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Murray Swift
Australia
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kain swift
Australia
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Faith Swift
United States
205 creative works found
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A Black-chinned hummingbird nectar feeding in Patagonia, Arizona. Perhaps one of the world’s finest places to visit and witness spectacular bird migration, one can see up to 13 different species of hummingbird there alone during the peak of bird migration annually. /
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Wild American kestrel (Falco sparverius) in flight, stooping from left to right (Taken at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, 5 miles southwest of Columbia, Missouri). Perhaps the most colorful raptor in the world, the American Kestrel is the most common falcon in North America. It is found from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, and in towns as well as wild lands. Identifying marks inlcude small size, rufous back and tail, and two dark mustache marks on face. Male has blue-gray wings and a lightly spotted chest and belly. The larger female has rufous wings barred with black, and streaking on the chest. This particular bird is a female. Their call is a loud series of “klee-klee-klee” notes when excited. As with many other raptors in North America, their population n umbers dramatically declined in the 1950’s and 1960’s, but have increased greatly in recent decades with increasing deforestation of North America. They are aslo commonly called Sparrow hawk. Although hover-hunting is conspicuous, this foraging method actually is used rather infrequently. It is used most often when suitable perches are not available, or when winds are strong enough to create updrafts favorable to hovering. In winter in many southern parts of the range, female and male American Kestrels use different habitats. The female uses the preferred more open habitat, and the male uses areas with more trees. This situation appears to be the result of the females migrating south first and establishing winter territories. The males then are forced into the less preferred areas. Nestling kestrels back up, raise their tails, and squirt feces onto the walls of the nest cavity. The feces dry on the cavity walls and stay off the nestlings. The nest gets to be a smelly place, with feces on the walls and uneaten parts of small animals on the floor. Source used to construct this page: Smallwood, J. A., and D. M. Bird. 2002. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). In The Birds of North America, No. 602 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. MORE INFO ON Am. Kestrel HERE 100% of all proceeds from sales of this image will go to the HawkWatch International DONATE ONLINE
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Suffered a swift defeat, / I’ll endure countless repeats / The gift of memory is an awful curse / With age it just gets much worse, / - Death Cab for Cutie
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Days swiftly come and go I'm dreaming of her. She's seeing other guys Emotions they stir
by Anna RobertsUS$6.65–US$152.00
I took one look at this thought of ‘Swing swing by The All American Rejects’ / It reminds of a silly time pre-teen time, when I was so naive, but life was a little less stressful. I was 13 and I can still remember sneaking my headphone’s into my ear in the middle of class. / This shot took ages literary overnight, I was still doing it at 3am then I was like this is crazy I need to sleep, / heres the before and after / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ar_photography/3257119412/
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Falls on the small mountain river. / Sold a mounted print January 2009 through RedBubble.
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This intimate, bright yet dark, static yet flowing, autumn themed image was made in Baxter State Park, Maine, USA in October 2006. I like the contrast of the flowing water beneath the still branches, the pop of color from the remaining birch leaves, and the juxtaposition of the branch atop the stream in tone and color! /
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Death Valley Sand Dunes @ Stove Pipe Wells. I was trying to find an “alternative” view to a scene that has been photographed thousands of times. The image was shot in infrared and a gradient was added to the sky to give some separation.
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Cheetah portrait, endangered in the wild, genetically in trouble even if population numbers are bolstered. The fastest animal on dry land, without question, is not going to outrun extinction in the wild without our help! For more information, and learn about the cheetah visit the Cheetah Conservation Fund and Here 100% of proceeds from all sales of this image and the companion t-shirt found “Here” will be donated to the Cheetah Conservation Fund Also, another one of the finest wildlife photographers here at Redbubble is donating proceeds from her cheetah work to the Cheetah Conservation Fund So please be sure to visit Natalie Manuel’s cheetah worke here and here / Thank you for your help in saving this magnificent animal from extinction! Portfolio Areas / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
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A wonderful clear day in the Pacific Northwest. Clouds pass over the Bay of Bellingham near Bellingham, Washington. The blues are so much more vibrant after several days of rain and overcast skies, what a lovely sight! Blog / Email Me / Galleries
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Beautiful little flowing water in the Buffalo River National Park.
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Then Kronos from his ambush stretched forth his left hand & in his right took the great long sickle with jagged teeth & swiftly lopped off his own father's members & cast them away to fall behind him
by kathleenUS$4.99–US$114.00
love is born from what can only be imagined as incredible, excruciating pain.
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A lovely foggy morning in the Redwood National Forest in Northern California. These trees are amazing! Every time I drive north I try and stop in these forest and just listen and breath and enjoy the grandeur. I highly recommend it. Good for the soul. Blog / Email Me / Galleries
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Taken in Swift Current Saskatchewan , Canada The Mennonite Heritage Village was founded in 1992 to establish a historical Mennonite Village depicting the life and times of early settlers in the Swift Current area, and to develop appreciation for the contributions made to this country by Mennonite immigrants
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THE SWIFT DELIVERY (3) – DIGITAL FROM HAND DRAWN THUMBNAIL SKETCH
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16×20 colored pencil. Original available. The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a vulnerable member of the cat family (Felidae), a poor climber that hunts by speed and stealth. As such, it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx. It is the fastest of all land animals and can reach speeds of up to 110 km/h (68 mph) in short bursts up to 460 m (500 yards), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 110 km/h (68 mph) in three seconds, faster than most supercars. The word “cheetah” is derived from the Sanskrit word chitrakāyaḥ, meaning “variegated body”, via the Hindi cītā. Description / The cheetah has a slender, long-legged body with blunt semi-retractable claws. Its chest is deep and its waist is narrow. The coarse, short fur of the cheetah is tan with round black spots measuring from 2 to 3 cm (¾ to 1¼ inches) across, affording it some camouflage while hunting. There are no spots on its white underside, but the tail has spots, which merge to form four to six dark rings at the end. The tail usually ends in a bushy white tuft. The cheetah has a small head with high-set eyes. Black “tear marks” run from the corner of its eyes down the sides of the nose to its mouth to keep sunlight out of its eyes and to aid in hunting and seeing long distances. The adult animal weighs from 40 to 65 kg (90 to 140 lb). Its total body length is from 115 to 135 cm (45 in to 55 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 cm (33 in) in length. Males tend to be slightly larger than females and have slightly bigger heads, but there is not a great variation in cheetah sizes and it is difficult to tell males and females apart by appearance alone. Compared to a similarly-sized tiger, the cheetah is generally shorter-bodied, but is longer tailed and taller (it averages about 90 cm or 36 in tall) and so it appears more streamlined. Some cheetahs also have a rare fur pattern mutation: cheetahs with larger, blotchy, merged spots are known as ‘king cheetahs’. It was once thought to be a separate subspecies, but it is merely a mutation of the African cheetah. The ‘king cheetah’ has only been seen in the wild a handful of times, but it has been bred in captivity. The cheetah’s paws have semi-retractable claws, S., D. Wildt, M. Bush (1986). “The Cheetah in Genetic Peril”. Scientific American 254: 68-76. (known only in three other cat species – the Fishing Cat, the Flat-headed Cat and the Iriomote Cat) offering the cat extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. The ligament structure of the cheetah’s claws is the same as those of other cats; it simply lacks the sheath of skin and fur present in other varieties, and therefore the claws are always visible, with the exception of the dewclaw. The dewclaw itself is much shorter and straighter than other cats. Adaptations that enable the cheetah to run as fast as it does include large nostrils that allow for increased oxygen intake, and an enlarged heart and lungs that work together to circulate oxygen efficiently. During a typical chase its respiratory rate increases from 60 to 150 breaths per minute. While running, in addition to having good traction due to its semi-retractable claws, the cheetah uses its tail as a rudder-like means of steering to allow it to make sharp turns, necessary to outflank prey who often make such turns to escape. Unlike “true” big cats, the cheetah can purr as it inhales, but cannot roar. By contrast, the big cats can roar but cannot purr, except while exhaling. However, the cheetah is still considered by some to be the smallest of the big cats. While it is often mistaken for the leopard, the cheetah does have distinguishing features, such as the aforementioned long “tear-streak” lines that run from the corners of its eyes to its mouth. The body frame of the cheetah is also very different from that of the leopard, most notably so in its thinner and longer tail, and unlike the leopard, its spots are not arranged into rosettes. The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the least able to adapt to new environments. It has always proved difficult to breed in captivity, although recently a few zoos have been successful. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from the loss of both habitat and prey. The cheetah was formerly considered to be particularly primitive among the cats and to have evolved approximately 18 million years ago. New research, however puts the last common ancestor of all 40 existing species of feline more recently, at 11 million years. The same research indicates that the cheetah, while highly derived morphologically, is not a particularly ancient lineage, having separated from its closest living relatives (the cougar Puma concolor and the jaguarundi Puma yaguarondi) around 5 million years ago. (information from Wikipedia)
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A rocky shore in Lutsen, MN, USA. On Lake Superior.
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...if you see a praying mantis from this point of view and you’re an insect.
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The hare and rabbit feature in almost every mythology as trickster, culture hero or fertility symbol. The animals are noted universally for their swiftness and playful behaviour, and they occur in myth as cunning jokers who outwit bigger but less agile creatures. In Ancient Greece rabbits were seen as the attributes of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexuality. The creatures are widely associated with moon, itself a symbol of feminine fecundity. Watercolour, ink, pencil and wax
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The night sky just north of Florence, Ore., on May 4, 2008. It was taken at 2:20am using a fish eye lens to create the circular look. The shutter was open for just under an hour at 3.2fstop and ISO 200. Blog / Email Me / Galleries
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A small sailboat on the Bay of Bellingham near Bellingham, Washington. I was in Washington for about three weeks taking pictures and enjoying life, this one is my favorite from the trip. Blog / Email Me / Galleries
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I watched this little female bluebird building her nest today. I was astounded by her industriousness and swiftness. She kept coming back to the nesting box over and over again, her tiny beak filled to capacity with grass, straw, sticks, pine needles. Then, when I thought I’d seen it all, she popped onto the box with a big feather in her beak. After the foundation had been laid, it seems she was adding a bit of flourish to her decor. A true home engineer, Mother Bluebird did the job by herself. By midday, she was sweltering hot and worn out. Papa Bluebird, surprisingly, did not lift a claw to help. I guess he’s saving his energy for all the hunting he’ll have to do when those babies hatch and start squawking for grub!
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