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Looking across the Chateau Park at Sychrov and its gardens. Since 1945 Sychrov has been under state ownership. Open to the public since 1950. In 1990s, a restoration effort was undertaken with the goal of bringing appearance of the chateau as close to the original look as possible. Since 1995, Sychrov has been protected as a Czech national cultural heritage monument.
I've seen golfing greens with worse grass. Better than a baseball infield.
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Looks like a magpie of some sort. They are large, noisy, and intelligent corvids (i.e., related to crows and ravens). We have no magpies here in the US Northeast, but we do have both crows and ravens. Young ravens scream not unlike young humans.
yes, we commonly call them “thieving magpies”! I confirm, they are very "talkative"Looks like a magpie of some sort. They are large, noisy, and intelligent corvids (i.e., related to crows and ravens). We have no magpies here in the US Northeast, but we do have both crows and ravens. Young ravens scream not unlike young humans.
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These animals are in a gigantic park... my wife is on the left... a friend on the right. There are cows also...
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I had 2 magpies outside my office window try their best to participate in my conference call a couple of hours ago. Annoying to say the least.yes, we commonly call them “thieving magpies”! I confirm, they are very "talkative"
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I had typed "a pain" to describe them, but then thought about the birders of the world (one of whom was sitting not 4 meters from me at the time), so I thought better of it and deleted it.
... but, yeah, striking and remarkable birds, but a bit difficult to love. Annoying isn't inaccurate.
I remember them being around in California when we lived there, but, as I already noted, none here.
The ravens probably fill their ecological niche here.
I will say this, ravens are entertaining to watch. They're one species of bird that clearly enjoys the ability to fly. I've seen ravens in flight do apparently spontaneous barrel rolls, i.e., by all appearances, for the sheer joy of doing it.
I had typed "a pain" to describe them, but then thought about the birders of the world (one of whom was sitting not 4 meters from me at the time), so I thought better of it and deleted it.
... but, yeah, striking and remarkable birds, but a bit difficult to love. Annoying isn't inaccurate.
I remember them being around in California when we lived there, but, as I already noted, none here.
The ravens probably fill their ecological niche here.
I will say this, ravens are entertaining to watch. They're one species of bird that clearly enjoys the ability to fly. I've seen ravens in flight do apparently spontaneous barrel rolls, i.e., by all appearances, for the sheer joy of doing it.
However, it seems that crows are among the most intelligent animals: they are able to use tools and from a fairly recent study it seems they are able to use statistics. They are able to make decisions based on the probability of having a reward.
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Yes, it is very true.
I had a crow freak me out one day as I sat at a picnic table after mowing the lawn. I was eating Doritos and a crow cawed at me, then swooped down onto the table and walked over and took a Dorito and walked to the other end of the table and nibbled on the Dorito. I was more than happy and astounded. Anyway I was telling peeps about it in the neighborhood and we found out that Kenny the guy down the road who takes in baby animals had a pet crow and they let it fly wild and it returns to home everyday.
I occasionally set out clear live traps to thin out the vole and field mice population in my yard. If the magpies spot them they usually check them out to see what's inside. One day I saw a magpie tossing the trap around because there was a vole inside. I went out to dispose of the vole and noticed the magpie was following me around the yard squawking at me. After a 30 second stare down I tossed the vole in the air and the magpie caught it on the fly. It fully expected me to give it the vole! At least it was healthier than Doritos
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My wife and the dog.... at the top of a small village in France called "Boudes"...
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Detailed Ceiling artwork in the Upper Belvedere Palace located in Vienna. Built in the early eighteenth century as a summer palace for Prince Eugene of Savoy. Pretty amazing! - Just your basic summer home.
Visit | Belvedere Museum Vienna
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Training camp for World Cow Soccer Cup, at an soccer pitch near my house on Phuket
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It's nice to see some species parity taking root in the Beautiful Game.
I would never bet against Team Phuket.
I would never bet against Team Phuket.
