A beautiful encounter last week while tracking a cougar. The deer was nervous. A cougar was spotted there two days prior to my first visit. It is only a matter of time before I see and photograph one. There has been a lot of sightings in different areas in my region recently.

#photography #wildlife #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

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Large tall trees and bushes creating a green tunnel around a narrow path in the middle of which a black-tailed deer buck stands, its back turned to the photographer.

Taughannock Falls beauty and inspiration https://muz4now.com/2017/taughannock-falls-beauty-inspiration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_content=muz4now%2Fmagazine%2Fnature&utm_medium=mastodon #nature

#photography #nature #butterfly #banana

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Hier zit een hele mooie vlinder te snoepen van een halve banaan.

Il a osé le dire: "On devra replanter et rebâtir une forêt différente", souligne Macron depuis Bordeaux. "On doit s'adapter aux "conditions structurelles de changement climatique", "à la pression de l'habitation et du tourisme qui s'est déployé ces dernières décennies", précise le président. Mais qui a encouragé les coupes rases et la plantation de résineux dans les forêts, majoritairement aux mains d'acteurs privés?

#Politique #Macron #Environnement #Bordeaux #Incendies #Nature #Foret

Paint a strange overgrown rock with me in this month’s livestream! 🌿

The replay is available on my Patreon and the 1st mont on any tier is still 10% off with the code 5YEARS10 until 31/07!

https://patreon.com/lindenshieldarts

#MastoArt #Painting #TraditionalArt #FantasyArt #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #Nature #Forest

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A photo of part of a black paper sketchbook, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by a paint brush, coloured pencils, crystals, and leaves. The sketchbook page shows a strange rock with several cavities, moss and lichen winding around them. A few tiny glowing mushrooms also grow on the rock.

For the first time in three decades, a puffin chick has been recorded at the last puffin colony on mainland England’s southern coast, at Dancing Ledge in Dorset.

The colony has dwindled to just three breeding pairs, down from more than 40 in the 1950s, prompting the National Trust to install monitoring cameras this spring after 15 weeks of watching the cliffs.

Volunteers tracked fish deliveries to the nest from May 31 to July 5, putting the chick’s age at 38-40 days.

The puffling is expected to head out to sea soon and, if it survives, could return to breed at around four years old.

Researchers hope reviewing the camera footage will help them pin down what’s been preventing chicks from surviving in recent years, possibly predators like rats #wildlife #Nature #uk

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/spyway/puffin-monitoring-in-purbeck

Fungi

#photography #nature #forest #mushrooms #mushroomMonday #blackandwhite #monochrome

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A white mushroom is seen growing in the forest. Tall trees can be seen in the background and the dirt and debris of the forest covers the ground. This is a black and white image.

Last August my partner and I did one of the most incredible backpacking trips back to back, hiking more than 130km in 6 days (two of which were rest days) through the #CanadianRockies

This frame was from on our rest days when we did a small hike to a nearby meadow to enjoy the panoramic views of the #Mountains

#MountainMonday #landscapephotography #photography #nature #Canada #Jasper

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A serene alpine meadow at Maccarib Pass glows with autumn tawny grasses, a still tarn reflecting the pastel sunset sky and jagged Canadian Rockies peaks stretching across the horizon.

News From The Nest
09.09 Pa Stork flies in.
https://whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/

#NewsFromTheNest #SaturdayStorksOnMonday #Storks #WebCams #Nature #Birds #Knepp #BioDiversity #WildLife #WhiteStorkProject #SolarPunkSunday

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#life #health
#bees #wildflowers
#monday

Good morning. ☕☕☕

24 July 2026

Do you remember a time when you didn’t know how to write? I do. It’s a vague, hazy memory of trying to imitate my parents by scribbling squiggly lines across a chalkboard. That’s something that supposedly happened seventy years ago. Or is it?

Is it an actual memory — or just a memory of a memory? Do I only remember it because I’ve remembered it before?
Whoosh. I just blew my own mind. 🤯

A memory of a memory of a memory is a strange concept. It’s like that old game where you line up ten people and whisper a sentence into the first person’s ear. Each person passes it along, and by the time it reaches the tenth person, the message has transformed into something completely different. If memories work the same way, how accurate can they really be? Memory is a tricky thing.

My wife and I often experience the same events together, yet years later we sometimes recall them differently. Sometimes the difference is so stark that one of us remembers something clearly while the other insists it never happened at all. Was the memory lost by one of us — or created by the other?

So how can a false memory begin?
A false memory starts when your brain fills in missing details, blends experiences, or absorbs suggestions — and then treats that new construction as if it were an actual event. It usually doesn’t happen overnight. Imagine your mother telling you a story over and over about something that happened when you were young. Eventually, you might fill in the blanks and believe you remembered it all along.

Nevertheless, the chalkboard event really happened.

“Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.” — Oscar Wilde

“What we remember is not what happened.” — Julian Barnes

“Every act of memory is an act of imagination.” — Oliver Sacks

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #flowers #lilies #memory

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Pink Stripes in Bloom "A cluster of lilies fills the frame like a small explosion of color and delicate structure. Each bloom stretches outward on long, slender petals that curve gently at the tips, giving the flowers a graceful, ribbon-like appearance. The petals are pale pink at their edges, deepening into richer pink tones toward the center, where a bold, darker stripe runs the full length of each petal like a painted brushstroke. The flowers gather tightly at the top of a smooth green stalk, forming a starburst of soft color against a blurred background of deep green foliage. The petals look almost weightless — thin, silky, and slightly translucent — catching the light in a way that makes them appear luminous. The overall impression is one of elegance and quiet drama: a bouquet of long, narrow petals radiating outward, each marked with a vivid stripe that draws the eye inward. The flowers feel both delicate and confident, standing tall and open, as if reaching toward the viewer. The image is signed “© Swede’s Photographs,” adding a personal touch to the composition." - Microsoft Copilot

#Nature #Wildlife

I Confess: I Have A Soft Spot For Racoons (Latin: N American Trash Panda)

(Details in the #AltText)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon

#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Travel #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #SF #SFBA #California #NorCal #Raccoon #Raccoons

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This is a colour wildlife photo in landscape format of a friendly (hungry) Raccoon walking along a wooden bench. Angel Island, California (2019). Extending away from the camera from the centre of the base of the photo and stretching over to the right edge is the seat of the wooden bench with the back rest rising along the right edge to the top of the photo. In the centre of the image is the head of our adult Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) with the rest of the body extending over to the right. The animal is viewed obliquely with it facing to the left with the head and left side in view and it occupying half the width of the photo. The fur is a of silver and black colour giving it an overall medium to dark grey appearance. From the black nose moving backwards: the snout to the forehead is white with a distinctive black band stretching across the face and over the eyes, giving the Raccoon a masked appearance. At the base of the medium length legs, the fur thins revealing five long digits or fingers with short claws at the ends. The bushy tail is hidden behind the end of the bench's back rest. To the left of the wood bench is a wooden floor below, with the worn planks stretching from the base to the top of the photo.

📷 Young bull elk at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 7:03 AM.

#FediversalPictures #Kituwah #Nature

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A brown elk with antlers stands on a concrete patio near a wooden post. Misty green hills and fields are visible in the background under soft morning light. The elk looks alert, gazing to the right.

The use of small, controlled burns to clear out flammable underbrush has saved thousands of giant sequoias from devastating wildfires, new research finds. Read more on E360 →

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/controlled-burns-sequoias

#Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

📷 #SilentSunday

#FediversalPictures #Kituwah #Nature

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Three large elk with prominent antlers are lying in a green grassy field. Dense, leafy trees form a backdrop, and the sky above is partly cloudy.

Peg Legged Pete

I like this overexposed image because its artsy, nearly monochrome look gives it a rustic sense of another era. It shows a great blue heron standing on one leg atop a weathered timber pile rising out of the ocean off Gulfport, Mississippi.

If you enjoy wildlife and nature photography, check out my photo gallery here:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #greatblueheron

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"A tall, weather‑worn timber pile rises straight up from an unseen ocean below, its surface pale and rough from years of salt and sun. At the very top stands a solitary great blue heron, balanced in that unmistakable one‑legged pose. One long leg is tucked up tightly beneath its body, hidden in its feathers, while the other leg — thin, straight, and impossibly delicate — supports the entire bird with effortless grace. The heron’s body is elongated and elegant, its soft gray and blue plumage washed into pale tones by the overexposed light. The brightness erases fine details, leaving the bird outlined in gentle whites and muted grays, almost like a watercolor fading at the edges. Its long neck curves in a relaxed S‑shape, and its sharp bill points outward, giving the impression of quiet vigilance. Because the image is overexposed, the background dissolves into a glowing haze. There is no visible horizon, no ocean surface, no sky — just a bright emptiness that makes the heron and its lonely perch feel suspended in space. The timber pile becomes the only anchor in a world of white, and the heron appears calm, patient, and perfectly balanced on its single visible leg. The whole scene feels serene and slightly surreal — a lone bird standing on one leg above a hidden sea, captured in a moment where light softens everything except its silhouette and stillness." - Microsoft Copilot with edits by the photographer

News From The Nest
21.24 Darkness falls on an empty nest. Good night, storks, wherever you are.
https://whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/

#SolarPunkSunday #NewsFromTheNest #Storks #WebCams #Nature #Birds #Knepp #BioDiversity #WildLife #WhiteStorkProject

French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time…

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260726-french-firefighters-face-pyrocumulonimbus-for-first-time

#wildfires #Europe #france #climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climatediary #climateemergency #ClimateAction #science #environment #globalwarming #weather #ExtremeWeather #nature #Earth

If anybody’s looking for me I’ll be low in the long grass with the BFT…
Strictly on a need to know basis though!🤫
Wild Flower Hour.

#wildflowerhour
#BirdsFootTrefoil
#wildflowers #July
#summer #nature
#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

12.

Some plants make their pollen hard to get.
#bumblebees and some #solitarybees release this pollen by vibrating their flight muscles.

This is BUZZ POLLINATION.

Honey bees can’t do this.

‘The earth laughs in flowers’
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#bees #nature #pollination
#education #science #wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary

#wildlife #gardening #jardin #garten #birds #vogel #oiseaux #aves #nature

A baby bluebird flew into the garage and seemed like it was about to go into the crawlspace under my house. 😳

It seemed like it was in shock. It wouldn’t let go of my finger when I set it down in a sheltered spot in the garden. Gave it water and left it for a few minutes, came back and it seemed more alert.

Was about to give it sunflower seeds and it flew off chirping. Guess it’s ok now.

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A baby bluebird looking despondent. It’s sitting on the cement ground. There are dark shadows in the background and shadows cast over the bird. Show in the back of the bird and it’s looking off into space. You can see the blue feathers emerging from the wings.

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The baby bluebird sitting on the soil of a potted shrub . There is a small plant saucer that is partially filled with water. The rim of the yellow pot frames the pic. The bird still has a staring off into space look.

A Dunnock from our Garden this morning

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

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a small brown bird stood on a fence post

Kreuzberg Kitties #38
Pumpkin being decorative on the windowsill.
#cats #cat #catspotting #caturday #feline #nature #naturephotography
https://foto.bibra-medien.de/2026/07/26/kreuzberg-kitties-38/

Wildlife Gardening With The RHS
https://www.rhs.org.uk/wildlife

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLifeGardening #WildLife #Gardening #Gardens #Nature #BioDiversity #RHS

Found An Otter?
Contact the UK Wild Otter Trust.
https://ukwildottertrust.org/found-an-otter/

#SolarPunkSunday #Otters #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #Rivers

PSA: Wood boxes with slits that are marketed as "butterfly houses" are purely decorative. Multiple studies have confirmed that butterflies never use them. But paper wasps (Polistes) do, which is not great for butterfly populations because these wasps hunt caterpillars. Plus they sting, so not great for humans walking by. #butterflies #scam #insects #nature #garden #lepidoptera #wasps

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Three wood insect hotels on a shelf at a hardware store. I've used a red arrow to mark the long narrow openings on each that are supposed to be for butterflies.

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac]. ❤️ 🌱
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart #plants #naturelovers #nature

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Des squelettes en train de prendre bien soin de plantes dans un jardin, avec la légende "when you're dead inside but love nature"

The butterfly has landed to refuel and been drinking for 10 minutes now. I‘m going to spend the rest of today reading about butterfly anatomy and finding out where all this water goes…as soon as the butterfly is loaded up and on it‘s way again, because right now I have to stand guard between the insect and a sleeping cat.
#butterfly #nature #insects

We now have progressed to two adults watching the butterfly for 30 mins. and feeding it water. A perfect sunday so far. #butterfly #nature #insects

Wolf Conservation Center (WCC)
"The WCC is temporarily closed to onsite visitors, but our work (and our wolves) never stop. Stay connected through our virtual and offsite programs.."
https://nywolf.org/

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #WolfConservationCenter #Wolves

Beavers And The Wildlife Trusts
"The Wildlife Trusts are working hard to bring these fantastic mammals back to Britain."
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #WetLands #Rivers #ReWilding #FloodManagement #WildLife #Ecology #Flooding #BeaversForBioDiversity #BioDiversity

Beavers at Knepp
"The impacts our six beavers have had on the hydrology and ecology of their enclosure in less than three years is astonishing."
https://knepp.co.uk/2024/11/beavers-at-knepp/

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #Ecology #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #Knepp #FloodManagement

Wildlife In August At The WWT
https://www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetlands/wetland-wildlife/wildlife-by-month/august

#SolarPunkSunday #WWT #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #Nature #Habitat #Ecology #DaysOut

Beavers and Flood Management At Spains Hall Estate
https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/nfm_beavers

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #WetLands #Rivers #ReWilding #FloodManagement #WildLife #Ecology #Flooding #BeaversForBioDiversity #BioDiversity

Beavers At The River Glaven
"the transformation of the site has been remarkable. The headwaters of this vital chalk stream have become a thriving mosaic of dams, pools and wetlands."
https://www.norfolkriverstrust.org/case-studies/returning-beavers-to-the-glaven

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #WetLands #Rivers #ReWilding #FloodManagement #WildLife #Ecology #Flooding #BeaversForBioDiversity #BioDiversity #NorfolkRiversTrust #Norfolk #RiverGlaven

#SilentSunday 🤝 #FotoVorschlag

#photography #nature #naturephotography #plant #grass #ears #summer #backlit #bloomscrolling

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Vertical image of partly opened bushgrass ears backlit by warm sunlight.

Brecks Outdoor Festival
https://brecks.org/brecks-outdoor-festival/

#SolarPunkSunday #Suffolk #UK #DaysOut #BrecksOutdoorFestival #Brecks #Nature

WWF Top Ten Facts About Beavers
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/beavers

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #WWF #FloodManagement

Wetlands And The Work Of The WildLife Trusts Across The UK
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/habitats/wetlands

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLifeTrusts #UK #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #Habitat #WetLands #Ecology

Scottish Wild Beaver Group
"With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
purification."
https://www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

#SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup