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I love it when the woods are grey.
Listen: Queen of the Borrowed Light - Wolves in the Throne Room
Again a shot out of my bedroom.
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Europe's grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) originated in North America, where they are known as eastern gray squirrels. They eat large seeds, flowers, buds, fruits, fungi, some insects and occasionally bird eggs. The eastern grey squirrel was introduced to Continental Europe in 1948 and has quickly taken advantage of Europe's food sources, habitats and lack of predators for grey squirrels. They were first introduced into England, in a concerted way, in 1876, and through rapidly growing population and further introductions they spread to the rest of Britain by the early-to-mid 20th century.
The native squirrel in Europe is the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Both species have similar diets, use similar locations of the environment and have similar activity patterns; however, there is no evidence of noticeable aggression between the two species. These eastern grey squirrels are considered an invasive species in Europe because of their presence contributing to the displacement of the red squirrels.
In addition to competition for resources, the spread of the squirrel poxvirus from grey squirrels to reds is thought to be a major factor in the decline of red squirrel populations. Grey squirrels do not die from the squirrelpox virus and can infect red squirrels causing the appearance of scabs and lesions on the face, feet, and genitals and eventually death. In Great Britain, grey squirrels have been able to spread 17-25 times faster through competitive exclusion of the red squirrel due to increased mortality of reds from the squirrelpox virus. In fact, the virus works so quickly in killing its host after infection that seeing a red squirrel with poxvirus is uncommon even though the disease may be highly prevalent in a red squirrel population. The full consequences of these interactions cannot be completely determined, though the difference in population density and weight of the two species may have an effect on energy flow in ecosystems.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_grey_squirrels_in_Europe
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...and grey sky ...the medieval ruin of the castle in Kallmuenz (Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, Earth)
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Grey Partridge - Perdix Perdix
"Hiding in the Heather"
I've always been unlucky with finding Grey Partridge. They always run away before I spot them. This bird must have felt sorry for me today.
Most of the time while watching the Wolf Pack, this little pup (one of five in the whelp) was either busy exploring or resting behind some rocks or a tree. So finally I got a few snaps in when he or she stopped mostly in the open but shaded area. Looking so sweet and innocent. ParcOmega 14-06-2017
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Common names: Grey-breasted Prinia, Franklin's Prinia, Hodgson's Prinia, Franklin's Wren Warbler, etc.
Scientific name: Prinia hodgsonii
Place: Mangalore, Karnataka
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The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats
pivieressa
grey plover
pluvialis squatarola
sunset, taken lying in the water
tramonto, scattata da immerso nell'acqua
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Grey Plover - Pluvialis Squatarola
Norfolk
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291) Grey Headed Babbler
Grey-Headed Babbler, Stachyris poliocephala, Rimba Kepala Kelabu
Babbler that can sometime be seen in bird waves. Usually moves fast in the middle storey of the forest hunting fot insects among the leaves and twigs.
'Buttons,' the Grey Crowned Crane at the World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre. This beautiful girl likes human touch - particularly a tickle or a scratch on her head!
Grey Wagtail at the Wrekin Shropshire. whilst watching the Peregrines before the nest was washed out.
Grey cloud reflections.
Dee Why Beach, Northern Beaches, Sydney (Sunday 11 May 2008 @ 6:31am).
4 landscape shot pano stitch using PTGui.
ISO100 | f/8 | 1/6sec | 17mm | eval.metering | Cloudy WB | raw | ND4 grad filter | tripod
This is called a Grey Tree Frog but like a chameleon it can change it's colour depending on the substrate where it is sitting for camouflage. It is also capable of reducing it's internal fluids to -celsius.
I found this lovely specimen on my down spout. It stayed there all day. They are nocturnal creatures, he was gone by morning.
My first sighting and my first image of this frog.
(Pluvialis squatarola)
The Grey Plover better know as the Black-bellied Plover in North America. It breeds in high Arctic zones around the world, and winters on the coasts of six continents. I would love to see it in the full breeding plumage, but that would be a long road trip. Stone Harbor Point NJ.
I have a family of pied butcherbirds in and out of the garden all year but the grey is a less frequent visitor and only one at a time whereas the pied bb family is currently a group of 6 - 3 generations
There are two of these beautiful birds at Hamerton and they live in a large enclosure alongside the Demoiselle Cranes. They're quite funny to watch as they get quite irate when the Demoiselle come close to them.
Hamerton Zoo
Hamerton
Cambridgeshire
England