8 hours ago by atowhee

I was leading a bird trip for Pt. Reyes Field Institute in west Marin today. Today’s magic word was “duck.” The tweo photos above show Green-winges Teal, Pintails, American Wigeon, a female Mallard and one Willet with its head underwater. All were on the shore of Bolinas Lagoon. Marbled Godwit were ...

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17 hours ago by Editorial Staff

Since 1992, the Champlain Basin Education Initiative (CBEI) has provided professional development opportunities for educators who wish to teach their students about the Lake Champlain watershed. More than 700 educators have participated in workshops and graduate courses offered through the CBEI part ...

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1 day ago by Ian Butler Photography

Image 042 is of a track from a Green Turtle. It was taken from the island of Pulau Selingan (turtle island). The width of these tracks were about 1metre (3ft). We stopped off for one night here on the way to the Kinabatangan River. Due to the Green Turtles being protected, rangers on the island coll ...

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1 day ago by Wickersham's Conscience

WC was lucky enough to pick up two different near-endangered species – “threatened” in environmental protection law terms – in one day recently. Neither were “life birds” in birding argot. But both are rare enough and endangered enough to be pretty remarkable. Clapper Rail A Clapper Rail is a secret ...

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1 day ago by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum third 2012 Cabin Fever Sunday series, "Nature: From Howling Wilderness to Vacation Destination" will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012. The event will be offered free of charge.Drawing on landscape painting, photography, traveler's accounts, and other sources, this presentat ...

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1 day ago by thefty

Imaging being a Victorian scientist on an exotic expedition, without a trusty digital camera to record your observations. What would you do? You would learn to draw (or you would make friends with someone who could draw). The study of natural history involves observing and recording the details of n ...

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2 days ago by Kristen Eads Covington

In case you haven't heard, I love jasper. In fact, I wanted to name our cat Sebastian Jasper, but Sam vetoed the name. My love for this stone goes deep. Ranging in color and pattern, and resembling anything from abstract expressionist paintings to watercolor landscapes, jaspers are some of the most ...

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2 days ago by Neil Aldridge

A new selection of my wildlife, conservation and travel photos is available online at Photoshot and their specialist wildlife and nature collection NHPA. The number of my photographs available to buy here is growing all the time and there will be new images going online in the coming weeks. Simply e ...

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2 days ago by atowhee

Tundra Swans. Cygnus columbianus. It’s numerous across the Northern Hemisphere. The Eurasian version of this species is called Bewick’s Swan, after the great British natural history illustrator of the early 19th Century. Here Tundra Swans breed in the furtherst northern reaches of North America from ...

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3 days ago by Editorial Staff

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies will co-host a public meeting to discuss the draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy. The public meeting will ...

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