Learning English.

Three months... Three months past since I published the last post. Why didn't I blog? What have I done? Well, I quit one of my jobs and attended English class, that is where I spent that time.
So, I studied for three month, but did I learn anything? So far I don't know.
Anyway, I am back with hope to finish "The Wood Duck story".
 
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The Wood Duck. Female.

"The Wood Duck is considered by many naturalists
and hunters to be the most beautiful duck in North
America, if not the world."
Hinterland Who's Who

So, Wood Duck...
Some sources describe Wood Duck as the most beautiful duck in the world. But even it is my favorite duck I can't be agree it is most beautiful duck in North America either! Here is spectacular Harlequin Duck in North America and amazing Mandarin Duck in Eastern Asia and Russia. Which one is more beautiful -? I don't know!
However wood duck's  female - less colorful than male (it's has a white broad teardrop-shaped eye-ring and a whitish throat. You can't be mistaking when you sea that), but still one of the most gorgeous and more colourful than any other female ducks in North America!

Sounds of Wood Duck here



The Wood Duck and the Mandarin: The Northern Wood Ducks



Stovall 5H Duck Box



The Wood Duck by Bart Jerner Collector Plate



Wood Ducks Wild Wing Serving Tray (19 x 11.5) - MHP-WW-0108



Wood Ducks: A Pictorial Study



Wood Duck Playing Cards



Wood Duck - Sounds.

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Orchids

Orchid - people describe this flower as beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic...you can use any word you want! Neither word would be enough.
Well, orchids are not just a beautiful. They are also very interesting plants . Here are a few facts about them:

1) The name comes from the Greek órkhis, literally meaning "testicle,"



Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants

2) It is currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. (between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species.



Orchids For Dummies

 3) You can find orchids almost everywere other than glaciers.





Phalaenopsis Silk Orchid Flower Arrangement

4) The namber of orchid species is two times higher than the number of bird species.




Complete Guide to Orchids (Miracle Gro)

5) The namber of orchid species is four times higher than the number of mammal species.



The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation

6) It accounts from 6 to 11% of all seed plants.



Bloom-Again Orchids: 50 Easy-Care Orchids that Flower Again and Again and Again

Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, 
Lust, and Lunacy



Silk Orchid Artificial Flower Arrangement - Phalaenopsis Liquid Illusion-Cream



Odontocidium Catatante orchid Blooming Size

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids



Orchids for Every Home: The Beginner's Guide to Growing Beautiful, Easy-Care Orchids


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The Wood Duck. Introduction.

Many years ago I received a gift from my Mom and Dad. It was a pretty big box. When I opened it I found 7 books inside. The books were in the size of encyclopedias and had silver titles - " The life of animals". Each book was talking about different creatures: mammals, fishes... and of course one book was about birds! There I was introduced to the most spectacular duck for the very first time. I returned to the article and photo so many times!

I almost learned it by heart! But time has past. I grew up...medical school, army, work, immigration to Israel...The book was lost and I forgot about my favorite duck!

However, a few years back I found myself in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Here my passion to nature came back and when I read a birding guide I came across a photograph of THAT duck! Yes, it was a photograph of the spectacular WOOD DUCK!

The Wood Duck and the Mandarin: The Northern Wood Ducks



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Weekend's backyard photgraphs.

...Last weekend...It were couple of suny days, so I spend some time in my backyard. You now, cuting a grass, planting a seeds and another staf like that. By the way I hold my camera with me and there what I got!
                                                                My welcome guest
It is just one of them. A few years ago, when I put first feeder, hardly one humming was coming weekly. Today I can say they are my PERMANENT VISITORS. More then 13-18 appreciate my hospitality daily!

Ruffous Humminbird
Humminbird 407970-1 798ci HD SI Combo Fishfinder and GPS
Humminbird 408100-1 Fishfinder 570 DI
Humminbird 408130-1 788ci HD DI Combo Fishfinder/GPS
Humminbird Fishfinder 560



Humminbird 408100-1 Fishfinder 570 DI

                                                                                My growing.

Well, there is nothing to say. They  are beautiful !



Sacura (cherry)Trees of Japan: Cherry Blossom, Acer Palmatum, Japanese Persimmon, Trema Orientalis, Avicennia Marina, Cryptomeria, Acer Shirasawanum





Cherry blossom



                                                                              My tenant.
That guy living in birdhouse I built for...Red-breasted Nuthatch.Some thing wrong here! May be I made a mistake? I am not frendly whith inches. Or that doesn't care about?  Any way, usualy they are very jumpy, but that time the guy was surprised  by empty feeder, which one I clined up a few minet before, and also was screaming at me!

  Black-caped chickadee

 





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