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The Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), less commonly known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus Eolophus. The galah is adapted to a wide variety of modified and unmodified habitats and is one of Australia's most abundant and widespread bird species
I knew that moving from Florida, that I would miss the burrowing and barred owls ... but I also knew that Colorado would offer up its own variety of owls. I put a few of them high on my list, but probably none higher than the northern pygmy owl. See, I had never seen one before. Several times I had been looking without success. I figured that it would happen when I least expected it.
On this day, we went out in a desperate search to find one ... or perhaps a saw whet owl. No such luck. We had all but given up. As we were driving about, Amy said she saw something that was "too small" to be anything, but I had my binoculars with me, so I fugured why not stop and check it out. So glad that we did ... because we found this guy perched in the bare tree branches! Finally .... it happened and as figured, when we had all but given up for that day anyway.
I couldn't believe how incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing its eyes were. It was clearly not the least bit concerned with us. It would look around from its perch in its vicinity for prey. When it would turn its head we noticed its dots on the back of its head ... "fake eyes" if you will. Amazing!
So excited and felt very thrilled that it blessed us with its presence. :-)
So this week's blog post features this amazing owl, as well as some other birds from the winter in Colorado. Feel free to check it out if you like by clicking:
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Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)
A variety of Pittosporum endemic to New Zealand.
This one is in Rick's garden.
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
The Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte. The common brown lemur lives in western Madagascar north of the Betsiboka River and eastern Madagascar between the Mangoro River and Tsaratanana, as well as in inland Madagascar connecting the eastern and western ranges.
The common brown lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, spiders and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay. It can tolerate greater levels of toxic compounds from plants than other lemurs can.
Consistent with its large range, the common brown lemur occupies a variety of forest types, including lowland rainforests, montane rainforests, moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests.
They normally live in groups of 5 to 12, but group size can be larger, especially on Mayotte. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies.
They are primarily active during the day but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. – Wikipedia
A variety of single malts, just in case. Not in case of disappointment, sadness or tragedy. Just in case of an event worth celebrating. Like your candidate winning the big election. Or more recently, the historic second impeachment, assuring him of an ignominious place in history. These are events worth noting with a little ceremony.
... of the floral variety. Shooting stars are my favorite wildflowers. They are essentially primroses with reflexed petals. They were previously placed in their own genus (Dodecatheon) based on this remarkable floral trait, but have recently been put back into the primrose group (Primula).
The petal positioning of shooting stars would seem to hinder pollinators from landing on the flower. However they rely on a "buzz" pollination strategy, where vibration of the pollinator's (usually bumble bees) flight muscles causes tightly held pollen to fall off the anthers and land on the legs and body of the pollinator or directly on to the stigma of the same flower. Buzz pollination occurs in other species with similar flower morphology, such as some plants in the tomato family.
A colourful variety of buses of different shapes and sizes at the end of the 2022 London Bus Museum's Spring Gathering at the Weybridge Brooklands site.
A drive through part of our rain forest revealed a nice variety of trees. Two Western Hemlocks on the right with a Sitka Spruce right next to them and a Douglas Fir on the left.
Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) . No. 0101.
"Saint-Saphorin is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron.
The Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The Lavaux consist of 830 hectares of terraced wineyards that stretch for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva.
Although there is some evidence that vines were grown in the area in Roman times, the actual vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century, when Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries controlled the area. It benefits from a temperate climate, but the southern aspect of the terraces with the reflection of the sun in the lake and the stone walls gives a mediterranean character to the region. The main wine grape variety grown here is the Chasselas.
Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) est une commune suisse du canton de Vaud, située dans le district de Lavaux-Oron.
Lavaux est une région viticole du canton de Vaud (Suisse), connue pour ses vignobles en terrasses au bord du lac Léman. Le 28 juin 2007, Lavaux entre au classement du patrimoine mondial de l'humanité de l'UNESCO
Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) ist eine politische Gemeinde im Distrikt Lavaux-Oron des Kantons Waadt in der Schweiz.
Das Lavaux (früher deutsch Ryf, wozu Ryfwyn, Reifwein ‚Wein vom Lavaux‘[1]) ist ein Weinbaugebiet im Kanton Waadt in der Schweiz am nordöstlichen Ufer des Genfersees. Die im Lavaux verbreitetste Rebsorte ist der Gutedel, hier «Chasselas» genannt."
Wikipedia
Viscaria vulgaris, the sticky catchfly or clammy campion, a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.
The bright rosy-pink flowers appear in long whorled spikes from May to August. It grows on cliffs and rocky places. In Central Europe, Lychnis viscaria can be found in a variety of habitats, such as dry meadows, lush grasslands, stony slopes, rocky outcrops of hilly terrain, and open or sparse canopied forests.
The Latin name Viscaria means "sticky", and refers to the stickiness of the stem just below the leaf joints.The English common names reference the same feature.
Viscaria vulgaris is also grown as an ornamental garden plant. In British horticultural literature it is often referred to by its synonym Lychnis viscaria. Bumblebees are considered as main pollinators of this species.
North Hobart is the place to go for a variety of food. Probably its main attraction is the historic State Theatre (1913) which still screens the latest movies. www.flickr.com/photos/luminosity7/53663332758/in/album-72...
Here is a small cross section of some of the restaurant options.
Waimea Valley, Botanic Gardens
"Through the efforts of men and women who appreciate the plant that blooms for us every day of the year, Hawaii may rightly be called the Land of the Hibiscus."
- Gerrit P. Wilder, 1921
Modern tropical hibiscus hybrids are truly spectacular, with large flowers and wide variety in color and form, as seen in this section.
These botanical treasures simply would not exist without Hawai'i's pioneering hibiscus breeders. Their impact on the world is clear: Nearly every modern hybrid descends from an early Hawaii hybrid!
Today, breeders throughout the islands and around the world continue to perpetuate Hawaii's legacy of creating and sharing beauty.
This interesting lash-up of Union Pacific locomotives were coupled together at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on Sept. 16, 1987.
The group includes SW10 No. 1237, GP38-2 No. 2000, GP30 No. 871, and SD40-2 No. 3777.
Almost no activity during the early afternoon at the while visitors to the fair view a variety of farm animals and 4H projects. In the evening this area will be slammed.
Photographers have been playing with forced perspective ever since photography became possible.
According to a retraction the folks at Scientific American had to print in 1895,
"...An artist who lends himself to such methods of deception may be ranked as a thoroughbred knave, to be shunned by everybody". The folks at Scientific American had been fooled by the work of a Colorado photographer.
Earlier that year, W.L. Thorndyke, editor of the Loveland Reporter decided to help a buddy promote his potatoes. Photographer, Adam H. Talbot created an image that made it look as though farmer, Joseph B. Swan was carrying an 86-pound potato. It was never meant to be a fraud, just fun.
Somehow a copy of the image found its way to the editor of Scientific American. He thought it was real and printed an engraving of the image in the magazine along with this caption. "This huge vegetable specimen is 28 inches long, 14 in diameter, and is said to weigh 86lb. 10oz., which is equivalent to the weight of 1 1/2 bushels of ordinary potatoes. It is of the Maggie Murphy variety, excellent in quality and prolific in quantity".
There are two old potato barns in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Taters were once a big part of the economy on the eastern plains but not anymore. That didn't stop a couple of "thoroughbred knaves" from trying to capture the flavor of "The Great Potato Hoax" for your pleasure.
Please, don't send this image to the editors of Scientific American. They have a long memory and get testy when fooled.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/12 and 1/16 scale die-cast models in front of a real background.
1940 Ford stake bed truck is by Highway 61
John Deere Tractor is by Ertl
Flare-sided wagon is by Franklin Mint
Mini-Wassermelonen
Auf einem lokalen Bauernmarkt entdeckt:
Rote und gelbe Mini-Wassermelonen. Diese messen nur 7 cm im Durchmesser, etwa die Größe eines Tennisballs, und wuchsen auf einem lokalen Feld in der Steiermark (Südost-Österreich).
Die Kerne sind gleich groß wie jene der bekannten, großen Art und der Geschmack ist auch gleich.
Mini watermelons
Discovered at a local farmers' market:
Red and yellow mini watermelons. These measure just 2,8 inches in diameter, about the size of a tennis ball, and grew in a local field in Styria (south-eastern Austria).
The seeds are the same size as those of the well-known, large variety and the taste is also the same.
Another thing that makes Utah amazing is its variety. Just a few hours from the red rock canyons and arches are majestic mountains full of greenery.
At the west end of the Belt Railway of Chicago's massive Clearing Yard, Canadian Pacific SD70ACU 6644, painted in tribute to World War II veterans, lugs WAMX SD40-2s 4191 and 4186 out for headroom, and will position them for departure with their train that night. Meanwhile, Indiana Harbor Belt SD38-2 3861 (the road's only such SD) and GP38-2 3801 (one of two on the roster) switch a transfer job. The CP 6644 ran light here from Bensenville to pick up a grain train; when necessary, light power moves like this will often move the Wisconsin & Southern power into position for the departure of the nightly train T1, as WSOR crews are usually not yet on-duty.
I had Gus take a shot out the window of the laker American Victory at Fraser Shipyards and he still had the camera ready as we crossed into Minnesota and noticed this neat power set at Rices Point.
Gatekeeper
Scientific name: Pyronia tithonus
The gatekeeper, also known as the 'Hedge brown', is a medium-sized, brown butterfly that is on the wing in July and August. It is a butterfly of grassland, hedgerows and woodland edges and can be seen feeding on wild marjoram, bramble and ragworts. It avoids areas of short, open grassland. The foodplants of the caterpillars are a variety of grasses such as fescues and bents.
A little street shooting with the Hassey
"A very long walk ..." series
Hasselblad + Carl Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 + Kodak Ektar 100