Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
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Kudu, also known as the Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), is a magnificent antelope species found in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is a large and majestic animal, renowned for its unique and striking appearance.
Physical Characteristics:
The Kudu is one of the largest antelope species, with males, known as bulls, weighing up to 600 kg (1,300 lbs) and standing around 1.5 to 1.7 meters (5 to 5.5 feet) tall at the shoulder. Females, known as cows, are smaller and lighter.
Both males and females have long, spiral-shaped horns. The horns can grow up to 1.8 meters (6 feet) in length in males, while in females, they are shorter and slimmer.
Appearance:
Kudus have a beautiful coat with distinctive white stripes along their sides. These stripes are believed to act as a form of camouflage in their woodland habitats, helping them blend in among dappled sunlight and shadow.
The coat coloration varies, but they are generally reddish-brown with a tinge of blue-grey in some areas. The undersides are usually pale.
Habitat and Behavior:
Kudus are found in a range of habitats, including woodlands, savannas, and dense bush areas. They are adaptable animals but prefer regions with enough vegetation for cover.
These antelopes are mainly browsers, feeding on leaves, fruits, and shoots. They have the ability to reach high branches to access food that other herbivores might not reach.
Kudus are predominantly nocturnal, which means they are most active during the night, helping them avoid predators and the heat of the day.
Males are typically solitary or found in small bachelor groups, while females form small herds, often accompanied by one dominant male.
Conservation Status:
The Kudu population is generally considered stable, but some local populations face threats due to habitat loss and hunting for their meat, hides, and horns.
Conservation efforts focus on preserving their natural habitats, implementing anti-poaching measures, and promoting responsible tourism to protect this iconic African species.
Kudus are not only remarkable creatures for their physical beauty but also for their role in maintaining the ecological balance of their habitats. As such, efforts to safeguard their existence are crucial for the overall health of Africa's biodiversity.
Eng 👉 Plaza Mayor - In a street of Colonial Town of Trinidad, south-central Cuba. Escuela Eduardo Garcia Delgado (school) in the back. Founded in 1514, Trinidad is a Unesco World Heritage site since 1988.
Esp 👉 Plaza Mayor - En una calle de la ciudad colonial de Trinidad, en el centro sur de Cuba. Escuela Eduardo Garcia Delgado. Fundada en 1514, Trinidad es un sitio del patrimonio mundial de la Unesco desde 1988.
Fra 👉 Plaza Mayor - Dans une rue de la ville coloniale de Trinidad, au centre-sud de Cuba. Escuela Eduardo Garcia Delgado à l'arrière (école). Fondée en 1514, Trinidad est inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis 1988.
Really surprised me to see her here. Right around here 40.14005828446196, -75.08060852004454
The common name, Harrier, is from the Old English word "herigan" and means to harass or plunder.
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Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, PA
Sidewalk threw an ecological park abandoned for the year due to flooding. Heavy rains this year left many of the lakes and reservoirs in Kansas swollen. The recreational activities they are known for and the dollars they bring to local communities have been severely limited. As the water recedes I explore.
~Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach CA
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The Bolsa Chica Wetlands and Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California is an approximately 1,500 acre coastal estuary. Habitats include open water, mudflats, salt marsh, coastal dunes, seabird nesting islands, riparian, and freshwater marsh. More than 200 avian species have been identified at Bolsa Chica and the reserve is very popular with birders and photographers.
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RURAL BRITISH COLUMBIA LANDSCAPE
Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve was established to preserve a fragment of the rapidly disappearing Fraser Valley boglands.
Ecological reserves protect special natural ecosystems, and support research and education. They are not intended for outdoor recreation. However, this ecological reserve is open to the public for non-destructive activities like hiking, nature observation and photography.
Consumptive activities like hunting, fishing, camping, or foraging are prohibited. Motorized vehicles are not allowed.
Reference: BC PARKS
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Pumpkin is the berry fruit of the pumpkin and belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. This family includes some 850 species of plants, mostly herbaceous, climbing or creeping, which produce large fruits and protected by a firm bark. Some fruits such as watermelon and melon, along with common vegetables such as cucumber or zucchini, belong to this same family.
So far as your eyes can see and beyond there is only dead forest. These are the causes of climate change, this is the biggest ecological disaster in Germany more than 300 hectares forest are dead , the reason the drought since 2018, it created a chain reaction and in less than 4 years almost all pine trees are gone in the Harz mountains.
The sad thing is that almost nobody knows it even in Germany, we must wake up and open our eyes and change our behavior to save the planet before it is to late.
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Snowy egret decided to try her luck at the different fishing spot in the very late afternoon light... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Bill Holland Trail, Grandmaître Ecological Reserve, Petrie Island / Sentier Bill Holland, Réserve écologique Grandmaître, Île Pétrie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This peregrine falcon decided to make a spectacular appearance in the last rays of the setting sun... Her hunt was swift and successful. After picking up her prey she flew by on the way back to her dining perch... A lifer for me :-) @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Grandmaître Ecological Reserve, Petrie Island / Réserve écologique Grandmaître, Île Pétrie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"Are you in or out?" asked the Great Egret. "Do I have a choice?" answered with the question of its own side-blotched lizard... :-) @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
The elegant tern emerges after the fish dive with a tiny silverside topsmelt in her beak. The late afternoon light throws a shadow of the fish in the beak on the tern's wing... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000)
Painter, architecture doctor, ecological activist and philosopher
The work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser (born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna) is one of the most important contributions in the art history of post-war modernism. As an important member of the international avant-garde in Paris in the 1950s, he developed his unique visual language. One of the central motifs of his colorful picture world is the spiral.
If today Hundertwasser is considered one of the most popular European artists of our time, his graphic work has made a great contribution. His goal in the art of graphics was to create variations within one edition, with the result that each sheet of an edition is unique, different in color and design from all others.
Hundertwasser's commitment to a more human architecture in harmony with nature and his visionary ecological commitment developed from his belief in the power of nature and individual creativity. Since the 1980s, he has been realizing architectural projects in which there is the window right and tree tenants, the uneven floor, forests on the roof and spontaneous vegetation. His buildings testify to his commitment to diversity instead of monotony, for romanticism, for the organic and for unregulated irregularities, for spontaneous vegetation and for living in harmony with nature.
At the center of his ecological activities were tree planting and greening campaigns, the restoration of natural cycles, the protection of water and the fight for a waste-free society.
He disseminated his socio-critical and ecological positions with manifestos, letters, speeches and public demonstrations in which he criticized the pure functionality of all areas of life, the uninhibited growth doctrine and the adaptation to social conformism.
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Nice days,( and by "nice" I mean, a sunny day where I'm not freezing my behind off), where I've been able to grab my camera and head off to the park, have been few and far between for me these past months.
Yesterday was GLORIOUS, and I couldn't wait to get out in the day!
I love walking out in my back yard, and taking pictures of the cats, but when I take a walk in one of the many amazing parks I'm lucky enough to live close to, I'm able to loose myself in my surroundings and my photography in an entirely different way.
Nature is better than therapy!
A walk in the park with my camera is one of life's happy Little Things for me.