Avian Architecture: Book Review and Give-away

Avian Architecture

How Birds Design, Engineer and Build

by Peter Goodfellow

When Peter Goodfellow was growing up in England, he must have been one of those affectionately annoying little boys that asked a lot of questions, all the time. “How does this work?”, “Why does that happen?”, Where do you imagine that goes?”. And now, as an adult, Peter has taken that need for knowledge, that childlike curiosity, to a whole new level.

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Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

(Boloria selene)

This sweet little butterfly was fluttering

 around the property with it's companion. 

I felt lucky that it decided to land for a few minutes

and that my camera was handy.  

I've seen them before, but they don't usually 

stop long enough for me to grab the camera!

 This is one of the fastest flying of the lesser fritillaries, 

but it regularly visits flowers, such as asters and daisies.

It's host plants are violets.

Measuring approximately 1 3/8 - 2 1/8 inches,

the Silver-bordered Fritillary is the most common 

and widespread lesser Boloria in the Maritimes

and is found in a variety of wet habitats 

- lucky me with over 2 acres of wet meadow!

The underside is distinct with bright, 

metallic silver spots on an orange-brown base.

They have two overlapping broods 

from mid-May to mid-September,

so perhaps they'll grace me with their appearance

a few more times!

Tranquility

(Photo courtesy of The Ranger)

Just Another Scene From the World of Inbetween

You never know what you will find,

while hiking interior Cape Breton.

This moose dropped both it's antlers in one spot,

with a mighty shake of his head.

This is a full sized, man sized back pack!

One antler weighed 13 lbs., the other, 17!

(Photos compliments of The Ranger)

Finally, A Few Nice Days!

Mother Nature saw fit to grant SE Cape Breton a reprieve from inclement weather just in time to celebrate Canada Day, and I took advantage.  We literally had no spring, but a few warm, sunny days isn't quite reward enough!  I need MORE!  However, if you follow my other blog, KaHolly , you already know I have kept busy at the sewing machine, patiently waiting for a break in the weather.  Any random nice day that DID come along was regretably spent mowing the lawn!

A day on the water resulted in these photos:

Lobster season is over and traps are stacked and ready for storage.

Moon Snail egg case

There were a total of 15 Great Blue Herons

Barrier Beach, low tide.

Score!

Coming in for a landing

Moon Snail with it's 'foot' extended under about 6" of water.

Black-headed Gull

Window Views

While hiking along this past summer, somewhere in Cape Breton, 

we happened upon an old, dilapidated house.

I couldn't resist taking this picture looking up at the window.  

The rounded top made me believe that once upon a time, 

this old house had lots of character in all it's simplicity.

I wonder how many children 

watched out this very window

in anticipation Santa's arrival?

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My World Tuesday

Island Time

"How often we forget all time, when lone, 

Admiring Nature's universal throne, 

Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense 

Reply of hers to our intelligence."

- George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1823 [The Island].

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