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Little egret by renzodionigi

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Little egret

The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to five bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents for about three weeks. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.

Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.

In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. Its range is continuing to expand westward, and the species has begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of "least concern".

Les randonneurs by blogspfastatt ( 8.000.000 views)

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Les randonneurs

Arizona - Grand Canyon: another view that gives you the feeling of an insight into the geology history of our planet by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon: another view that gives you the feeling of an insight into the geology history of our planet

Arizona - Grand Canyon: fascinated by how the flat plateau is cut by the deep and wide canyon carved by the Colorado River and by erosion by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon: fascinated by how the flat plateau is cut by the deep and wide canyon carved by the Colorado River and by erosion

Arizona - Grand Canyon: View in the dusk from Hermits Rest to Yuma Point. The ridge is at 6,600 ft / 2000 m by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon: View in the dusk from Hermits Rest to Yuma Point. The ridge is at 6,600 ft / 2000 m

Arizona - Grand Canyon: West Rim Trail with beautiful view (near Hermits Rest) by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon: West Rim Trail with beautiful view (near Hermits Rest)

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -Down at the Tonto Plateau you can see the trail that leads up to Plateau Point and gives a great view of the Colorado River by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail -Down at the Tonto Plateau you can see the trail that leads up to Plateau Point and gives a great view of the Colorado River

Arizona - Grand Canyon: outstanding viewpoint at the South Rim - "Mather Point" by Traveller-Reini

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Arizona - Grand Canyon: outstanding viewpoint at the South Rim - "Mather Point"

The view to the north is of the deep canyon of Bright Angel Creek, which separates the Kaibab Plateau on the left from the Walhalla Plateau on the east. On the left flank of Bright Angel Canyon, slightly to the left of Bright Angel Point, is Grand Canyon Lodge, the main North Rim lodging. Near the creek's confluence with the Colorado, the Kaibab Suspension Bridge, built in 1928, spans the Colorado at a height of 18 meters and a length of 134 meters. It connects the Bright Angel Trail and the South Kaibab Trail on the south side with the North Kaibab Trail along Bright Angel Canyon on the North Rim.

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead a view to the west to Maricopa Point by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead a view to the west to Maricopa Point

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - the lower part of the trail leads right to one of the many rapids of the Colorado River by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail - the lower part of the trail leads right to one of the many rapids of the Colorado River

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -View from the distance of the target of most of the hikers: the Colorado River (Kaibab-Suspension-Bridge on the right) and the overnight camp Phantom Ranch (on the left in the valley) by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail -View from the distance of the target of most of the hikers: the Colorado River (Kaibab-Suspension-Bridge on the right) and the overnight camp Phantom Ranch (on the left in the valley)

Phantom Ranch's elevation is 2,460 feet / 750 m; that is about 4,800 feet / 1,500 m lower than the South Rim and about 5,800 feet / 1,800 m lower than the North Rim.
In the east fork of Bright Angel Creek and Colorado, David Rust, who had previously spent 4 years creating the North Kaibab Trail, built Rust Camp shortly after 1900. This was renamed Roosevelt Camp in 1913 and finally received its present name in 1922 after remodeling to plans by Mary Jane Colter: Phantom Ranch.

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -after 4.9 mi. / 7.7 km of the downhill trail you reach the Tonto Plateau and Indian Garden by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail -after 4.9 mi. / 7.7 km of the downhill trail you reach the Tonto Plateau and Indian Garden

The Bright Angel Trail is the best developed trail down into the canyon and is traveled not only by hikers, but also by mule caravans carrying riding guests or supplying stations in the canyon. Hikers are required to make way for the mules. Behind a caravan, considerable amounts of dust hang in the air for a long time.
From Indian Garden you can walk almost level for about 2.5 km to the viewpoint Plateau Point, from where you can see into the depth of the canyon and onto the Colorado River.

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead to the Three Mile Resthouse, the trail overcomes an altitude difference of 630 m / 2,100 ft over a distance of 4.9 km / 3 miles by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead to the Three Mile Resthouse, the trail overcomes an altitude difference of 630 m / 2,100 ft over  a distance of 4.9 km / 3 miles

Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - Water is available from the trans-canyon pipeline at the Mile-and-a-half Resthouse, the Three Mile Resthouse, and Indian Garden by Traveller-Reini

Arizona - Grand Canyon:  on Bright Angel Trail - Water is available from the trans-canyon pipeline at the Mile-and-a-half Resthouse, the Three Mile Resthouse, and Indian Garden

Do not underestimate the dangers: take enough drinking water and good walking shoes!

Fort Wadsworth 159 by Joe Marcone (5.6 Million Views)

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Fort Wadsworth 159

RUSH AT AURORA / RUSH NA AURORA by Arthur Perruci

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RUSH AT AURORA / RUSH NA AURORA

Once again this famous postcard from Recife, Pernambuco - Brazil.
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Mais uma vez esse famoso cartão postal de Recife-PE.

A table for two, with a view by she, myself and eye

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A table for two, with a view

Christa Lamb getting up close with some unexpected props that somebody placed shore-side in the Great Salt Lake near the Great Saltair concert venue, Utah, USA. I kept my distance to be in position for the compositions I wanted and did not get close, but she tells me the table-top was underneath the water below the table pedestal. The leather sofa from the earlier photoshoot (see my photostream) was now on the shore and much too heavy, it turned out, for me to drag it back out into the water, as much as I would have loved to take some additional images of it.

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Lebensfreude / Cheerfulness by swetlanahasenjäger

Lebensfreude / Cheerfulness

Жизнеутверждающий стимул природы / Lebensbejahender Reiz der Natur / Life-affirming Stimulus of Nature 🔆😃 💕🌼📷

I am very grateful to all Friends for taking the time to view my photogallery

Jamaica - Ocho Rios: green Paradise - Jungle @ park around Dunn's River Falls by Traveller-Reini

Jamaica -  Ocho Rios: green Paradise - Jungle @ park around Dunn's River Falls

Jamaica - Ocho Rios: green and red - colourful tropical rainforest by Traveller-Reini

Jamaica -  Ocho Rios: green and red - colourful tropical rainforest