*Explore/Interestingness*

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I rarely ever stick with a look for very long, but this is a fave. Too lazy to edit this in anyway.

I went out to look at the lilies today and was lucky enough to come upon this Yellow Swallowtail digging right into the center of this Orange Lily!

2012 A Decade Later:

Digging through the archives takes us back to a decade ago today, March 7, 2012. A pair of former Rio Grande tunnelmotors take a short freight to the AVR interchange at Bruceton.

Digging for victory, in patriotic colours.

We headed to the coast early in the morning to search for bear activity on the tidal flats. Coastal brown bears (Ursus arctos), like this young male we encountered, forage for razor clams at extreme low tide. Silver Salmon Creek Lodge, Lake Clark National Park on the coast of Cook Inlet. Alaska. Conservation status: Least Concern

He was digging a hole to sit in.

He was watching me all of the time.

And the hole is still there.

My neighbor has a Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia Macrorhiza) that grows right near the end of their driveway. This variety of cactus is found in the Great Plains and as far east as Western Ohio, but I live in Northeastern PA. I was surprised to see it in full bloom, and a bumblebee digging right in to collect the pollen.

Thanks everyone for your views, awards, comments, invites and faves.

The contractors have been working hard creating long trenches on the beach from Black Rock towards the Pier. I asked one of them what the trenches were and he explained they are part of the improving biodiversity plan (see below) The trenches are like planters which, once finished, will be filled with native plants, flowers and chalk land grasses. The trench area will then be fenced in so the public can look but not touch.

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

The pair of Silvereyes have visited several times over the past few days to feast on the Loquats.

I am running late today as we have some plastering being done in the house. I will catch up as I am able.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Male Hoopoe trying to extract a cricket larvae withe the female looking on.

No idea how they tell there is one there, but once detected they really go to town with a rapid series of ground strikes to extract it.

Algarve Portugal.

I was lucky enough to spot this fine Red Deer stag digging through the snow to get to the soft grasses below. You can see the snow being kicked up by it's front left hoof ..

New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

Feasting on Gum Flowers at Footscray Park

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Wilson's Plover ~ (Charadrius wilsonia)

The Wilson's Plover is one of my favorite shorebirds to watch when they hunt. They scurry around at breakneck speeds, hunched over as they speed toward a meal (small crabs and insects) that is peeking its head up over the sand. Then they abruptly hit the brakes and pull the meal out.

Thanks for visiting!

Spain; Murcia, Calblanque 24/2/22

Halictine Bee

The first of these I have seen this season.

This hummer is really getting deep into this petunia!

Orange Palm Dart exploring a Calibrachoa bloom.

Taken in our garden a couple of weeks ago and just right for the Smile on Saturday theme today - Combination of Flora and Fauna.

HSoS 😊

Dave plowed our driveway and I opened the window and took a picture of him making a spot with the snow blower for Maggie to go out and do her duties. I had to go out to the hospital for blood work this AM and couldn't make it. So fast again tonight. Trees, electrical lines and drifted shut roads are this morning here. Just about everything is closed. Dave has had 6 fire calls this AM for various helping other agencies with problems. Neighbors across the street without power for hrs but we were lucky we didn't loose power.

Ann Arbor Art Fair July 15,2015.

What a glorious sound these 4 Utah six motors made as they crossed the apex of Soldier Summit on a fine October afternoon. I was always a fan of this fine paint scheme. 10.00

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker digs into the trunk of a tree looking for food-DSC04252

bless you for viewing me

As the bushes come into bloom the Anna's Hummingbirds find diverse sources of food......

Sometimes I take a picture of something which seems very appealing to my eye, but then the result on my screen is disappointing. So I try to dig into that image to find what struck my eye and sometimes something which 'rebuilds' that first sensation appears.

This is what happened in the passage from the original picture below to the final result above.

(Maybe someone might find a vague connection between these words and S.Heaney or W. Wordsworth)

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A volte fotografo qualche immagine che mi sembra particolarmente attraente, ma poi il risultato sullo schermo del computer è deludente.

Allora cerco di scavare dentro quell'immagine per ritrovare ciò che ha colpito il mio occhio e a volte alla fine compare qualcosa che 'ricostruisce' la mia sensazione iniziale.

Questo è appunto successo nel passaggio dalla foto originale qui sotto al risultato finale qui sopra.

(Anche se magari alcuni preferiscono l'originale)

Suddenly I've discovered that there are no oystercatchers in my photostream on Flickr. So I dug in my archives and found heaps of photos. This is the Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) digging for some other kind of food on the beach at low tide near Tidal River.

Surikate

South Africa February 2019

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Keep digging there's some down here somewhere.