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10 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
The gray heron (Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758) is a bird belonging to the Ardeidae family. Native to the temperate regions of the Old World, as well as to Africa, it is the species of heron that goes further north, so much so that in summer it is easy...
7 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68
The Wren (Troglodytes) is one of the smallest European birds. It can be seen during winter walks. He is often accompanied by tits, woodpeckers, and blacksmiths. Strzyżyk (Troglodytes) to jeden z najmniejszych europejskich ptaków. Można go dost...
2 Dec 2021 3 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68
Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a soot black bird with a yellow, yellow-orange or even orange beak. There is also an orange border around the eye. This is what adult males look like. Females and cubs are brown in color. Its body length can reach 27 cm....
6 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl
Boomslang are one of Southern Africa's dangerously venomous snake species - a microscopic amount of Boomslang venom can be fatal to an adult human. That being said, they are extremely timid snakes and bites are rare - they would much rather flee tha...
30 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl
This little guy is a Spotted Harlequin Snake - a beautiful but venomous species from South Africa. These colourful snakes average 30 – 40 cm with a maximum length of 65 cm. They vary greatly in colour, depending on locality and are found in fynbos,...
27 Oct 2021 1 minute read 1 comment willemvzyl
A tiny, unobtrusive snake that's found in gardens in coastal towns and feeds and ants and ant eggs. This is South Africa's only introduced snake species - they were accidentally imported to port towns in bags of soils or pots of flowers (hence the n...
24 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl
Boomslang (if you're not an Afrikaans speaker you'd be surprised what the name sounds like, properly pronounced) are one of Southern Africa's dangerously venomous snake species - a microscopic amount of Boomslang venom can be fatal to an adult human...
22 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl
I'll start off my photography blog with one of my personal favourites from my photo collection. This is a Black Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricincta woodi), a dangerously venomous elapid from the West Coast of South Africa. It inhabits much of Namaquala...
9 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Greenchic
Early today morning after I finished my meditation to make breakfast, my two cats have already gone into their state of slumber on my bed of course. They look curled up and comfortable, pressed together as if they have a bond in sleeping merr...
28 Sep 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
The scientific name of the species, carduelis, is a tautonym, as it is a repetition of that of the genus: it became such when the species was segregated from the genus Fringilla to be moved into a genus in its own right. Carduelis was the name by whi...
