submitted by Spencer Westbrook. Photos of an amazing plant distortion in a Ventura, CA neighborhood. Overall this appears to be about 6.5′ hight, about 40″ across at the top. Any guesses about what is going on with them? Comments welcome. \
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Season of mist and shivery iciness — Travel with Intent

Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire, January 2021Sentence inspired by Keats’ “To Autumn“ Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule and share far more words (all excellent of course!) so the key rule is to have a title […]
Season of mist and shivery iciness — Travel with Intent
Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Winners — Natural History Wanderings
See the winners of the 2020 Great Backyard Bird Count winners as well as historical galleries of past winners at Great Backyard Bird Count photos
Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Winners — Natural History Wanderings
Owls, Creatures of the Night — Jet Eliot

Giant Eagle Owl, aka Verreaux’s Owl, Botswana, Africa When the sun goes down and the night turns black this Halloween, there are plenty of wildlife creatures to send shivers up the spine. Owls, our most famous nocturnal creature, have serrated feathers for silent flight. They can glide right past you invisibly and soundlessly…all you know […]
Creatures of the Night — Jet Eliot
Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Shasta Cascade Morning Light” by Beth Young. Location: Shasta Valley Wildlife Area, California.“ I got out of bed hours before dawn to drive an hour or so north to capture the clearing mist at the top of Mount Shasta and warm, golden light kissing the foliage surrounding Trout Lake […]
Photograph by Matt Parry, runner-up. On an early morning safari drive in the Amakhala game reserve, South Africa, we came across these two rhinos coming out of the mist. A little bird is hitching a ride with one of the rhinos. Comment by Mick Ryan, Judge: Is there any species more prehistoric-looking than the endangered […]
‘Buffaloes and stars’. This picture, taken at Zimanga game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using an in-camera multiple exposure, with the first lit for the buffaloes and the second focused on the stars with a spectacular result. Image Credit: Photograph by Andreas Hemb. Source: Sony world photography awards 2017 shortlist | Art and design | […]
CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS COST AND BOOKINGS ROAD TRIP ITINERARY IMAGES A hikers dream. Camp above the clouds, stay overnight in a cave. Experience the different mountains the Drakensberg has to offer from the Golden Gate National park to the giant escarpments of Underberg. Fresh flowing rivers with snow capped peaks in Winter. A perfect getaway to […]