Images Dated 21st December 2009

Extreme close-up of Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) feathers fanned out

Color patterns of bird plumage affect animal behavior and speciation. Diverse patterns are present in different species and within the individual. The patterns and colors are known to be important for attracting mates, protecting from predators, and they also affect bird behavior and can exhibit seasonal variations

© Darrell Gulin/Danita Delimont

Johnson Valley with snow, California, USA

Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103 433), it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) native to the park. It covers a land area of 790, 636 acres (1, 235.37 sq mi, 3, 199.59 km2) an area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. A large part of the park, some 429, 690 acres (173, 890 ha), is a designated wilderness area. Straddling the San Bernardino County/Riverside County border, the park includes parts of two deserts, each an ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and lower Colorado Desert. The Little San Bernardino Mountains run through the southwest edge of the park

© Zandria Muench Beraldo / DanitaDelimont.com

Under Your Hat Cover of Theatre World'. 1939

Under Your Hat Cover of Theatre World'. 1939. By Archie Menzies, Arthur Macrae and Jack Hulbert, with Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge. Performed at the Palace Theatre, London, January 1939. JH, 24 April 1892 25 March 1978. CC, 1 April 1893 26 April 1980

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