I saw this bird nest on the ground in a parking lot today (Iowa, US). The eggs were about the size of a chicken's, maybe a little bigger. I wonder what kind it is? I don't think it's a duck, but I guess it could be. (About 1000 feet/300 meters to nearest pond) #Birds#nests#eggs
"I'm changing the world," grinned Rodolphe Landemaine, between mouthfuls of a lovingly laminated, butter-free, pain au chocolat.
Landemaine, a baker, now owns five busy boulangeries in Paris, with more on the way in other French cities, all serving entirely dairy-free products to a mostly local clientele.
Not that he advertises the absence of #butter, or #eggs, or cows' #milk, in his shops. Indeed, the word "vegan" never crosses his lips.
A clutch of 7-Spot Ladybird eggs on a fence post at #WWTCastleEspie.
For scale, the hoop on the right is a standard “U”-nail, about 1.5cm across.
Shot on iPhone XR using Halide Camera app.
An old fashioned idea with multiple uses - flower petals and leaves for crafts or drying, as the structure itself can be used as a 360d trellis; a source of fertilizer for your compost to help grow ingredients for your beauty products; and of course eggs, if you like eggs. I understand some people also eat doves, but I can't say as I find gutting a bird appealing, so I'll skip that one.
"Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas." #eggs#influenza#h5n1#FoodSupply#chickens