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My Coral honeysuckle, is native to the southeast United States, is already starting to flower. The flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies, while its red berries in the fall attract songbirds.
Generally quite dark compared to other orb web spiders and can be found close to water where their webs are spun on fencing, buildings and bridges and rarely on vegetation. Close to a river near me where I live a river flows under a road in a tunnel these Orbweb spiders can be found and seen in their webs close to the lights that help to light up the pathway where they have the best of both worlds, warmth from the lights where I have even seen the adults spiders here in February with snow outside and plus their prey such as moths and flies are attracted to the lights also. Its amazing to see their webs so close together and not eating each other, nature can be truly amazing at times.
Male Hackberry Emperor butterfly guarding the trail.
Considered uncommon. Frequently found in close proximity to Hackberry trees.
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"Rarely visits flowers, but feeds on rotting fruit, dung, and tree sap. Males are strongly attracted to human perspiration and will hitch a ride for a long distance while its food source walks down the trail. Females are less often seen..."
Belth, JE. Butterflies of Indiana (2013), pp 70-71.
A hardy biennial that not only looks great with its purple flower and is also good for wildlife as bees are attracted to the nectar/pollen rich flowers. This plant is also edible as the roots are said to have an oyster-like taste and the flowers can be added to salads. Native to southeast Europe and north Africa and can also be known as Salsify, Oyster plant, Jerusalem Star and Jack Go To Bed, will flower in the UK from May to September.
A herbaceous relative of the daisy family which can sometimes be known as Coneflowers. This hardy perennial will produce large flowers with a distinctive cone from July to October. A great flower to have in the garden in which to attract pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. Can be found growing native in eastern and central North America.
Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Violet-capped Woodnymph - male. Common hummingbird of both montane and lowland forests and woodlands. Also visits feeders and gardens. Males have a metallic green body, dark wings, a long deeply forked blue tail and a violet crown. Females have a green crown and are pale gray below with a shorter tail.
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Hello there,
I found quite a large clump of these lovely wildflowers this past summer. I'm noticing that more and more people are planting bergamot, also known as beebalm or monarda, due to the increased interest in wildflowers and in attracting pollinators. All types of monarda are adored by both bees and butterflies.
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A common resident Owlet found in the forest areas in the country. They can be often heard in the forests calling especially mornings and evenings, but they are active throughout the day. The birds are quite predatory in the night and hence the calls attract a variety of birds that gang up and chase the owlets away.
That morning, we heard constant calls of these Owlets - 3 - 4 of them at the same time and sighted 2 of them. That brought out Bulbuls, babblers, Drongoes, Rose Ringed Parakeets and few other birds all of which searched for the Owlets and chased them away from several trees. The Owlets moved several times and sat quietly in some trees - often close to us, but they did it with such stealth that 3 of us didn't see them coming or going.
This is nearing end of Spring here, but there were still several bare trees that the owlets could find some space on. The trees with canopy and fruit support several nesting birds and the summer breeding season is starting - no wonder the Owlets are so unwelcome.
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During the Crane Festival, the lake Hornborga attracts thousands of visitors to see the cranes.
The cranes enter Trandansen at sunrise, where they spend the day eating and dancing and at sunset they go away to the lakes where they spend the night.
In Trandansen, the Crane Dance is the main event of the year.
Due to snow, on this day there were only 6,200 cranes in the lake.
Lake Hornborga Nature Reserve - Trandansen
Sweden
Dieser Platz zieht mich immer wieder an – zu unterschiedlichen Tages- und Jahreszeiten. Auf einem Hügel hoch über dem Riegsee steht eine Feldkapelle aus dem 18. Jht. neben dem Mesnerhaus.
This place attracts me again and again - to different daytime and seasons. On a hill high above the Riegsee stands a small chapel from the 18th Century beside the sacristan's house.
My modus operandi is; location, location, location, then wait for an interesting character to augment the scene. Just like fishing.
Sure Chicago has gorgeous architecture and facades, but it's underbelly has beauty as well.
Here I was attracted by the two triangles and deep perspective.
In between lights I would pop out into the street and wait for a break in traffic. Instead I was rewarded by this beautiful angel strolling into frame.
I particularly like the triangle formed by the three people in the shot. The guy on the left is wondering, who's that dude crouching in the intersection?
This is my macro Mondays theme opposites . I thought a black and white heart within 2 horseshoe magnets the magnets being opposite and opposite polarity where 2 opposites attract each other . Hope you all like it thanks for viewing HMM folks
The Frangipani, or Plumeria, is a beautiful, fragrant flower that grows in tropical climates around the world.
In Hawaiian, the flower is Melia, though most call it Plumeria. In Polynesian culture, a woman wearing a plumeria over the right ear is looking for love, whereas the flower over a woman's left ear means she is taken.
Although fragrant, these flowers have no nectar, which make them ideal for use in leis, but also serve as a trick to attract pollinators from flower to flower in the search for an illusive sweet treat.
This specimen is from a tree on the grounds of the Brick Palace of Kamehameha I in old town Lahaina on the island of Maui.
I feed the birds everyday and that attracts hawks! This guy decided to sit and watch from the bluebird box.
The Thatched Cottage
This picture-postcard village attracts thousands of tourists each year to see Beck Isle Cottage, which is one of the most photographed homes in the country. Built in the 17th century with a cruck frame and thatched roof, it stands on the banks of the beck and regularly appears on chocolate boxes, jigsaws and calendars.
Steeped in history and unspoilt by modern times, Thornton–Le-Dale has a long and fascinating history dating back to at least the Neolithic period. The high ground to the north of the village was farmed by Neolithic man, who left their mark in the shape of tumuli and a cart burial at Pexton that has been dated to 300BC.
It is believed that The Angles, who conquered Yorkshire between AD 500-540, must have given Thornton its name, the countryside was thickly wooded so the name suggests a place surrounded by thorn bushes.
walking by a roadside garden last summer ....l paused for a moment to admire this red zinnia ....and the pretty flower attracted another admirer as well :-)
Sunset on Jungfrau Region near Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district, canton of Bern, Switzerland
The village of Grindelwald is nestled in a unique and impressive Alpine landscape. The Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau form the ice-capped mountain scenery of the glacier village.
Thanks to its magnificent vista and the glacier which once reached right into the basin, Grindelwald attracted its first guests – primarily the English – from the end of the 18th century onwards. The actual breakthrough of Alpinism occurred in the mid 19th century, and local mountain guides climbed the peaks of the region with English tourists. The first ascent of the Eiger, the most difficult of Alpine mountains took place in 1858 (the north face only in 1938).
Road and railway construction made Grindelwald much more accessible towards the end of the 19th century, which in turn also heralded the onset of winter tourism. The first cableway in the Alps was built here in 1908 on the Wetterhorn. And in 1912, a railway reached the Jungfraujoch via Kleine Scheidegg; today the «Top of Europe» still remains Europe’s highest railway station and a world-renowned excursion destination within permanent snow and ice.
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) fledglings outside an artificial nest box in the mixed woods of the boreal forest zone north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
A friend of mine puts out a number of nest boxes for owls on his farm property, maintains them and when they are close to fledging he contacts me so I can view them in their natural habitat.
He does this to provide additional nesting habitat in areas where they may otherwise not have that option. Good conservation in action by a concerned individual.
26 June, 2013.
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Mums flowers attracts all kind of bees and this one was very busy in this sea of orange. Thank you for all your visit and comments happy start of the week!!
Wildflowers Attract Bees...
Today was a lovely time for a hike in Heart Lake, the first few days of fall are always the most amazing as the leaves are just starting to lose their colour and change from dark green to a very light yellow.
The sun was just past midday and was falling into the western sky, a sudden burst of its brilliant light found a gap in the canopy and like a huge spotlight flooded the forest floor with its golden rays.
There on the forest floor were these beautiful wildflowers covered in buzzing bees., i had to be carful not to get too close but just enough to capture this wonderful scene..
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Here's a photo of a Orange Tip butterfly resting on some Bluebell's in between the showers today.
This species is one of the earlier butterfly species on the wing, seen in April.
Mating
A male butterfly has several methods of determining whether he has found a female of his own species. One way is by sight. The male will look for butterflies with wings that are the correct color and pattern. When a male sights a potential mate it will fly closer, often behind or above the female. Once closer, the male will release special chemicals, called pheromones, while it flutters its wings a bit more than usual. The male may also do a special "courtship dance" to attract the female. These "dances" consist of flight patterns that are peculiar to that species of butterfly. If the female is interested she may join the male's dance. They will then mate by joining together end to end at their abdomens. During the mating process, when their bodies are joined, the male passes sperm to the female. As the eggs later pass through the female's egg-laying tube, they are fertilized by the sperm. The male butterfly often dies soon after mating.
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Wollongong informally referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 68 kilometres (42 miles) south of central Sydney. Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 302,739 at June 2018, making it the third-largest city in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle and the tenth-largest city in Australia by population. The Wollongong metropolitan area extends from Helensburgh in the north to Shell Cove in the south. It sits within the Wollongong Statistical District, which covers the local government areas of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama, extending from the town of Helensburgh in the north, to Gerroa in the south. Geologically, the city is located in the south-eastern part of the Sydney basin, which extends from Newcastle to Nowra. Wollongong is noted for its heavy industry, its port activity and the quality of its physical setting, occupying a narrow coastal plain between an almost continuous chain of surf beaches and the cliffline of the rainforest-covered Illawarra escarpment. It has two cathedrals, churches of many denominations and the Nan Tien Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. Wollongong has a long history of coal mining and industry. The city attracts many tourists each year and is a regional centre for the South Coast fishing industry. The University of Wollongong has around 38,000 students and is internationally recognised.
Wollongong Harbour is a great spot to relax and take in amazing coastal views. There are also plenty of paths, pools and parks around the harbour if you prefer to be active. The small sandy beach at Wollongong Harbour is known as Brighton Beach. Although the waters may seem calm most of the time, this is an unpatrolled beach and is not a suitable location for swimming. It can also have water quality issues, particularly after rain. 50456
"Opposites are not contradictory, but complementary."
Niels Bohr
As the temperature outside has climbed closer to three digits, I started thinking about how I wish for ice or snow on days like these. The more I thought about it, I found I agree with Niels Bohr's statement.
Some of the pleasure in sharing quotations here is my love of learning about the people who spoke those words. You might want to check this link out if you are so inclined.
Blue tiger butterfly (Tirumala limniace)
The males have a brush at tip of the abdomen. They protrude it out and stroke the pouches of specialized scent scales on the hind wings to scatter the scent that attract the females. The eggs are laid on the tender buds or flower buds or the tips of the leaves.
... wurde sicher diese Honigbiene, die den zur Zeit blühenden weiß-rosa Winter-Schneeball besucht. Wahrscheinlich ist es der Duftschneeball Viburnum x bodnantense, der diesen schon auf größere Entfernung wahrnehmbaren Duft aussendet.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodnant-Schneeball
... was this honey bee visiting the currently blooming white-pink winter viburnum with a stunning smell. It's probably the Scented Snowball Viburnum x bodnantense that emits this scent that can be perceived from a great distance.
It's just a bit early in the year for them. Pantaloon Bees thrive especially in May and later. So I was lucky to see this one already foraging in a field with lots of Bright Dandelions. They're solitary insects and tend to their own burrows but they often congregate in suitable, mostly sandy areas.
Bracebridge is the unofficial waterfall capital of Muskoka attracting people to the area since before it became a village in 1875. Settlers in those early days knew that the only power other than that of their hands or horses was the harnessed power of water and Bracebridge has this in spades. Using this water power first the villagers established a lumber industry based on pine, hemlock and hardwood which was in demand by shipbuilders and a byproduct of clearing land for living. This shot captures the Silver Bridge and the dam falls of Bracebidge early one damp morning it also captures a sense of community I had not seen everywhere in my Northern Ontario travels.
As you look along the railings of this shot of the towns most prized possession you will see an orange glow, this is because of ribbons fluttering in the mists. A young Indigenous man started tying ribbons in memorium of the children lost to Canada’s residential Schools, the town joined in and helped add to the total until there are over 4100 ribbons for the official death toll of Native children (it is suspected to be double this or more). We have a lot be proud of as Canadians with the adventurous hardworking spirit of our settler ancestors and a lot to be ashamed of as well with how we treated the occupants of the land we settled then and now.
I took this on Sept 27, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 70mm, 0.6s, f16 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Topaz ,and DXO
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This miniature orchid is almost impossible to find out in the undisturbed old-growth autumn woods where it grows. It is myco-heterotrophic, meaning it gets most of its nutrients from mushrooms rather than photosynthesis. In this case, the likely mushroom counterpart(s) are golden chanterelles that were fruiting all around these flowers in full bloom. Look close and you will see that the flowers are closed up tight even though they are blooming! This particular variety that is found here in the Midwest is self-pollinating and doesn't need to open up or attract insects to reproduce.
Situated south of Chichester, Bosham has a population of 4,308 people. Set between two tidal creeks at the eastern end of Chichester harbour, this pictueresque village attracts many visitors throughout the year wishing to enjoy the sailing facilities, beautiful views and rich wildlife.
And of course photographic opportunities.!!!!!!