In an attempt to keep track of my favorite shots, I'm making this post.
On the 21-06-2024, I got some shots of a Rhagoletis sp. in Frontrunner Park, on its suspected host plant, Cornus sericea. Definitely hoping to get more shots when I get a better camera.
The next day, on 22-06-2024, I got a personal favorite shot of mine, a Dusky slug using an Amanita mushroom as an umbrella. I'm glad I decided to take a walk in the light rain that day, and also made the decision to w...
Highlighting alien species that need attention in the area.
For Pines: where there are no notes on numbers, there are just isolated plants - numbers are given of denser infestations.
A huge thank you to everyone who has photographed moths this week!
I know our weather has been all over the place! We've been in this severe drought, and I feel like I haven't seen nearly the variety of moths that I've seen in prior years, and in smaller numbers. We had two days of rain in my area, and it seems to have helped a little bit! I had more flying last night, than earlier in the week!
Looks like it's going to be another good night tonight!
Good luck everyone, and ha...
Boozhoo!
(Hello in Anishinaabemowin)
Our previous two walks at Naapi's Garden and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (Áísínai'pi) were fantastic. Thank you to everyone who attended.
At Naapi's garden, we observed wildflowers such as Purple Geranium, Low Larkspur, Wild onion (Pisatsiinikimm), Wild Carrot (Niistsikápa’s), and Nineleaf Biscuitroot (Opihtahtsi). Api'soomaahka taught us about how yarrow (Áóhtoksóoki) is known as the "medicine chest" of the prairies. The le...
There are three groups that need especial attention: Please help if you can.
Passeggiata di quattro ore: salita verso Monte Nero e poi discesa a mezza costa sul Sentiero Liguria verso Ospedaletti.
Lungo la salita incontro una serie di serre e moltissime specie diverse di libellule; presto scopro che la loro abbondante presenza è dovuta a delle cisterne utilizzate immagino per coltivare: ne noto sempre alcune volare intorno a questi specchi d'acqua.
Salendo e in parte della discesa passo attraverso la macchia mediterranea. Nell'area con arbusti bassi non n...
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@HADDAD, K., CHETIBI, M., AFOUTNI, L. & MAURAS, D. 2023. Status of Namaqua Dove in Algeria and recent observations in 2022 [Statut de la Tourterelle masquée en Algérie et observations récentes en 2022]. Dutch Birding, 45 (2): 123-126.
@https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370490255_Status_of_Namaqua_Dove_in_Algeria_and_rece...
@BENDAHMANE, L., HADDAD, K., CHETIBI, M., AFOUTNI, L. & MENAA, M. 2022. Répartition du peuplement avifaunistique le long du gradient d’urbanisation de l’écosystème de Constantine, Algérie [Distribution of the bird community along the urbanization gradient of the Constantine ecosystem, Algeria]. Go-South Bulletin, 19: 63-74.
@HADDAD, K. & AFOUTNI, L. 2022. Premier signalement du Pic Goertan Dendropicos goertae en Afrique du Nord. [First record of African grey woodpecker Dendropicos Goertae in North Africa]. 4465, Alauda, Volume 90 (3): 73-76.
@HADDAD, K. & AFOUTNI, L. 2022. New data on range of Sudan Golden Sparrow and African Silverbill in Algeria [Nouvelles données sur l'aire de répartition du Moineau doré et du Capucin bec-d'argent en Algérie]. Dutch Birding, 44 (4): 293-298.
@https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362633944_New_data_on_range_of_Sudan...
@HADDAD, K., CHETIBI, M., AFOUTNI, L. & FILALI, A. 2021. Du nouveau sur les orchidées de Constantine (nord-est d'Algérie) [News on the orchids of Constantine (northeast of Algeria)]. Journal Eur. Orch. Volume 53 (2-4): 135–178.
Artikkelista Niedziałkowska, Neumann, Borowik, Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Malmsten, Arnemo & Ericsson (2022). Moose Alces alces.
LISÄÄNTYMINEN
Vasa painaa syntyessään 13–15 kg. Yhden vasan paino on keskimäärin suurempi kuin kaksosena syntyneen vasan paino. Uros- ja naarasvasojen painossa ei ole eroa. Nuori vasa käyttää ravinnoksi emän maitoa ja kasveja ja kasvaa nopeasti vieroitusikään (n. 5 kk) asti. Kasvunopeus riippuu tänä aikana eniten maidon laadusta. Vieroituksen jäl...
@HADDAD, K., VÉLA, E., CHETIBI, M. & AFOUTNI, L. 2021. Nouvelles observations d’Ophrys de Battandier Ophrys battandieri E.G.Camus (pro hybr.) 1908 en Numidie (Algérie [New stations of Ophrys battandieri E.G. Camus (pro hybr.) 1908, in Numidia (Algeria)]. L’Orchidophile 231 : volume 52 (4): 357-364.
HADDAD, K., BELLATRECHE, M., MEBARKI, M.-T. & AFOUTNI, L. 2021. Données nouvelles sur l'aire de répartition du Moineau domestique Passer domesticus en Algérie [New data on the range of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus in Algeria]. 4435, Alauda, Volume 89 (4): 297-300.
HADDAD, K., ZAÏDI, H. & ACHRINI, M. 2021. African Crake at Kerzaz, Algeria, in November 2020. Dutch Birding, 43 (4): 39-40.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353972683_African_Crake_at_Kerzaz_Algeria_in_November_2020
Abstract
The observation site (29°27’32.5”N, 1°26’35.0”W) is located 252 km in a straight line west of the...
@HADDAD, K., ZAÏDI, H. & KENTAOUI, A. 2021. Deuxième observation du Vautour de Rüppell Gyps rueppelli en Algérie [Second observation of Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli in Algeria]. 4417, Alauda, volume 89 (2): 147-149.
@HADDAD, K. & BEKKOUCHE, S. 2021. Blue-naped Mousebird and Black Scrub Robin at Tamanrasset, Algeria, in 2018-19. Dutch Birding, 43 (2): 147-149.
Abstract
This paper documen...
HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. & SACI, A. 2021. Du Nouveau pour le Liseron de Durando en Algérie [News for Durando's bindweed in Algeria]. Le Courrier De La Nature, No. 327 (Mars-Avril): 22-23.
@HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. & FILALI, A. 2020. Redécouverte d’Ophrys pallida Raf. à Constantine (Algérie) [Ophrys pallida Raf. rediscovered in Constantine (Algeria)]. L’Orchidophile, 227 vol. 51 (4): 405-410.
@https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348578773_Redecouverte_d%27Ophrys_...
@HADDAD, K., KALAENTZIS, K. & DEMETRIOU, J. 2020. On track to becoming a cosmopolitan invasive species: First record of the box tree moth Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the African continent. Entomologia Hellenica, 29 (2): 27-32.
@HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. 2020. Oiseaux rares récemment observés en Algérie [Rare birds recently watched in Algeria]. 4399, Alauda, volume 88 (4): 307-310.
Abstract
R...
@HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. & MEBARKI, M.-T. 2020. Répartition actuellement connue du Moineau doré Passer luteus dans le sud de l’Algérie [Currently know distribution of Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus in Southern Algeria]. 4387, Alauda, volume 88 (3): 56-58.
@HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. & MEBARKI, M.-T. 2020. Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) dans le sud algérien [First record of Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycanidae) in southern Algeria]. EPPO Bulletin 50 (2): 292-294.
@HADDAD, K. & AFOUTNI, L. 2020. Nouvelles localités et répartition du Capucin bec-d’argent Euodice cantans dans le sud de l’Algérie [New localities and distribution of African Silverbill Euodice cantans in Southern Algeria]. 4377, Alauda, volume 88 (2): 144-146.
@HADDAD, K. & AFOUTNI, L. 2020. Première observation du Coucou jacobin Clamator jacobinus en Afrique du Nord [First record of Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus in North Africa]. 4365, Alauda, volume 88 (1): 71-72.
Only a slight chance of rain tonight in Austin, and the heat and humidity seem to make it quite good for moths, at least based on what I've seen at my house and our first two public National Moth Week events. We'll welcome your attendance at Roy G Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park, where we've always had good nocturnal insect viewing because of the great habitat. See you there.
Light and sheet stations will be operating at dark. Sunset is around 830 PM.
Bring your...