Kreuzberg Kitties #42
Pumpkin also loves sitting on boxes!
#cats #cat #catspotting #caturday #feline #nature #naturephotography
https://foto.bibra-medien.de/2026/08/09/kreuzberg-kitties-42/

Sunday afternoon #nature #photography #butterfly

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Red admiral butterfly

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Looking down a grave at dead ivy

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Lines of angel beyond a tomb

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Long shadow of a metal gate

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

20.

Foraging #bumblebees return to the nest with on average 25% of their body weight in pollen/nectar. Some #bees carry up to 75% of their body weight per trip!

‘Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.’
- Newton

#nature #sunday #worldbeesanctuary

"Dutch bank: Extreme heat could wipe out Dutch, EU economic growth this year."

I suggest to focus on the more important growth that will be wiped out by the extreme heat. 🔥🌳🌲🔥 😢

https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/09/dutch-bank-extreme-heat-wipe-dutch-eu-economic-growth-year

#GlobalWarming #environment #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ClimateAction #pollution #future #nature #Earth #world #international #humanity #science #data #info #information #knowledge

#SilentSunday #repurpose #Nature

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A plastic doll body on top of a tree branch has been repurposed into a hornets nest.

Gulf fritillary #butterfly launching from a #zinnia in the front garden.

#SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #nature #flowers #BloomScrolling

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Color photo of an orange butterfly with white spots, its wings spread wide and slightly blurred at the tips, above a pink zinnia with a yellow center.

…patrolling for prospective mates and foraging. They then spend their lonely nights sleeping on or in flowers - the temperature in some flowers at the base near the nectar source can be up to 10ºC above outside temperatures.

Depending on the species male bumblebees have…
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#bees #bumblebees #nature

All females develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
When males raise that middle leg to warn you to back off it’s just a bluff with no sting to back it up.
So when it comes to #bumblebees the males…
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#bees #nature

…and their apparent penchant for overnighting in flowers.

Male #bumblebees are produced by the queen fairly late in the nest cycle - mid to late summer. Males develop from unfertilised eggs - they have no father - and 100% of their genes will be in common with their…
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#bees #wildflowers #nature

…mother the queen. When developing as larvae they require more food and for a longer time period than female worker larvae. Ironically later in their short lives males will never forage for pollen and nectar to contribute to the nest but concentrate on foraging for nectar…
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#bees #nature #lifecycle #pollinators

Spoiler alert:
To sleep on a flower may appear romantic and magical but the reality can seem more tragic than magic for the bumblebees involved.

Flower sleeping #bumblebees are primarily males.
They don’t have a dad.
Once mature, males leave the nest and never return.
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#bees #nature

Good afternoon, good morning and good evening folks!

Notice #bumblebees asleep on #flowers recently?

Want to know what’s going on with them?

Well here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining the bumblebee flower-sleeping phenomenon.

Please #ShareAndRepostEverywhere
#share #repost
so more people are more informed.
Thank you.🙏🏼🐝
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#bees #nature #education
#science #biodiveristy
#education #worldbeesanctuary
#insects #pollinators #environment #vegan #summer

#FalmouthME - #SeedCollection & Processing – Workshop Series at #GilslandFarm

Aug 15 2026

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers

"Join us on the third Saturday of each month at the Ann & Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center for a day of hands-on learning, seasonal skill-building, and creative exploration.

Morning workshops (9–10:30 am) are led by Maine Audubon’s Native Plants Program team and focus on practical topics such as seed collection, propagation, potting, and ecological planting. From 11 am–1 pm, all registrants are invited to visit the nursery for in-person plant shopping and guidance from staff.

Afternoon sessions (1–3 pm) shift toward art-based workshops inspired by native plants and the landscapes they shape."

FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/seed-collection-processing/?emci=c4afe479-ac8a-f111-b337-000d3a1558ce&emdi=89f9b436-5f8e-f111-b337-000d3a1558ce&ceid=14973917

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineAudubon #NativePlants #SeedSaving #ArtWorkshops #MaineEvents #SpendTimeInNature #Nature

Fill the people around you with positivity, kindness, and love, and you too will be filled with the same. What you give to others has a way of coming back to you!!
BOOSTS WELCOME
#farm #garden #solarpunksunday #solarpunk #mastodon #garden #green #nature #environment #biodiversity #mastodon #fediverse

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Strawberries in our farm

News From The Nest
5.23 A storklet flies away
5.24 Another storklet flies away
5.28 Pa Stork flies away
Looks like a family reunion may have taken place on the nest at Knepp.
A reunion of family and friends is also taking place here on the UK south coast so no more news from me for a few days.
https://whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/

#SolarPunkSunday #Storks ReWilding #NewsFromTheNest #WhiteStorkProject #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity

#SilentSunday
#photography #nature

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A winding stream between two sand dunes. Trees from the banks create a canopy of over the stream. In the distance a single kayak exits the forest and enters a sunlit area full of promise.

📷 #SilentSunday

#FediversalPictures #KItuwah #Nature

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A large elk with antlers stands in tall grasses beside a cornfield, surrounded by green trees. Behind, rolling forested hills rise, and the sky glows orange and blue at sunset. Some blurred grass blades frame the right side of the image.

#nature #climate #gardening #history
The hot weather is revealing hidden history. Blenheim Castle"s 18th century garden footprint can be seen, which once stretched the entire width of the castle. The garden was installed in 1705 and would have been very costly but was a way of showing wealth and status. It didn't last long, being dismantled in 1760. Elsewhere the outlines of Tudor buildings can be seen, giving archaeologists a glimpse of the past. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8en5p2r3w5o

#SilentSunday

#photography #nature #ocean #beach #NaturePhotography #CapeCod

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Photo of ocean as viewed from shore. The water in the shallow sandy area in the foreground has gentle waves which cause an interesting pattern of reflection on the seafloor. The water turns blue toward the horizon. Blue sky overhead with some wispy white clouds. I took this photo yesterday on a beach on Cape Cod. I sat for hours enjoying this view and also swam/snorkeled in the water.

"The well rising without sound,
the spring on a hillside,
the plowshare brimming through deep ground
everywhere in the field -

The sharp swallows in their swerve
flaring and hesitating
hunting for the final curve
coming closer and closer -

The swallow heart from wingbeat to wingbeat
counselling decision, decision:
thunderous examples. I place my feet
with care in such a world."

'The Well Rising', by William E Stafford

#Poetry #Bookstodon #Nature

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Three swallows perched on the branches of a bare tree, silhouetted against a deep orange and yellow sunset

There is a common impression that everything that we believe ought to be capable of proof, or at least of being shown to be highly probable. It is felt by many that a belief for which no reason can be given is an unreasonable belief. In the main, this view is just. Almost all our common beliefs are either inferred, or capable of being inferred,…

— Bertrand Russell
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/b792f20d-7170-4bdb-8f25-e79386157bdc
#philosophy #novel #nature #bookstodon #books #literature

#SilentSunday #Nature #Garden #NightPhotography

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Outdoor colour photo taken at night in light rain. Image shows the bare, reddish-brown branches of a Chinese Redbud (Cercis Chineses) plant growing out of a pot filled with mulch. In the center, a small cluster of bright pink flowers is beginning to bloom amidst the mostly dormant twigs. The wet branches reflect artificial light from the left against a darker, blurred garden background.

Structure

#photography #SilentSunday #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite

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The soft and delicate structure of a plant is shown in detail in this macro black and white image.

These are the weapons fashioned against our fruit trees. Every fresh leaf is a five-star meal to the neighbors pet goats. They've declared war on our fruit trees, and now they've even moved on to the tomatoes growing inside our recycled tyre planters. This is the reality of backyard farming you celebrate every harvest, but you also battle curious animals every single day. The struggle is real, but giving up is never an option.
#nature #solarpunksunday #silentsunday #today #biodiversity #garden

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The goats fighting in our garden

#SilentSunday
(posted early because of planned power outage)

Snoozing Mallard ducks. A whole bunch of them.

#birds #camouflage #nature

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A family of six brown ducks resting on an old log in a shallow wetland. The ducks seem to sleep with their heads tucked under their wings but they all have a watchful eye on the photographer. Around the log are the white flowers of Pond Lilies. Their leaves cover almost all of the water.

#Birdsong and #WhaleSong show patterns similar to #HumanLanguage

by University of Edinburgh

edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan

"An international team of researchers has uncovered a previously undetected structure in the birdsong of #BengaleseFinches that has the same statistical patterns found in human languages.

"The songbirds—famous for their complex, learned songs—organize their songs using the same mathematical formula found in human speech, a trait that has developed over time and makes complex communication easier to learn and pass from one generation to the next.

"The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, build on the team's previous discovery that #HumpbackWhales also rely on a similar systematic structure.

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it as distinct from the communication of all other species.

The findings suggest that some of language's most fundamental building blocks may not be uniquely human after all, but rather a universal feature of learned communication, the researchers say."

Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-birdsong-whale-song-patterns-similar.html

#Nature #Communication #BirdLanguage #WhaleLanguage #LanguagePatterns #Linguistics #Zoology

Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul
Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,
Can yet the lease of my true love control,
Supposed as forfeit to a confin'd doom.
The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd,
And the sad augurs mock their own presage;
Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd,
And peace proclaims olives of endless age.
Now with the…

— William Shakespeare
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/9185d49d-7a5f-45ba-a292-a5bbc2f6b13d
#love #nature #bookstodon #books #literature

Buttermilk Creek, NY
- Buttermilk Falls State Park

No fishing along the main gorge trails, but it looks like a nice creek to fish in the lower and upper areas of the state park 😊

#FlyFishing #Fishing #Nature #Hiking #Walking #Creek #River #Waterfall #Photography

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A small waterfall cascades over layered rock into a turquoise pool in a narrow, lush forest gorge. Steep, stratified rock walls rise on both sides, with a stone stairway winding along the right side beneath dense green trees.

Path to the clouds
#photography #nature

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A calm lake reflecting a blue sky with fluffy clouds. Surrounding the water are lush green plants and purple flowers. Tall grasses frame the water's edge.

Transitionedit
From the Mine and Thine in the state of Nature to the Mine and Thine in the Juridical state generally.

— Immanuel Kant
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/892afdc6-6f60-4a6b-8d6b-ded819d1341f
#nature #bookstodon #books #literature

Kreuzberg Kitties #41
A sunny Baghira from last Winter.
#cats #cat #catspotting #caturday #feline #nature #naturephotography
https://foto.bibra-medien.de/2026/08/08/kreuzberg-kitties-41/

Since he can't go out for a walk in the park, he decided to do what's best for a weekend (or every day for him), while a pretty friend visited outside.

#dog #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #AdoptDontShop #rescuedog #photography #FujiFilm #butterfly #insects #nature

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A white and brown dog sleeping in his bad in an upside down view with his head on the right

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A white and brown dog sleeping vertically in his bed with his head at the bottom

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A Red-spotted Purple butterfly spreads its wings on a tree leaf.

Shakespear has, in giving a dramatic form to this passage, adhered very closely and properly to the text. He did not think it necessary to improve upon the truth of nature. Several of the scenes in Julius Cæsar, particularly Portia's appeal to the confidence of her husband by shewing him the wound she had given herself, and the appearance of the…

— Edmund Burke
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/c630724c-2488-4e6c-bd5e-adebdaefc05e
#philosophy #nature #gothic #bookstodon #books #literature

Eight strangers gathered to help rescue the tiny orange kitten, who now goes by "Juice."

The post A flea-infested kitten tried to hide in a Hy-Vee parking lot. Then the Cat Distribution System kicked in. appeared first on Upworthy.

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A flea-infested kitten tried to hide in a Hy-Vee parking lot. Then the Cat Distribution System kicked in.

Somehow it is quietly beautiful.

#nature #bloomscrolling #outdoors #architecture #photography #plant

Off-white

#BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography

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A top-down view of a single flower that is past its peak bloom, set against a softly blurred background. Off-white to pale cream petals showing clear signs of aging, including brown, weathered edges, and fine, dry vertical textures.

I feel happy for the privilege of again speaking to the Latter-day Saints in this city; and I am also happy for the privilege of being a member of this Church. In this I am exceedingly blessed, and I can say of a truth, that my soul drinketh of that "river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of…

— Brigham Young
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/2b302d92-dfad-4544-862d-d632c6901cfb
#philosophy #love #nature #bookstodon #books #literature

Mois d'août déjà! Je me sens comme si j'avançais pas mais c'est juste que je suis très éparpillée ces temps cis à l'atelier. J'ai commencé plusieurs projets dont 2 très long... je ne fais pas ça normalement. Quand j'en commence un, je le termine en général mais pas cet été... Je vais me ressaisir et les prendre un par un.

Je suis dissipée 🤸‍♀️✨️

Bonne fds !

#velo #gravelRiding #nature #estrie #quebec #photo

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Le soleil se lève derrière un léger voile de brume sur un champs jauni. Au loin une forêt devant une colline, entre lesquels reste encore un peu de brume flottante. A l'avant plan, un conifère sur lequel un vélo s'appuie.

Golden-hour

#Landscape #Nature #Photography

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A wild thistle plant stands prominently in the right-foreground, featuring fluffy, mature seed heads. The fine, feathery pappus catch the direct sunlight, giving them a glowing, luminous texture against the surrounding green grass. A broad, lush green field or meadow stretches horizontally across the middle of the frame, softening slightly into a shallow depth of field. The low-hanging sun shines brightly near the center, casting a warm light across the landscape. The sky above transitions from pale blue with soft, streaky white clouds to a warm glow near the horizon line marked by distant trees and foliage.