More news - February 2020
Banana plant
Musa paradisiaca 22-2-20 © Javier González
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Yellow bird of paradise
Caesalpinia gilliesii 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Balloon vine"
Cardiospermum grandiflorum 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Tree tobacco
Nicotiana glauca 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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False loosestrife
Ludwigia bonariensis 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Brazilian arnica
Solidago chilensis 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Tipu tree
Tipuana tipu 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Cattail
Typha sp. 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Watern lettuce
Pistia stratiotes 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Water fern
Salvinia biloba 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Silk floss tree
Chorisia speciosa 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Yellow oleander
Thevetia peruviana 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Moonflower
Ipomoea alba 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Wild teasel
Dipsacus fullonum 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Morning glory
Ipomoea cairica 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Narrow-leaved Bird's foot trefoil
Lotus glaber 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Tree of heaven
Ailanthus altissima 29-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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State of the Duck Pond
22-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
The only puddle in the distance also dried by 29th
29-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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State of the Gull Pond
22-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
The surprise was even bigger. It was completely dried though on 22nd there seemed to be still water compared to the Duck Pond
29-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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The water level in the Gull and Duck Pond
15-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
The few drops fallen during the week could not even keep the level of the water. The loss of water is very notorious in the Duck Pond. In the Gull Pond is not so evident. Nevertheless, out of 370 black-necked swans in the Gull Pond only 130 remained. Absorbed in the neotropical waterbird count I forgot to film the Gull Pond from the main viewpoint. So the view is not complete
15-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
15-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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Buttercup tree
Senna corymbosa 12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Larger bur-marigold
Bidens laevis 12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Balloon vine
Cardiospermum grandiflorum 12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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Tree of heaven
Ailanthus altissima 12-2-20 © J. Simón Tagtachian
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The water level in the Duck and Gull Ponds
8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
The ponds after Wednesdays' weak rain
8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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Wand riverhemp
Sesbania virgata 8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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Larger bur-marigold
Bidens laevis 8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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Yellow oleander
Thevetia peruviana 8-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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Water level in Gull and Duck Ponds
1-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
1-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
With little rainfall we observe how these two ponds are drying. In the Gull Pond (top) water has markedly withdrawn but there is still an important area covered with water. In teh Duck Pond (below), instead, the area is very small exposing a wide mudflat which the ideal habitat for shorebirds.
1-2-20 © Cora Rimoldi
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It flies in such an unpredictable way that it is difficult to make a picture on the wing. Its stops lasted less than putting the camara in position and again from one side to another till it stopped in a Chinese privet. We searched the tree carefully and Luciano found it. It was sitting on a leaf with folded wings. It camouflaged very well. Luckily it stood there for a while. Completely focused on the white morpho we almost missed the moth (photo below), this black witch with worn wings which was in a nearby branch. Luckily Juan Carlos saw it.
Argentine morpho
Morpho epistrophus argentinus 1-2-20 © Milena LLopis
1-2-20 © Milena LLopis
It flies in such an unpredictable way that it is difficult to make a picture on the wing. Not even its stops which were too brief. Suddenly it disappered in a chinese privet. We searched the tree carefully and Luciano did find it. It was sitting on a leaf with folded wings. It camouflaged very well. Luckily it stood there for a while. Completely focused on the white morpho we almost missed the moth (photo below), this black witch with worn wings which was in a nearby branch. Luckily Juan Carlos saw it.
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Black witch
Ascalapha odorata 1-2-20 © Milena LLopis
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These two tegus were basking in the sun when one of them moved next to the other (top photo). Seconds later they gaped their mouths and got into fight coiling their bodies around each other (photo below). As the fight began, it ended and the smaller lizard ran up the slope where they had been resting.