Nature Enthusiasts

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/photos/p/1026255/a-strange-rock-formation-found-deep-in-the-forest

Lotus Hairstreak - Callophrys dumetorum Coastal deerweed - Acmispon glaber glaber

Caught this on my morning canoe.

I built myself a blind. This was the first bird to stop in.

Why beetles? You'll need to read to beelieve it.

Alternative video link:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=83fzJj5jLpA

They're staying in the hills away from the house so it's not as bad as it could be, but this is basically all you hear during daylight hours right now.

Norman Smith has captured and relocated more than 900 snowy owls from Boston's Logan Airport.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20552909

The fruit is edible, but there's not much food on it, so probably not worth planting outside of its native range.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32967490

The World Beekeeping Awards will not award a prize for honey next year after warnings of widespread fraud in the global supply chain.

Apimondia, the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations, says it will showcase honey from around the world at its congress in Denmark, but for the first time make no awards for the product.

The decision came as beekeepers and importers face a mounting crisis over the scale of fraud, with warnings that genuine products are bulked out with cheaper sugar syrup. Some common tests to detect fraud can easily be defeated, and beekeepers say there has been a failure by food watchdogs and the industry to combat the fraudsters.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31680768

Flood Hub’s AI uses diverse, publicly-available data sources, such as weather forecasts and satellite imagery. The technology then combines two models: the Hydrologic Model, which forecasts the amount of water flowing in a river, and the Inundation Model, which predicts what areas are going to be affected and how deep the water will be.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31670913