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Last image, for now, in the series of piers around Denmark. Think this one must be under repair or stowed away for the winter. Rough windy day but such a joy to be out and about.
Excerpt from english.cha.go.kr/html/HtmlPage.do?pg=/royal/RoyalPalaces...:
If one passes the garden at the rear of the Juhamnu Pavilion and walks down along the slope of the hill leading into the stairway, the person can find a square pond on the opposite side and a pavilion on the north bank of the pond. This is the Aeryeonjeong, which is composed of only 1 kan. Looking out of the windows of the pavilion, one can enjoy a wonderful view. It looks like just a framed picture, owing to the decorations attached to the upper part of the pillars. Of course, the mood of the picture depends on the season. In particular, the stone structure, through which water comes into the pond, is opposite excellent in beauty and technique of design.
Security checks.
Just occasionally, when I am under my camouflage, the magpies suspect something funny is going on. They do not sound off the danger call, and rather than fly away, a whole group of them will sit around me, looking at me and talking about me. They neither warble nor screech, but just "caa, caa" away in their own language. This is usually the cue for the small birds to disappear and the larger birds (crimson rosellas, wattlebirds etc) to come and have a look at me too. This will go on for 10 to 15 minutes before they decide I am just boring, and then they gradually dissipate and the small birds return.
It doesn't happen very often, but it is fascinating to see how one dominant species of wildlife will send out messages that are apparently understood by the other species.
I once also observed the same behaviour when a cat with a live mouse was cowering under some playground structure. In this case the currawongs and magpies were all standing by hoping the mouse might escape the cat.
Australian magpie juvenile, Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, April, 2015.
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Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Camera: Rolleiflex 6008 Professional
Lens: Rollei Sonnar HFT PQ 150mm F/4
Film: Kodak T-MAX 400 developed in Rodinal 1+50
Root structure of an old tree at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, just north of Half Moon Bay, California.
From my Wild and Weathered Wood collection.
Vespula vulgaris is a eusocial vespid that builds its tan paper nest in or on a structure capable of supporting it. A founding queen searches for a hollow tree, wall cavity, rock crevice, or even a mammal-made hole to build a nest. One colony cycle lasts for about 6–11 months and each colony cycle produces around 3000–8000 larvae.
The extraordinary adaptation skills of V. vulgaris enable it to live in a wide range of habitats, from very humid areas to artificial environments such as gardens and human structures. This species, along with other wasp species such as V. germanica, has impacted the ecosystem, especially those in New Zealand and Australia, where they were imported by humans, and frequently cause damage to fruit crops and endanger humans.
Adult workers of V. vulgaris measure about 12–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) from head to tip of abdomen, and weigh 84.1 ± 19.0 mg, whereas the queen is about 20 mm (0.8 in) long. It has aposematic colors of black and yellow; yellow pronotal bands which are almost parallel to each other and black dots and rings on its abdomen. The queens and workers appear very similar to Vespula germanica, except when they are seen head on, as the V. vulgaris face lacks the three black dots of V. germanica. Instead, each has only one black mark on its clypeus, which is usually anchor or dagger-shaped. This applies to queens and workers only. In addition, identification of this species may be difficult because the black mark on its clypeus can sometimes appear broken, making it again look similar to V. germanica. It is prudent to use multiple identifying characteristics and if in any doubt to consult experts.
Still more difficult to distinguish between species are the males. Almost undetectable with the naked eye, the only confident identification of V. vulgaris males is to seek the distinct aedeagus tip shapes and lateral processes of their genitalia.
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