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#biodiversity

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NSW.Biodiversity

The family farm - years of 'bashing and burning'

"I bashed the trees down and burnt everything … I was a bash and burner."

"It took about 200 years to transform a once wild island into an agricultural powerhouse,
farmers raised to conquer the land; slashing native vegetation to make way for agriculture.Much of King Island's native vegetation has been cleared for farmland."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/kin
#extinction #farming #FamilyFarm #Australia #LandClearing #culture #SettlerSociety #machinery #SlashandBurn #deforestation #meat #biodiversity

ABC News · Farmer Fred Perry's 30-year conservation project creates bird haven after years of 'bashing and burning'By Meg Fergusson
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🏳️‍🌈 Sabina Lorenz 🦄

#BlumenImAsphalt Heute in einer Friedhofsmauer in #München Haidhausen: Viola odorata, das wohlriechende Veilchen oder März - Veilchen wird seit der Antike aus religiösen und medizinischen Gründen kultiviert. Wie alle heimischen Frühblüher ist das März-Veilchen wichtige Nahrungsquelle für Insekten. Es ist Raupenfutter für 12 Schmetterlingsarten. (Quelle: @FloraIncognita_DE, Naturadb.de)

#GutenMorgen Trötys, habt einen schönen Ostersonntag.

Eine alte Ziegelmauer, aus der ein kleines Veilchen mit 8 blauen Blüten wächst.
#biodiversity#insekten#artenvielfalt
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MikeF

I stopped off at Bryant Park in NYC yesterday, hoping to see the American Woodcock reported there. I found the park densely crowded and noisy, and did encounter not one, but two Woodcocks, along with a few other birds. This Woodcock seemed uncomfortable and stressed-out. It was initially foraging in a far corner of the park under some sparse bushes, and then hunkered down, bill tucked into plumage, in an open spot on bare soil about 15 feet from its audience, which was about as far as it could get from people in this setting.
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #birding #birdphotography #biodiversitycrisis #biodiversity

American Woodcock standing by plastic debris in NYC's Bryant Park. The Woodcock is a forest-loving member of the shorebird family that strolls along the ground with a curious bobbing gait as it probes for earthworms with its long, flexible bill. These birds end up in Bryant Park because they fly low as they migrate and find themselves in this green spot amid midtown Manhattan skyscrapers. "American Woodcocks are plump, short-legged shorebirds with very long, straight bills. Their large heads, short necks, and short tails give them a bulbous look on the ground and in flight. The wings are broad and rounded compared to most other shorebirds. They are well camouflaged in light brown, black, buff, and gray-brown tones. The face is buffy, the crown blackish. They are light gray across the neck and back, with dark-and-light patterned shoulders and brown wings. The underparts are buffy to almost orange." (AllAboutBirds).
Gray Catbird standing on a concrete curb along a walkway. These members of the Mockingbird family have gray bodies with a dark cap and tail. They are fairly well adapted to built environments with some trees and other vegetation.
A Hermit Thrush standing on some bare soil in the park between spurts of sprinting as it searches for food. A a small, cinnamon brown Thrush with dark streaks and spots down its throat and on its breast.
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Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽

Pair of Long-billed Curlews on native prairie in southern AB. There were at least 6 pair already staking out breeding territories. They are nice now, but once there are eggs or chicks they attack by flying at your face with their long stabby bill while screaming at you, and turning away at the last moment before your eye gets skewered (so it seems).

Pair of Long-billed Curlews with downcurved bills on native grass.
#birdsofmastodon#Biodiversity#Curlew
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Ma Quest :ablobjam:

The sun shines and the nest rocks in the breeze.
16.25 Ma Stork greets Pa Stork who supervises afternoon tea as she leaves. Pa Stork stands up at 16.54, 17.37 and 18.13, revealing the chirping storklets.
18.32 Ma Stork returns.
whitestorkproject.org/live-cam
#StorkFamCam #Stork #Storks #Knepp #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Störche #Storche #WhiteStork #WhiteStorks #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #Webcam #Bird #Webcams #SaturdayStorks

White Stork ProjectLive Cam FeedHere is a live camera feed on one of our stork's nests at Knepp Estate!
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Ma Quest :ablobjam:

An overcast and windy morning. The oak tree is swaying. Pa Stork sits on the nest.
8.02-8.08 Ma Stork flies in with a lump of mud or dung. Pa leaves. The storklets hesitate and then tuck in. Ma Stork joins them for breakfast and distributes some of the lump around the nest.
whitestorkproject.org/live-cam
#StorkFamCam #Stork #Storks #Knepp #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Störche #Storche #WhiteStork #WhiteStorks #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #Webcam #Bird #Webcams #SaturdayStorks

White Stork ProjectLive Cam FeedHere is a live camera feed on one of our stork's nests at Knepp Estate!
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