The Rainbow Lorikeet Found in Australia

The Rainbow Lorikeet is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.  Source: Animal Images/ Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia/Public Domain

Pasni

Pasni is a medium-sized town and known as a fishing port in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Its population is approximately 33.000 and it is located on the Makran coast on Arabian Sea about 300 kilometers from Karachi. Administratively, Pasni is the headquarters of the Pasni sub-division of Gwadar district that includes Pasni and Ormara Tehsils as well as Astola Island which lies 40 km ESE of Pasni, in the Arabian Sea.

This is Gwongurai Falls on the Tooloona Circuit

This is Gwongurai Falls on the Tooloona Circuit Looks like a pleasant place to be, if not too hot and buggy. The depth of field from the small aperture, the smoothed-out flow from the extended exposure, and the position placing the large mossy rocks in the foreground, with the falls coming out of a "hole" of light in the background

Bajulmati beach on East Java of Indonesia

Bajulmati beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the south of the island of Java. Bajulmati beach located in Malang regency southern and mileage is about 40 miles south from the city of Malang. The beach is located 2 miles west from Sempu Island and 3 miles west from Sendangbiru beach. This region is very enchanting beauty and is one of the main tourist centers, known in Indonesia and foreign. If you’re going to Indonesia then its a recommendation.

Koalas sleep cuddled in their young to protect them at all times, mother’s love come to feel is the same as humans fee

Koalas sleep cuddled in their young to protect them at all times, mother’s love come to feel is the same as humans fee.

The Sword-billed Hummingbird

The Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) aspecies of hummingbird from South America, is the only bird with that can have a beak longer that its body. Fascinating.

Most Beautiful Bird of South Asia “Rufous-Necked Hornbill”

Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a beautiful species of hornbill in the northeastern Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Rufous-necked Hornbill numbers had declined significantly due to habitat loss and hunting, and it has been completely extirpated from Nepal. It is projected that there numbers are now less than 10,000 adults remaining, with a length of about 117 centimeters, it is amongst the largest Bucerotine hornbills. The under-parts, neck and head are rich Rufous in the male, but black in the female. The head, neck, and lower body of the male are colored Rufous, with deeper coloration on the flanks and abdomen. However; the middle primaries and the lower half of the tail are tipped white. And the rest of the hornbill's plumage is a glossy dark-green and black. The specie lower tail-covert feathers are colored chestnut mixed with black. Whereas on the other hand “The female”, are black, except for the end-portion of her tailand the tips of the middle primaries, normally are white. Juvenile hornbills look like adults of the same sex, but lack the ridges at the base of the upper beak. The beak absences a true caique but is thickened at its base. Rufous-Necked Hornbill has a number of dark ridges on the upper beak which are lacking in the young and increase in number with age up to about seven. The commissure of the beaks is broken for both sexes.

While mainly a bird of ridged and hilly forests, primarily broadleaved forests at altitudes of 150–2,200 metres, it has also been recorded in dry woodland. The nesting period starts from March to June and the trees being preferred are tall and having broad girths. There is indication to suggest the Rufous-necked Hornbill communities move seasonally between one forested areas to another to avail of the differing abundance of fruiting trees due to local conditions. Therefore; egg shape is broad oval, compressed slightly towards one end, so as to be slightly pyriform. However; shell is strong and thick, but coarse and completely glossless, all over pitted with minute pores. In color it is a very dirty white, with a pale dirty yellowish tinged, and everywhere obscurely stippled, when carefully observed, with minute purer white specks, owing to the dirt not having got down into the bottoms of the pores. In Arunachal Pradesh, Rufous-necked hornbills have been hunted by tribal for their feathers and beak. Rufous-Necked Hornbill can found in Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and northeast India, the rufous-necked hornbill has suffered a massive population decline, and is believed to be extinct in its historical array country, Nepal. The rufous-necked hornbill existing in little numbers in a large number of reserves, sanctuaries and national parks across its range, but the popular of these areas would benefit from improved management systems.

Wonderland Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park

Wonderland Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park many have never seen it like this, taken a few weeks ago! It was so beautiful with the dusting of snow and the fog.

World's Saddest Owl

We hope this little guy is okay.. actually once we watched baby owls learning to fly with a parent, it was dangerous and they looked so sad to leave a warm nest.. just like this poor little critter.

Full Moon Reflection

A full moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the moon is totally illuminated as seen from the earth. This happens when it is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun; more exactly, when the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180 degrees. This means that the hemisphere of the Moon that is facing the Earth is almost entirely illuminated by the Sun and appears round while the far side is almost completely un-illuminated.

Lunar eclipses can happen only at full moon, where the moon's orbit lets it to pass through the Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses do not happen every month because the moon generally passes above or below the Earth's shadow which is mostly restricted to the ecliptic plane. Lunar eclipses can happen only when the full moon occurs close to the two nodes of the orbit, either the ascending or descending node. This reasons eclipses to only happen about every 6 months, and often two weeks before or after a solar eclipse at new moon at the opposite node.

The time interval between similar lunar phases the synodic month averages about 29.53 days. As a result, in those lunar calendars in which each month begins on the new moon, the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th of the lunar month. Since calendar months have a whole number of days, lunar months may be either 29 or 30 days long.