Ninfa Morada/Fork-tailed Woodnymph/Thalurania furcata — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.173

Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Ninfa Morada Nombre en inglés: Fork-tailed Woodnymph Nombre científico: Thalurania furcata Familia: Trochilidae Canto: Andrew SpencerEl zafiro golondrina (Thalurania furcata), también denominado picaflor zafiro (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay), colibrí hada de alas azules, ninfa morada (Colombia), ninfa mexicana (México) o tucusito morado (Venezuela),​ es una especie de ave apodiforme perteneciente al …

Invasive Plant Factsheet: Common Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia

2020 Invasive Plant Factsheet Unfortunately, the Common Daylily can escape from cultivation and is now reported as invasive in several MidAtlantic states, including Virginia. Continue reading →Invasive Plant Factsheet: Common Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia

Great Big Story’s international hunt for dragons — Life & Soul Magazine

https://www.youtube.com/embed/y05t0VDVtRY?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Dragons are alive, well and thriving around the world. In the below compilation of dragon-themed stories from around the world, Great Big Story features a 17-storey temple in Thailand with a dragon wrapped around it, a Dungeons & Dragons master who has people worldwide participating in his games, a sweet in Singapore known as …

Trails to follow — Le Drake Noir

Dried seaweed washed up on the shore – or more correct abandoned by the tide or the wind. Many trails to see or to follow. Trails “drawn” in the rapeseed field by a farmer. Nature has created a waterway here, not visible from a distance. Running water is always looking for a trail downhill. – […] …

Nuthatch: “Lockdown? What lockdown?” — Trees of Sanctuary

Things have not gone exactly to plan. The two hundred bird / wildlife boxes we put up in the wood are largely unmonitored, which is a shame as I was really looking forward to seeing who would take up residence in the new homes. But for the wood and the wildlife, none of this matters; […] …

CUBAN PEWEE: PICTURE PERFECT ABACO (12) — ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO

CUBAN PEWEE: PICTURE PERFECT ABACO (12) The Cuban pewee Contopus caribaeus bahamensis (sometimes called the crescent-eyed pewee) is the smallest of the four so-called ‘tyrant’ species found on Abaco. These flycatchers are tiny compared with their kingbird cousins. You can clearly see the tiny hooked tip at the end of the upper beak, which helps […] …