Month: April 2022
Geography Pacific golden plovers
Keyaki/zelkowa
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Phyllirea ritorna in mastello
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Pino silvestre kegai
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“Alien”
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The Crataegus Garden by Drone-
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When Bonsai Empire shot a new online educational course here this spring, we used a drone to film the garden. I’d never seen it from that vantage. The third clip on this video arrested me—from high up, the garden layout is exactly as I’d sketched it 13 years ago, in pencil, on an 8 x 11 sheet of paper (super… Continue reading The Crataegus Garden by Drone-
A PERCHING JACKAL BUZZARD
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While Jackal Buzzards (Buteo rufufuscus) cover an extremely large range throughout South Africa, around here we have seen several in the open grasslands and in agricultural areas not far from town. I more often than not see one a perched on a fence post in the distance only for it to fly off as I approach. This one obligingly… Continue reading A PERCHING JACKAL BUZZARD
MEETING A LEOPARD /MOUNTAIN TORTOISE …
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… along the road. It was happy for me to take a closer look: Continue reading MEETING A LEOPARD /MOUNTAIN TORTOISE …
AN EARLY MORNING
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Long before the first light shows behind the hills, the nightjars have fallen silent to make way for the morning sounds to begin. It pleases me to listen to the gradual awakening of the birds as they each add a gentle layer to the growing dawn chorus. Cape white-eyes chatter excitedly; African green pigeons chuckle quietly; while a Cape… Continue reading AN EARLY MORNING