(Second of two) Looking at the upper side of the wings, it is easy to see how this species got its common name. This Red-patched Leafwing, Siderone syntyche, was spotted just off the Manu Road. There are currently only 14 observations of the species on iNaturalist. For a distribution map and additional photos by other observers: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423939-Siderone-syntyche

October 11, 2025. Manu Road, Peru.

I spent a couple of hours around Killington Services watching the changing light.

The Cabbage Patch

An image from Saturday at my fave tree:) I had to put the waders on for a bit of protection while I made my way around the field to get close to the tree and gently making my way between the cabbages.

I took a few images before the sun broke the horizon but I wanted to wait until I had a bit of light thrown over the cabbages. Lots of mist flowing through the valley below, but it wasn't until the sun broke the horizon that the heat on the cabbages produced a light layer of mist in the field creating a nice bit of atmosphere.

The Tree, Eden Valley, Cumbria

Camera - A7Rii

Lens - Sony FE28mm f2

Focal Length 28mm

Fstop - f11

Exposure Time - 1/13 second

ISOspeed - ISO100

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patch speaking at the Lab Gab

I love firearms, and I like to shoot, although I don't get to very often. I'm not a hunter, nor am I some kind of militia fanatic. I just like guns, whether I shoot them or not; and I usually carry when I'm in the mountains. Unfortunately, I'm too poor to own very many. I do however, collect firearm related patches and stickers. They are much more affordable.

Okay here's my little story about this microcosm of photos from the Williamsville water mill.

First thing you all should know about me, is that I am the most impractical person when it comes to shoes... or clothes for that matter. I am almost never properly attired for the weather, and I truly believe that shoes are for fashion rather than function.

So, for this little excursion to Glen Park, I of course was wearing my 'cute' shoes. Yes, I admit... not at all suited for hiking about in mud, pond corners and snow/ice covered steep inclines.

All was fine, until I saw this long feather-like leaf straddling the waters edge.

The rocks seemed stable enough, I didn't count on the slick surface against my smooth soles though.

It wasn't too bad, a shoe full of mud and water in exchange for these macros. I think it was totally worth it.

Besides, now I get to go shoe shopping (again)....

According to iNaturalist, this visitor was the 2nd recorded in the U.S, and the first in 19 years.

After time slicing this timelapse in all directions (North,South,East,West) I wasn't overly happy with any of the outcomes, that is until I tried combining them all with the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop. I love the chaos of the sky, created by the different directions of slices overlapping.

Pumpkin Patch

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Taken on the grazing marshes beside Breydon Water in Norfolk

A speck of blue sky barely shows as storm clouds moved in over my house.

Feita pela Cláudia

Funny face , I think a ant was on her ball .

Patches, Lilly Pad, and Whitey are available for adoption, hopefully all together, at The Cat Connection in Brighton, Massachusetts. They're one-year-old sisters, and are all sweet and playful.

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern GE U23B 2717 of obvious Conrail heritage, was helping out on an excursion to Jim Thorpe in 1994. The old U-boat went on to be R&N 2391 and then to HZRX.

The old Conrail GE is no longer with us.

LG1 @ Rosine

Much better in Lightbox (just press the L key)

The clouds over here have their own personality. And the little changes can alter the sky completely. It's like magic.

4th ESC Soldiers are awarded the shoulder sleeve insignia for war-time service "Combat Patch" in a Patch Ceremony, August 28, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Very deceptive terrain. what looks like solid ground is actually very soft mud. Every year fire and rescue is called out to the mudflats around Anchorage to rescue stuck people. The danger is not the mud. The danger is that the mud holds you until the fast moving tide comes back in and drowns you.

All alone in Dockey Wood

Throwback Thursday

Potato Patch Falls

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Michigan

October 2007

Potato Patch Falls is a beautiful, though often unadvertised, seasonal waterfall in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Taken at my nearest local patch sites in Northwest Leicestershire.

When I left home the sun was out, 5 minutes later when I arrived the sun had gone in only to briefly show it's a couple of more times.

I saw my first wild poppy in bloom in April this year. This is my first glimpse of a poppy field - albeit a very small patch

She is on the dining room chair near the patio door. Taken by Edgar. This is the first of our cat photos to get into Explore and stay there.

we don't need no stinking patches!

CNW 8829, SP 352, SP 174, & SP 309 lead Axial empties on a snowy evening at Blue Mtn west of Clay, CO.

CWBAI 01

Clay, CO

2.4.04

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Cisticolas are among the most challenging of birds to identify. There are around fifty species that are all small and streaky. The name Cisticola means Cistus-dwelling, referring to the shrubby habitat of many species. Nearly all are found in Africa, with one species on Madagascar (Madagascar Cisticola) and another (Golden-headed Cisticola) in Asia and Australasia. We even have one species in Europe that we used to call Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) but now call it Zitting Cisticola, and that has occasionally strayed to Britain. DNA studies have revealed that they are not closely related to the Old World Warblers, but are close to White-eyes (Zosterops spp).

So onto Pectoral Patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) which is patchily distributed on mountains in two well separated areas; West Central Africa and West Central Africa. There aren't many correctly identified photographs on Flickr (some are even the wrong family eg larks). Breeding males have a rufous crown with little streaking but non-breeding males, females and immatures have black-streaked crowns like this. Sometimes they show some darker colouration on the sides of the breast, hence the name Pectoral Patch Cisticola. They feed mainly on the ground in upland (1650-3000m asl) grasslands and moorlands in Ethiopia where I photographed this one. I know it has a cluttered background but it shows the habitat well and there really aren't that many photographs that show the bird as well as this.

This was kind of a sad collection of pumpkins ready for picking at the Cornbelly's Pumpkin Patch in Spanish Fork.

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A colorful patch of flowers. Sometimes that's all you need.

thanks for looking!