Capture: Colour is the new black
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Lilith __, in reply to
– I’ve been arguing on the internet for 18 years –
I can see that in the masthead: Public Address: arguing on the internet since...
Holy crap, Richard Aston, that kereru looks unreal! And likewise David Hood's Lake Grassmere. I'm glad it has a caption because otherwise I couldn't have guessed!
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Richard Aston, in reply to
Oh its real all right - it loves that spot - in summer our Kereru eat over ripe guavas and get drunk - I have seen it on that spot, on its back with one wing in the air , waving.
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Lilith __, in reply to
in summer our Kereru eat over ripe guavas and get drunk
I’ve heard they get tipsy when the fruit gets overripe but never seen it, how wonderful.
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I have seen them kidding around though - stalling in mid-air and plummeting towards the ground and then suddenly flapping their wings and levelling out.
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Islander, in reply to
I've seen them falloff a kowhai tree-branch, toppled by the nectar-
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
What's the story...
...in summer our Kereru eat over ripe guavas and get drunk – I have seen it on that spot, on its back with one wing in the air, waving.
That's the Morning Glory seeds working...
The flower is aso Victorian Flower Language
shorthand for a Rolling Stones' song...
...it's Delphiniums for me I think! -
Lilith __, in reply to
…it’s Delphiniums for me I think!
A Doctor Who flower! ;-)
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Magic Mushroom?
Alexandra Blossom, probably in 1962, scanned from my mother's slide collection.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Magic Mushroom?
Theme emerging here ;-)
And BTW: how is it fluffy?
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May I just say what beautiful pictures from everyone. This is a Sunset shot from Whatawhiwhi one evening. Sunsets up that way are rather spectacular.
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Islander, in reply to
It's a *cuddly* flykiller agaric!
And stunning sunset Sofie!
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Chinatown, BKK
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And another
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October last year, Dunedin Botanic Gardens. I've always thought this looks like it belongs on the set of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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Islander, in reply to
Do those extremely interesting crustaceans (mantis shrimps?) have roe in 'em?
Succulent looking dish anyway-
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
The dish is Kung Chae Nam Pla and it's both delicious and normally made with fresh water prawns.
I think, however, these large servings you find in Chinatown likely are Mantis as they're much bigger than the ones we get at the local cafes. Roe, I have no idea about.
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Islander, in reply to
Thanks Simon.
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Colour? Birds? Can do: Kotare/Kingfisher, 26/6/11
(Stupid thing stunned itself flying into a window. I rescued it from the cats.)
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What's this look like? In my garden.
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This was taken late one night as I was leaving a Book Launch. It was for Emma Hart's Book and David Haywood's Book and Graham Reid's thrown in for good measure. I got all 3 and have since passed them on for others to enjoy. The Tower came out in all it's glory in agreement, I like to think.
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Islander, in reply to
Bloody wonderful nearly-in-flower bromeliad!
(Never seen one so wonderfully red – mine are all green wee things, a couple with red splotches…)And – Gareth- for some weird reason (maybe they mistake it for a water surface, she suggests, dubious about the suggestion) kotare do that *a lot.* Lovely birds – we have a lot of ’em round the lagoon-
Incidentally, as opposed to kereru & pipiwharauroa (& young thrushes), kotare rarely *kill* themselves by crashing into windows…
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Islander, in reply to
Oooo!
And I ignorantly thought that thing was horrible!
Must get a shot of the Oamaru Opera House, lit up, when I'm there this month.
Maybe too late for the steampunk train though... -
Gareth, in reply to
It hasn't done it since! Mind you, I nearly jumped out of my skin, the noise at impact was so loud...
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Islander, in reply to
Try a pigeon flying into the window at full bore!
I'm amazed they've never broken a window yet (and they've tried all 12!) -
Colour and birds reminded me of this pair of pictures I took a while ago. Due to circumstances they are both a bit out of focus, but in this case I pretend it is a fortuitous soft focus.
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