Wordless Wednesday
Travel
CFFC: Good and Bad
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Good and Bad
This is a game played by men and bulls in Terceira, Azores. The bad thing is that it seems to be man versus beast – but the good thing is, that the bull is running through the streets on a rope, pulled to a stop when he gets to wild. Mostly young men try to run as close as possible, but never hurt the bull. They let loose about five bulls – one at a time – and take them in to rest when they are tired. Nobody gets hurt. It is a matter of showing courage, impressing ladies and other young guys – bull and man trying to outsmart each other.
No politics…but I could have used the white hat and the black hat in this challenge as well – reversed though. A matter of opinion.
Camouflage – Survival or Not
In the header, a beautiful Land Iguana – maybe my favourite animal on the Galápagos Islands. And below is my special companion – the Mockingbird.
”Blending in experts” are the birds – and other animals – on the Galápagos Islands. To me this is a magnificent treat to the eye.
Many of these animals are endemic, only to be found here. And many only on their own specific island. Darwin´s 13 species of finch are hard to tell apart, but they all have different bills related to where they live and what and how they eat.
Lava Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Blue-footed Booby
Galápagos Dove
Medium Ground Finch
Almost every island has its own Lava Lizard. Often difficult to find if you do not know what you are looking for… This is the pretty Galápagos Lava Lizard.
The Iguanas are everywhere, and some of them blend in so well that you easily can trip on one of them…
This Marine Iguana, you could say, does the trick totally in his own, special way…
I Wish…
I was…
…flying with the Cachalote again
WPC: Graceful
Thursday Thoughts – Our Young…
Take good care of our young – let them be safe with their parents, let them play and give them food, and raise them to be able to fend for themselves, to stand on their own feet.
Animals know how to do…
Swallowtailed Gull…
Only let them – and try to learn from them…
Half grown Red-footed Boobie…
…adult with chick
Because we are much the same – only humans seem to have forgotten how to raise children properly…
Frigatebirds…
Surely you want your children to grow up to great, magnificent people?
Like this Red-billed Tropicbird. People who use their own wings – and fly! Together!
Animals still know how to do…Let us believe there is hope for us humans to restore that knowledge. Because once we had it – at least many more of us had it…
Tomorrow will bring a more unstable world…let us all do our very best to make it safer for nature, animals and our young. We must decide not to give in to all these difficulties and negative movements in society, – we have to fight for the good things that are still here!
Cee’s B&W Challenge: Sculptures, Statues and Carvings
Cigarette butt sculptures…a one man work to save the islands from this poison. All those sacks contain butts as well. Impressive. He was interviewed by media here.
Wordless Wednesday
Travel theme: Walking
My first thought is of course my every day dog walking. Walking is also one of my absolute favourite things to do. But, I just have to share this amazing, graceful creature with you.
Have you ever dreamed of ,or wished, you could walk on water? I thought I only knew of one…who maybe could do that….
But, at sea, swirling around our sailing ship in the Galápagos, I saw this wonder with my own eyes. It is an Elliot’s Storm -petrel. I took hundreds of shots…but only a few shows clearly enough this amazing bird’s abilities – it walks, runs and stands on water.
The story of this Storm-petrel is enigmatic as well…It is pelagic, and feeds while fluttering and pattering on the water with wings raised. …”…endemic subspecies galapagoensis. Population estimated at many thousands and although a nest has yet to be found in Galápagos, breeding is suspected to occur between April and October. Conservation Status: Data Deficient.” (Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands. An Identification Guide by Andy Swash and Rob Still.)
WPC: Ambience
Ambience – Nature is the master of this…I return to late evening canoeing along the narrow water ways of the Amazon basin. The darkness of the forest and the light still filtering in through the canopy. Hitting the tiny inhabitants of the river bed. The sounds of the rainforest tell you …you are not alone.
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