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"You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. Your realise that you control your own destiny." Albert Ellis (via Twitter twitter.com/kimfishercbt/status/716665157477343232)
Shekar Menon, engagement manager, Final Mile, talks about the importance of using behaviour change approaches to promote sustained latrine use in India
our local version of
American Crow AMCR (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Formerly
"Northwestern Crow NOCR (Corvus caurinus)
our locally occurring [likely to be designated a subspecies]
& now "lumped" into AMCR
Near mouth of Reay Creek
Bazan Bay
Sidney BC.
DSCN6685
Perhaps was trying to get some food item out but seemed more like it was enjoying just toying around with it
Had it in its beak for a while when i was there , including flying around etc.
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6 декабря 2014
Музей современного искусства «Гараж»
FEB. 2014
.......started noticing a Hummingbird every once in a while out of the corner of my eye hovering around my (Vancouver Westend apartment) balcony this last December, and realized that it had spotted a very seldom used (now empty) Hummingbird feeder hanging at one end........
.......not that keen about artificially feeding I got the idea in my head that it might be interesting to see if I could locate and purchase a potted, flowering "Mahonia X Media Charity" (or the like) to put on my balcony to see if it would attract the Hummingbird..........lucked on to finding a 1.5 M high plant that was just starting to bloom, around Xmas 2013.........carried it home under my arm, walking a few blocks from the "downtown" plant store.......with it's bright yellow flowers, it felt like I was bringing home a pre-decorated Xmas tree:-)
.......anyway:-) it did attract one or more Hummingbirds (it's difficult to tell how many, (they all look the same to me:-) that came to feed during Jan, and Feb 2014..........(and bunches of Bushtits also)
.......by the beginning of February the Blooms were starting to fade and we suddenly had a prolonged cold spell of below freezing temperatures (day and night for a few days) ..........so I decided to supplement H.Bird food needs by filling up the liquid feeder and putting it near the Mahonia........still amazing to me that they can survive here during the winter.......even taking their torporic skills into account.......
..........interestingly also, (I thought.......:-) at least one of the Hummers continued off and on to dine at the what was left of the Mahonia blossoms, as well as sipping sugary nectar from the feeder........(as above:-) ............and below
........photo taken through balcony window from about 8 Meters back.......
P1600753 - Ok the first shot is not that clear, but Mr Mallard had gone through a whole set of stuff to reach this pose. I liked it with the sun coming through the wing feathers.
So the story continues, if you remember www.flickr.com/photos/rustymarvin/5801319718/in/photostream Told you I had a headache
The reason for all this is I have never seen it before, I can now understand why they are call duck's. The myth of water of a duck's back doesn't seem to run true either.
Have a great weekend everyone
SOOC
TZ5 with medium tube and 2.5 Telephoto
Free hand
'One day millions across the globe will unite at these events'
Well not yesterday, 2 years later and the success of the Ronson meets has meant that neither the venue or the facial expressions have changed.
Distinctive looking paropsine larvae showing their usual behaviour - Paropsis aegrota elliotti (note that subspecies elliotti applies to the Tasmanian population whereas those occurring on the mainland are P. aegrota aegrota). The lavae gather only in small groupings (usually 3 to 4), resting together in tight lines facing into a leaf axil.
The larvae in the top picture are in a slight alarm position - if they were fully at rest the abdomen of the middle one would be resting on top of the thorax of the one tucked close behind it. The larvae below was munching away until I got in it's face and it immediately assumed full alarm position.
The two more horizontal larvae above and the one in the pics below are final (4th) instar larvae - having a fair amount of orange colouring and with swollen abdominal turbicles. I'm assuming the other larvae above is a third instar as it clearly hasn't got swollen turbicles like the other two. First and second instars are black.
Photographed mid-summer, foothills of Mt Wellington, Hobart.
References, including keys and descriptions of Tasmanian Paropsis spp. - eggs, larvae, and adults:
De Little, D. 1979. A preliminary review of the genus Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Tasmania. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 91-107.
Selman, B.J. 1983. The naming of the Tasmanian species of Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 333-339.
#toughtimesdontlasttoughpeopledowearealltough (via Twitter twitter.com/kimfishercbt/status/1241421016364126214)
I watched this Canada goose at Langford Lakes in Wiltshire having a bath ! However he keep rolling over on to his back.
I have never seen this behaviour before and it lasted several minutes.
our local version of
American Crow AMCR (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Formerly
"Northwestern Crow NOCR (Corvus caurinus)
our locally occurring [likely to be designated a subspecies]
& now "lumped" into AMCR
Near mouth of Reay Creek
Bazan Bay
Sidney BC.
DSCN6681
Perhaps was trying to get some food item out but seemed more like it was enjoying just toying around with it
Had it in its beak for a while when i was there , including flying around etc.
I got a new wildlife camera trap. This shows 2 of them having a prickly altercation. Quite an amusing snippet of what goes on while we are asleep. They seem quite timid, but obviously have issues too!
Not sure what the behaviour is about? Anyone?
Common Tern.
Originally with a blue sky but I quite like the high key effect with this one.
St Aidan's Nature Park.