Mute Swan south of Llanrwst under water
Monday 12 July 2010
Webbed toes
Webbed toes is the common name for syndactyly affecting the feet. It is characterised by the fusion of two or more digits of the feet. This is normal in many birds, such as ducks; amphibians, such as frogs; and mammals, such as kangaroos.
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coffee table book
A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for portability. Subject matter is generally confined to non-fiction, and is usually visually-oriented. Pages consist mainly of photographs and illustrations, accompanied by captions and small blocks of text, as opposed to long prose. Since they are aimed at anyone who might pick the book up for a light read, the analysis inside is often more basic and with less jargon than other books on the subject. Because of this, the term coffee table book can be used pejoratively to indicate a superficial approach to the subject.
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Tuesday 1 June 2010
Tuesday 18 May 2010
coffee table book
A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for portability. Subject matter is generally confined to non-fiction, and is usually visually-oriented. Pages consist mainly of photographs and illustrations, accompanied by captions and small blocks of text, as opposed to long prose. Since they are aimed at anyone who might pick the book up for a light read, the analysis inside is often more basic and with less jargon than other books on the subject. Because of this, the term coffee table book can be used pejoratively to indicate a superficial approach to the subject.
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mute swan book
Friday 14 May 2010
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Friday 7 May 2010
2005 AFL Grand Final
The 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2005 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,898 spectators, was won by Sydney by a margin of 4 points..
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales.
The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans. Sydney is the only AFL club based in New South Wales, and was also the first club in the competition to be based outside of Victoria.
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Wells
Wells is a small cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Although the population, it has had city status since 1205. It is the second-smallest city in England, following the City of London, though St Davids in Wales is the smallest city in the UK.
The name Wells derives from the three wells dedicated to Saint Andrew, one in the market place and two within the grounds of the Bishop's Palace and cathedral. There was a small Roman settlement around the wells but its importance grew under the Saxons when King Ine of Wessex founded a minster church in 704, around which the settlement grew. Wells became a trading centre and involved in cloth making before its involvement in both the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion during the 17th century. In the 19th century transport infrastructure improved with stations on three different railway lines.
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Saturday 1 May 2010
Friday 30 April 2010
Thursday 29 April 2010
My explanation for the moon illusion - position of pupil on lens
The Moon illusion is an optical illusion in which the Moon appears larger near the horizon than it does while higher up in the sky. This optical illusion also occurs with the sun and star constellations. It has been known since ancient times, and recorded by numerous different cultures. The explanation of this illusion is still debated.
My theory is it is to due to the curvature of the lens of the eye.
It could be that When an object is seen through the lens, the curvature of the eye means that the object is different size on different parts of the lens, or that that as the pupil moves up and down on the eye. As you lift your head up to see the moon in the sky. You normally raise your pupils up to see this. This means they are at a different position on the eye. So it will have a different position on the eye. I am sure if you life your head up to see somthing with your pupils pointing up things seem smaller than if you lift your head up to look with your pupil in the middle of your eye.
On their other hand it might be to do with the rod, or cones nerve cells.
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My theory is it is to due to the curvature of the lens of the eye.
It could be that When an object is seen through the lens, the curvature of the eye means that the object is different size on different parts of the lens, or that that as the pupil moves up and down on the eye. As you lift your head up to see the moon in the sky. You normally raise your pupils up to see this. This means they are at a different position on the eye. So it will have a different position on the eye. I am sure if you life your head up to see somthing with your pupils pointing up things seem smaller than if you lift your head up to look with your pupil in the middle of your eye.
On their other hand it might be to do with the rod, or cones nerve cells.
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Wildfowl
Wildfowl are the biological family called Anatidaethat includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups. These are birds that are adapted through evolution for swimming, floating on the water surface, and in some cases diving in at least shallow water. (The Magpie Goose is no longer considered to be part of the Anatidae, but is placed in its own family Anseranatidae.) The family contains around 146 species in 40 genera. They are generally herbivorous, and are monogamous breeders. A number of species undertake annual migrations. A few species have been domesticated for agriculture, and many others are hunted for food and recreation.
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Monday 26 April 2010
Jokes about mute swans
Jokes about mute swans
Here are some jokes I have invented about swans
Here they are.
1. Why did the Mute Swan cross the road?
Because it SWANted to.
2. Three Swans walk into a bar,
The bar man says would you like the bill?
The swans say thanks but we have already got a bill each.
3.
Knock Knock
Who is there?
No answer
Oh it must be A mute swan.
4. What is a Mute Swans favorite Letter?
S, as it has a s shaped neck.
5. What do you call a swan's wizard wand?
A swand.
6. What swan is the best for celebrating
A Whooper Swan.
7. What swan could be good at Jazz?
A Trumpeter Swan
Anagrams of Mute Swan include Wants Emu..
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Here are some jokes I have invented about swans
Here they are.
1. Why did the Mute Swan cross the road?
Because it SWANted to.
2. Three Swans walk into a bar,
The bar man says would you like the bill?
The swans say thanks but we have already got a bill each.
3.
Knock Knock
Who is there?
No answer
Oh it must be A mute swan.
4. What is a Mute Swans favorite Letter?
S, as it has a s shaped neck.
5. What do you call a swan's wizard wand?
A swand.
6. What swan is the best for celebrating
A Whooper Swan.
7. What swan could be good at Jazz?
A Trumpeter Swan
Anagrams of Mute Swan include Wants Emu..
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Wednesday 21 April 2010
Anserinae
The Anserinae is a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and true geese. Under alternative systematical concepts, it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae containing the geese, while the Cygninae contain the swans.
A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, have goose as part of their name; see the family page at Anatidae and the goose page for these.
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A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, have goose as part of their name; see the family page at Anatidae and the goose page for these.
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Tuesday 20 April 2010
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, 23 May [O.S. 12 May] 1707 – 10 January 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. His father was the first in his ancestry to adopt a permanent last name; prior to that, ancestors had used the patronymic naming system of Scandinavian countries. His father adopted the Latin form name Linnaeus after a giant linden tree on the family homestead. Linnaeus got most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures of botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735–1738, where he studied and also published a first edition of his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 60s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, and published several volumes. At the time of his death, he was renowned throughout Europe as one of the most acclaimed scientists of the time.
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Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. His father was the first in his ancestry to adopt a permanent last name; prior to that, ancestors had used the patronymic naming system of Scandinavian countries. His father adopted the Latin form name Linnaeus after a giant linden tree on the family homestead. Linnaeus got most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures of botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735–1738, where he studied and also published a first edition of his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 60s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, and published several volumes. At the time of his death, he was renowned throughout Europe as one of the most acclaimed scientists of the time.
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Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest city of Sweden with 140,000 inhabitants.
Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical center of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest center of higher education in Scandinavia. Situated on the fertile Uppsala flatlands of muddy soil, the city features the small Fyris River (Fyrisån) flowing through the landscape surrounded by lush vegetation. Parallel to the river runs the glacial ridge of Uppsalaåsen, at an elevation of circa 30 metres the site of Uppsala's castle from which large parts of the town can be seen. The central park Stadsskogen stretches from the south far into town, with opportunities for recreation for many residential areas within walking distance.
Friday 16 April 2010
This is the Fastest Bird in North Wales
This is the Fastest Bird in North Wales
This is a Red-breasted Merganser. These are claimed by some to be the fastest birds in level flight. Although some claim the White-throated Needletail is faster. This is possibly the fastest bird in Wales in level flight. This video was taken on the Conwy River Llanrwst on April the 16th 2010.
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This is a Red-breasted Merganser. These are claimed by some to be the fastest birds in level flight. Although some claim the White-throated Needletail is faster. This is possibly the fastest bird in Wales in level flight. This video was taken on the Conwy River Llanrwst on April the 16th 2010.
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Friday 9 April 2010
Trefriw Shelducks
Trefriw Shelducks
Some shelducks in the Conwy Valley between Llanrwst and Trefriw. The video was taken on April the 8th 2010.
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Some shelducks in the Conwy Valley between Llanrwst and Trefriw. The video was taken on April the 8th 2010.
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Thursday 8 April 2010
Friday 2 April 2010
Thursday 1 April 2010
Black swansas a species
Black swans were first seen by Europeans in 1697, when Willem de Vlamingh's expedition explored the Swan River, Western Australia.
The black swan was described scientifically by English naturalist John Latham in 1790. It was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis.
The common name ‘Swan’ is a gender neutral term, but ‘cob’ for a male and ‘pen’ for a female are also used, as is ‘cygnet’ for the young. Collective nouns include a ‘bank’ (on the ground) and a ‘wedge’ (in flight). Black Swans can be found singly, or in loose companies numbering into the hundreds or even thousands.
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Black Swan
The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.
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Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick (12 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) was an English wood engraver and ornithologist.
Bewick was born at Cherryburn House in the village of Mickley, in the parish of Ovingham, Northumberland, England, near Newcastle upon Tyne on 12 August 1753.
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Tundra Swan
The Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Holarctic swan. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes[1] split into two species, Cygnus bewickii (Bewick's Swan) of the Palaearctic and the Whistling Swan, C. columbianus proper, of the Nearctic. Birds from eastern Russia (roughly east of the Taimyr Peninsula) are sometimes separated as the subspecies C. c. jankowskii, but this is not widely accepted as distinct, most authors including them in C. c. bewickii. Tundra Swans are sometimes separated in the genus Olor together with the other Arctic swan species.
Whooper Swans
Whooper swans require large areas of water to live in, especially when they are still growing, because their body weight cannot be supported by their legs for extended periods of time. The whooper swan spends much of its time swimming, straining the water for food, or eating plants that grow on the bottom.
Whooper swans have a deep honking call and, despite their size, are powerful fliers. Whooper swans can migrate many hundreds of miles to their wintering sites in northern Europe and eastern Asia.http://muteswanbook.blogspot.com/
Whooper Swan
The Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan.
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Mute Swan walking by Conwy River in Llanrwst Part 1
Mute Swan walking by Conwy River in Llanrwst Part 1
Tuesday 30 March 2010
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