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Very excited to see these Spoonbills in South Carolina. These were seen at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area in the Ace Basin. The flock consisted of about 22-30 birds and it was exciting to see this mass of "pink" roosting and feeding. They are getting their breeding plumage (dark pink) and seem to be staying in the area, which is rare this late in the season.
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Very common in parts of the southeast until the 1860s, spoonbills were virtually eliminated from the United States as a side-effect of the destruction of wader colonies by plume hunters. Began to re-colonize Texas and Florida early in 20th century. Still uncommon and local, vulnerable to degradation of feeding and nesting habitats.
Gorgeous at a distance and bizarre up close is the Roseate Spoonbill. Locally common in coastal Florida, Texas, and southwest Louisiana, they are usually in small flocks, often associating with other waders. Spoonbills feed in shallow waters, walking forward slowly while they swing their heads from side to side, sifting the muck with their wide flat bills.
Breeds mainly during winter in Florida, during spring in Texas.
Nests in colonies. At beginning of breeding season, entire flock may suddenly fly up, for no apparent reason, and circle the area. In courtship, male and female first interact aggressively, later perch close together, present sticks to each other, cross and clasp bills. Nest site is in mangroves, tree, shrub, usually 5-15' above ground or water, sometimes on ground. Nest (built mostly by female, with material brought by male) a bulky platform of sticks, with deep hollow in center lined with twigs, leaves.
Diet
Small fish, aquatic invertebrates. Diet is mostly small fish such as minnows and killifish, also shrimp, crayfish, crabs, aquatic insects (especially beetles), mollusks, slugs. Eats some plant material, including roots and stems of sedges.
Source: Audubon
In Deutschland hat diese Gattung der Raubkatzen unter anderem die Alpen, den Jura, die Vogesen, den Pfälzerwald, das Fichtelgebirge, den Bayerischen Wald, den Böhmerwald und den Spessart besiedelt.
In Germany, this species of predatory cat has colonized, among other places, the Alps, the Jura, the Vosges, the Palatinate Forest, the Fichtel Mountains, the Bavarian Forest, the Bohemian Forest and the Spessart.
This Male House Finch has been wooing the females with his dazzling good looks and bright color. I’m hopeful he’ll find a female and he and the Mrs. will soon occupy one of my backyard birdhouses.
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The House Finch:
Adaptable, colorful, and cheery-voiced, House Finches are common from coast to coast today. Native to the Southwest, they are recent arrivals in the East. New York pet shop owners, who had been selling the finches illegally, released their birds in 1940 to escape prosecution; the finches survived, and began to colonize the New York suburbs. By 50 years later they had advanced halfway across the continent, meeting their western kin on the Great Plains.
- Wikipedia
(200-600 @ 600mm, 1/250 @ f/6.3, ISO 640, edited to taste)
Just my monopod and Me, and this Ant... Hangin-Out in San Juan Capistrano waiting for a Morning Mocha ;-)
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.
Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organized colonies that may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals. Larger colonies consist mostly of sterile, wingless females forming castes of "workers", "soldiers", or other specialized groups. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called "drones" and one or more fertile females called "queens".
Ants have colonized almost every landmass on Earth. The only places lacking indigenous ants are Antarctica and a few remote or inhospitable islands.
(Wikipedia)
Jiufen & Jinguashi (九份 & 金瓜石) ... the Gold Ecological Park
an important gold mine during the period of Japanese colonization
Happy Lunar New Year (2013)...
(PS) Jiufen & Jinguashi (九份 & 金瓜石) ... the most popular place of interest (tourism)
the Gold Ecological Park was an important gold mine story during the period of Japanese colonization
The Three Sisters are closely spaced volcanic peaks in Oregon. They are part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Cascade Range in western North America extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. The Sisters were named Faith, Hope and Charity by early colonizers, but are now known as North Sister, Middle Sister and South Sister, respectively.
This was taken just east of the town of Sisters.
Once again I see I forgot to adjust my White Balance. Such an easy thing to do, yet I constantly forget.
Adaptable, colorful, and cheery-voiced, House Finches are common from coast to coast. Native to the Southwest, they were recent arrivals in the East. New York pet shop owners, who had been selling the finches illegally, released their birds in 1940 to escape prosecution. The finches survived, and began to colonize the New York suburbs. Fifty years later they had advanced halfway across the continent, meeting their western kin on the Great Plains.
(Nikon, 500 mm + TC 2.0, 1/250 @ f/10, ISO 4500)
A prothonotary warbler by the James River below Richmond, Va. These endangered birds have been colonized along this stretch of the river by ornithologists and are on the way toward being reestablished. A little way up the branch is a mayfly, an insect on which the warbler dotes. This bush was loaded with tasty little mayflies. c.2018 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
...Wisdom is not putting it in a Fruit Salad.
-Miles Kingston
When these Beauties came in from the garden, I knew I had to make a photo. Hope you like it.
The Tomato-
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America.
The Mexican Nahuatl word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word tomate, from which the English word tomato derived. Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico.
The Aztecs used tomatoes in their cooking at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and after the Spanish encountered the tomato for the first time after their contact with the Aztecs, they brought the plant to Europe, in a widespread transfer of plants known as the Columbian exchange.
From there, the tomato was introduced to other parts of the European-colonized world during the 16th century.
Tomatoes are a significant source of umami flavor. It is consumed in diverse ways: raw or cooked, and in many dishes, sauces, salads, and drinks. While tomatoes are fruits—botanically classified as berries—they are commonly used culinarily as a vegetable ingredient or side dish.
(Nikon, 24-200 @ 125 mm, .3 sec @ f/8, ISO 100, edited to taste)
Montereggio è l'unico “paese dei libri” di tutta Italia.
Aggrappato ai monti della Lunigiana, un minuscolo borgo, il solo del Belpaese a meritare l'inclusione nella lista delle Città del libro di tutto il mondo.
E 'da qui che sin dall'800 partirono, con una spalla piena di libri, i tantissimi librai ambulanti che hanno colonizzato il centro e il nord Italia.
Le vie sono dedicate ai grandi editori. Nella foto Piazza A. Mondadori
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Montereggio is the only "book country" in all of Italy.
Clinging to the mountains of Lunigiana, a tiny village, the only one of the Belpaese to deserve inclusion in the list of book Cities around the world.
It is from here that the many itinerant booksellers who colonized central and northern Italy left, with a shoulder full of books.
The streets are dedicated to large publishers. Pictured Piazza A. Mondadori
Mycenoid mushrooms colonize a decaying hardwood log in a woodland.
The red brown mushrooms in the photo belong to the species Mycena haematopus (burgundydrop bonnet) and the orange mushrooms (background) represent Mycena leaiana or orange mycena. Both species of mushroom are common and distributed throughout North America.
Camera: Olympus EM5 MkII
Lens: Dallmeyer Speed Anastigmat Wide Angle 17mm f1.5 (C-mount cine lens)
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The only reason we took this long cruise was
for me to take my own photo of this famous place in Willemstad.
It’s fitting that Curaçao’s name is a derivative of "coração",
the Portuguese word for "heart". For centuries, the Caribbean
island was the pulsing center of European trade in the region
and a melting pot for Dutch, Iberian, South American, African,
tropical, and even Sephardic Jewish influences.
Colonized by the Netherlands after its independence from Spain in 1634, Curaçao’s capital, Willemstad, has a distinct architectural tradition kept alive by its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage City.
Curaçao and St. Maarten have become autonomous countries
within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba,
which gained the status in 1986.
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Drove up to around 6000 feet and found this great view of the Three Sisters mountains here in Oregon.
The Three Sisters are closely spaced volcanic peaks in Oregon. Each more than 10,000 feet (3,000 m) in elevation, they are the third-, fourth- and fifth-highest peaks in Oregon.
The Sisters were named Faith, Hope and Charity by early colonizers, but are now known as North Sister, Middle Sister and South Sister, respectively. North Sister, also known as "Faith", is the oldest and most highly eroded of the three, its summit elevation is 10,090 feet . Middle Sister, also known as "Hope", with an elevation of 10,052 feet (3,064 m) the mountain is cone-shaped. Of the Three Sisters, Middle Sister has the largest ice cover. South Sister, also known as "Charity", is the tallest volcano of the trio, standing at 10,363 feet (3,159 m).
As you are looking at the above image, the South Sister is to the left side of the picture. I am on the east side of the range.
I am sure I could have had a better image if I hadn't been too lazy to unload my camera equipment. So we will have to make do with the iPhone image.
Another shot of the teeny-tiny but very loud and poppin' yellow prothonotary warbler bouncing around a branch hanging out over the James River south of Richmond, Va. Looks like researchers have put a few ID bands on this one. This little bird is endangered due to loss of habitat. Conservationists have colonized it by providing nesting boxes along the James. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Blue Blow Fly With Droplet | Calliphora vicina | Monteggio (CH) | May 2021
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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
At first I wanted to title this photo "My Portrait In A Fly's Vomit" because upon closer inspection of the photo I discovered my own reflection on the tiny droplet of (what I assumed to be) puke that hangs out of the fly's mouth - and also because I just thought this was a really cool title (as you might have guessed, I'm probably not the most mature of people ;-)
But then I wanted to know what that droplet really was, because I photographed quite a few flies with this kind of "bubble" in front of their mouths, and since I wasn't sure about the puke, and scientists are adamant that flies don't chew gum, I had to get at the bottom of this (sligthly disgusting but still very intriguing) mystery.
Turns out, researchers only discovered relatively recently why certain flies and other insects like to have a droplet of saliva (because that's what it actually is) hanging out their mouths, and it's for a really interesting and quite practical reason: they use that "spit bubble" to cool themselves.
Here's a summary of an article published in the journal "Scientific Reports" from 2018: "Humans sweat to cool their heated bodies. blow flies have developed a different, unusual method for this purpose, but it is based on the same physical principle: They let a large drop of saliva hang from their mouths, which cools as some of it evaporates. By then reabsorbing the drop, they lower the temperature in the front part of the body.
It was already known that some flies temporarily secrete a drop of saliva, let it hang out of their mouths and then take it up again - repeating the whole process up to six times. But for most, this process was related to the digestive process.
Now temperature measurements by infrared imagers showed that a drop hanging from the "lick trunk" of a fly can cool as much as eight degrees below ambient temperature within 15 seconds. After the droplet is sucked in for the first time, the temperature in the head region drops by about one degree. If the process is repeated, the temperature there drops by as much as three degrees, and in the chest region by another 1.6 degrees.
"The large amount of energy required to evaporate water provides living creatures with highly effective ways to lower their body temperature," write the researchers led by Guilherme Gomes of the University of São Paulo and Denis Vieira de Andrade of São Paulo State University. For example, sweating evaporates water from the moist surface of the body, cooling the skin.
And by panting, dogs and other animals release excess heat by increasing water evaporation on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. The chitinous exoskeleton of insects, on the other hand, makes effective sweating difficult. Their tracheal system, which serves respiration, is also less suitable for cooling."
But apparently, letting a large bubble of drool hang out of their mouths, then sucking it in only to let it out again, and then constantly repeating that process, works perfectly well for flies. I tried to apply this cooling technique myself the other day (I work at an airport, the air condition was down, and it was really hot - and I was bored... what can I say). Well, I do not recommend it; it might have worked, but the horrified looks on the passengers' faces (not to mention my superiors') were enough to convince me to end my "fly-cooling-technique" experiment somewhat prematurely and put my mask back on ;-)
ABOUT THE SPECIES (from Wiki slightly abbreviated by me):
Calliphora vicina - the blue bottle fly - is a member of the family Calliphoridae, which includes blow flies and bottle flies. These flies are important in the field of forensic entomology, being used to estimate the time of a person's death when a corpse is found and then examined. It is currently one of the most entomologically important fly species for this purpose because it arrives at and colonizes a body following death in consistent timeframes.
The species predominates in Europe and the New World, but has found its way into other countries via harbors and airports. It was first recorded in South Africa in 1965 when a specimen was collected near Johannesburg, but specimen collections have been few and sporadic since then. It also occurs as an exotic in Australia and New Zealand.
The city and the valley in the distance...
Gramado, as some other cities in the mountains of the south, was colonized by German immigrants.
The architecture is similar, also the love and care with the flowers.
A charming city which shows the beauty of a culture so far from here...
Just one more shot of a teeny-tiny but very loud and poppin' yellow prothonotary warbler bouncing around a branch hanging out over the James River south of Richmond, Va. Looks like researchers have put a few ID bands on this one. This little bird is endangered due to loss of habitat. Conservationists have colonized it by providing nesting boxes along the James.
Puerto Varas es la capital turistica del sur de Chile. Ubicada en la Provincia de Llanquihue en la Región de Los Lagos, a orillas del Lago Llanquihue a 1016 kms al sur de Santiago y a 20 kms al norte de Puerto Montt.
La ciudad fue fundada en 1853 a partir de la colonizacion principalmente de emigrantes provenientes de Alemania y Suiza hoy cuenta con 32.000 habitantes. Destaca por su belleza escenica, orden y limpieza asi tambien denominada la "Cuidad de las Rosas"
Es el punto de inicio para una serie de actividades principalmente del tipo "Turismo Aventura" entre los que destacan caminatas y ski en las laderas del Volcan Osorno, visitas al Lago Todos los Santos y Parque Nacional Vicente Perez Rosales con los Saltos del Río Petrohue, el Cruce Andino de los las Lagos Patagonicos, Pesca Deportiva (Flyfishing), kayaking, velerismo, y una infinidad de otras activividades derivadas de su entorno agricola y natural siempre verde.
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Puerto Varas is the tourist capital of southern Chile. Located in the Province of Llanquihue in the Lakes Region on the shores of Lake Llanquihue to 1016 kms south of Santiago and 20 km north of Puerto Montt.
The city was founded in 1853 after the colonization mainly immigrants from Germany and Switzerland today has 32,000 inhabitants. Noted for its scenic beauty, order and cleanliness so also called the "City of Roses"
It is the starting point for a series of activities mainly of type "Adventure Tourism" among them hiking and ski on the slopes of Volcan Osorno, visits to Lake Todos los Santos and Vicente Perez Rosales National Park with the falls of Petrohue, the crossing of the Patagonian lakes, fishing (Flyfishing), kayaking, sailing, and a host of other activividades derived from the surrounding agricultural and natural evergreen
It is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris. All three are often regarded as invasive weeds. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium. They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves. In some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf type occurs. Ranunculus species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Hebrew character and small angle shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers. Buttercups are mostly perennial, but occasionally annual or biennial, herbaceous, aquatic or terrestrial plants, often with leaves in a rosette at the base of the stem. In many perennial species runners are sent out that will develop new plants with roots and rosettes at the distanced nodes. 4323
Another shot of a little egret @ Kidwelly......sometimes I think they are becoming more common than sparrows
The little egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Its colonization followed naturally from a range expansion into western and northern France in previous decades. It is now at home on numerous south coast sites, both as a breeding species and as a winter visitor.
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Young vultures leave their nests colonizing new cliffs. The new settlers do not have identification rings on their wings, so it is difficult to know where they came from.
Little by little they are expanding. Good luck to the brave explorers!
Cages à homards Designated as Québec's Lobster Capital in 1994, Grande-Entrée accounts for more than half of the Magdalen Islands' total annual lobster catch. Its colonization dates back to the 1870's, and since then its fishing port has been a vital part of Island life. The port harbors more than 100 brightly colored fishing boats.
Walked to Boudreau Island from Grand-Entrée, took a bit effect to walk on the stone covered beaches, very normal beaches, surprisingly one of the most beautiful views in the Magdalen Islands shown before me... The cliffs, colorful cove (in the back view of this photo), it was like in another world… no people, a bit strong wind, listening to the waves hitting to the rocks... After this walking, found the best reviewed restaurant and enjoyed the lobsters... 😉
Mitan Road, Orleans Island, Quebec, Canada
The Route du Mitan dates from the beginnings of the colonization of Île d'Orléans and served as a shortcut for the inhabitants to connect the two opposing parishes, St-Jean and Ste Famille. The Route is 8 km long instead of going around the eastern point of the Island (20 km)
Harris Brown-ALL rights reserved. This image may not be used for ANY purpose without written permission.
Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
The dapper black and yellow Prairie Warbler is a lively resident not of prairies, but of scrubby second-growth forests and young stands of pine. Slender and elegant, with a constantly flicking tail, the Prairie Warbler likely benefited from the mass clearing of eastern forests following European colonization of the Americas.
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Nikon Z9 camera with Nikon 500mm f 5.6 E PF lens.
1/2000 F5.6 ISO 500,
"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh ; rather, serve one another humbly in love".
Galatians 5:13
Roseate Spoonbill - In a Tree
Very common in parts of the southeast until the 1860s, spoonbills were virtually eliminated from the United States as a side-effect of the destruction of wader colonies by plume hunters. Began to re-colonize Texas and Florida early in 20th century. Still uncommon and local, vulnerable to degradation of feeding and nesting habitats.
Platalea ajaja
Left - Black-goggled Tanager - female - This tanager occurs on the east slope of the Andes from northern Peru to extreme northwest Argentina, as well as in the Atlantic Forest, where it is entirely confined to southeast Brazil. In terms of elevational range, the species ranges to 2400 m in the Andes, but rather lower in southeast South America. Males are very dull olive-gray above with a paler rump, and black wings and tail, a small but obvious black mask, a bright yellow coronal patch (which can be sometimes surprisingly difficult to see), and pale buffy underparts, whereas females lack the mask and coronal patch, but are otherwise similar.
Right - Sayaca Tanager - it can be distinguished from the similar Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) by its smaller size and the lack of an azure-blue shoulder patch. Unlike many other tanager species, the Sayaca Tanager is tolerant of human altered environments and will colonize small isolated woodlots that can no longer support other frugivores. Sayaca Tanagers forage mainly in the tops of trees in pairs or small groups of 3 or 4 individuals. Although these tanagers mainly feed on fruit, they also will make aerial sallies for insects. During the austral winter, the southernmost populations withdraw as far north as Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Wild - at Sítio Espinheiro Negro. Testing a friend's camera.
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Another shot of the teeny-tiny but very loud and poppin' yellow prothonotary warbler bouncing around a branch hanging out over the James River south of Richmond, Va. Looks like researchers have put a few ID bands on this one. This little bird is endangered due to loss of habitat. Conservationists have colonized it by providing nesting boxes along the James. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
• Barbary ground squirrel
• Ardilla moruna
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Tribe:Xerini
Genus:Atlantoxerus
Species:A. getulus
The sad truth: From northwest Africa, was introduced in Fuerteventura in 1965 as a pet by a resident of the island that brought a couple from Sidi Ifni (Morocco). When one of the squirrels escaped the owner released his companion and quickly colonized almost the entire island of Fuerteventura, for which reason is considered an exotic invasive and pernicious species in the Canary Islands, and a game species in Fuerteventura.
Caleta del Espino, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias
The harbor was built by the Venetians during their colonization in Crete and specifically between 1320 and 1356. It was an important center, serving the Venetian military ships, as well as one of the most important commercial ports of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In the 16th century, due to a perceived Turkish threat, the harbor was included to the new fortification plans of the city of Chania. A fort constructed next to the entrance of the harbour and enhanced with bastions even on the breakwater.
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RSPB Frampton Marsh
The little egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Its colonization followed naturally from a range expansion into western and northern France in previous decades. It is now at home on numerous south coast sites, both as a breeding species and as a winter visitor.
Coarse gypsum powder covers some 715 square kilometers (275 square miles) of desert at White Sands National Park. Gypsum is a mineral that normally dissolves in water, but the climate is so dry there that the grains have been preserved.
The gypsum dunes were formed after the evaporation of an ancient sea.
Between the dunes in the interdunal areas of the park, grasses thrive. For plants like Alkali Sacaton, Little Bluestem, and Indian Rice Grass, survival depends on rapid growth, pollination, and reseeding at the far side of the interdunal space. Although an individual plant might perish, its offspring continue to succeed and colonize these areas. *
Seen here is Alkali Sacaton, a widespread grass that can be found in alkaline soils from Canada to Mexico, flourishing in poorly drained depressions where few other grasses can grow. Highly adaptive, it can withstand flooding and partial burial by the shifting sand. It has an important place in the ecosystem of the dune field, where its seeds provide food for birds, rodents, and insects. *
Here's the link on the geology of White Sand if you're interested: www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/geology-of-white-sands.htm
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Faial is located in the central group of the Azores archipelago, and is part of the so-called “triangle islands”, together with São Jorge and the neighboring Pico Island separated by the Canal do Faial, a narrow arm of the sea with about 8 km wide.
The island was discovered in 1427 and colonized in 1432 by many Flanders.No other island can be so proud of the immense massifs of hydrangeas, in different shades of blue, that frame the houses, separate the fields and embroider the roads, justifying the title of Blue Island.
A fen is a type of wetland fed by alkaline, mineral-rich groundwater and characterized by a distinctive flora. Fens are often confused with bogs, which are fed primarily by rainwater and often inhabited by sphagnum moss, making them acidic. Like other wetlands, fens will ultimately fill in and become a terrestrial community such as a woodland through the process of ecological succession.
The characteristics of a fen
The ecological succession begins with fresh water filling a depression in the land surface. However, the subsequent course of development depends on the conditions; the acidity of the water, the climate and so on. In a north European climate, given a near-neutral or somewhat basic pH, submerged plants will colonize the lake while from its margin, emergent vegetation, typically a reed bed will spread.
"Chikanlou is built by the Dutch in 1653. It was originally called Provintia. In Dutch it means eternity. The Chinese called the building "Chikanlou", "Fanzailou" or "Honmaolou". Although Chikanlou has gone through Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Colonization Period, it basically still maintains its original look.
Chikanlou has been an administration center from the Dutch's occupation period. In 1661 when the Chinese general, Cheng Chengkung, repelled the Dutch. is among the most important historic sites in Tainan City as well as all of Taiwan. It is also one of the prettiest. Two ornate stone and wood towers sit amongst the grounds of lovely gardens that include a koi fish pond and several statues. This includes nine stone turtles carrying large steles on their backs. The site is lovely anytime of day, but it is particularly impressive at dusk when the lights of the towers and garden are just coming into effect. On some evenings, small musical concerts grace the front lawn. turtle statues Nine turtle statues line the back of a fish pond. The Chinese style towers are built on top of an old Dutch fort called Provintia. You can still see some of the original brick foundations of this fort in certain areas of the site. It would seem hard to believe now, but at the time of the Dutch, Fort Provintia was oceanfront property. The land to the northwest of Chikan Lou has been transformed due to natural silting and man-made landfill. When the hero of Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), landed his army to take Taiwan from the Dutch, he used his ships to cut off the waters between Fort Provintia and Fort Zeelandia in Anping – a thought that seems impossible given the structure of modern Tainan, Taiwan."
Note: I miss my hometown so badly. This was where I grew up with, my parents house was only a block away and my elementary school was right next to it...I had so much fond memories of this historical place 😪
The Padre Tembleque Aqueduct was constructed during the first century of Spanish colonization between 1533 and 1570.
it stretches 45 kilometres (28 miles) long between the states of Mexico and Hidalgo, on the Central Mexican Plateau.
Initiated by the Franciscan friar, Padre Tembleque, and built with support from the local indigenous communities, this hydraulic system is an example of the exchange of influences between the European tradition of Roman hydraulics, and traditional Mesoamerican construction techniques including adobe.
On July 2015, the Padre Tembleque Aqueduct was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Un cactus pour l'aqueduc
L'aqueduc du Padre Tembleque a été construit lors du 1er siècle de la colonisation espagnole entre 1533 et 1570.
Il s'étend sur 45 km de long entre les états de Mexico et de Hidalgo, sur le plateau central mexicain.
Initié par le frère franciscain Padre Tembleque, et bâti avec le soutien des communautés indigènes locales, ce système hydraulique est un exemple d'échange d'influences entre la tradition européenne de l'hydraulique romaine et les techniques de construction mésoaméricaines traditionnelles en adobe.
En juillet 2015, l'aqueduc du Padre Tembleque a été inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.
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Mexique / Mexico
The Three Sisters are closely spaced volcanic peaks in Oregon. They are part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Cascade Range. The Sisters were named Faith, Hope and Charity by early colonizers, but are now known as North Sister, Middle Sister and South Sister, respectively. The North Sister is 5 miles (8 km) wide,[45] and its summit elevation is 10,090 feet. The Middle Sister has an elevation of 10,052 feet (3,064 m), the mountain is cone-shaped.
This image was shot near the McKenzie Pass summit. The elevation of McKenzie Pass is 5,324 feet. McKenzie Pass is not only one of the most spectacular rides in Central Oregon, it also leads you to a lava-rock moonscape at the top that spreads out before you for miles.
Parts of central Oregon were used as a training grounds for Apollo astronauts between 1964 and 1966. The astronauts would practice walking on terrain that was similar to the surface of the moon. They also practiced in Texas, Arizona, Hawaii and even Iceland. In August 1964, Walter Cunningham struggled in a lava flow at McKenzie Pass, where he eventually fell and tore his space suit. Cunningham piloted the lunar module on Apollo 7 in 1968.
Four panoramic shots from today's exploring. I've seen some angry skies in my days, but never anything so angry as I saw in Vatnajokull National Park. The wind blew, there was some rain, the sun broke through in the afternoon, and the temperature was freezing. It's not called Iceland for nothing.
Take a look at the foreground, you are looking at a lava field that has been colonized by mosses. Icelandic sheep graze on the moss in these lava fields. More recently formed lava fields are vast expanses of solid black lava, as in the shot I posted yesterday:-
It is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris. All three are often regarded as invasive weeds. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium. They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves. In some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf type occurs. Ranunculus species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Hebrew character and small angle shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers. Buttercups are mostly perennial, but occasionally annual or biennial, herbaceous, aquatic or terrestrial plants, often with leaves in a rosette at the base of the stem. In many perennial species runners are sent out that will develop new plants with roots and rosettes at the distanced nodes. 4333
Libellula depressa is one of the most common dragonflies and occurs in Europe and Central Asia. It belongs to the Libellulidae family. With its broad, flattened abdomen this species cannot be confused with any other dragonfly. Its favorite habitats are sunny lakes and ponds. The species is also known to colonize new habitats like newly created ponds with ample vegetation.
Dimitsana is a delightful medieval village in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.The picturesque village is at an altitude of 1000 meters (3,280 feet). At the site of present-day Dimitsana there was, in ancient times, the ancient Arcadian town Teuthis that had taken part in the Trojan War, but also in the colonization of Megalopolis.
In 963 AD Philosophou Monastery was founded 2,5 km from Dimitsana. The name of the town is first recorded in 967 AD in a Patriarchate's document related to Philosophou Monastery. The first gunpowder mills of the town were built under the guise of home industry in the middle of the 18th century by Bishop Ananias Lakedaimonias, who paved a revolt against the Ottoman Empire. In 1764, the movement was revealed and Turks killed Ananias and his partners. In the same year, Agapios, a wise monk, built a library, where he moved the books of the monastery. The library was growing up constantly until 1821, as the Patriarchate offered new books and there was operating a seminary, known as Φροντιστήριο Ελληνικών Γραμμάτων (Tuition Centre of Greek Literature). A lot of bishops and scholars graduated from it, among them Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople and Germanos III of Old Patras whose houses have survived in the town.
In the Greek War of Independence Dimitsana played an important role with its gunpowder mills, but during the war a large part of its library's books were destroyed, as Greek warriors used their paper in the 14 gunpowder mills, that worked day and night, supplying them with gunpowder. For this reason, Dimitsana was also known as "the Nation's powder keg".
The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris. In ornamental gardens, all three are often regarded as weeds.
Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds.
The water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium (from Greek βάτραχος bátrakhos, "frog"). They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves. In some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf type occurs.
Ranunculus species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Hebrew character and small angle shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers.
Haemorhous mexicanus
Colorful, and cheery-voiced, House Finches are common from coast to coast today, familiar visitors to backyard feeders. Native to the Southwest, they are recent arrivals in the East. New York pet shop owners, who had been selling the finches illegally, released their birds in 1940 to escape prosecution; the finches survived, and began to colonize the New York suburbs. By 50 years later they had advanced halfway across the continent, meeting their western kin on the Great Plains.
The area was a place for meetings and for ceremonies for Aboriginal people for more than 26,000 years, before colonizers forcibly removed them from their lands.
Hanging Rocks has been widely associated with the fictional novel "Picnic at Hanging Rock".
Dans mon jardin - In my garden
Il y a un an, cette belle femelle m'a fait le plaisir de se poser dans mon chêne apres avoir raté sa capture d'un rouge-queue noir en plein vol.
A year ago, this beautiful female did me the pleasure of landing in my oak tree after having missed her capture of a black redstart in flight.
Le Faucon crécerelle (Falco tinnunculus) est une espèce de petits rapaces de la famille des Falconidae, présent dans la totalité de l'Europe, en Afrique, en Arabie et en Asie jusqu'au Japon, du semi-désert jusqu'aux régions subarctiques. Il est également appelé Crécerelle commune ou Crécerelle tout court dans son aire de répartition. Très adaptable, il fréquente les milieux ouverts et peu boisés, des bords de mer jusqu'aux montagnes, mais aussi les milieux urbains et suburbains
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".
This species occurs over a large native range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas
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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[citation needed] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13–15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26–32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4.8–8.9 oz), around 155 g (5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5.4–11.1 oz), around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[citation needed] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13–15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26–32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4.8–8.9 oz), around 155 g (5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5.4–11.1 oz), around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.
Castel dell'Ovo (in Latin, castrum Ovi), is the oldest castle in Naples that rises on the islet of Megaride where, according to the legend, the siren Parthenope landed there which gave the first name to the ancient city, first settlement of the Greeks, the Cumans (of Greek-Euboian origin), in the mid-seventh century BC
After the islet the mainland was also colonized, represented by Monte Echia (the current village of Santa Lucia), where the first inhabited center of ancient Neapolis was built. The islet was then connected to the mainland and the Roman patrician Licinio Lucullo built a beautiful and elegant villa, the Castrum Lucullanum, which remained on the site until the late Roman era.
There were many events that damaged the original Norman appearance of the castle, which was subject to various reconstruction works during the Angevin and Aragonese period.