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This boy had a decent night. Some urination issues in the bathroom I'll have to clean up as well as some emesis yesterday afternoon, but no messes overnight. Oh, wait. One mess. I've never seen a cat dig out the center of a roll of toilet paper in the past. He does impressive work! Note to self, next time put away the TP. Guess the other ferals and strays I have trapped have not been prone to shredding toilet paper.
[SOOC, f/5.0, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/100, +2 EV]
So many tongue takes from Moose--thanks to giving him his lysine for his eye--that I put only small photos in the comments. All clickable, of course. Just didn't feel like choosing favorites when I put together this series back in November. All taken in low light (ISO 1600). Tongue, tongue, tongue, and more tongue!
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 1600, shutter speed 1/160]
Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday. This beautiful Acer in all it's Autumn glory seen at Blenheim Palace Park.
Even Gumbo gets in on the act if you opt to see it. I posted two comment photos, both clickable.
BTW, thankfully I found the "recent activity" page on the "pop down" menu when the cursor hovers over "you." That way we can see the recent activity without all the busy-ness and actually read more than half a line of individual comments. Phew!
[SOOC, f/6.3, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/500, -2/3 EV]
A FULL UTILITY POLE IN 2101 Lawrence Ave. East, Toronto, ON.
note the multi supports and the offical notice to show its a new one
One more Tongue Tuesday post today. Yep, you guessed it, a series from the archives. All clickable, of course.
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/2500]
HTT 487 SR487. 1946 AEC Regal/Weymann. One of 74 new to Devon General from 1940, this was part of first batch received and was 1 of 6 exchanged with Leicester Corporation Transport for 6 of their AEC Regent 2 double deckers in 1952. History then lost until later found in derelict condition & patiently restored and is a licensed service bus. Ron Greet. 2019 Devon General Centenary running day Newton Abbot.
MoMo is doing marvelously well with his room full of female felines.
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 1000, shutter speed 1/400]
HTT :: Happy Tuesday Twosday
2 Startled Species are blurred
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana)
&
Killdeer KILL (Charadrius vociferus)'
Sluggett Reservoir
Maber Flats (West)
Central Saanich
BC
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana)
Invasive Species
on
Saanich Peninsula
Text Below is from
alienspecies.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/eng/species/american-bul...
The American Bullfrog, is the largest of the North American frogs - it can grow to the size of a dinner plate and half a kilogram, and have an appetite to match its size. Bullfrogs will voraciously eat native species, including frogs, snakes, insects, small turtles, birds and mammals - anything they can catch in their large mouths. Bullfrogs are found in freshwater ponds and lakes across southern Vancouver Island, some Gulf Islands and the Lower Mainland. Adult males have a distinctive and booming "jug-o'-rum" call that can be heard around lakes and ponds in the late spring and summer.
Impact on Communities and Native Species
Bullfrogs are bad news for native frog species. The Bullfrog is not only a glutton, eating native frogs, but it also reproduces rapidly and pushes other species from its habitat. A single female frog can lay an egg mass containing up to 20,000 eggs. Bullfrogs also spread a fungal infection that doesn't harm the Bullfrog, but kills other newly exposed frogs. In their native habitat, Bullfrogs have predators such as bass, pike and snapping turtles that keep them in check, but in British Columbia, the usual frog predators find the tadpoles unpalatable and the large adult frogs too big to eat.
Invasion History
Bullfrogs were introduced to supply a frog leg industry that never took off. Frog farms were promoted after World War II as an entrepreneurial venture for returning veterans. The farms, however, didn't make a profit, and the Bullfrogs were released into the wild - and they flourished. Bullfrogs were also imported for sale by aquatic garden supply companies and escaped their backyard ponds. Tadpoles are sometimes inadvertently imported with goldfish shipments and raised by well-meaning pet owners who might not realize their impact.
Even schools can order bullfrogs and tadpoles from biology supply companies, and we can only hope that classes do not release adult frogs when the lesson is over.
Smokey cleaning himself out in the enclosure. My cats practically live out there from the time I get home from work until late evening, when I call them in.
Across the Pond
Sorry for the back-to-back Elliot photos, but I felt compelled to post some Elliot photos at the front of the stream for Tongue Tuesday. Is there anything cuter than a kitten tongue?
BTW, his color is darker orange, close to what you see here in the main photo. My automatic white balance setting on my camera wipes out his gorgeous color, but sometimes none of the other settings seems to fit the lighting. Sigh.
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/160, +5/3 EV]
Happy *Tortie* Tuesday !
No cooperation in getting a 'tongue' shot , so Stephanie thought a "tortie" shot could substitute :D
HTT :: Happy Twosday Tuesday
2 Aerial Speedsters
Barn Swallow BARS* (Hirundo rustica)
on Right
Vaux's Swift VASW (Chaetura vauxi)
on left
Pedder Bay
Metchosin BC
the Pedder Bay Marina migration monitoring site of the non-profit group RPBO (Rocky Point Bird Observatory)
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tough to photo doc. at speeeeed
but even blurred shapes are diagnostic as to species
Field Mark Cues ^i^
Simple Terms
BARS our only swallow (shape) with long tail
VASW Swifts fly on "stiffer wings" than swallows
despite this photo being horribly backlit
VASW are brown "cigar shapes with wings"