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My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
Whole PHOTO SERIES about my garden on my blog: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/post/western-green-lizard-lacer...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
AUDIO (if you want to hear the sounds of my garden in the early morning): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoCTqdAVCE
ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
Partly out of fear to bore the Flickr community with too many lizard photos, I thought it would make for a nice change - yet in keeping with the main theme of my gallery - to give interested nature and reptile fans the opportunity to get a sense of the lacerta bilineata habitat where I photographed all the animals on this page.
So this is the second of a (as yet planned) series of pictures (if people like them there will be more) that will show you where all the reptile "action" took place: my garden in the beautiful community of Monteggio in the Malcantone region of the Ticino, Switzerland.
The pictures were taken over a period of over a decade, so there were obviously some changes in the garden during that time, but If you focus on the palm tree - which has grown considerably over the years but is visible in all the photos I plan to upload - you get a sense of the geography of the place.
In summer, which is when this photo was taken, the micro-climate in this particular area of the Ticino can be almost tropical in the sense that it's hot and very humid with frequent thunderstorms and heavy rain, and I often refer to my garden (half-)jokingly as my "little Swiss rainforest". I guess you can see how animals - particularly lacerta bilineata and other lizards - would feel at home in this "tropical paradise" of mine :-)
Apparently - as I learned in the comments here on Flickr - the occurrence of this particular lizard species is a very good indicator that an ecosystem is intact, and my family and I always took great care not to interfere too much in our garden and let nature roam as free as possible.
In return, over the years we were rewarded for this "calculated inaction" with a wide variety of species of plants, insects, lizards and snakes visiting - or by now residing permanently in - our little nature refuge, some of which I managed to capture on camera.
As mentioned before, if people like these photos or are interested in other flora and fauna from my private jungle, I'll upload one every once in a while between lizards, so let me know in the comments if you're interested in seeing more of these or if I should stick to just reptiles ;-)
As always, thank you so much for your interest and feedback, stay safe - and have a great week everyone!
Lacerta
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Genève . Switzerland. Izakigur 12.05.18, 11:53:19 No. 8721 22 23 24 25.
"The St. Pierre Cathedral is a cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland, today belonging to the Reformed Protestant Church of Geneva. It is known as the adopted home church of John Calvin, one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. Inside the church is a wooden chair used by Calvin.
La cathédrale protestante Saint-Pierre de Genève est depuis 1535 l'église protestante principale de Genève (Suisse). Auparavant, elle fut pendant mille ans (dès la fin du ive siècle) l'église cathédrale de l'évêque de Genève. Elle a été pour la dernière fois reconstruite entre les xiie et xve siècles, avec un portail datant du xviiie siècle. Cette cathédrale est placée sous l'invocation de l'apôtre saint Pierre et porte à l'origine la dénomination « Saint-Pierre-ès-liens » (par référence à la basilique romaine). La cathédrale est aussi un « temple civique » où se tient l'assermentation du gouvernement cantonal (Conseil d'État).
La cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève a été inscrite en juillet 2009 dans la liste d'honneur « du patrimoine européen » en raison de son importante valeur historico-culturelle pour l’histoire européenne.
Die Kathedrale St. Peter (französisch Cathédrale Saint-Pierre) ist die nach dem Apostel Petrus benannte ehemalige Kathedrale des Bischofs von Genf und heutige reformierte Hauptkirche der Stadt Genf.
La cattedrale di San Pietro (o cattedrale di Ginevra o Cathédrale Saint-Pierre) è la chiesa protestante maggiore di Ginevra. La chiesa fu la cattedrale della città per quasi mille anni, dalla fine del IV secolo al 1535, anno della Riforma protestante. L'edificio attuale fu ricostruito nel XII secolo sulle rovine di chiese romane risalenti a epoche precedenti, mentre il portale venne aggiunto nel XVII secolo. La chiesa è anche tempio civico sede delle assemblee del Consiglio di Stato, l'assemblea cantonale."
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The Swiss Way relates the history of Switzerland surrounded by a scenic landscape. The trail was constructed as a joint project of the cantons on the occasion of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the Confederation (1291-1991). It begins on the Rütli Meadow, where the Confederation was founded, and ends in Brunnen in the Swiss Expatriates Square (Platz der Auslandschweizer).
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I ösem heemelige Beggaschthuus
🇮🇹 Tavazzano (LO), 27/10/22
IT: Dopo essere state comuni per molti anni, le E474 di SBB Cargo sono diventate una insolita presenza sui binari italiani, oggi però l'unità 013 era in testa al TEC Bologna Interporto-Luino quasi giunto nel nodo milanese.
EN: After being common for many years, SBB Cargo Re474 have become an unusual presence on Italian rail, but today unit 013 was headed the intermodal train from Bologna Interporto to Luino (Switzerland border) almost reached the Milan junction.
© Mirko Destefani
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The Val Bregaglia is an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Mera. The local dialect is a variety of Lombard with similarities to neighboring dialects of Romansh. The Bregaglia Range is a popular mountaineering destination, and includes such peaks as Monte Disgrazia, Piz Cengalo and Piz Badile.