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A fraction of a flock of scores of Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris) in suburban Melbourne. Think raucous din!
Possibly one of the last excited gossipy gatherings before these cockatoos pair off for spring breeding...
Cockatoos are crested parrots. Apart from what their name suggests, the most immediately identifiable feature of this variety is salmon pink or orange-crimson above the beak and, patchily, around the throat (just discernible in some individuals here at full enlargement).
It is apparently only in recent decades that the range of these birds has expanded from the west into Melbourne and beyond. This has coincided with declining numbers in their established natural habitat.
If the International Space Station were a school, this scene in the Unity node would be of the teachers' lounge. Six Expedition 35 crew members take a brief moment away from conducting science in space to "lounge" together. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency is at right. Clockwise from his position are the five flight engineers -- NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy, and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Roman Romanenko and Pavel Vinogradov.
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There were several of these flies taking nectar from a cultivated shrub at my neighbor's. (I still don't know what the shrub is.) I thought these were Ocyptamus fuscipennis at first, but no, the wing pattern is quite different. They look to be:
Cobalt Hover Fly - Pelecinobaccha costata (male, 9-12 mm); synonym Ocyptamus costatus
Males have eyes that meet at the top of the head (holoptic).
Location: Durham NC (USA)
References:
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/29308
- Skevington et al., Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America (Princeton Univ. Press, 2019), pp. 378-9
Update. Flowering shrub is Japanese Spindle, Euonymus japonicus.
(old photo).
Bułeczka is home with me now.
Today they told me, over the phone, that she has cancer, the lymph nodes are so big because they're tumorous. And all I can do is nurse her, until...
They said I can take her home now, the wound is almost healed...
So I went to take Bułeczka home from the hospital. To spend her last days, or weeks, I don't know - with her. To have her for a while again.
At the vets, the doctor told me that.. Bułeczka seems better.
There is a possibility that Bu has lymphoma (cancer of lymphatic system) but it's not certain.
And, even if it is cancer, it doesn't mean she will die.
As long as the cancer is not a direct threat to her health, then...
Bułeczka can live with it, for 6 more months, for 1 year even.
The vet said that I can never give up, and that I always have to fight for Bu.
And of course I will.
She seems better now...
I hope she will start feeling even better from now on.
No more hospitals, no more knives, no more torture.
She started eating, not a lot, but she WANTS to eat.
And it's the most wonderful view, seeing Bułeczka eat, just like... the old Bułeczka did :)
I can't be happy, Bułeczka is still ill, but if she only continues to feel better..
I don't know what will happen.
And when will it happen.
But I have my beloved Bu with me now, I can look at her, and hold her.
*
Stay with me for the Springtime.
And then, stay even longer...
NODe+から新作がでました。
雪の中のガラスドームです。
温室に使うもよし！たまり場に使うもよし！
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近くの森に設置もしてあります。
どうぞ、見にきてみてください：）
そこでも購入できますｗ
Back on the Forest yesterday. It rained all morning. Just how I like it.
Taken with a new to me Zeiss Tessar 145mm f2.7 circa 1908.
Its got scratches and is quite cloudy, and looks as though it's been used as a paper weight for the last 50 years.
I think it's rather beautiful. At least it got a bit cleaner in the rain.
I unintentionally had a little swing on the front standard, a happy accident.
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Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is a county of the State of New York. The five boroughs—Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. As of 2019, the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $2.0 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York is home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.
New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability, and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity. In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity.
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Nectaring on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) near the Delaware River.
Port Jervis, NY
Thanks to Matthias Buck of Bugguide.net for the refined ID.
"They wrap us up in copper, and fibre, and silicon. They're snaring us with their Net. Drilling into walls like they drill into brains, plugging in nodes like they plug in bio-implants. The city is marred from birth, as we are. We're all forced to be connected, yet we can't get too close. Gotta keep us in these electrical cages."
- 'Meta' Alleged Bay Area Hacker
Power nodes were local data hubs, combining net access with the surveillance systems, as well as electricity and even plumbing, in some cases. The city installed these, and didn't pay much attention to how it was done. People freely tapped into the net access lines, but tampering with the surveillance system was never ignored by the authorities.
A few slices of life from the Cyber City display from Brickworld 2013. Look for it again at BrickFair Virginia in August.
Photos courtesy of encartaphile.
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põe uma batida no ne me quitte pas, que to voltando... :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwdTQf_qtg&feature=related
today is a no make up kind of day. ive been busting my butt with studying for midterms and ive had swollen lymph nodes for a few weeks and theve been getting bigger so i have to go get blood work done. my neck hurts and so does my head from all this school work. i need summer vacation and a little color to my cheeks.
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