3 variations on the Smile on Saturday theme "get nature in your home!" Half a dozen tulip bulbs taking root in a glass jar on the kitchen window sill. My wife's favorite flower.
Week 3/52
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Bulbine sp., from our patio.
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Seabourne Creek Nature Park, Rosenberg, Texas.
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"When you come to a fork in the road, take it!"
Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, in dancer pose.
The same individual as the previous 2 photos. Couple more on the way, each distinct.
Happy Monochrome Monday!
I like the coincidence of the background communications tower with the foreground tree trunk.
Explore 125 in the Bird Takeover, 28 June 2023 at 3389v100f25c
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This breaks my heart--the corpse of a great egret, Ardea alba, whose feet are tangled in plastic, hanging from a branch on a bald cypress. The egret's death from thirst and exhaustion offered opportunities to flies and the spider who spun that web to collect them. Given the pristine condition of the surrounding territory at the Long Point Ranch, a nature preserve, I conjecture that the egret was ensnared elsewhere--maybe in the landfill across the road--and then got caught when it landed on the tree.
The ranch is a beautiful place with habitat for many species of birds, reptiles and plants, but apparently you can't run and can't hide from human trash.
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