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Bonjour :-))) Un splendide bouvreuil pivoine mâle (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) se séchant de son bain sur une branche. Cet oiseau trapu à calotte noire a le dos gris bleuté, les ailes noires avec une barre blanche, son croupion est blanc  le dessous du corps et les joues sont rouge-rosé vif chez le mâle et brun clair chez la femelle. Les juvéniles sont brun, sans calotte noire.  Le bouvreuil pivoine Niche dans les arbres et se déplace Souvent en petites troupes. La femelle Pond 4 à 6 œufs bleu pâle tachés de noir et de brun-rouge, d’environ 20 mm de diamètre, d’avril à août. L'incubation dure environ 13 jours.  Les oisillons sont nidicoles et restent au nid à peu près durant 16 jours. Ensuite ils accompagnent leurs parents jusqu’à l’âge adulte.  Les bouvreuils pivoine font  2 à 3 couvées par an. Il habite généralement en Forêts de conifères ou d'essences mixtes, ou dans des jeunes plantations d'épicéas et aussi dans les jardins urbains.
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Rep. Adam Schiff: Donald Trump tweets need ‘adult supervision’

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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told LIU Post students and faculty Friday that President Donald Trump “needs adult supervision” when he uses Twitter to prevent him from making “unfounded accusations” against political rivals. In a question-and-answer session with students on the Brookville campus, Schif  Adviser Susan Rice. Trump said Rice may have committed a felony by unmasking the names of Trump campaign operatives caught in surveillance by U.S. intelligence services. “My advice to the president’s kids is take the keys away from dad,” Schiff said. “Stop letting him drive his Twitter account and make sure there is adult supervision of those tweets because they are doing tremendous damage. “My advice to the president’s kids is take the keys away from dad,” Schiff said. “Stop letting him drive his Twitter account and make sure there is adult supervision of those tw...
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Late arrival: Renault has mountain to climb in China

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AFP - With China's growth slowing, ruthless competition and virtually no brand recognition, French carmaker Renault is banking on SUVs and a Transformers actress as it confronts an uphill struggle to break into the world's biggest car market. Europe's third largest carmaker acknowledged it was coming late to the party when it opened its first factory in China this week -- years after Japanese behemoth Toyota and US giant General Motors. "It's a tricky situation for Renault," Jia Xinguang, chief analyst at China Automotive Industry Consulting, told AFP. "About five or six years ago the Chinese market was very lively but conditions are worse and the competition is cut-throat. "Another thing is that the Renault brand isn't well-known." Having shifted only 15,000 vehicles in China last year -- a tiny fraction of the 24 million that hit the roads -- the company knows it has its work cut to become a household name. “There might be a ...
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