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Common Spotted Orchid in a wildflower meadow
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Common Ringed Plover. Wonderful & cute little wader birds.
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A couple of views of the cottages in Common Lane, Beer in Devon. One taken in the early morning before dawn and the other just after the sun has come up.
This common frog decided to sit in the garden and pose for me!!
Froglife.org:
www.froglife.org/amphibians-and-reptiles/common-frog-2/
Common Frog (Rana temporaria )
The Common Frog is easily our most recognisable amphibian. They’re found throughout Britain and Ireland, in almost any habitat where suitable breeding ponds are near by. Common Frogs have smooth skin and long legs for jumping away quickly. Garden ponds are extremely important for common frogs, particularly in urban areas.
Identification
Adults males grow up to 9 cm in length and females up to 13 cm in length. Usually a shade of olive-green or brown (although can be yellow, pink, red, lime-green, cream or black). Dark patches on the back, stripes on the hind legs, and a dark ‘mask’ behind the eye. Oval, horizontal pupil.Call: soft repetitive croak.
Distribution Native to the UK. Found throughout Britain and Ireland.Widespread and common across Europe but numbers thought to be declining.
Ecology
Breed in shallow water bodies such as puddles, ponds, lakes, and canals. Tend to be most active at night when they feed on a wide variety of invertebrates. During winter they hibernate under rocks, in compost heaps, or underwater buried in mud and vegetation.Deposit ‘rafts’ of spawn, often containing up to 2000 eggs. Each small black egg is surrounded by a clear jelly capsule around 1 cm across. Common Frog tadpoles are black when they hatch but develop light bronze speckles as they mature.
Predators and other threats Threatened by degradation of habitats and the introduction of disease.
One of many I saw at Whitecross Green Wood on Wednesday morning while looking for Brown Hairstreak butterflies with members of Butterfly Conservation. Some of the lizards were quite small and colourful while others like this one were larger and duller in colour, blending in with their surroundings a bit more.
Name: Common redshank
Scientific: Tringa totanus
Malay: Kedidi Kaki Merah
Family: Scolopacidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
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Common trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
28 April 2015
Sanford Natural Area on Michigan State University Campus, MI, USA.
Two different Common Ravens each carrying what looks like a chicken egg. Fly-by in Lancaster County, PA.
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Streatham Common is a large open space on the southern edge of Streatham in the London Borough of Lambeth. It has been designated a Local Nature Reserve.[1][2]
It is one of two former areas of common land in the former parish of Streatham. The other is now known as Tooting Bec Common. After enclosure, the Common was purchased for use as a public open space under the powers conferred under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878. The Common was conveyed to the Metropolitan Board of Works and was subsequently administered by the London County Council and Greater London Council before maintenance responsibility passed to the London Borough of Lambeth in 1971.
Just a scarpe in the sand, or gravel is the hatching place of common terns.
Associated blog post:
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Common Tansy is native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has been introduced to other parts of the world, including North America
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It is a common story, the tale of Alice Flagg, but as one hears more details of this sad narrative, it becomes dazzling. For Alice Flagg is the most popular ghost on South Carolina's famed Grand Strand. The Alice Flagg story began in 1849 when she lived with her brother, Dr. Allard Flagg, and their mother in Murrells Inlet. They lived at The Hermitage, which was the seashore home of the owners of Wachesaw Plantation during the colonial period. This is a case of the mother and brother becoming deeply involved in the life of a young girl when she fell in love with a man believed to be beneath her station in South Carolina aristocracy.
The Hermitage: The house in Murrells Inlet where Alice Flagg died.
"Every woman must leave her mark on the earth," Alice's mother whispered to her. "And how can you etch on this earth anything that's worthwhile if you attach yourself to this common lumberman?"
But Alice was obsessed with her young man and paid scarce attention to her mother and her brother. However, on day when the tall, clean-cut lumberman came to call and Alice was about to step into the carriage with him, her brother stormed out of The Hermitage, and yelled, "Wait!"
He refused to allow Alice to ride with her young man, and he forced the lumberman to ride a horse while he, Dr. Flagg, sat in the carriage beside Alice. Alice felt she was suffering under the tyranny of her family, and she hotly resented their unrestrained exercise of power. She was wretched, and for all she could tell, her mother and brother didn't care!
While her mother and brother had extolled the virtues of falling in love with someone who would be a glorious addition to the Flagg family, Alice could not relate to their arguments, spoken with great fervor. She accepted an engagement ring from her true love. Dr. Allard Flagg staunchly refused to allow Alice to wear the ring on her finger, so she attached it to a ribbon and concealed it around her neck. As the days passed, she believed she was successful in concealing the ring. But one day her mother discovered the ring on her chest and another fighting match flared. The mother shouted that the lumberman was deplorable and plebeian and unfashionable as well -- worthy of no better wife than a common shop girl!
After suffering undue abuse, Alice was unable to persuade her mother and her brother to change their attitudes toward her betrothed, and under their bitter arguments she agreed to leave Murrells Inlet for Charleston where she would attend school.
But living in Charleston, with the change of terrain and the sensation of being alone in the pastel port city -- plus what seemed to be a lifetime of grief over her lost love -- took its toll on Alice. She became frail and listless and complained of some discomfort in the left side of her head. Lying on her bed, crying into her pillow, she carved in her mind a track of her life without the man she loved, and the track ended, always in a blur, an indistinct ending to her future. When she had first arrived in Charleston, she had been able to look with stark clarity on her predicament, but now it was blinding, a remarkable silence that she couldn't comprehend. Was she to survive this, she wondered.
One night, as she lay on her bed, although she was in a southern port city, she began to think that she was trying to walk in deep snow. It was a mystical experience as she pulled herself through deep white powder, struggling, and then, floating. The wilderness was on a grand scale of sky-high white spires, ancient glaciers and faraway valleys. Later that night, word went from the school that Alice had taken sick and should be sent to her home in Murrells Inlet.
When her brother received the word, he left at once in his carriage, but the way was long and arduous. Four days later he reached Charleston. He found Alice incredibly fatigued, with no strength to even nod to him. Her stamina had evaporated, and her nerves seemed in knots. He carried her to his carriage, and one of her friends packed her favorite dress for the journey. It was another four-day trip back home. The jostling and jolting as the carriage convulsed and bumped on the uneven roadway and across several rivers by ferry heightened Alice's nervousness. When she reached home, she was substantially weakened and soon lapsed into a coma and died.
Alice Flagg was dressed in her favorite dress for her funeral at All Saints Church, but her engagement ring had been taken away. Her corpse wasn't one of beauty. Her waxy face clearly showed the pain of losing her true love, and then, her life.
A plain marble slab, engraved ALICE, was placed over her burial mound.
Myriad friends and relatives say they have seen Alice's apparition at her home, The Hermitage at Murrells Inlet, and in the burial ground at All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal churchyard. It is believed that she comes back to search for her lost engagement ring.
When a group of young people stood at the gravesite of Alice Flagg, a ring suddenly flew off the finger of one of the girls. It took the group much of the day to locate the ring, which was treasured. The girl had been unable to remove the ring from her finger for several years due to a weight gain.
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is much duller in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail. The male bird has a strong voice and sings from exposed perches to attract a mate.
The chaffinch breeds in much of Europe, across Asia to Siberia and in northwest Africa. The female builds a nest with a deep cup in the fork of a tree. The clutch is typically four or five eggs, which hatch in about 13 days. The chicks fledge in around 14 days, but are fed by both adults for several weeks after leaving the nest. Outside the breeding season, chaffinches form flocks in open countryside and forage for seeds on the ground. During the breeding season, they forage on trees for invertebrates, especially caterpillars, and feed these to their young. They are partial migrants; birds breeding in warmer regions are sedentary, while those breeding in the colder northern areas of their range winter further south.
The eggs and nestlings of the chaffinch are taken by a variety of mammalian and avian predators. Its large numbers and huge range mean that chaffinches are classed as of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.The chaffinch was once popular as a caged song bird and large numbers of wild birds were trapped and sold. At the end of the 19th century trapping even depleted the number of birds in London parks. In 1882 the English publisher Samuel Orchart Beeton issued a guide on the care of caged birds and included the recommendation: "To parents and guardians plagued with a morose and sulky boy, my advice is, buy him a chaffinch." Competitions were held where bets were placed on which caged chaffinch would repeat its song the greatest number of times. The birds were sometimes blinded with a hot needle in the belief that this encouraged them to sing.This practice is the subject of the poem The Blinded Bird by the English author Thomas Hardy which contrasts the cruelty involved in blinding the birds with their zestful song. In Britain the practice of keeping chaffinches as pets declined after the trapping of wild birds was outlawed by the Wild Birds Protection Acts of 1880 to 1896.
The chaffinch is still a popular pet bird in some European countries. In Belgium, the traditional sport of vinkenzetting pits male chaffinches against one another in a contest for the most bird calls in an hour. The chaffinch was once popular as a caged song bird and large numbers of wild birds were trapped and sold. At the end of the 19th century trapping even depleted the number of birds in London parks. In 1882 the English publisher Samuel Orchart Beeton issued a guide on the care of caged birds and included the recommendation: "To parents and guardians plagued with a morose and sulky boy, my advice is, buy him a chaffinch."Competitions were held where bets were placed on which caged chaffinch would repeat its song the greatest number of times. The birds were sometimes blinded with a hot needle in the belief that this encouraged them to sing. This practice is the subject of the poem The Blinded Bird by the English author Thomas Hardy which contrasts the cruelty involved in blinding the birds with their zestful song.[56] In Britain the practice of keeping chaffinches as pets declined after the trapping of wild birds was outlawed by the Wild Birds Protection Acts of 1880 to 1896.
The chaffinch is still a popular pet bird in some European countries. In Belgium, the traditional sport of vinkenzetting pits male chaffinches against one another in a contest for the most bird calls in an hour. Wikipedia
The saying goes something like this, “He who dies with the most toys, WINS!”. For some it’s a Corvette, for others it’s a vintage car, a boat or even an airplane. For me it’s an electric car. No, not one of Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3’s but a Chevy VOLT “Plug-In Hybrid”. Did I want a Tesla, you bet ya but the idea of waiting 1-1/2 years to get one doesn’t sit well with us older guys. Besides, the Chevy Volt has more than enough tech to satisfy the GEEK in me as I experience living with and driving an electric car. Stay tuned for more about the journey as I go forward….
I’ve always been enamored by new technology and dived in to experience it and, most times, well before our friends and family. I started reading about the “affordable” Tesla that Elon Musk was coming out with and wanted to dive into this relatively new way of getting around.
I considered putting in a reservation for a Tesla Model 3 in the hope that “basic” versions would be available when my turn came up. Currently, the wait is 12 to 18 months and there is some uncertainty as to IF the entry level basic $35,000 car would ever be available. My concerns were not limited to the initial cost and wait time. The nearest service center is some 60 miles away and there are no “Super Chargers” in my area. In addition, I’d have to most certainly spend a couple thousand dollars getting a proper charge port installed in my garage. And, BTW, I only have a one car garage so the Tesla could be parked outside in winter to cut down on car jockeying.
And then I came across the Chevy VOLT and it’s blend of electric propulsion and “range extender” which removes the “range anxiety” common in all electric cars.
I zeroed in on the Chevy VOLT for several other reasons as well with the most prominent of which is it’s available NOW. In addition, there is an entire network of Chevrolet dealer/service centers across the country. We’re retired and most of what we do is within a 50 mile round trip so we’ll be able to utilize electric much of the time. For longer trips, there’s the gas powered “range extender”. There’s a lot of technology built into the VOLT which I’ll totally enjoy figuring out.
The technology is changing so fast that I had concerns about buying a new car. All new cars lose about half of their value in the first 3 years. EVs are no exception. Besides new, there were two other options….
1. Lease the car. You’re still eating the first 3 years of depreciation but have the option of turning the car back in should technology advance to the point the car becomes difficult to sell. Of course, the option to buy the car remains. Fundamentally, I’m not a fan of leasing and have concerns over what constitutes “normal wear and tear”. We’ve heard stories of people getting dinged for all kinds of stuff especially if they are not buying the car or getting another lease.
2. A more reasonable option is to buy a used car that has already had some or all of the initial depreciation covered by someone else. In my case, I wanted a VOLT Generation 2 which meant 2016, 2017, or 2018. Obviously, Gen 2’s haven’t been around long enough to be coming off of 3 year leases so availability on the used market is limited. There were some Gen 2’s out there but nothing close to home.
So, what did I end up doing? I was pretty much ready to give the lease option a try when a new listing at a local Volvo dealer popped up on the internet. The listing was for a 2017 Volt “Premiere” with just under 30k miles. According to KBB it was priced about right so we headed off to take a look at it. A look over, a test drive, and we bought it. It should be noted that a comparable 2018 was about $8,000-$10,000 more.
Remaining manufacturer warrantees apply. In this case, I’ve got about 6,000 miles on the base warranty. More importantly, the battery and motor carries an 8 year / 100,000 mile warranty.
Frankly, I’m pleased about owning a Volt because I don’t have to worry about putting to many miles on it and about lease end “wear and tear” issues.
And so the experience begins!