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Ce mois de janvier frileux et neigeux m'a inspiré ce petit poème intitulé : Il n'est pas l'heure....
Tout dort encore,
Il n’est pas l’heure…
Janvier s’attarde,
Et puis musarde,
En sa demeure
De blancs frimas,
Et les lueurs
Grises du froid,
Emmitouflent
De leur effroi
La vie qui bat.
Il n’est pas l’heure !
Dit-elle tout bas….
Winterruhe
Taferlklaussee, Neukirchen bei Altmünster
Mamiya 7II, 4,5/150 mm, Ilford Delta 400
Print auf Adox Variotone mit Moersch ECO 4812
gebleicht mit Hexacyanoferrat/Kaliumbromid 1+49, 45 sec
Vario Schwefeltoner MT 3 (50+50+900)
When creating a burrow, they use both their forepaws and hind feet to assist in the work—the forepaws scrape away the soil, which is then pushed out of the way by the hind feet. If there are any stones in the way, the alpine marmot will remove them with its teeth provided that the stones aren't too large. "Living areas" are created at the end of a burrow, and are often lined with dried hay, grass and plant stems.
Alpine marmots survive extreme changes in weather and food shortages during winter by hibernating.As the summer begins to end, alpine marmots will gather old stems in their burrows in order to serve as bedding for their impending hibernation, which can start as early as October. They seal the burrow with a combination of earth and their own faeces. Once winter arrives, alpine marmots will huddle next to each other and begin hibernation, a process which lowers their heart rate to five beats per minute and breathing to 1–3 breaths per minute.
Perhaps it's just me but the weather has been a bit grim here on the UK’s south coast in recent weeks. Even our central heating woke itself up from deep hibernation this week and burst into life of its own accord... in the middle of August for goodness sake!
The forecasted promise of a record breaking summer has long since evaporated, and yet again, our peak summer period has turned into somewhat of a damp squib.
Perhaps an opportune moment then to post a colourful picture from Hampshire’s Meon Valley from back in the spring when we were still looking forward to a glorious summer. This image features the same lone tree that appeared in a previous posting but from a mile or so further down the road, and at 90 degrees to the other.
Thanks as always for your interest and support.
probably still there today! ( titled with ref: to Milo very nearly 2yrs - G-Grandson whose speech is making ‘sound’ progress)
Winter is the season when Sethi sleeps a lot. He is gathering strength for Spring and Summer when he will spend more time outside and will have to defend himself again against the other cats in the area.
During the fall salmon run, grizzly bears often with a cub or two, can be seen walking and running along the shores of local rivers looking and smelling for signs of salmon that contribute a substantial portion of their fall, pre-hibernation nutrition. Chilko River, BC.
07/05/2023 www.allenfotowild.com