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Panowie u bocianów są bardzo wytrwali i zręczni. Nie wystarcza im by samiczka wysiadywała 1 jajo, trzeba kolejnych zapłodnionych :-)) /
Gentlemen of storks are very persevered and clever. They lack one important egg, fertilized they need further :-))
I took this photo of my lawn just to show how beautifully green it is in the light of late afternoon sun!. I've been busy re-sodding, fertilizing and mowing as you can see. Isn't my grass beautiful? Oh, if you look closely you'll see that there's also a very nosey dog in the photo, too. That's Lucy. She always has to know what I'm doing.
The annual salmon run that takes place in September and early October has been in full swing the last week of September. The Chinook and Coho Salmon that have been feeding in our Great Lakes since they migrated down the rivers are returning upriver to spawn and create new life by laying eggs and fertilizing them to fulfill their purpose in life.
This male Chinook (I believe) is about 3 feet long and probably weighs about 30 pounds has moved into some shallower water in the Ganaraska River as he propels himself toward the spawning grounds. A fish ladder has been installed at the Corbet Dam in the Ganaraska River so these salmon can navigate around the dam and complete their spawning migration.
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A mating pair will court several times during breeding periods to strengthen their bond. Courtship displays include touching bills and following one another in elaborate flight patterns. Once the pre-laying period begins, males will constantly guard their mates by knocking other males away with their bills. The pair will mate up to 80 times in a 30-day period to ensure fertilization. Females will sometimes encourage other males to engage in copulation to guarantee successful fecundity.
The mating pair will often reuse the same site every year, and Females lay a single egg per year, usually from late April to May.
We are not organic farmers, so we use fertilize to get better and richer pastures and fields. This is from a fenced pasture where we let out the heifers and sheep early. We sometimes have to feed them bales for them to have enough to eat. But the growth in early spring is explosive, so they soon find enough if the numbers are right.
But when they are let out to the common pasture (where the last photo was taken) I spread a little fertilize to give the gras a shot to prepare it for the calves to arrive. We don't use much in the pastures, but a little do a huge difference.
And I can't deny driving the tractor off the track, like this, is a little fun too.
There are more photos from spring work 2019 in the first comment.
Hazelnut catkins (male flower), produce the pollen that fertilizes the female flowers. This is done by the wind spreading the pollen. Trees have both male and female flowers, but the trees cannot self-pollinate, so the wind has to carry pollen over to another tree. When it gets there, it goes dormant for months while the flower continues to develop, then the pollen wakes up to finally fertilize the tree. Weird huh!
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dusky dancer damselflies are in tandem and the female (lower one) is attaching the fertilized eggs to the stem of the water plant. She is totally below the surface of the water and I watched her there for over 30 minutes. At one point the male was also totally immersed in the water. Also noted is the color changes of the pair. The female went from brown to green. And the male became somewhat lighter in color.
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I have been waiting 7 years for a cygnet in Stanley park.
The never hatch because of not being fertilized or raccoons and coyotes.
Hope the resident eagles don't catch it either.
Dandelions prefer naturally and sparingly fertilized mountain meadows. Here in Sulzberg, Bregenzerwald, at an elevation of 1,200 meters.
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In spring, it's mating season for river otters! ✔️✓
According to the River Otter Ecology Project that used this image for an educational message on Facebook: Baby otters are born in early spring. Then comes mating season! Hard-working mamas care for young in the dens while mating to fertilize eggs for next year's young! That is called delayed implantation-the fertilized eggs wait until next winter to implant and begin growing .
The hot, dry summer seems to be just what these roses enjoy. Of course, they get watered every other day by the sprinkling system and fertilized every month by my wife.
I love my roses. I planted them, and now, decades later, I water, fertilize, weed, and deadhead them. Three or 4 Japanese beetles can reduce a lovely bloom to ugly, lacy stubble in two hours. So, try to imagine how I feel about Japanese beetles.
From this photo, it looks like 20 or 21 had piled onto this bloom of Morden Sunrise. But take it from me, more were hidden beneath them and behind the rose petals.
But I didn't cry. Just a little sniffle. Some tears, but I think that was allergy. Never had allergies, so I am not sure.
Tough to watch.. first, a rival male thing to muscle into the nest box and territory kills the first brood of five. The next brood is eaten by a raccoon just before fledging after he manages to rip off the defensive measures I created. the next brood does not hatch, possibly the eggs were not fertilized...she is sitting on brood 4 now and I am hoping the get at least a few offsprings.
Male and female : sequel
The fertilization was almost successful, but a second male unfortunately joined, discouraged the female and ate the spermatophore.
Image 7 : The first time that I could see clearly how the thread taken by the male out of the spermatophore was free from the spermatophore itself, the female can than follow the male while eating from the thread and she normaly goes than over the spermatophore.
Can you follow the story ? :-) "See notes on the photos"
Opitter : in the garden
Fase maschile.Fiorendo verso il centro si avranno femmine.Questo per evitare l'autoimpollinazione.
Masculine phase.Flowering to the center we will have females.So it's impossible for the "flower" to auto-fertilize itself.
Nuphar lutea flowers emerge about three years after seed germination, blooming mid-spring through early autumn, each flower taking 4 to 5 days to develop -- a process incorporating secretion of a sweet-smelling nectar on the stigma, pollen cross-fertilization by a host of insects (bees, beetles, flies, aphids). Habitat for Nuphar latea ranges widely from moving to stagnant waters of “shallow lakes, ponds, swamps, river and stream margins, canals, ditches, and tidal reaches of freshwater streams;” alkaline to acidic waters; and sea level to mountainous lakes up to 10,000 feet in altitude. The species is less tolerant of water pollution than water-lilies in the genus Nymphaea.
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
Tough to watch.. first, a rival male thing to muscle into the nest box and territory kills the first brood of five. The next brood is eaten by a raccoon just before fledging after he manages to rip off the defensive measures I created. the next brood does not hatch, possibly the eggs were not fertilized...she is sitting on brood 4 now and I am hoping the get at least a few offsprings.
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A male butterfly has several methods of determining whether he has found a female of his own species. One way is by sight.
The male will look for butterflies with wings that are the correct color and pattern. When a male sights a potential mate it will fly closer, often behind or above the female.
Once closer, the male will release special chemicals, called pheromones, while it flutters its wings a bit more than usual.
The male may also do a special "courtship dance" to attract the female. These "dances" consist of flight patterns that are peculiar to that species of butterfly.
If the female is interested she may join the male's dance.
They will then mate by joining together end to end at their abdomens. During the mating process, when their bodies are joined, the male passes sperm to the female. They may remain coupled for an hour or more, sometimes overnight.
As the eggs later pass through the female's egg-laying tube, they are fertilized by the sperm.
The male butterfly often dies soon after mating.
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I intended a purely formal study of shape, texture, and shadow, in this purely artificial setting. The stone wall, wooden bridge, waterfall, ponds and plants shown here in Wetlands Park at Riverstone were all installed &/or constructed from material brought in after stripping the site down to bare dirt, sculpting the land with bulldozers, covering it with impermeable clay to retain water for public enjoyment and flood control. Fungal and bacterial members of the community hitchhiked in on the planted plants, wild animals, transient wind and water. Birds, Nutria, Alligators, and I are not complaining about the artificiality, just expressing gratitude for the opportunity. Especially the photobombing juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs (I think), flashing his tail and fertilizing the pond.
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Heavy winds yesterday flipped over the unfolding Amazonica Lily pads. Check out its detailed construction. This is what makes it possible for them to hold a person afloat on the surface!
The Amazonica is the largest member of the water lily family. The lily pads are up to 8 feet across and the large fragrant white to pink blooms have a sweet pineapple-like scent on the first day of its two day lifecycle. The flowers will open at night on the first day being white, then turn pink after being fertilized.
The lily pads are up to 8 feet across and are supported by a ribbed underside and anchored to a submerged stalk allowing the leaf to float on the surface. These stalks can be up to 26 feet long and they embed themselves in the lake or river bottom. This rapid growing plant can expand by up to 20 inches per day. While the upper surface has water repellent properties, the underside is protected from herbivorous fish by its sharp spines. Air becomes trapped between the ribs on the underside, which keeps it afloat.
plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/victoria-amazonica/
Victoria Pool, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Miami FL
Paris flambait, ensemencé de lumière par le divin soleil, roulant dans sa gloire la moisson future de vérité et de justice.
Emile Zola
Paris was all ablaze, fertilized with light by the divine sun, turning over in its glory the future harvest of truth and justice.
The life cycle of white tail dear..Fawns are born in may, and stay motionless the first few days peg life hoping to avid detection. I shot this image with my iPhone. in October new ones begin life as a fertilized egg. I found this fawn in my back woods last spring.
Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum and it’s the color that captures our attention more than any other color. Yellow is the color of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity. In almost every culture yellow represents sunshine, happiness, and warmth. In this case, in addition to the striking yellow color of the petals, I captured reproductive organs of one flower - waiting to be fertilized, and that is why I named this picture "Share my life".
21 wild Bighorn Sheep near Hemenway Park, Boulder City, Nevada. Almost every afternoon the wild Bighorn Sheep (Nevada's State Animal) come down from the River Mountains to graze in Hemenway Park. On their trip back home they stop in this yard and drink from a kiddie pool. It was such a delight to see the Bighorn Sheep again, but sadly their numbers have dwindled due to an outbreak of Pneumonia.
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A genus comprised of 53 species interspersed throughout tropical South America, prized for their large showy flowers, coveted for their gene pool, they and their generic alliance, ie. Brassavola, Laelia etc, represent the majority of orchids raised in this century. They are by and large warm to cool growing epiphytes and are best raised in pot culture although this is by no means mandatory, as in my hot environment they can also be mounted on driftwood. They are recognized by their cylindrical pseudobulbs, apical thick leaves and a sheathed racemose inflorescence, giving rise to majestic large showy flowers. They are often found at the top of the tallest trees in old wet forests at medium elevations. As such they require ample air circulation and regular fertilizing and watering with a short rest after blooming.
It is the largest member of the water lily family. The lily pads are up to 8 feet across and the large white to pink blooms are very fragrant, having a sweet pineapple-like scent on the first day of is two day lifecycle. Only blooming for a few days, the flowers will open at night on the first day being white, then turn pink after being fertilized.
Giant Waterlily is one of two species in this genus and is not viviparous, meaning that the seeds do not develop before they detach from the parent plant. It is the largest member of the water lily family. The lily pads are up to 8 feet across and the large white to pink blooms are very fragrant, having a sweet pineapple-like scent on the first day of is two day lifecycle. Only blooming for a few days, the flowers will open at nighttime on the first day being white. When they open on the second night, they will be purple-red color and will have lost their scent.
Its leaves are rounded and upturned. It is supported by a ribbed underside and anchored to a submerged stalk, with the leaf floating on the water surface. The stalks can be up to 26 feet long and in nature will embed themselves in the lake or river bottom. This rapid growing plant can expand by up to 20 inches per day. While the upper surface has water repellent properties, the underside is protected from herbivorous fish by its sharp spines. Air becomes trapped between the ribs on the underside, which keeps it afloat.
It is suitable for large water gardens only and grown as an annual without winter protection. It grows best in quiet water as the backwaters of large rivers. In tropical zones, it can be grown as a perennial, where it will grow best when anchored in an organically rich loam. The water temperatures must remain above 75 degrees for the plant to remain as a perennial.
1' to 3' of quiet, still waters are the best growing conditions. In locations that have currents running through, or are subject to heavy winds should be avoided.
Seed can be started indoors in containers that are placed in water that has constant temperatures above 80 degrees. Outdoor planting can be done in late spring, when the water temperatures have reached a minimum of 70 degrees. The plants that are grown in containers are placed into the still waters in their containers. In areas that experience cooler winters, the containers can be removed and stored in a greenhouse in anticipation of the next outdoor season.
Pollination is achieved by the plant attracting beetles with its scent of the flower when it opens its first night. The flower will then close the next day, trapping the beetles. At that time, the plant will change from female to male and produces pollen. Opening again the next night as an unscented, red-purple flower, the beetle, that is now coated with pollen, is released. It will fly to the next white flower and repeat the pollination process. No known insect or disease problem are noted.
plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/victoria-amazonica/
Victoria Pool, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Hippeastrum hybridum 'Red Lion' is a hybrid amaryllis that is known for its bright red flowers. It is a member of the Amaryllidaceae family, which also includes daffodils, lilies, and onions. The plant is native to South America, but it is now grown all over the world.
'Red Lion' amaryllis plants have large, trumpet-shaped flowers that can grow up to 6 inches in diameter. The flowers are typically red, but they can also be orange, pink, or white. The plants also have long, strap-shaped leaves that grow up to 2 feet long.
'Red Lion' amaryllis plants are relatively easy to care for. They prefer full sun and well-drained soil. They should be watered regularly, but not too much. The plants should be fertilized once a month during the growing season.
'Red Lion' amaryllis plants typically bloom in the winter or spring. The flowers will last for about two weeks. After the flowers have faded, the leaves will continue to grow for a few more weeks. The plant can then be placed in a cool, dark place for the summer.
Here are some additional tips for caring for 'Red Lion' amaryllis plants:
*Plant the bulbs in the fall, about 6 inches deep.
*Water the bulbs regularly, but allow the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
*Fertilize the bulbs once a month during the growing season.
*Place the plants in a cool, dark place for the summer.
*Repot the bulbs every two to three years.
With proper care, 'Red Lion' amaryllis plants can be enjoyed for many years.
Winged carpenter ants, or alates, are the reproductive members of the colony. They swarm in warm weather, usually in spring or early summer, to mate. After mating in mid-air, males die, and fertilized females shed their wings to start new colonies.
Black Bears are so fascinating to watch with their interesting individual personalities. A beautiful and too often misunderstood animal that is deserving of our profound respect. For one they help make our forests so beautiful with the way they fertilize the forests with the fish they eat.
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Collembole Sminthurinus elegans (Dark form)
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" Life in pink "
Today "we find this Collembole Sminthurinus elegans
(♀ Dark form 0.8mm adult) in full work .... which consists of eating mushrooms invisible to the eyes of man ...
And what do we do next when we have eaten ??
Heuuu no it's not here! I did not hear him burp!
On the other hand, he gives himself to the joy of fertilizing our soil with a good organic fertilizer: D
Beautiful day
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" La vie en Rose "
Aujourd’hui"hui on retrouve ce Collembole Sminthurinus elegans
(♀ Dark form 0.8mm adulte ) en plein travail ....qui consiste à manger des champignons invisibles aux yeux de l'homme ...
Et qu'est ce qu'on fait ensuite quand on a bien mangé ??
Heuuu non c'est pas çà ! je ne l'ai pas entendu roter !
Par contre, il s'en donne Ă coeur joie en fertilisant nos sols avec un bon engrais organique :D
Belle journée
ou "De l'autre côté de la toile"
Sir takes his precautions
or "On the other side of the web"
Argiope bruennichi / Argiope frelon
Monsieur est beaucoup plus petit que Madame et, contrairement à Monsieur Mante Religieuse, il a son petit secret pour échapper à la voracité de Madame après l'accouplement: "il abandonne volontairement dans 80 % des cas son appareil copulateur, ce qui diminue les chances d'un rival de féconder la même femelle et augmente ses chances de la fuir et de survivre après l'accouplement" (d'après wikipedia)
Il peut aussi, comme ici, se mettre de l'autre côté de la toile mais ce n'est pas une solution s'il veut "conclure", comme dirait Michel Blanc dans les "Bronzés font du ski",.....
Monsieur is much smaller than Madame and, unlike Monsieur Praying Mantis, he has his little secret to escape Madame’s voracity after mating: "he voluntarily abandons his copulatory organ in 80% of cases, which decreases the chances of a rival to fertilize the same female and increases his chances of fleeing and surviving after mating" (according to wikipedia)
He can also, as here, stand on the other side of the web but this is not a solution if he wants to "conclude", as Michel Blanc would say in the "Bronzés font du ski" (French Fried Vacation 2 ),....
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For the upcoming round of Harajuku!
It is our first time participating at this event, and the theme for this round is "free"; meaning the designers can choose anything as long as it's Asian-inspired.
We thought of making something close to home instead of making an item for another country. :)
Sari-Sari - Street Food - Balut
Authentic without the freaky bits!
Comes with balut basket, topping basket, improvised table (not shown on the picture), and wooden stool.
Each item has 1-3 land impact. In total the set has 9 land impact.
This is for decor purpose only and the stool does not have any poses.
Click on the pot to turn the steam ON/OFF.
We hope you enjoy this item!
Event opens April 20th.
The blue flag is a perfect example of why I love wildflowers and enjoy photographing them. The domesticated, garden iris is larger, more showy and comes in a variety of bright colors. But they are planted, fertilized and watered by humans and they contribute very little to the environment, other than their beauty. The wild iris has been on its own for eons, is beautiful in its own right, and provides food and pollen to native pollinators and other important critters. Photographed in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in western Wisconsin.
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds.
Common milkweed is a clonal perennial herb growing up to 1.8 m tall. Individual plants grow from rhizomes. All parts of common milkweed plants produce a white latex when cut. The simple leaves are opposite, sometimes whorled; broadly ovate-lanceolate.
The highly fragrant, nectariferous flowers vary from white (rarely) through pinkish and purplish and occur in umbellate cymes.
Individual flowers are about 1 cm in diameter, each with five horn-like hoods and five pollinia. The seeds, each with long, white flossy hairs, occur in large follicles. Fruit production from self-fertilization is rare.
So, what sort of corn is this??? you may ask!
This past summer, I threw out dried corn and peanuts for the wild turkeys, who come to my backyard almost daily.
One of the corn seeds germinated and grew a corn plant.
But, corn is fertilized by the wind. The tassel on the top of the corn stalk carries the pollen, and the tubes receiving the pollen are what we call "Corn Silk", and they are on the baby corn cob.
It takes wind to blow the pollen from the tassels, way up high, to the corn silk, down below. That is why corn is always planted in at least a small patch, or three rows... so that the pollen from one plant can drift down to the corn silk on other plants.
My poor little corn plant, all by itself, actually did try to grow an ear of corn, but, since the pollination had to come totally from its own tassel, only a few pollen grains made it accurately down below to the corn silk.
I was amused at the result, so I kept it sitting around, and now it has made itself useful, for February Alphabet Fun Month!
Another shot from my Wyoming trip - an early morning crop dusting run. Wasn't sure of the crop he was dusting as most of it looked like dirt.
Perhaps pretreating the soil. Looking southeast.
www.thetravelpictures.com: The farmers are using an old method called controlled burn to fertilize the fields at the Northern Finland. The smoke is rising from the bonfires against the dramatic sunset. - ift.tt/2QtsEYX //
Das ist keine Luftbildaufnahme des Amazonas oder Orinoco sondern der Grund eines Teiches der leergepumpt wurde. Wo nach dem abpumpen erst nur Schlamm zu sehen war, erhebt sich die Natur wie ein Phönix aus der Asche und schafft hier neuem Leben Platz. Die Grundlage ist der überaus nährstoffreiche Teichschlamm, welcher sich auch zum Düngen bestens eignet. Diese erst wenige Tage alten Pflänzchen bilden einen Anblick, als ob ich einen Urwald von oben fotografiert hätte und das Restwasser, welches immer noch abläuft, erscheint wie ein grosser Fluss. Die Täuschung beim Betrachten ist erstaunlich. Man kann Wellen und Sandbänke, Palmen und Sumpfland sehen. Wie eine Miniaturwunderwelt.
Jungle
This is not an aerial photo of the Amazon or Orinoco but the bottom of a pond that has been pumped out. Where only mud could be seen after pumping, nature rises like a phoenix from the ashes and creates space for new life. The basis is the extremely nutrient-rich pond mud, which is also ideally suited for fertilization. These little plants, which are only a few days old, look as if I had photographed a jungle from above and the remaining water, which is still running off, appears like a large river. The deception when looking at it is amazing. You can see waves and sandbars, palm trees and marshland. Like a miniature wonderland.
Best to view in large size!
October 1998. I visited my friend Pam in Vancouver. A colony of Yellow Jackets had built their nest outside the sliding glass doors that opened onto the sundeck of her condo. What a structure! It was enormous, at least 15-20 inches in diameter, its paper surface an intricately patterned maze of whorls and flow lines.
I set up my tripod with the 105mm macro lens. Fall is the season when most wasp stings occur, because the young, fertilized queens abandon the colony around this time and fly off to mate and then find a protected place to spend the winter. While the social order begins to break down - no more young to feed, no purpose - food sources become scarce. None of the workers, nor the old queen, will survive winter. They are easily agitated at this time of year; don't mess with them.
For some reason, I wasn't stung. I moved slowly but worked fast. Wasps create the "paper" for their nests by chewing plant fibres and mixing them with their saliva, and it was obvious that the materials for their nest came from many different sources. The wood rail on Pam's deck showed long scrape marks about the width of a wasp's mandibles. Functionality aside, I thought their nest was one of the most beautiful natural objects I had ever seen.
Photographed in Vancouver, BC, on Fujichrome Provia 100; scanned from the original slide. The nest was in deep shade, so exposure was approximately 8 seconds at f/22-32 (with lots of bracketing). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1998 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Wikipedia: A dovecote or dovecot, doocot (Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in the Middle East and Europe and were kept for their eggs and dung.
The oldest dovecotes are thought to have been the fortress-like dovecotes of Upper Egypt and the domed dovecotes of Iran. In these regions the droppings were used by farmers for fertilization. Pigeon droppings were also used for leather tanning and making gunpowder.
In some cultures, particularly Medieval Europe, the possession of a dovecote was a symbol of status and power and was consequently regulated by law. Only nobles had this special privilege, known as droit de colombier.
Cypripedioideae is a subfamily of orchids commonly known as lady's slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids or slipper orchids. Cypripedioideae includes the genera Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium and Selenipedium. They are characterised by the slipper-shaped pouches (modified labella) of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the subfamily.