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The Green Thorntail is described as an uncommon hummingbird that is found from Costa Rica to the pacific slopes of Ecuador. At the bird lodge we visited in Mindo, Ecuador, there were several perching and feeding in the area. This male shows the long tail feathers that give the bird its name.
October 14, 2018 - Bright green and large Sea Anemone at the tidepool display of the Aquarium of the Pacific!
The Goodson House: A Living Green Demonstration Building
Virginia Living Museum Conservation Garden
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This is a Timeless Collection GI Joe set-up as a Green Beret figure. (Basically, dressed as the Green Beret figure from the SEARS Green Beret Machine Gun Outpost.) Parts are sourced from various Hasbro Timeless Collection sets.
The green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident but prone to seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and the Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam. They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.
Like other species in the genus, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and ants, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before swallowing prey, a bee-eater removes stings and breaks the exoskeleton of the prey by repeatedly thrashing it on the perch. Migration is not known but they make seasonal movements in response to rainfall. These birds are somewhat sluggish in the mornings and may be found huddled next to each other on wires sometimes with their bills tucked in their backs well after sunrise. They sand-bathe more frequently than other bee-eater species and will sometimes bathe in water by dipping into water in flight. They are usually seen in small groups and often roost communally in large numbers (200-300). The birds move excitedly at the roost site and call loudly, often explosively dispersing before settling back to the roost tree.[12] The little green bee-eater is also becoming common in urban and sub-urban neighborhoods, and has been observed perching on television antennae, only to launch into a brief, zig-zag flight formation to catch an insect, then return to the same perch and consume the meal. This behaviour is generally observed between the hours of 7:00 and 8:00am, and after 4:00pm.
The breeding season is from March to June. Unlike many bee-eaters, these are often solitary nesters, making a tunnel in a sandy bank. The breeding pairs are often joined by helpers. They nest in hollows in vertical mud banks. The nest tunnel that they construct can run as much as 5 feet long and the 3-5 eggs are laid on the bare ground in the cavity at the end of the tunnel. The eggs are very spherical and glossy white. Clutch size varies with rainfall and insect food density. Both sexes incubate. The eggs hatch asynchronously with an incubation period of about 14 days and the chicks grow fledge in 3 to 4 weeks and in the fledging stage show a reduction in body weight.
The name green bottle fly (or greenbottle fly) is applied to numerous species of blowfly, in the genera Lucilia and Phaenicia (the latter is sometimes considered a subgenus of the former). These flies are found in most areas of the world,primarily the Western Hemisphere and especially California. and the most well-known species is the common greenbottle, Phaenicia sericata (or Lucilia sericata, depending on authority), though there are other common species such as Lucilia caesar, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia coeruleiviridis, and Lucilia illustris. The maggots of this fly are known to preferentially consume dead tissue while leaving live tissue intact, and so have been sold for use in maggot therapy, primarily during the years before the widespread use of antibiotics and medicines and in modern times due to a resurgence of medical literature documenting their effectiveness. These flies are known to lay eggs in cadaver tissue in the wild within hours after death. The developmental stage of their larvae in the cadaver can be used to accurately predict the time death occurred
A Crosscountry Class 220 Voyager and another unit cruise through Barnt Green with the 13:58 (22 late) 1Z55 Newcastle to Bristol Temple Meads.
Here are examples of two very different green coffee beans. The beans on the left are from the Malabar region in India.
One of the worlds most exotic coffees, Monsoon Malabar was discovered by accident when a cargo of coffee beans aboard a wooden-hulled ship acquired a unique tang after being somewhat exposed to the elements during a particular monsoon while negotiating the Cape of Good Hope. Exposed to the monsoon winds for a few weeks the coffee flavors become richer and smoother. Monsoon Malabar coffee is full bodied , very low acidity with a spicy woody flavor.
The beans on the right are from Colombia.
Colombian Supremo coffee is grown high in the Colombian Andes and is famous for it's smooth pleasant acidity, smooth finish, nutty overtones and rich medium to full body. Colombian coffee is the world's second largest producer of coffee and is famous for consistently producing fine gourmet coffees.
This is the "Green Gable" from Zephrknits.com I modified the bottom of it by echoing the lace portion featured in the neckline. Since this photo, blocking has added a bit of length to it, it's perfect!
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding from flowers at Cinchona, Costa Rica. For more visit www.chrisjimenez.net
It's a disease and they're all green.
It emminates from their being.
A satiation with occupation.
And like weeds with big leaves.
Stealing light from what's beneath.
Where they have more. Still they take more.
Well, I know, then I don't.
There's a stowaway with my throat.
It's deceiving. I don't believe him.
We can scream out our doors.
Behind the wall a fat man snores.
In his dreams he's choking tea leaves.
Well I guess there's nothing wrong with what you say.
But don't sell me, "There can't be better ways."
Tell the captain "This boat's not safe, and we're drowning."
Turns out he's the one making waves. Waves. Waves.
I said there's nothing wrong with what you say.
Believe me just asking you to sway.
No white or black just grey.
Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?
Albert Park
Auckland, New Zealand