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For #WorldCassowaryDay :

Two cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)

1: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything

2: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu

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Mauligobius maderensis

Madeira Goby

Image source

Status: Least concern

Distribution: Endemic to Macronesia

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Madagascar

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ʻAkiapōlāʻau in the Rain

Male-Type Hemignathus wilsoni Endangered, population less than 1,900 Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi

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Fiddlenecks (Amsinckia, very probably Amsinckia eastwoodiae, which is specific to Southern California).

In the spring, fiddlenecks explode in our area, filling fields and hillsides with tall, bristly stems of pretty yellow flowers.

They’re a big downside, though. Fiddlenecks are so prolific that they’re invasive, and will crowd out every other native plant and wildflower that might otherwise grow. If you mow them down, they’ll quickly come back, so they have be pulled out by the roots.

We’ve spent every spring since we’ve been here slowly but steadily yanking them out before they go to seed. Their footprint is much smaller and getting smaller each year. As a result a lot of natives have come back to take their rightful place.

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Viola blanda (sweet white violet)