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A large non-parasitic cuckoo endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. The bird is pretty large - maybe 40-45 cms and is quite famous for its beauty. This is also known as "Lipstick bird" for its reddish beak and beautiful eyelashes.
It habitat is the dry scrub land, forest edges and is often sighted on the ground hunting for insects. The birds are quite shy and behaviours are hard to predict - so it is tough to sight them at the same location again and again. On this day though, we hit the jackpot - spent an hour roughly with 2 birds and at times they got too close to get a full length shot. Luckily they were flying perch to perch continuously, so managed to get a few good flight shots.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.
Wangari Maathai
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Alligator flags flanked both sides of the boardwalk in a floodplain area of the cypress swamp. Along this section there were pickerel weeds in bloom which were found by butterflies contributing to the health and growth of the environment.
We need to encourage more bees in to our gardens! All it takes is to plant more bee loving flowers in our garden, like Cerinthe, which i am told by the bees is a favourite of theirs :)
#beesmakeitgreen
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On our pelagic on sunday Aug 29th we were blessed to see this endangered Short-tailed Albatross. This bird was banded in Japan. I sent in the band number X10 and they said it was banded on the 7th of March 2021 at Hatsunezaki colony of Torishima, Japan. When this bird was banded, it was a chick in the nest. Colour ring No. X10, and the small ring of the Ministry of the Environment No. 13E9019. Sex was unknown and it is currently 6 months old. This species may be split one day so it is always interesting to know where it came from. I have been lucky to have seen this species 3 times since 2018 and this is my 5th individual in BC waters. They were historically almost decimated by the feather trade and today longliners and plastic pollution and climate change continue to negatively impact them to this day.
A striking, medium-sized bird found along the Pacific coast from southern British Columbia through California and into Baja California. About 27–31 cm long with a 39 cm wingspan, it is an easy to sight bird, active throughout the day in the countryside and even in the suburbs.
These birds are commonly found in dry shrublands, oak woodlands, chaparral, and suburban yards, often in proximity to oaks. Omnivorous, they feed on insects and fruit in spring and summer and shift to nuts and seeds, especially acorns, in fall and winter.
These birds - like Acorn Woodpeckers - have a symbiotic relationship with Acorns. They cache acorns and retrieve it later, helping them thrive in diverse environments. That caching also helps in seed dispersal and helps the Oak trees spread across the areas.
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Sighted a huge flock of these common birds on the banks of a lake that was teeming with small bird activity. These social birds were flocking together on trees to roost for the night I suppose.
Thanks in advance for the views and feedback if any. Much appreciated.
Happy World Sparrow Day! Let's celebrate these delightful creatures and raise awareness about their conservation. Together, let's work towards creating a more sparrow-friendly environment. 🐦💚 #WorldSparrowDay #Conservation!
A resident sparrow that apparently migrates from Kashmir to Gujarat during winters. This is a subspecies of the common House Sparrow and looks quite different to those that I see in my balcony everyday! I love sparrows and was so happy to see these.
I am not sure of the story about sparrows migrating, but there is very little information on these subspecies on the internet.
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Welcome to to the beach, a haven for dog walkers and coffee drinkers. A special congratulations on picking up your dog mess, only to lob it into the dunes and leave it in a bag for the next hundred years. Shame on you........
Many people associate lions with the grasslands of the Masai Mara or Serengeti. While those areas are great for seeing lions, there are also other environments where they can be seen. This image was captured in the Chobe National Park, Botswana during an extended drought in August 24.
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This is a strange one! The tree is very large and tall but the flowers all hang from stems 10 feet or so from the ground so it feels like they are growing on a vine attached to the tree rather than the tree itself! These are called cauliflorous... flowers that grow from the trunk.
In the rainforests of South American, fruits of the Cannonball tree sway and clash in the wind, creating loud noises like artillery fire! These fruits really do resemble big, rusty cannonballs as they hang in clusters on the side of the tree attached to rope like tangles that emerge directly from the trunk.
The Cannonball tree’s beautifully complex and fragrant flowers resemble huge orchids. At night the flowers become particularly pungent in order to attract swift-flying pollinators. This particular Cannonball tree was collected in 1913 at Jamaica’s Hope Gardens and has flourished at Fairchild since it was planted here in 1938."
Couroupita guianensis, whose common names include Ayahuma and the Cannonball Tree, is an evergreen tree allied to the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa), and is native to tropical northern South America and to the southern Caribbean. In India it has been growing for the past two or three thousand years at least, as attested by textual records; hence it is possible that it is native to India also. It's part of the family Lecythidaceae and grows up to 25m (82ft) in height. The "Cannonball Tree" is so called because of its brown cannon-ball-like fruits. The majority of these trees outside their natural environment have been planted as a botanical curiosity, as they grow very large, distinctive flowers. Its flowers are orange, scarlet and pink in color, and form large bunches measuring up to 3m in length. They produce large spherical and woody fruits ranging from 15 to 24cm in diameter, containing up to 200 or 300 seeds apiece.
Cannonball Tree, Couroupita guianensis
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
This is another shot of the egret I chased all over the place. I do think he enjoyed the "game" of playing tag with a human. And I was a sucker to go along with it. But little does he know, I got a pretty cool shot out of the deal. I just love this one of him perched and looking quite comfy in his natural environment.
Hope your week is going well. I am off work the rest of the week and plan to enjoy a nice long weekend in my natural environment......lol. Cheers :-)
Un fiore cresciuto spontaneo nell'aiuola sotto casa per festeggiare la Giornata internazionale dell'ambiente
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Yard Gates.
One foot on the door handle, the other with your toe's just in the letterbox and you are in !.
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Destruction construction.
Gentrification at 2 Mile's from home and closing !
Photography in the 'Thinker' stance.
LR4018 © Joe O'Malley 2020
At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarctica. For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge has been on a mission to build a record of how polar ice is evolving in a changing environment.
The information IceBridge has gathered in the Antarctic, which includes data on the thickness and shape of snow and ice, as well as the topography of the land and ocean floor beneath the ocean and the ice, has allowed scientists to determine that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be in irreversible decline. Researchers have also used IceBridge data to evaluate climate models of Antarctica and map the bedrock underneath Antarctic ice.
Read more:http://go.nasa.gov/2dxczkd
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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The Quintessential Pose - Bobcat performing the quintessential feline paw raise. This image is from an awesome 2 hour encounter in 2022 with this young Bobcat. I've observed her since she was a kitten and it's amazing to see how much she has grown. She acted as if I was an inanimate object in the environment. It's what I strive for when I photograph wildlife - to be the proverbial "fly on the wall" and capture wildlife acting as if I'm not present.
Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 1000, f/5.6 @200mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
Le pale eoliche catturano l’energia del vento, trasformandola in elettricità per il nostro uso. Questo processo è solo una piccola parte di un ciclo molto più vasto: l’incessante scambio di energia tra il Sole, la Terra e lo spazio.
Il Sole invia fotoni ad alta energia che attraversano l’atmosfera e riscaldano la superficie terrestre. La Terra, a sua volta, non trattiene questa energia all’infinito, ma la restituisce allo spazio sotto forma di radiazione infrarossa, composta da molti fotoni a bassa energia.
Questa trasformazione è cruciale per mantenere il pianeta abitabile: se la Terra trattenesse tutta l’energia ricevuta, sarebbe un inferno rovente.
Ma il bilancio energetico che si crea alimenta qualcosa di molto più straordinario: l’aumento di entropia e informazione. È da qui che nascono il vento, le correnti oceaniche, la vita stessa, e persino il pensiero umano.
La nostra capacità di catturare una minima parte di questo flusso—come fanno le pale eoliche—è un esempio di come possiamo convivere con le leggi della natura senza interromperne l’armonia. Il Sole continua a splendere, il vento a soffiare, e la Terra a trasformare l’energia, creando e rigenerando il nostro mondo in un equilibrio dinamico che sostiene ogni cosa, dalle onde ai cieli stellati, fino alla complessità della coscienza umana.
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Waterfilm is a series filmed since 2012 based on the idea of filming with a freehand camera for a period of exactly one minute. This series illustrates the meditative qualities of water in an urban environment. It is my belief that the close observation of this essential element has the ability to influence our perceptions. Each film is intended to be a short meditation – take your time to feel it, but don’t swim away too far...
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I added two rescue groups at the top of the menu on my website. one of them is jon's
the other is the rescue that provided us with three loving hounds.