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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Birds Of Prey Can male birds of prey be larger then females?

Question by : Can male birds of prey be larger then females?
I apologize if it’s an ignorant question, but that’s why I’m asking any experts. I’ve noticed most females are larger than males. Hawks, Falcons, Eagles, ect. So I was wondering if maybe, just maybe, the male can be bigger than the female sometimes? Even if it’s a very low percentage, or is it always 100% guaranteed that the female is bigger? Thanks for your time.

Best answer:

Answer by Erin
The males are only bigger if they eat at McDonalds.

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Tea Rose in North Garden

Some cool thorn birds images:

Tea Rose in North Garden
thorn birds

Image by bill barber
From my set entitled "Roses"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607214064416/
In my collection entitled "The Garden"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718…

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose

A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. [1]

The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.

The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).[2][3]

Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products.

The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.

The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.

While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.

Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists’ flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.

Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.

Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.

Rose pruning, sometimes regarded as a horticultural art form, is largely dependent on the type of rose to be pruned, the reason for pruning, and the time of year it is at the time of the desired pruning.

Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year’s flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.

Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant’s energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.

Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub’s root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).

For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.

For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.

Deadheading is the simple practice of manually removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers from rose shrubs over the course of the blooming season. The purpose of deadheading is to encourage the plant to focus its energy and resources on forming new offshoots and blooms, rather than in fruit production. Deadheading may also be perfomed, if spent flowers are unsightly, for aethestic purposes. Roses are particularly responsive to deadheading.

Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.

For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.

The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.

Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.

Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.

Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. ‘Rose’ means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).

The rose is the national flower of England and the United States[4], as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York[5] (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.

Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.
A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.
Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.

Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose ‘Fantin-Latour’ was named after the artist.

Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.[citation needed]

The Kaaba in Mecca is annually washed by the Iranian rose water from Qamsar. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena ‘Trigintipetala’) are used. In the French rose oil industry Rosa centifolia is used. The oil, pale yellow or yellow-grey in color, is sometimes called ‘Rose Absolute’ oil to distinguish it from diluted versions. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.

The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.

Quotes
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
O, my love’s like a red, red rose/That’s newly sprung in June — Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose
Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Mark Twain, Roughing It
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. — James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose — Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.



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yellow spotted honeyeater

A few nice australian birds images I found:

yellow spotted honeyeater
australian birds

Image by Jim Bendon
another unconfirmed one, I’d say yellow spotted honeyeater. Seen at Malanda North Queensland, in deep rainforest. Any ID experts out there?

welcome swallow 2
australian birds

Image by Jim Bendon
quick little buggers



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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Parrots I want a parrot do you know?

Question by Anita L: I want a parrot do you know?
I want a parrot for my birthday ,and my boyfriend doesn’t know which one is the one can speak ,can you tell me which can speak ,but where I can buy without spend too much money

Best answer:

Answer by bob b
ill i no about parrots is that they are VERY expensive…

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Love Birds Caring for Love Birds?

Question by : Caring for Love Birds?
Im Planning On Getting A Love Bird This Week But I Was Wondering If You Could Keep Then In Singles Or If They Needed To Be In Pairs, And Also I Go To School So My Love Bird Would Be Alone Till 3:30, Would She Be Alright Till Then.

I Really Want Her To Get Attached To Me And I Want To Train Her!

Best answer:

Answer by Green Eagle
Love birds don’t need to be in pairs, but then they will need more company. Birds get attached to other birds in the cage, so keep that in mind. Before you go to school, you can put a mirror in the cage so the bird thinks there is another bird in the cage and won’t be lonely when you aren’t there. But keep in mind that she can get attached to the “bird”. If you spend a lot of time with her, then she will be attached to you.

:: http://www.lovebirds.co.nz/main/index.php ::
Site all about love birds.
:: http://www.pet-parrots.com/Lovebirds/train-a-lovebird.html ::
Another site about love birds, but it teaches you how to train them, as well as the other site.

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Buy Birds Buying a bird from the flea market tips?

Question by : Buying a bird from the flea market tips?
I just want to know is there anything I should be aware of and how can I detect scams? I know the flea market is not such a wise place to shop but the breeders in my area are not that generous and pet supermarkets sell the parrots for about $ 500+ but the flea market I see online have low prices.

I’m going to make sure my parents help me get it checked up at the vet after I buy it but is there anything else I need to do or be aware of?

-I have $ 100 by the way do you think I could talk them into giving me two parrots or at least one good one?
I’m going to have to do a check up even if I did buy it from a breeder,

Best answer:

Answer by Lilmiss
I honestly wouldn’t recommend buying from a flea market. The birds there are often malnourished and carry parasites or disease, and this is the reason why they are so cheap. On top of it, they are also likely not hand tamed so you could potentially buy a sick bird that is mean.

You are better off buying a bird from a breeder, yes it is more expensive but at a reputable breeder you would save on the cost of the vet bill. Also most breeders sell hand tamed parrots, which is why they are so expensive – it is worth getting a parrot that you can handle and play with rather then one stuck in a cage because you can’t touch it without it drawing blood.

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Parrot For Sale can someone help with hawhead parrot.?

Question by : can someone help with hawhead parrot.?
I would like to but or adopt a hawk head parrot. But it seems impossible. May someone tell me where can I get one of these beautiful bird to care and nurture?

Best answer:

Answer by John T
Hawkheaded amazons are very impressive; I worked with one many years ago that was a riot. They have a “happy” screech that could wake the dead; almost as loud as a cockatoo.

You’re not likely to find one looking to be adopted. If you wanted to buy one, there are many breeders. A simple Yahoo search for “hawk headed amazons” brought up several breeder pages. You want to make sure it comes from a reputable breeder, and isn’t a wild-caught animal; pet store birds are sometimes from the wild, breeder birds are not. Being hand-reared is vital, that way they imprint on humans.

Be aware that parrots are like tattoos; if you get one, you can pretty much plan on having it for the rest of your life… and, like tattoos, that’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Parrot Rescue Does anyone know of a bird rescue in Eastern Kansas?

Question by baptism_by_fire_2000: Does anyone know of a bird rescue in Eastern Kansas?
I am wanting to adopt a parrot and i live about 60 miles from Topeka. do you know any place i can contact about rescuing or adopting a parrot?

Best answer:

Answer by angels_angelsarehere
1.
BirdAdoption.org – Bird Rescue, Adoption, and Sanctuary Groups – Adopt …
Indiana Large Bird Rescue. Kansas. Tall Grass Parrot Sanctuary (sanctuary … Eastern Washington Parrot Rescue. Feathered Family Exotic Bird Rescue. Mollywood …
www.birdadoption.org/groups.htm – Cached
2.
Avian Welfare Resource Center from the Avian Welfare Coalition
Indiana Large Bird Rescue. Kansas. Tall Grass Parrot Sanctuary (sanctuary … Eastern Washington Parrot Rescue. Feathered Family Exotic Bird Rescue. Mollywood …
www.avianwelfare.org/links/organizations.htm – Cached
3.
Kansas Birding lists – BirdingGuide.com
The western meadowlark is very similar to the eastern meadowlark. … BIRD RESCUE. Bird rescue & bird adoption; parrot refuge/rescue & placement for unwanted birds. …
www.birdingguide.com/bird_list/kansas.html – Cached
4.
Rescue Links
Please help support avian rescues so that we can continue to … Of A FEATHER Bird Club Eastern MD and DE. Contact: Jane Kerns 410-822-1047, fenick@toad.net …
avianprotectors.homestead.com/Rescue.html – 181k – Cached
5.
Parrot rescue groups
The first e-zine for parrot owners, including features, news, bird-club and bird-rescue group listings, and advice on health, behavior and breeding.
www.parrotchronicles.com/departments/rescuelist.htm – 59k – Cached
6.
Bird Rescues and Sanctuaries
KANSAS : Beak n Wings, Shawnee Mission. KENTUCKY : … Pyrenean Aerie Exotic Bird Rescue, Eastern PA. Rondas Bird Rescue & Retreat, Philadelphia …
www.cockatielrescue.org/rescue.phtml – Cached
7.
Midwest Avian Adoption & Rescue Services, Inc. (MAARS) – Bird adoption …
Indiana Large Bird Rescue. Kansas. Tall Grass Parrot Sanctuary (sanctuary … Eastern Washington Parrot Rescue. Feathered Family Exotic Bird Rescue. Mollywood …
www.maars.org/resources/links/linksadoption.php – Cached
8.
Seventh Annual Chat Week from BirdHobbyist.com
Legal Issues for Bird Owners. Wednesday, March 2, at 10 PM Eastern in The Aviary … Bird House & Rescue, which focuses on education and placing birds in good homes. …
www.birdhobbyist.com/BirdChat7.html – Cached
9.
Ninth Annual Chat Week from BirdHobbyist.com
Selecting and caring for your first bird. Thursday, March 1, at 9 PM Eastern in the Aviary … Rescue Panel. Friday, March 2, from 9-11 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium …
www.birdhobbyist.com/articles/BirdChat9.html – Cached
10.
Rescue
… (Kansas City Metro Area) Kentucky. Bluegrass Basset Rescue. Louisiana … assisting rescues and shelter in finding drivers to take dogs to rescue/forever homes. …
www.buckbasset.com/basset_hound_rescue.htm – Cached

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Birds Bird Flu. Can it Kill Humans ????

Question by mrmikey212: Bird Flu. Can it Kill Humans ????
Can Bird Flu Kill Humans ???
Ok I got my answers now.

Now I no the worry about it . =P

Ty All who helped me =P

Best answer:

Answer by A-Bizzle
If you have a compromised immune system such as from certain cancers, HIV/AIDS etc. Or unless your elderly or very young (which I’m guess your not). Now it can get you pretty sick for a week or so but if your just teen-60′s you should be able to fight it.

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Australian Birds What species of bird is this?

Question by Fritz: What species of bird is this?

http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv152/youarethemessiah/Breakfastonthebalcony1.jpg

Best answer:

Answer by MidnightWhiskers
Alisterus scapularis. or King Parrot

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All About Birds|The Action Bible

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Bird Photos Q&A: Found 2 baby birds where can I look at pictures to identify them?

Question by joe H: Found 2 baby birds where can I look at pictures to identify them?
Thinking maybe hawks or owls. do not know much about birds

Best answer:

Answer by Suzi
I hope you left them where they were….

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/

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Greater White Fronted goose...Set of 11, #8

A few nice identifying birds images I found:

Greater White Fronted goose…Set of 11, #8
identifying birds

Image by Alan Vernon.
Greater White Fronted goose (Anser albifrons) on Pismo State Beach, California – doing the Goose step.
The "Tule Goose" of the West Coast is considered a subspecies; its breeding grounds were unknown until 1979, when birds were found nesting near Anchorage, Alaska.
identify.whatbird.com/obj/292/_/Greater_White-fronted_Goo…

To be identified. Might be a Tern.
identifying birds

Image by Galveston.com



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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Flightless Birds why did god make flightless birds?

Question by BIGgourami: why did god make flightless birds?
seems kinda pointless to me
@rev albert..
you realize you’re quoting gould right?
and gould used that statement to formulate punctuated equilibrium, an addendum to evolutionary theory
he goes on to explain how that apparent lack of transition is explained.. maybe you should revisit gould’s work before you say something that looks silly
@frizby…

flight is expensive (building the huge muscles involved, maintaining them, the energy used to fuel flight, etc)
if a flighted bird got to a place where it didn’t need flight (no predators to fly away from, for example) the birds who saved energy by not flying would have energy for making more birds… and so on

your move
@Jr…
their genetic, physiological, biochemical, ethological, and anatomical relatedness to other things we call ‘birds’
@ernest
“and He knows what you think.”
then he knows HOW i think… so why didn’t he make his presence more prevalent?

Best answer:

Answer by Still Thinking
KFC doesn’t think so.

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Cool Thorn Birds images

Check out these thorn birds images:

Lilac-breasted Roller
thorn birds

Image by Martin_Heigan
A Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata), still wet from the rain. Photographed in Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa.

Featured in: "National Geographic | Wild Bird Trust -Top 25 Photographs of the Week".

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The Barber Garden: Shrub Rose
thorn birds

Image by bill barber
From my set entitled "Roses"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607214064416/
In my collection entitled "The Garden"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718…

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose

A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. [1]

The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.

The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).[2][3]

Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products.

The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.

The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.

While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.

Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists’ flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.

Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.

Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.

Rose pruning, sometimes regarded as a horticultural art form, is largely dependent on the type of rose to be pruned, the reason for pruning, and the time of year it is at the time of the desired pruning.

Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year’s flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.

Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant’s energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.

Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub’s root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).

For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.

For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.

Deadheading is the simple practice of manually removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers from rose shrubs over the course of the blooming season. The purpose of deadheading is to encourage the plant to focus its energy and resources on forming new offshoots and blooms, rather than in fruit production. Deadheading may also be perfomed, if spent flowers are unsightly, for aethestic purposes. Roses are particularly responsive to deadheading.

Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.

For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.

The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.

Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.

Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.

Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. ‘Rose’ means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).

The rose is the national flower of England and the United States[4], as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York[5] (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.

Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.
A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.
Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.

Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose ‘Fantin-Latour’ was named after the artist.

Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.[citation needed]

The Kaaba in Mecca is annually washed by the Iranian rose water from Qamsar. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena ‘Trigintipetala’) are used. In the French rose oil industry Rosa centifolia is used. The oil, pale yellow or yellow-grey in color, is sometimes called ‘Rose Absolute’ oil to distinguish it from diluted versions. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.

The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.

Quotes
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
O, my love’s like a red, red rose/That’s newly sprung in June — Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose
Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Mark Twain, Roughing It
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. — James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose — Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.



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Wild Birds|Butchering Small Game and Birds: Rabbits, Hares, Poultry and Wild Birds

Butchering Small Game and Birds: Rabbits, Hares, Poultry and Wild Birds

Butchery for the Smallholder is essential reading for those who have embraced self-sufficiency, and who regard small game and birds, both domestic and wild, as an essential part of their diet. The volume covers rabbits, hares, quail, chicken, and tur

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Wild Birds Does anyone know about wild birds?

Question by Profile Deleted: Does anyone know about wild birds?
There was a wild baby bird in a nest that fell out of the nest and the mother is gone. I took it back to my home but Im not sure what to do with it. How do I keep it from dying? Help!

Best answer:

Answer by ladycockatiel
You can force it to eat tiny little bits of wheat bread and make sure it gets water. Keep it inside of something it can’t get out of and when its old enough turn it loose back into the wild.

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Humming Bird at Feeder

Some cool birds pictures images:

Humming Bird at Feeder
birds pictures

Image by Martin Cathrae
Found some sweet sweet sugar water!

Taken at my parents trailer where I spent the weekend. These humming birds were used to humans being near, so I was only about 2m away when I took this.

It took about half an hour of waiting, playing with settings, and lots of pictures to get this one. :)

Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boreal
birds pictures

Image by Eric Bégin
I hope you’re not too tired of my Waxwing pictures!!
J’espère que vous n’êtes pas trop tannés de mes photos de jaseurs!!



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Birds For Sale|Are You My Mother? (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Are You My Mother? (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

  • Great product!

A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Board Book adapation of P.D. Eastman’s classic story, perfect for babies and toddlers!This is the classic from which many of our staff first learned to read, starting us on a path of unremit

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Birdfeeder Is it likely that children could get head lice or otherwise sick from handling birdfeeders?

Question by Puckered Up: Is it likely that children could get head lice or otherwise sick from handling birdfeeders?
I have a suet cage and wooden feeders, and live in housing. I can obviously see the layers of bird crap on my wooden feeders, and sometimes see it on the suet cage. Children who live around me don’t get supervised by their parents at all and it is getting to the point of ticking me off pretty badly. So HUD is having a meeting so people can tell the parents what their children are doing and the parents probably won’t cuss us out or laugh at us like I have had done. I can’t afford to keep replacing bird food because kids think its a snack or want to rub the suet into the siding on the apartments. I am trying to find something real to wake the parents up and remembered how birds carry lice and the ton of bird poo on the feeders and want to know if its a possibility for kids to get lice from messing with the feeders. When its calm out, I have at least 5 to 14 birds on my feeders. So I am assuming that the things birds carry can be hanging out there too. So when kids scare off the birds and then play with my bird things and their dolls, that the dolls and kids could risk picking up the lice. And the poo thats all over isn’t clean because its white.
I’m sorry this is so long, but is there any real risk of catching something from playing with the feeders?

Best answer:

Answer by Umm…Not sure
no

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Birds For Sale any website in emu bird sales?

Question by : any website in emu bird sales?

Best answer:

Answer by Rjhaled
Why are you so intrested in emu’s ??

It would be hard to care for one..But uh, heres the website…
www.agriseek.com/buy-sell/e/Farm-Animals/Ratites/Emu/

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

All About Birds|All About Birds: a kids book about birds

All About Birds: a kids book about birds

This is a wonderful kids book about birds with lots of fun facts and photos.

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Parrots Any good Parrot advice?

parrots
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Question by Lily: Any good Parrot advice?
I wondered if anyone has good general info on eclectus parrots. Food likes, training, life span etc??

Best answer:

Answer by Sarah
The gender of Eclectus parrots are one of the few bird species that are easy to distinguish: males are primarily green, while females have red bodies with splashes of blue and purple in their feathers. Hailing from Australia and with an average lifespan of 30 years, Eclectus parrots can make rewarding pets if they are cared for properly. Here are some suggestions on how to care for your Eclectus parrot.

Things You’ll Need
Aviary or cage
Adequate food
Clean water
Toys
1
Buy either a large cage (as in large enough for a Macaw parrot to feel comfortable in) or aviary for your parrot. They need lots of exercise to both fly and climb, so make sure the cage is large and tall enough. Decorate it with plenty of toys (a ladder and swing are a good start), and make sure that you have a piece of wood or wood toy for them to chew on, to prevent overplucking with they groom their plummage. Keep it clean and change the water daily.

2
Let your Eclectus out of his cage for at least an hour a day. Make sure their play area is free of possible hazards. If possible, buy a young hatchling who was handfed and use this time to bond with your parrot.

3
Avoid overfeeding your Eclectus too many supplements and vitamins. Their digestive tract is different from most parrots, and all they need is good, natural foods like greens, fruits and vegetables like cantaloupe, carrots, red and green bell peppers, kale and other greens. Make sure you wash the produce thoroughly.

4
Let them sleep soundly. Eclectus parrots need on average 10 hours of sleep a day, so allow for little naps throughout the day. Cover their cage at night to maximize the quality of their sleep.

5
Teach them to talk. Like African Grays and other talking parrots, Eclectus pick up speech easily, especially when they are young. Focus on a word or phrase by repeating it over and over until your parrots picks it up.

GOOD LUCK! :)

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Bird Of Paradise|Birds of Paradise: Nature, Art, History

Birds of Paradise: Nature, Art, History

  • illustrations
  • bibliography
  • index
  • maps

A comprehensive account of the natural history, record of discovery and depiction, and human appreciation of and relationships with the spectacularly beautiful birds of paradise. Written and illustrated, with over 350 images plus maps and drawings ,

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Pics Of Birds|Quite a Year for Plums: A Novel Reviews

Quite a Year for Plums: A Novel

Anyone who has read the best-selling Mama Makes Up Her Mind or listened to Bailey White’s commentaries on NPR knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable wit and charm. Now, in her stunningly accomplished first novel, she introduces us to the pecul

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Hummingbirds|The Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds

A little green hummingbird built a nest in a window. Photographs of this hummingbird building a nest and raising her young turned into a labor of love. Stunning photographs and story narrated for young readers so that everyone young and old can fully

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Bird Photos Please help! First bird ever~! and I'm already panicking~!?!?

Question by Sweet17: Please help! First bird ever~! and I’m already panicking~!?!?
Hi!
My dad said I might get a bird or 2 (but that’s my idea) and please answer some questions! Thanx!
What are the basic needs for birds? for example food-seeds, etc.
Can you name all the pet bird breeds? (that is not large)
Should i get a bird from petco? or are there other pet stores (i wish there were birds in the adoption centers but unfortunately, there isn’t)
i have 2 hamsters (females)… how should i introduce them safely to each other?
Are there any thing else i have to know about birds? I would be grateful if you name the specific bird… but its your choice
I want a bird that is not big and ones that get along with there same breed. Also, does petco sell those click buttons for training birds?
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! U SAVED MY LIFE! by the way, i cant live without an animal by my side….

Best answer:

Answer by link
for bird breeds i have a pet cockatiel, there lovely birds with a beutiful color. they have a crest on there head to tell you if there happy or not. there very social and love to be around people, plus they like to talk (if you get a male). but there attention is very overdemanding. luckily i have my grandparents at home who watch him.

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gök kafes

Some cool bird cages images:

gök kafes
bird cages

Image by Serkan Yüce

She Posed for Me !
bird cages

Image by Jill Clardy
I was squatting down in the garden trying to capture close-ups of a mourning dove that seems to have made our yard her base of operations, when out of the corner of my eye, not 6 feet away, this hummingbird landed on the top rail of one of the tomato cages. I stood up slowly and focused, all while she warily kept an eye on me.

I had to over-expose this a bit becauses he was in full sun and the chest feathers were very under-exposed.
(I did some more research after posting this earlier and thinking that it was a male; the male Anna’s has a bright red ruff of neck feathers.)



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Friday, April 25, 2014

Cool Cockatiels images

A few nice cockatiels images I found:

cockatiels at water bore
cockatiels

Image by Jim Bendon
cockatiels close to water



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Parrot Pictures parrot nest in Pasadena CA?

Question by : parrot nest in Pasadena CA?
Could anyone tell me where there are some parrot nest in Pasadena or in the surrounding areas? I would love to capture a few pictures of the wild parrots of Los Angeles. Thanks for any information!

Best answer:

Answer by maliboo_girl
I think those green parrots must have nests all over, they will be in one area, then another, then another. Anywhere in the Pasadena area from Highland Park to Arcadia, and in other cities. Just keep your ears open for them, that’s how you’ll first spot them, then look for the squawking mass in the sky. I’ve seen small trees covered in what must have been more than a hundred, all making noise, it’s like you’re in the jungle. You can’t miss them when they’re near by. They don’t seem to have a pattern of when they’ll be in a certain location. I used to walk the same route every day at the same time and it was hit or miss of what street they’d be on or if they’d be around. (Unlike the peacock that thinks 2am is a wonderful time to screech, every night, or the hawk that spends the mid afternoon every day, circling around making tons of noise, I’ve never seen one like that before.)

Here are some photos and info:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheryljns/sets/72157603499269633/

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=wild%20parrots%2C%20pasadena&w=all&s=int

Wild Parrots in Whittier http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Wild-Parrots-of-Whittier
Parrot Project http://www.natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm
CA Parrot Project http://californiaparrotproject.org/
Wild Parrots in Pasadena http://scottsla.com/articles-parrots-wild-in-pasadena.htm
Wild Parrots video: http://stephencooper.name/wild-parrots-of-pasadenaca

Good luck!

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Birdcage Q&A: wedding hairstyles to go with a birdcage veil?

Question by : wedding hairstyles to go with a birdcage veil?
I am getting married in June 2012 and i am looking for a hairstyle that would go perfectly with a birdcage veil… im open to anything im still young but i like the idea of vintage looking hairstyles. i am also looking for colour ideas, I have dark hair atm
Thanx

Best answer:

Answer by shabi
an intricate bun with some of you hair in curls twirling around your pretty face XD <3

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Love Birds|Everybody's Got Something

Everybody’s Got Something

“Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, “Everybody’s got something.”

So begins beloved Good Morning A

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Forgiveness and Permission: The Ghost Bird Series: #4 (The Academy)

~*This is book four of an ongoing series.*~ BOOK ONE IS FREE ON AMAZON
The Academy series continues…
Sang Sorenson’s abusive mother is secure in a hospital, and her father has vanished to a new family of his own, leavin

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Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA - image by Michael "Mike" L. Baird

A few nice birds for sale images I found:

Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA – image by Michael “Mike” L. Baird
birds for sale

Image by mikebaird
Father and son surf lesson. Scenes from near sunset at Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA, 30 Nov. 2008, during big 14′ swells when many people were out watching the wave action. This little grom ripped these swells like an expert. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird bairdphotos.com, Canon 5D w/ Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens handheld.

One of several images requested
www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3072645479/
www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127310513/
www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2128093018/
re: 09 Jan 2010 Creative Commons use note: Reply: Dana H. Glazer dhglazer {at} gmail d o t com, That’s a great project. I’m always very happy to contribute to these things. dhglazer@gmail.comhttp://www.flickr.com/people/mikebaird/#credit answers all questions about attribution, but I’m happy any way you want to do it as I know consistently is essential. Best Success in your ventures – I’m impressed w/ the YouTube Video and your www.evolutionofdad.com/ site – the world need more like this! dhglazer@gmail.com – From: Dana via Flickr To: Baird, Michael – Subject: [Flickr] The Evolution of Dad Documentary Project reaching out to you – :: The Evolution of Dad Documentary Project reaching out to you. I recently discovered the amazing photo you did, titled "Father and Son Surf Lesson," and wanted to invite you to have it be included in a feature documentary that I am making. My project, "The Evolution of Dad," explores the changing role of fatherhood in a way no other documentary has previously. The goal of the film is to instruct and inspire dads to get more involved with their kids – something I believe can change the world. The film has already been mentioned in Time Magazine and a related video was #1 on YouTube for Father's Day. More information about the project can be found at www.evolutionofdad.com. The beginning of the film will be a collage of pictures relating to fatherhood and your photo would have the possibility of being featured there. While there is no monetary compensation, if included in the film, your picture will be viewed by a great many people and you will be credited at the end of the film. If ! you are interested in taking part in this project, write back and I will share with you the next steps in the process. Please email me directly at dhglazer {at} gmail d o t com. Thanks for your time. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely, Dana H. Glazer, Director, The Evolution of Dad Project – www.evolutionofdad.com
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02 May 2010 CC use request, approved:
Subject: Permission to use your photos; Date: 3rd May, 2010; Hi Mike,
I am the coordinator of a project being conducted by the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health (FFCMH) at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in collaboration with scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of South Australia. Our project is a health promotion program specifically designed for men and comprises four principal components: healthy eating, physical activity, sleep, and stress management. The project team is aware of several of your photos on Flickr under the Creative Commons Agreement. We believe two of your photos (below) would be extremely valuable to include in the cover one of our print materials, the GIRTH Physical Activity Program. A. Father and son surf lesson www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3072645479/
B. Father-daughter joggers on Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, CA www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2626778991/
The booklet is a physical activity program for men incorporating aerobic and resistance activities and reduction of sedentary activities. We aim to present physical activity as something not solely focused in a gym. I am therefore writing to request permission to use the above photos. We will of course acknowledge you in the booklet.
I hope to hear from you. With thanks and kind regards, Doreen. Doreen Salon, Project Co-ordinator, Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 498; The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Ph : +61 8 8313 0532; Fax : +61 8 8313 0355
e-mail: doreen d o t salon [at} adelaide d o t edu d o t au
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005

13 May 2010. Creative Commons use discussions have been going on re: "...use of this image on the cover of a quarterly magazine for the clients of 'Era', one of polish mobile network services provider. We like the image because it perfectly suits the summer issue. The magazine contains mailny so called 'free-style' texts, which means articles about interesting places to visit, hobbies, music, technology etc, and amongst them of course Era's new offers for the clients (it's something like the airline magazines you usually get when you fly).
The image would not advertise anything specific, it'd be the cover. However, since there are people in the photo, I'm not entirely sure whether the above use would be possible/allowed when it comes to the publicity rights, I'm aware you don't have the models release to use the photographs publicly."
I (Mike Baird) replied: "Hania, I would personally interpret this use not to be strictly "editorial" since it is in a promotional vehicle intended only to advertise and promote the Era service, and it could be interpreted that the people shown here, especially on the cover, are happy users of and/or recommend that service. Thus, if I were the publisher I'd want a model release which unfortunately is not obtainable for this image. This is why iStockphoto, for example, will not buy these images from me without such model releases. Having said that, many people do use my images in similar ways. It all depends on how much business risk you want to take. I'm fine with you using it, but I can't speak for the models. As I understand the law, any liability rests with the publisher and user of the photo, and not the photographer or taker of the photo.
Please do send me a copy of the magazine after it is published if you decide to assume that risk and use it anyway.
I agree it would make a great cover."
Potential Publisher has thus been apprised that no model release can be obtained or granted... and that in such use the publisher would have all liability.
Ref. Era contact is Hania Danielczyk [Novimedia CP] <h.danielczyk {at} novimedia d o t pl
Note that no compensation would be received by the photographer… and I (Mike Baird) explicitly distance myself from this proposed Creative Commons use.
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22 June 2011 Query reply: from www.flickr.com/photos/adventureparents/
www.adventureparents.com … would like to use it – Mark.
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