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Jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the Oriental blue and green magpies, whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either.
The herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets do not form a biologically distinct group from herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes in breeding plumage. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks.
The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and no clear consensus exists about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta. Similarly, the relationships of the genera in the family are not completely resolved. However, one species formerly considered to constitute a separate monotypic family, the Cochlearidae or the boat-billed heron, is now regarded as a member of the Ardeidae.
I gatti non obbediscono al padrone per cause evolutive. Se discendeste dalle tigri, nemmeno voi ubbidireste ai pronipoti delle scimmie!
Cats do not obey their master due to evolutionary causes. If you descended from tigers, you wouldn't even obey the great-grandchildren of the apes!
These birds exploit a very interesting evolutionary niche. They roll the eggs of another species out of the nest, and replace them with cowbird eggs. This may seem sad, but nature will always take advantage of shortcuts for survival, and the cowbird does this very effectively.
"[...] viruses [...] since they are the basis of the evolutionary progression of the whole biological system where viruses and their hosts are constantly adapting to each other, either
gaining certain advantages or suffering considerable
losses. This is a continuous, ongoing process with a
varying rate [...]"
Blinov et al., Viral Component of the Human Genome
Molecular Biology, 2017, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 205–215
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"Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on earth, and recent estimates suggest more than 380 trillion of them (10 times the number of bacteria) inhabit us – seemingly without causing much harm at all."
microbiome.mit.edu/news-events/newsletter/#:~:text=Viruse....
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"The truth is we have an entire universe of flora and fauna inside of us that [...] Living inside every person are trillions of microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi [...]"
Dr. Zack Bush
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Music:
"To and Fro" by Rebecca Saunders
To retreat from a wintry day I went to a greenhouse that keeps plants for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado. I has two rooms for tropical plants, and two for desert plants--they are a pleasure to visit when the snow is swirling outside. This one, in particular, caught my eye.
Tom Lemieux, retired manager of the greenhouse, informed me that this is a cultivar of Gasteria that goes by the common name Little Warty.
With their extraordinary haunting song, and obscure evolutionary relationships to other birds, kōkako evoke the forests of ancient New Zealand/Aotearoa perhaps more than any other species. More likely to be heard than seen, North Island kokako have persisted in small populations particularly in the central North Island from the King Country through to Te Urewera. They typically inhabit tall native forest dominated by tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), singing from tree-tops but often feeding in understorey layers.
All mainland North Island populations persist only with sustained control of key pest mammals (ship rats and brushtail possums). All unmanaged populations are extinct.
nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/north-island-kokako
© Dominic Scott 2023
The Bleeding Hearts in Brueckner Gardens are in full bloom. I liked the grouping of these particular flowers, so I thought is was worth a capture.
Although this was taken with a macro lens, it is not a macro shot. I did have to use focus stacking, as I could not get parallel with the branch without disturbing the composition or damaging the surrounding other plants.
Cyathe en vase
(Cyathus olla)
Cyathus est un genre de champignons de la famille des Agaricaceae
une famille dont la ressemblance à de petits nids d'oiseaux remplis d’œufs est importante. Ce sont en fait des structures de reproduction contenant des spores. Les « œufs », ou péridioles, sont fermement attachés à la surface interne de l'organe de fructification par un cordon élastique connu comme un funicule. Les 45 espèces sont largement distribués à travers le monde et certaines se retrouvent dans la plupart des pays, alors que d'autres existent seulement dans un ou deux endroits. Cyathus stercoreus est considéré comme en danger dans un certain nombre de pays européens. Certaines espèces de Cyathus ressemblent également à des tasses éclatées, car les gouttes de pluie en tombant peuvent frapper les péridioles et les éjecter hors de la tasse. Les surfaces interne et externe de cette coupe peuvent être striées longitudinalement ce qui est un exemple d'une caractéristique taxinomique qui sert traditionnellement à distinguer les espèces. Généralement considéré comme non comestibles, les Cyathus sont saprophytes, car ils obtiennent les nutriments dont ils ont besoin de la décomposition des matières organiques. Ils poussent généralement sur le bois en décomposition ou des débris ligneux, sur les bouses de vache et le crottin de cheval, ou directement sur un sol riche en humus. Le cycle de vie de ce genre lui permet de se reproduire de façon sexuée, par méiose, et asexuée, par des spores. Plusieurs espèces produisent des composés bioactifs, dont certains ont des propriétés médicinales, et plusieurs enzymes de dégradation de la lignine peuvent être utiles dans la bioremédiation et l'agriculture. L'analyse phylogénétique offre de nouvelles perspectives sur les relations évolutives entre les différentes espèces de Cyathus et a jeté un doute sur la validité des systèmes de classification plus âgés qui sont basés sur des caractéristiques
Photographié devant mon tas de bois
Généralement considérés comme non comestible, mais pas dangereux,/
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Cyathus is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae
a family whose resemblance to small bird nests filled with eggs is important. They are actually reproductive structures containing spores. The "eggs", or peridioles, are firmly attached to the inner surface of the fruiting body by an elastic cord known as a funicle. The 45 species are widely distributed across the world and some are found in most countries, while others only exist in one or two locations. Cyathus stercoreus is considered endangered in a number of European countries. Some species of Cyathus also resemble popped cups, as falling raindrops can strike the peridioles and eject them out of the cup. The inner and outer surfaces of this cup may be longitudinally streaked which is an example of a taxonomic feature that is traditionally used to distinguish species. Generally considered inedible, Cyathus are saprophytes, as they obtain the nutrients they need from the decomposition of organic matter. They typically grow on rotting wood or woody debris, on cow dung and horse manure, or directly on humus-rich soil. The life cycle of this genus allows it to reproduce sexually, by meiosis, and asexually, by spores. Several species produce bioactive compounds, some of which have medicinal properties, and several lignin-degrading enzymes may be useful in bioremediation and agriculture. Phylogenetic analysis offers new insights into the evolutionary relationships between different Cyathus species and has cast doubt on the validity of older classification systems that are based on characteristics.
Photographed in front of my pile of wood
Generally considered inedible, but not dangerous
The physical sun is the realm of the higher souls of the more pure and evolutionary in the Cosmos. Your soul has to be very pure and high evolutionally to be able to enter the heavenly realms of the Sun. All the other angelic souls go the Moon realm and planetary realms and the non so evolutionary souls go to the Nether worlds below Earth, to the Patala underworlds or Ades of the ancient Greeks. Below Ades or Patala is Naraka what we call Hell worlds or Tartara in ancient Greek.
The souls that live now in the Sun realm we may call them gods for they are responsible and guardians of the Earth and the planetary worlds. The fate and destiny of the Earth is in their hands and they control its fate.
Now we enter the Solar maximum when we have many explosions of the sun in the form of flares bombarding our Earth and its (magnetic) atmosphere. These flares now have significant power and energy energising the Earth and its inhabitants. The flares that hit the Earth in this period of Solar maximum will have a great spiritual and energetic and purifying effect in all beings now living on Earth. The physical beings now living on Earth even the plants and animals will have to be purified in order to withstand these higher energies coming from the Sun. Not everyone will manage to withstand these purifications waves coming from the sun and many will succumb to them not being able to withstanding its energies for they have not been prepared by God to handle these high elevated energies. Many will suffer from illnesses and various karmas not being able to handle these purifying energies. The purification of the energy of the sun will continue non stop through this year and the next till all that remains on Earth is purified.
Many souls knew this coming and had prepare themselves by purifying their bodies with pure sathwic foods and purifying their minds and heart with godly thoughts and sentiments loving all Gods creations. The Avatar of the Lord also descended on Earth and gathered the lovers of God beside Him the previous decades and gave them the instructions and teachings necessary to purify their souls and bodies to be able to withstand the purification rays coming from the sun this solar maximum.
From this purification that is now happening from the Sun rays and flares all the consciousness on Earth will rise to an unprecedented level heralding the Golden Age of humanity and closing the Kali Yuga of wars and strife and vengeance among the souls now living on Earth.
The Earth and its inhabitants are now entering a new Era of peace and love and truth and justice after this purification ends in the next two years and only those who will withstand this purification happening now will continue to live and inhabit the Earth.
Only deva, that is God like people will walk on the surface of the Earth during this Golden Age of humanity called by the Veda as the Sathya Yuga, the Age of Truth.
So do not be afraid and in panic for the gods living now in the Sun realm know what are they doing and how they will use the flares that are ejected by the sun. They hold the destiny of Earth in their hands trusted by the almighty God fully in unison with Him. At the right time a big flare will emanate from the Sun that will finish the purification process and then Earth and its inhabitants will shine in a new splendour, the splendour of the Golden Age of Truth !
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox species that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. They are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in the spiritual lives of native Channel Islanders. They have been likely semi-domesticated as pets, used as pelts, or for other functions, like pest control.
The island fox is significantly smaller than the related gray fox, and is the smallest fox in North America, averaging slightly smaller than the swift (Vulpes velox) and kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis). Typically, the head-and-body length is 48–50 cm (19–19.5 in), shoulder height 12–15 cm (4.5–6 in), and the tail is 11–29 cm (4.5–11.5 in) long, which is notably shorter than the 27–44 cm (10.5–17.5 in) tail of the gray fox. This is due to the fact that the island fox generally has two fewer tail vertebrae than the gray fox. The island fox weighs between 1 and 2.8 kg (2.2 and 6.2 lb). The species exhibits sexual dimorphism: the male is always larger than the female. The largest of the subspecies occurs on Santa Catalina Island and the smallest on Santa Cruz Island.
The island fox has gray fur on its head, a ruddy red coloring on its sides, white fur on its belly, throat and the lower half of its face, and a black stripe on the dorsal surface of its tail. In general the coat is darker and duller hued than that of the gray fox. The island fox molts once a year between August and November. Before the first molt pups are woolly and have a generally darker coat than adult foxes. A brown phase, with the grey and black fur of the body replaced by a sandy brown and a deeper brown, may occur in the San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island populations. It is unclear if this is a true color phase, a change that occurs with age, or possibly a change that occurs because of interactions with Opuntia cactus spines that become embedded in the pelt.
Santa Barbara Zoo. California.
Postman Butterfly, Pili Palas, Penmynydd Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey North Wales LL59 5RP
Postman Butterfly Coordinates...53°14'6.81344016" N 4°11'9.99499956" W.
Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is a brightly colored butterfly found throughout Central and South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Its coloration coevolved with a sister species H. erato as a warning to predators of its inedibility; this is an example of Müllerian mimicry. H. melpomene was one of the first butterfly species observed to forage for pollen, a behavior that is common in other groups but rare in butterflies. Because of the recent rapid evolutionary radiation of the genus Heliconius and overlapping of its habitat with other related species, H. melpomene has been the subject of extensive study on speciation and hybridization. These hybrids tend to have low fitness as they look different from the original species and no longer exhibit Müllerian mimicry.
Heliconius melpomene possesses ultraviolet vision which enhances its ability to distinguish subtle differences between markings on the wings of other butterflies. This allows the butterfly to avoid mating with other species that share the same geographic range.
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Carpintero Bolo,Carpintero de Sierra / Antillean Piculet ( Nesoctites micromegas )
Status:
Residente Local Comun (Rlc)
Endemico (E).
El carpinterito antillano (Nesoctites micromegas), también denominado carpinterito de sierra y carpintero bolo, es una especie de ave piciforme de la familia Picidae endémica de La Española. Es la única especie del género Nesoctites. La especie procede evolutivamente de una rama distinta a los demás carpinteritos por lo que se emplaza en su propia subfamilia, Nesoctitinae. Se ha encontrado en la República Dominicana una pluma fosilizada en ambar que se atribuye a su género, lo que indica que los ancestros de la especie se aislaron en La Española al menos hace 25 millones de años.
es un piciforme pequeño, aunque dobla en tamaño a otros carpinteritos, que mide unos 14–16 cm y pesa alrededor de 30 g. El macho tiene el píleo amarillo con una mancha roja en el centro. El plumaje de la espalda, parte posterior del cuello y alas es verde oliváceo, mientras que sus partes inferiores son flanquecinas con mutas pardo verdosas. La hembra tiene un aspecto similar al macho excepto en que carece de la mancha roja en la parte superior de la cabeza. The Los juveniles son similares aunque tienen un plumaje de tonos más apagados a los adultos.
El carpinterito antillano ocupa diversos hábitats de isla de La Española y la aledaña la Gonâve como los bosques de pinos y bosques secos de hoja ancha, además de las zonas semiáridas de matorrales y espinos
l carpinterito antillano se alimenta de insectos, siendo las hormigas y los escarabajos la base de su dieta. También consumen gran cantidad de frutos en comparación con sus parientes.
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The Antillean piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is monotypic within the genus Nesoctites. The species is evolutionarily distinct from the other piculets and is afforded its own subfamily Nesoctitinae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. A fossil feather in amber attributed to the genus has been found in the Dominican Republic, showing that the ancestors of the species have been isolated on Hispaniola for at least 25 mya.
The Antillean piculet occupies a number of different habitats within Hispaniola, including humid and dry Pinus and broadleaf forests, as well as semi-arid scrubland and thorn-forest.[4] It will also occupy stands of mangrove forest and occasionally orchards and plantations. It occurs from sea-level to 1800 m, although in pine forests it is more common below 300 m.
The Antillean piculet feeds on insects, with ants and beetles forming a large part of the diet. They also consume a lot of fruit compared to other piculets. Individuals and pairs forage rapidly through the understory of their habitat, mostly on small branches, twigs, vines and stalks, and less commonly on trunks
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Fondo Paradi, Parque Nacional Aragua, Oviedo, Republica Dominicana.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Picidae
Subfamily:Nesoctitinae
Genus:Nesoctites
Hargitt, 1890
Species:N. micromegas
Binomial name
Nesoctites micromegas
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13.1.2020, Antarctica, Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Penguins can’t properly fly no matter how hard they try. While on land, the birds don’t really use their wings for much beyond smacking each other about. But in the water they are strong and graceful swimmers, using their wings as flippers to propel themselves to surprising bursts of speed.
When penguins approach shore, they often launch themselves into the air. Sometimes, it’s to escape from predators such as leopard seals. At other times, it seems like they are simply saving themselves a difficult climb up steep rocks, snow and ice (WWF).
Why Did Penguins Stop Flying? The Answer Is Evolutionary
Penguins lost the ability to fly eons ago, and scientists may have finally figured out why. A new study suggests that getting off the ground eventually just took too much effort for birds that were becoming expert swimmers.
Flight might make some aspects of penguins' Antarctic life much easier. The grueling march of the emperor penguins, for example, might take only a few easy hours rather than many deadly days. Escaping predators like leopard seals at the water's edge would also be easier if penguins could take flight, so scientists have often wondered why and how the birds lost that ability (National Geographic).
Κάποιος που ξέρεις πως πραγματικά σε νοιάζεται, αν σε δει ΠΟΛΥ θλιμμένη θα ρωτήσει τρεις φορές για την αιτία της θλίψης σου. Ο ίδιος, πάλι, αν σε δει ΠΟΛΥ χαρούμενη, το πολύ να ρωτήσει μια φορά ή και καθόλου για την αιτία της χαράς σου. Πόσο παράδοξο! Η χαρά θεωρείται δεδομένη. Δεν είναι. Πάντα μου έβγαινε αβίαστα να ρωτάω κάποιον τους λόγους που τον κάνουν χαρούμενο, το θεωρώ πιο σημαντικό σε πολλά επίπεδα, χωρίς αυτό να σημαίνει πως δεν ενδιαφέρομαι και για τη θλίψη του.
Πολλές φορές, οι άνθρωποι δίνουν περισσότερη αξία στο "τέλειο" αποτέλεσμα μιας δράσης ή στον "τέλειο" άνθρωπο κι όχι στην εξελικτική πορεία της δράσης ή του ανθρώπου.
Δεν νομίζω πως το κάνουν γιατί δεν νοιάζονται πραγματικά, αλλά πιθανόν γιατί μεγάλωσαν σε μια κοινωνία που η χαρά θεωρείται δεδομένη και σημασία, τελικά, έχει μόνο το άψογο αποτέλεσμα.
Σκέψεις της μέρας...
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We all have someone, who we know that he really cares about us. If he sees that you are very sad, he will ask you three times about the cause of your sadness. Again, if he sees you happy, he will ask you once or not at all for the cause of your joy. What a paradox! Joy is taken for granted. It is not. I always ask someone the reasons that make him happy, I find it more important on many levels, and that doesn't mean that I do not care about his sadness.
Many times people place more value on the "perfect" outcome of an action or on the "perfect" person, rather than on the evolutionary process of the action or person.
I don't think they do it because they don't really care, but probably, because they grew up in a society where joy is taken for granted and the most important is the "perfect result" in every level.
Thoughts of the day ...
Early offshoots of an evolutionary line that led to modern crustaceans, the so-called anomalocaridids looked sort of like modern shrimp. This replica is created based on fossilized remains. Seen in the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Teilhard imagined himself standing at the Evolutionary Front, at “the final boundary between what has already been achieved [by Evolution] and what is striving to emerge,” at the “edge of chaos,” the critical point that is available to the Human community at each and every moment of its evolutionary history. Riding on “the ‘front of the wave’ [that is] carrying the world… towards its new destiny,” he had “an over-all view of the whole forward [movement] of the human mass,… an underlying stream of clarity, energy, and freedom… found hardly anywhere else in ordinary life” (MM, 203–5). This gave him hope.
-Teilhard's Struggle, Embracing the Work of Evolution, Kathleen Duffy, SSJ
With some squally winter weather keeping us indoors today - not to mention the ongoing pandemic restrictions, we are well and truly stayed at home. What better time to dig into the archives and see what I can do with older images. I've had this one for a year but didn't know what to do with it until recently. The edit was inspired by one one of my Flickr friends, flic.kr/ps/j3pnr whose work I greatly admire.
It isn't easy to be original in your own photography and the last thing I want to do is copy others. However, one cannot help but be influenced on some level by what you see. To that end, I think any art form becomes an evolutionary process and when I look back at my own attempts, it also seems to be true of me.
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The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes in breeding plumage. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks. Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises, spoonbills, and cranes, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched. They are also one of the bird groups that have powder down. Some members of this group nest colonially in trees, while others, notably the bitterns, use reed beds.The herons are medium- to large-sized birds with long legs and necks. The herons are a widespread family with a cosmopolitan distribution. They exist on all continents. 54291
*Working Towards a Better World
Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now. -
Imelda Staunton
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I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
Claude Monet .
NO PHOTOSHOP.
Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms. Analyses of floral morphology and molecular characteristics and comparisons with a sister taxon, the family Cabombaceae, indicate, however, that the flowers of extant water lilies with the most floral parts are more derived than the genera with fewer floral parts. Genera with more floral parts, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Victoria, have a beetle pollination syndrome, while genera with fewer parts are pollinated by flies or bees, or are self- or wind-pollinated Thus, the large number of relatively unspecialized floral organs in the Nymphaeaceae is not an ancestral condition for the clade.
The Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.
The Southern Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a fascinating Neotropical raptor, primarily recognized for its unique terrestrial lifestyle—an evolutionary adaptation that sets it apart from many related species. It inhabits extensive open prairies, grasslands, savannas, and semi-arid zones across South America, ranging from southern Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru through Argentina, Uruguay, and central Chile. The species shares many physical and behavioral traits with its North American counterpart, A. c. hypugaea, including its upright stance and its frequent diurnal hunting activity.
Although the species is strongly associated with underground cavities—reflected in its Latin name (cunicularia, meaning “of the burrow”)—not all South American populations dig their own burrows. In many regions, the owl predominantly occupies abandoned mammal burrows, while studies from southern parts of its range indicate that some populations are capable of excavating their own shelters.
Comparisons with Old World members of the genus Athene, such as the Little Owl (A. noctua) and the Spotted Owlet (A. brama), also require nuance. While A. noctua may occasionally nest in burrows and is sometimes loosely grouped among “burrowing owls,” these species generally rely more on arboreal or rupicolous sites and do not consistently exhibit the same habitat use or behavioral adaptations as A. cunicularia.
• Lechucita de campo, mochuelo de Madriguera, tecolote Llanero, lechucita vizcachera, lechucita pampa
• Southern burrowing owl
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Strigidae
Genus:Athene
Species:A. cunicularia
Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay
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I would like to use my Monday flower greeting today to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your interest in my pictures and texts.
The response I've received on my various channels (Flickr, Instagram and Facebook) over the last few weeks has absolutely overwhelmed me. Never in my life did I imagine that I would ever be able to reach 600,000 people around the world with a single post.
And this is not the only thing that touches me deeply. When I see how people from different languages, cultures, world views and religions meet here, comment on the pictures and exchange ideas about the texts that came to mind, then my heart opens.
This is not about politics, about power or about winning. No, all of us are united by an appreciation for life and the joy of the beauty of nature. No matter whether it is the product of creation or evolutionary development.
That this is possible in a time marked by division and conflict renews my faith in human society and fills me with gratitude, humility and love.
Ich möchte meinen heutigen Montags-Blumen-Gruß dazu verwenden, um mich bei Euch allen von ganzem Herzen für Euer Interesse an meinen Bildern und Texten zu bedanken.
Die Resonanz, die ich in den letzten Wochen auf meinen verschiedenen Kanälen (Flickr, Instagram und Facebook) erhalten habe, hat mich absolut überwältigt. Nie im Leben hätte ich damit gerechnet, dass ich jemals mit einem einzigen Beitrag 600.000 Menschen auf der ganzen Welt erreichen kann.
Und dies ist nicht das Einzige, was mich zutiefst berührt. Wenn ich sehe, wie sich hier Menschen unterschiedlichster Sprachen, Kulturen, Weltanschauungen und Religionen begegnen, die Bilder kommentieren und sich über die Texte austauschen,die mir dazu in den Sinn gekommen sind, dann öffnet sich mir das Herz.
Hier geht es nicht um Politik, um Macht oder ums Gewinnen. Nein, alle von uns eint die Wertschätzung für das Leben und die Freude an der Schönheit der Natur. Ganz gleich, ob es sich um das Produkt einer Schöpfung oder einer evolutionären Entwicklung handelt.
Das dies in einer Zeit möglich ist, die von Spaltung und Konflikten geprägt ist, erneuert mein Vertrauen in die menschliche Gesellschaft und erfüllt mich mit Dankbarkeit, Demut und Liebe.
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The Chevrolet Corvette (C7) is the seventh generation of the Corvette sports car manufactured by American automobile manufacturer Chevrolet from 2014 until 2019. The first C7 Corvettes were delivered in the third quarter of 2013. The racing variants include the C7.R, which won the GTLM 24 Hours of Le Mans.
GM executives began planning the next-generation (C7) Corvette sports car in 2007. The car was originally planned for the 2011 model year, but was delayed. Mid-engine and rear-engine layouts had been considered, but the front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive platform was chosen to keep costs lower.
The lead exterior designer of the C7 Corvette was Hwasup Lee, whose team completed the design between 2010 and 2011. The design director for the C7 was Kirk Bennion and the design was approved by the division's design director, Tom Peters, in 2011.
The 2014 Corvette debuted on Sunday, January 13, 2013, in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show. Chevrolet also showed the new crossed flags logo for the Corvette.
While overall the C7 attempts to provide an evolutionary redesign to an iconic theme, the car's designers incorporated aggressive angular elements. The C7 received criticism for some of the more styled elements of the car. "The rear contains what will surely be the C7's most controversial styling elements. It's all creases and vents back there, with aggressive trapezoidal taillights similar to those found on the current Camaro and quadruple-barreled tailpipes lined up in a neat row in the center of the rear valance", wrote Jason Kavanagh for Edmunds. Functional aerodynamic aids are tacked on or cut into every body panel of the C7, often juxtaposed against sharp creases. This is a radical departure from the prior generations of Corvettes, whose styling had no spoiler, few body panel creases, and only semi-functional gills for front brake cooling. In addition, past Corvette models minimized the size of headlamps or even hid them altogether. The C7 reverses that minimalist styling language with intricately styled headlamps with integrated LED daytime running lights (DRL).
The C7's all-new LT1 6.2L Small Block V-8 engine develops 460 horsepower (340 kW) and 465 pound-feet (630 N⋅m) of torque. This comes with the performance exhaust package, which is already included in the Z51 Performance Package or the level-up model, the Grand Sport, but is very common to see the standalone performance exhaust package being paired up with the base model. Without the performance exhaust, the powertrain produces 455 horsepower (339 kW) and 460 pound-feet (620 N⋅m) of torque. With the performance exhaust, the car can accelerate from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds when paired with the eight-speed automatic gearbox. The C7's suspension consists of independent unequal-length double wishbones with transverse fiberglass mono-leaf springs and optional magnetorheological dampers, similar to its predecessor.
The one on the left is a Mandarin Duck, and the one on the right is a Muskovy Duck. One is a strikingly handsome petite bird while the other...., well you get the point. Yet in nature each has its purpose. The Mandarin duck is an escapee and now enjoying his freedom amidst a group of mallards in a stream in Newmarket, Ontario. I understand that he has so far evaded traps set out for his capture. The Muskovy duck photo was taken by the side of a pond in the outskirt of Las Vegas in Dec of 2013.
Rabbits are not native, they were originally brought into the country and have developed into "Super Rabbits". Originally, they were not hardy to our climate and people would dig burrows for them. That's difficult to believe now but I'm assured they have, over the centuries, gone through a good deal of evolutionary change and its true.
Number 2 in an ongoing series themed on the idea of "strange attractors" central states that have a pull on the past and present toward which events move. Attractors have a kind of "gravity" and power that pull developing things toward them.
As an extra layer I'm using the names of key figures, scientific, spiritual and philosophical who, by the power of their revolutionary and profound ideas, caused new movements and developments to crystallize for the first time. Their ideas are also "strange attractors".
This image is dedicated to Rupert Sheldrake and his revolutionary, scientific proposals of a developing, evolutionary and living universe that remembers, learns and grows.
Pano-Sabotaged Autumn scene and straight shots of dead leaves and flowering shrubs, mirrored, layered and colour processed.
Image created in April, 2017.
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Music Link: "A Cool, Dry Place" - System 7 ( Orb Remix ), from their album "777". I was surprised to find this particular video very nicely matching with what I've done here statically.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJfE1-LK9XU
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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2017. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
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Black squirrels are the result of "interbreeding" between their grey cousins and the North American fox squirrel, a study has concluded.
Research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology found the black fur emerged from a faulty pigment gene.
The study by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge says the difference between black and grey squirrels is simply the color of their fur.
Author Dr. Helen McRobie said grey and fox squirrels share the "same root".
There are thought to be around 25,000 black squirrels in the UK, with numbers largely concentrated in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire.
The first wild black squirrel was recorded in Woburn in 1912 and was believed to have escaped from a private zoo having been imported from the United States.
The new findings build on earlier work by Dr. McRobie which found that the black fur in grey squirrels is caused by a missing piece of DNA in its pigment gene.
Squirrels take part in "mating chases" and a male black fox squirrel "most likely" mated with a female grey, Dr. McRobie said.
Dr. McRobie, a senior lecturer in biomedical science, collaborated with researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Virginia Museum of Natural History in the United States.
She said people have mixed feelings about black squirrels with some regarding them as a "menace".
"The most likely explanation for the black version of the gene being found in the grey squirrel is that a male black fox squirrel mated with a female grey squirrel," she said.
"The fact black grey squirrels have become so common right across North America is possible because black fur offers a thermal advantage, helping them inhabit regions with extremely cold winters.
"This may have contributed to the expansion of the grey squirrel's range during the past 11,000 years, following the end of the most recent ice age, helping them spread further north into Canada." ( www.bbc.com/news/uk-england )
Wild Australia!
Magpie Lark | Central Australia NT
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*One of the things that surprised me was the number of pied (B&W) birds I saw in Australia. I wonder what was the evolutionary strategy for that?
Hoplophoneus primaevus was an extinct carnivore that lived in North America during the Early Oligocene, approximately 34 to 30.5 million years ago. It belonged to the genus Hoplophoneus, which ranged more broadly from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene (~37 to 30 million years ago), and was part of the Nimravidae family—often referred to as “false saber-toothed cats.” Despite their feline-like appearance, nimravids formed a separate evolutionary branch within Carnivora. The name Hoplophoneus comes from the Greek words for "weapon" (hoplo) and "murder" (phonos)—a fitting name for an apex predator equipped with elongated saber-like canines.
Scientific classification:
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Nimravinae
Genus: †Hoplophoneus
Key species within the genus Hoplophoneus:
Type species:
†Hoplophoneus primaevus (described by Cope in 1874).
Other species:
†Hoplophoneus occidentalis – larger size, with more robust canines.
†Hoplophoneus mentalis – more ancient form, present in the Late Eocene.
†Hoplophoneus dakotensis – characterized by a more elongated skull.
†Hoplophoneus oreodontis – likely specialized in preying on oreodonts.
The skull of H. primaevus presents many of the hallmarks of the genus: prominent upper canines, flanged lower jaws to protect those teeth when the mouth was closed, deep zygomatic arches for strong bite musculature, and a shortened snout. Its limb proportions—short and sturdy—suggest it was an ambush predator, capable of short bursts of speed but not extended chases. Like other nimravids, it likely hunted from cover, quickly overpowering prey with a powerful, slashing bite.
This cast was produced from a remarkably complete original specimen, with only 15% restoration and a unique, naturally occurring coloration. The replica faithfully preserves the most iconic features of Hoplophoneus—its extended saber canines, recessed eye sockets, and muscular jaw contours—capturing the lethal elegance of one of the most specialized predators of its time.
His questions often directed him along circuitous routes that led to places that were not exactly his goal but were never irrelevant. Nothing was wasted. Everything that happened to him could be adored. Each immersion in the sacred ocean of Matter—into that Cosmic-Christic evolutionary stream—turned out to be for him an adventure into God, into Christ Omega. Each emergence found him closer to the heart of the one who was ever drawing him along the road of fire, ever drawing him into the future: immersion in the solidity and density of Matter led to emergence into a felt sense of Matter's spiritual power; immersion in the deep abyss of his self led to emergence into a profound sense of the uniqueness and beauty of his life and of the sheer improbability of his existence; immersion in the evolutionary movement of the cosmos led to emergence into an overwhelming sense of its future direction; immersion in the struggle of the World led to emergence into a deeper sense of his ability and responsibility to effect change; immersion in the Heart of Matter led to emergence into the heart of the Cosmic Christ.
-Teilhard's Struggle, Embracing the Work of Evolution, Kathleen Duffy, SSJ
So beautiful and powerful, Ospreys have been successfully fishing the seas for over 40 million years. One of the most diverse species, it can be found on 6 continents. It is the only raptor that plunge dives for fish with feet that have spiny pads and double-jointed toes to insure that any fish isn't the one that got away. An evolutionary miracle.
If you're a Seahawk fan, this is your bird, and you have my condolences.
Photography for me is generally an evolutionary process. It's often a matter of forming impressions of places I pass. Those impressions guide me when I eventually visit with the camera. Not to say I'm locked in by initial impressions. They are usually more of a springboard for creativity. Things are never quite the same in person as they appear on a drive by. This used to surprise me, but now I expect it. One element I can never predict is what exists beyond what can be seen from the road. Many a time I've been surprised to find outbuildings and barns behind old houses that were completely hidden from view. Almost always a breathtaking moment to find yourself standing at point blank range from a structure you never saw before you turned the corner. My connection with this old barn was immediate the moment I walked up on it. It exuded a sense of exhaustion and ruin, yet maintained a sense of structure. I think this is a vital component of abandonment photography...seeing decline within the context of the original building. Timing is everything. Sometimes I arrive after the inevitable collapse and all that's left is rubble without context. Here my eye went straight to that dark crack in the corner of the block wall. Like the stain of a black tear running down the facade. A wonderful metaphor for the neglect that started when the roof was inexplicably peeled back like a sardine can. I wandered about for nearly an hour photographing from many angles with a DSLR and lots of contemplation. But in reviewing the series my takeaway image was the first one I took, a grab shot with the iPhone camera. Completely spontaneous and unfiltered by subsequent impressions and discoveries. That thrill of discovery is fleeting. Best to start shooting before it fades.
what are Crushed Blacks?
The crushed black, or sometimes it’s called the clipped black, look is achieved by taking the shadow areas of your image and making them black.
Basically you’re ‘crushing’ multiple shades of dark grey into just pure black.
When you crush the blacks in a photo you’re removing detail from the image – the shadow detail. That means that technically you’re making the photo worse. So why do it?
When you crush the blacks, you increase the contrast in your image. And because your brain is designed to focus on high contrast areas (it’s an evolutionary thing to stop you getting attacked by dinosaurs or something).
Higher contrast images are easier to process – and so more appealing to our brains.
Crushed blacks can remove clutter from a dark background, making the subject stand out more.
It can also make a photo more dramatic, because it recreates some of the properties of a single hard light source.
Nymphaeaceae /ˌnɪmfiːˈeɪsiː/ is a family of flowering plants.
Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains eight large-flowered genera with about 70 species. The genus Nymphaea contains about 35 species in the Northern Hemisphere. The genus Victoria contains two species of giant water lilies endemic to South America. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on the surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria.
Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms. Analyses of floral morphology and molecular characteristics and comparisons with a sister taxon, the family Cabombaceae, indicate, however, that the flowers of extant water lilies with the most floral parts are more derived than the genera with fewer floral parts. Genera with more floral parts, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Victoria, have a beetle pollination syndrome, while genera with fewer parts are pollinated by flies or bees, or are self- or wind-pollinated. Thus, the large number of relatively unspecialized floral organs in the Nymphaeaceae is not an ancestral condition for the clade.
Horticulturally water lilies have been hybridized for temperate gardens since the nineteenth century, and the hybrids are divided into three groups: hardy, night-blooming tropical, and day-blooming tropical water lilies. Hardy water lilies are hybrids of Nymphaea species from the subgenus Castalia; night-blooming tropical water lilies are developed from the subgenus Lotos; and the day-blooming tropical plants arise from hybridization of plants of the subgenus Brachyceras.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae and www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=705
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On Friday
I'm taking
my daughter
to go into the city
to see a cover band
Winter wanted
to go too
so I let him
dress up in this outfit
gave in to his demands
FR though if you knew me back in the late 00's then you knew I spent a lot of time at Seven Nightclub, and I always made poor DJ December play my theme song, Dead by My Chemical Romance. I ground The Black Parade CD down twice because it was on constant rotation in my car, and now 19 years later my daughter is as obsessed with them as I was. (She's hot gluing plastic skulls and roses onto a cage skirt as I write this.) I can't see that I'll ever get to see the real thing live, but The Black Charade, a cover band from the UK are doing a gig in my town so we are going together and I'm hoping I'm not going to be the only pathetic 40-something in the crowd.
Sakari hair by Monster, Bones gasmask by Schadenfreude (old gacha item,) Military tailcoat by Hotdog, Pentaskinnies pants by Krankhaus, Crucify boots by Holy Evolutionary.
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