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Avec ses 13 000 hectares, la forêt domaniale de Retz dans l’Aisne est l’une des plus grandes de France, et la première hêtraie. Sillonnée par 60 kilomètres de routes forestières et 560 kilomètres de laies et chemins forestiers
For those who are interested, an extract from this afternoon's Journal entry.
"At 5 o'clock we were back on the road to Sousousvlei for the afternoon drive, along the way we saw Oryx and Ostriches. We stopped at dune number 45, I gave Ruby my Panasonic camera and she went off to take photos of wild flowers. I took close up shots of the sand dune and its environment.
Next we drove to dune number 47; this was a stunning landscape, especially in the afternoon light. We watched the sun set at dune 47, Ruby took photos of the sunset with one of my cameras, while I used another. Neither of us was interested in sharing drinks and nibbles, we were civil but an impossible gulf had opened between us.
I asked about taking a hot air balloon or a sightseeing flight the next morning. Ruby said I'd never get into the balloon basket and besides the next morning would be windy and unsuitable for ballooning. She was no longer interested in anything I wanted if I wasn’t interested in what she wanted me to do. She had also lost sight of the fact I was the client and she the guide. Her message was loud and clear.
Back at the camp we had Orix kebabs for dinner, tough as old leather and not at all tasty."
You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.
Wangari Maathai
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Another species of the Bee-Eaters which I find very beautiful. These are resident birds in the country, but locally migratory with movements aligned to availability of water.
When the lakes are full, they do come and perch on the tall trees nearby. This perching behaviour easily differentiates the common green bee eater vs this bird. Additionally they have beautiful blue tail from which they get their name.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback.
A medium sized woodpecker named after its rufous color and found much across the country in deciduous forests. The birds apparently have a strong preference for Bamboo forests and the place I visited last week has plenty of them.
I had sighted this bird several times before in previous trips when it was hunting insects on the trees. They prefer termites and particularly Arboreal ants and larvae. The birds forage in pairs and are often seen together. One interesting thing is that the birds nest within the nests of Arboreal / Tree ants. We had seen so many of these arboreal nests in the forests - large brown muddy bulbous things on tree tops. I wasn't aware that these woodpeckers nest within them. I guess they have a ready supply of food for their chicks.
Thanks so much in advance for your views, faves and feedback - much appreciated.
Among rapid cybernetic hybridization, a thing of beauty flourishes above the metallic earth.
This is my small contribution to New Hashima at Brickworld 2023. I wanted to add an element of nature to the cyberpunk environment. I chose to build a wisteria tree, one that resembles a carpet of flowers when looking up.
A striking, medium-sized bird found along the Pacific coast from southern British Columbia through California and into Baja California. About 27–31 cm long with a 39 cm wingspan, it is an easy to sight bird, active throughout the day in the countryside and even in the suburbs.
These birds are commonly found in dry shrublands, oak woodlands, chaparral, and suburban yards, often in proximity to oaks. Omnivorous, they feed on insects and fruit in spring and summer and shift to nuts and seeds, especially acorns, in fall and winter.
These birds - like Acorn Woodpeckers - have a symbiotic relationship with Acorns. They cache acorns and retrieve it later, helping them thrive in diverse environments. That caching also helps in seed dispersal and helps the Oak trees spread across the areas.
Many thanks in advance for your views / likes and faves - very much appreciated.
At this year's iLight Singapore festival held at the Marina Bay and surrounding areas, several light and art installations can be found within walking distance from each other.
Often, many have environmental themes that evoke us to think of the impact that our actions have on the environment and Mother Nature.
In this shot here, the projections shown ask us to think about the fragility of glaciers as a result of rising sea levels.
A small spring-fed stream trickles through the winter snow. The water maintains its temperature and never freezes.
Another hard to see bird in the grasslands, but not uncommon. They are quite small, the size of a man's fist or a tad bigger. They tend to stick to grassy areas in the presence of other animals or humans, but come out in the open on red soil during evenings or mornings.
In the grass, we couldn't ID the bird since it was far and could positively confirm it only on computer. So we used a call to confirm it and played a wrong call - that of a Jungle Bush Quail. This bird and few others responded several times and looked for it. But strangely, the jungle bush quail wasn't sighted since it wasn't the habitat. There is still some debate about the id though.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback.
Duff handheld Christmas shots attempting to capture the spirit of tackiness.
Rain & grain, handheld at F2 1/60th sec 6400iso.
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I knew that moving from Florida, that I would miss the burrowing and barred owls ... but I also knew that Colorado would offer up its own variety of owls. I put a few of them high on my list, but probably none higher than the northern pygmy owl. See, I had never seen one before. Several times I had been looking without success. I figured that it would happen when I least expected it.
On this day, we went out in a desperate search to find one ... or perhaps a saw whet owl. No such luck. We had all but given up. As we were driving about, Amy said she saw something that was "too small" to be anything, but I had my binoculars with me, so I fugured why not stop and check it out. So glad that we did ... because we found this guy perched in the bare tree branches! Finally .... it happened and as figured, when we had all but given up for that day anyway.
I couldn't believe how incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing its eyes were. It was clearly not the least bit concerned with us. It would look around from its perch in its vicinity for prey. When it would turn its head we noticed its dots on the back of its head ... "fake eyes" if you will. Amazing!
So excited and felt very thrilled that it blessed us with its presence. :-)
So this week's blog post features this amazing owl, as well as some other birds from the winter in Colorado. Feel free to check it out if you like by clicking:
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Welcome to to the beach, a haven for dog walkers and coffee drinkers. A special congratulations on picking up your dog mess, only to lob it into the dunes and leave it in a bag for the next hundred years. Shame on you........
These days things are too quiet. Much of the city is in near lockdown - as is our gated community. The weather in the mornings is quite hot and from noon light is quite poor and often rains unpredictably.
But I still stepped out to shoot something - found some spotted owlets way too far. And this Red-Vented Bulbul is the only thing I found exciting during the evening that I managed to get a shot of!
As always, too many of them around and some consider them as pest in our region.
Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
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Many people associate lions with the grasslands of the Masai Mara or Serengeti. While those areas are great for seeing lions, there are also other environments where they can be seen. This image was captured in the Chobe National Park, Botswana during an extended drought in August 24.
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The sun sets on an old East London boozer, a metaphor for the inept government /Covid-19 crisis and the fact that many of these old gems will never re-open.
Bloody wheelie bins, and the pub is off the vertical, not me !
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Barred Owl
The Barred Owl (Strix varia), also known as the Northern Barred Owl, Striped Owl or, more informally, Hoot Owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix, which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy. Barred owls are largely native to eastern North America but have expanded their range to the west coast of North America where they are considered invasive. Mature forests are their preferred habitat, but they can also acclimate to various gradients of open woodlands. Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, but this species is an opportunistic predator and is known to prey upon other small vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as a variety of invertebrates.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_owl
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id