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Less than half an hour later we got caught in another heavy shower.
Taken at Cosmoston, Penarth South Wales
Berkeley Hills, Berkeley, CA.
This Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar is less than 1 cm (0.4 inches) in length. It will grow to about 2 inches when it forms a chrysalis. This young loner is mixing in with a colony of Oleander Aphids (Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) on their favorite Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis).
Monday last week we got a new set of fosters. We have shy mom Itami and two fluffy girls. Here is Kaze. She was very hissy when she arrived. Now less so :)
"I like not to say much,
I don't say much.
I like to look up,
I look up at endless songs.
With my shadow to fly, to fly,
to catch stars on the bottom,
at the bottom, bottom of your music.
And when the frost falls, the frost,
to circle like full, full
moon in your scene.
Let the lights be dim, dim,
if stars were bright, bright
in your hands to leave.
My eyes, try to find me, find me,
search the streets of silence,
alone I will I erase my form."
Here's the second photo from last Monday night when I was treated to several magnificent courting dances by a pair of young swans at Whitlingham Country Park. I'd deliberately gone at a time when there would be beautiful lighting, but couldn't have predicted being so close to such a romantic natural display of affection. I feel so privileged, and I do hope you enjoy the images <3<3
In less than one day we will meet the holiday. Of course, my partner and I have prepared a list of places we will visit. One of them is this place, check the details on this link: elleonnaseraphine.com/2023/05/12/our-little-escape/
Make sure to check my other posts on this links:
Another very early morning shot at high ISO, taken before we could readily see the birds with the naked eye. Here a chicken displays next to a cow patty.
For Looking Close...on Friday's #round theme
A row of watercolour crayons. (slightly less macro, a little more "close up" this week)
but you can always make it less thankless. :-)
Robert Brault
HBW!
hybrid magnolia, 'Opal', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Macro Monday
Theme: Star
Size : Less than 3x3 inches
The subject is a Christmas drinking glass with pictures of stars and writing on it. I placed some Christmas baubles decorations in it for the bokeh.
There is natural light source at 3 o'clock and reflected natural light with a mirror at 9 o'clock
Many thanks for your visit, comments and faves..it is always appreciated..
HMM
Passing an abandoned pier, a fishing trawler heads to work on a misty morning in Casco Bay off the coast of Portland, Maine. Thanks for viewing! I appreciate your support moor than you know :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 155mm, 1/1000s
BIG THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND Carl's Captures FOR THE TITLE!!
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“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCi6PGDiWw
SOLITAIRE – ANDY WILLIAMS
Little Tawny Mining Bee
on my Henry Moore
drying out; hoping for the sun
lots of pollen for your store
Solitary little Bee
he loves playing Solitaire
flying here and there and then
hovering in the air
back to Earth and nourish it
doing the very best you can
avoiding all the chemicals
laid down and sprayed by mortal man
in my garden you'll be safe
nowhere will you ever find
any unnatural substances
here there's only peace of mind
a haven; a little Heaven here on Earth
Garden of Eden that's for sure
stay here with me and you'll be safe
in my world; resting on my Henry Moore.
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PERSONAL CHALLENGE : 4. MINIMALISM
Less than a month ago, Mother Nature was snowing on us. This last week she blessed us with flowers and warm weather!
Explored - 2021-03-27 at #458 out of 500.
the fabric of the city was weakening. crystal city was beginning to become more visible. perhaps we were believing in our reality less than we had once...
Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) iDs a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
I'm checking in with this upload to say I'm still around. Work has been busy, so I'll be uploading less over the next few weeks.
I've taking this shot during a recent trip to Snowy Mountains and Mount Kosciusko. To get the extra long exposure I had to slap on my polarizer, which was the only filter a brought with me.
Thank you so very much! Front page and explore!
Quote by Walter Lippmann
When I was shooting the Nottingham skyline at sunrise less than a fortnight ago on a cold and frosty morn ....this was happening behind me.. so I grabbed a couple handheld down on one knee.which got frozen and wet...Not the best - but the best that I could manage. You couldn't just walk away from these sparkly grasses though, could you ?
Laowa 2X Super Macro
These are 3" x 3" Post-It Notes that have been rolled in half and held together with a paper clip. The light source is a large window at the top left. The 3 main circle-top areas are less than 1.5" total width, so the estimated total width is less than 2.5" W. It's fun to turn the paper and adjust the camera to see numerous views of the same subject. Plus, the super macro lens allows me to get very close to the subject, and the depth-of-field is extremely shallow. This lens blurs the background at f/8.0 or less, but unfortunately doesn't record the depth-of-field in the EXIF data. I'm guessing this is f/4.0 or lower. I'm a rookie with this lens and have plenty to learn. But, I like that it allows me to think "outside the box". In other words, it's fun.
Please have a great day.....