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Despite the fact that there are around 20,000 species of this large family of Longhorn beetles there a few to be found living in the UK. Just proves that you don't have to always take a trip to a tropical rainforest to find some amazing looking bugs. Fond of damp grassland areas and chalky soils where the larvae of this beetle develop in the stem tissues of herbaceous plants such as hogweed. Can be seen from May to June and found widespread in the UK but local in eastern England.
Jellyfish have been possibly around 700 million years or longer, before dinosaurs lived on the Earth.
Jellyfish bodies are actually made up of as much as ~98 % water.
Jellyfish have no heart, bones, brain, ears, noses or even
eyes(some have eyes).
Jellyfish mouth is found in the centre of its body, they use mouth for both eating and pooping.
Some Jellyfish's may never actually die (Theoretically Immortal!).
Some jellyfish are clear, but others are vibrant colours of pink, yellow, blue and purple.
Jellyfish produce their own light!
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Leser Noddy Facts -
The lesser noddy is a small, tropical tern with dark plumage, a whitish-grey head and a long, dark beak.
The nest of the lesser noddy consists of a sturdy platform of seaweed, held together by excrement.
The diet of the lesser noddy consists of small fish and squid, which it picks from the surface of the water.
The lesser noddy may eat fragments of coral before breeding, possibly as a source of calcium for producing its eggs.
People watch the sun set and listen to the man melodiously plucking the strings of his guitar at the Erba Park northern point (where river and canal come together). Yes, it was a colorful sunset, but the silhouettes look good in monochrome, too. (In fact, the reflected colors on the water didn't look so good, no matter how I adjusted WB.) [DSC04980_lr_2000]
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Chrysanthemum Facts
The chrysanthemum is the official birth flower of November.
In the United States, the chrysanthemum is the largest commercially produced flower and is known as the “Queen of Fall Flowers.”
The chrysanthemum head is actually a cluster of many small flower heads.
The chrysanthemum belongs to the Asteraceae family which is the largest family of flowering plants and includes over 23,000 species.
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Taken at the Queen Victoria Gardens on a rainy day.
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Some facts on flies...
Flies form one of the five most diverse insect orders, including about 150,000 described species in 150 families.
It's estimated that there are 30,000 species of fly in Australia, of which only 6400 have been described.
Flies can be distinguished from other insects because they have only one pair of functional wings. Almost all flies have mouthparts that are adapted for lapping or piercing and sucking.
A large component of the world's fly fauna is unique to Australia. Flies are ubiquitous and often abundant in Australian terrestrial ecosystems.
They perform important ecological functions such as nutrient recycling, predation and pollination, and their larvae are often parasitoids of other insects.
Many species of fly are regarded as a nuisance, including the bush fly (Musca vetustissima), mosquitoes, sandflies and blackflies.
Flies are responsible for the transmission of a wide variety of disease-causing micro-organisms in humans and animals.
Most of these diseases are absent from Australia, with exceptions such as dengue fever and some types of encephalitis.
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reading fingers have left almost invisible traces on the letters. the story is very old.
what is readable, what can we know...just some shades and hints of the forgotten lives.
Amazing Facts About the Seagull
Seagulls are very clever. They learn, remember and even pass on behaviors, such as stamping their feet in a group to imitate rainfall and trick earthworms to come to the surface.
Seagulls’ intelligence is clearly demonstrated by a range of different feeding behaviors, such as dropping hard-shelled mollusks onto rocks so that they break open so they can eat them, and following plows in fields where they know upturned grubs and other food sources will be plentiful.
Seagulls are attentive and caring parents. The male and female pair for life and they take turns incubating the eggs, and feeding and protecting the chicks!.
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Odd fact: The Baltimore Oriole received its name from the fact that the male's colors resembled those on the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore.
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Been a while since I posted one of these, just over a year in fact. I was a bit lazy last winter to go out borealis hunting but think that´ll change this winter, we´ll see. Taken up in Bláfjöll during a trip with my buddy Indriði.
Thanks to George Pitarys who reminds me today with his uploads, the fact that Action Red once ruled the Baie des Chaleurs part of Gaspésie.
We are located, on this cold Saturday morning, on the old timber bridge supporting the 5e Rand Ouest, a narrow path cut straight thru the deep forest north of New-Richmond and waiting for the first ever windmill blades train over the Société du Chemin de Fer de la Gaspésie trackage.
The average solitude and tranquility of the forest were quickly interrupted by three ALCo 251 prime movers, working full blast against gravity and the 1.4% grade with 6400 foot of train on the drawbar. The old timber bridge was shaken by the deafening exhaust of 3600 horsepower as the head end slowly top off the grade half a mile from it.
From now, the 60 or so mile-long chase have just began.
Windmill blade trains are no longer operating on the SCFG since a shifting in the size of the the blades build LM Windpower plant near Gaspé was now too long to be put on railcars.
SCFG 1819 will become the first of the small RS18u fleet to be painted in the SP Black Widow-inspired paint scheme a few weeks after this picture.
The old bridge over 5e Rang, closed to thru trafic since a few years, was torn down somewhere back in 2021.
But the show remain the same on the Gaspésie railway.
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Milepost 63.6 Cascapedia subdivision
New-Richmond,QC
December 3rd, 2016
Inspiration struck me tonight, but thanks to everyone for their suggestions. They got the creative juices flowing again. I considered "The Calm Before The Storm" but the fact that the winds were @ 40 mph belied the "calm" part. It was anything but that day.
Cool facts from "all about birds":
Arctic Terns migrate from pole to pole; birds in North America travel around 25,000 miles each year.
Downy Arctic Tern hatchlings come in two colors: gray or brown. And chicks from the same nest aren't always the same color.
Arctic Terns can live for decades, but they usually do not start breeding until they are 3 or 4 years old.
The oldest recorded Arctic Tern was at least 34 years old, when it was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in Maine. This bird flew at least 850,000 miles, or 3 and a half times to the moon and back!!!
When molting its wing feathers during the winter, the Arctic Tern rarely flies; instead it spends much of its time resting on small blocks of ice at the edge of the pack ice.
Not the usual perspective, in fact, is the easiest one since I made the photo from the parking lot, hehehe. I had to use the 300 mm lense and the tripod I carried all the way up, but didn't use since it was not necesary, like in every trip.
The tripod thou can become a permanent since it really helps sometimes.
A combination of moments,
light and shadows.
Lines and dots.
All inconspicuous and at the same time quite clear.
Separating fact from fantasy in Hollywood is rarely easy, and such has been the case with one of the area’s most famous landmarks, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Site of the first Academy Awards, the old hotel in recent times had fallen from the grandeur that had attracted stars and dignitaries for decades.
Just before it closed early in January, 1984, it had an occupancy rate of 5%. Its walls were covered with graffiti. Its two-story lobby, which once awed onlookers with its tiled fountain and marble floors, was furnished with card tables and lawn chairs.
There’s something deeply transformative about watching the sun gently touch the dunes, as if time slows down to remind us of what truly matters. Every grain of sand holds the memory of ancient winds, movements beyond our control yet shaping us all the same. In this open space, we’re invited to quiet our minds and feel the weight of our footprints, knowing they’ll soon disappear. Life, much like the dunes, is shaped by the unexpected and the fleeting. And maybe that’s what makes it so beautiful: the fact that everything is temporary, but, for a brief moment, entirely ours.
Fast facts on garlic
In many countries, garlic has been used medicinally for centuries.
Garlic may have a range of health benefits, both raw and cooked.
It may have significant antibiotic properties
"The fact that people are born with two eyes but only one mouth,
suggests that they should see twice as much as they should talk".
- Marie Marquise de Svign -
Rolleiflex Automat One (1938) recently restored by myself, although I'm unsure as to whether to do anything about the worn leather as I quite like the fact that it shows the marks of it's 85 years of use. Film was Kodak Tri X and a yellow/green bay 1 filter was fitted to the taking lens only. Film developed in Rodinal.
A sample of some of the books on my bookshelf. Taken with a vintage Canon AE-1-Program camera with a FD 55mm S.S.C f1.2 lens using a Konica VX400 Monochrome film that expired in October 2005.
Interesting fact: the ewe and ram both develop horns soon after birth. However, the ram's horns may weigh as much as 30 pounds and grow over 3 feet in length. This ram was photographed in Colorado National Monument.
Some interesting facts about the Roseate Spoonbills...
The Roseate Spoonbill is one of the newest birds to join the Birdorable family. Here are some fun facts about this unique species.
1. The collective noun for spoonbills is bowl. Have you ever seen a bowl of Roseate Spoonbills?
2. Roseate Spoonbills get their pink color from their food! They feed on crustaceans who in turn have fed on algae.
3. In parts of their range, especially in Florida, Roseate Spoonbills are sometimes confused with another large pink wading bird: the flamingo.
4. There are six species of spoonbill in the world; the Roseate Spoonbill is the only one with pink plumage. Roseate Spoonbill
5. The Roseate Spoonbill is also the only spoonbill species found in the Americas.
6. The beaks of chick spoonbills are straight; the spoon-shape grows as the chick develops.
7. Spoonbills use their specialized bills to feed. They sweep their open bills through the water, and when a prey item like a fish or insect comes between the mandibles, the bill snaps shut.
8. The oldest wild Roseate Spoonbill was discovered in the Florida Keys in 2006. The bird had been banded in 1990, and was an amazing 16 years old. The previous known longevity record for the species was seven years.
9. Roseate Spoonbills are highly social. They feed with each other and with other wading birds. They also nest in colonies and fly in flocks.
Water drops. As many of you that have been Flickr friends for a while will know water and rain drops are a fascination of mine. It’s been nice today even though it’s dry but cold and overcast to pop out to the garden to catch some drops.
I toyed with the idea of zooming in on the drop, it opted for the “bigger picture”. Interesting how bare the trees become at this time of year, knowing how full of growth they were back in the summer.
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The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
The Toco toucan is at home in South America's tropical forests but recognized everywhere. The toucan's oversized, colorful bill has made it one of the world's most popular birds.
The 7.5-inch-long (19-centimeter-long) bill may be seen as a desirable mating trait, but if so, it is one that both male and female toucans possess. In fact, both sexes use their bills to catch tasty morsels and pitch them to one another during a mating ritual fruit toss.
As a weapon, the bill is a bit more show than substance. It is a honeycomb of bone that actually contains a lot of air. While its size may deter predators, it is of little use in combating them.
In addition to fruit, Toco toucans eat insects and, sometimes, young birds, eggs, or lizards.
Toco toucans live in small flocks of about six birds. Toucans nest in tree holes.
Their bright colors actually provide good camouflage in the dappled light of the rain forest canopy. However, the birds commonly keep up a racket of vocalization, which suggests that they are not trying to remain hidden.
Indigenous peoples regard the bird with a more sacred eye; they are traditionally seen as conduits between the worlds of the living and the spirits.
When I first got married it was so exciting to go the mailbox to get my mail. In fact, I would enter contests, send for coupons, order magazines anything just to fill my mailbox. Nowadays other than junk mail, my mailbox doesn't thrill me like it once did. Most of my bills are sent electronically and there is hardly any correspondence sent through the mail. Trying to be more environmentally aware last year I opted to skip mailed holiday greetings. I do miss the days of picking out special stationery and hand- writing letters to family and friends.
Everything in our society feels so urgent, we don't seem to want to wait for anything anymore. Do you remember mailing away your film and how exciting it was to get your photos back in the mail? I wouldn't want to go back to that but I think we need to learn about waiting and being excited again. Anticipating something is almost better than getting it.
Although June is National Rose Month, Roses actually start blooming in May. In fact, all of my Rose shrubs (except for one shrub) are in bloom right now.
Roses in American History
As the most popular flower in America (and the world, for that matter), it’s no surprise that roses made their way into the most famous house in America — the White House.
On November 20, 1986, President Ronald Reagan declared the rose the national floral emblem of the United States while standing in the White House Rose Garden.
The rose is also the state flower for North Dakota, Georgia, Oklahoma, New York and Iowa.
The White House Rose Garden was started in 1913 by First Lady Ellen Wilson.
Presidents still use the White House Rose Garden as the location for bill signings, press conferences, and diplomatic meetings.
It’s believed that George Washington was one of the first American rose breeders.
W. H. Davies, ‘In May’
Yes, I will spend the livelong day
With Nature in this month of May;
And sit beneath the trees, and share
My bread with birds whose homes are there …
“At last came the golden month of the wild folk—honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
― Samuel Scoville Jr.
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Fun Fact - A giraffe's tongue can be 18 to 20 inches long.
This is Arnieta at Brookfield Zoo.
What a lucky shot. She was walking across the exhibit with her tongue hanging out.
Arnieta was born to Franny and Dusti at Brookfield Zoo and will turn 10 yrs old this coming January.
You can see Arnieta at Habitat Africa, Savannah along with Potoka 3, Jasiri 11 (Potoka's mom), and Mithra, 26
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First time I think seeing one of these, thanks to Donald and Charlene for pointing it out.
Bee-flies are fascinating insects that have mastered the art of mimicry. These agile, fluffy, flying creatures look similar to bees, but they are in fact flies. They have only one pair of wings, whereas bees have two, and their most unmistakable feature is a long, straight, straw-like tongue, known as a proboscis.
One of the first bee-fly species seen in spring is the dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major), common across Britain and a frequent garden visitor. It has yellowy-brown hair, a long tongue, and darkened wing edges that extend halfway across each wing.
Bee-fly behaviours
One peculiar behaviour displayed by the bee-fly is its slow-moving hover where it lightly touches the ground. It keeps its legs slightly grounded, while slowly and gently brushing the surface with its abdomen – if you look closely, you can see the abdomen creates movements in the sandy surface. This is because the bee-fly is scooping up sand and mud to coat its eggs for camouflage.
This camouflage is important, as bee-flies will lay their eggs in unsuspecting solitary bee burrows, hovering over the burrow entrances before catapulting their eggs inside. As the eggs hatch, the bee-fly larvae spend their time maturing in the nest, eating up the pollen stores that the solitary bees have left for their own young. Although this sounds like bad news for the bees, a healthy population of bee-flies means that you have a good population of bees.
- Ausonius.
Another image from my kestrel series. This image is a testament to the importance of observing bird/animal behavior for wildlife photography. American Kestrels are not large birds. In fact, there are a couple of mourning doves in my backyard now that are bigger than this kestrel. The diminutive size makes them a target for large raptors, so they are constantly on the vigil and definitely skittish around humans. It was extremely frustrating trying to photograph this bird as it never allowed me the opportunity to get close.
But one thing I learned watching the bird was the telltale signs of takeoff. The perch shot of the bird was the closest he has yet allowed me. At a certain point, I noticed him showing signs of taking off. I was ready this time, and I filled my D500’s buffer with images of a beautiful takeoff. One thing to note, though, I was shooting at 1/2500th of a sec but still got some motion blur in some of the images. I will try a faster shutter speed next time.