tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14471764129274939142024-03-05T09:08:38.719-08:00Wildlife on WheelsWildlife stories and photos from a wheelchairYoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-20985646590249870192012-06-04T10:28:00.000-07:002012-06-04T10:49:40.740-07:00Macro Monday: Early Summer Seeds
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Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-91080348548129052012-05-26T19:32:00.000-07:002012-05-26T19:32:50.984-07:00Young life; Siskins, Greenfinches and House Sparrows
(fledgling)
Siskin, Carduelus spinus
Just a little bit shy?
Here's a few shots of the new addititions to the avian community in the garden.
Here we have the 2 young Greenfinches, Chloris chloris.
The House Sparrows, Passer domesticus too, have been very busy with using the nesting material on offer; in fact they were the first to introduce their fledglings.
I'm Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-17873408208818920142012-04-13T16:05:00.006-07:002012-04-14T08:43:45.195-07:00A few Spring photosSorry, guys, I've been away so long; a whole autumn and winter. Have been going through some difficult patches. But here's some Spring images to start with. I'll be posting regularly again soon.Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-45981366684070205182011-10-07T06:19:00.000-07:002011-10-07T12:55:57.283-07:00Purple PassionThese Insects took advantage of my Pincushion flowers, Scabiosa columbaria. I'm sure I will find a few little ones here next spring!Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-19229099584265557212011-10-01T13:28:00.000-07:002011-10-01T13:45:53.718-07:00SunflowerSunflowerYoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-14742536043385973362011-09-27T04:21:00.000-07:002011-09-27T15:08:48.249-07:00Unidentified specie: (please let me know if you can identify this fly for me by leaving a comment underneath the post.)Blackberry. Rubus fruticosusThe groundcover of speedwell. Which specie it is I do not know yet. The height of the creeping stems is about 80-100mm. The flowers are between 6 and 8mm.There are great crops of the berries everywhere. Well they will be in big demand as soon as the Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-9367223641055733592011-09-23T08:40:00.000-07:002011-09-23T14:24:58.195-07:00A focus here and there(Stinging) Nettle, Urtica dioica. Seedhead of my Pincushion flowers, or Pink mist as the Scabious is also called. I'll collect the seed as soon as the heads have dried out, because I'd love to see them in the back too, next year.And, as usual, Blogger rotates the photos I've uploaded. (and provide no opportunity to edit this!)Bittercress? Some kind of weed very similar to it, anyway. Tiny and Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-15639067611473516892011-08-01T00:34:00.000-07:002011-08-01T02:43:02.048-07:00Machro Monday: Abstract nature in monochromeI still have no PA from the Irish Wheelchair Asociation/health board. But that is not my main problem right now: I've got tendinitis in my right hand and wrist!! When you only got one arm to use, giving it rest is not an option. Just imagine: not to be able to hold your camera! Well you are getting the picture.. I don't. most of these images I took on a windy day, 4 weeks ago. Only one or two I Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-86738474353635094782011-07-19T12:24:00.000-07:002011-07-19T13:20:15.951-07:00A Tuesday MixMystery HoverflyWhite Plume Moth, Autographa gammaRushes in the gardenSciara hemebrioidesRed Clover, Trifolium pratenseAnd its pale cousin, the White Clover, Trifolium repenseFroghopper (sticking to the Nettles and leaving all my new plants alone) very sweet, and unknown plant. (Probably from the birdfood!)Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-8095117613085462522011-07-06T09:01:00.000-07:002011-07-06T13:10:37.705-07:00Bird'sfoot Trefoil, Lotus cumiculatusI think this might be an Annual Wall Rocket, Diplotaxis muralisIt grows up the wall of the front of the house. I love the little heart shape in its centre.The stem, about 2Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-37280495510402790462011-07-02T05:00:00.000-07:002011-07-02T09:37:03.241-07:00The Irish Common Lizard, Zootoca vivaparaCommon Lizard, Zootoca vivapara The Common Lizard, Zootaco vivapara. is very common in Ireland, although not seen very often. On an island with no other reptiles, it is not sure how the first Lizards arrived here. Was it via the east, using a landbridge with the UK mainland, or did they come via the south, from say, France.I do wonder how many of the local cats and dogs have been surprised by Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-77061015952002155342011-06-27T05:03:00.000-07:002011-06-28T13:10:25.952-07:00Critters back in front of the lens.If you can tell me the ID of this gorgeous little guy or one of the others, I hope you tell me. Just leave a comment below or via email. Cork county council has cleared the garden for me in April or March, and although I wanted to create a garden here at long last, all the hibernating invertebrates went into the skip with the overgrown grass, and most of the bramble and nettle, when they cut it Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-45617246517050207922011-06-01T12:52:00.000-07:002011-06-01T13:39:11.021-07:00Another trip down memory lane.Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculiThe Dutch name, Koekoek's bloem (Cuckoo flower) must be derived from the Latin name, Lychnis flos-cuculi, for this lovely flower. My latin is none to speak of (what I know is what I "pick up" from the names in natural history.)Here you see them growing among the Buttercups along the road.This one I've not figured out yet, and any help in identifying it is very Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-996206378738628312011-04-02T09:00:00.000-07:002011-04-03T06:26:15.868-07:00Taking Photos in-between the tears.I was doing really bad when I took these photos at Rehabcare; kept crying, and was unable to take part in the group. (and haven't stopped since, or so it seems)The Sweet Pea in this garden has been growing well, and I'm looking for a lot more tendril-raindroplets macro photography, this summer. The kind of photos Francis loved.I'm still doing very bad. I had hoped that by now, 9 weeks after Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-9954511501579453992011-03-19T12:07:00.000-07:002011-03-21T14:55:29.888-07:00Two more springflowersA few days ago, I spotted two wildflowers which I will be seeing everywhere until late summer.One is of the Veronica family. The other is the Wild or Barren Strawberry, Potentilla sterilis.Both flowers measured 8-10 mm. I like the Strawberry at this time of year, when they are very small and pretty . With my confidence still in shatters, I was unsure if it was the Barren Strawberry, Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-87014246847106924042011-03-13T14:53:00.000-07:002011-03-14T06:03:16.899-07:00Macro Monday: Fruiting Fungi.If you can tell me the name of this specie, please use the comment box, to let me know.I spotted these gorgeous Fungi growing on a piece of tree; a thick piece of a tree trunk which is being used as a planter in the Rehabcare garden. It is the first time I have seen these here, and I wonder what they are. And what lyrical latin name is attached to them? I have looked on Irish Lichen and Fungi Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-41017945803725900402011-03-13T04:54:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:07:43.789-07:00Spring is slowly emergingLast week, I went out into the cold afternoon to go for a quick peek at the bay. It was strange that I had not been out for months. Not since Francis had become more weak. I felt I had to keep an eye on him, just in case.. The post mortemresults have come back from the lab. I have been told that next week I'll get a copy of the report and I will be able to collect the death certificate. With Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-17641332375197445862011-03-02T08:42:00.000-08:002011-03-03T14:20:17.634-08:00A Total Sense of LossI'm sorry not to have posted recently. The fact is that I was hardly able to take any photos during these weeks.These pictures are my first attempt in finding myself again. Francis used to love the close-up photos I would take during, and after rain. And here in Ireland we have no shortage of those.Francis cannot enjoy my photos any more. The loving and caring Francis has left this earth fiveYoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-5533688985297746792011-01-17T12:31:00.000-08:002011-01-21T13:17:31.423-08:00Don't tell the childrenIn November 2010, I had wanted to take part in the Blogblast for Peace 2010.Internet problems had me locked out for about a week. I had wanted to post a poem which I wrote six years ago.<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-50539888631040564792010-12-12T03:13:00.000-08:002010-12-12T14:59:01.741-08:00Ice bubbles.Air bubbles trapped in ice as the water froze over.I was mostly intrigued by the patterns which were created by the ice in the wheelbarrow. Unfortunately I could not get close enough for detailed photos, and the this picture gives a rough idea from a distance.Was great to see it growing in thickness. And then the winds changed to westerns again, so the frost was send onto a low burner until Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-37511218974466554072010-11-15T03:13:00.000-08:002010-11-15T14:23:02.833-08:00Macro Monday: Autumn Flower FliersFatsia japonica is an Asian shrub which flowers in autumn. I do not have it for the Insects, and I never really considered it a shrub which the Insects would turn to for a last feed before they go into hibernation somewhere hidden away from sight and the cold.As it was, there have been lots of Insects feeding on the flowers. The individual florets look like tiny poached eggs.If you want to postYoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-66585131759474691292010-11-08T06:34:00.000-08:002010-11-08T14:52:27.392-08:00Macro Monday, A closer look at a bridge.If you want to take part in Macro Monday, visit Lisa's blog and sign up.Shiny marble like pieces of stony among the Ivy, stone, soil and Moss.,(there are only small bits of stone visible in fact. Nevertheless, it did deserve a closer look)We used to live next to this little bridge, for 13 years or so. It lets you pass over the river which surrounded us on two sides. (The old ground floor Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-38246386460720395802010-10-19T12:20:00.000-07:002010-10-19T14:37:43.368-07:00Ladybird and Zebra Spider.Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus.his fangs are bigger than those on the Zebra Spiders in my own garden, so I'm pretty sure this is a male. And very impressive he is for sure!From a distant I had spotted just a lot of legs on the move, and on closer inspection I had found the resident Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus.And although he had his back to me, he had certainly sensed something in the air, Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-75862449466800143422010-10-10T04:17:00.000-07:002010-10-10T07:02:42.697-07:00Leaf Beetle: Chrysolina banksiChrysolina banksi,Size: 10-15mmChrysolina banksi, a leaf eating beetle, landed on my wall, and as with all wild Insects, was incredibly fast moving through the gate from the inside wall to the other side. Its food plants include Ribwort and Fennel, both present in my garden. A day earlier,I found this one on the floor of my kitchen, walking towards me. Unfortunately neither one of them gave Yoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447176412927493914.post-86669890016826631112010-10-03T09:28:00.000-07:002010-10-03T09:37:29.118-07:00Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicusZebra Spider, Salticus scenicusJumping Spider males will perform a courtship dance in which they not only wave the front legs, but "but femaleswill pick up the rapid vibration when the dancing male pushes down his abdomen. You can see this dance of another jumping spider specie, in this video.And if you scroll down to the (almost) bottom photos here, you can see great photos of the Male (rightYoke,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02596190126355462132noreply@blogger.com2