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She was actually just caught in mid-sentence, but this looks like the something horrid has just happened. I like it.
Not to worry, I am talking about murders of crows here - a collective noun coined in the medieval times to describe gatherings of crows.
Back in mid-September, I began noticing gatherings of crows on the shore of the Kingston Inner Harbour prior to sunset. At the time, they numbered 75-100 individuals and could be clearly heard at a distance of 1 km away.
However, per shown in the panoramic picture (01_SZN6413-6430) taken yesterday, their numbers have since grown, significantly. I counted 630 individuals in the panoramic image which did not account for many other birds falling outside the frame. This is not an entirely new phenomenon, as large gatherings have previously been documented in Kingston. Indeed, Steven Manders counted 1,237 birds from a single image taken back in Jan-Feb 2023. Such mob sizes are likely atypical for Kingston if one is to believe bird counts prior to 2016. Conversely, much larger events have been reported throughout Ontario with one estimated to be as big as 20,000 crows in Ottawa in December of 2010. Nonetheless, what I witnessed last night was a sight to behold, especially in regards to my experience described in the last paragraph below.
Until mid to late afternoon, few crows were populating what would become their meeting/staging area on the shore of the Kingston Inner Harbour. As the sun approached the horizon, individual or groups of handfuls of birds began to silently converge from near and far to a staging area, yet away from built-up areas, and perched on generally leafless deciduous trees where they became much noisier as their number grew. Although crows are known for their smarts, even in those numbers they do not produce intermittent murmurations such as those created by European starlings. A few individual crows took to their wings from time to time but generally they remained perched until the big lift off was somehow triggered, which took place at the onset of twilight (after sunset).
Lift off was unannounced to me, quieter and progressive. It took the form of a long procession of birds heading in a common direction toward town and where they picked one or several locations to roost for the night. Interestingly, many birds appeared to hop from one location to an intermediate one rather than making a direct flight to their final destination which was a short distance away to begin with – 1.5 km as the crow flies.
Eventually, they congregated in at least one location near the city downtown core where they found safety from human or predatorial activities. Before they settled down for the night and while I was standing on a city sidewalk, a flock of hundreds of the crows flew, in my estimate about 15 m (50 ft) above me shrouding the slightly lit sky with moving black silhouettes – an experience that felt mystical but not creepy.
Such gatherings are generally called murders of crows but have also been referred to as hovers, mobs or parliaments. The latter term being rather descriptive of the cacophony of the many different and fascinating vocalizations emanating from the large congregation of crows even as they settle down for the night.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
*Note that these particular images were taken in low light, at times well into the twilight
Day 59 of 365
I had taken several fun photos today and earlier tonight I was at my computer getting ready to download them when I looked through my window and noticed the cardinals in my yard were getting very agitated. I then noticed the cats quietly stalking something in the grass. I went outside to see what it was, and to my surprise was this beautiful (well...beauty is in the eye of the beholder!) little baby bird. My first thought was that it had fallen out of its nest, but then I realized it was attempting to fly and taking its first few "steps". I ran in, grabbed my camera and managed to take a few shots of this little one before it took off.
After another hectic and stressful week at work, this made me think of the verse, Matthew 6:25-27 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
What a miracle life is....and what a great reminder that we don't need to worry, just enjoy living!
December MSH Entry - "New"
Last August 2017, the FAO EWEA system had detected some worrying signals about the impact of drought in Madagascar.
Read more about FAO and the Early Warning Early Action system.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Ravahambola Andriniaina. Editorial use only. Copyright FAO
The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.
For more information
www.manek-manek.com/workshops/projects/801-ot0042.html
To register
beadandbuttonshow.com/store/class/b20b
Designed specially for Bead & Button Masterclass 2020.
Kits and tutorials not available.
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No worries, mate - except how to take the "souvenir photo" from a rocking ferry. What a spectacular harbour!
The perfect coach to get you started down the road in style and its snappy paint scheme is sure to turn a few heads! A well thought out floor plan has plenty of storage in all the right places while the side aisle obscures the stateroom and offers tons of privacy. The galley has plenty of counter space to really bring out the chef in you, but if making reservations is more your style, don’t worry; there’s plenty of other things to love!
Strobist info: 2 x Yongnuo at 1/2 power through shoot-thru umbrellas camera left and right.
All feedback and constructive criticism welcome.
12" x 12" Quilt / Pillow
Allegra and Linda a couple of sweet 5 year olds who are related by, Allegra's Grandma being married to Linda's Grandad. It there an official relationship name for that?
“Worry is faith in the negative, trust in the unpleasant, assurance of disaster and belief in defeat…worry is wasting today’s time to clutter up tomorrow’s opportunities with yesterday’s troubles.”
William Ward
Texture courtesy of Caleb Kimburgh
Temple station. The previous train had stopped in error at the station which had been closed owing to a staff shortage. Several passengers alighted and attempted to exit the closed station. I rode in the cab of the next train which stopped to pick me up, but the others had to be released by staff from the ticket hall a little later.
The search for water was a daily trial for the villagers of Kamor-Liban in Mandera, Kenya.
This semi-arid region suffers from recurring droughts which are increasing in frequency and intensity due to environmental degradation and climate change.
Kamor-Liban had no permanent source of water, so villagers had to travel 10km to Lafey during dry seasons and droughts.
“Women would give their jerrycans to travellers on the bus to bring back water. We had to beg for water. Some jerrycans were abandoned in Lafey and never came back,” said Hamara Mohamood, a fifty-year-old mother of eight.
Children were also sent to Lafey to fetch water on donkey-back, taking up to 7 hours.
Over thinking ruins you. Ruins the situations, twists things around, makes you worry and just makes everything much worse than it actually is.
The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.
For more information
www.manek-manek.com/workshops/projects/801-ot0042.html
To register
beadandbuttonshow.com/store/class/b20b
Designed specially for Bead & Button Masterclass 2020.
Kits and tutorials not available.
#maneklady #manekbeads
Why worry
baby, I see this world has made you sad
Some people can be bad
The things they do the things they say
But baby, I'll wipe away those bitter tears
I'll chase away those restless fears
And turn your blue skies into gray
Why worry
There should be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now
Why worry now
Baby, when I get down I turn to you
And you make sense of what I do
And all the isn't hard is the same
But baby, just when this world seems mean and cold
Our love comes shinning red and gold
And all the rest is by the way
Why worry
There should be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now
Why worry now
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