Studying nature with a bad foot

I am on the lovely Caribbean island of Nevis for four weeks, but I have my left foot in a stiff and heavy medical CAM boot, and the right foot with a big rubber "even-up" layer strapped onto my sneaker. This is because of severe Achilles tendinitis (correction -- tendinosis) in the left leg, and therefore I am also under doctor's orders to minimize my walking as much as possible.

This has some pluses as well as some minuses. Although I can't walk down to the main road and go to the various beaches every day on foot or on the bus as I usually would, I can nonetheless walk around the small yard of the rental house to some extent, or even go up and down the lane a little bit, as long as I am careful not to do very much.

Because my scope for exploration is severely limited, this is causing me to concentrate my awareness and my searching efforts, in order to find as many different species as possible within this small and somewhat ecologically impoverished area of a few houses and a few vacant lots that are mostly overgrown with invasive species.

I think this is actually good discipline for me as a naturalist! I have to focus really intently and therefore manage to find things that normally I would not notice.

I have included here some of the more picturesque things I have found so far in this small area.

由使用者 susanhewitt susanhewitt2018年04月17日 23:49 所貼文

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susanhewitt

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4月 16, 2018 08:27 ADT

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含羞草亞科 (亞科 Mimosoideae)

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4月 16, 2018 10:16 ADT

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4月 16, 2018 10:20 ADT

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Oooo, this is nasty stuff, terrible stings, and on Nevis I have seen it in one place grow to be 9 feet tall.

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土牛膝 (Achyranthes aspera)

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4月 16, 2018 13:24 ADT

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4月 17, 2018 10:50 ADT

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There are a fair number of these lovely little sulphur butterflies around here.

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4月 17, 2018 10:54 ADT

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Found by. sweeping a net through lawn vegetation that was grown somewhat high after a month of not being cut.

Then chilled to be still before photographing. Then released.

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4月 17, 2018 10:56 ADT

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Ascia monuste

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4月 17, 2018 11:41 ADT

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荆芥葉獅耳花 (Leonotis nepetifolia)

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4月 17, 2018 13:50 ADT

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介殼蟲總科 (總科 Coccoidea)

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4月 17, 2018 13:52 ADT

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莎草屬 ( Cyperus)

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4月 17, 2018 13:55 ADT

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紫斑大㦸 (Euphorbia hyssopifolia)

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 13:56 ADT

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野路葵屬 ( Melochia)

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 13:59 ADT

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黃花破布木 (Cordia lutea)

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4月 17, 2018 14:00 ADT

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簑蛾科 ( Psychidae)

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4月 17, 2018 14:08 ADT

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虎尾草屬 ( Chloris)

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4月 17, 2018 14:09 ADT

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柚子 (Citrus maxima)

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4月 17, 2018 14:12 ADT

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 15:54 ADT

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埃蛛屬 ( Oecobius)

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 16:03 ADT

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This was outdoors, under a window sill.

A spider egg case protected by a silk net. The silk net was not much more than 12 mm from one end to the other.

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毛葉腎蕨 (Nephrolepis brownii)

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 16:08 ADT

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susanhewitt

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4月 17, 2018 16:11 ADT

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Let's see, Nevis in a CAM boot or northeast rain, snow and cold - I'd take the boot :-) My grandson is wheelchair bound and uses a beach wheelchair, generally available from local cities, hotels or beach rentals. Not sure they are available in Nevis but may be worth checking into. I wish you the best.

發佈由 ellendale 超過 6 年 前

Thanks Ellen! A beach wheelchair is a cool idea -- I guess it has very fat tires. We don't rent a car on Nevis, but I can order a taxi as needs be. One of the coastal areas/beaches that I usually go to requires crossing a fairly short distance over rough ground with tall weeds and rocks. I do have a cane. I am not going to push myself. I am going to wait a few more days before I go to any beach I think.

發佈由 susanhewitt 超過 6 年 前

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