Egret Marsh (Digue aux Aigrettes) Dundee Quebec Canada
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Beautiful and very young female,
(Alcedo atthis - Common Kingfisher) ♀ adulte
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Vas'ka is watching birds throw the window, he is on the bookcase in the sitting room.
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Psalm 78:2 “I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.”
Fanad Head Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
During this stunning sunrise at Fanad Lighthouse, I witnessed a few wonderful things at once. Mainly was the sky igniting with colour in front of my eyes 😍 welcoming me to the new day ahead. However, the most fascinating part was watching this unsuspecting photographer in my scene buzzing with excitement capturing his own dream sunrise photo. I’m sure he also planned well in advance, woken in the very early hours with little sleep then travelled many miles in the dark to wait here in hope of a vibrant sunrise. I’m delighted that everyone there that morning got their well-earned photographs. It’s not always how pretty the scene in front of us looks…. It’s about how we all react to it that fascinates me most.
Fanad Head Lighthouse was conceived as essential to seafarers following a shipwreck which happened over 200 years ago. In December 1811 the frigate ‘Saldanha’ sought shelter from a storm. Sailing towards Fanad as she frantically fought the raging wind and waves. Sadly, the ship was wrecked off the northern coast with all 250+ men on board.
Shortly afterwards Fanad Head Lighthouse was built to help guide ships and sailors safely on their journeys. Still in operation to this day, standing on a rocky outcrop on north Donegal's Wild Atlantic Way, blinking its guiding light out to sea to aid ships past its inviting yet deceiving rocky waters 🌊
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Nope. I don't know what kind of Long Jumper this is. Anyone out there in Flickrland? Do get back to me.
Traipsing about in the shore bushes and mangroves of the Suriname River to see what I could see, I came upon this tiny critter. So small I actually needed my magnifying glass to see its spots...
It's alert on Water Thistle, a Mimosa sort called Neptunia plena. It was called scientifcally by great Carolus Linneus in 1753: Mimosa plena; but renamed to Neptunia by the Jesuit missionary to China who was also a foremost botanist, João de Loureiro (1717-1791) in 1790. He based his observations on a Chinese exemplar, but the plant is pantropical. I've seen Neptunias in Indonesia and Malaysia, too.
Not a freckling person myself but the Sun was so sharp I might have become one if I'd stayed out any longer.
PS 2017.x.18: A friend Jan-Wouter Zwart of Groningen identified our Jumper as this Crayola Katydid. I'm very grateful.
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Ellis Wetlands. rare sighting for this area. I have not ever seen a Snowy Egret here, but they are known to occasionally visit. They are considered endangered due to over-hunting for their feathers in the past, but are starting to rebound their population.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/156083465
Jenny Pansing photos
Iluwanti Ken, Pitjantjajara people.
born Watarra, SA 1944.
Walawuru Tjukurpa - Story of the Eagles, 2024. synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Another interesting bee I found on the wax goldenweed flowers, with an unconfirmed iNaturalist ID. I'm pretty sure this is a new species for my prairie bee and wasp species set.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/observations/310284284
The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
The pin-tailed whydah occurs in much of sub-Saharan Africa, favouring grassland, scrubs and savannah, also coming into parks and gardens.[5] In Portugal it is established in the region around Aveiro, with observations occurring north and south of it.[6] It has also been introduced to southern California, Puerto Rico, and Singapore.[1]
The species is a brood parasite which lays its eggs in the nests of estrildid finches, especially waxbills. Unlike the common cuckoo, it does not destroy the host's eggs. Typically, 2–4 eggs are added to those already present. The eggs of both the host and the whydah are white, although the whydah's are slightly larger. The nestling whydahs mimic the gape pattern of the fledglings of the host species