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A trip to a natural and geological reserve, the Liehter Kalkgrube. An old pit in which lime and salt were broken down. Some years ago, the mine have been shut down and given back to nature. A small stream and a pond is there to find, goats are held there for landscaping, and we saw a lot of dragonflies, butterflies and other small animals as well as beautiful wild flowers. In the earler summer, wild orchids are blooming there. It is an absolutely silent place, wonderful to be there.
Nombre cientifico: Brotogeris jugularis
Nombre(s) comun(es): periquito bronceado
English name: Orange-chinned Parakeet
Lugar: Medellin, Colombia
Autor: © Mary Torres Escobar, 2015
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Between the thunderstorms I hopped outside to join the frogs in the garden. Thunder rumbled, so did their stomachs - the rain brought out the slugs and snails, the frogs to find their slippery trails and munch the night away.
I expect to see some fat froggies in the pond come sunrise :-)
Cape Scott Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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As its name suggests, the red-eyed tree frog has red eyes with vertically narrowed pupils. It has a vibrant green body with yellow and blue, vertically striped sides. Its webbed feet and toes are orange or red. The skin on the red-eyed tree frog's belly is soft and fragile, whereas the back is thicker and rougher. Red-eyed tree frogs have sticky pads on their toes. They spend a majority of their lives in trees; they are excellent jumpers. Red-eyed tree frogs are not poisonous and rely on camouflage to protect themselves. During the day, they remain motionless, cover their blue sides with their back legs, tuck their bright feet under their bellies, and shut their red eyes. Thus, they appear almost completely green, and well hidden among the foliage.
Espadarana prosoblepon - El Oro Province, Ecuador
A couple years ago I spent ~6 months working in Southern Ecuador, however a few short weeks into my stay there I had serious camera issues which affected the rest of my images for the months to come. I was thrilled to get a chance to visit again the next year in order to photograph some of the inhabitants of the area with working equipment! This is one of the species I was glad to take another shot at, Espadarana proseblepon. This is the most common species of glassfrog in the area and throughout most of its extensive range but its a great little frog. Glassfrogs get their name from the transparency which is not that impressive in this species, however you can still see its greenish blue bones in certain portions of its body, particularly in the humeral spines which are the bony projections from the armpits. Only male glassfrogs of certain species have these, they're thought to be used in bouts of wrestling with other male glassfrogs.
Also known as the "Common Lizard" and can be sometimes confused witj the "Sand Lizard"-Lacerta agillis. Colour varies from grey-brown to reddish and oloive green with variable stripes down the the back with black blotches. This lizard gives birth to live young which can number upto 10.
Macro Mondays: Edge.
In this shot of the Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla regilla), there are two edges represented.
Edge 1: I was trying to capture the leaf edge to show how thin the support structure was for it's perch, a Blueberry plant; which nevertheless, is sufficiently strong enough to support the frog's small 3/4 - 2 inch frame.
Edge 2: The most important edge of all. Amphibian's populations worldwide are declining rapidly and becoming extinct (approx. 200 sp. to date), due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal infection. The fungus is in British Columbia, and from what data I could gather, the Rough-skin Newts and Western Toads are among those at risk.
The Pacific Tree Frog, so far, has not been affected. This could be due to the fact that the frogs with extra moist skin, who like to sun themselves for longer, kill the fungus on their skin with the sun's heat.
So, this shot, which I darkened the surroundings to represent the impending doom for so many species worldwide, stands for those amphibians hovering on the edge of non-existence.
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