Proof that evolution beats Photoshop 🎨📸: Meet the blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii), a masterclass in complementary hues🌈. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Proof that evolution beats Photoshop 🎨📸: Meet the blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii), a masterclass in complementary hues🌈. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
A few more late-flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variations near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Only plants in part shade on the edge of the forest were still flowering in early November at this location - usually in slightly damper soils than the adjacent open grassland.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra
A few more late-flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variations near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Only plants in part shade on the edge of the forest were still flowering in early November at this location - usually in slightly damper soils than the adjacent open grassland.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra
When skiers disappear Europe’s rarest and most protected wildlife regrows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/27/alps-france-skiing-snow-warming-resorts-closing-ceuze-landscape
#biodiversity #Alps #degradation #snow #ski #cars #climate
When skiers disappear Europe’s rarest and most protected wildlife regrows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/27/alps-france-skiing-snow-warming-resorts-closing-ceuze-landscape
#biodiversity #Alps #degradation #snow #ski #cars #climate
Unidentified mushrooms at base of tree trunk.
Artist #conk / Artist bracket aka "bear bread" - growing off the tree, above (Ganoderma applanatum).
#fungus #fungi #nature #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #NatureVideos #WinterFungi #polypores #BracketFungi
“Beavers are returning to river systems and wetland landscapes across parts of the UK, and it’s encouraging to see individuals moving through Norfolk too...We’re monitoring the situation carefully, but for now this is fantastic news for nature recovery.”
https://plantbasednews.org/animals/wildlife-cam-norfolks-first-wild-beaver/
#BeaversForBiodiversity #Beavers #Biodiversity #WildLife #Nature #Wetlands
“Beavers are returning to river systems and wetland landscapes across parts of the UK, and it’s encouraging to see individuals moving through Norfolk too...We’re monitoring the situation carefully, but for now this is fantastic news for nature recovery.”
https://plantbasednews.org/animals/wildlife-cam-norfolks-first-wild-beaver/
#BeaversForBiodiversity #Beavers #Biodiversity #WildLife #Nature #Wetlands
AP photographers capture destruction, heartache and resilience as climate change advanced in 2025
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Photography #Environment #Biodiversity
Sun orchids (Thelymitra) growing close together in open grassland west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Sun orchids with spots (T. ixioides / T. juncifolia) growing alongside T. carnea and several different species in the T. pauciflora group can lead to some beautiful hybrids including T. x irregularis (top right).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra
Sun orchids (Thelymitra) growing close together in open grassland west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Sun orchids with spots (T. ixioides / T. juncifolia) growing alongside T. carnea and several different species in the T. pauciflora group can lead to some beautiful hybrids including T. x irregularis (top right).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra
AP photographers capture destruction, heartache and resilience as climate change advanced in 2025
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Photography #Environment #Biodiversity
these two crack me up, they posed like they thought they were modeling for the new edition of the Birds of Colombia book, you get front and back views
can you guess the species?
edit -- i'm posting the answer in a separate reply
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#Bird #Birds #Birding #Biodiversity #Neotropics #Flycatchers #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Photograph #BirdPhotography
Moss is nature’s favorite piece of cloth. 🌿
Softly draped over everything it touches.
🌿 https://www.etsy.com/listing/1632310834
#fungi #mushtodon #Mosstodon #nature #biodiversity #mycology #FungiFriday #mushroom #forest #sticker #stickers #etsy #etsyshop #journaling #scrapbooking #stationery
This is a disaster for the endangered and threateend toads in Alberta, for they lay their eggs in shallow seasonal ponds that warm up and speed up larval development. Will also imcrease flooding, increase siltation and chemical offlows into streams, rivers and lakes.
But the farmers have been breaking the law and ploughing under and draining wetlands without charges forever, because the conservatives will undermine justice and the public good to retain cult conservative votes in the zombielands of rural Ab.
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #Biodiversity #PublicGoods #EcoststemServices