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I am moving towards a minimalist lifestyle, decluttering and subtracting the things from my life that no longer bring me joy and happiness.
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Continuing my theme of various ecosystems with some wildlife residents of the prairie.
The prairie ecosystem occupies the lower and mid-latitudes of the Interior Plains of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It includes all of the Great Plains as well as the wetter, hillier land to the east. From west to east, generally the drier expanse of shortgrass prairie gives way to mixed grass prairie and ultimately the richer and wetter soils of the tallgrass prairie.
Lesser Prairie-Chickens inhabit shortgrass prairies of the southern Great Plains, especially areas where shinnery oak, sand sagebrush, and bluestem grasses (such as little bluestem and sand bluestem) predominate.
The northern population of the LPR is listed as threatened/vulnerable while the southern population is listed as endangered. This is due to significant habitat loss and fragmentation of their native grassland ecosystems. This habitat loss has been caused by various factors, including conversion of grasslands to cropland, livestock grazing, energy development, and fire suppression. Additionally, climate change and the use of herbicides further threaten their habitat.
Some frosted Glass beads lined up like little aquamarine jelly donuts. What a treat. Redux of "One Color" and Glass.
Less than month old SD75ACC rebuild 8326 leads CN A440 for Elkhart east on the South Bend Subdivision under the old Wabash 4th District in a light snowfall.
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
This little guy (weighing only 40 grams – 1.5 oz) is the smallest member of the Jacana family, and is an uncommon resident in the Southern African region. It is found most abundantly in the Okavango Delta region, and therefore is a rare sighting for a location so far east of the Delta.
As is the case with the more common African Jacana, the female is somewhat larger than the male; but unlike their cousins they are monogamous and the hatching of eggs and raising of young is a shared responsibilty of both parents.
This image was captured on the Chobe River, near Kasane, northern Botswana, Southern Africa while on photo safari with CNP Safaris. www.cnpsafaris.com
©2014 Duncan Blackburn
The Digger memorial , a remembrance cenotaph in many small towns throughout Australia . They were erected at the end of the Great War of 1914 -18 . A permanent reminder of the huge sacrifice this young country paid with the lost of so many young lives in time of war .
With a population of fewer than 5 million , 416,809 enlisted , 62,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded gasses or taken prisoner .
Anzac Day . Less We Forget .
Phoeniconaias minor.
Lesser flamingo.
Aspecto típico de los flamencos, aunque de un tamaño claramente menor que el flamenco común, lo que es especialmente visible si observamos ejemplares de las dos especies juntos. Plumaje de coloración rosa intenso que el del flamenco común. Posee un pico muy oscuro.
El flamenco enano llega como divagante hasta Marruecos, y también parece que la mayoría de los registros españoles y del sur de Francia podrían corresponder a aves venidas desde el noroeste de África, tal vez acompañando en sus migraciones a los flamencos comunes. En España tiene una presencia muy escasa pero regular, llegando a criar algunos años en la laguna de Fuente de Piedra (Málaga).
Durante varios años se han observado algunos ejemplares en el parque natural de El Hondo y alrededores.
El flamenco enano tiene su principal zona de cría en el sur del Sáhara, en los lagos del valle del Rift en Etiopía, Tanzania y Kenia .
La foto no tiene la calidad habitual por su lejanía pero si que es testimonial de su presencia en la zona.
Bart kept photobombing my anemone photos, so I just took photos of him. He's three years old, and quite a character. From the look on his face, I don’t think he’s a fan of the flash!
With probably less than 15 minutes before the direct sun light died, CN 2016's headlight popped around the bend in the distance with limestone, much to my chagrin. They were following shortly behind the BLE 903 which also had limestone. I was really hoping to make use of a last patch of nose light along with the late season goldenrod. Made for a great twofer, sometimes you luck out. There have certainly been plenty of times that scenario has played out where I watched the light die entirely, only to have the headlight appear moments later.