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Juzza the Minion

This evening, two pigeons were being rather fruity on the top of the fence at the end of our garden; much to the chagrin of my two young daughters...

Naturally, we were like children.

The girls were saying "THEY'RE SITTING ON EACH OTHER!!!"

The immature part of me was chuckling: "Only 2 seconds? Poor lass!"

#nature#BirdsAndBees
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Lif Strand

ARONIA (CHOKEBERRY) BLOSSOMS
(c) 2023 Lif Strand
Aronia berry plants are naturally found in wetter areas than here in New Mexico but mine is happy living in a garbage pail under the drip line. Grow them for the birds & bees, but people can eat them, too. The berries are tart & bitter but pack more nutritional punch than blueberries, so obviously you should try them on ice cream!
#Photography
#PhotographyIsArt
#Digitalphotography
#flowers
#nutrition
#BirdsAndBees
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White flowers of a chokeberry bush attracting some pollinating insects
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LeslieMaggie

Hey gardeners! This long weekend I urge you to consider planting native species to help out the declining numbers of bees, plants, and the insects populations they depend on for survival. We are all connected!
I’ll be home planting some Gayfeather this weekend, native to Ontario. You can check out other native species through guides like GrowMeInstead linked here. Happy Gardening!

#NativeSpecies #Gardening
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teledyn 𓂀

it would have been common for most people in the 1940s to have assumed with a strong anthropocentric bias that animals might only employ the traditional ‘five human senses’ (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste) to interact with their environment.
link.springer.com/article/10.1
> Here, we report on a previously unknown letter by Einstein that briefly addresses the work of von Frisch and also queries how understanding animal perception and navigation may lead to innovations in physics.

SpringerLinkEinstein, von Frisch and the honeybee: a historical letter comes to light - Journal of Comparative Physiology AThe work of the Nobel Laureate Karl von Frisch, the founder of this journal, was seminal in many ways. He established the honeybee as a key animal model for experimental behavioural studies on sensory perception, learning and memory, and first correctly interpreted its famous dance communication. Here, we report on a previously unknown letter by the Physicist and Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein that was written in October 1949. It briefly addresses the work of von Frisch and also queries how understanding animal perception and navigation may lead to innovations in physics. We discuss records proving that Einstein and von Frisch met in April 1949 when von Frisch visited the USA to present a lecture on bees at Princeton University. In the historical context of Einstein’s theories and thought experiments, we discuss some more recent discoveries of animal sensory capabilities alien to us humans and potentially valuable for bio-inspired design improvements. We also address the orientation of animals like migratory birds mentioned by Einstein 70 years ago, which pushes the boundaries of our understanding nature, both its biology and physics.
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