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Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads. The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, Cirsium heterophyllum has minimal spininess while Cirsium spinosissimum is the opposite. Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess. The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and when this is done, "thistles" would form a polyphyletic group. A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland and Lorraine, as well as the emblem of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for their high wildlife value, producing such things as copious floral resources for pollinators, nourishing seeds for birds like the goldfinch, foliage for butterfly larvae, and down for the lining of birds' nests. 12710
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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60's-70's Council housing estate.
It probably looked good as an architect's scale model . . .
LR4015 © Joe O'Malley 2020
Today I am uploading a series of works I created today in Solidarity With the Worldwide Call For Environmental Responsibility!
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5 Maggio
Giornata internazionale dell'ambiente
Ho scelto questa bottiglia di plastica buttata negligentemente in acqua per denuncia:
sono tante le "piccole" cose che ognuno di noi può fare per l'ambiente.
Non possiamo chiedere ai governi di fare qualcosa per il futuro del nostro pianeta se poi noi per primi ci comportiamo male ...
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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.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
I'm still in moose mode for another day or two.
The color of this cow is the prettiest I've seen on any moose. We found her nearly ten years ago in Denali National Park, Alaska.
For the doubters among my followers...yep, I got the yip.
When I posted the Red-tailed Hawk yesterday, I mentioned that it flew across the prairie dog town while I was attempting to photograph a jump yip. Actually, I had already managed to get that shot about ten minutes before the hawk entered the scene.
During each trip to Black-tailed Prairie dog country, I've been rather intensively observing the little rascals with the intent of increasing my odds of capturing the jump yip. The payoff was that I captured nine of them during our latest trip.
Some info on jump yip behavior:
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs have a vast "vocabulary". Some scientists consider their vocalizations to be a language. They can communicate the type of predator/threat, the size, the color and whether it's on the ground or airborne.
One of their communications is called a "jump-yip" where one will stand up, seemingly without reason, on its haunches, lean back its head and call out "wee-oo." One of the main theories for this behavior has been that it's a signal of "all clear". But research has shown that they perform the jump-yip before, during and after dangerous events. Some researchers now conclude the whole point of jump-yipping is for one prairie dog to assess the alertness and responsiveness of his or her associates.
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
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestland
In this way, some Norwegian architects believe that an important building in an urban environment known for its beauty should look like. I think there are slightly different opinions about it...
This photo was taken from a fast-moving car.
£500 Penalty for dumping rubbish, at the time I didn't notice the writing on the window.
Illicit rubbish dumping is out of control across the UK, perhaps our new Prime Minister could get the ball rolling on that one without making his rich friends even richer :-).
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Tombstone Territorial Park absolutely blew me away. This is the very first photo I've posted from this camping trip - there will be more!
While tombstone displayed an an incredibly rugged alpine environment, it was really difficult to appreciate it on my first day in the back country. The hike from the parking lot to Grizzly Lake (~11km) provided rain, mist, and only the occasional drop of sunlight to give you hope. After hiking in the clouds and rain for the better part of the day, I arrived at the Grizzly Lake campground where I was to spend the night. After finishing dinner, I decided to walk down to the shoreline to take some cloudy images of the lake and the ragged mountains flanking it, assuming there would be no sunset light tonight. Boy, was I wrong.
Within minutes of setting up my camera, the clouds started to break over the peaks, letting just a little bit of hot sunlight creep through, slightly obstructed by Mount Monolith. The light show lasted for no more than 5 minutes before we were back to complete cloud cover.
The 11km and several hour walk was worth that 5 minutes of shooting.