquitetura religiosa.
A arquitetura civil, diferente da religiosa, é simples, sem exuberância como em outras cidades. Recebeu influência da arquitetura portuguesa, como fachadas contínuas e grandes quintais, adaptada ao clima tropical do local.
A cidade vem passando por várias reformas ao longo dos últimos anos, numa tentativa de conservar intacto seu aspecto colonial. Quando foi tombada Patrimônio pelo IPHAN. A partir daí foram promovidas várias campanhas para preservar todo o patrimônio histórico, arquitetônico, cultural do município.
Entre as construções existentes atualmente, se destacam a igreja da Boa morte, o Chafariz, a casa de Cora Coralina, a casa do Governador, as ruas de pedra, a antiga cadeia, a igreja de Santa Bárbara, os casarões.
Patrimônio da Unesco
Goiás, antiga capital do estado de Goiás, ganhou o título de Patrimônio Cultural da Humanidade, concedido pela Unesco no dia 27 de junho de 2001 e comemorado por toda a população da cidade e do estado.
Este é o nono conjunto a conseguir o título no Brasil.
Projeto de restauração
As atividades culturais e o turismo se tornaram relevantes, e a preservação dos monumentos começou a ser realizada.
Destacam-se a restauração das igrejas Santa Bárbara e Matriz de Santana e do Museu Arte Sacra, a retirada de postes e fios elétricos, hoje subterrâneos, e da elaboração de inventários dos bens históricos da cidade.
Goiás foi uma das cidades escolhidas na primeira fase do Projeto Monumental, que financia a restauração de sítios tombados através de empréstimos. Cerca de R$ 2 milhões devem ser destinados à cidade, para restauração de monumentos, como o Antigo Mercado, o Matadouro e Quartel XX, e na recuperação da área do Rio Vermelho. Proprietários de imóveis tombados poderão conseguir empréstimos para casarões.
Spanish
El Centro histórico de Goiás abarca el casco histórico de la ciudad brasileña de Goiás, la antigua capital del estado de Goiás. La preservación de este sitio histórico se inició en 1978 cuando fue incluida como Patrimonio Nacional (Iphan), constaba de alrededor de 486 edificios y unos 1200 activos tales como muebles y obras de arte.
La ciudad cuenta con un trazado irregular de influencia medieval, adaptándose a la forma del terreno y con gran arquitectura religiosa.
La arquitectura civil, diferente de la religiosa, es simple, sin la exuberancia como en otras ciudades brasileñas. Recibió la influencia de la arquitectura portuguesa, en fachadas continuas y patios interiores muy amplios, adaptados al clima tropical del lugar.
La ciudad ha experimentado varias reformas durante los últimos años en un esfuerzo por conservar intacto su aspecto colonial. En especial, cuando fue incluida en la lista del Patrimonio por la IPHAN, a partir de lo cual fueron promovidas diversas campañas para preservar todos los aspectos históricos, arquitectónicos y culturales del municipio.
Entre los edificios existentes actualmente, destacan la iglesia de la Buena Muerte, de la Fontana, la casa de Cora Coralina, la casa del Gobernador, las calles de piedra, la antigua cárcel, la iglesia de Santa Bárbara, las mansiones.
Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Goiás, antigua capital del estado de Goiás, obtuvo el título de Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad, otorgado por la Unesco el 27 de junio de 2001 y fue conmemorado por toda la población de la ciudad y del estado.
Éste es el noveno conjunto en conseguir el título en Brasil.
Proyecto de restauración
Las actividades culturales y el turismo han ganado relevancia, y la preservación de los monumentos comenzaron a hacerse realidad.
Entre ellos, la restauración de las iglesias Santa Bárbara y la Matriz de Santana y el Museo de Arte Sacro, la eliminación de postes y cables eléctricos, ahora soterrados, y la elaboración de inventarios de los bienes históricos de la ciudad.
Goiás fue una de las ciudades elegidas en la primera fase del Proyecto Monumental, que financia la restauración a través de préstamos. Se asignó una ayuda para restaurar los monumentos, como el Mercado Viejo, el Matadero y el Cuartel, y la recuperación de la zona del río Rojo. Los propietarios de viviendas afectadas podían obtener préstamos para reformar sus casas.
Referencias
Esta obra deriva de la traducción de Centro Histórico de Goiás, publicada bajo la Licencia de documentación libre de GNU y la Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-CompartirIgual 3.0 Unported por editores de la Wikipedia en portugués.
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Fight the poachers without arms and challenge the prejudices.
Have chosen the name of the world's most poisonous and dangerous snake: the Black Mambas, the first team against poaching composed only of women. In a world dominated by men, 2 years ago, this surveillance team was born to face the problem of ever-expanding poaching in South Africa: in 7 years, in fact, more and more the rhinos killed for their horns are being removed, causing the death of the animal and resold mainly to the Chinese market that uses it powdered in traditional medicine to heal fever, epilepsy, malaria and poisoning. It is a precious material that is very high on the black market (about $ 60,000 for kilo) and this is a strong incentive for poaching, in a densely populated and poor area like the one bordering the Greater Kruger National Park.
About this the Black Mambas have been awarded UNEP's annual recognition program (United Nations Environment Program) assigned to organizations and individuals who stand out for the protection of the environment and for building a sustainable future by acting, in their respective areas of expertise with tenacity and determination.
I heard this news this evening in the state TV
I searched the news in internet and the article goes back two years ago while they were born two years further back
And so I thought about how strange the world is, the bad news comes in a nanosecond, those beautiful in 4 years ......
I dedicate this to them
Thanks for your recent visits, favorites, comments and invitations. I go slow, but everything is very much appreciated, as always....
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Beethoven - 5 sinfonia - 2 movimento ovvero l'emozione allo stato puro
Here you come again
Just when Im about to make it work without you
You look into my eyes
And light those dreamy eyes
And pretty soon Im wonderin
How I came to doubt you
All you gotta do
Is smile that smile
And there go all my defenses
Just leave it up to you
And in a little while
Youre messin up my mind
An fillin up my senses
Dolly Parton ♬ ♬ Here You Come Again
Explored | May 1, 2009 #51
I witnessed a birdy love affair. Its quite melancholic when I saw the scene. There were two birds perched on the roof. They landed from the same flight. They stayed abreast for quite some time before one decided to fly away. The remaining one suddenly started to chirp loudly and the sound dimmed after a while. The bird did not move for minutes, just left alone. It triggered some kinda of sadness in me. I wonder if birds that met once can cross paths (or rather cross flights) once more. The sky is so vast that perhaps the one time they met would be their last.
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Eri il mio sole
volevo esserti fiore
ma nuvole ti nascondevano
ho provato ad essere sole
ma nuvole ti nascondevano
ancora
volevo guardarti
volevo che tu mi guardassi
radiosa
ma nuvole tra noi
sempre
e sarò nuvola allora
che tu sia fiore o sole
vedrai
laddove ha casa il mio cielo
ti sarò nell’anima
Pietro Atzeni
Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘) - Wet Land (1993)
For almost everyone, Spring is associated with an abundance of nascent forms and a variety of vibrant colors...
I suggest we look at this magical time without "superfluous" colors. After all, colors usually adhere to existing forms. This means that form and content are the foundation upon which we can apply as many layers of the most vibrant and impressive colors as we like... But if form and content are absent... then color becomes superfluous...
Nature gives us a great variety of forms, imbuing them with a wide variety of meanings and purposes. After all, if you look closely, everything around us carries something special; something that can serve us in a variety of ways – inspire, help us heal, impart valuable lessons, nourish us, and even... send us to other dimensions...
Previously, I wrote that everything around us is connected. And we are connected to everything. Moreover, there is a feeling that everything around us is different forms of the same thing. Different forms of ...Ourselves ...Source ...Nature ...God ...Universe...
What forms fill your life?
What do you feel when the form becomes more tangible?
Fruit Chaat - Indian Snack made by a kid in a competition "Cooking without Fire"
The fruit chaat is a type of spiced fruit salad made with slice/ cut fruits. Added to it is Chaat masala and Lime Juice. You may garnish it with mint leaves.
The Welshpool & Llanfair railway is closed for the winter, and Castle Caerinion station slumbers without traffic.
Today was one day without shoes to support TOMS. Learn more at www.toms.com/
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This one is for you, Andreas Mogensen. Denmark in all its glory, without a single cloud in winter. I know, nobody will ever believe me ;) It looks quite hygge down there
Une pour toi, Andreas Mogensen. Le Danemark dans toute sa splendeur, sans un nuage, et ça en plein hiver! Ça m'a l'air bien hygge par là-bas!
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Pas de FAV sans commentaire.
No FAV without comment
Une série sur le chamois du Sancy.
Bonne journée à tous.
Merci pour vos visites et commentaires
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A series on the chamois of the Sancy.
Good day to all.
Thank you for your visits and comments
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Eine serie über den buff des Sancy.
Guten tag an alle.
Danke für eure besuche und kommentare
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Una serie sobre el rebeco de la Sancy.
Buen día a todos.
Gracias por sus visitas y comentarios
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Een serie over de gems van de Sancy.
Goede dag allemaal.
Dank u voor uw bezoeken en opmerkingen
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Una serie del camoscio del Sancy.
Buona giornata a tutte.
Grazie per le vostre visite e commenti
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Uma série sobre a camurça de Sancy.
Bom dia a todos.
Obrigado por suas visitas e comentários de
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Even without the Sheffield Midland platform signs the huge stone retaining wall and the flats above define the location of Class 37 diesel 6862. It's a sobering thought that the young boy being shown the engine by his father on the left will be about 53-54 years old now.
D6862 was delivered new from the English Electric Vulcan Foundry to Landore shed in July 1963. It lost its green livery in March 1971 for BR Blue bodywork with full yellow cab fronts and probably its D prefix at the same time. Renumbered 37162 in February 1974 it continued in service until June 2005 and was scrapped by Booth's in December 2005.
Without a doubt the very best time to make photographs of the Missouri Ozarks is after a storm has come through the night before, then be up before daylight the next morning…
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Latin name: Grus vipio - White-Naped Crane
One of 4 poses captured during a preening session.
This Crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern Chine and southeastern Russia, where a program at Khingan Nature Reserve raises eggs provided from U.S. zoos to bolster the species. Different groups of the birds migrate to winter near the Yangtze River, the DMZ in Korea and on Kyūshū in Japan. They also reach Kazakhstan and Taiwan. Only about 4,900 and 5,400 individuals remain in the wild.
It is a large bird, 112–125 cm long, approximately 130 cm tall and weighing about 5.6 kg with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch. Wikipedia. It is the only species of crane to have pink legs and also unusually it is the female that initiates the mating displays. During unison calling she responds with two calls for every one from her mate.
Its diet consists mainly of insects, seeds, roots, plants and small animals.
The species is declining due to habitat loss from the spreading of agricultural land, over-hunting in some areas and plans for potential dams in China threaten the species even further.
It is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Taken on our trip to Pensthorpe Nature Reserve in Norfolk.
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No Vale da Ferradura, a convivência harmônica com a natureza é um espetáculo à parte. Curta o vento, o sol, as belas vistas, um banho de cachoeira, os animais!
Aqui você encontra animais como quati, macaco-prego, bugio-ruivo, serelepe, cutia, gambá, mão-pelada, veado-mateiro, graxaim e muitos roedores. E também grande variedade de aves de extrema beleza e raridade.
Muitos deles possuem um contato próximo com os seres humanos, como é o caso, principalmente, dos quatis, e em geral você pode observá-los de perto na área principal do Vale da Ferradura, mesmo sem fazer as trilhas.
Os quatis, em grande quantidade no Vale da Ferradura, são mamíferos que se alimentam de minhocas, insetos e frutas, apreciando também ovos, legumes e especialmente lagartos. Dormem no alto das árvores, enrolados como uma bola, e não descem antes do amanhecer. Seu órgão mais sensível com certeza é seu nariz, que é móvel e muito alongado. Possui dentes e garras fortes.
O parque Vale da Ferradura está localizado ao norte do município de Canela RS, na região correspondente às coordenadas 29°16' S - 50°50' W, compreendendo um total de aproximadamente 200 ha, com altitudes que variam de 400 m a 750 m.
Fica no Planalto das Araucárias, popularmente designado como "Serra Gaúcha". Os elementos que compõem a sua flora são típicos da Floresta Ombrófila Mista Montana e da Floresta Estacional Semidecidual Montana, com áreas de transição entre as mesmas e com diversos estágios de sucessão.
A área do parque faz parte da bacia hidrográfica do rio Caí. Nesta bacia, existem 11 Unidades de Conservação municipais e/ou particulares, duas estaduais - Parque Estadual do Delta do Jacuí e Parque Estadual do Caracol - e uma Federal - Floresta Nacional de Canela.
O clima da região é superúmido, com as curvas ombrométricas das estações meteorológicas sempre positivas. Há ocorrência de três ou mais meses com temperaturas médias compensadas mensais abaixo de 15°C, que ocasionam a chamada seca fisiológica das plantas tropicais, criadora da estacionalidade.
O Vale da Ferradura possui variados micro-habitats, com áreas mais expostas a incidência solar, aos ventos e sujeitas a interferência humana, bem como áreas totalmente protegidas, sombreadas, úmidas e sujeitas a inundações periódicas. A preservação destes remanescentes aliada à atividade de educação ambiental ao mesmo tempo que ao ócio, como forma de lazer recreativo, é extremamente importante.O parque é cortado por quatro trilhas, que apresentam características peculiares: trilha do Rio Caí, trilha do Pórtico, trilha das Cutias e trilha das Pinguelas.
http://www.canelaturismo.com.br/roteiros-e-atrativos/parque-da-ferradura/
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O parque Vale da Ferradura, localizado a 13 km do centro de Canela, proporciona ao turista integração com a natureza, com mirantes para o deslumbrante Vale da Ferradura, para a Cascata do Arroio do Caçador e Rio Santa Cruz. Uma área especial para toda família com trilhas e estrutura de churrasqueira, playground e lanchonete.
No alto do canyon de 420 metros de extensão está localizado o Vale da Ferradura - onde o Rio Santa Cruz forma a ferradura que dá nome ao lugar. A vista privilegiada da cascata do Arroio Caçador, o verde e o ar puro são complementos perfeitos para as 4 trilhas, os 3 mirantes e a estrutura de 8 churrasqueiras, playground e lanchonete, numa área total de aproximadamente 200 hectares.
A área do parque faz parte da bacia hidrográfica do rio Caí. Nesta bacia, existem 11 Unidades de Conservação municipais e/ou particulares, duas estaduais - Parque Estadual do Delta do Jacuí e Parque Estadual do Caracol - e uma federal - Floresta Nacional de Canela.
O Vale da Ferradura possui variados micro-habitats, com áreas mais expostas a incidência solar, aos ventos e sujeitas a interferência humana, bem como áreas totalmente protegidas, sombreadas, úmidas e sujeitas a inundações periódicas. A preservação destes remanescentes aliada à atividade de educação ambiental ao mesmo tempo que ao ócio, como forma de lazer recreativo, é extremamente importante.
As árvores de –Araucária, que produzem os delicioso pinhão são a maioria no parque e atraem animais silvestres como o Quati, a Cutia, o Macaco-prego e a Gralha-azul, importante para a multiplicação das árvores.
MIRANTES
• Mirante Vale da Ferradura
É o principal mirante do Vale da Ferradura. Dele você aprecia a vista da Cascata do Arroio Caçador e tem uma visão geral.
• Mirante do Vale do Arroio Caçador
Proporciona uma vista impressionante do vale do Arroio Caçador. O acesso é por uma trilha leve - cerca de 2 minutos.
• Mirante da Cascata do Arroio Caçador
Proporciona uma vista impressionante da cascata do Arroio Caçador. Aqui você desce 50 metros e a trilha é um pouco mais íngreme.
TRILHAS
• Trilha do Rio Caí
São 350 metros de trilha, iniciando a 750 metros altura e terminando a 400 metros altura, no ponto em que o arroio Caçador deságua no Rio Caí. É a principal trilha do parque, com maior nível de dificuldade, pelo declive do terreno. Você vai levar 60 minutos para descer, e 2 horas para subir.
Como a trilha do Rio Caí pode ser dividida em quatro trechos, você não precisa fazê-la inteira. Confira os trechos:
- O primeiro leva a dois mirantes, localizados a 700 metros de altura e de onde se tem uma belíssima vista da cascata do arroio Caçador.
- O segundo trecho vai de 700 até 550 metros de altura e é o de maior extensão e menor dificuldade.
- O terceiro trecho inicia a 550 metros de altura, ponto onde as trilhas do Rio Caí e do Pórtico se encontram, e termina a 450 metros de altura, no leito do arroio Caçador, acima da queda d’água.
- O quarto e último trecho vai de 450 a 400 metros altura e é o de maior dificuldade, pois o declive é acentuado e as condições de umidade são elevadas. Interessante é que parte deste trecho está sujeita a borrifos d’água, porque acompanha a queda da cascata. Ele termina no pé da cascata do arroio Caçador e às margens do Rio Caí, em uma área plana, local para um descanso merecido.
• Trilha do Pórtico
A trilha do Pórtico tem 200 metros, iniciando a 750 metros de altura e terminando a 550 metros de altura, onde se encontra com a trilha do Rio Caí. Nela existe um recanto conhecido como Cascata do Graxaim, e podem ser admiradas araucárias e xaxins.
• Trilha das Cotias
É uma bela trilha, com muita sombra, sem esforço físico, para todas as idades e condicionamentos físicos. Dá para dizer que, mais que uma trilha, é um passeio em meio à natureza. Encontra-se na faixa entre 700 e 750 metros de altura, no platô do parque, acima da trilha do Pórtico. Aprecie a bela paisagem de cactus e bromélias na área mais rochosa.
• Trilha das Pinguelas
Também está entre 700 e 750 metros de altura, porém voltada para a bela vista do Vale da Ferradura. A trilha das Pinguelas acompanha um pequeno arroio e você aproveita a sombra da copa das árvores.
Localização e informações gerais
O parque Vale da Ferradura fica na Serra Gaúcha, em Canela RS, a 13 km do centro, no Km 6 da RS 466, mais conhecida como Estrada do Caracol. Funciona das 8h30 às 17h30. No verão, quando o sol se põe bastante tarde na Região Sul, este horário pode ser estendido.
Para chegar, pegue a Estrada do Caracol, que está localizada logo ao chegar a Canela, vindo de Gramado, e vá sempre por essa via, seguindo as placas. Após o Parque do Caracol, a estrada é de terra, por alguns quilômetros.
http://www.lajedepedra.com.br/o-hotel/vale-da-ferradura.htm
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Latin name: Falco tinnunculus - Common Kestrel
Back in August we met up with family at Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird Of Prey Centre in Bedfordshire, which is a super place to visit.
The common kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel.
When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10-20 m (33-66 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13–15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26–32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4.8–8.9 oz), around 155 g (5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5.4–11.1 oz), around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
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