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Hibiscus is more than just a pretty flower – it’s packed with health benefits too! Find out how this vibrant plant can improve your digestion, heart health, and more. Explore here the incredible health benefits of hibiscus.
Hibiscus, a vibrant and versatile plant, has captivated the world with its stunning flowers and remarkable health benefits. Belonging to the Malvaceae family and scientifically known as Hibiscus rosa-Sinensis, this plant offers a wealth of advantages, from weight loss support to liver health and more.
Not a great shot but I was fascinated by the behaviour. I watched this Swallow land a couple of times and pick up some sand which I assume is to aid digestion. It certainly wasn't on the ground for long.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
The centre track is the end of Kennels Lane, Wothrsome, and on the left, the track is part of a horse gallops. To the right, the dilapidated barn serves as a refuge for some young beef cattle running in the field.
The grass on the left is part of a field system creating fodder for the Wothersome Anaerobic Digestion Plant which produces 1.2MW of power. This provides enough green electricity for about 1,500 homes. The exhausted fuel which comes out of the digester (called digestate) is spread back onto the fields and replaces most of the fertiliser needs of the Farm
Wothersome is south of Wetherby in West Yorkshire and in 2011 had a population of 40
This is part of my "exercise route"
Feather for lunch? According to research, one of the first meals a newly hatched chick receives is a soft feather to aid digestion.
Canon EOS 6D - f/9 - 1/25 sec - 100 mm - ISO 640
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays,
theme: Condiment
- Nutmeg is the spice made from the seed of the fragrant nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) tree.
The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavour many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.
The seeds are dried gradually in the sun over a period of six to eight weeks. During this time the nutmeg shrinks away from its hard seed coat until the kernels rattle in their shells when shaken. The shell is then broken with a wooden club and the nutmegs are picked out.
Dried nutmegs are grayish brown ovals with furrowed surfaces. The nutmegs are roughly egg-shaped, about 20.5–30 mm (0.81–1.18 in) long and 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in) wide, weighing 5–10 g (0.18–0.35 oz) dried.
-And... to read with some reserves:
Nutmeg powder has a number of health benefits. Not only is nutmeg a common spice made from the kernel of an exotic fruit, but it also has antibacterial properties and contains ingredients that can help improve memory, benefit the heart, relax muscles and aid with digestion.
However, nutmeg powder in excessive doses may cause an acute psychiatric disorders and hallucinations.
Not pretty, but healthy. I eat a couple every day.
They are considered a superfood because they are high in several nutrients, fiber, and antioxidants, all of which may provide health benefits ranging from improved digestion to a reduced risk of disease.
For Macro Mondays theme "Wrinkled"
What medicine can produce digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep. What will alleviate incurable ills? Patience :-)
Voltaire
hff!!
zinnia, 'Queen red lime', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Rufous-collared Sparrow.
San Gerardo de Dota, San José, Costa Rica.
Humans tend to anthropomorphize animal expressions. When I took the picture, I saw a sad face, for all it cares the bird was maybe looking for food or making digestion :)
..... Il mio cuore si gonfia per te, Terra,
come la zolla a primavera.
E io torno,
I miei occhi son nuovi, tutto quello
che vedo è come non veduto mai ;
e le cose più vili e consuete ,
tutto m' intenerisce e mi dà gioia.
Terra, tu sei per me piena di grazia.
Finché vicino a te mi sentirò
così bambino, finché la mia pena
in te si scioglierà come la nuvola
nel sole,
io non malediro' d'essere nato...
(Camillo Sbarbaro, inverno 1912)
Nel bosco della Valle di Cassinelle (Genova)
Le proprietà del croco sono toniche e stimolanti e favorisce la digestione
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (F)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
By mid afternoon Karl the fog has already swallowing up half the Golden Gate. I stood about half way up on Hawk Hill and watched the whole digestion to unfold.
Pitcher Plants are, of course, carnivorous. Insects attracted by the sweet-edged pitchers fall in and are drowned in the digestive pool at the bottom. There the Plant - which produces far too little in enzymes for digestion itself - is helped commensally by tiny invertebrates such as the larvae of mosquitoes and midges; and by various bacteria and protozoa. The resulting stew is the life's blood, so to speak, of our Pitcher Plant.
The photo shows none of this. Here rather is a Sarracenia flower. Those flowers stand high about the Pitchers and one might think pollinating insects could inadvertently fall into one, intent as they are on gathering proteins from the pollen and nectar. You've probably seen the way many pollinators seem to tumble around. To prevent such a Fall, the flower of the Pitcher Plant has ingenuously developed a kind of Catching Cup - clearly visible in the photo - just under its pistil and stamens. Thus the Plant has the best of two worlds: it safely attracts insects for the pollination of its flowers and others yet for its Pitcher for food.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
El mejor pica pica
Lo cierto es que la manzana cuenta con un efecto saciante muy importante. Con ello se desvela que es un buen tentempié y pica pica muy sano. De manera que es perfecta para tomar entre horas antes que tomar algo azucarado que no nos va a sentar tan bien.
Gran cantidad de fibra
Otra de las razones por las que tomar manzana es porque cuentan con una importante cantidad de fibra y beneficia a las digestiones pesadas. Contribuye a regular nuestro intestino y a mejorar el tránsito intestinal.
Efecto quemagrasas
La manzana aporta un poder quemagrasas y adelgazante bastante importante. Esto es por la fibra y también por contener pectina. Por tanto, es buena cuando estamos haciendo dieta y también cuando no, por tanto, la podemos tomar en muchos tipos de ocasiones.
Protege nuestro corazón
Esta fruta es muy saludable. De hecho, protege nuestro corazón de desarrollar enfermedades que pueden estar relacionadas con éste. La pectina vuelve a ayudar en este caso, porque reduce el colesterol malo en la sangre.
Equilibra los niveles de azúcar
Esta fruta ayuda a equilibrar los niveles de azúcar en sangre. Pues además es favorable para aquellas personas que sufren diabetes porque retrasa la absorción de glucosa en el intestino.
Buenas contra el envejecimiento
Este día va bien para recordar que debemos comprar manzanas y comerlas durante cada día. Otra de las razones de sus beneficios es que además contienen antioxidantes. Un hecho que previene el envejecimiento prematuro de la piel, pues deja la piel mucho más bella y joven, contribuyendo a mejorar la oxidación celular.
“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (F)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Grosbeak ( Euonymus ) is a genus of about 170 to 180 species in the grosbeak family ( Celastraceae ). The genus consists of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees . The genus has a wide range in Europe , Asia , Australia , North America and Madagascar .
The leaves are opposite or in some species alternately arranged, elliptical, 2-15 cm long and usually finely toothed. The small flowers are usually green-white and inconspicuous.
The fruit is a pink-red, four- or five-loll capsule , which splits open to reveal the fleshy, orange seeds . The seeds are eaten by birds, which excrete the seeds after digestion, causing them to be spread.
All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans .
Papayas grow in tropical climates and are also known as papaws or pawpaws. Their sweet taste, vibrant color, and the wide variety of health benefits they provide make them a popular fruit.
The possible health benefits of consuming papaya include a reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, aiding in digestion, improving blood glucose control in people with diabetes, lowering blood pressure, and improving wound healing.
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Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Questo volto così bello, di una bellezza toccante, come un fiore, non c'è più. Questa era Nabra Hassensen, 17 anni, ritrovata morta dopo essere stata rapita e aggredita all'uscita di una Moschea, dove si era recata per pregare, in Virginia. È stata uccisa a sprangate. Il suo corpo è stato ritrovato poco distante, presso un laghetto. Un altro crimine dettato dall'odio anti-islamico.Qualcuno sarà quasi infastidito dalla notizia : turba la nostra tranquillità , la digestione... Poi abbiamo già tanti problemi, poi chissà, magari lo meritava anche. Il fatto che ogni due o tre giorni una donna venga uccisa, che migliaia di persone, di bambini, che fuggono dalla guerra e da situazioni disumane, muoiano affogati, che i 'neri' vengano uccisi come zecche (parassiti schifosi, ci sono le nere, ma anche le rosse), non ci tocca più. . È diventata la normalità. . Mentre la notizia di questi giorni che un extracomunitario affamato ha arrostito un gattino ha provocato orrore. Giustamente, i gattini piacciono a tutti, sono così dolci, intelligenti, nostri amici. E poi non danno fastidio. Ci si batte anche contro l'aborto, alcuni accanitamente . Sono d'accordo, è un delitto. Ma poi, la vita umana conta veramente?
Gli occhi di Nabra, che non c'è più, sembrano guardarci nel profondo
A very sweet face
Nabra, 17 years old, killed by anti-Islamic hatred in Virginia, while she was coming out of a Mosque, where she prayed
o anemone alpino ( Valgrande, Alpi Liguri , 2000 m. )
Il nome deriva dal latino ' pulsare ' , per il dondolio caratteristico dei fiori che, sotto l'azione del vento, sembrano pulsare. Sin dall'antichità è usata per scopi medicinali.
In omeopatia cura un gran numero di disturbi : problemi di circolazione e digestione, respirazione, in particolare asma bronchiale , sistema nervoso , aiuta ad alleviare il mal di testa ed è un rimedio per insonnia, depressione ed ansia
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (F)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
We need in our inhabiting of the world to take very seriously the fact that the world resists being controlled and digested by human subjects. We repeatedly act as if control and digestion were the only things that mattered; and this of course explains a lot about the ecological crisis that we currently face. But if we return to the centrality of time and difficulty and embodied labour, there is really no way round grasping the fact that we as bodies belong in a world where bodily processes connect us to a material world to which we are not superior. This in itself imposes on us a more patient, a more attentive, perhaps even more ‘reverent’ approach to the environment we live in. There’s no great novelty in making the point, but it may as well be made: how we think knowledge works affects how we approach our environment.
-BEING HUMAN Bodies, Minds, Persons ROWAN WILLIAMS
One of the most fascinating birds I've ever seen! Also called Gypsy (Cigana) it feeds on fresh leaves, flowers and fruits of aninga, siriúba (a mangrove plant), embaúba (pioneer plant that grows in places of great sun), aguapé (floating aquatic plants) and new grass. To digest this hard material, the gypsy has an interesting system of very strong paps, responsible for the mechanical grinding of food. The paps are up to 50 times larger than the stomach of the animal and the digestion of the mass of leaves is aided by symbiotic bacteria, as it happens in ruminant mammals (like cattle).
Picture taken from a boat - at Parque Estadual do Cantão, Tocantins.
HBW!
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Besides incredible sculpture, the Grounds for Sculpture has incredible gardens. As they say:
Across 42 acres, you can find a meadow rich with wildflowers, butterflies, and a pond teeming with natural life. Or wander through manicured fairways and paths, past elegant and architectural reflecting pools, to admire the living library of native and exotic trees and flowers.
Regarding the Lotus -
From Floraly:
All parts of the lotus plant are edible.
Lotus root is a popular ingredient in various Asian cuisines and can be eaten raw, cooked or pickled. It's often used in soups and stir-fries.
In China, Korea and Vietnam, lotus tea is a popular beverage that can be made by steeping the flowers or leaves of lotus flowers.
Lotus seeds are sometimes used in traditional Chinese medicine. They're said to have a calming effect and be helpful in treating anxiety and insomnia. Lotus root is also said to have a range of health benefits, including aiding digestion and helping to regulate blood sugar levels.
Lotus flowers can also be used as a natural food colouring. When lotus flowers are dried and ground into a powder, they produce a beautiful pink colour that can be used to tint beverages or desserts.
Indigenous Australians also consumed parts of the lotus plant. The flower produces fruit between January and July, which can be eaten. Lotus seeds can be ground into a flour-like substance to make damper, a traditional kind of bread eaten around campfires. Even the stems can be eaten, with a taste reportedly similar to celery.
I have over 100 folders of unprocessed photos from the past 5 years which I’m currently going through, this is one of those. Note – many of these re-visit an already posted subject.
In Minnesota, the hunting season for our beautiful ringed-neck pheasants begins in mid-October and runs through the end of the year. The number of pheasant hunters is in a long term decline although over 200,000 pheasants were harvested last year which is a long ways from the record 1.7 million taken in 1941. Daily start of hunting is not until 9 a.m. as pheasants like to roam gravel roads from sunup until around that time to gather small gravel and other grit to aid their digestion process.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
These are Clark's Grebes. Mom is feeding one chick which doesn’t seem to be interested. Dad is trying to calm another that crying non-stop. He looks very impatient, kicking something in the back… That’s my interpretation 😀
Seriously, if you notice, mom is holding a feather. According to some researches, feathers are fed to young chicks to protect the stomach by padding the sharp fish bones and slowing down the process of digestion so that the bones dissolved rather than pass into the intestine.
Poor Candor has problems with his digestion again. One day it's good, the next day nothing will stay inside him. He already is on a diet, but it seems the diet food doesn't agree with him any longer.
We've been to the vet last week already and lost a small fortune in order to (at least) learn that his blood and pancrea levels are ok, given the fact that he suffers from chronic pancreatitis.
Today is another nothing-stays-inside day, so I fear this hasn't been our last walk this evening…
9 november 2021
The medlar is full of vitamin C and is good for the stomach and digestion.
Dry, small, hard, golden-brown fruits are formed, which are ripe in October, but still unpalatably mealy and tart. After the first frosts they become soft and brown and after a while they can be eaten. It is recommended to pick them in October or November after a night frost and store them face down in a cool place for two to three weeks. The fruit becomes 'fair', in which the color changes from green/white to dark brown due to a fermentation process and the taste becomes sweetly soft. It is also possible to put the fruits in the freezer for a few days, which gives a slightly different taste. The flesh is then so soft that it can be sucked out of the skin. For some, the medlar is a delicacy. If the medlar is soft, it can only be kept for a few days, because it can easily become moldy and really rot.
When the medlars are soft, they can be used to make jelly and liqueur.
De mispel zit vol vitamine C en is goed voor de maag en voor de spijsvertering.
Er worden droge, kleine, harde, goudbruine vruchten gevormd, die in oktober rijp, maar dan nog ongenietbaar melig en wrang zijn. Na de eerste nachtvorsten worden ze zacht en bruin en dan kunnen ze na een poosje wel gegeten worden. Aanbevolen wordt om ze in oktober of november na een nachtvorst te plukken en ze met de bovenkant naar onderen twee tot drie weken te bewaren op een koele plaats. Dit bewaren wordt bletten genoemd. De vrucht wordt 'beurs', waarbij de kleur door een fermentatieproces verandert van groen/wit naar donkerbruin en de smaak zoet weeïg wordt. Ook is het mogelijk de vruchten enkele dagen in de diepvriezer te leggen, wat een iets andere smaak geeft dan het bletten. Het vruchtvlees is dan zo zacht, dat het uit de schil gezogen kan worden. Voor sommigen is de mispel een lekkernij. Het gezegde: "Zo rot als een mispel" slaat dus in feite op een lekkernij. Als de mispel zacht is, is hij maar een paar dagen houdbaar, omdat hij dan gemakkelijk kan gaan beschimmelen en echt gaan rotten.
Als de mispels zacht zijn kan er gelei en likeur van gemaakt worden.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (F)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Fruit-eating birds often drink a lot of water to aid digestion, and when the water is frozen, they'll eat snow instead.
Cedar Waxwings
Cuando llega este tiempo me gusta preparar una buena barbacoa con los amigos o con la familia , la barbacoa tiene algo de ancestral es un método de cocina milenario , una vez leí que el placer de una buena barbacoa no es por la abundancia de los manjares sino por la reunión con los amigos y por su conversación , me encantan las tertulias mientras saboreas un buen café y este " chupito " de hierbas medicinales que te ayudan a la digestión , aquí decimos que el que comparte su comida nunca irá solo por la vida.
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas, comentarios, favoritos o simplemente una sonrisa a todos os deseo un muy feliz fin de semana amigos
This is a photo of 9 wild Muscovy ducklings. They make their home on a small lake in Florida. I am guessing they are 7-14 days old. At first, Mom would lead them on the daily adventure looking for food in their small lake. Now, Mom allows them to adventure on their own. On each trip, they inspect the area for worms, small fish, plants, small reptiles, crustaceans, seeds, roots, stems, and leaves. One should NOT feed this duck bread as it is not good for their digestion. Later they will discover termites and millipedes. The Muscovy is a calm, quiet bird. Often, they live close to other birds for safety. However; they do hiss, which is a form of greeting. When they wiggle their tail, it means they are happy!
The little fuzz balls will stay with Mom for safety and warmth 10-12 weeks. At around 50-60 days the young will fledge. Mom (the hen) will take care of the new family. Dad (the drake) may also stay with the new brood for a few weeks. Mom and Dad have black, navy and white feathers with bumpy red patchy skin around the eyes and beak. Males can weigh up to 15 pounds, and females are smaller. Life span can be 8-12 years, but some have made it for 20 years. This duck is not a good egg producer, but the meat is reported to be lean and tasty. I only expect to consume them with my camera! This duck is not related to the mallard.
In the wild - Javaés River - Tocantins - Brasil.
It feeds on fresh leaves, flowers and fruits of aninga, siriúba (a mangrove plant), embaúba (pioneer plant that grows in places of great sun), aguapé (floating aquatic plants) and new grass. To digest this hard material, the Hoatzin has an interesting system of very strong stomach, responsible for the mechanical crushing of the food. Hoatzin's stomach are up to 50 times larger than the other's birds animal's stomach and the digestion of the leaf mass is aided by symbiotic bacteria, as in ruminant mammals (such as cattle).
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Many are the birds found in the Atlantic Forest, and my series is only a little sample because despite of the destruction, the Atlantic forest has more than 200,200 km² covering the coast of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
There are many colorful and beautiful birds that I never saw, only by photos. Even in the Itatiaia National Park many species are found in the upper areas, far away from the human beings.
Along the coast I know there are hotels specialized in birds viewers.
Hope someday I can visit one of these hotels and photographed another birds.
All that I presented to you were birds who are attracted to the hotel I visited by the good care the owner has with the birds, offering a lot of fresh food (mainly tropical fruits) twice a day.
Here we present now two big birds and its habits.
Dusk-legged Guan (Penelope obscura) Jacuguaçú or simply Jacu (in portuguese).
Southern species of large size, measuring 68 to 75 centimeters and weighing 1,000 to 1,200 grams
Very dark green-bronze color; mantle, neck and chest finely striated with white; blackened legs. The male has a red iris, unlike the female. Big and noisy species, notable for the strange and strong noise it makes with its wings while flying.
Although it inhabits forests, it goes down in the open field to feed itself. It is predominantly frugivorous, and in this highly specialized, although it also feeds on leaves, shoots, grains and insects. Among the fruits of native trees, this species of bird is very attracted to Araçá fruits, and defecates the seeds intact. *
It presents a sign of excitement that is characterized by opening and closing the tail impetuously. He has the habit of shaking his head. In the evening, before perching, he becomes very restless, apparently anxiety to find a good place to sleep. Lives in groups of 6 to 10 birds.
* This species usually causes problems for coffee growers because it ingests the best and most ripe beans.
Following an example of the so-called most expensive coffee in the world made from the stools of the Civet, some producers dedicated themselves to the production of Café do Jacu.
Kopi Luwak, as it is called the most expensive coffee in the world, is produced from coffee beans extracted from the feces of a species of wild Opossum from the Sumatra region, which, like the Jacu, was once considered a pest for producers in the region.
But everything changed when producers realized that the animal's digestion expelled the whole grain and gave coffee exceptional characteristics. That way, it is possible to prepare it normally and obtain a coffee unlike any other.
When realized that the same thing happened with the digestion of Jacu, a farmer in Espírito Santo decided to adapt the production process to his reality. Thus Jacu's coffee was born.
Things are fairly quiet on Shelly Beach at Caloundra on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, at least on the beach as the predicted heavy weather moves in for the week. We are not staying in Caloundra but further north. Off the beach to the right, and several miles out into the Pacific Ocean and north of Moreton Bay lie 14 large ships waiting for pilots to take them south through the channels of the Bay into the Port of Brisbane. The Pilot Station is in Mooloolaba. Another ship was just arriving off the beach and out of the Bay, ready to drop off its pilot as we stopped for this photo. The major coal and iron ore ports of Australia routinely have many ships at anchor offshore waiting for a berth and it's not unusual to see up to five ships at this location, but 14 is something of an eye opener.
This shot faces north. Once the pilot is dropped off, some ships head up north along the east coast this way, no doubt a few head east out into the Pacific and many round the tip of Moreton Island and head south towards Sydney and Melbourne.
Shelly Beach is one of a number of suburban beaches in the City of Caloundra. It's sand is a strong yellow/brown as it is primarily shell grit. The birds love it. We used to always get a few buckets for our Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Clarry years ago. Shell grit is an important mineral and calcium supplement for birds and aids digestion of seeds in their crops.
In February of this year, before the pandemic changed behaviours and made birding trips impossible, I went on a solo jaunt for a couple of nights in Algonquin Park. It was mostly sunny, very cold, almost perfect weather for winter birding and bird photography.
This was one of my most exciting finds. The main highway that runs through the Park is a winding small road, frankly, but a road on which one can find many bird species and the occasional moose. But the shoulders are narrow and the corners often tricky, and so stopping is often dangerous.
So one is left with the small parking lots to trails that are unplowed in the winter. Snowshoes are super handy. And there were regular birding reports (when they were encouraging visits pre-pandemic) to give you a sense of where there might be birds to find.
This find was a fluke, as they often are. There had been reports that small flocks were visiting the parking lot of the Park’s Visitors Centre. There were a few there, but they were high up in the trees looking for cones or down on the ground eating the dirt/grit that was spread on the ground in the parking lot to help cars manage the snow. Crossbills eat the grit, drawing them to some unpleasant photo opportunities like parking lots, to aid their digestion of cones.
I noticed some birds flying behind the Visitors Centre along a line of tall pines. So I marched down the somewhat treacherous path along the side of the Centre, which is built upon a lookout. As I went down the side of the building, I saw the birds: dirt had been spread down below for the maintenance people in the Centre, and the birds were happier eating their grit there, without the cars in the parking lot.
This bird, a younger and somewhat timid creature, was waiting his turn, watching for an opening in the group of birds on the ground. He was perfectly perched for a photograph, and a light snow was starting to fall, making it a great Algonquin birding moment.
Pacific Sea Nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) are carnivorous animals. They catch their prey using long toxic-filled tentacles. Because C. fuscescens cannot chase after prey, they must eat as they drift. By spreading their tentacles like a large net. When prey brushes up against the tentacles, thousands of toxins are released, launching barbed stingers which release a paralyzing toxin into the quarry. The oral arms begin digestion as they transport the prey into the sea nettle's mouth.
I could watch these jellyfish for hours as they propel themselves around their large tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Thanks for stopping by!
© Melissa Post 2023
A Crested caracara (Caracara plancus) perched on one leg on a fence post, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. The yellow mark on its breast is a distended crop, indicating that it has recently eaten. The crop is a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion.
04/06/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A life bird for me. This male bird was picking up grit from the snow covered road to help with its digestion. The bills, which cross over at the tip, are perfectly adapted for cracking open Spruce seeds; however, not so efficient in picking up grit from the road. Females are greenish in color with two white wing bars on each wing. Alogonquin Park, Ontario