Seen On a Walk
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A pair of Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasps circled my yard for several days. The only place they would stop was on the orange flowers of the Butterfly Weed.
They strongly resemble Blue Mud Dauber Wasps, which have a longer pedicel (the "stalk" that connects their thorax to their abdomen).
Butterfly Weed is a native plant species, and my favorite Michigan wildflower. Ironically, I have never seen a butterfly land on the flowers, although it does attract a variety of wasps and hornets.
Seen while walking the cliffs in the area Carvoeiro in the southern Algarve region of Portugal, recent rockfalls show the effect of coastal erosion. The stunning effects of nature on this sandstone is quite amazing to see.
Seen in my daughter's garden.
We had a garden visit for my grand-daughter, Matilda's, first birthday.
Texture/Painting: Topaz Studio 2
I've seen that look in your eyes
It makes me go blind
Cut me deep, the secrets and lies
Storm in the quiet
Trim songbird with pointed bill, grayish above, pale below. In the Top End of the Northern Territory, back slightly browner; in north Queensland, back more greenish gray. Smaller and more slender than female Golden Whistler. Forages fairly low in dense vegetation such as mangroves, wetter forests, or swampy woodlands. Common song a ringing, two-noted whistle. (eBird)
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A small, plain bird hiding in the early morning gloom and whistling his early morning song. He didn't really want to be seen, but I got him anyway.
Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eyes Tours - Tropical Australia.
Seen along the reknowned Kankamangus highway in New Hampshire, this barn is part of a 19th century homestead that most definitely did not enjoy good cellular coverage!
Seen here wriggling its way under central London to the north-eastern suburbs.
Converted to monochrome.
Seen in Explore. Highest position: 22
As close as I want to get to the business end of my camera. Field between Cardiff and Newport.
Pahto (Mount Adams), seen from Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Last weekend I decided to meet up with a friend for a sunset hike at Mount Rainier National Park. We made detailed plans ahead of time for both the hike and sunset watching, and then ended up both arriving later than planned, doing a different hike, and hiking more slowly than anticipated due to snow (yes, more snow!) on the trail and a stop to search for my friend's dropped phone. But sunset wasn't until 8:51pm so we figured we still had plenty of time.
We were hiking with the sun behind us, and time was flying by as it has a way of doing when we hike together, so when we emerged from a forested section of the trail into a meadow, we suddenly noticed that the sun was starting to drop into the trees, and realized we had to turn around and hustle back down the trail to where we had planned to watch the sunset over Tahoma (Mount Rainier).
As we hiked at a quick pace back, through every break in the trees, my eyes were drawn to this view of Pahto and the south Cascades. In the evening light, with that fog rising from the forest below, I finally decided it was necessary to stop for photos, despite our time constraints.
Note: Pahto is the second highest peak in Washington, standing 12,281 feet/3743 meters tall and is considered one of the 5 active volcanoes in the state, although the last eruption was 1000 years ago. It is one of the five sacred mountains to the native Yakama peoples and part of the mountain is territory of the Yakama Nation.
This warming female cardinal is undoubtedly dreaming of better days ahead since a late-season arctic blast sent temperatures plummeting to about the coldest we've seen all winter last night. Sheltered valleys here in Winneshiek County hit -18 F early this morning.
Der 7,7 km² große Staffelsee mit seinen sieben Inseln gehört zu den schönsten und idyllischen Seen Bayerns.
Seen in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in late January 2022.
Many thanks to Brian @ BSE (UK) (No images or Invites, please) for the name of the bush:))
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