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I don't live in Nova Scotia. The nearest big bodies of water to me are rivers, not oceans.

Still feeling awestruck at the sight of this. Apparently, some sharks do curiosity.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/close-encounter-with-great-white-shark-near-halifax-sparks-awe-disbelief-1.7600371

Current Mood: impressed

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haven't posted to this group yet! but i wanted to share some photos ive taken of my local flora over the years

the species are as listed: spotted touch me-not, common blackberry, goldenrod spp. unknown lilly, common pear (iirc). I hope this is a fine first post here.

edit 3/22: i have tried a new format to share these images so hopefully they work this time apologies. and also thank you all for liking them!

Current Mood: optimistic

dewline

Sharing a rocking chair...

dewline

So I was waiting for a bus on Bank Street, just north of the Rideau River across from Billings Bridge Mall in 2008...and I spotted these critters.

Current Mood: busy

steorra

This morning I saw a shiny blue-green insect that I'm fairly sure was Chrysidid wasp (cuckoo wasp, emerald wasp). One picture behind the cut.
( Shiny blue-green wasp )
For more pictures and details of my identification process, see this post on my own journal.

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Shark Off Of Halifax

Sharing Some Photos

The Chipmunk and the Chick: 2021

2008: Ducks on Bank Street

Chrysidid wasp

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