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Access to the beach was from Portimão. Photos in this series were taken on the last day of Autumn 2024.
Praia da Rocha (English: "Rock Beach") is a beach and built up area on the Atlantic Ocean in the southern section of the concelho [city] of Portimão, Algarve, southern Portugal. Wikipedia
Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, that joins a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2021. Wikipedia
Porteau Cove Provincial Marine Park, BC, Canada
This East Vancouver [Cambridge] street [...] is famous for its crimson maple trees. You may not be alone in trying to grab a photo here — it tends to get pretty popular.
West Vancouver
Not sure but this could be Bracket Fungi:
"... a bracket (shelf) fungus, fruiting bodies of wood decay fungi that are found both on standing and fallen trees and form a hard outgrowth with a spore producing surface facing downward. Unlike most mushrooms (gill fungi) that produce spores on linear rows (gills) (see Agaricus), these fungi produce spores in a tissue perforated with numerous cylindric pores [see image below], generally from 0.2 to 2 mm in diameter, through which the spores are shed. Fungi producing such structures are called polypore (‘many pores’) fungi, and while there are a few polypore fungi that do produce a ‘ mushroom’ shaped fruiting body, the majority of polypore fungi are bracket fungi, growing off trees trunks and branches like a shelf or a ‘bracket’." Google
Ambleside Park
Crow enjoying Kousa Dogwood Berries in West Vancouver.
P. glaucus has a wingspan measuring 7.9 to 14 cm (3.1 to 5.5 in). The male is yellow with four black "tiger stripes" on each forewing. Females may be either yellow or black, making them dimorphic. The yellow morph is similar to the male, but with a conspicuous band of blue spots along the hindwing, while the dark morph is almost completely black.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_glaucus
Bidens alba, known Spanish needles. Bidens means two- toothed, describing the two projections found at the top of the seeds, and alba refers to the white ray florets.
The plant is extremely aggressive and produces needle-like seeds that cling to everything they touch, including hair, fabric, and fur.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_alba
Via Today's Explore at #7 on Fluidr July 9, 2024
www.fluidr.com
Mead Botanical Garden. Florida.
Flourishing in Winter Park, amid homes, businesses and academic environments, is Mead Botanical Garden. This garden, dedicated in 1940, began as about 50 acres of upland hammocks and lower wetlands, with streams, lakes and ponds.
www.meadgarden.org/about/history/
www.meadgarden.org/about/
familydestinationsguide.com/boardwalk-hidden-lake-florida/
or simply postman, is a brightly colored, geographically variable butterfly species found throughout Central and South America. The postman butterfly is predominately black with either red or yellow bands across the forewings. The postman butterfly has large long wings (35–39 mm). It is poisonous, and the red patterns on its wings are an example of aposematism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_melpomene
It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Leaves : 100–200 mm (4–8 in) long, flowers are large, not scented. The diameter of each flower is approximately 5cm.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis_gigantea
The larva (caterpillar) has five stages (instars), molting at the end of each instar. Instars last about 3 to 5 days, depending on factors such as temperature and food availability.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
Adult butterflies take flower nectar and sometimes roost in trees. Adults fly through much of the year. The natural habitat is open brushy areas and tropical hammocks, often in pine woodlands. Many populations now exist in suburban areas containing ornamental cycads.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumaeus_atala
Photo taken in Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Fl.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach_Botanical_Garden#Refere...
Spotted oleander caterpillar moth.
The adult moth has a wingspan of 43 to 48 mm. The hind wings are entirely carmine red with a deep brown border fringe. The body is dark brown with metallic blue highlights with is a series of small white spots.
bugguide.net/node/view/10160
entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/spotted_oleander_caterpi...
Giant white bird of paradise or wild banana is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 7–8 m (23–26 ft). The 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)-long leaves are grey-green and arranged like a fan at the top of the stems. The inflorescence is composed of a dark blue bract, white sepals and a bluish-purple "tongue". The entire flower can be as much as 18 cm (7.1 in) high by 45 cm (18 in) long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia_nicolai