Decided to go with a utilitarian object rather than something vintage. Had to stick the lens inside the glass to take this which got interesting when I tried to put some sparkling water in there too!

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Happy Birthday out there on your lovely star....


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Loved the look, but didn’t hang around to find out what it Means ;-)

Bison are the largest land-dwelling mammal in North America. Males (2,000 lbs./900 kg) are larger than females (1,100 lbs./500 kg) and both are generally dark chocolate-brown in color, with long hair on their forelegs, head, and shoulders, but short, dense hair on their flanks and hindquarters.

Calves are born after 9 to 9-½ months of gestation. They are reddish-tan at birth and begin turning brown after 2-½ months. Both sexes have relatively short horns that curve upward, with male’s averaging slightly longer than those of adult females.

All bison have a protruding shoulder hump. Large shoulder and neck muscles allow bison to swing their heads from side-to-side to clear snow from foraging patches, unlike other ungulates that scrape snow away with their front feet.

Bison are agile, strong swimmers, and can run 35 miles per hour (55 kph). They can jump over objects about 5 feet (1.5 m) high and have excellent hearing, vision, and sense of smell.

Bison are mostly active during the day and at dusk but may be active through the night. They are social animals that often form herds, which appear to be directed by older females. Group sizes average about 20 bison during winter but increase in summer to an average of about 200, with a maximum of about 1,000 during the breeding season (known as the rut) in July and August.

Yellowstone bison feed primarily on grasses, sedges, and other grass-like plants in open grassland and meadow communities throughout the year. They typically forage for 9 to 11 hours daily.

Bison are ruminants with a multiple-chambered stomach that includes microorganisms such as bacteria and protozoa to enable them to effectively digest plant material. Bison alternate between eating and ruminating, which is regurgitating partially digested food and chewing it again, to allow microorganisms to further break down plant material into volatile fatty acids and other compounds. Their large digestive tract allows them to digest lower quality foods with greater efficiency than other ungulates such as cattle, deer, or elk.

(Nikon Z6, 80-400/5.6 @ 400 mm, 1/1250 @ f/6.3, ISO 900, edited to taste)

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Little Pied Cormorant, Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale.

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