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From day to day.
August 2008
August 1st
Follow it for the visit.
You'll want
to take another pollen help.
August, and
we don't see any more swifts, this year they left early, around July 27.
7 August
Array of
turtles in the solarium.
They were
13 this August 4, heating the sun. Sunbath for Red-eared Sliders.
[Vincennes]
Introduced
to be sold as pets, the Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in
the
released nature, adapted very well. It is a potentially invasive
species,
threatening biodiversity.
Purchased small "dwarf" turtles become adults in a few years, and
animals from 1.5 to 2 kg and 25 cm. Cumbersome, many were (are?)
"released"
and are now present in all departments. Their importation is banned in
Europe
since 1997.
Some numbers: In 60 years, the USA farms produced up to 10 million
young Red-eared
sliders per year! For France, between 89 and 90, 1.8 million turtles
were
imported.
In the South of France it reproduces and nesting sites were found in
Ile-de-France
(around Paris).
It constitutes a threat to European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis)
present in
the south of the Loire. It is more aggressive and displaces the native
turtle.
There are
only two species (strictly protected and in decline throughout Europe)
of
freshwater turtles indigenous to France: the European pond terrapin and
the Spanish
pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa). European pond terrapin is found in
Aquitaine,
Provence-Cote d'Azur, Corsica and Spanish pond turtle is found mainly
in
Languedoc-Roussillon. The European pond terrapin is carnivore, the
Spanish pond
turtle is omnivore as is the Red-eared slider.
More information.
- The program "Tortues de Floride" of the ESE
Paris-Sud.
10 August
It was a
long time without seeing tits.
The little blue came to nibble the birch.
A short
pause in this diary. Coming soon.
30 August
Plumbago
Lycaste
Passiflore
Clématite
Works after
summer break.
The
tits
also seem to have returned, a great tit came to sing at the top of the
birch.
We took down the nest box to remove the nest and clean the entire nest
box.
Dismantling, washing, cleaning and disinfection.
We found the nest clean. Only two small jumping spiders there had taken
refuge
inside.
7cm of moss, straw, feathers, thread, small branches, down.
The nest bowl was placed at the back of the nest box on the side
opposite to the
door.
Very cosy, the nest is embroidered ... threads of gold! Luxury isn't?
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