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WATER GOES DOWN DOLOSTONE of the Lockport Group, formed 428.9 to 424.1 million years ago, during the Homerian, Gorstian, and Ludfordian ages of the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs of the Silurian period of the Paleozoic era (per Macrostrat).
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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Canadian Rapids in the Niagara River, as viewed from the south end of the Three Sisters Islands trail in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is on the opposite riverbank, including the decommissioned Toronto Power Generating Station, erected 1906.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Niagara (county) (1002718)
• Niagara Falls (7014229)
• Niagara Falls (7013083)
• Niagara, Regional Municipality of (1002719)
• Niagara River (1127777)
• Three Sisters Islands (2719838)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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• riverine landscapes (300435110)
• rivers (300008707)
• Silurian (300391265)
• spring (season) (300133097)
• summer (season) (300133099)
Wikidata items:
• 9 June 2021 (Q69306077)
• Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area (Q199196)
• Canada-United States border (Q119515)
• June 9 (Q2618)
• June 2021 (Q61312778)
• Lake Ontario drainage basin (Q63346276)
• Lockport Group (Q18154668)
• Niagara Falls State Park (Q1031716)
• Niagara River (Q182343)
• state park (Q1761072)
• Three Sisters Islands (Q7797813)
• Treaty of Big Tree (Q7836988)
• Western New York (Q7988104)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Parks—New York (State) (sh85098179)
• Rapids—New York (State) (sh2017004173)
• Rivers—New York (State) (sh85114361)
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Preserved GWR steam locomotives 6990 Witherslack Hall and 4079 Pendennis Castle, at work double heading on the Keighley Worth Valley railway during their 2024 Spring Steam Gala .
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Gray-headed Swamphen
Usually I find them in the midst of marsh plants - this one out in the open gives a better sense of the size and look of the bird. See comments for one in its more natural setting.
From Cornell School of Ornithology:
Looking like an oversized version of a Purple Gallinule with a massive red bill, the Gray-headed Swamphen is an impressive bird and the largest rail in North America. Originally from southern Asia, it became established in southern Florida in the mid-1990s when birds escaped from captivity and began breeding. Like gallinules, this species forages in marshes by wading, swimming, and even climbing to reach aquatic vegetation, insects, and animal prey. Swamphens are aggressive competitors and may dominate or displace our native North American rails.
If you want to learn more about the escape of the gray-heads into Florida, check out this post I made a few years back:
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