I used to love this game that AfroHerper played on ExTwitter, so here's my version of it from the recent Mexico biodiversity cataloging expedition.
There is a Ditmars horned lizard ("horny toad") in this photo. It's the one I found and the first of only two found on the trip. It's a juvenile about 3" long.
If you see it, don't spill the beans! I'm hitting the road soon, but will give the answer tomorrow or tonight.
BTW, it's not hidden in the watermark or anything sneaky like that. They are just really hard to spot on the ground until they move.
I was far away and I was so distracted trying to figure out why he was taking a nap by himself in the creek's shallow water that I didn't see her until went to edit the photos. #Camouflage.
(03/05/24)
Peacock flounders are a colorful variety of flounder found all over the Caribbean, particularly in sandy areas. They are left-eyed flounders, meaning their right eye moved over to the left side of their body. When flounders hatch, their eyes are on opposite sides like any other fish, but as they mature, they shift. Nature is wild!
Within weeks of the beginning of World War I, the French Army formed a camouflage unit, becoming the first army in history to incorporate camouflage systematically as an official military tactic.
The unit was comprised of 3,000 men, most of whom had been painters, sculptors or theater set designers before the war.
"Autistic people in several studies (2, 4, 7, 9 and 11) described camouflaging as conscious and cognitively demanding 'like trying to solve mathematical equations in your head all day long while carrying on as normal (Bradley et al.. 2021)"
Under the camo net there are two bee hives wrapped in plastic to protect them from the weather over the winter and keep unwanted insects out.
I don't own any land. I built one Japanese stacked pile hive box and I ordered a second Langstroth hive and assembled it.
Last spring I failed to attract a swarm. I put them out too late. This spring I will be ready when the bees swarm.
I took advantage of a clearing that resulted from trees knocked down in a storm. This is public land.
Fortunately Japanese people don't usually mess with other people's stuff. I only covered it with the net so it wouldn't be an eyesore to people walking in the forest.
I will post more pictures as the situation changes with the season.
Edit: I also plan on covering this clearing with flowers for both beatification and for the bees. I ordered foxglove, bundleflower, and passionflower. The bundleflower is mainly for the seeds. They are more nutritious than soybeans. Birds and deer love them.
#caturday#camouflage our feral Savvy's favorite spot on hot days. The first few times I found her there we both jumped. The black and white markinds are remarkably good camouflage.
I pass this ‘house' on a regular basis, although normally in the car - its not a section of road we frequently cycle but cycling over to Jedburgh I stopped yesterday. At a distance it is a wee cottage on the side of a moderately busy road. Get closer and it is a facade - a small barn that has been ‘enhanced’ to make it look a little more interesting.