https://www.youtube.com/embed/LBjKN9I4xQg?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Source: Multiple If you thought baby donkeys were cute, wait until you get a load of this zonkey! A zebra at the Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya was recently found with a peculiar-looking foal by her side. It had stripes, but they weren’t dark and barely covered her body. When caregivers at the …
And It Was All Yellow! — Through Open Lens
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 250. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Why did the boy take a ladder to school? It was a high school. Interesting Fact: Ruby-Crowned Kinglets make their nests in trees, occasionally as high up as 100 feet. Females choose a nest site near the tree trunk or suspended from small twigs and branchlets. Because of the …
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Reinita Gorginaranja/Blackburnian Warbler/Setophaga fusca — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.119
Foto: Ramiro RamirezNombre en español: Reinita Gorginaranja Nombre en inglés: Blackburnian Warbler Nombre científico: Setophaga fusca Familia: Parulidae Canto: Andrew SpencerLa reinita gorjinaranja (Setophaga fusca), también denominada reinita de fuego, reinita pechinaranja, reinita de Blackburn y cigüita del frío, es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Parulidae. Se reproduce en el este de …
10 Pioneer-era Apple Types, Thought Extinct, Found in Forgotten Orchards Across Pacific Northwest — TIME
(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct — the largest number ever unearthed in a single season by the nonprofit Lost Apple Project. The Vietnam veteran and former… via …
Immature Red-tailed Hawk — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a full screen image. I’ve encountered quite a few young Red-tailed Hawks this year, during a period that began in late winter and running through about four weeks ago when we ceased our drives into rural southern Arizona due to […] …
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#OTD in 1912 – The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage with the loss of 1,513 souls, many of them Irish; 732 would survive. — Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland
Just before midnight on 14 April, the RMS Titanic failed to divert its course from an iceberg and ruptured at least five of its hull compartments. These compartments filled with water and pulled down the bow of the ship. Because the Titanic’s compartments were not capped at the top, water from the ruptured compartments filled… via …
#OTD in 1906 – Birth of playwright, Samuel Beckett, in Foxrock, Co Dublin. — Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland
“We are all born mad. Some remain so.” –Samuel Beckett An Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. During the 1930s and 1940s… via …
What’s in a name? — Scottish pollinators
The naming of moths is a difficult matter It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter When I tell you a moth must have two different names Entomologist John W. Brown, inspired by T.S. Elliot Some people are intrigued by scientific names, and others […] via …
R.I.P. James Drury, 1934-2020 — Wickersham’s Conscience
WC seems to have been writing a lot of obituaries lately. It’s a hazard of being a geezer blogger: your friends, childhood heroes and the folks who wrote the soundtrack of your life get old and die. The world is depressing enough without back-to-back – three of the last five blog posts – obits. WC […] …
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Not A Bottle Cleaner — Peter’s Photo Journal
Orchesella villosa – Please do not mistake this for a bottle or pipe cleaner. It is a springtail, and boy do they spring when you uspet their day. At least this species has a nice short name. Amazing what you can find by just lifting a small plant pot. For more info on Springtails you […] …
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