Notices by Don Ray (donray@mastodon.online), page 2

#Sunrise #Iowa #Homer

This morning’s presentation of Homer’s “rosy-fingered Dawn.”

#BonnieAndClyde #Iowa #ClassicCar

I saw Bonnie and Clyde pulling up to the library today. I took a quick photo, then slipped out the back door before the shooting started.

@fanta @DavidSD @marioostolaza

En el primer grupo de fotos, veo que el árbol está negro por dentro. Me hace pensar que cayó un rayo. O quizás el árbol tenía alguna herida y enfermedad de hace tiempo. .

#Pollinators #Butterflies #Iowa #Weevils

On a Brown-eyed Susan, a Variegated Fritillary -- photo bombed by a pale green weevil (just below the butterfly).

#Butterflies #Monarch #Pollinators #Iowa #Caterpillar

I haven't seen many monarch butterflies this year -- and zero monarch caterpillars until today.

Apparently, @dillyd had the same experience today. (Link)
https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd/114960435958177765

#Flowers #NativePlants #Prairie #Iowa

A smorgasbord of native plants.

Yesterday, I took a look at my little Hillside Prairie by the pond. Here’s some of what I saw. (The leadplant is something I collected years ago from a roadside; the rest just arrived on their own.)

#Eggs

Eggs of many colors from the neighbors’ little flock of hens.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Nonilex

They seem to be teams of people. I wonder where the teams are receiving their special kidnapping training.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Sycamore #Cats #Baseball #Iowa

This tree was planted 31 years ago as a 3-foot bareroot sapling. My son and I used to play catch beside it. Later, I would throw pop flies over the tree. Now, there's no room for playing catch...

#Birds #BackyardBirds #Aves #Iowa

Some nice late afternoon light on this female Northern Cardinal.

#USPol #SignalGate #Hegseth

@DavidM_yeg @davidaugust @Greengordon

I understand that the Canadian composer might not have prepared his paperwork correctly.

Nevertheless, I think this headline (or future headlines) should read "Carnegie's dream of hosting international composers crumbles under Trump Administration paranoia."

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs #Iowa #Weather

The neighbors’ dog showed up to help me fill the bird feeders with sunflower seeds. High temperature today was 5° F (-15° C), so the birds ate a lot of seeds.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Gatos

Cat lichen tree

@br00t4c

The goons will put Gates in a headlock, and he will recant and apologize for being a heretic. That’s my prediction.

@YellowReadis @mekkaokereke
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Interesting. And, yes, wildlife is another reason to plant native trees. Apparently, outside of Australia, eucalyptus is not good for most wild critters.

There are eucalyptus plantations in California, but I don't know if they have caused a lot of trouble there.

@mekkaokereke

An additional consideration is to use native species that are not planted as a monoculture.

Eucalyptus from Australia has been planted in many countries, and unfortunately it crowds out native species and burns like a torch.

Portugal has had some bad experiences with eucalyptus. Chile has recently ceased to plant it in reforestation programs.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/24/eucalyptus-plantations-are-expanding-and-being-blamed-for-devastation-pedrogao-grande-aoe

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #iowa #DailyWalk.
We were grateful to see sunshine and blue skies today after many days without. Best wishes to all for fair weather in the coming year.

@RonSupportsYou @gleick @Konfettispaghetti @monnier

#Wikipedia is great for many non-controversial things. On controversial topics, it’s at least starting point.

But the problems are there. The gender imbalance among contributors and subjects of articles is one big problem.

That’s why I really noticed the work of @PennamitePLR. She’s created MANY articles about notable women. I hope others can follow her example.

@blogdiva

Only 22% of the total population voted for tRump. Only 31% of the voting eligible population.