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After a devastating severe winter, the melting snow now promises spring. Even the bare branches hold out hope, for the trees that remain standing.
One more circle - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksd0ACUvGdo
... towards the new week - but keep smiling anyway!
Happy Monday!
Yacare caiman / Brillenkaiman (Caiman yacare, Syn.: Caiman crocodilus yacara)
at a swamp beside Transpantaneira, Pantanal, MT, Brazil
My winter garden is down to the simplicity of bare bones which has its own beauty."
"What a severe yet master artist old Winter is ... no longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel."
~ John Burroughs
The hike to Baring Falls at Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, is a beautiful walk and on the easy side so there are many visitors. When I got to this angle and took several shots, I was unaware a visitor had climbed the rock face and photobombed my shot . . . but I like having him there to give size perspective to the falls.
A small spinney on the edge of the River Leam after the latest flood. Just playing around on the Mac again on a wet afternoon.
Phimosus infuscatus, Ibis faccia bianca Pantanal Brasil
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Here, some my images in "Born to be Wild" www.flickr.com/groups/borntobewild/pool/155025481@N05
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A winter landscape. This is an old beaver pond where the trees died off long ago. Eventually new growth takes over and it all begins again. They are very stark but extremely beautiful.
Just before sunset. A different shot. Such unusual lighting with a dark, blue sky. About as shot vertically. A bit of vertical straightening.
The Indian pangolin, thick-tailed pangolin, or scaly anteater (Manis crassicaudata) is a pangolin found on the Indian subcontinent. It is not common anywhere in its range. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. It can also curl itself into a ball as self-defence against predators such as the tiger. The colour of its scales varies depending on the colour of the earth in its surroundings.
It is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day.
The Indian pangolin is threatened by hunting for its meat and for various body parts used in traditional medicine.
The Indian pangolin is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is about 84–122 centimetres (33–48 in) long from head to tail, the tail usually being 33–47 cm long, and weighs 10–16 kg. Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a long muzzle with a nose pad similar in color, or darker than, its pinkish-brown skin. It has powerful limbs, tipped with sharp, clawed digits. It is an almost exclusive insectivore and principally subsists on ants and termites, which it catches with a specially adapted long, sticky tongue.The pangolin has no teeth, but has strong stomach muscles to aid in digestion. The most noticeable characteristic of the pangolin is its massive, scaled armour, which covers its upper face and its whole body with the exception of the belly and the inside of the legs. These protective scales are rigid and made of keratin. It has 160–200 scales in total, about 40–46% of which are located on the tail. Scales can be 6.5–7 cm long, 8.5 cm wide, and weigh 7–10 grams. The skin and scales make up about one-fourth to one-third of the total body mass of this species.
The Indian pangolin has been recorded from various forest types, including Sri Lankan rainforest and plains to middle hill levels. The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren, hilly regions. This pangolin species may also sometimes reach high elevations, and has been sighted in Sri Lanka at 1100 meters and in the Nilgiri mountains in India at 2300 meters. It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.
Pangolin burrows fall into one of two categories: feeding and living burrows. Feeding burrows are smaller than living burrows (though their sizes vary depending on the abundance of prey) and are created more frequently during the spring, when there is a greater availability of prey. Living burrows are wider, deeper, and more circular, and are occupied for a longer time than feeding burrows, as they are mainly used to sleep and rest during the day. After a few months, the pangolin abandons the burrow and digs a new one close to a food source. However, it is not uncommon for the pangolin to shift back to an old burrow.
Unlike its African counterpart, the Indian pangolin does not climb trees, but it does value the presence of trees, herbs, and shrubs in its habitat because it is easier to dig burrows around them. Features that promote an abundance of ants and termites (grasses, bare grounds, bases of trees, shrubs, roots, leaf litter, fallen logs and elephant feces) are often present in pangolin habitats.
Few details are known about the breeding behaviour of the Indian pangolin. During the animal's mating period, females and males may share the same burrow and show some diurnal activities. Males have testes in a fold of the skin located in their groin areas. The female's embryo develops in one of the uterine horns. The gestation period lasts 65–70 days; the placenta is diffuse and not deciduate. Usually, a single young is born, but twins have been reported in this species. The young weigh 235–400 g at birth and measure roughly 30 cm. The newborn animals have open eyes, and soft scales with protruding hairs between them. The mother pangolin carries her young on her tail. When the mother and young are disturbed, the young pangolin is held against its mother's belly and protected by the mother's tail.
Sai-no-mori (literal meaning: woods of colors) Iruma park is a city park in Iruma, Saitama. It has two ponds, a small "upper" pond with a fountain, a larger "lower" pond which is more natural, a narrow stream connecting two, and a lot of greenery around.
It is located at about 15 minutes walking distance from the Irumashi station, which is 40 minutes train ride away from Ikebukuro.
This is a capture from an autumn visit on a clear day with a few clouds. So the greenery has turned into bare branches.
'Bare Trees' by Fleetwood Mac (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=F84yWm1ZjCg
- Yellowhead Highway 16, British Columbia, Canada -
The last remaining fragment of tar paper is visible under the window. Look closely.
Pike County near Concord, Georgia
The new Professor found her barings and settled into School nicely. There were a few things still left to do before the term started officially next week, and many things to consider as she settled into her new role. For now, she pulled out a book - there was material to review.
Crax fasciolata, Hocco faccianuda, la bevuta al tramonto di questa splendida penelope. Brasile mato grosso, scatto dalla barchetta
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I would love to see the cottonwoods in leaf along Jemez Creek, New Mexico.
Happy Tree Tuesday! Take care and stay safe.
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