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We are now seing the world through our mobile phone. The space it looks in our life now is just amazing compare to few years ago when we were using it to pickup a call or send a SMS. With the rise of smartphone, we have the privilege to have internet in our pocket, anytime, everywhere.
We are now more focus on what is happing elsewhere "online" than what is happing just in front of us, in the real world...
Living in China has strengthened this vision of the evolution of our society, in a country where the mobile technology is far away more advanced compare to the occident, for good and for bad.
This is China~~
I guess he thought no one could see him in the fog. American white pelican at sunrise on Armand Bayou.
The odd thing about this was how the ants that were on the Cheetos were dead still. It was hard to tell if they were even eating. As though they were savoring the smell or something. I didn't spot any of them taking any bits back to their home.
Too bad I didn't have a macro lens with me!
Instinctual Behavior shapes the Beast, conduct and cognition shape the Man .... Quotes by Patricia Bechthold
"Robert The Bruce of Scots " 1316- 1329
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Love
Can make your world go 'round
Can really bring you down
It's such a state of mind
Can take a long long time
Love
It's such a tricky thing
Can include diamond rings
Can make you scream and shout
If there is no way out
I've got to figure out love.
Matthew Dear "Pom pom"
This scene was observed in the wildflower field at the Audubon Center at Strawberry Plains near Holly Springs, Ms. Far from a bee expert, I assume the larger bee is a queen at almost double the size of the other bee. The oddity continued as the larger bee flew about feeding on the blazing star while the smaller bee hung on for what ever purpose.
Butorides virescens: A small heron with a large geographic range in North America. I suspect this individual is part of a pair that have been quite active, showing lots of courtship behavior, chasing each other in flight, with lots of harsh vocal commentary. Airport Road, Swanzey, NH (30 May, 2025)
Storrow Dr. art exhibit called "Patterned Behavior" was used to break up the area and add more color.
This is the only representative of its genus in North America. It is a desert specialist that lives in both the Chihuahuan and Sonoran desert regions. The yellowish head and small magenta shoulder pads are diagnostic, and the males are generally more colorful than the females, but only slightly (sex determination can be iffy). This is an adult bird. Verdins keep returning and disappearing down into the foliage or twig jumble... sometimes with nesting material. They construct neat globular-shaped nests.
IMG_9861; Verdin
As they twist their heads from side to side while looking up, these Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) dance in unison during the breeding season as they display courtship behavior. Image take on a pond i Northern Colorado.
Two Impala rams (Aepyceros melampus) posture in dominance behavior in Tarangire National Park of Tanzania.
Above is a photo of the male Bluebird nesting in my yard feeding the female I'm calling "Blondie." Apparently, this male has taken two females as mates, Blondie above and Brownie below (named for their head color - not terribly accurate, but easy to tell apart). I have seen the male courting and feeding both and the three are generally together. Both females have been seen going into the nest, which now has 5 eggs. The eggs came on 4 consecutive days, then a two day break, then a 5th egg.
Blondie has taken to sitting on the eggs and isn't good about letting Brownie in. I suspect that if Brownie is hoping to lay more eggs, she is going to have problems. I'll check nearby empty nest boxes for an egg drop. The two females just BARELY tolerate each other and have been seen rolling around in the dirt pounding on each other. Both females have also gone in and out of a nearby empty box.
The Great Swamp had a similar nesting trio a few years ago and was witnessed on their nest cam, so it's not unheard of. Females frequently mate with other males, producing eggs from different mates. It will be interesting to see what happens when the eggs hatch in terms of feeding and care of the babies.
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Crabs with beach trash homes by Shawn Miller. This is a good example of Adaptive behavior.
A Blueberry hermit crab (Coenobita purpureus )
Using a plastic cap as a protective home.
Location: Onna village, Okinawa
* All Coenobita species in Okinawa are recognized as a Living Natural Monument.
Featured in Plastic or Planet National Geographic Exhibition in Bologna Italy
of the Church Of Santa Maria Della Vita
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Iconic images of 2018 -
Featured in National Geographic June 2018 www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-plane...
Read more about this project
okinawanaturephotography.com/crabs-with-beach-trash-homes...
TEDX OIST talk on this subject by Shawn Miller www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6FWCyVQcNA
My series has been featured on-
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www.businessinsider.com/hermit-crabs-using-trash-as-homes...www.nationalgeographic.nl/galerij/10x-krabben-in-huisjes-...
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www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-trash-homes-of-hermit-c...
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www.thedodo.com/hermit-crabs-trash-shells-2001062931.html
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www.plethorist.com/crabs-adapt-and-uses-plastic-caps-as-h...
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/crabs-living...
www.hypedojo.com/you-wont-believe-what-these-hermit-crabs...
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www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44215881
www.boredpanda.com/plastic-crisis-impact-on-wildlife-nati...
www.eurthisnthat.com/2018/05/20/national-geographic-issue...
www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-amount...
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