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Tiny, active, warbler-like bird of tropical and subtropical forest edge, woodland, and gardens. Feeds on nectar and fruit, and in some areas visits bird feeders. Variable plumage across range, especially in the Caribbean, but always note small size and sharp, slightly decurved bill. Most populations have a bold white eyebrow and yellow underparts. Throat color varies from pale gray on mainland (Mexico to South America) to white on some island populations (including Cozumel) or sooty gray (Greater Antilles). Some birds in the Lesser Antilles are entirely black. Song is variable across range but usually high-pitched and scratchy. (eBird)
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Highly variable in plumage, but always recognizable by their energy, antics and boldness. Common around the island, this one popped up on a branch just above my head to sample the delights of the flowers blooming there.
Andromeda Botanical Gardens, Barbados. February 2023.
Blackish, chicken-like marsh bird, often found near cattails, never far from water. Often seen swimming, picking at the water's surface, or walking along the edge of aquatic vegetation. Thick legs and long toes are drab yellow. Adults have bright red bill with yellow tip, thin white side stripe, and some white under the tail. Immatures are paler and grayer than adults, lacking brightly colored bill. (eBird)
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A local resident, this gallinule was enjoying the sun as he foraged through the water hyacinths.
Graeme Hall Swamp (east side), Barbados. February 2023.
A tame and conspicuous species of gardens, scrubland, and open woodlands. Its plumage is a combination of subtle browns and grays, and its bill is stubby and thick. This species could be mistaken for a female Black-faced Grassquit, but the grassquit has an olive back and is smaller overall. Song is a rapid “tsee-tsee-tsee-tsee…” or “tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit…” often consisting of five to fifteen notes. Calls include a sharp “tseet.” (eBird)
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A recent split from the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch. We were a little worried about finding this island endemic, but our fears were unwarranted. They were everywhere, including on the balcony of our condo by the beach. Happy, active little birds that were always nearby.
Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Barbados. February 2023.
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 , NIKOR 55 .2.8 AIS fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES RESERVA ECOLOGICA ECO PARQUE (ARGENTINA ) .
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Un piccolo particolare del giardino roccioso di casa mia.
Aloe Vera L. - Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe delle Barbados).
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 LENS NIKKOR AF-S 300/4 D IF . ED . + TC NIKOR 1.4 fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES RESERVA ECOLOGICA ECO PARQUE (ARGENTINA ) .
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I'll attempt to keep this colorful until at least after Boxing Day, and so I've found another beautiful aloe for you.
The Aloe Barbadensis plant is one of the more commonly known houseplants because of the Aloe Vera gel you find inside its leaves. If you go into any chemist or department store, chances are you will find a product for sale which contains Aloe Vera gel and has a picture of this plant on the packaging.
I have well over 100 photos of just aloes (don't worry, only 12 are approved for posting), and yet I don't believe I've ever used anything made with aloe. For most of my problems, nothing short of sandpaper will do. But other than health benefits, the flowers of the myriad of aloes are beautiful, often unique, and whose flower are "made for" my Anna's Hummingbirds.
Note by the way that over half of my images of aloes were taken in the first two months of the year, cold and overcast months even in California. So they even help with spirits here along with the fact that we're not at -42° F.
This is continuing on with the "animals with attitude" theme started with the last post of the grumpy toad.
The lora (as they are called in Papiamentu on Bonaire) is feasting on the berries of a metopium brownei, which should be called the "bad ass poison ivy tree" because it is loaded with urushiol, the stuff in poisson ivy that makes you itch for weeks. I discovered this, very foolishly, because I crushed one of the berries with my fingers to inspect the seed inside (in a naive attempt to id the tree before I learned what it really is). I washed my hands immediately, but that didn't matter, and I suffered hives over my arms, chest and back for several weeks, all from one berry. This tree is to itchy like a Carolina Reaper is to hot.
I later learned that parrots have adapted to overcome defenses like this. And unlike other birds that would swallow the seeds hole, seeking just the fleshy fruit, parrots crush the seeds to get to the higher nutrients.
It takes a bad-ass bird to take on a bad-ass tree.
eccovi l'Aloe già fiorita ora, messa a confronto con quella dell'anno scorso, che era stata ripresa il 10 di Marzo.
21 Gennaio 2016
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graphite, paint, leaves of aloe barbadensis on paper.
Din A3 translucent
Capdepera, Spain 2019
detail of artwork
Aloès arborescent.
Nom botanique: Aloe vera ou Aloe barbadensis Une plante de la famille des liliacées. Elle est originaire du Sud du bassin méditerranéen, îles Canaries, Afrique du Nord. C'est une plante succulente à feuillage épineux persistant. Il mesure 60/80 cm. Il ne supporte pas le gel.
Aloe arborescens
Botanical name: aloe vera or aloe barbadensis a plant of the family of liliaces. It is native to the south of the Mediterranean basin, Canary Islands, North Africa. It is a succulent plant with persistent thorny foliage. It measures 60/80 cm. He does not support the gel.
graphite, paint, leaves of aloe barbadensis on paper.
Din A3 translucent
Capdepera,Spain 2019
detail of artwork
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Aloe vera.
Anche questa foto è dell'anno scorso, ma di marzo.
Il fatto curioso è che qualche giorno fa sono passata di lì è l'ho vista già in fiore...
Cercherò di tornarci in condizioni di luce decente e ve la mostrerò !
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When I got here for the sunset there were already two photographers taking pics from this lookout. There's barely enough room for one person standing in the plants so I waited. Watched the hummingbirds. Waited some more. Then as the sun started to set one of them turned to me and said I was welcome to join them. So I crammed in the tight space like a punk in a mosh pit to share this awesome view! I was actually below the other camera! Thanks for letting me in to get this shot!
SN/NC: Aloe barbadensis, Xantorrhoeaceae Family
You don't see an aloe vera plant growing in a volcanic rock too often. This one is the Boqueron crater area in San Salvador. Quite nice and different. Even delicate.
No es siempre q se ve una planta de sábila creciendo en una roca volcanica. Pues aquí está una, fotografiada en el Boqueron, San Salvador.
Já viu babosa crescendo nas pedras vulcânicas? Bem aqui está, É bonita e diferente. Esta planta está no Vulcao de San Salvador, o chamado Boqueron, próximo a cratera.
SN/NC: Aloe barbadensis, Xantorrhoeaceae Family
You don't see an aloe vera plant flowering too often. This one is the Condo in San Salvador. Quite nice and different. Even delicate.
No es siempre q se ve una flor de sábila. Pues aquí está una, fotografiada en el Condominio en San Benito, San Salvador.
Já viu flor de babosa? Bem aqui está, É bonita e diferente. Esta planta está no meu Condominio em San Salvador.
graphite, paint, juice of Aloe, leaves of aloe barbadensis
Din A3
artwork in progress
Capdepera,Spain 2019
The bananaquit is a small bird, although there is some degree of size variation across the various subspecies. Length can range from 4 to 5 in (10 to 13 cm). Weight ranges from 5.5 to 19 g (0.19 to 0.67 oz).
Most subspecies of the bananaquit have dark grey (almost black) upperparts, black crowns and sides of the head, a prominent white eyestripe, grey throat, white vent, and yellow chest, belly, and rump. Coloration is heavily influenced by melanocortin 1 receptor variation.
The sexes are alike, but juveniles are duller and often have partially yellow eyebrows and throat.
In the subspecies bahamensis and caboti from the Bahamas and Cozumel, respectively, the throat and upper chest are white or very pale grey, while ferryi from La Tortuga Island has a white forehead. The subspecies laurae, lowii, and melanornis from small islands off the coast of northern Venezuela are overall blackish, while the subspecies aterrima and atrata from Grenada and Saint Vincent have two plumage morphs, one "normal" and another blackish. The pink gape is usually very prominent in the subspecies from islands in the Caribbean Sea.
The tongue is paddle-shaped, with an extremely long paddle section.
This image was taken near Pebbles Beach in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Shortly after sunset, like clockwork, hundreds of loras (local name for these parrots) would fly from town, past us and up to the hills to roost for the night.
There was no hope to capture them with ambient light, so I thought to try to use a flash. I suspected this approach would be a challenge - lock on focus on birds flying towards me, pan the camera quickly in near darkness, and then hope to get a group of them crossing right in front of me? It was. This image was one of my early attempts. You always assume you can get a better capture if you keep trying. Well, after many night of trying, I realized that luck shined early. I guess I should have just quit while I was ahead.
The loras are near threatened (IUCN) but the sustained and significant conservation efforts on Bonaire seems to have increased their numbers. Still, the population is estimated to be only in the several thousands.
Alternative captions: "The Magnificent Seven", or "Seven Samurai".
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This stand of Aloe really stood out against the shaded patio door - A.Schacht Ulm Travenar R 135 mm f/3.5