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Smooth Alder catkins, female flowers and last years seed cones (Alnus serrulata; Hazel Alder) - Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
These catkins were on the other side of a marshy area,
and were captured on a rainy Spring day from the comfort of my car using a long lens.
As can be seen in the above image the flowers are monoecious (both sexes found on a single plant) with the male catkins 1½ - 2½ inches long, and the female (Pistillate) catkins/flowers less than ½ inch in length. Alders bloom from early March to April (about the same time as Witch Hazels), and are one of the earliest trees/shrubs to bloom in the mid-lantic region making them easy to spot in an otherwise stark landscape.
The alders are large shrubs or small trees that tend not to grow more than 10 or 15 feet in height usually with multiple stems/trunks no more than 6 inches in diameter. Alders prefer moist soil near streams, pond margins, and riversides.
Smooth Newts - Kendal Park, Hullbridge, Essex. Unfortunately only had 500mm lens with me and murky water doesn't help with image. Will try again later with smaller lens!
I was struggling to get a angle I liked...this shot I took without looking. I thought it looked interesting in its original state.
submitted to photofriday.com - smooth
The most uncommon snake in sweden:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronella_austriaca
sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasselsnok
Like me, I’m sure your hoping for smoother sailing this year. 2020 was certainly memorable, but not in many ways we’d like to remember in a hurry. Will this year be better? What’s going to put enough wind in our sails to lift us above the sea of uncertainty? For me it’s going to be non-material sound, the Maha-mantra. Bhakti Yoga texts explain that while we live in a world of ups and downs, the present times, being particularly tumultuous, are compared to a tossing ocean of faults. Try going to the ocean and counting the waves. Impossible, right? In the same way, Bhakti texts reveal, it’s also impossible to count the inadequacies in this age. But despite the rough seas, those who take advantage of the one good quality - the Maha-mantra - easily sail across this ocean and become inspired to help others fly high too. Here’s to smooth sailing in 2021. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare - Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
After seeing them for 10 minutes on the first day, I finally saw a group of them again about 7 days later.
Amazing looking bird.
Smooth Heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum L.)
Boraginaceae
Brightwater trail / Bolsa Chica
Huntington Beach
California
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