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... Pyrrhosoma nymphula, la nymphe au corps de feu, est une espèce d'insectes odonates du sous-ordre des zygoptères ( ou demoiselles ) de la famille de Coenagrionidae
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Demoiselle ( envergure 45 mm ) longue de 33 à 36 mm, au thorax noir marqué de rouge, aux pattes noires, à l'abdomen du mâle, rouge marqué de noir, d'avantage chez la femelle . La coloration des femelles est très variable. Imagos visibles d'avril à août.
Habitat :Préfère les eaux stagnantes ou faiblement courantes, riches en plantes divers ; étangs , mares ou tourbières.
Capture, pucerons et petits insectes généralement posé.
Distribution : Nord du Maroc, occupe presque toute l'Europe
( sauf le nord de la Scandinavie ), plus rare dans le sud, présent dans toute la France ( absent dans la Corse ). Présente en Belgique ( Wallonie ) dans les Hautes Fagnes et le Namurois .
-La libellule frêle qu'on voudrait saisir; est ce une chimère,
un rêve; que traverse un rayon d'or ?
Tout à coup , elle fait trêve. - Saint Saëns
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Love these guys when there posed like this in habitat, they are very beautiful and very photogenic, i.m.h.o. anyway.
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I love wide angle photos that show a wild animal and the habitat that it lives in. Earlier in my photo stream I shared a Diamondback rattlesnake in its surroundings. This photo was not that well done. When I edited it I realized that the desert tortoises head was not in sharp focus. This photo was actually pretty difficult to take. Desert tortoises are protected and you are not allowed to touch them.He did not want to stop moving, so I laid down on the ground in front of him so that he would stop just long enough for me to snap this photo. I took this photo on the trail to Sabino canyon north of Tucson Arizona USA
ZAANDAM, Vijfhoekpark - Wanneer je tegenwoordig het park bezoekt kun je echt op ontdekkingsreis. Het is het leefgebied van de trotse Schotse Hooglanders. Het is een mooi park, anders dan in de overige mooie parken van Zaandam.
ZAANDAM, Vijfhoekpark - when you visit the park nowadays you can really explore. It is the Habitat of the proud Scottish Highlanders. I think it's a lovely park because it's different from the other beautiful parks in Zaandam.
The Indian pangolin, thick-tailed pangolin, or scaly anteater (Manis crassicaudata) is a pangolin found on the Indian subcontinent. It is not common anywhere in its range. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. It can also curl itself into a ball as self-defence against predators such as the tiger. The colour of its scales varies depending on the colour of the earth in its surroundings.
It is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day.
The Indian pangolin is threatened by hunting for its meat and for various body parts used in traditional medicine.
The Indian pangolin is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is about 84–122 centimetres (33–48 in) long from head to tail, the tail usually being 33–47 cm long, and weighs 10–16 kg. Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a long muzzle with a nose pad similar in color, or darker than, its pinkish-brown skin. It has powerful limbs, tipped with sharp, clawed digits. It is an almost exclusive insectivore and principally subsists on ants and termites, which it catches with a specially adapted long, sticky tongue.The pangolin has no teeth, but has strong stomach muscles to aid in digestion. The most noticeable characteristic of the pangolin is its massive, scaled armour, which covers its upper face and its whole body with the exception of the belly and the inside of the legs. These protective scales are rigid and made of keratin. It has 160–200 scales in total, about 40–46% of which are located on the tail. Scales can be 6.5–7 cm long, 8.5 cm wide, and weigh 7–10 grams. The skin and scales make up about one-fourth to one-third of the total body mass of this species.
The Indian pangolin has been recorded from various forest types, including Sri Lankan rainforest and plains to middle hill levels. The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren, hilly regions. This pangolin species may also sometimes reach high elevations, and has been sighted in Sri Lanka at 1100 meters and in the Nilgiri mountains in India at 2300 meters. It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.
Pangolin burrows fall into one of two categories: feeding and living burrows. Feeding burrows are smaller than living burrows (though their sizes vary depending on the abundance of prey) and are created more frequently during the spring, when there is a greater availability of prey. Living burrows are wider, deeper, and more circular, and are occupied for a longer time than feeding burrows, as they are mainly used to sleep and rest during the day. After a few months, the pangolin abandons the burrow and digs a new one close to a food source. However, it is not uncommon for the pangolin to shift back to an old burrow.
Unlike its African counterpart, the Indian pangolin does not climb trees, but it does value the presence of trees, herbs, and shrubs in its habitat because it is easier to dig burrows around them. Features that promote an abundance of ants and termites (grasses, bare grounds, bases of trees, shrubs, roots, leaf litter, fallen logs and elephant feces) are often present in pangolin habitats.
Few details are known about the breeding behaviour of the Indian pangolin. During the animal's mating period, females and males may share the same burrow and show some diurnal activities. Males have testes in a fold of the skin located in their groin areas. The female's embryo develops in one of the uterine horns. The gestation period lasts 65–70 days; the placenta is diffuse and not deciduate. Usually, a single young is born, but twins have been reported in this species. The young weigh 235–400 g at birth and measure roughly 30 cm. The newborn animals have open eyes, and soft scales with protruding hairs between them. The mother pangolin carries her young on her tail. When the mother and young are disturbed, the young pangolin is held against its mother's belly and protected by the mother's tail.
Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) iDs a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
a tigress called Riddhi
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
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right before sunset we found a pride of 18 lions at the edge of the western sector of the Serengeti.
This is the largest of the 2 big males that rule this pride and there were also quite a number of young cubs in this pride.
This is a different pride than the previous lion posts of the western corridor. As mentioned with these posts we saw that other pride with 18 lions 4 or 5 times but there was never an adult male present.
male African Lion
panthera pardus
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Gleichenia alpina (alpine tangle fern or alpine coral-fern) is a small fern species that occurs in New Zealand and Tasmania. It grows in subalpine bogs and scrub, and other cold, open habitats, usually in the open, and rarely extends into forest.
Tuesdays Aries Candle Lantern at ZODIAC:
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Rezz Room Bengal Cat Gacha at Harajuku:
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[Rezz Room] Bengal Cat Jump
[Rezz Room] Bengal Cat Sit
[Rezz Room] Bengal Cat Play
[Rezz Room] Cat Tree
Mudhoney Briley Sofa Set at the Main Store:
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MudHoney Briley Sofa w Pillows Adult - Fatpack
MudHoney Briley Chair - Fatpack
MudHoney Briley Log Table
MudHoney Briley End Table
MudHoney Briley Round Rug
Tuesdays various items, at the NEW Main store:
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Tuesdays Wall Drawers - White
Tuesdays Tessle Ball Light
Tuesdays Tessle Ball
uK - Tuscany Wall Art at the Main Store:
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Other Decor Photographed:
Onsu ~ "Bridgewater" House
Apple Fall Pyracantha Berries in Glazed Pot - White
Apple Fall Stacked Books
{moss&mink} Shimmer Butterflies
hive // kentia palm plant II
dust bunny . hanging plants . cheese plant
dust bunny . elephant ear plant
dust bunny . hanging plants . spider planter
dust bunny . hanging plants . ivy planter
Compulsion Double Curtains
Bazar Forest - Flower pot
Panther Chameleons by Jian
━━━━━ Habitat & Placer Versions
The habitat is rezzed decor.
Rez it out and the included chameleon will automatically begin to animate.
Click on it to get options to stop animations and resize.
To add more chameleons, rez out the "solo placer" or "stick placer".
Each are a single additional chameleon that you can place wherever you see fit, in the habitat or otherwise.
━━━━━ Held Version
Add or wear your held chameleon and it will attach to your right hand and begin to animate, as well as override your animations for that arm.
From here you have some options...
- Resize: Resize your cat
- Name: Set a hovertext name for your cat that you can choose a color for.
- Animation: Turn animations on/off
Downy Woodpecker (female).
A sparrow-sized woodpecker at 6 inches in length. Black and white with the males only having a small red patch on the nape of the head. Similar to Hairy Woodpeckers but tamer and smaller and with a short stubby bill.
Its habitat includes woodlands, parks and gardens.
Except for the U.S. southwest they range throughout Canada and the United States.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
"Only large-diameter trees have enough girth to contain the nest and roost cavities of this species, so there is concern for populations of this woodpecker where late-successional forests are being converted to younger stands. Availability of suitable habitat is apparently the factor limiting most populations." Birds of the World
The distinctive concrete units of Montreal's Habitat 67, an experimental modular housing complex designed by renown architect Moshe Safdie. Conceived as his master's thesis in architecture at McGill University, Safdie was awarded the project to be built as a pavilion for Expo 67, despite his relative inexperience. In the spirit of a new openness that characterized this period, the exhibition was entitled “Man and his World” after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s philosophical memoire. Housing was one of the main themes of Expo 67 Habitat 67 comprises over 350 prefabricated concrete boxes arranged in various combinations which was envisioned as the future for urban living.
A widely distributed bird seen mostly in open habitats close to water. It is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is predominantly green; with face having a narrow blue patch with a black eye stripe, yellow and brown throat. The tail is blue, from which it derives its name. They breed mostly in river valleys, where they nest by tunneling into loamy sand banks.
a very peculiar wader / shorebird, not only because of its double name but more so because of its behavior.
From Wikipedia:
"The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.
The typical avian sex roles are reversed in the three phalarope species. Females are larger and more brightly coloured than males. The females pursue males, compete for nesting territory, and will aggressively defend their nests and chosen mates. Once the females lay their olive-brown eggs, they begin their southward migration, leaving the males to incubate the eggs and care for the young. Three to six eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. Incubation lasts 18 or 19 days. The young mainly feed themselves and are able to fly within 18 days of birth.
The red phalarope is about 21 cm (8.3 in) in length, with lobed toes and a straight bill, somewhat thicker than that of red-necked phalarope. The breeding female is predominantly dark brown and black above, with red underparts and white cheek patches. The bill is yellow, tipped black. The breeding male is a duller version of the female. Young birds are light grey and brown above, with buff underparts and a dark patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white below, but the black eyepatch is always present. The bill is black in winter.
When feeding, a red phalarope will often swim in a small, rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool. This behaviour is thought to aid feeding by raising food from the bottom of shallow water. The bird will reach into the outskirts of the vortex with its bill, plucking small insects or crustaceans caught up therein. They sometimes fly up to catch insects in flight. On the open ocean, they are found in areas where converging ocean currents produce upwellings and are often found near groups of whales. Outside of the nesting season they often travel in flocks."
Rosse Franjepoot
Phalarope à bec large
Thorshühnchen
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(White Capped variant!)
This small bird is a winter migrant to India from parts of the Central Asia and middle East. It prefers dry areas and desert regions for its habitat and we found it all over the desert - infact it was the most common bird in that area - more than the myna's or bulbuls and sighted in the dry bushes and often coming to the ground.
Wikipedia refers to three distinct morphs of the bird and we sighted all 3 of them, though 2 seemed fairly common - the 3rd one - the white cap - was a bit uncommon but did sight a few times. The one we get down in the Southern India has white on the belly all the way till the neck. We never found it in our home state despite searching several seasons, but am so am glad that we sighted all the 3 variants.
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During our visit to Colossal Cave near Tucson, we were surprised to find a large group of coatimundi living there. Usually coatimundi are considered a South and Central American animal but their natural habitat stretches as far north as Tucson, Arizona. This one is clamoring over the wall surrounding the cave.
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I took this shot a couple of years ago, in the Netherlands. I chose not to post it at the time because of the background, which I felt was a little busy & distracting.
It does show the bird in its reedbed habitat though, so, as I've not managed to grab any camera time of late, I thought I'd give it an airing.
The Gopher Tortoise was added to the "Threatened" list of species by the US. Fish and Wildlife Service on July 7, 1987. The primary reason is the destruction of habitat.
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
This is a wetland habitat. Do not disturb it. A makeshift sign and a fence of fallen branches help to protect it.
Seminary Wood
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
29 May 2021.
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Designed by Moshe Safdie for Expo 67, Habitat 67 is the official legacy of Terre des Hommes/Man and His World and its only intact original pavilion.
Conçu par Moshe Safdie pour Expo 67, Habitat 67 est le legs officiel de Terre des Hommes et son seul pavillon original intact.
Montreal, Canada
I enjoy doing habitat shot even further away than this image. When I see the possibility of doing it, I sure take the time to place myself and wait for wildlife to swim by in a two to three foreground dimensions.
Been out of circulation again for a couple of days so apologies for no comments etc.
In spite of my love of big otter close-ups this is one of my favourite shots from the recent Mull trip. This is the same otter as in the previous post making his way back to shore - I liked the contrast of the black of the rock and the golden yellow of the sea weed. Such a special place with very special wildlife - long may it remain that way.
And look at those whiskers!
Press L
Taken during one of my explorations along the rocky coasts of SLO county. Morro rock can be seen in the distant background.
Habitat 67, emblème de l’habitation novatrice, a été créé dans le cadre d’Expo 67 par l'architecte Moshe Safdie. Ce bâtiment extravagant par sa modernité marque le paysage montréalais depuis, au même titre qu’un monument historique.
Mono Lake is a critical nesting habitat hosting over 2,000,000 waterbirds, including 35 species of shorebirds, use Mono Lake to rest and eat for at least part of the year.
Another one of Melbourne's hidden gems, located in plain sight. The park has literally been designed as a habitat for wildlife in the CBD. It's fenced off to the public and a challenge to reach. The artwork is brilliant, with a series of heavily leaning structures representing falling skyscrapers. The structures themselves are covered in solar panels to run the light show. The park is in the centre of the Westgate Freeway's "clover leaf" offramp to Power Street. I've literally driven passed this park hundreds of times over the past decade and never knew it existed. It's quite spectacular at night, but access, roads, trees and spotlights made it a real challenge to get a good photo that does it justice.
This park will be on my to-do list for further investigation during the day/sunset.