#Nest Nepal

[nestnepalhosting]

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[herpsandbirds]

Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica), gathering mud to construct its nest, family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes, Nepal

photograph by सुगम ताम्राकार

[birdstudies]

August 27, 2024 - Kashmir Nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis) Found in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Nepal, these nuthatches live in hill and mountain forests. They eat insects, spiders, seeds, and nuts, foraging alone, in pairs, and in mixed-species flocks on tree trunks, large branches, fallen trees, logs, and mossy boulders. Breeding between April and June, depending on the area of their range, they nest in tree cavities, adding a layer of bark chips, seed husks, and dry leaves and often plastering the entrance with mud to reduce its size. Females lay clutches of five to seven eggs and both parents feed the chicks.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Clap for the Indian Flapshell Turtle!

The Indian flapshell turtle, also known as Lissemys punctata is a species of softshell turtle found throughout India, as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. It prefers quiet, stagnant freshwater and muddy bottoms, and is most common in slow moving river and streams, marshes, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs. However, this species is also able to tolerate salt water to some degree, and therefore may also be occasionally found in salt marshes and estuaries.

L. punctata gets its common name from the leathery flaps of skin attached to its underbelly, which covers the limbs when they are drawn in and helps individuals retain moisture during the dry season. Female Indian flapshells are larger than males, with a maximum shell length of 35 cm (13 in) and a weight of up to 800 g (28.2 oz), while males reach a maximum of only 23 cm (9 in) and 550 g (19.4 oz). There are three subspecies of the Indian flapshell turtle which may be distinguished by the pattern on their shells. The nominal species, L. p. punctata and L. p. vittata both have smooth, dark brown or olive green shells, while L. p. andersoni has bright yellow spots along the head and back. The underbellies of all subspecies are typically white or pale yellow.

During the wet season, Indian flapshell turtles spend most of their time foraging for food. Their drab colouring allows them to hide easily along muddy bottoms or dense vegetation. L. punctata are opportunistic omnivores, meaning they will eat just about anything that they can find. They are known to feed on a variety of items, including aquatic vegetation, fish, shrimp, snails, crustaceans, mollusks, small mammals and amphibians, and carrion. Adults are predated upon by crocodiles; in the dry season, they may also be opportunistically predated upon by vultures, crows, and wild pigs, as this is when adults are more likely to either burrow into the mud to wait for rain, or move overland in search of water.

Nesting for L. punctata typically occurs at the start of the wet season and continues from June to November. Adult males seek out females and court them by stroking her shell with his flippers. If she is receptive, the pair mirror each other and bob heads before copulation. Afterwards, the female digs a nest close to the edge of the water and lays anywhere from 2-16 eggs. She may lay up to three clutches over the course of the wet season. Incubation typically takes 200-300 days, although some clutches may take up to 400 days to hatch.

Indian flapshell eggs are highly resistant to flooding, and may survive up to 24 hours of submersion. After hatching, the young are completely independent; survival is therefore quite low. Those that make it to adulthood begin reproducing at 2-3 years old, and may live to be up to 20 years.

Conservation status: The IUCN currently lists the Indian flapshell turtle as Least Concern, although recent studies have recommended the species be upgraded to Vulnerable. They are primarily threatened by hunting for meat and medicinal value, as well as poaching for the pet trade. Secondary threats include habitat loss or degredation and road moralities.

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Photos

Harikrishnan S

avrajjal via iNaturalist

makarandsaraf via iNaturalist

L. Shyamal

[redclercs]

DELICATE✰ CHARLES LECLERC.

INTRO: who's y/n anyway? ew.

— the one where everyone tells you who are.

warnings: ignore the timestamps please, online harassment.

masterlist ✢ next

Soft jazz is playing in the living room of y/n y/ln's apartment in SoHo, with all the curtains pulled back the golden hour feels like a golden infinity. We're already in our second cup of coffee, a specialty brought from Veracruz, Mexico by y/n herself.

This is not our first meeting, y/n and I go back a few years, when the box-office hit 'Supercut' sent her straight into stardom and earned her a place in the public's heart. Since then, there has been no other way but up for the young star.

From humble beginnings and a list of failed castings, roles as an extra and endless photoshoots with stock images, y/n knows what it's like to work hard to achieve what you want.

"Sometimes, when I look back at my struggles I wonder what made the universe align in my favor. Hard work only gets you so far, I am incredibly lucky too." She says, eyeing the framed picture of the wrap-up day of her very first movie 'Loneliness', where she played the daughter of a struggling waitress.

"I was in about six scenes, but I couldn't have been more thrilled. It was the first time I felt like a real actress."

Of course, there are other aspects of her life where y/n is extremely fortunate. It has been two years since she started dating Asian-American hearthrob Aidan Kim. Looks like 'Supercut' really was her luckiest strike.

"We do like to keep some things to ourselves," y/n laughs after I ask her for an update on her relationship, I want to know the details behind the lovestagrams we get on a regular basis. "We love and respect each other deeply."

Night has fallen in SoHo and while y/n shuts the curtains, I take my surroundings in once again. A loveseat with a stain on the cushion, a coffee table that Aidan brought from a trip to Nepal where he filmed his newest project, framed pictures of the couple and their families crowd the room. This is the home they have built for themselves.

Some may argue that y/n's specialty are romantic comedies where she gets to play the doe-eyed love interest to the dark and handsome male protagonist, but y/n has her sights set on bigger things. An Oscar nomination, maybe?

"I have fun with the movies I make, but I do want to expand my horizons. I have so many ideas I want to try, I just need a shot to prove myself." She beams with hope, in an ideal world, type-casting wouldn't be a thing.

Speaking of tall, dark and handsome, just as we're about to wrap things up, the door to the apartment opens and Aidan Kim himself comes through bearing a bouquet of roses and bag of take out. A sheepish grin bursts through his face as he realizes the interruption, and does his best attempt to disappear, not before giving a proud thumbs up to his girlfriend. This peek into their private life is enough to see how much they love each other.

"Thank you so much for coming," y/n has been an excellent host this evening, and I am happy to leave her to attend to her love nest. "It was a pleasure."

TWITTER SEARCH: y/n

Y/N’s SOCIALS

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ynstars pretty! hope you had fun babes

effmeaidan you’re only famous thanks to aid

cestbren please tell me you’re really going to be on euphoria

dropbeastsss she’s so fake idk why people like her

dropbeastsss I’m not even aidan’s fan btw

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softforyn mY PARENTS

aid4nshoe you followed him to Paris? God let him breathe

loladell my friend saw her today and she refused to take a pic lmao💀

ynflowers can’t wait for you two to get married🥺

↺ FROM ❛FLIXFANS ❜PODCAST MARCH 2022

Chelsea Gonzalez: I just- I feel like y/n is so lazy at this point. Girl you have been doing romcoms for years read a different script.

Gabriel Irwin: [laughs] I don’t think she even reads them anymore. It’s the same role every time that’s just the way she acts on a normal basis now.

Brianna Martin: that’s so mean! Honestly I just feel like she needs to switch agents, there were rumors about that marvel movie and then nothing happened?

↺ FROM YOUTUBE INTERVIEW WITH Y/N IN ❛ONLYFLIX❜ CHANNEL SEPTEMBER 2022

Y/n: I just love being on set, I have so much fun getting to be somebody else and it really feels like I’m in another world.

Ryan Campbell: But your movies aren’t too distanced from your real life situation are they? You have your own movie-like love story with none other than Aidan Kim!

y/n: Oh, uh… yeah I mean, one is fiction and another one isn’t? [laughs] real life relationships are definitely not like the movies.

Ryan Campbell: But how does it feel knowing everyone wishes they were you? I know I do!

y/n: [laughs] I really think we should go back to the movie talk!

↺ FROM ❛IT TALK❜ PODCAST NOVEMBER 2022

Riley Green: [cont.] I mean I loved her look on the red carpet, her stylist LOVES her.

Martha Vincent: y/n is a gorgeous woman, I think that’s why she’s so loved by the public.

Greg Zane: She’s certainly a rising It girl, I just wish we saw her more rather than her fiancé? Boyfriend?

Riley Green: Oh take that back Greg, I’m not about to get cancelled for your shade towards Aidan Kim.

─── team principal radio: ❝ this is my first fic for a f1 driver! exciting! i hope you enjoy this series as much as i'm enjoying creating it. i would love to know your thoughts through comments/reblogs!♡❞

[xanaxhotpocket]

fav animals #1

been thinking about doing this for a while now so we here we go :3

Snow Leopards!1!1!!

Did you know snow leopards are more closely related to tigers than they are to leopards? How misleading!

Taxonomic Info

Uncia uncia (also sometimes referred to as Panthera uncia.)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum : Chordata (animals that possess a notochord.)

Subphylum: Vertebrates (animals that possess a backbone or vertebrae.)

Class: Mammalia (mammals like us!)

Order: Carnivora (organisms that consume primarily meat.)

Family: Felidae (cats.)

Genus: Uncia (snow leopard.)

Geographic Range

Snow leopards are distributed throughout high mountain ranges in Central Asia, particularly the Himalayan mountain system. They have been found in Bhutan, Nepal, and the Siberian region of Russia. About 60% of their range occurs in China!

Habitat

Snow leopards live in temperate regions, and prefer to sleep in steep, rocky and broken terrain. Cliffs and ridgelines are also fair game. They live in elevations of 900 to 5500 meters or higher. (2952.76 ft - 18044.62). In winter, snow leopards migrate to lower elevations to follow their prey. They tend to generally avoid dense forest cover and cultivated fields.

Did you know snow leopards are referred to as "ghosts of the mountains" due to their reclusivity? Spooky!

Physical Description

One curious thing about snow leopards is how long their tails are! Their tails equal to roughly 75% to 90% of their total body length! These long tails are used for balance in their rocky and steep homes, and can also be used to cover their extremities in harsh winters. Their average weight is around 35 to 45 kg (77 lbs - 99 lbs). They have no pronounced sexual dimorphism, though males may be slightly larger in general. Snow leopards have characteristically large paws compared to other cats. These adorable large paws are an adaptation for walking on snow. They also have relatively long hind legs that are adapted for agility and jumping ability. Snow leopards have long and thick coats that shed twice per year, and yield a thicker coat during the winter. Their small rounded ears are an adaptation to minimize heat loss in their cold environments. In comparison to other cats, snow leopards have much larger nasal cavities, and smaller heads relative to body size.

Snow leopards can't actually roar, so they often chuff and make other calls instead!

Reproduction

Snow leopards are solitary, and do not associate with mates unless its mating season. Since it takes a long time to rear cubs, female snow leopards mate every 2 years. They are polygynous (males mate with more than one female.) in the wild, but some captive snow leopards are known to have become monogamous. After a pregnancy of about 90-105 days, a litter consisting of 2-3 cubs is born. (1 to 5 cubs can also occur.) They are born blind and in a warm nest made from their mothers underbelly fur. As most mammals, they feed on milk from their mother until they are about 5 months old. For roughly their first year of life, snow leopard cubs are dependent on their mother.

Did you know snow leopards cubs are undeniably adorable?

Lifespan

Since snow leopards are so hard to find and record, its difficult to determine their average lifespan in the wild. It's thought to be 10 to 12 years. Captive snow leopards have lived for up to 25 years, though the average is 18 years.

Behavior

Snow leopards are crepuscular, meaning they are most active at dawn and dusk. They are highly mobile and move from one location to another on a daily basis. Due to their elongated legs and large paws, they have excellent jumping abilities, and can climb pretty well. Their preferred method of hunting is to stalk and then ambush their prey from above, using rocky terrain and shrubby vegetation to conceal themselves. Snow leopards generally avoid one another, and mark travel lanes by using scent and scratches on trees.

Did you know snow leopards can jump as high as 50 feet? How acrobatic!

Food Habits

Snow leopards are active hunters, and are opportunistic predators. They are capable of killing animals more than three to four times their own weight, but will also settle for much smaller prey in harsher times. The primary prey species of snow leopards are blue sheep. Other prey species include ibexes, markhors, argali sheep, urials, Himalayan tahrs, serows, gorals, musk deer, wild boar, Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelles, goitered gazelles, wild donkeys, and wild yaks. Smaller prey include marmots, hares, pikas, voles, mice and birds. Snow leopards have few natural predators other than humans, though interspecific killing between leopards and snow leopards can occur.

Conservation Status

Snow leopards are endangered, and in the past 2 decades, populations of snow leopards are suspected to have declined by 20% due to habitat loss, prey loss, poaching, and persecution. They are commonly poached for their beautiful pelts and their bones. You can learn and help snow leopards here!: https://snowleopard.org

Personal Opinion

-Very pretty kitties -Love their coats -Adorable -10/10

[srbachchan]

DAY 5436

Jalsa, Mumbai                  Jan 2/3,  2023               Mon/Tue 10:03 AM

🪔♥️ , January 03 .. birthday greetings to Ef Himanshu Srivastava .. Ef Nandkeshor Dattatreya Paatil .. Ef Omnia from Egypt 🇪🇬 .. and Ef Anuradha Raheja from Madurai .. Wishes to Ef Rajendra Gangadhar Sonar from Dhulia .. for Jan 2 .. Love .. ❤️❤️❤️🌿 And the blessings of Babuji .. 🙏🏻❤️ A throwback .. to January 3, 1957 .. Babuji .. Kavi Sammelan .. in Sapru House , New Delhi .. Indo-Nepal Conference .. Gratitude courtesy .. the AB-Pedia .. Moses Sapir ..

home be home .. the nest created by the lady that builds it .. that adjusts the life of the past into the present .. that leaves home at birth and makes home in companionship of betrothal .. such adjustment , such be the nest , such be the homecoming irrespective of its standing .. home is where the hearth is .. that warm fireplace on a cold winter morning ..

there is now the starting of the day with a review of sorts .. of the days to come  .. of the work to achieve .. of the many important decisions for the future to be taken .. 

creativity of life  .. creativity of creation and the creativity of acceptance ..

ALL .. in accordance with what shall follow ..

but for the moment ..

Amitabh Bachchan

[travelella]

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie in Kareri, Himachal Pradesh, India

Rimjhim Agrawal

Scientific name: Urocissa flavirostris

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable) 

Family: Corvidae

Genus: Urocissa

Order: Passeriformes

Phylum: Chordata

Countries Found: China, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan

Interesting Facts:

Magpies are members of the corvid family along with crows, jays, nutcrackers and ravens. All corvids are known for their high intelligence.

Like parrots, magpies have the ability to mimic. In human care, a magpie may be trained to imitate the human voice and “talk”.

Magpies will steal food from other predators! They will even enter a campsite, enter a tent, and steal food!

Magpies are attracted to shiny objects and like to collect them and keep them hidden in their nests. A study showed that they steal over $215 million in coins every year.

Why They Matter:

Insect Control - Magpies eat many different types of insects, including grasshoppers, ants, bees, beetles, bugs, flies, and spiders.

Magpies eat dead animals, garbage, and roadkill.

[pleistocene-pride]

The king cobra is a species of large venomous snake endemic to the Asian countries of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. Despite its name and appearance, the king cobra is not a true cobra, but is instead the sole member of the genus Ophiophagus a sister clade to the cobra genus Naja. King Cobras are solitary diurnal creatures which inhabit forests, bamboo groves, mangrove swamps, and agricultural areas where they feed primarily upon other snakes but are also known to occasionally feed upon birds, small mammals, and lizards. King cobras are themselves occasionally killed and eaten by mongooses, honey badgers, certain birds of prey, and other king cobras. Reaching an average length of 9-13ft (2.75- 4m) with the largest known individual being 19.2ft (5.85m) long, the king cobra is the largest venomous snake on earth. The king cobra is not considered aggressive and usually avoids humans and slinks off when disturbed, but is known to aggressively defend incubating eggs and attack intruders rapidly. When alarmed, it raises the front part of its body, extends the hood, shows the fangs and hisses loudly. The king cobra's venom consists of cytotoxins and neurotoxins, including alpha-neurotoxins and three-finger toxins, which affect the victim's central nervous system, resulting in severe pain, blurred vision, vertigo, drowsiness, and eventually paralysis and cardiovascular collapse. As such bites from this species are medically significant and may result in a rapid fatality (less than 30 minutes) unless large quantities of antivenom are administrated. Breeding typically occurs from march to may, after mating the female will build a complex chambered nest out of leaf litter where see then lays 7 to 43 eggs. Which she then incubates for some 66 to 105 days. Under ideal conditions a king cobra may live around 20 years.

[projectourworld]

A male baya weaver bird mulls over what to have for dinner from its nest in Kathmandu, Nepal

Photograph: Sunil Sharma/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock/Guardian Newspaper #weaverbird

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 10.29

Holidays

Bishop James Hannington Memorial Day (Uganda)

Black Salsify Day (French Republic)

Bob Ross Day (Abeldane Empire)

Candies Day

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

C6HO Day (Kentucky)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami (North Cyprus, Turkey)

Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)

Feed the Birds Day (UK)

Festival of Global Climate Change

Fiestas Patrias begins (Honduras)

Halloween Eve Eve

Hermit Day

Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day)

International Day of Care and Support (UN)

International Day of Degrowth

International Internet Day

Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day

Ľudovít Štúr Day (Slovakia)

Military Financier Day (Ukraine)s

Naming Day (Tanzania)

National Boner Day

National Book Day (Brazil)

National Cat Daddy Day

National Cat Day

National Hermit Day

National Martina Day

Oatmeal Day

PSC Awareness Day

Sea Slug Day

Security Guard Day (Kazakhstan)

Separation of Church and State Day

Turkish Republic Day (Turkey)

Vote Early Day

World Online Networking Day

World Psoriasis Day

World Stroke Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day

National Oatmeal Day

Poperinge Beer & Hop Festival begins (Belgium) [Every 3 years, 3rd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Constitutional Referendum Anniversary Day (Serbia)

Turkey (from Ottoman Empire, 1923)

Westarctica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Tuesday in October

Mix It Up at Lunch Day [Last Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 29 (Last Week of October)

None Known

Festivals Beginning October 29, 2024

The Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 10.31]

Feast Days

Abraham of Rostov (Christian; Saint)

Andrei Ryabushkin (Artology)

Bill Mauldin (Artology)

Blažej Baláž (Artology)

Bob Ross (Artology)

Chef (a.k.a. Theuderius; Christian; Saint)

Chiara Badano (Christian; Blessed)

Colman mac Duagh (Christian; Saint)

Desmond Bagley (Writerism)

Dominick Dunne (Writerism)

Douai Martyrs (Christian; Saint)

Gaetano Errico (Christian; Saint)

Ghatasthapana begins (Nepal)

Harriet Powers (Artology)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries II (Pagan)

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Kojagrat Purnima [15th Day of Dashain]

Lazarus Long Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lee Child (Writerism)

Mary of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Maximillian (Christian; Saint)

Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)

Niki De Saint Phalle (Artology)

Nut Day (Pastafarian)

Robertson (Positivist; Saint)

Second Fiddle of the Mounth (Shamanism)

Shin Saimdang (Artology)

Theuderius (a.k.a. Chef; Christian; Saint)

Warren the Warthog (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Unlucky Day [10 of 11]

Historically Bad Day (Stock Market Crash, Hurricane Sandy & 8 other tragedies) [10 of 11]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [58 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

All I Want for Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1994)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley (Biography; 1965)

Being John Malkovich (Film; 1999)

Blue Moon, 24th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2019)

Boy Pest with Ash (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Bullwinkle Busts a Brush or The Cleft Palette (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 226; 1963)

BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara (Roman à clef Novel; 1935)

Create Dangerously, by Albert Camus (manifesto; 1957)

Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1787)

Fido Beta Kappa (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour (Radio Series; 1929)

Get Nervous, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1982)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Film; 2010)

Halloween Is Grinch Night (DePatie-Freleng Animated YV Special; 1977)

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1972)

Hemispheres, by Rush (Album; 1978)

Hulu (Streaming Network; 2007)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report (TV News Show; 1956)

Jingle Bell Rock, recorded by Bobby Helm (Song; 1957)

Keeping Up Appearances (UK TV Series; 1990)

Last Night in Soho (Film; 2021)

Man of the Century (Film; 1999)

The Marbleheads, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 13 & 14; 1966)

Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (Japanese Animated Film; 1969)

Mind Games, by John Lennon (Album; 1973)

The Music Lesson (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

My Generation, by The Who (Song; 1965)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James (Novel; 1880)

Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 225; 1963)

Princess Mononoke (Anime Film; 1999)

Ray (Film; 2004)

Red Riding Hoodwinked (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

The Saw Mill Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Sentinel, 25th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2020)

Trip for Tat (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

The Valiant Tailor (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Album; 1984)

What’ll I Do?, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1947)

Wild Target (Film; 2010)

The Woody Woodpecker Polka (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

Today’s Name Days

Ermelina, Hermelindis, Melinda (Austria)

Časlav, Honorat, Ida, Narcis (Croatia)

Silvie (Czech Republic)

Narcissus (Denmark)

Alf, Alfred, Fred, Fredi (Estonia)

Alfred, Urmasimo (Finland)

Narcisse (France)

Ermelinda, Franco, Grete, Melinda (Germany)

Abramios, Melina (Greece)

Nárcisz (Hungary)

Ermelinda, Michela, Massimiliano (Italy)

Elva, Elvijs, Fortuna, Laimonis (Latvia)

Gelgaudas, Narcizas, Tolvydė, Violeta (Lithuania)

Noralf, Norunn (Norway)

Euzebia, Franciszek, Longin, Longina, Lubogost, Narcyz, Teodor, Wioletta (Poland)

Anastasia (Romania)

Zinaida (Russia)

Klára (Slovakia)

Narciso (Spain)

Viola (Sweden)

Garrison, Cyrano, Cyrena, Narcissa, Narcissus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 303 of 2024; 63 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 44 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 27 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 27 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 25 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 3 Wood; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 15 October 2024

Moon: 7%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Descartes (11th Month) [Dunoyer / Adam Smith]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 37 of 90)

Week: Last Week of October

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 6 of 30)

[lemandro-vive-qui]

Photos by Jimmy Nelson

• Rauwhiri Winitana Paki, Maori | Taupo Village, North island | New Zealand, 2011 • Bakbergen, Samil & Kamilla, Kazakh | Altantsogts, Bayan Olgii | Mongolia, 2011 • Bhutanese Mask Dancers | Tiger’s Nest, Upper Paro Valley | Bhutan, 2016 • Buddhist Monks | Ganden Monaster | Tibet, 2011 • Dassanech | Omorate Village, Southern Omo | Ethiopia, 2011 • Gogine Boy | Goroka, Eastern Highland | Papua New Guinea, 2010 • Gok Goi | Minj village | Papua New Guinea, 2019 • Huli bachelor boys | Tari, Hela province, The Highlands | Papua New Guinea, 2017 • Jan Erke, Kazakh | Sagsai, Bayan-lgii province | Mongolia, 2017 • Jello, Khudi, Nenets |Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Distric, Siberia | Russia, 2018 • Kazakh | Altantsogts, Bayan Olgii | Mongolia, 2011 • Kui, East Wigman | Mount Hagen, Western Highlands | Papua New Guinea, 2010 • Ngalop | Paro | Bhutan, 2016 • Longhorn Miao | Suo Jia, Liupanshui, Guizhou | China, 2016 • Maori | Gisborne Festival, North island | New Zealand, 2011 • Lelesas, Louelen, Lewangu, Lepokodou & Loingu, Samburu | Nyerere, Mountain Range | Kenya, 2010 • Mundari | Nyikabor, Terekeka State | South Sudan, 2016 • Ni Vanuatu Men | Rah Lava Island, Torba Province | Vanuatu Islands, 2011 • Pema Tenjing, Mustang | Lo Mangthang Village, Upper Mustang | Nepal, 2011 • Rabari | Rathanambore National Park, Aman Bagh, Rajasthan | India, 2012 • Wodaabe | Gerewol festival, Chari-Baguirmi region | Chad, 2016

[brookston]

Holidays 10.29

Holidays

Black Salsify Day (French Republic)

Bob Ross Day (Abeldane Empire)

Candies Day

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

C6HO Day (Kentucky)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami (North Cyprus, Turkey)

Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)

Feed the Birds Day (UK)

Festival of Global Climate Change

Fiestas Patrias begins (Honduras)

Halloween Eve Eve

Hermit Day

Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day)

International Internet Day

Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day

Naming Day (Tanzania)

National Boner Day

National Book Day (Brazil)

National Cat Daddy Day

National Cat Day

National Hermit Day

National Martina Day

Oatmeal Day

PSC Awareness Day

Sea Slug Day

Separation of Church and State Day

Turkish Republic Day (Turkey)

World Online Networking Day

World Psoriasis Day

World Stroke Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day

National Oatmeal Day

Poperinge Beer & Hop Festival begins (Belgium) [Every 3 years, 3rd Friday, but postponed from 2021]

5th & Last Sunday in October

European Summer Times Ends (EU) [Last Sunday]

International Creole Day (Dominica, Saint Lucia) [Last Sunday]

Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day; Dominica, Saint Lucia) [Last Sunday]

National Grandparents Day (Australia) [Last Sunday]

National Student Baptism Day [Last Sunday]

Reformation Sunday [Last Sunday]

Visit a Cemetery Day [Last Sunday]

World Swim Hat Day [Last Sunday]

Independence Days

Turkey (from Ottoman Empire, 1923)

Westarctica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham of Rostov (Christian; Saint)

Andrei Ryabushkin (Artology)

Chef (a.k.a. Theuderius; Christian; Saint)

Chiara Badano (Christian; Blessed)

Colman mac Duagh (Christian; Saint)

Douai Martyrs (Christian; Saint)

Gaetano Errico (Christian; Saint)

Ghatasthapana begins (Nepal)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries II (Pagan)

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Kojagrat Purnima [15th Day of Dashain]

Lazarus Long Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mary of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Maximillian (Christian; Saint)

Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)

Nut Day (Pastafarian)

Robertson (Positivist; Saint)

Warren the Warthog (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Unlucky Day [10 of 11]

Historically Bad Day (Stock Market Crash, Hurricane Sandy & 8 other tragedies) [10 of 11]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [58 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

All I Want for Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1994)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley (Biography; 1965)

Being John Malkovich (Film; 1999)

Blue Moon, 24th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2019)

Bullwinkle Busts a Brush or The Cleft Palette (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 226; 1963)

BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara (Roman à clef Novel; 1935)

Create Dangerously, by Albert Camus (manifesto; 1957)

Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1787)

The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour (Radio Series; 1929)

Get Nervous, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1982)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Film; 2010)

Hemispheres, by Rush (Album; 1978)

Hulu (Streaming Network; 2007)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report (TV News Show; 1956)

Jingle Bell Rock, recorded by Bobby Helm (Song; 1957)

Keeping Up Appearances (UK TV Series; 1990)

Last Night in Soho (Film; 2021)

Man of the Century (Film; 1999)

Mind Games, by John Lennon (Album; 1973)

My Generation, by The Who (Song; 1965)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James (Novel; 1880)

Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 225; 1963)

Princess Mononoke (Anime Film; 1999)

Ray (Film; 2004)

Red Riding Hoodwinked (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Sentinel, 25th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2020)

Trip for Tat (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Album; 1984)

What’ll I Do?, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1947)

Wild Target (Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Ermelina, Hermelindis, Melinda (Austria)

Časlav, Honorat, Ida, Narcis (Croatia)

Silvie (Czech Republic)

Narcissus (Denmark)

Alf, Alfred, Fred, Fredi (Estonia)

Alfred, Urmasimo (Finland)

Narcisse (France)

Ermelinda, Franco, Grete, Melinda (Germany)

Abramios, Melina (Greece)

Nárcisz (Hungary)

Ermelinda, Michela, Massimiliano (Italy)

Elva, Elvijs, Fortuna, Laimonis (Latvia)

Gelgaudas, Narcizas, Tolvydė, Violeta (Lithuania)

Noralf, Norunn (Norway)

Euzebia, Franciszek, Longin, Longina, Lubogost, Narcyz, Teodor, Wioletta (Poland)

Anastasia (Romania)

Zinaida (Russia)

Klára (Slovakia)

Narciso (Spain)

Viola (Sweden)

Garrison, Cyrano, Cyrena, Narcissa, Narcissus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 302 of 2024; 63 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 43 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 15 (Geng-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 14 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 14 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 2 Mir; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 16 October 2023

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 22 Descartes (11th Month) [Robertson]

Runic Half Month: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 36 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 6 of 29)

[birdstudies]

September 9, 2024 - Yellow-billed Blue-magpie or Gold-billed Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) These magpies are found in and around forests in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Foraging in pairs or groups of up to twelve, they feed on invertebrates, small vertebrates, eggs, fruits, and berries. Pairs build cup-shaped nests from sticks and twigs and line them with roots and plant fibers. Females probably incubate the eggs alone while males bring them food. Both parents feed the chicks.

[outfitterhimalaya]

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Go on a guided sightseeing in Kathmandu and visit places like Boudhanth Stupa, Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square, and Bhaktapur Durbar Square

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Enjoy a fantastic flight from Kathmandu to Paro, Bhutan

Visit tourist sites like Ta Dzong Museum, Rimpong Dzong, and Pachu River on the way to Thimphu

Explore places such as the National Memorial Chorten, Changangkha Temple, School of Arts and Crafts, National Library, Traditional Paper Factory, Folk Heritage Museum, and Thimphu Market in Thimphu

Visit the popular Taktsang Monastery, also known as Tiger's Nest Monastery, Drukgyel Dzong, and Kyichu Lhakhang gompa

[victusinveritas]

The Honey Hunters of the Himalayas - photo. ©Eric Valli

Taken in full from (and you'll find more photos) here.

Honey Hunters is one of Eric’s earliest prize-winning stories, awarded first prize at the World Press in 1987. Over twenty years later, the images are no less powerful and relevant in reminding us of a world unknown outside our own.

The ancient art of honey hunting is as spiritual as it is technical, but perhaps you are wondering first and foremost how on earth these men manage to collect honey off the side of a cliff.

Most of the tools and equipment used in the honey hunting evolved locally and is made of local materials like mountain bamboo and bamboo-based fiber materials (no aluminum carabiners here).

At the base of the rock a fire is made from wood and foliage, so that the smoke rise to disperse the bees upwards leaving. A ladder is suspended from the top of the cliff, tightly secured to trees at both upper and lower ends. The honey hunter is fastened to the ladder by a rope and descends the rope ladder while others at the top of the cliff make sure that he is held securely. Two to three persons are involved, responsible for checking, raising and lowering the rope to send items down from above and pull items up from the floor.

When the honey hunter gets near the nest to be harvested, he uses a long stick to balance the collecting basket exactly under the comb. The honey hunter uses a bamboo stick to pierce a hole in the brood comb area of the colony to be harvested, all the while fighting off angry territorial bees. Wooden or iron sickles fixed to the bamboo stick are used to cut the honeycombs. The basket is guided to catch the chunks of honey as they drop down. It can take 2-3 hours or more just to harvest one of the many colonies.

Cultural and spiritual practices carried out prior to hunting honey can vary from community to community.

Honey hunters believe that there are two gods in the forest i.e. local god, who looks after local events and the real god of cliff. Worshiping of these gods is mandatory by sacrificing, goat, sheep or chicken for giving blood in the name of god.

Valli followed a few honey hunting communities, including jungle nomads of the Himalays who hunted in the trees of the foothills.

Women are not usually even allowed to watch their men honey-hunt in certain communities. They have to stay quite far from the cliff site or the trees. It is believed that if they participate then the bees will be very aggressive.

Nor can a honey hunter can join the hunting team if his wife is menstruating or over pregnant.

As decades go by, honey hunting becomes a dying art mostly because the original hunters are dying off. Passed on from fathers to sons, the new generation is less interesting in adopting the profession due to the risks and limited income it offers.

But it’s not only the hunters that are dying off but also the bees themselves. The Apis laboriosa bee population in the area is declining because of significant decline in wilderness, increase in soil erosion and landslides caused by road and tourist track construction.

Indeed there is one new source of income for the honey hunters which comes in the form of a fast-growing tourism industry in Nepal. The practice attracts a lot of tourists looking to experience honey hunting in the hills of Himalayas and are willing to pay US$ 250-1500to experience the events.

BY MESSYNESSY

http://www.ericvalli.org/honey-hunters-eric-valli-photos/

https://www.messynessychic.com/2012/06/25/the-honey-hunters-of-the-himalayas/

https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/honeyhunters-eric-valli/