Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

everything about what lives on Earth


Can you tame an adult jackdaw? - because titmouse sometimes eat out of my hand

11 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Czy można oswoić dorosłą kawkę? - bo sikorki jedzą mi czasami z ręki short slow motion video of jackdaw feeding   Jackdaws are very intelligent birds, they learn very quickly, adapt to a new environment, but most of them avoid people, they ar...

A bird with a rogue temperament - Common coot with young on my favorite pond

11 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Ptak ze zbójeckim temperamentem - Łyska pospolita z młodymi na moim ulubionym stawie This undoubted troublemaker, also known as the black diver, is the common coot, from Latin Fulica atra. The Polish name comes from the white patch on the forehead,...

Memories from the previous season and hopes for this year's mushroom season - Boletus edulis

4 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Wspomnienia z byłego sezonu i nadzieje na tegoroczny sezon grzybowy - Borowiki szlachetne My eyes light up when I look at the photos of porcini mushrooms collected last season. But soon I will enjoy the eye with these beautiful mushrooms live, in a r...

Half a year later, what changes? Red-belted conk

31 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

At the end of December last year, on a live tree, I spotted a fungus resembling the shape of common polypore. Yes, it was and still is an arboreal fungus, but it is called "Red-belted conk". Pod koniec grudnia ubiegłego roku wypatrzyłem na żywym d...

Shrub that blooms twice a year - Nigra or purple magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)

30 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

This shrub is the only specimen that I managed to spot in the Silesian Park, specifically on the outskirts of "Rosarium". Ten krzew to jedyny egzemplarz który udało mi się wypatrzeć w Parku Śląskim, a dokładnie na obrzeżach "Rosarium"....

So much life in one place and beautiful barberries

29 May 2023 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

On this old spruce trunk, new life has arisen. But not one, but many. The old rotten trunk became a breeding ground for moss, mushrooms grew on it, i.e. dryad's saddle. Grass grows around it, milkweed, a small oak tree, probably planted by squirrels...

Sleeping male mallard duck in a park pond

24 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Although mallards are quite common birds, a solitary sleeping male of this species is not easy to locate. Choć kaczki krzyżówki należą do ptaków spotykanych dość często, to samotnego śpiącego samca tego gatunku nie jest łatwo zlokalizować. I wa...

Beautiful flowers of the Silesian Park - Japanese rhododendron or Azalea

23 May 2023 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Spring, and especially its middle period, the end of May is the time for a show of beautiful flowers. Wiosna, a szczególnie jej środkowy okres, koniec maja to czas na pokaz przepięknych kwiatów. Near the Japanese garden in Park Śląski, there ar...

Herring gull - a bird that should not be here

22 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Going for walks to the nearby pond, I noticed that a strange creature appeared on it. It is the herring gull. Chodząc na spacery nad pobliski staw, zauważyłem, że pojawiła się na nim osobliwa istota. Jest nią Mewa srebrzysta. An interesting fact...

Symbiosis of starlings and moles

5 May 2023 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

As soon as the winter-weary earth receives a dose of warm sunlight, life appears in it. For some it's a joy, for others it's a pain. Gdy tylko zmęczona zimą ziemia otrzyma dawkę ciepłych promieni słonecznych pojawia się w niej życie. Dla jednych to...