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What's this? The remarkable garden at Canada's first grocery store that sells organic produce grown on its roof. Don't you wish lots more grocery stores would do this, and not just in Canada?

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Say hello to my parrot tulips. They can't talk. They don't squawk. But their brightly-colored petals do resemble feathers.

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Guess who just showed up at my bird feeder. A black-throated gray warbler much like the one in this photo. Quite a stylish little animal, right?

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Blind Snake (Epictia cf. albipuncta), family Leptotyphlopidae, Bolivia

photograph by Eduardo Navia

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baby tripod fish (bathypterois grallator) | source

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It's tulip time! Here's a dazzler from my garden.

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You hear about the octopus that became a pet for a nine-year-old boy in Oklahoma? The octopus, named Terrance, turned out to be a female who laid eggs, producing lots of adorable baby octopuses.

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Cicada (Tacua speciosa), family Cicadidae, found in SE Asia

photograph by EnnisFei (@ennisanna_fei)

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Have you ever fallen in love with a flower? My current crush is 'Tahiti Double' narcissus, which is new to my garden. It even smells nice.

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What's this? The pink grasshopper found by a ten-year-old girl in Arkansas. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

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One of the funniest bird names ever, right?

Black-crested Tit-tyrant or Marañón Tit-tyrant (Anairetes nigrocristatus), family Tyrannidae, found in coastal Peru and northern Chile

photograph by Bartley's Photo Workshops (@bartleys_photo_workshops)

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🪶🪮curl-crested aracari🪮🪶

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"Spring is the time of plans and projects." - Leo Tolstoy ("Anna Karenina")