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05
Jul
2009
See? Cicada killer wasp  

4 hours ago by Ed Darrell

Got one in the camera sites this morning: Cicada killer wasp and rose, Dallas, Texas, 7-5-2009 - image copyright 2009, Ed Darrell (free use with attribution) Posted in Gardening, Natural history, Natural resources, Science Tagged: Cicada Killer Wasps, Entomology, Gardening, Natural history, Science

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub - timpanogos.wordpress.com · Rank: 6,225 · 336 references

Population Trends Of European Common Birds  

4 hours ago by gukurup

L > R :Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Bearded Tit Reed Warbler Woodpigeon A study sponsored by a consortium with intrests in Natural History led by Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle & European Bird Census Council and conducted by Frederic Jiguet and others attempted to analyse long-term trends of110 c ...

The Bee Buzz - gukurup.wordpress.com · Rank: 123,866 · 7 references

Upstanding seakayakers meet cormorant family in Port Dubh, Coll.  

6 hours ago by Douglas Wilcox

The SE coast of Coll has many inlets and it was a joy to explore them rather than go from headland to headland. We were still in sunshine while great anvil headed cumulonimbus clouds grew and towered over the distant mainland.Some inlets were in dead ends but the light in Port Dubh was just wonderfu ...

Sea kayaking with ... - seakayakphoto.blogspot.com · Rank: 101,876 · 19 references

Holophusikon  

11 hours ago by Android

The Holophusikon (or Holophusicon, also known as the Leverian Museum) was a museum of natural curiosities exhibited at Leicester House, on Leicester Square in London, England, from 1775 to 1786 by Ashton Lever. The collection was acquired by a James Parkinson (not the famous doctor) through a lotter ...

Infinitum - blog.andrewhastie.com · 1 reference

04
Jul
2009
Sammy seal is found alive and well on Coll.  

22 hours ago by Douglas Wilcox

After our luncheon we paddled slowly up the SE coast of Coll.There were many nooks and crannies among the skerries and islets.We found Sammy seal resting among the barnacles and seaweed. He is a grey seal pup probably born last October so he has long since lost his white coat.At each small headland ...

Sea kayaking with ... - seakayakphoto.blogspot.com · Rank: 101,876 · 19 references

Steampunk + Entomology = Art?  

22 hours ago by kmeans

Mike Libby crafts amazing art pieces from an unlikely partnership: dead insects and antique watches. His work explores the intersections between science and science fiction (although they look more steampunk to me), and the whimsical pieces are far less creepy than you’d think, with more than a hint ...

Librarian Science - librarianscience.wordpress.com · Rank: 82,047 · 2 references

Invader v. locals  

1 day ago by atowhee

The Brown-headed Cowbird is NOT native to the Pacific Coast states. Like many other weeds and invasive species the cowbird came west with industrial scale ranching and then spread south to north. They first appeared in southern California about a hundred years ago. Now many western species are force ...

Towheeblog - atowhee.wordpress.com · 6 references

Welcome to the Alpine Zone  

1 day ago by Earlylite

The area above treeline in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is called the Alpine Zone. It is an inhospitable place for plant life which is exposed to extreme conditions including high wind, heavy cloud cover, high precipitation, low temperatures and a short growing season. Yet many of the plants ...

sectionhiker.com - sectionhiker.com · Rank: 49,305 · 43 references

Ode to the Elm - a Fourth of July Tribute to an American Icon  

1 day ago by Ellen Rathbone

I am easily impressed, I admit it. Still, the sight of a mature American Elm (Ulmus Americana) can send me into transports of delight. This stately tree, once ubiquitous east of the Rockies and synonymous with street side plantings, was nearly exterminated by the 1970s thanks to the fast work of an ...

Adirondack Almanack - adirondackalmanack.com · Rank: 30,475 · 28 references

03
Jul
2009
BBC ‘WATCH OUT’  

1 day ago by admin

BBC Natural History Made for BBC’s WATCH OUT series, shot on the ‘insect rig’ and turned into QTVR object movies. Getting the exposure at the right moment involved some laser trickery.

TimeSlice Films - 70.32.120.156

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