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Blue-gray tanager - Thraupis episcopus, feeding in the Gardens of Laguna Lodge , Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Gray version with some minor accidental tweaks due to me not realizing the clicker was on rotate, however i think they're for the better
Date: February 20, 2022
Location: Mariner Point Park - Joppatowne, Maryland (Harford County)
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The robber barons of any picnic table: fun and expensive to watch. They will come to your hand so carry seed only. They will also sit on your head, so carry a hat.
Big bird on little tree. Cool how he knew just the right spot to grab onto the top of this little pine tree to make a nice comfortable listening perch.
The Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species in the rail family (Rallidae) that is native to areas in southern Asia and has become an avian interloper in the United States. It's original appearance in south Florida is thought to have occurred in the 1990s due to the escape of captive individuals. Its poulation has expanded northward into north Florida and bordering states. It inhabits marsh habitats where its long legs and toes facilitate walking on mud and marsh vegetation. Many field naturalists are now "railing" against the Gray-headed Swamphen because of its potential to negatively impact populations of native rail species.
When I saw this teeny gem, I wasn't sure which end was up - it's very small, skipper sized. The threadlike tails looked like another set of antennae to my naked eye, but the big lens tells all. It's actually very different on the top side, a much deeper almost blue-gray, with the bright orange spot accents. After paging through my butterfly book, I've decided it is a Gray Hairstreak, "the most widespread hairstreak in North America". Can't say I've ever seen one before, widespread or not.
Blue Gray Tanager
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Looks like a third individual to me. I read or heard they have at least 300 hosts. I wonder if one laid eggs in my yard and now all the butterflies are emerging.
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Unlike other some other tanager species, does not exhibit sexual dimorphism. Laguna del Lagarto. CR.
This one climbed a downed tree. I have been trying to get them climbing a tree vertically, as the Gray Fox has curved claws and are able to climb trees.
Gray langurs, sacred langurs, Indian langurs or Hanuman langurs are a group of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.
This individual was captured at Ranthambore National Park, one of the largest national parks situated in Rajasthan, India.
The Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is common and widespread from southeastern Mexico, down through Central America, and over much of the northern half of South America. Over much of that range they have a simple appearance, mostly light bluish grey with a brighter and more saturated blue towards the ends of the wings and the tail. However, the Blue-grey Tanager population east of the Andes in South America have lovely white wing bars, as can be seen here. I think this little addition of white really adds to the bird’s attractiveness.
Amazonia Lodge
Manú Province, Madre de Dios, Peru
Gray's lily - a rare lily growing in only a few small locations in high balds and meadows, from Buncombe county north, along the border with Tennessee and into Virginia. This rare lily has a single central flower stalk with whorls of deep green leaves along the stem. One or more flowers appear at the top of the stem. The 6-petaled bell-like flowers are nodding-to-horizontal, and the petals are only slightly spread, so you don't get to see the deeply-speckled interior unless you bend down to look inside.
On the reefs around Guanaja I saw French, queen, and gray angelfish--all beauties. And each of these goes through such transformations--a juvenile gray angelfish is black with 4 brilliant yellow vertical bars across its body and blue spots on the pelvic and anal fins. The juveniles of all of the angelfishes use their conspicuous coloration and displays to attract larger fish, even morays, to be cleaned.
Personally, I think the world needs more angelfish.
Gray Cracker = Hamadryas februa
Butterflies use their antennae to sense the air for wind and scents. The antennae have clubbed-tips. The sensory receptors are concentrated in the tips and can detect odor's.
Taste receptors are located on the palps and on the feet. Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested through the proboscis as they sip water and feed on nectar from flower. The proboscis is elongated and tubular expands when needed to feed and curls up at rest.
Butterflies are brightly colored flying insects with four wings that vary in color and pattern according to species, the wings are covered with tiny overlapping rows of scales.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Butterflies are important as pollinators, although in general they do not carry as much pollen as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.
Butterflies are widely used as objects of art in jewelry, artwork, furnishings and photographic art. A famous illustration was in Alice in Wonderland, the caterpillar seated on a toadstool and is smoking a hookah.
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Butterfly Jungle @SDZSafariPark
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