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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. What they eat: Mainly fish but also amphibians, small crustaceans, worms and sometimes small mammals and birds. The little egret is a recent colonist, and is most common along the south and east coasts of England and in Wales. The estuaries of Devon and Cornwall, Poole Harbour and Chichester Harbour hold some of the largest concentrations and they are also common in East Anglia. They are an increasingly common sight in inland areas too and are gradually increasing their range northwards here (Courtesy RSPB).
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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. 12284
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel weed), an aquatic, rhizomatic plant colonizing marshes, wetlands and swamps. 2 yellow dots on the tiny flowers attract bees. Can become invasive in perfect conditions; however, it also filters polluted waters. Sheldon Lake State Park. Texas.
The common name, pickerel weed, may have come about due to an ancient belief that certain marsh plants could spontaneously spawn fish, specifically pike and pickerel. Musing about spontaneous generation (a belief in the creation of animals from inanimate objects, such as mice generated spontaneously from the cheese and grains left in a "sealed" bag) Izaak Walton, in his oft-republished book from 1653 “The Compleat Angler”, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/obscure-fishing-book-on... wrote: “… this weed and other glutinous matter, with the help of the Sun’s heat in some particular Months, and some Ponds apted for it by nature, do become Pikes.”
Orleans Island, Quebec, Canada
Orleans Island is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island. The island has been described as the "microcosm of traditional Quebec and as the birthplace of francophones in North America."
It has about 7,000 inhabitants, spread over 6 villages.
The island is accessible from the mainland via the Île d'Orléans Bridge from Beauport. Route 368 is the sole provincial route on the island, which crosses the bridge and circles the perimeter of the island. At the village of Sainte-Pétronille toward the western end of the island, a viewpoint overlooks the impressive Chute Montmorency (Montmorency Falls), as well as a panorama of the St. Lawrence River and Quebec City.
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Sempervivum arachnoideum is a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae family, native to European mountains, the Alps, the Apennines and the Carpathians. Up to 8 cm tall and 30 cm wide, it is a rosette-shaped succulent perennial, prized in cultivation for its ability to colonize warm, dry areas through offshoots.
The specific epithet arachnoideum refers to its hairy central rosettes (long ciliated leaf margins), resembling spider webs.
It flowers in early Summer, with pink flowers rising on the stems.
This European drone fly is covered with gold dust as he plows through all the pollen produced by that pretty marsh marigold flower. Introduced to North America from Europe back in the colonizing era, this flower fly has thrived in its new home. They are fond of wet meadows where marsh marigold grows since their larvae thrive on bacteria in fertile stagnant waters or in some cases nearby cow pies.
Tonight there's still some color on this gray winter day:
Impressive evidence of the earlier colonization of America by Indians, at least until the 13th century, can be found a little off the main routes in a lonely canyon in the Cedar Mesa region in southern Utah.
The ceiling, blackened by the fire of the previous residents, fell down exactly over the masonry dwellings, revealing a colorful "ceiling painting".
This location is very fragile, so I ask for your understanding that I do not include any geo-tags on this picture.
Heute Abend gibt's noch etwas Farbe an diesem grauen Wintertag:
Ein beeindruckendes Zeugnis der früheren Besiedelung Amerikas durch Indianer, zumindest bis ins 13. Jahrhundert, findet man etwas abseits der Hauptrouten in einem einsamen Canyon der Cedar Mesa Region im südlichen Utah.
Die vom Feuer der früheren Bewohner noch geschwärzte Decke ist genau über den gemauerten Behausungen herunter gefallen und legte so ein farbenprächtiges "Deckengemälde" frei.
Diese Location ist sehr fragil, deshalb bitte ich um Verständnis, dass ich bei diesem Bild keine geo-tags angebe.
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"The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you.“
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"Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla ([ˌsapoˈðiʝa]), sapota, chikoo, chico, naseberry, or nispero[1] is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species. It was introduced to the Philippines during Spanish colonization. It is grown in large quantities in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Mexico.
The name "zapota" from the Spanish zapote [saˈpote] ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word tzapotl."
With global warming invasive species are colonizing new areas and out competing native species. The increase has been very dramatic. I have spent years fighting them and we are gonna lose. The entire ecosystem of woods or forests are changing dramatically It is very sad.
Wildflowers on the meadow, seen on the trail to Bukowe Berdo in Bieszczady mountains :)
Fireweed or (mainly in Britain) Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including large parts of the boreal forests. Fireweed is often abundant in wet calcareous to slightly acidic soils in open fields, pastures, and particularly burned-over lands, grows from sea level to the subalpine zone. It is a pioneer species that quickly colonizes open areas with little competition, such as the sites of forest fires and forest clearings. It grows on both granite and limestone and blooms from July to August. Fireweed provides fair to good forage for sheep, and poor to fair for cattle. It is grazed to a minor extent by horses, deer, and elk. It becomes unpalatable with maturity.
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Łąkowe kwiaty, pstryknięte na szlaku na Bukowe Berdo w Bieszczadach :)
Wierzbówka kiprzyca (Epilobium angustifolium) - gatunek rośliny należący do rodziny wiesiołkowatych (Onagraceae). Ma zasięg okołobiegunowy, występuje w Ameryce Północnej, Azji i w Europie. W Polsce jest rośliną pospolitą zarówno na niżu, jak i w górach. Rośnie na skrajach lasów, wiatrołomach, porębach, żwirowiskach, terenach kolejowych, nieużytkach, przydrożach, łąkach i pastwiskach, ale także na siedliskach naturalnych – w lasach, głównie iglastych. Często tworzy duże i niemal jednogatunkowe łany. W górach występuje aż po piętro kosówki, na niektórych dawnych halach tatrzańskich zarasta znaczną ich powierzchnię. Rośnie zarówno na podłożu granitowym, jak i na wapieniu. Kwitnie od lipca do sierpnia. Nasiona rozsiewane przez wiatr. Rozmnaża się także przez kłącza.
The first chapel of the camp was built in 1652 by settlers and indigenous people, guided by the Jesuits. Already in 1732, due to poor conservation, it was demolished. With the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Captaincy of São Vicente (an area equivalent to the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais together) the administration of the camp at Escada was handed over to the Franciscans who, in 1734, built a new church and annexed accommodation, which started to function as a convent.
Its architecture is typically baroque, with its walls built in rammed earth and wattle and daub. The set represents an architectural pattern from the first centuries of colonization in Brazil.
This is the only Church in Brazil that has the image of "São Longuinho" on the altar, popularly known as the Saint of lost objects.
Evoking "Sao Longuinho" is sure to find something that was lost!
The church is currently in the process of restoration.
Guararema, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fujifilm XT-1, Zoom-Nikkor 43-86mm, K&F adapter.
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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"Adaptable, 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."audubon
These parakeets seem to have colonized the world, but this one is pictured in its native habitat.
Aymanam, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Rowanberry
Die Vogelbeere hat ein europaweites Verbreitungsgebiet, sie ist anspruchslos, ein schneller Besiedler von Brachflächen und findet sich auf Lichtungen, in Hecken oder an Waldrändern und ist eine wichtige Futterpflanze für Tiere.
Wenn man sich die Früchte genau ansieht, erkennt man, dass sie wie kleine Äpfel aussehen. Im rohen Zustand sind die Beeren ungenießbar, sogar leicht giftig (Parasorbinsäure), aber nach den ersten Frösten verlieren die Früchte ihren bitteren Geschmack und werden leicht süß, dann wird aus den Früchten eine köstliche Marmelade zubereitet.
Außerdem enthalten die Früchte viel Vitamin C, Provitamin A und Sorbitol sowie Mineralstoffe.
Auch die Blätter und Blüten werden in der Naturheilkunde verwendet.
In alten Büchern heißt es, wenn die Vogelbeeren (Jeřabiny, tschechisch) prall und rot werden, ist der Sommer vorbei.
The rowan berry has a Europe-wide distribution, it is undemanding, a quick colonizer of fallow land and is found in clearings, in hedges or on the edges of forests and is an important forage plant for animals.
If you look closely at the fruits, you can see that they look like small apples. In the raw state the berries are inedible, even slightly poisonous (parasorbic acid), but after the first frosts the fruits lose their bitter taste and become slightly sweet, then a delicious jam is prepared from the fruits.
In addition, the fruits contain a lot of vitamin C, provitamin A and sorbitol and minerals
Leaves and flowers are also used in naturopathy.
Old books say that when the rowan berries (Jeřabiny, Czech) turn plump and red, summer is over.
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The eastern coyote (Canis latrans var.) is a wild North American canine of both coyote and wolf parentage. The hybridization likely first occurred in the Great Lakes region, as western coyotes moved east. It was first noticed during the early 1930s to the late 1940s, and likely originated in the aftermath of the extirpation of the gray wolf in southeastern Ontario, Labrador and Quebec, thus allowing coyotes to colonize the former wolf ranges and mix with the remnant wolf populations. This hybrid is smaller than the eastern wolf and holds smaller territories, but is larger and holds more extensive home ranges than the typical western coyote.
Empire Sugar Factory entrance - Children enjoying popsicles
Building type is business office.
During the Japanese colonization of Taiwan, the Empire Japanese Sugar Factory was built in 1935.
Compared with modern buildings, it is not inferior.
Formerly Japan Empire Sugar Factory,
It is now operated by Taiwan Sugar Company. Taiwan Sugar Company is a state-owned enterprise.
Taiwan's sugar factory has been transformed into a cultural tourism area,
The factories are located in central and southern Taiwan,
and popsicles are a best-selling commodity in the hot summer.
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帝國糖廠 - 歷史建築
建築物類型是營業所
帝國糖廠入口 - 孩子享受冰棒
日本殖民台灣時期，日本帝國糖廠1935年興建。和現代的建築比較，毫不遜色。
前身日本帝國糖廠，現在是由台灣糖業公司營運。台灣糖業公司是一家國有企業。
台灣糖業工廠，工廠分布台灣中南部，轉型為文化旅遊區，
冰棒是炎熱夏天的暢銷商品。
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The Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), is found throughout Australia, it is among the most common of the cockatoos. With its distinctive pink and grey plumage and bold, loud behaviour, it is a familiar sight in the wild and increasingly in urban areas. It is on eof the species to have benefited from the change in the landscape since European colonization.
14th century lighthouse (restored) at the entrance to the Venetian harbour of Chania, Crete. 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 early morning, it is delightfully quiet, from the view from our hotel - Vranas Residenza.
Northern cardinals are another southern bird that didn't show up around here until about 1900. Again, the brutal prairie winter would have killed them previously, but farm groves, waste grain, birdfeeders, and warmer winters have allowed them to colonize this country now.
Its large, deep blue stalks colonize the high plateaus of Atacama in the spring, above 3000 m altitude, and climb the assault on the surrounding slopes.
Maybe we get stuck in a thought,
thinking about it forever.
It may be that eternity is nothing else
to focus without surroundings
in the densest thought
and stay there like a plant awake
that colonizes its tiny space forever.
Dying would not be then
nothing more than the last effort of attention,
the abandonment of other thoughts.
by Roberto Juarroz
ELVION, Mirage (76, 150, 32) - Moderado
Mono Lake
Lee Vining
California
The California gull has become the poster child for the protection of Mono Lake and a victim of California's Water Wars.
The gulls have been threatened by coyotes reaching their nesting sites on islands in Mono Lake due to the shrinking depth of the lake as water is diverted from tributary streams.
Increasing levels of salinity in the lake threaten their food supply of brine shrimp and alkali flies.
Most recently, an invasive weed colonized swaths of nesting territory, leaving little bare ground for the gulls' to build their nests.
Progress has been made on all these issues, but constant vigilance and adaptation to changing conditions created by intermittent drought and climate change.
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© Melissa Post 2025
• Passer domesticus
A small songbird commonly found near human settlements across the world. Males are recognizable by their gray crown, chestnut nape, black bib, and pale gray underparts. Originally from Eurasia, they have successfully colonized much of the globe.
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Mission San José de Tumacácori.
Founded by Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in January 1691, Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori was the first mission to be located in what is now Arizona, and was part of the global Spanish mission system of colonization that attempted to create a self-sufficient agricultural community, convert local Indians to the Catholic religion, and generate revenue for Spain.
This picture was taken on the outskirts of Pirenópolis in Goias, Central Brazil. Great way to spend a day enjoying the natural 'jacuzzis' created by the pools under each little waterfall. Certainly great for cooling down under the hot Brazilian sun.
The history of Pirenópolis begins in 1727 when it was founded with the name of Minas de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Meia Ponte, Meia Ponte (half a bridge) because half of the bridge over the Almas River was swept away in a flood. The first colonizers were Portuguese who came for the gold easily found in the Rio das Almas. From 1750 to 1800 there was a golden age when four churches were built and Pirenópolis competed with Vila Boa (present day Cidade de Goiás) as the richest town in the province. After 1800 a downturn over gold mining was set and the part of the population emigrated. With the change of commercial routes to Anápolis, the city became economically isolated. The first newspaper in the province, the Matutina Meiapontense, was published in Meia Ponte in 1830 by Joaquim Alves de Oliveira. In 1890 the city changed its name from Meia Ponte to Pirenópolis, the city of the Pireneus, the mountains located nearby.
An accurate astronomical observatory.
Like other platforms on the island, including the lone moai of the Ahu Huri a Urenga, the Ahu Akivi was built following a precise astronomical orientation. In this way they controlled the change of seasons and the most appropriate times for agricultural tasks.
In Akivi the axis of the platform was oriented from north to south, getting the faces of the moai look exactly at the point where the sun sets during the equinox of the austral spring (September 21st) and their backs face the sun of the dawn during the autumn equinox (March 21st).
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The best time to visit and take pictures is at sunset, which is when the setting sun illuminates the seven statues and highlights their features.
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The legend of the seven explorers:
In the recent literature on Akivi, the seven statues of the platform are related with the seven young people who were sent to explore the island before its first colonization by King Hotu Matu’a.
A legend says that Hau Maka, the priest of Hotu Matu’a had a dream in which his soul flew across the ocean when he sighted the island. Next, he sent seven explorers sailing through the sea to locate the island, study its conditions and the best area to disembark.
Although the idea that the legend was remembered in stone is attractive, it seems that it can not be true. The moai statues belong to a quite late sculptural period, after the year 1440 AD and historians consider the hypothesis that the first settlers arrived on the island towards the fifth century, so they rule out a possible relationship between both facts.
The restoration that boosted Rapa Nui:
Ahu Akivi was the first ahu to be restored after a small group of islanders, at the request of Thor Heyerdahl, erected the statue of the Ahu Ature Huki on the beach of Anakena in 1956. As a member of that Norwegian expedition was the American anthropologist William Mulloy, who from then on would devote a large part of his life to studying the mysteries of Easter Island.
The reconstruction work in Ahu Akivi began in March 1960 and continued until October of that year. William Mulloy and his Chilean colleague Gonzalo Figueroa worked with an archeologic team of 25 Rapanui people in various phases of excavation and reconstruction. This was the first serious archaeological excavation and the first complete restoration of a ceremonial site in Rapa Nui.
The works were done with hardly any material means, they only used wooden poles, stones and a pair of oxen. But with perseverance, ingenuity and effort they achieved their goal. To raise and place the first moai, they used a stone ramp and two large wooden levers. This operation took a month. However, after perfecting the technique and with the experience gained, it took less than a week to raise the seventh statue.
When the work was finished, Father Sebastian Englert himself gave the blessing at a very emotional opening ceremony. After 150 years the islanders could observe again several moai standing on an ahu.
The restoration of Ahu Akivi is considered a turning point in Rapa Nui. From that moment, other works of restoration of more platforms began. The Ahu Akivi was followed by the ahu of Hanga Kio’e, Tahai, Anakena and Tongariki. The ancient platforms regained their former glory and the small and remote Easter Island attracted the attention of other researchers and travelers. And what is more important, it unleashed a true cultural renaissance, an economic development and a renewed sense of pride in being Rapanui.
.... this is a warning for you Vikings... do not come to the shores of Vancouver... you will fail....
A Viking is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.[1] These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles and Europe in general.
The eastern coyote (Canis latrans var.) is a wild North American canine of both coyote and wolf parentage. The hybridization likely first occurred in the Great Lakes region, as western coyotes moved east. It was first noticed during the early 1930s to the late 1940s, and likely originated in the aftermath of the extirpation of the gray wolf in southeastern Ontario, Labrador and Quebec, thus allowing coyotes to colonize the former wolf ranges and mix with the remnant wolf populations. This hybrid is smaller than the eastern wolf and holds smaller territories, but is larger and holds more extensive home ranges than the typical western coyote.
Ophrys apifera (Bienenragwurz, bee orchid) Lindabrunn, Niederösterreich, Austria. Aphids started to colonize this beautiful orchid.
Fuerte Bulnes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Fuerte Bulnes is a Chilean fort located by the Strait of Magellan, 62 km south of Punta Arenas. It was founded in 1843 on a rocky hill at Punta Santa Ana, under the command of President Manuel Bulnes Prieto.
The fort was built to further the president's colonization policies in Southern Chile and protect the Strait of Magellan. He directed construction to ward off claims by other nations. Chiloé's intendant (governor), Domingo Espiñeira Riesco, ordered construction of a schooner to sail to that location. He originally commissioned it in the president's name, but Bulnes had the ship renamed Goleta Ancud, for where it was built.
She sailed from Ancud on May 22, 1843, under command of Commander John Williams Wilson, Chilean Navy. (British-born, he joined the Chilean Navy in 1824, where he used a Hispanic version of his name and signed documents as Juan Guillermos.) He arrived at Punta Santa Ana on September 21, 1843, about 2 km from Puerto del Hambre. He directed the construction of a fort here, using mainly logs and dirt and grass 'bricks'.
Although the president wanted to establish a town, the harsh weather prevented attracting a large and stable population. As a result, after six years, the government founded Punta Arenas in the Sandy Point area in 1848. Once people had migrated there, military forces abandoned and destroyed the fort. Lieutenant Cambiazo supervised its burning.
Between 1941 and 1943, the government directed the fort to be reconstructed as a historic monument. The replica includes the church, chaplain's quarters, jail, powder magazine, post office and stables. It was declared a national monument in 1968. Today, it is administered by a private company.
Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different definitions of the species to include or exclude trees native to certain areas; a recent definition includes trees native to most of Europe and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from Madeira and Iceland to Russia and northern China.
Sorbus aucuparia has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet. It blossoms from May to June in dense corymbs of small yellowish white flowers and develops small red pomes as fruit that ripen from August to October and are eaten by many bird species.
The plant is undemanding and frost hardy and colonizes disrupted and inaccessible places as a short-lived pioneer species.
Fruit and foliage of Sorbus aucuparia have been used by humans in the creation of dishes and beverages, as a folk medicine, and as fodder for livestock. Its tough and flexible wood has traditionally been used for woodworking. It is planted to fortify soil in mountain regions or as an ornamental tree and has several cultivars.
Efes (Ephesus), one of the most important cities of antiquity, was founded by Androclos, although it has been established that the Lelegians and Carians inhabited the place earlier. The city must have been colonized no later than the 10th century B.C., by the lonians. Then Persian invasion in the 6th century B.C. took place. As you can see Ephesus History goes way back. This was followed by Ionian uprising against the Persians during the 5th century B.C. The ruins remaining are of the city established by Lyssimachos, one of the generals of Alexander the Great in the 3rd century B.C. The best remains of the city ramparts today are from this era. During its Golden Age (2nd century B.C.), the city had a population of around 300,000; it monopolized the wealth of the Middle East and was one of the principal ports of the Mediterranean. Finally, the Roman and Byzantine Empires took control of the city. When the Seljuks and later Ottomans claimed the control of the city, it had already lost its commercial and political significance. Today, a visit to Ephesus is one of the highlights of any visit to Turkey.
The Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
The Galápagos mockingbird is one of four mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These four are all closely related, and DNA evidence shows they likely all descended from an ancestor species which reached the islands in a single colonization event. When John Gould first described the species in 1837, based on specimens brought back from the islands by Charles Darwin, he named it Orpheus parvulus. However, because of the rules of binomial nomenclature, Orpheus was declared a junior synonym, and in 1841, George Robert Gray moved all of the Orpheus mockingbirds to the older genus Mimus. In 1890, Robert Ridgway created the genus Nesomimus for the mockingbirds found on the Galápagos Islands, and most taxonomists adopted the change. Recent DNA studies, however, show that the Nesomimus mockingbirds fall within the traditional genus Mimus, making the latter paraphyletic, so some taxonomists have moved them back into Mimus.
There are six subspecies, each endemic to a particular island or islands:
M. p. parvulus is found on Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Daphne Major, Isabela and Fernandina.
Like all of the mockingbirds found in the Galápagos, this species is long-tailed and relatively long-legged, with a long, slim, decurved beak.
The Galápagos mockingbird is the most widespread of the mockingbird species found in the Galápagos; it is found on most of the major (and many of the minor) islands of the archipelago.
Linaria alpina is found in many mountain ranges in southern and central Europe from Spain to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. It is an early colonizer of scree slopes and glacial moraines.
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
South America
Santa Cruz Island.
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is the largest living species of tortoise and 10th-heaviest living reptile, reaching weights of over 400 kg (880 lb) and lengths of over 1.8 meters (5.9 ft). With life spans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170 years.
The closest living relative (though not a direct ancestor) of the Galápagos giant tortoise is the Argentine tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis), a much smaller species from South America. The divergence between C. chilensis and C. nigra probably occurred 6–12 million years ago, an evolutionary event preceding the volcanic formation of the oldest modern Galápagos Islands 5 million years ago.
Mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that the oldest existing islands (Española and San Cristóbal) were colonized first, and that these populations seeded the younger islands via dispersal in a "stepping stone" fashion via local currents. Restricted gene flow between isolated islands then resulted in the independent evolution of the populations into the divergent forms observed in the modern subspecies. The evolutionary relationships between the subspecies thus echo the volcanic history of the islands.
Despite a rebound, the species is classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Now Listed as Endangered. – Wikipedia
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
With a flash of white tail feathers and a flurry of dark-tipped wings, the Eurasian Collared-Dove settles onto phone wires and fence posts to give its rhythmic three-parted coo. This chunky relative of the Mourning Dove gets its name from the black half-collar at the nape of the neck. A few Eurasian Collared-Doves were introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s. They made their way to Florida by the 1980s and then rapidly colonized most of North America.
Réalisé le 13 juin 2020 au Marais Léon Provancher, Neuville, Québec.
Le salsifis est une plante bisannuelle, parfois vivace, introduite d'Eurasie aux premiers temps de la colonisation européenne. Les feuilles entières et les étamines brunes permettent de la distinguer facilement des laiterons et de la Laitue scariole (ou Laitue sauvage). Une incision de la tige ou de la feuille laisse couler un latex blanc. Les fleurs se referment vers midi.
The salsify is a biennial plant, sometimes perennial, introduced from Eurasia in the early days of European colonization. The full leaves and the brown stamens distinguish it easily from the milkweed plants and Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola). An incision of the rod or of a leave will let flow a white latex. The flowers close around noon.
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Taken on June, 13th / 2020 at Marais Leon Provancher, Neuville, Quebec.
The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird, and a member of the family Corvidae native to North America. It belongs to the "blue" or American jays, which are, among the Corvidae, not closely related to other jays. It is adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous, and has been colonizing new habitat for many decades.
Chapel of Saint Rita 1722
The village of Paraty was founded in 1597. It was established formally as a town by Portuguese colonizers in 1667, in a region populated by the Guaianás Indians.
The Guaianás people who lived where the city now stands called the entire area “Paraty”. In the Tupi language “Paraty” means “river of fish”. Even today the Brazilian Mullet (Mugil brasiliensis) still come back to spawn in the rivers that spill into the Bay of Paraty. When the region was colonized by the Portuguese, they adopted the Guaianás name for their new town.
Paraty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tombe rupestri
The Necropolis of Pantalica.
In the hilly terrain (caverns and precipices) and a natural environment of great beauty, about 5,000 tombs are visible, most of which have been hewn out of the rock face. Archaeological research has brought to light vestigial remains of dwellings from the period of Greek colonization. Materials of Mycenean origin and monumental structures were recognised, enabling the identification of the Anaktoron (Prince's Palace). Similarly, it has been possible to identify a period of reoccupation of the site in the 9th-10th centuries: the zone was in fact used for the defence against invasions of Sicily by the Arab armies.