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American Oystercatcher
The American Oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the Polar Regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exception to this is the Eurasian Oystercatcher and the South Island Oystercatcher, both of which breed inland, far inland in some cases. In the past there has been a great deal of confusion as to the species limits, with discrete populations of all black oystercatchers being afforded specific status but pied oystercatchers being considered one single species.
The name Oystercatcher was coined by Mark Catesby in 1731 as a common name for the North American species H. Palliatus, described as eating oysters. Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older name Sea Pie.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oystercatcher
Fuligule milouinan -
Quelques critères évidents permettent une facile reconnaissance : à tout âge, il a une silhouette massive, un bec large et un crâne arrondi. Le mâle fuligule milouinan possède une tête, une poitrine et un arrière du corps noirs contrastant particulièrement avec le dessus gris, le ventre et les flancs blancs. La femelle est brun terne avec un large anneau blanc à la base du bec. Quelques discrètes taches blanches sont présentes à proximité du bec. Les juvéniles se caractérisent par une absence de blanc à la tête, ce qui entraîne parfois la confusion avec le Fuligule morillon.
*** Fulcrum -
Some obvious criteria allow easy recognition: at any age, it has a massive silhouette, a broad beak and a rounded skull. The male scaup has a black head, bust and back of the body contrasting particularly with the gray top, belly and white flanks. The female is dull brown with a broad white ring at the base of the beak. Some discreet white spots are present near the beak. Juveniles are characterized by a lack of white to the head, which sometimes leads to confusion with Tufted Duck.
In Papua New Guinea, there are more than more than 850 discrete spoken languages, and until recently, none of them were written down. Even today, adult literacy sits at less than 62%. In a historically nonliterate society with more than 7000 diverse cultural groups, one of the most popular means of education has been through costume, song, and dance.
This is one reason sing sings so important.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/feathers-fur-and-face...
This adorable pup caught my eye. Then I did a double take when I saw who was carrying her on the backpack worn on the front. Love it. Discretely took a shot as we passed.
Happy dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
White Rock Lake, Dallas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
FIORE DI VERBENA CON CAVOLAIA
Lepidottero appartenente alla Famiglia dei Pieridae abbastanza comune e ben diffuso in tutta la penisola anche se negli ultimi anni ha subito una discreta flessione. L’adulto, di discrete dimensioni, possiede un’apertura alare di 55-68 mm. La parte superiore delle ali anteriori è bianca con gli apici neri; le femmine presentano due macchie nere submediane e una striscia nera vicino al margine inferiore. Le ali posteriori sono di color giallo chiaro con una macchia vicino al margine anteriore.
È l’unica specie di farfalla diurna che può diventare un serio problema per le coltivazioni; il bruco è, infatti, famoso per essere un grande divoratore di cavoli e, in generale, delle specie coltivate appartenenti alla famiglie delle Brassicacee e delle Capparaceae.
Note tratte dal sito:
rivistanatura.com/cavolaia-la-farfalla-dalle-grandi-ali/
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VERBENA FLOWER WITH CABBAGE
Lepidoptera belonging to the Pieridae family, quite common and widespread throughout the peninsula, even if it has undergone a moderate decline in recent years. The adult, of fair size, has a wingspan of 55-68 mm. The upper part of the fore wings is white with black tips; females have two submedian black spots and a black stripe near the lower margin. The hind wings are light yellow with a spot near the anterior margin.
It is the only species of diurnal butterfly that can become a serious problem for crops; the caterpillar is, in fact, famous for being a great devourer of cabbages and, in general, of cultivated species belonging to the Brassicaceae and Capparaceae families.
CANON EOS 6D Mark II con ob. CANON EF 100 mm f./2,8 L Macro IS USM
A beautiful hummingbird in flight, the male only sports the red crest feathers with green tips.
Though sightings are considered rare the Rufous-crested Coquette has discrete habitats over a wide range in which the populations are not known. They are found in montane and lowland subtropical and moist tropical forests in Central America and the northwest of South America, this one sighted in northern Peru
I don't know what I am doing on flickr, I should be working on my paper haha
Going though some archives photos of Toronto architecture. the main image is a similar perspective of what I've posted in the past of the Toronto Dominion Bank and Royal Trust Towers at the TD Centre, downtown. I wanted to keep the minimalistic aspect while angling it in a more discrete PoV :)
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In Papua New Guinea, there are more than more than 850 discrete spoken languages, and until recently, none of them were written down. Even today, adult literacy sits at less than 62%. In a historically nonliterate society with more than 7000 diverse cultural groups, one of the most popular means of education has been through costume, song, and dance.
Which is part of what makes sing sings so important.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/feathers-fur-and-face...
Brown Argus / aricia agestis. Stanton Sidings, Derbyshire. 12/06/14.
I find these tiny butterflies challenging to spot in a flight that is characteristically close to the ground. A little flash of silvery-grey from their underwings, can help clinch an initial sighting - though following them can be a different matter. I was pleased to find this beauty already resting on a Forget-me-Not plant. She obligingly stayed there whilst I manoeuvred myself into a low position for image making.
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Boughton House, a view as far as the eye can see. The main road runs across at on point , but most discretely!
Hard to believe this is in Northamptonshire, the county that has no money left to run its services.......
In Papua New Guinea, there are more than more than 850 discrete spoken languages, and until recently, none of them were written down. Even today, adult literacy sits at less than 62%. In a historically nonliterate society with more than 7000 diverse cultural groups, one of the most popular means of education has been through costume, song, and dance.
This is one reason sing sings so important.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/feathers-fur-and-face...
Affichage fond noir | View on black
L'intérêt avec le martin, c'est qu'il a un territoire assez limité (1 km). Une fois repéré, il suffit de venir se poster discrètement, et attendre. L'attente peut être assez longue ( il m'est arrivé d'attendre 3 heures pour le voir 30 secondes). Mais, souvent il revient se poser sur un perchoir.
Ici, après ma première visite, j'ai installé ce perchoir, pour l'obliger à se poser à l'endroit qui convient le mieux (distance et exposition à la lumière). Puis, on attend ! Et bingo, il vient. Avec un peu de pratique, on peut mémoriser son chant et le deviner avant même qu'il se pose sur le perchoir. Je vous mets, ici, un lien vers le chant du martin : www.oiseaux.net/chant/alcedo_atthis.mp3
Interesting thing with the kingfisher is that it lives within a relatively limited area (1 km). Once spotted, just come post quietly and wait. The wait can be quite long (I happened to wait 3 hours to see it 30 seconds). But often it came back and landed on a perch.
Here, after my first visit, I installed this perch, to force it to land at the place that best suits (distance and exposure to light).
Then you wait! And bingo, it comes. With a little practice, you can memorize the song and guess before it lands on the perch. I put here a link to the song of the kingfisher : www.oiseaux.net/chant/alcedo_atthis.mp3
Interés con el martín pescador es que tiene una zona bastante limitada (1 km). Una vez descubierto, acaba de llegar después tranquilamente y esperar.
La espera puede ser muy larga (se me ocurrió que esperar 3 horas para ver 30 segundos). Pero a menudo regresó y aterrizó en una percha.
Aquí, después de mi primera visita, he instalado esta percha, para obligarlo a aterrizar en el lugar que mejor se adapte a distancia (y la exposición a la luz).
Después de esperar! Y bingo, venga. Con un poco de práctica, usted puede memorizar la canción y adivinar antes de que aterrice en la percha. Pongo aquí un enlace a la canción del martín pescador : www.oiseaux.net/chant/alcedo_atthis.mp3
Interesse com o kingfisher é que ele tem uma área relativamente limitada (1 km). Uma vez identificados, acabado de chegar de pós em silêncio e esperar.
A espera pode ser muito longo (aconteceu de eu esperar 3 horas para ver 30 segundos). Mas muitas vezes ele voltou e pousou em uma vara.
Aqui, depois de minha primeira visita, eu instalei esta vara, para forçá-lo a pousar no local que melhor se adequa (distância e exposição à luz).
Então você espera! E bingo, ele vem. Com um pouco de prática, você pode memorizar a música e acho que antes de ele cair no poleiro. Eu coloquei aqui um link para a música do martim-pescador : www.oiseaux.net/chant/alcedo_atthis.mp3
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
Buenos días a todos. gracias por sus visitas y comentarios.
With my new reality show being so popular in the ratings, I’ve taken to slipping on my sunglasses as I come and go around The Salon’s discrete premises in Westmoreland Mews. It’s not my own reputation that I’m concerned about (I’ve none left to lose!), but some of Their Lordships are a bit shy of being associated with The Salon! With my face being on television five nights a week right now, there’s a fair chance that someone will realise that they are consorting with the country’s most notorious Madame and high-class harlot!! So travelling incognito is the order of the day…
If you caught the show last night, I hope you were amused by the scene in which Lady Daphne Craig-Talbot, Lady Lucasta Gorringe, Dr Janis Rawdyke and I adjourned our Sodality Steering Committee Meeting and sauntered upstairs for a little girl-to-girl orgy. We invited Gavin Ackford-Badger to bring his cameras upstairs and into my bedroom - but he mysteriously declined, and then went very red in the face. I think Ackford-Badger is finally beginning to realise just what is involved in covering the lives of the decadent aristocracy 24/7 – and just how shameless we are about our numerous vices!
The four of us later invited my housekeeper Mrs Danvers to join our impromptu sex party, and then went out of our way to be as noisy as possible. Ackford-Badger’s camera and sound crew were outside the door, packing up their gear for the day - and looking rather sheepish and embarrassed! LOL!!!
Toodle Pip!
Love and Kisses to All My Friends and Fans!
xxxx
Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon
Duchess of Basingstoke
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=icarus
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenus:
Species: icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Subspecies: icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
mariscolore (Kane, 1893)
Wingspan
29 - 36mm
Introduction
Living up to its name, this butterfly is the commonest blue found in the British Isles. While the male has bright blue uppersides, the female is primarily brown, with a highly variable amount of blue. This is the most widespread Lycaenid found in the British Isles and can be found almost anywhere, including Orkney. It is absent, however, from Shetland and the mountainous areas of Wales and Scotland. This butterfly forms reasonably discrete colonies measured in tens or hundreds, with individuals occasionally wandering some distance.
Subspecies: Polyommatus icarus icarus
The nominate subspecies was first defined in Rottemburg (1775) as shown here (type locality: Germany). In the British Isles it is found throughout England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. It may also be found in some parts Ireland, although there is some confusion regarding its status, as discussed under the subspecies mariscolore.
Subspecies: Polyommatus icarus mariscolore
This subspecies was first defined in Kane (1893) as shown here (type locality: Ireland). The distribution of the subspecies mariscolore is a confusing one. Nash (2012) suggests that both mariscolore and icarus are found in Ireland, Riley (2007) suggests that mariscolore is the only subspecies found in Ireland and Thomas & Lewington (2010) suggests that mariscolore is found both in Ireland and in north-western Scotland. It is certainly true that not all Irish Common Blues conform to the description of mariscolore. Specifically, mariscolore is characterised by the amount of blue in the female, but many female Irish Common Blues are brown with a variable amount of blue. The subspecies mariscolore differs from the subspecies icarus as follows:
1. Generally larger in size, especially the female.
2. The upperside of the female has extensive patches of blue, with large and bright orange marginal spots.
Polyommatus icarus mariscolore (Kane, 1893)
The Irish butterfly usually considerably exceeds in size that of England, varying from about 1 inch 2 lines to 1.5 inches in the June emergence; but the individuals of the second emergence are much smaller, and generally conform much more nearly to the usual English type in both sexes. Mr. South notes that the Irish and Scotch icarus are similarly characterised by their large size, and the brilliant blue of the female bordered with bright orange marginal ocelli.
The female offers the most conspicuous divergence from the normal English and Continental type, in which the basal half only is dusted with blue scales, the brown of the upper side being widely replaced by a violet or occasionally wholly by the bright blue of L. bellargus. These forms are not uncommon in Ireland, in Galway, Sligo, Donegal, Antrim, Down, Westmeath, Waterford, &c., and are accompanied by a series (often almost confluent) of very bright orange peacock-eye markings on the outer margins of all wings, so that some specimens (if not too brilliant) would pass muster as the var. ceronus of L. bellargus (fig. 12); another most interesting testimony to the genetic affinities of this species.
It may be that the acquisition of more brilliant colours in the female may be of advantage under less sunny skies, where the sun-loving Rhopalocera have less opportunities of selecting their mates, and cannot afford to indulge in long engagements.
Phenology
This species has 2 broods in the southern counties of England, and 1 brood further north. There may be a 3rd brood in favourable years. Time of emergence is highly variable. In good years, adults may be seen as early as the middle of May on more southerly sites. These peak at the end of May, giving rise to a second generation that emerges in the second half of July, peaking in the middle of August. Colonies in northern England and Scotland typically have a single brood that emerges in June, reaching a peak in July.
Habitat
This species is found in a wide variety of habitats, including unimproved grassland such as roadside verges and waste ground, downland, woodland clearings, heathland and even sand dunes.
Larval Foodplants
The primary larval foodplant is Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus). Black Medick (Medicago lupulina), Common Restharrow (Ononis repens), Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus), Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium) and White Clover (Trifolium repens) are also used.
Nectar Sources
Adults feed primarily on Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Bugle (Ajuga reptans), Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris), Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.), Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.), Thyme (Thymus polytrichus), Vetches (Vicia spp.) and White Clover (Trifolium repens).
Imago
This species is most active in sunshine and is a frequent visitor to flowers. Males are the more active of the two sexes and set up territories which they patrol in search of females. The female is less conspicuous, spending most of her time nectaring, resting and egg-laying. When egg-laying, the female makes slow flights, low over the ground, searching out suitable foodplants on which to lay. When a suitable plant is located, a single egg is laid on the upperside of a young leaf.
In dull weather this species roosts head down on a grass stem. As for similar species, such as the Brown Argus, this species roosts communally at night, with several individuals occasionally found roosting on the same grass stem.
Larva
The larva emerges after a week or two. On emerging from the egg the larva moves to the underside of the leaf, where it feeds, by day, on the lower surface without breaking through the upper leaf surface. This leaves characteristic blotches on the foodplant that can give away the presence of a larva. More mature larvae feed more extensively on the leaves. Those larvae that overwinter do so in leaf litter at the base of the foodplant, changing from green to olive, resuming their green colouring in the spring.
Like many other species of blue, the larva is attractive to ants, although only in its last instar. There are 4 moults in total. If the larva does not overwinter, then this stage lasts around 6 weeks.
Pupa
The pupa is formed on the ground or, occasionally, at the base of the foodplant, under a few silk strands. The pupa is attractive to ants which may bury it in earth. This stage lasts around 2 weeks.
My new pussy bow red top, I do love a pussy bow and with a tight pencil skirt even better. The top did not fit so well but with the addition of a small, discrete safety pin much better. Sometimes a girl need a discrete safety pin.
Dingy Skipper / erynnis tages. Stanton Ironworks, Derbyshire. 18/05/17.
I am thrilled that Dingy Skippers - (well....one, if I'm completely honest), are on the wing at my local brownfield site.
I caught up with this understated little gem two days ago when temperatures were up and the wind was down. I hope it is the herald of good things to come as they didn't have a brilliant year in 2016.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The new Bloomberg office in the City has tastefully discrete creative style and many 'faces' to explore...
Finished in fleet livery, this bus is ready to hit the road on the X66 service as of Monday.
Quite a nice contrast I feel of striking livery and discrete "Centre-link" branding.
FR : Tombe discrète de Jacques Tatischeff (alias Jacques Tati) au cimetière ancien de Saint-Germain en Laye (78)
Un admirateur anonyme a déposé sur la pierre tombale un vieux pneu de vélo, qui rappelle instantanément François, le facteur cycliste "déjanté", que Tati interprétait dans "Jour de fête" (1949), son premier, et célèbre, long-métrage.
EN: Humble grave of Jacques Tatischeff (known as Jacques Tati), french actor and director of comedy films, mainly from the 40s to the 70s
In ancient cemetery of Saint-Germain en Laye (78)
An anonymous fan has laid an old bicycle tire on the tombstone, which instantly reminds us François, the "crazy" cycling postman, main role Tati was playing in "Jour de fête" (1949)
Gore Park
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
The moment you realize your discrete photos are a sham. You've been suckered. The episode ends with laughter and a good natured fist bump.
The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary is a delightful butterfly found in discrete colonies. Patrolling males can be seen flying a couple of feet from the ground, alternating a burst of rapid wing beats with a short glide, searching out freshly-emerged females in the surrounding scrub. The wing pattern, however, makes the adult butterfly difficult to follow in flight, it being much easier to observe this species when it is basking or nectaring on flowers of Bugle and other plants.
This butterfly, like the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, gets its name from the series of "pearls" that run along the outside edge of the underside of the hindwing. The two species may be seen together at certain sites, although the Pearl-bordered Fritillary emerges a couple of weeks before the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and generally appears much paler as a result.
In Papua New Guinea, there are more than more than 850 discrete spoken languages, and until recently, none of them were written down. Even today, adult literacy sits at less than 62%. In a historically nonliterate society with more than 7000 diverse cultural groups, one of the most popular means of education has been through costume, song, and dance.
Paiya Village plays host to a small festival.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/feathers-fur-and-face...
"Discreet window"
Barjac (Gard)
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In Papua New Guinea, there are more than more than 850 discrete spoken languages, and until recently, none of them were written down. Even today, adult literacy sits at less than 62%. In a historically nonliterate society with more than 7000 diverse cultural groups, one of the most popular means of education has been through costume, song, and dance.
This is one reason sing sings so important.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/feathers-fur-and-face...
Flickr is a unique way to view the joys, sorrows, and routines of human life.
Photography is a discrete technology, but life is continuous. You cannot learn about having a baby, or dancing, or cancer by simply typing in keywords and seeing what photos pop up. Life is experienced through watching real lives over days, weeks, months, and years. It’s about absorbing the process of living, the repetitiveness and the change.
I have been on Flickr for three years now, and my contacts and friends have allowed me to see their lives, and I have learned from it and been touched by it.
I have seen many Flickr lives come and go. The newcomers who have interesting photography but don’t ever seem to learn the nick of developing relationships. The flash in the pans who develop huge networks and gather front pages, and burn out in months. The people who no matter how hard they try are just not good photographers. And conversely, the people who within a period of a few special months turn from hacks into artists. The Flickr regulars who get burned out by the grind of Flickr, or whose connectivity is interrupted by the demands of their other “real” life.
I have seen that once people leave Flickr for any extended time, they never come back; or if they do, it’s not the same. A Flickr life is a treadmill and a marathon, and once you stop running, it never seems very appealing to start again.
I have seen babies and marriages and divorces and graduations and new jobs and travels and extended silliness and depression and death. I have seen my contacts use Flickr as a source of escape, exploration, and rejuvenation. I have seen artistic visions emerge, and run out of energy too.
Thanks for sharing your lives with me through Flickr.
Black Hairstreak / satyrium pruni. Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northamptonshire. 14/06/17.
The Glapthorn Black Hairstreaks put on a good show when I visited this week. Individuals sat out for long periods nectaring on Dewberry flowers. However, their habit of moving in circles around a flowerhead whilst feeding, plus angling their bodies against the sunlight, meant image making was extremely challenging and tested my patience!
Common Blue (male) Butterfly:-
Living up to its name, this butterfly is the commonest blue found in the British Isles. While the male has bright blue uppersides, the female is primarily brown, with a highly variable amount of blue. This is the most widespread Lycaenid found in the British Isles and can be found almost anywhere, including Orkney. It is absent, however, from Shetland and the mountainous areas of Wales and Scotland. This butterfly forms reasonably discrete colonies measured in tens or hundreds, with individuals occasionally wandering some distance.
Courtesy of UK Butterflies website
See how this IJssel river landscape is gently blending with the evening shadow. One by one the bushes and trees are melting away into the sleeping meadows, as guests discretely leaving the scene at the end of the party. Only the clouds on the higher stage next room are still dancing their last tango, bending backwards while lights are getting dimmer and the music fades away. Then, the party is over and there is nothing left to see.
It is now over three years since I married Lord Lyndon. Almost immediately afterwards, I opened what has undoubtedly become the most exclusive bordello in London – if not the world!
The idea occurred to me on my honeymoon. My husband was immediately enthusiastic about me returning to my former profession – but with the added status and contacts that derive from being a Duchess and a blue-blooded aristocrat.
Our premises – which are known to our clients as “The Salon” – are discretely situated in a luxury mansion block in Mayfair, a couple of blocks east of Park Lane. We are therefore very convenient for many of the top London hotels. Entry is strictly by appointment and by entry-phone identification. My girls and I come and go by a separate entrance on the other side of the building, so tailgating is impossible. The married and titled ladies who work in my salon are recruited exclusively from within the Sodality of the Sisters of Pleasure - and so are all blue-blooded aristocrats, just like me. You might say that I occupy the role of ‘Madame’, as well as entertaining many of our clients myself. But Lady Marlena Fortnum, Lady Alice Grainger and several of the others are also more than capable of taking the managerial reins when I am not around!
Inside, six bedrooms are accessible from the central lounge or salon area, which is decorated and furnished in a slightly decadent interpretation of the art deco style. The bedrooms and bathrooms follow a similar pattern. Conversation in the salon is well-informed, and often intellectual – the latest political gossip or news about the arts are exchanged. Our clients - and our professional ladies – are sophisticated, educated, well-travelled - as well as being extremely wealthy. It is a salon strictly for the upper-classes and the mega-rich.
My girls and my clients alike are all snobs – as I am myself – and the hoi polloi of this world are simply not welcome, and would feel grotesquely out of place. The atmosphere in the Salon is that of a refined, five-star hotel – although no one makes any pretence about its true raison d’etre, or is in any way bashful about the unusual and sometimes extremely bizarre sexual activities that take place under our roof.
No cash payments or other financial transactions are allowed to take place on our premises. All settlements for services rendered (or “presents”) must be made by bank transfer, and must clear at least 24 hours before the relevant gentleman’s appointment. All of our clients must of course present evidence of thorough and regular health checks – as, of course, must all our girls.
From my office, a gallery of two-way mirrors snakes its way between the bedrooms, forming a series of interconnected ‘cabinets de voyeur’. These are especially popular with the husbands of the Sodality Ladies who work in our Salon – they love to observe their beautiful aristocratic wives, engaged in this form of shameless house prostitution. High-definition webcams also allow for long-range viewing of our activities – my husband is a very keen user of this facility!
Perhaps the most surprising thing about our escort service is that it is by no means all about sex. We have quite a number of clients – and not only among our septuagenarian and octogenarian gentlemen - who pay huge sums of money simply to enjoy intimate conversation with the ladies of the salon, perhaps followed by a night out at the theatre or at a top restaurant with one of my beautiful, aristocratic escorts – or, indeed, with me. For these gentlemen, just to be seen in the company of one of our famous (or infamous?) Sodality Ladies is proof positive to the world that they still ‘have what it takes’!
Love and Kisses to All!!
Toodle Pip!
xxxxx
Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon
Duchess of Basingstoke
The Small Copper is a fast flying butterfly that, once settled, is unmistakable with its bright copper-coloured forewings. It is a widespread species and a familiar and welcome sight for many naturalists throughout the summer months. This butterfly occurs in discrete colonies throughout the British Isles, but is absent from mountainous areas and far north-west Scotland, the Outer Hebrides and Shetland. Most colonies are fairly small, with just a few adults being seen on the wing at any one time.
First bird shot of 2015.
The American Robin or North American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis in the southwest is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts.
The American Robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits and berries. It is one of the earliest bird species to lay eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. Its nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
The adult robin is preyed upon by hawks, cats and larger snakes, but when feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant and watch other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed Cowbirds lay eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but robins usually reject the cowbird eggs.
Los Angeles. California.