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Was happy to share a bit of the day with this bird. He was busy doing his thing while I feed chickadees:)
This Phoebe does this everyday at the casey forebay. There was not enough action elsewhere, so I wanted to give it a try to catch it in flight (handheld with 1.4x).
The caterpillar of the Peacock butterfly, seen on a leaf. There were many of them :)
The European Peacock (Aglais io), more commonly known simply as the Peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. The Peacock butterfly is resident in much of its range, often wintering in buildings or trees. It therefore often appears quite early in spring. It can be found in woods, fields, meadows, pastures, parks, and gardens, and from lowlands up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) elevation. It is a relatively common butterfly seen in many European parks and gardens. The butterfly hibernates over winter before laying its eggs in early spring, in batches of up to 400 at a time. The caterpillars, which are shiny black with six rows of barbed spikes and a series of white dots on each segment, hatch after about a week. They grow up to 42 mm in length. The adult butterflies drink nectar from a wide variety of flowering plants, including buddleia, willows, dandelions, wild marjoram, danewort, hemp agrimony, and clover; they also utilize tree sap and rotten fruit.
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Gąsienica rusałki pawik, wypatrzona na liściu. Było tam ich całkiem sporo :)
Rusałka pawik (Aglais io) – gatunek motyla z rodziny rusałkowatych. Występuje w Azji i Europie, w Polsce jest jednym z najbardziej pospolitych motyli. Rozpiętość skrzydeł 50–55 mm. Najbardziej charakterystyczną cechą tego gatunku, po której łatwo odróżnić go od innych gatunków motyli są duże, wielokolorowe plamki („pawie oczka”) na końcach przednich i tylnych skrzydeł. Występuje na polanach i skrajach lasów, w ogrodach, sadach, na nieużytkach i w wielu innych miejscach. Wszędzie jest bardzo pospolita. Samica składa jaja na spodniej stronie liści pokrzyw. Gąsienice, które mają na grzbiecie rozgałęzione, długie kolce, a całe ich ciało pokryte jest białymi kropkami, wykluwają się po około tygodniu. Dorastają do 42 mm długości. Postać dorosła występuje przez całe lato, można ją spotkać na różnych kwiatach, z których spija nektar. Zazwyczaj w ciągu jednego roku występują 2 pokolenia, a jedynie na obszarach o cięższym klimacie i wyżej w górach jedno pokolenie.
Walking onto Black Rock Sands Beach at Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, North Wales, on a late afternoon walk in January.
The sandy walkway has marram grasses both sides and goes straight onto the beautiful sandy beach.
Perfect beach very very clean, ideal for the stunning scenery and a fantastic walk.
These beauties were everywhere in Yellowstone National Park.
It's fun to watch them fly with that long fancy tail. They are quite striking in the sunlight with brilliant blue feathers.
More from Little Garve last month when we spent some time around the old bridge over the Black Water river, this time the view looking upstream.
Black-shouldered Kite
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The female of a pair had scored a Rat (Ratus ratus).
Mice are soft and flexible and go down easily. She was determined to consume as much as possible.
Her mate kept flying by hoping for any dropped scraps.
There are many black widow spiders around the plant again but I didn't come across any really large ones.
This one is a bit fatter so it's color is more brown than black.
There's no place like home...
Hit L for a better view <3
This is one of the works that I have in my show "All Around" in Red Line Gallery - Torno Kohime Foundation, till November 6.
Taken at Treptower Park, sim designed by Squonk Levenque.
Textures by SkeletalMess - all in Flickr - thanks!
I've been hiking and exploring the Drumheller Channels area for well over a decade. But Saturday was the first time I walked Black Rock Road along Crab Creek.
I've seen and photographed the road a number of times from atop the cliffs high above, but never thought of actually walking it.
The canyon containing Crab Creek is far to wide and tall to have been carved by the waters of the creek itself. And yet there they are. This happened during the ice age when the glacier diverted the Columbia River from its then (and mostly present) course to this spot where I stood to take the photo.
From atop, you can see how such a thing would work. But below, you can hardly imagine the waters flowing high above you.
For those with maps, the ice cut off the Columbia near Grand Coulee Dam. The waters hung a hard left down present-day Banks Lake, through Soap Lake (and so down the entirety of Grand Coulee, into Moses Lake and then through the Drumheller area, following Crab Creek to the present-day Columbia River.
With various ice age floods, the waters came with force an abundance, overflowing everything and carving the multitude of canyons throughout this part of the state. But even during relative periods of calm, the Columbia flowed through lands new to it, and submerging what would later be called Black Rock Road.
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'Black Rock Road'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Kentmere 400
Process: HC-110B; 5.5mins
Washington
September 2024