Special Places # 18

Photo Art by H.J. Ruiz

Photo Gallery

1 – Top Left: Scene of farm fields and windmill on site in Pennsylvania. History: Connecticut inventor Daniel Halladay set to work to solve the problem, and in 1854 he constructed the first model of the practical wind-powered pump seen across Kansas and other parts of the Great Plains. It could both turn and regulate its speed to avoid being destroyed by an extremely high wind. Before long, the windmill was a common fixture on farms, drawing water for cattle and making livestock ownership possible in the relatively dry areas of the West.

2 – Top Right: Lifesaver at lagoon in The Bahamas on guard for all swimmers on the beach.

3 – Middle Left: Matching windows flowers in front of house. Clinton, New Jersey.

4 – Middle Right -Top: View of salt marsh in Tybee Island, Georgia.

5 – Middle Right – Bottom: Section of old canal in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

6 – Bottom : Old Cemetery in a sunny day after snow overnight. Rockaway, New Jersey.

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Red Art Gallery – Northern Cardinal # 27

Red Art Gallery

Female
Male

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Photography of Birds – Set # 277

Set # 277

European Starling

European Starling
European Starling

The closest relation of the common starling is the spotless starling. The non-migratory spotless starling may be descended from a population of ancestral S. vulgaris that survived in an Iberian refugium during an Ice Age retreat, and mitochondrial gene studies suggest that it could be considered a subspecies of the common starling. There is more genetic variation between common starling populations than between the nominate common starling and the spotless starling. Although common starling remains are known from the Middle Pleistocene, part of the problem in resolving relationships in the Sturnidae is the paucity of the fossil record for the family as a whole.

Blue Jay

Blue Jay
Blue Jay

The BlueJay occupies a variety of habitats within its large range, from the pine woods of Florida to the spruce-fir forests of northern Ontario. It is less abundant in denser forests, preferring mixed woodlands with oaks and beeches. It has expertly adapted to human activity, occurring in parks and residential areas, and can adapt to wholesale deforestation with relative ease if human activity creates other means for the jays to get by.

Important note to all my friends that follow my Blog:

Starting May 1st, 2021, I will be posting only three day per week.

  • SATURDAYS – RED ART GALLERY – PHOTO GALLERY OF NORTHERN CARDINALS.
  • SUNDAYS – SPECIAL PLACES – National Parks, Photo Art, Panoramic Photos, Waterfalls and Cascades, Flowers, Butterflies and insects, Animals, Etc, Etc. Photo Art by H. J. Ruiz.
  • WEDNESDAYS – ALL ABOUT BIRDS – From my backyard as well as other places.

The reason for this rearranging of my daily schedule, I prefer not to disclose at the moment, but I have made the decision to make a change already. This will help me attend other matters of great importance.

I hope that all of you will understand my situation and continue to visit my blog where I made many friends from all over the world, that I treasure very much. Remember the days scheduled above and hope to see you always!

Thank You’all.

H.J. Ruiz

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Photography of Birds – Set # 276

Set # 276

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmice nest in a hole in a tree, either a natural cavity, a human-made nest box, or sometimes an old woodpecker nest. They line the nest with soft materials, sometimes plucking hair from a live animal such as a dog. If they find snake skin sheddings, they may incorporate pieces into their nest.

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher’s breeding habitat includes open deciduous woods and shrublands in southern Ontario, the eastern and southwestern United States, and Mexico. Though gnatcatcher species are common and increasing in number while expanding to the northeast, it is the only one to breed in Eastern North America. They migrate to the southern United States, Mexico, northern Central America (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras), Cuba, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands.

Important note to all my friends that follow my Blog:

Starting May 1st, 2021, I will be posting only three day per week.

  • SATURDAYS – RED ART GALLERY – PHOTO GALLERY OF NORTHERN CARDINALS.
  • SUNDAYS – SPECIAL PLACES – National Parks, Photo Art, Panoramic Photos, Waterfalls and Cascades, Flowers, Butterflies and insects, Animals, Etc, Etc. Photo Art by H. J. Ruiz.
  • WEDNESDAYS – ALL ABOUT BIRDS – From my backyard as well as other places.

The reason for this rearranging of my daily schedule, I prefer not to disclose at the moment, but I have made the decision to make a change already. This will help me attend other matters of great importance.

I hope that all of you will understand my situation and continue to visit my blog where I made many friends from all over the world, that I treasure very much. Remember the days scheduled above and hope to see you always!

Thank You’all.

H.J. Ruiz

© HJ Ruiz – Avian101

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