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A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
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- Palácio Nacional e Jardins de Queluz, Queluz, Portugal -
Spain; Alicante, El Hondo 17/2/22
Vagrant.
'Its presence in Spain is very recent and, although initially it was attributed to the release or escape of specimens in captivity, it is very possible that there are specimens that come from Africa in a natural way. The requirements and breeding habits are the same as those of the Greater Flamingo.'
'In 2007 reproduction could be confirmed in the Fuente de Piedra lagoon.'
Source; Diputación de Málaga
Or maybe global warming causing frequent drying out of sub-Saharan wetlands?
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Yup , another random car find and this time a Morris Minor convertible .
I think it is a 1961 948 cc model .
It looked in a very good condition from what I saw at a distance .
Spain; Alicante, El Hondo 17/2/22
Vagrant.
'Its presence in Spain is very recent and, although initially it was attributed to the release or escape of specimens in captivity, it is very possible that there are specimens that come from Africa in a natural way. The requirements and breeding habits are the same as those of the Greater Flamingo.'
'In 2007 reproduction could be confirmed in the Fuente de Piedra lagoon.'
Source; Diputación de Málaga
Or maybe global warming causing frequent drying out of sub-Saharan wetlands?
We don't see the native hares in our neighbourhood frequently, but certainly every once in a while. Initially I was thrilled to see one in the front garden this morning, but then noticed the injury on its left side. It looks like it's had it for a while, and so we're hoping and praying it's only minor. Not sure if the scar is from a run-in with one of the local predators, or a fence...
Dongdaemun Design Plaza's "Design Playground" is a long corridor inside the building winding its way through the snailhouse and has a total length of 533 meters! Us tiny humans get lost in it. Surprisingly, almost nobody was there when I visited.
• Lesser flamingo
• Flamenco enano, flamenco chico
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Phoenicopteriformes
Family:Phoenicopteridae
Genus:Phoeniconaias
Species:P. minor
The lesser flamingo is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants.
This is the smallest species of flamingo, though it is a tall and large bird by most standards. Most of the plumage is pinkish white. The clearest difference between this species and the greater flamingo, the only other Old World species of flamingo, is the much more extensive black on the bill. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height.
This species may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds. This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes. Presence of flamingo groups near water bodies is indication of sodic alkaline water which is not suitable for irrigation use. Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items.
Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura, La Lajita, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias
Today I saw a picture from an Uzbekistan city, which reminded me I still have lots of nice pictures from that part of the world that I never posted. Many are from older buildings, that are stunning pieces of architecture, but this one is a recent building (opened in 2014) that shows the people in Uzbekistan are still very talented when it comes to making magnificent mosques.
Earlier I posted a fragment (the inner dome www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49683223038/in/album-...), this is the building from the outside.
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
Seal Lake, Sauvie Island.18 April 2021.
Musky carefully waded out into the lake in order to get a closer look at a Greater Yellowlegs. He doesn't swim much anymore, and is not that interested in following the common ducks. But the Yellowlegs were a new sighting for his life list and he was very curious about and intent on them.
Fuji Instax Mini. Lomo'Instant Automat.
'Roid Week Spring 2021, 3/2