Aquariums, Water, Moist Life!
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This beautiful Neotropical hummingbird has been reclassified since I saw it nectaring at a feeder in Panama. The Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. It is also found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Nicaragua, but its numbers are sadly decreasing. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Males – like this one – form leks to try to gain the attention of females during the breeding season.
The sun rays were shining at these moss sporophytes at just the right angle creating this shower of bokeh off the moist rock surface. Taken at King's Domain, Melbourne.
Wishing your days are like diamonds.. hope you enjoy this song by John Denver " Some Days Are Diamonds "
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While driving out of the Kaeng Krachan National Park I encountered a troupe of stump-tailed macaques alongside of the road. I quickly exited the vehicle and took this picture of the alpha male. Before I could reduce my focal length he had quickly slipped into the jungle.
Wikipedia: The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, it occurs south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country.
This Old World monkey travels quadrupedally, usually on the ground, as it is not very agile in trees. It is generally found in evergreen tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, at different elevations depending on the amount of rainfall in the area.
Conservations status: Vulnerable
Center focus on a Spot Swordtail in a sea of mud=puddling butterflies.
Wikipedia: Graphium nomius, the spot swordtail, is a butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. The spot swordtail gets its name from the line of distinct white spots along the margin of its wings. It is known from southern and eastern India (including Sikkim and Assam), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphium_nomius
Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behavior most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck up the fluid. Where the conditions are suitable, conspicuous insects such as butterflies commonly form aggregations on wet soil, dung or carrion. From the fluids they obtain salts and amino acids that play various roles in their physiology, ethology and ecology. This behavior also has been seen in some other insects, notably the leafhoppers, e.g. the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae.
It had rained earlier, and raindrops clung to the petals. [P1040845_lr_2000]
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Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 9259
Tufted Titmouse.
Sparrow-sized at 6 inches. Gray above and whitish below, with rust colored sides and a conspicuous gray crest. The "Black-crested Titmouse", a species found in southwestern Oklahoma and Texas is similar but has a black crest.
Their habitat includes swampy or moist woodlands, and shade trees in villages and city parks. In winter, at feeders.
They range from eastern Nebraska, southern Michigan, and Maine south to Texas, the Gulf Coast and central Florida.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
The yellow-spotted millipede, almond-scented millipede or cyanide millipede, is a species of polydesmidan ("flat-backed") millipede found in the moist forests along the Pacific coast of North America, from Southeast Alaska to California. The dark coloration with contrasting yellow-tipped keels warn of its ability to exude toxic hydrogen cyanide as a defense. Despite the various common names given the species, the coloration pattern, cyanide defense, and associated almond scent occur in other flat-backed millipedes around the world. (Wikipedia)
MacMillan Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours Ultimate British Columbia.
Wikipedia: The oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill, a large canopy-dwelling bird belonging to the family Bucerotidae. Two other common names for this species are Sunda pied hornbill (convexus) and Malaysian pied hornbill.
The species is considered to be among the smallest and most common of the Asian hornbills. It has the largest distribution in the genus and is found in the Indian Subcontinent and throughout Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The oriental pied hornbill's diet includes fruit, insects, shellfish, small reptiles and, sometimes, small mammals and birds including their eggs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_pied_hornbill
Conservation status: Least Concern
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Diglossa albilatera
(White-sided Flowerpiercer / Pincha flor)
12 cm (4.7 in). The male White-sided Flowerpiercer is all black with white tufts on the sides. The female is a uniformly rich brown with white tufts on the sides.
The White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The hooked, upturned bill is used to puncture the bases of flowers for the purpose of feeding on nectar. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest at altitudes between at least 1800 and 2800 m.
Source: Wikipedia
The pure red plumage of the male Cardinal is evidence enough to verify that this species was named after the Roman Catholic cardinals who wore bright red robes. The most significant feature about them is how the male and female pair sing almost all year long to each other and also stay in close contact forming a very faithful mating.
This easily identified species is nonmigratory with the females being a little less showy than the males having light brown or tan coloured outer tail and wing feathers.
Males do have an aggressive nature and if they come in contact with their own reflection in a window or shiny surface may well attack the reflection.
I believe the males realize they are quite prominent in their bright red appendage so they prefer to reside in thickets and brushy tangles of various moist habitats.
This female is keeping a close eye out for any possible threats while also visiting a well stocked back yard feeder.
Simple, very fragrant delicious cake very moist and tasty - made with olive oil and one of those that taste better the next day, when all the flavors had time to meld into perfect harmony :)
Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant of the dandelion genus in the family Asteraceae (syn. Compositae). The common dandelion is well known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruits that disperse in the wind. These balls are usually called "clocks" in both British and American English. The name "blowball" is also used.
The common dandelion grows in temperate regions of the world in lawns, and on roadsides, disturbed banks, shores of waterways, and other areas with moist soils. The common dandelion is most often considered a weed, especially in lawns and along roadsides, but the leaves, flowers, and roots are sometimes used in herbal medicine or as food.
Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, criss-crossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, songs, and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest. (Wikipedia)
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One of the trails through the forests of Kaziranga. You never know what youll find around the bend - birds, wetlands or even rhinos and elephants. A most amazing place.
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. March 2016.
Asian Adventures.
“After the rains departed the skies and settled on earth - clear skies; moist brilliant earth - greater clarity returned to life alone with the blue above and made the world below rejoice with the freshness of the recent rain. It left heaven in our souls and a freshness in our hearts.”
― Fernando Pessoa
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Loveeeeeee these re-textured leather joggers by Noche on sale during this weekend's Happy Weekend thing. They're at the mainstore ;) wink.
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast of Africa
Palmarium Reserve
The Madagascar blue-back reed frog was photographed on a bush close to the shore of the Indian Ocean. You can see the blue water in the b/g. We saw a total of five different reed frogs along the shoreline.
Heterixalus madagascariensis (commonly referred to as the blue-back reed frog, or occasionally the powder-blue reed frog) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
Female reed frogs can be up to 1.50 inches long, while males are up to 1 inch long. They are of Least Concern on the IUCN list. – Wikipedia
Tufted Titmouse.
Sparrow-sized at 6 inches. Gray above and whitish below, with rust colored sides and a conspicuous gray crest. The "Black-crested Titmouse", a species found in southwestern Oklahoma and Texas is similar but has a black crest.
Their habitat includes swampy or moist woodlands, and shade trees in villages and city parks. In winter, at feeders.
They range from eastern Nebraska, southern Michigan, and Maine south to Texas, the Gulf Coast and central Florida.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
“After the rains departed the skies and settled on earth - clear skies; moist brilliant earth - greater clarity returned to life alone with the blue above and made the world below rejoice with the freshness of the recent rain. It left heaven in our souls and a freshness in our hearts.”
― Fernando Pessoa
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Allium ursinum (Amaryllidaceae) 134 23
Allium ursinum is a species in the genus Allium that belongs to the family of the Amaryllidaceae.
This species is native to the whole of Europe and the Caucasus. It grows in deciduous woodlands with moist soils, preferring slightly acidic conditions.
The plants reach heights of 15 to 30 centimeters and produce umbels of white six-stellate flowers in May.
The leaves are edible; they can be used as salad, and herbs boiled as a vegetable. The bulbs and flowers are also edible.
Shortleaf Rose Gentian/Narrow-leaved Sabatia
Annual that grows in moist flatwoods and savannahs. It grows from 1-3 feet tall and the flowers have 5 white petals with pointed tips. (Seek)
Brooker Creek Preserve in Tarpon Springs.
Happy Floral Friday!
Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly sipping water out of moist ground.
Rusałka admirał (Vanessa atalanta) spijający wodę z wilgotnej ziemi.
It really was though.
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Tangara viréon / Olive-green- tanager / Orthogonys chloricterus
Le tangara vert olive est une espèce d'oiseau de la famille des Mitrospingidae, du genre monotypique Orthogonys. Il est endémique du Brésil, où ses habitats naturels sont des forêts montagnardes humides subtropicales ou tropicales et d'anciennes forêts fortement dégradées.
The olive-green tanager is a species of bird of the family Mitrospingidae, in the monotypic genus Orthogonys It is endemic to Brazil, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Pousada Trihla dos Tucanos, Tapirai, Sao Paolo, Brazil
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the eye doctor told me I have this thing called the "dry-eye-syndrome"
or whatever fancy name he called it.
At La Hacienda El Bosque, Caldas, Colombia.
Here is a female Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi). This hummingbird inhabits moist forest at elevations from 1,500 to 3,700 meters (4,900 to 12,000 feet) in the Andes Mountains of Colombia Ecuador and Peru. Mountain Velvetbreasts are best identified by their thin, curved bills and their whitish tale patches.
These are Durango marigold seedlings that will soon go in a planter at the farm. I'll put them in a sunny spot, because they can tolerate hot and dry conditions. Above, they're perched on my deck railing for a 30-frame focus stack. They're wet from today's rain showers.
I mentioned in a previous post that we spent three very rainy days on the Seward Peninsula during our recent trip to Alaska. It misted, drizzled or downright poured about 99% of the time. Though it was pretty miserable for us human types, I don't think it bothered the muskoxen at all.
This bull was hanging out with another bull nearby. Both seemed to be confirmed bachelors as there were no cows around.
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