Tagged With "Demoiselle Cranes"
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Re: French couple taking 'two steps towards others'
Brilliant stuff ! In the footsteps of Nicholas Crane " Clear Waters Rising" and Patrick Leigh-Fermor. Plenty of time for thought 😍
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Re: Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
Amazing photos!! I've never seen anything like them before!! Thank you for sharing!!
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Re: Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
It is an amazing visual experience, Kirsten! Absolutely beautiful! I think I can imagine the noise that goes with it.
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Re: Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
I'm really liking this series...it's kinda like a TV nature series, except wthout the annoying voice-overs! Thanks...
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Re: Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
Wow! incredible set of photos!
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Re: Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
I'm so glad to hear it! Thanks for the feedback.
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Arctic Birds on Migration: Saskatchewan
Many of the Arctic birds are large white birds such as geese and swans but also include smaller and different coloured sandpipers and other birds. Where is the best place to see these magnificent Arctic birds? The most...
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Verona: More than Romeo & Juliet
Verona from the hills, looking toward St. Anastasia and the Ponte Pietra My visit to Verona last summer was almost an accident—but a lucky one. It wasn’t on the original plan for our three weeks in Northern Italy, but online...
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Holy Cannoli! Italian town builds 3-ton Tiramisu!
The northern Italian town of Gemona has gotten its just desserts: a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, and over 3 tons (3015 kg) of tiramisu. The coffee-flavored treat beat a months-old record by over 1000 kilos. I know what you're...
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Eastern European Rail Odyssey: Gdansk to Vilnius
Wilbur's Eastern European train journey continues, with travels through Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Minsk and Vilnius.
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Germany: World-record cable car almost ready
A two-mile-long cable-car ride to the top of Germany's highest peak opens mid-December, replacing an old record-holder.
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Notre Dame may still be in danger
Restoring the famed cathedral is turning out to be a far more complex task than even the pessimists imagined.
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Cologne Cathedral: Empire of Light
The play of light and shadow, inside and out, is what impressed PHeymont most on a visit to one of the world's most-famous cathedrals.
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Autobahn driving hazards: ducks and planes
Last week was not the best for traffic on Germany's high-speed autobahns, as two major tie-ups were caused by totally unexpected events: a flock of orphaned ducks, and a disabled fighter plane. On Friday, near Kiel in northern Germany, a...
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A Rambler in Lisbon
Lisbon is a city with a long history, steep hills, and lots of memorable street scenes. PHeymont shares some here.
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Escaped herd buffaloes traffic on the Autobahn
Escaped water buffalo block traffic on a busy highway for hours.
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A Park Grows in Brooklyn
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic....
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Pine and Crane - Silver Lake, Los Angeles
If you are in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles for dinner I suggest The Pine and Crane . The Pine and Crane is an example of the new restaurant trend that is not "fast food" but not a traditional restaurant. Maybe you would call it...
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Portland, Maine: A Big Little City
Portland's population isn't huge, but its big history and its current foodie importance make it a great place to visit.
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Cruising Casco Bay on the Mailboat
Perfect choice for a pleasant sunny day: a 3-hour cruise on the Maine cargo/passenger ferry that serves as a lifeline to Portland's islands.
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Brussels dinner plan: Up in the air
A Belgian-born novelty restaurant will operate in Brussels this summer with dinners at the end of a crane.
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October 18, 2019: GMS Endurance. Port of Blyth Northumberland
Ian Cook shares photos of the very unusual GMS Endurance at port.
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April 25, 2019: Cape L'Agulhas, South Africa
Professor Abe visits the southern most point in Africa, the place where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet.
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Before the fire: Notre Dame statues flew to rehab
Sixteen bronze statues from the Notre Dame spire had been removed for cleaning and repair, escaping the fire that destroyed the spire.
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Cragside, near Rothbury, Northumberland
Ian Cook shares a series of beautiful series of photos and the interesting story of a Victorian estate in Northumberland.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 5, 2014: Opera, Larger than Life
Verona, Italy, has one of the most spectacular opera houses in the world: the ancient Roman amphitheatre in the center of the old city, surrounded by the pedestrian spaces of Piazza Bra. It's also surrounded by its scenery, which sits out in the...
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The Acropolis and Parthenon: Enduring Symbols
The Parthenon, sitting in ruins atop the Acropolis in Athens, is arguably one of the world’s most famous landmarks, instantly recognizable to millions around the world. And yet, unlike such others as the Eiffel Tower or the Brooklyn Bridge, it...
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Celebrating Nature on 7 Continents: Asia, part 2 - Demoiselle Cranes in Khichan, India
For our second tale from Asia, we move to the rural village of Khichan in India where Demoiselle Cranes come to feed on grain.
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The Smaller World of Hamburg Harbor
Hamburg's harbor world of huge ships, containers and cranes also has space for a wide variety of smaller craft and a lot of history.
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Daytripping in Historic Lancaster
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger takes us on a tour of historic sites in this central Pennsylvania city noted for its Mennonite and Amish heritage.
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Larger than Life: Verona's Opera Props
Each summer, there's a gala festival of opera in Verona's 1st-century Roman arena. It's on a grand scale, and the props are sized to fit.
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Verona: A Night at the Opera
It took PHeymont and his wife two nights to get in a night at the opera in Verona, but even the first night rainout was spectacular.
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Bamberg, Germany
Professor Abe takes us along on a tour of a Franconian town that is both a UNESCO World Heritage and the 'secret beer capital' of Germany.
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Verona: The Pleasure of the Piazza
Piazza Bra, surely one of Europe's best open spaces, is at the center of Verona's history, culture and leisure as well as a good place for a break.
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Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
George G reveals Gumbo's not-so-mysterious hide-out for the past week: One of the nation's top art museums at the Smithsonian.
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Re: Arctic Birds on Migration: Saskatchewan
I know how much U love birds, birding and nature, Tom, and you've give all of us who are even vaguely interested a reason to head up to Saskatoon. Of the many great birds you document, the one that has fascinated me the most is the whooping crane. Standing almost as tall as a man, it was at one time even closer to extinction than the California Condor. I'm far more optimistic about the Whooping Crane's survival than the Condors, and I really would love to see one of these in the wild.
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Re: China's 'toilet app' tells visitors where to go
You'd think that something as common as a Toilet would be easy to find as we travel the world. But the smallest room has so many different names when we travel. 1 Banheiro 2 Banjoja 3 Bañu 4 Bean-Jacks 5 Big White Phone 6 Biffy 7 Bog 8 Bowl 9 Can 10 Cesso 11 Cèsuŏ 12 Chamber Pot 13 Chiottes 14 Choo 15 Chunder Box 16 Cloakroom 17 Coalfabias 18 Comfort Room 19 Comfort Station 20 Commode 21 Convenience 22 Cloakroom 23 CR 24 Crapper 25 Crane 26 The Dunny 27 Dunnekin 28 El Baño 29 Facilities 30...
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Notre Dame: Peeling off the scaffolding
Preparation continues for the delicate task of restoring the badly-damaged cathedral.
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Elmira College: Quiet Pioneer
PHeymont visits a quiet college with an important history and a strong link to Mark Twain.
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Sandhill Crane Migration, Fairbanks
DrFumblefinger was fortunate enough to witness hundreds of sandhill cranes gather in Fairbanks during the annual Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival.
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Rotterdam: Whale saves subway train
That's a whale of a tail, or tale. A Rotterdam metro train that over-ran the end of the line was saved by a sculpture.
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Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Gumbo was visiting the Bomber Command Museum of Canada, located in the small prairie town of Nanton, Alberta.
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Controversial Dutch coach in new exhibit
The Golden Coach, whose pro-colonial artwork and depiction of slavery have brought controversy will feature in a new museum exhibition.
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Best in Class at America's Car Museum
One of the country's largest car museums has quite a few samples of the most elegant cars ever built.
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Abandoned 737 'lands' on Bali clifftop
A Russian entrepreneur is hoping to make the abandoned jet into a hotel.
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Notre Dame: In the Works
Three years after the devastating fire, Notre Dame's restoration is a busy construction site, with plenty to see.
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Tillamook Air Museum's Mini-Guppy
Samantha gets a close look at an early oversize cargo plane, now retired at an air museum
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Seen Along the Hudson River
Jonathan L offer some of the sights he observed while traveling by train along the Hudson River.
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International Crane Foundation, Wisconsin
Marilyn visits a unique facility, dedicated to preserving the world's fifteen species of cranes.