Uploads from SollieH

Downwards ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:23:27 -0700

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Broken stalk

Firm...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:23:26 -0700

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Pink lady ..

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:06 -0700

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Retired Wheels..

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:15 -0700

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Old and rusty

Bundle of insects

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:14 -0700

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Life was good ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:00:12 -0800

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Eye on the Prize...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:00:11 -0800

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Red and green ..

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:54:08 -0800

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Working bird ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:49:16 -0800

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... gettin' bold

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:51:39 -0800

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I'll find my way ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:49:42 -0800

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from Stephan's little garden in Maidstone, Kent UK ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:09:33 -0800

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Here I am ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:09:32 -0800

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Feelin' happy ...

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:09:31 -0800

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Osprey, Vis arend or Gabilan Piskadó

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:48:58 -0800

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The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the sea hawk, fish eagle or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts, with a black eye patch and wings.

Nosy Warawara

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:10:53 -0700

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Warawara or Crested Caracara
or polyborus plancus

Busy bee

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:20:41 -0700

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Spanish Water, Curaçao

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:12:00 -0700

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Mirror, mirror ....

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:11:47 -0700

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Agave americana and Hummingbird

nobody@flickr.com (SollieH) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:19:48 -0700

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Agave americana, commonly known as the century plant, maguey, or American aloe (although it is in a different family from the Aloe), is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.
The misnamed century plant typically lives only 10 to 30 years. It has a spreading rosette (about 4 m/13 ft wide) of gray-green leaves up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, each with a spiny margin and a heavy spike at the tip that can pierce to the bone.
When it flowers, the spike with a cyme of big yellow flowers may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. Its common name likely derives from its semelparous nature of flowering only once at the end of its long life. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth.

Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–80 times per second (depending on the species). As well to conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state (torpor) where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate.They fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph) and are also the only group of birds able to fly backwards.