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This attractive fading red barn is set in a small depression a ways away from the main farm site. It appears to house some animal with an outlet on the far left but the path out to the small trees does not suggest a large animal. Note the black flexible covering over the door that helps keep out the winds. What animal do you think might be inside?
Zygaena filipendulae (Sechsfleck-Widderchen, six-spot burnet) Klosterneuburg. The lavender was full of moth couples when I got up in the morning.
The attractive Cornish coastal village of Mousehole, near Penzance, where every building has individual character, hugging the contours of the landscape.
Mousehole is also known for its Christmas illuminations. Since 1981, every 19 December the lights have been turned off in memory of the victims of the Newlyn lifeboat disaster.
It's also home of the 'Star Gazey Pie', a mixed fish, egg and potato pie with fish heads protruding through the pastry!
Key information
A colourful mix of blue, yellow, white and green makes the blue tit one of our most attractive and most recognisable garden visitors. In winter, family flocks join up with other tits as they search for food. A garden with four or five blue tits at a feeder at any one time may be feeding 20 or more.
What they eat:
Insects, caterpillars, seeds and nuts.
Measurements:
Length:12cm
Wingspan:18cm
Weight:11g
Population:
UK breeding:3,400,000 territories
UK wintering:15 million birds
Europe:20-44 million pairs
Attractive chunky hawk of marshes and wetlands. Usually seen perched quietly near water, waiting to swoop down and snatch fish or frogs. Adult is distinctive, with mostly orange plumage and a whitish head (black collar is often hard to see). Immature is brownish overall, duller than the adult, but with a similar pattern. Note rather pale, dull pinkish legs and feet (yellow or orange on most other hawks). In flight looks very broad winged and short tailed.
Bees are very attracted to all that yellow goody!
Poppies are flowering plants with delicate, papery petals in a variety of shapes and vibrant hues.
There are more than 70 distinct species in the poppy (papaver) genus, including opium poppies (Papaver somniferum), corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale).
Poppies are an excellent addition to mixed beds, borders and cut arrangements.
They now are the sad symbol of wars past.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
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Passau is a delightful small town of Bavaria. The old town is worth a visit. the building on high is The Oberhaus.
Attractive dusty-blue jay with paler belly. Adults have black bills; juveniles have pinkish base to bills. Restricted to pine-oak woodlands in mountains and canyons from Arizona to central Mexico. Most similar to Western Scrub-Jay, but look for blue back and plain blue face. Found in small family groups. Feeds primarily on acorns.
Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA. August 2018.
Attractive black-and-yellow oriole of humid tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, plantations, semi-open areas with tall hedges and flowering trees. Often in flowering trees with other species of orioles. Plumage rather variable, but note the rather small, slightly decurved bill. Male has black head and back in Mexico and northern Central America, female has black face and greenish back. Sexes look alike in southern Central America. Not especially vocal.
Tico Rainforest B&B, Horquetas de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
While having a video call, a fisherman (who is wearing a long sleeve shirt with an eye-catching large image of a bespectacled man printed on the back) hands a certain metal fishing tool to his companion, who, on the other hand, receives it with both hands.
Male Scarce Chaser (Libellula Fulva) soaking up some sun in the evening light on the south bank of the River Welland near Stamford, Lincolnshire.
It's nice that he's moved to a more pleasing looking perch* than chaotic reeds, but these chaps are not the prettiest boys in the dragonfly world.
*It may be pleasing looking in the sense of a pretty picture but I think this is the dreaded invasive Himalayan Balsam, which doesn't bode well for the plant diversity of the river bank.
The Florida Scrub-jay is a species of Scrub-jay that is endemic to Florida. That means that it can only be found in Florida where it has existed for millions of years. Its habitat is limited to Florida's scrub land. This habitat is arid and relatively unattractive and is prone to frequent wildfires. As a result, a specific set of small plants populate the habitat. Our pension to extinguish wildfires and develop scrub land into something "more attractive" has led to a gradual but steady decline in these birds. This is due predominantly to habitat loss. In a few areas these birds are unbelievably tolerant of humans, landing not only near people but on them too. In this instance this Scrub-jay landed my friend before leaping up, up, and away, into the wild blue. Meeting these birds for the first time is a humbling experience. Knowing that even our most well intended activities, like wildfire suppression, can have deleterious effects on other species should serve as a lesson for the future. Nature's most invasive species needs to be more responsible. Every change we make has significant consequences. #FloridaScrubJay
An attractive and durable plant, Tradescantia pallida ’Purpurea' (Purple Heart) is a popular trailing evergreen perennial noted for its remarkable foliage of narrow, pointed, purple leaves, 2-5 in. long (5-12 cm). Arranged alternately along thick, but fragile, purple stems, the leaves are deep royal purple above, and bright violet underneath. Blooming constantly during warm weather with small clusters of bright pink, 3-petalled, pale orchid-pink flowers. 1 in. (2.5 cm), emerge at the stem tips. Tradescantia pallida is a tender perennial which makes a beautiful groundcover. Its sprawling stems root in the moist soil, to create a carpet of ground-hugging foliage. Evergreen in frost-free areas, it dies back with mild freezes, but sprouts back in spring. In colder areas, it may be grown as a bedding annual, in a container or hanging basket, or as a houseplant.
Attractive low priced Matchbox model cars, bought in the Dutch Action shop.
€1,29 for very well shaped and fine detailed cars is not to much.
A 5 year old boy next to me in the shop said to me: I can also buy them, because they're for 3+... Very clever :-)
Halfweg, Dec. 11, 2022.
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