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Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. Wikipedia
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spring waterfall
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this is a advanced point and shot camera with 3.3 mega pixels and a fantastic old CCD sensor that produces film like images
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luci di un'alba autunnale sulla cima di Cavalcorto e sui pizzi del Ferro (Val Masino)
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Nankeen Night-Heron - (One of a number high in the Red River Gums along the Alice River at the Lloyd Jones Weir)
Scientific Name: Nycticorax caledonicus
Description: The Nankeen Night Heron is a stocky heron with rich cinnamon upperparts, white-buff underparts, a black crown, and yellow legs and feet. The head is large, the neck short (giving a stooped appearance), and the legs relatively short. During breeding the back of the head bears three white nuptial plumes. The bill is dark olive-green, and the eyes are yellow. Young birds are heavily spotted and streaked white, brown and orange-brown. As they mature, the black cap of the adult develops first, with the body plumage remaining streaked for some time. The Nankeen Night Heron is also called the Rufous Night Heron. The common name of the Nankeen Night Heron arose in early colonial times from the colour of nankeen, a cotton cloth from China.
Similar species: The Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, is somewhat similar in form but is larger, with streaked underparts and patterned brown, buff and black upperparts, and does not have a black crown. The Striated Heron, B. striatus, may resemble juveniles in having a black crown, and variable plumage, some forms of which include cinnamon, but this is found only on the underparts, not the upperparts, which are grey in all colour forms. The Striated Heron also has a line of black and white marks down the centre of the foreneck.
Distribution: The Nankeen Night Heron is found throughout Australia, wherever there is permanent water. It is uncommon in Tasmania.
Habitat: The Nankeen Night Heron frequents well-vegetated wetlands, and is found along shallow river margins, mangroves, floodplains, swamps, and parks and gardens.
Seasonal movements: The Nankeen Night Heron is nomadic in response to rainfall.
Feeding: Nankeen Night Herons feed primarily at night in shallow water on a wide variety of insects, crustaceans, fish and amphibians but can occasionally be observed feeding during the day.
Breeding: The Nankeen Night Heron breeds throughout the year, depending on food availability. Breeding takes place in colonies, often together with egrets and cormorants. The nest is a loose stick platform over water. Both sexes incubate the eggs.
Calls: A loud croak, often at night
Minimum Size: 56cm
Maximum Size: 64cm
Average size: 60cm
Breeding season: Throughout year; mainly September to February in south; March to April in north.
Clutch Size: Up to five, usually two or three.
Incubation: 23 days
Nestling Period: 45 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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