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This Western ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus) was 'hiding' among the fall leaves near the trail at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. This photo makes it look as if one fork of its tongue is missing but other pictures say it was just curled under. It was a pretty healthy specimen at ~4' (1.3 meters). It had rained during the night and this was during a lull in the following day's moisture.
Very interesting tree root that it shaped like a channel in the woods west of duffins trail in Discovery Bay this autumn , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , November 10. 2020
Tree root that looks like a channel
Leaves
Beautiful leaves
Hope & Pandora’s Box see included Hope photo of the hope txt on the plaque at Greenwood Conservation area
Pandora’s box
Hope and Pandora’s Box
July 2019
November 2020
Greenwood
tree stump
Greenwood conservation area
Cedar trees
A circle stand of cedar trees
Winter
Snow
Ice
Oak tree
Large Oak tree
Rod iron railings
boat launch
canoe
canoe boat launch
Ontario
Ajax
Canada
Pickering
Martin’s photographs
Discovery Bay
Trees
Tall grasses
Sunset
March 2020
Favourites
IPhone XR
Squires Beach
Duffins Creek
Duffins Marsh
Waterfront Trail
Rotary Park
Lake Ontario
Rod iron fence
Bridge
Bridge across Duffins Creek
Twilight
Sticks
Stones
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Sand
Beach
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Tall grasses
River
Simcoe Point Pioneer Cemetery
Beaver
Beavers having a swim
North of Lake Ontario
December 2019
Lake Ontario
Duffins Trail
Tulip tree full of it beautiful flowers
July 2019
Tulip tree
Tulip tree flowers
Cropped photograph
Excerpt from taioimagescrc.wixsite.com/taioimagescrc:
The "Tai O Fishermen's Image Gallery" organized by the South China Research Center of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with funding from the Lantau Conservation Fund and in collaboration with local groups such as the Tai O Rural Committee, Tai O Fishermen's Mutual Aid Society, and Tai O Cultural Association was opened at the end of 2022. Tai O Fishermen's Image Gallery hopes to work hand in hand with all parties in and outside the Tai O community who are concerned about Tai O's cultural relics and ecology, and work together to promote cultural relics and ecological conservation through the preservation and production of various image materials.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The MacNab-Charles Heritage Conservation District is a one
block area bounded by MacNab Street South, Hurst Place,
Charles Street and Bold Street in the City of Hamilton. The
district consists of seven properties. These properties include
two multi-unit residences, a church and manse, two residential
properties and offices.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to a plaque, the cultural heritage value of the district lies in the fact that:
The downtown block of MacNab Street South, Hurst Place, Charles Street and Bold Street contains a unique collection of stone buildings primarily dating from the 1850s.
While stone architecture was relatively rare in Ontario, Hamilton’s Mountain offered a ready supply of limestone. The local resource was used to great advantage in the hands of the newly-arrived Scottish stonemasons, establishing pre-Confederation Hamilton as a city renowned for its wealth of handsome stone
architecture.
With the MacNab Street Presbyterian Church as the focal point, the Victorian stone and brick streetscape of MacNab-Charles evoke a genuine sense of history in the heart of this city.
Designation of the District
The designation of the MacNab Charles Heritage Conservation District was initiated by the City Hamilton.
The Study and Plan were conducted and written between 1986 and 1988 by the Local Planning Branch, Planning and Development Department and the Hamilton-Wentworth Region. It was carried out in consultation with a local District Steering Committee made up of owners from the area.
The MacNab-Charles Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 90-144 which was passed on May 9, 1990 by the City of Hamilton.
Wood ducks are the most abundant resident wild ducks in Florida. Males are brightly colored, while females are a muted gray brown.
Wood ducks prefer wooded wetlands, streams or swampy areas; they feed on floating mast, fruit and seeds of water tupelo, oaks and cypress. They are unusual among ducks in that they are hole nesters. A shortage of nest cavities limits their nesting, but fortunately these ducks readily use nest boxes.
The recovery of wood duck populations is one of North America’s conservation success stories. In the early 1900s the species was almost extinct. Destruction of bottomland hardwood swamps and hunting had decimated wood duck populations across the eastern USA. The recovery began with the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, which prohibited the hunting of wood ducks nationwide. The wide-scale use of artificial nest boxes also contributed to the wood duck’s recovery and populations rebounded; hunting seasons reopened in 1941.
I found this one in my backyard Lake Wales, Florida.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Panoramica sulla pianura interna del cratere di Ngorongoro.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Overview of the inner plain of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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A church inspired by St Paul's Cathedral
Vast and solitary, St George's is one of the most magnificent 18th-century churches in Dorset. It rises from the rocky, treeless and dramatic peninsula of Portland and is the masterwork of a local mason named Thomas Gilbert whose grandfather supplied the Portland stone used to build St Paul's Cathedral.
The interior is fabulously preserved with its lectern, pulpit, box pews and galleries all surviving. It is a 'preacher's church'; with all the seating facing the twin pulpits - one for reading 'the Word'; (scripture), the other for lengthy sermons.
The sprawling churchyard is a treasure trove of fabulous headstones and memorials that tell tales of murder, piracy and adventure in a gloriously atmospheric setting. There are inscriptions to Mary Way and William Lano, who were shot and killed in 1803 by a press gang, and Joseph Trevitt, an assistant warder at Portland Prison who was murdered by a convict in 1869. (Churches Conservation Trust).
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
La fitta boscaglia che ricopre le pendici interne del cratere di Ngorongoro.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The dense bush that covers the inner slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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Young Grizzly cub catching up to mother bear - taken in the Canadian Rockies. Hope he has a safe season - life is not easy for baby bears. Only about 35% to 50% of grizzly bear cubs survive to adulthood. They face an incredibly difficult journey, making grizzlies one of the slowest-reproducing land mammals in North America.
Conservation project in South Africa working with Vervet monkeys and educating local children about conservation.2008-2009 near Tzaneen Limpopo
the flooding event and generous recent rains have triggered an explosion of darling lilies (Crinum flaccidum), seen here growing among spinifex clumps (Triodia irritans)
morgan conservation park, riverland, south australia
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Habitat. This species is now found primarily in coastal areas, especially unimproved grassland, wasteland, cliff edges and hedgerows.
According to the Dorset Branch of the Butterfly Conservation:
The dramatic decline of one of Britain’s butterflies may be because climate change is creating a “lost generation” according to research by Belgian scientists.
The disappearance of the Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) from swathes of southern England has mystified conservationists for two decades but new evidence suggests that the butterfly has seen a serious decline (-86% since 1976) because warmer weather is causing generations to hatch out too late in the year to survive.
In recent years, instead of the offspring of the wall butterflies found flying in July and August spending winter as a caterpillar before emerging as a butterfly the following year, warm conditions encourage the caterpillars to quickly turn into a butterfly by September and October.
By emerging so late in the year, these butterflies fall into what researchers call a “developmental trap”. By autumn, it is too cold or there are not suitable plants for their offspring to eat before winter which in effect means these autumn butterflies are a lost generation, leaving no caterpillars that can survive to become butterflies the following spring.
The cheetah's closest relatives are the cougar (Puma concolor) and the jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi). Together, these three species form the Puma lineage, one of the eight lineages of the extant felids;
The sister group of the Puma lineage is a clade of smaller Old World cats that includes the genera Felis, Otocolobus and Prionailurus.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Rockwood Conservation Area has a rich and unique geological aspect. A few specific features that are a part of the environment at the Rockwood conservation area include glacier bluffs, potholes, caves and some of the oldest dated trees in Ontario.
The cave system includes a series of 12 caves, which is one of the most extensive networks in Ontario. Within the caves is a prominent feature called flowstone, which over many years is created by flowing water that deposits a type of calcium carbonate called calcite.
Another feature at Rockwood are the potholes. Within the conservation area, there is over 200 potholes that all vary in measurements. These potholes are also known as giant's kettles, which are large cavities that have been drilled by flowing water carrying stones and gravel.
As well, glacial bluffs are seen at Rockwood. These have been formed over thousands of years after the earth’s most recent ice age ended. They can be relatively small and get as large as 30 meters deep and 200 meters wide.
Within the Mavora Lakes Conservation Park.
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Sir Peter Scott,son of Scott of the Antarctic,who founded the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust.This artwork is at Martin Mere WWT Reserve near Southport,England.HFF.
An adult female monk seal scratches an itch presenting an anthropomorphic pose like a slap to the forehead. Endemic to Hawaii, this species of monk seal was established in the archipelago millions of years before the present human populated main volcanic islands emerged above sea level. The original seal-occupied islands have since receded to coral atolls and are now part of Papahānaumokuākea. A recent survey by NOAA estimated a small, but encouraging, population increase to 1,570 individuals throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. However, Hawaiian monk seals remain endangered and among the rarest of marine mammals. The Hawaiian name for a monk seal is ilio holo i ka uaua meaning dog that runs in rough seas.
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Wangkuntila-Aldinga Conservation Park
South Australia
I added a little more to the crop on the LHS - It feels better to me.
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Wolf Queen watching and waiting.
A magnificent female Northwestern wolf, in her thick winter coat, standing on the highest ground, quietly surveying all around her.
Her haunches and shoulders are very powerful and muscular and the power in her body as she lopes through the woods can be clearly see. She is magnificent.
It was raining hard but it did not bother her in the least.
She is used to minus 40 deg C, so a bit of sleet just above freezing is a balmy day for her.
All images courtesy of a fabulous day spent with the UK Wolves Conservation Trust.
Ross's Goose
Anser rossii
Conservation statusPopulation apparently still increasing, as with some other Arctic-nesting geese (Snow and White-fronted). Ross's Goose often hybridizes with Snow Goose, but evidently not enough to be genetically "swamped" by the Snows.
FamilyDucks and Geese
HabitatTundra (summer), marshes, grain fields, ponds. In summer on Arctic tundra, especially flat tundra with mix of grassy areas and low matted thickets of dwarf birch or willow. In migration and winter, shallow lakes, freshwater marshes, flooded stubble fields, other agricultural lands.
This pint-sized relative of the Snow Goose has been surrounded by mystery and surprise. Explorers recognized it as a different bird as early as 1770, but it was not described to science until 1861; its Arctic nesting grounds were not discovered until 1938. Once thought to be very rare, or even on brink of extinction, its population has greatly increased in recent decades. Not until the late 1970s was it discovered that Ross's, like Snow Goose, can occur in a “blue” morph. Blue Ross's Geese are still rarely detected.
Migration
Main population migrates from Northwest Territories to central California, traveling along a rather narrow route with traditional stopovers, especially in Alberta and Montana. In recent years, numbers wintering in New Mexico and east of Rockies have increased markedly. Migrate in flocks, often mixed with Snow Geese, sometimes with other geese. Strays appearing far out of range may have arrived by traveling with other species.
Feeding Behavior
Forages mainly by walking on land, or wading or swimming in shallow water. During migration and winter, feeds in flocks, usually with Snow Geese.
Eggs
4, sometimes 2-6, rarely 1-8. Dull white, becoming nest-stained. Female does all incubating, usually 21-23 days. Young: Leave the nest shortly after hatching, following parents to water. Both parents tend the young; male is most active in defense against predators. Young fledge in 40-45 days.
Young
Leave the nest shortly after hatching, following parents to water. Both parents tend the young; male is most active in defense against predators. Young fledge in 40-45 days.
Diet
almost entirely plant material. Diet for most of year is mainly green grasses and sedges. On arrival on breeding grounds, before new growth is available, do much grubbing for roots. In fall migration, feeds more on seeds and grains of wild grasses or cultivated crops.
Nesting
First breeding at age of 2 or 3 years. Courtship involves rapid head-dipping by both members of pair. Breeds in colonies, usually associated with colonies of Snow Goose. Nest site is often on island or shore of tundra lake, usually on edge of low thicket. The same site is often used for more than 1 season. Nest is a bulky bowl of twigs, leaves, grass, moss, lined with down. Female builds nest, beginning about the time the first egg is laid, continuing after incubation begins.
How is it possible that centuries-old paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Rubens still look so good today? This is partly thanks to conservators, who ensure that paintings are preserved in the best possible way.
The exhibition Facelifts & Make-overs shines a light on what usually remains out of sight, namely the conservation of paintings. What is conservation? Why is it necessary? And what secrets do conservators uncover above and below the layers of paint? Welcome to the hidden world of conservation!