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This is a Common Milkweed pod that has ruptured, with its seeds ready to be transported by the wind to hopefully fertile ground. Monarch Butterflies may be happy to find mature milkweed next summer.
POSTING JUVENILE BIRDS FROM HOME
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A FAMILIAR and unmistakable black and white, long tailed bird, the Juvenile has more black plumage, with the head feathers still to mature. at close range a bluish-green sheen can be seen on the wings and tail. A opporttunistic omnivore, its diet includes fruit from our fig tree, insects, animal road kills and the eggs and young of birds, it will also happily scavenge discarded leftover foods scraps. Widespread resident all year round.
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It is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the 'pigeon'. The domestic pigeon descended from this species. Escaped domestic pigeons have raised the populations of feral pigeons around the world. Wild rock doves are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, whereas domestic and feral pigeons vary in colour and pattern. Few differences are seen between males and females. The species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents care for the young for a time. Habitats include various open and semi-open environments. Cliffs and rock ledges are used for roosting and breeding in the wild. Originally found wild in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, pigeons have become established in cities around the world. The species is abundant, with an estimated population of 17 to 28 million feral and wild birds in Europe alone. 15770
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 46569
The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives the species its name. It is more common in the drier parts of the continent. Five subspecies are recognised, differing chiefly in beak size. Although the more northerly subspecies are widespread, the two southern subspecies, the forest red-tailed black cockatoo and the south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo are under threat. The species is usually found in eucalyptus woodlands, or along water courses. In the more northerly parts of the country, these cockatoos are commonly seen in large flocks. They are seed eaters and cavity nesters, and as such depend on trees with fairly large diameters, generally Eucalyptus. Populations in southeastern Australia are threatened by deforestation and other habitat alterations. Of the black cockatoos, the red-tailed is the most adaptable to aviculture, although black cockatoos are much rarer and much more expensive in aviculture outside Australia. 15159
During the week in Jasper, we saw half a dozen mature, 6 or 7 point elk, all competing to attract cows and stave off other bulls.
This was probably the second most impressive of the bulls and on this morning, there was quite the domination display between several bulls in the area from Jasper Township up to Pyramid Lake. They were all taking turns bugling and thrashing around in the woods. This one gave a few of us photographers a thrill by staying along the roadside for an hour or so.
At one point, a smaller bull came out of the woods in the same area and that was a big mistake. This Imperial Bull ran him off in an instant and the smaller bull was lucky to escape with a scolding instead of antler marks.
Sorry, I uploaded one very similar to this previously but after cleaning up the memory card, thought this was better.
A mature stand of aspen towers above the Dark Canyon trail in the Ruby Mountains near Crested Butte, Colorado. The rich warm light results from the canopy of leaves filtering the sunlight passing through it. This forest is part of the largest continuous stand of aspen in Colorado. In autumn the area provides one of the best displays of fall color, with a mosaic of clusters of green, yellow, orange, and red leaves across the landscape.
"Summer is already better, but the best is autumn. It is mature, reasonable and serious, it glows moderately and not frivolously... It cools down, clears up, makes you reasonable..."
- Valentin
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This mature Bald Eagle is at the point of grabbing a fish in the water in this image. This is a sequential photo of an earlier image of this eagle coming in for a fish (see it in the first comment below). In watching enough of these grabs over time you begin to notice the pattern of flight and movement in picking up food from the water. In this image you see how the eagle is looking down and focusing it's attention on exact claw placement in order to get the fish.
Taken 1 March 2019 near Homer, Alaska.
He saw that Buddhists and Christians must dialogue at a profound spiritual level since those who experienced self-transcendence were no longer in isolation but were able to accept others with openness, freedom, and love, and to dialogue with them at a mature level. Merton noted, “The more I am able to affirm others, to say ‘yes’ to them in myself, by discovering them in myself and myself in them, the more real I am. I am fully real if my own heart says yes to everyone.”
-Thomas Merton’s encounter with Buddhism and beyond: his interreligious dialogue, inter-monastic exchanges, and their legacy / Jaechan Anselmo Park, OSB.
I saw the larva and pupa in 2021 but didn’t see the adult.
Checking trees and stonework this winter has revealed a lot of hibernating Ladybirds this winter so far but I wasn’t expecting to see a fully active adult marching along a branch in early February, another example of the climate gone wrong at the moment North East England at this time of year you shouldn’t be able to count the number of frosty days in the whole winter on one hand.
The Striped Ladybird is the UK’s second largest species behind the Eyed and is the most specialised, predominantly found on mature Scots Pine trees where it finds it’s aphid prey.
The book describes it as generally less abundant than other species, the lack of widespread habitat may be key to that, there are other local sites which may hold this species so I’ll be keeping my eye out.
Sê paciente; espera
que a palavra amadureça
e se desprenda como um fruto
ao passar o vento que a mereça.
(in Eugénio de Andrade, Os Amantes sem Dinheiro, Quasi, 2006)
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Be patient; wait
for the word to be mature
and detach itself like a fruit
when the wind that deserves it comes across.
(Eugénio de Andrade)
looked down on : to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect.
Look down on me at your peril.
This pod was one of the first to form on our tree this year. Most of the time it looked like the immature pod in the preceding shot.
An adult American Bald Eagle dines on a small fish he just nabbed from the water's below! He did keep an ear and eye out for my camera click but more concentration to picking at the fish was on his mind.
These mature fruiting bodies belonged to an extensive colony of the tiny bracket fungus Crepidotus variabilis. They were found growing on twigs on Willans Hill, in Wagga Wagga, NSW.
can you believe this?
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has told the BBC he failed to follow up abuse allegations within the Church of England because the scale of the problem was "absolutely overwhelming".
In November he became the first Archbishop to quit as a result of a scandal in the Church in more than 1,000 years, after a damning independent review found he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports about John Smyth, a serial abuser of children and young men.
This sort of thing must surely test "your faith"; Or just confirms the weak leadership and morale depravity in the modern church.