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santa cruz island - galapagos, ecuador
fact-o-nature: the ani is a member of the cuckoo family. strangely, while there is also a species called the "greater" ani there is no "lesser" ani.
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Smooth snake photographed at Arne RSPB reserve under the warden's handling and photography licence. Dorset, UK July 2013
the below, from a website when I investigated this flower more thoroughly...
"It would be safe to say," says John Burroughs, "that there is a species of smilax with an unsavory name, that the bee does not visit, herbacea. The production of this plant is a curious freak of nature.... It would be a cruel joke to offer it to any person not acquainted with it, to smell. It is like the vent of a charnel-house." (Thoreau compared its odor to that of a dead rat in a wall!)
to see another photo, and thanks to rockfarmer's photo, for helping me ID this again...
Everybody loves smooth stones. The engraved ones were a going-away gift from someone I worked with years ago.
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Opheodrys vernalis
One of three adults seen crossing a forest road on a warm September afternoon in Alcona County, Michigan.
Smooth Carrion Flower (Smilax herbacea) is a perennial vine-like plant of thickets and woods. It's green flower emits an odor of rotten flesh, not to attract bees, but instead flies for pollination. Its spring blooms give way to clusters of dark berries in the summer.
Member of the Cuckoo family. Very common and widespread resident in Trinidad & Tobago (Crotophaga ani).
Interestingly, these birds live in groups of up to 5 breeding pairs and up to 17 individuals. They defend a single territory and lay their eggs in one communal nest. All group members incubate the eggs and care for the young. One member of the group keeps watch on a high perch whilst the others forage. First broods stay with their natal group and help feed the second brood! Like feathered meerkats!!
Pozze di Tegna, Maggia River, Ticino - Switzerland
by Kichinosuke Tanaka (1897-?), included in Tansai Hyakka (Many Lightly Colored Flowers) - Japanese picture book published in 1964
Olympus E510 + Sigma 10-20mm
I love the ocean : temperature, sounds, smells, and of course the colours, ... With Black and White you can't see them ...
But personally i think you can see much more.
You won't hear Jonah complaining about not being in the spotlight much this year. It means he can quietly creep around to the backyard to look for kittens and bark at crows.
Threats to Smooth Coneflower include:
•Habitat destruction and degradation
•Collection
•Fire suppression
•Highway right-of-way maintenance
•Urbanization and suburbanization of the species’ range
•Encroachment by exotic species
•Inadequacy of existing protection afforded by State laws
•Small population size
Stephens County, GA
Monday, June 18, 2018
By Dale Suiter,
Endangered Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Raleigh, Ecological Services Field Office