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There are 30 species and over 20,000 cultivars of dahlias. Those cultivars are categorized based on size, flower pattern, and how they resemble other flowers (like waterlilies, anemones, and cactus blooms). The large decorative types and cactus types are among the most popular, and many varieties are used in cut flower gardens.
No, these are not the skeletonized remains of some cooling tower - this is actually a piece of art, named "Mae West", after the actress.
The 52 m tall sculpture designed by Rita McBride was built from Oct. 2010 to Jan. 2011, the material is CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer).
In the right background is the 113.7 m tall HVB Tower, one of the better looking modern buildings in Munich, completed already in 1981.
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Curlew - Numenius Arquata
They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills.
Curlews feed on mud or very soft ground, searching for worms and other invertebrates with their long bills. They will also take crabs and similar items.
Curlews enjoy a worldwide distribution. Most species show strong migratory habits and consequently one or more species can be encountered at different times of the year in Europe, Ireland, Britain, Iberia, Iceland, Africa, Southeast Asia, Siberia, North America, South America and Australasia.
The distribution of curlews has altered considerably in the past hundred years as a result of changing agricultural practices. Reclamation and drainage of marshy fields and moorland, and afforestation of the latter, have led to local decreases, while conversion of forest to grassland in some parts of Scandinavia has led to increases there.
Population:
UK breeding:
66,000 pairs
UK wintering:
140,000 individuals
Tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUzBgJut8fQ
Thank you so very much
everyone !!
Have a wonderful weekend !! 💖
These are days you'll remember
Never before and never since
I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it
You'll know it's true
That you are blessed and lucky
It's true that you
Are touched by something
That will grow in you, in you
There are many ways to describe rain and this image tells why Singaporean calls it pouring!! The approaching storm clouds simply "dumps" its water onto that small area. If you are among those under, only one word to describe you after - drenched!
Adults are gray overall with a white head and dark nape. Juveniles are dark sooty-gray with a white mustache stripe. Some variation across range; Rocky Mountain birds are palest. A bird of northern latitudes and high elevations; found in coniferous forests and clearings. Almost always in pairs or small family groups. Known for friendly, inquisitive behavior. Often seen around campgrounds and roadsides, looking for food handouts. Voice consists of variable soft, husky notes. (eBird
A rather drizzly day, but this Canada Jay still came out to see if anyone had snacks they were willing to share.
Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Peonies are very long-lived plants. This peony which is blooming in my garden, once bloomed in my Mom's garden long ago. I treasure it.
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
~ Honore de Balzac
the horbills are quite large birds used to feed on fruit and mainly insects,arachnids and small vertebrates.
but they are not used to kill aduld birds.
in this case an African Grey Hornbill (tockus nasutus) has cought and killed a social weaver.
"a strange behaviour"
Etosha National Park ,Namibia
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Amsterdam - Spiegelgracht
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La Riserva naturale orientata Capo Gallo è una riserva naturale regionale della Sicilia, istituita in data 21 giugno 2001. È inserita nel Piano Regionale dei Parchi e delle Riserve ed è gestita dall'Azienda Foreste Demaniali della Regione Siciliana, che ha compiuto numerosi interventi volti a ricreare le condizioni ambientali originarie del territorio e a renderlo fruibile al pubblico.
La riserva comprende una area di quasi 586 ettari ed è costituita essenzialmente dal Monte Gallo, un massiccio carbonatico, formatosi decine di milioni di anni or sono fra il periodo Mesozoico e l'Eocene medio. Il Monte Gallo termina in un promontorio, denominato Capo Gallo, sul quale è situato un faro che ne segnala la posizione. Il promontorio si trova nella zona nord-occidentale di Palermo e separa i due golfi di Mondello e Sferracavallo, che ospitano gli omonimi quartieri marinari della città.
da: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riserva_naturale_orientata_Capo_Gallo
Il tratto di mare che unisce Capo Gallo con la vicina Isola delle Femmine è stato dichiarato riserva marina. Più precisamente l'Area naturale marina protetta Capo Gallo - Isola delle Femmine (tale è la corretta denominazione), istituita con decreto del Ministero dell'Ambiente del 24 luglio 2002, ha una superficie di 2.173 ettari e la sua gestione è affidata al consorzio creato tra i Comuni di Palermo e quello di Isola delle Femmine.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_naturale_marina_protetta_Capo_...
Seagulls are fondly remembered in Utah for helping Mormon settlers deal with a plague of crickets. The seagull is now the state bird of Utah and a monument in Salt Lake City commemorates the event, known as the ‘Miracle of the Gulls’. Seagulls are very clever. They learn, remember and even pass on behaviours, such as stamping their feet in a group to imitate rainfall and trick earthworms to come to the surface. Seagulls’ intelligence is clearly demonstrated by a range of different feeding behaviours, such as dropping hard-shelled molluscs onto rocks so that they break open so they can eat them, and following ploughs in fields where they know upturned grubs and other food sources will be plentiful.
“Dandelions are just friendly little weeds who only want to be loved like flowers.”
― Heather Babcock
🌻 There are people that don't consider the dandelion a flower, but for me, after reading a lot about it, dandelion is a flower, a herb and a weed.🌻
A little busy at the moment, I haven't taken a photo for many
days. This one is from the same day one year ago.
Happy Sunday!
Edited with Topaz Studio 2
Texture: French Kiss Collection
Lake, Moorland and sailing - Hollingworth Lake at Littleborough, Lancashire
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=rod+stewart+we+are+sailing+y...
Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the family Ericaceae.
In addition to being renowned for its beauty, the azalea is also highly toxic—it contains andromedotoxins in both its leaves and nectar, including honey from the nectar. Azaleas and rhododendrons were once so infamous for their toxicity that to receive a bouquet of their flowers in a black vase was a well-known death threat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azalea
Explored April 13th, 2009 #240 -- thanks to all for being amused and commenting.
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There are two pair of Nuthatches that nest near to my hide, the other three are very tatty after a busy time feeding their youngsters. This one is looking good and posing well!
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Squirrels are pretty tenacious, and they know where the food is found. This squirrel found a way into a caged feeder. We watched for about twenty minutes as it ate non-stop. I hope it found a way out and had not eaten so much that he wouldn't be able to fit through the opening. :-)
Amsterdam - Motorwal
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Grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis, are a type of rodent who mostly live on trees. Grey squirrels are native to North America but are found in Europe and Africa too. They are an important species as natural forest regenerators.
Grey squirrels belong to the class of mammals, as they give birth to offspring like other mammals.
The exact number of grey squirrels in the world is difficult to find as they are found in varied regions. The eastern grey squirrels have adapted well to urban regions too. In certain regions in Europe, eastern grey squirrels are considered an invasive species.
The grey squirrel or eastern grey squirrel is found in the eastern region of the United States from west of the Mississippi River in the south to Canada in the north. The eastern grey squirrel has been introduced to many western states, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Female eastern red squirrels are also introduced in western Canada, southwest British Columbia. In the United States, they are introduced in Oregon, Washington, and California. Later they were introduced in South Africa, Hawaii, Bermuda, Madeira island, the Canary Islands, the Azores, Italy, and Cape Verde.
Ticino
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
More TICINO/TESSIN Wildlife Photos (all taken in my garden in Monteggio/Ti, Switzerland): it.lacerta-bilineata.com/ramarro-occidentale-lacerta-bili... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
The photo above was taken this past May and shows parts of my garden and the surrounding hills just as the sun was setting after a heavy thunderstorm, which is when the light and the colors are at their most intense, most magical; it was one of those rare moments that usually only last for a few minutes (sometimes not even that), and you have to be quick to capture them.
The reason I like the photo quite a bit is that it shows a side of my country that is far less known to the people abroad than our snowy mountains and green meadows with friendly cows or the glitz of St. Moritz, Zermatt and Zurich: it shows you "my" tropical Switzerland 😊.
And the thing is, the spot in Ticino where I'm fortunate enough to own a vacation home - a tiny, 400-year old stone building only 70 meters from the Italian border - doesn't just look like it lies in the tropics: it actually sort of does, at least during the summer months.
With temperatures frequently in the mid 30s (Celsius) and a level of humidity that is high enough to make you break out in a sweat the second you leave the house, the micro-climate is not that dissimilar from what you might find in a rain forest.
The air can grow so heavy that people unaccustomed to it might feel like they have a hard time breathing (when friends of mine who originally are from Brazil visited me for a couple of days during a particularly hot period, even they struggled and told me they felt as if they were inhaling steam).
On the plus-side, this tropical micro-climate allows the people in our village to grow lemons, peaches, figs and kiwi fruits in addition to the more traditional apricots, grapes apples and cherries, and even palm trees like the one in this photo are a very common sight throughout the region.
Luckily our houses are traditionally built in a way to keep out the heat even during the hottest months, so the few remaining permanent residents of the village (around 40 people most of whom are over the age of sixty), find soothing cool as soon as they enter the thick stone walls of their homes.
The village itself is built on a rock that is surrounded by dense chestnut forest on all sides that stretches on until the horizon, only interrupted every now and then by a village, a vineyard or a small stream in a valley with a few fields.
So it's hardly a surprise that this tiny tropical paradise is a place where a great variety of beautiful insects, snakes and colorful lizards (that most people probably wouldn't immediately associate with typical Swiss fauna either) feel very much at home, and I feel incredibly blessed that I need only step outside and enter my garden to capture it with my camera 😊.
In case people are interested I might upload a photo that shows a bit more of our village one day, but for now I'll continue to stick with my beloved "creepy crawlies" (as some of my friends here jokingly refer to them) and continue to concentrate on nature, wildlife and landscape photos. 😉
I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
P.S. This is probably going to be my last upload in 2022, so HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!! 🎄💕🎉😃!!
Safari photos tend to be dominated by the lions, leopards, hyenas, elephants & hippos, mass migrations, all amazing animals. But Zebras, these wild striped horses are the quiet underdogs. This guy was hanging out with his herd, known as a dazzle, grazing as they do for 70% of the day, quietly but warily amongst the trees. I've seen them in zoos but seeing them on the wild plains of Sabi Sands Africa, potential prey, as everything is on the plains, made me see them differently. They are an amazing animal. Unique. Fascinating.
Fun fact #1 - they have black skin, and grow the white stripes (there is probably an official scientific word for that but I understand "grow")
Fun Fact #2 - a sad one, but fact of life , 50% won't survive to see maturity. As our guide told us once, nothing dies of old age on the plains. Life at its rawest.
On a happier note, they can bray like donkeys, that would be a fun thing to do :)
Happy Friday & happy braying out there. Go on try it, its fun :))
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Anhingas are large and slender waterbirds with long fanlike tails that resemble a turkey's tail. They have a long S-shaped neck and a daggerlike bill. In flight, Anhingas look like a flying cross; the wings are held out flat and the neck and tail stick straight out. They have slim bodies and look rather flattened in flight.
There are certain locations in which sunset colors are intense, and this is one of them....
Enjoy the weekend my friends, enjoy!....each day is a miracle!
Pat...xo
For the past two weeks I've been b.sitting the g.sons more often and my being available is a key factor in helping my daughter keep her cool....lol! She and the two boys stayed overnight several nights last week, you can imagine how the house looked^^^....but who cares I say; these are precious passing moments. Right now.......while their house remod continues.....the family has already met papa Mark in Duluth and are enjoying a long weekend in the Boundary Waters.
A respite for us all:).....
Aerial view of snow covered mountain ranges as we flew from Xian to Donghuang. From the travel archive of the Old Silk's Road Trip in Xinjiang, China.
View enlarged for the distant mountain ranges.
Hope you like Julie Andrews singing " The Hills Are Alive "
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Happy Travel Tuesday
L’area si raggiunge facilmente in quanto è raggiungibile attraverso la strada asfaltata che conduce alla tomba di giganti di Is Concias e alla cascata di Sa Spendula de Axedu. Da questo punto è possibile spaziare lo sguardo verso una buona parte della costa sarda meridionale e dell’agglomerato urbano formato da Cagliari e dai centri del suo hinterland.
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...there are enough flowers here for you to nibble on and frolic through without eyeing up the ones in my hair! I had the best time scampering about this beautiful sim today...I mean, truly, what is not to love?! There are horses and flowers and trees, all of the things that make my heart pittery pattery happy! I made an adorable new friend as I traipsed through this cheery meadow, and he is perfect in every way, except for his penchant for the specific type of flowers I was attempting my to wear in my hair!
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I hope everyone is having a beautiful week! Thank you all for letting me jump back into the Flickr fabulousness with you again after my little two month break!💕🐴
They are not weight lifting equipments. The middle "bar" is stabbed into your earlobe. So they're really little.
Macro Mondays 【The Periodic Table】
Silver 925 consists of 92.5% genuine silver(Ag). The other 7.5% will be alloy to help prevent tarnishing. Typically copper(Cu) is used, although zinc(Zn), platinum(Pt) or geranium(Ge) are also common.
Happy Macro Mondays
Red roses for you, who are mother, friend, wife, daughter, sister... You who are a woman and know how to show your strength without losing your delicacy.
May your day and your life be very special and covered in blessings.
As most of my Flickr contacts are male, I want to extend these wishes to the women around them, who make easier their existence on this troubled planet.
Happy International Woman's Day!
Tessin
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
Whole PHOTO SERIES about my garden on my blog: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/post/western-green-lizard-lacer...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
AUDIO (if you want to hear the sounds of my garden in the early morning): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoCTqdAVCE
ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
Partly out of fear to bore the Flickr community with too many lizard photos, I thought it would make for a nice change - yet in keeping with the main theme of my gallery - to give interested nature and reptile fans the opportunity to get a sense of the lacerta bilineata habitat where I photographed all the animals on this page.
So this is the second of a (as yet planned) series of pictures (if people like them there will be more) that will show you where all the reptile "action" took place: my garden in the beautiful community of Monteggio in the Malcantone region of the Ticino, Switzerland.
The pictures were taken over a period of over a decade, so there were obviously some changes in the garden during that time, but If you focus on the palm tree - which has grown considerably over the years but is visible in all the photos I plan to upload - you get a sense of the geography of the place.
In summer, which is when this photo was taken, the micro-climate in this particular area of the Ticino can be almost tropical in the sense that it's hot and very humid with frequent thunderstorms and heavy rain, and I often refer to my garden (half-)jokingly as my "little Swiss rainforest". I guess you can see how animals - particularly lacerta bilineata and other lizards - would feel at home in this "tropical paradise" of mine :-)
Apparently - as I learned in the comments here on Flickr - the occurrence of this particular lizard species is a very good indicator that an ecosystem is intact, and my family and I always took great care not to interfere too much in our garden and let nature roam as free as possible.
In return, over the years we were rewarded for this "calculated inaction" with a wide variety of species of plants, insects, lizards and snakes visiting - or by now residing permanently in - our little nature refuge, some of which I managed to capture on camera.
As mentioned before, if people like these photos or are interested in other flora and fauna from my private jungle, I'll upload one every once in a while between lizards, so let me know in the comments if you're interested in seeing more of these or if I should stick to just reptiles ;-)
As always, thank you so much for your interest and feedback, stay safe - and have a great week everyone!
Lacerta
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This little guy.. looks so serious! Studious perhaps? Perhaps he is an author? Maybe a screenwriter (in SL who needs that)? Perhaps a man (dog) of many words? After all how cute can this be?
🎼: Christina Perry~ Jar of Hearts~
✈️ : Cherishville
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
I hear you're asking all around
We saw this big horn sheep as we were approaching the Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Road. My husband noticed a herd grazing on the field below the parking lot. They were just hanging out and people were taking pictures. Luckily, no one was that close and gave the sheep plenty of distance. I used my 75-300 lens to get a close up.
are here...
The mist lingers more in the evenings and the leaves will soon finish their dance with the wind...
The colours slowly change once again as a rain curtain drops on the world and the scent of apple pies and cinnamon fills the air...
Now autumn meets winter in the mornings...
... are still a bit shy ;-))
White and red tulips / Tulpen (Tulipa)
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
If you love tulips, have a look at my personal Tulip Collection.