by terranovabay
An iconic sight in rural areas. The height of the power line makes for an excellent perch for this hawk from which to survey for prey at Treasure Hammock Ranch. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Cattle Ranch, hawk, power line, raptor, Treasure Hammock Ranch
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The Mangrove Skipper from yesterday’s post seen from a different angle shows its white face and more of the iridescent blue that caught the sunlight so well.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Mangrove Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Phocides pigmalion
by terranovabay
Electric blue highlights flare in the Sun on this Mangrove Skipper at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Click to see a different angle.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Mangrove Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Phocides pigmalion, Skipper
by terranovabay
History was made back in 2006 when the New Horizons spacecraft blasted off bound for the first exploration of Pluto by a spacecraft from Earth. After many years of travel, New Horizons arrived at Pluto in 2015 where it successfully carried out its mission to explore the tiny world and its moon, Charon. Moving on, the far traveller was rerouted to visit a small asteroid, 2014 MU69, orbiting the solar system far out beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. Nicknamed […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: 2014 MU69, Asteroid, Kuiper Belt, New Horizons, Pluto, Ultima Thule
by terranovabay
Ready to explore 2019.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: 2019, New Year
by terranovabay
A gathering of ants.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Ants
by terranovabay
Mara befriending the skeleton dog.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: cat, dog, Mara, Skeleton
by terranovabay
Hunky merman seduced by a cleaning woman does not make for any sort of companion to The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Just romantic folderol in the shape of water dripping down the neoliberal drain.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Universal Pictures
by terranovabay
Hard to believe this Paper Wasp is a pollinator, but its love of nectar puts it in that category. It also like to eat insects, which it feeds to its larvae. A real misunderstood beauty.
Categories: Nature • Tags: ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Paper Wasp, Pollinator
by terranovabay
At rest on a blade of grass | Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
