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I love these little squeaky ducks. I finally pinpointed their whistle, just the cutest. So now they're a personal favorite. You might note he's a male, and his girlfriend is directly behind. Last in my brief low POV water birds for now.
S’envoler
Afficher sa singularité,
Pour découvrir la lumière,
Qui sommeille dans nos yeux mi-clos,
Au détour d’une issue...
Monter les marches vers le soleil,
Quitter la fange des tranchées,
De vie qu’on nous impose,
Avoir l’espoir de voler,
Tel un oiseau, d’idées en liberté,
Se poser à la cime d’un arbre,
Et regarder les hommes,
Dans leur gambille folle…
Folle à lier leur bonheur,
Déchaînés, mais enchaînés,
Et se tenir là, au calme,
Le cœur léger comme un souffle…
Juste regarder, puis s’envoler…
Loin, toujours plus loin...
Michaël Overberg
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Hot meet on the High Plains east of Calgary, as CPR/VIA westbound #1 "The Canadian" rushes past @1145 behind F40PH, F9b.
Female Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Rico-reto-de-banda-branca, Heliomaster squamosus, 12 cm / 4.7 in. ENDEMIC. Forest, woodland, riparian belts and parks.
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Lajeda dos Beija Flores, PN Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.
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Turnstone
Scientific name
Arenaria interpres
Turnstones are commonly found along the UK coastlines. They are migratory birds, arriving from northern Europe, Canada, and Greenland at different times of the year. Their preferred habitats include marine and intertidal zones, as well as wetlands. In the UK, they are often seen during winter. Turnstones are small, stocky waders with a short stout black bill and short orange legs. During the summer months, males have chestnut brown upper parts with black markings on the head and breast, while females are generally duller. They are present most of the year in the UK, with winter migrants and birds on passage supplementing populations. Although they do not generally breed in the UK, it is possible that some breeding may occur among small numbers remaining in the summer. The UK population generally breeds in Canada or Greenland.
For 20 years, my next door neighbor has had a huge bloomingh Bougainvillea arching over her front door. For 20 years I've been swearing to take a picture of those flowers. Three weeks ago, her red one had already gone to seed, and there were no more than 10 purple flowers which were also about too fall off. We had just left for our evening walk when I saw that this was now or never. This time I had my phone. The questions was whether or not I could compose what was left to show at least onestill with anthers. And this is it.
Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. Different authors accept from 4 to 22 species in the genus. That's quite a range.
The species grow 1 to 12 metres (3 to 39 ft) tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes called "paper flower" because its bracts are thin and papery.