What do you do about pollination if you are an early flowering mountain plant such as the Purple Saxifrage which comes into flower on the high slopes of Ben Lawers just as the snows are melting in March or April? Iain MacGowan has the answer and it’s quite a surprise. The answer is that you […] …
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Conservation CATalyst, the group behind the viral El Jefe video from 2016, is in the news again. This time, they’re making headlines with a video of a rare ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in southern Arizona. While, on a global scale, ocelots are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, in Arizona they’re endangered. Ocelots […] …
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Nombre en español: Coqueta Coronada Nombre en ingles: Spangled Coquette Nombre científico: Lophornis stictolophus Familia: Trochilidae Foto: Nick Athanas Canto: Jerome Fischer La coqueta coronada (Lophornis stictolophus)3 es una especie de ave apodiforme de la familia Trochilidae, que se encuentra en Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela. Hábitat Bosque caducifolio, matorrales, rastrojos y áreas arboladas semiáridas, …
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/EZk8k5X78MI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Video by Carl Anthony Adams “Some great footage and a visual reminder of why we do what we do…it’s all for those who cannot speak for themselves.” ~ R.T. via Feel Good Sunday: Wild Horses of Nevada — Straight from the Horse's Heart
Purple Martins F & M © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 52 – Purple Martins — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
Honey bees deal with many stressors: chemicals, climate change and viruses. But this year, a tiny mite has wiped out colonies, causing worry over whether there are enough bees left to do their jobs.(Image credit: Greta Mart/KCBX) via Massive Loss Of Thousands Of Hives Afflicts Orchard Growers And Beekeepers — News : NPR
Icelandic winter landscape with snow. via White bridge — Le Drake Noir
This is about real roadrunners, not that erstwhile new roadrunner species I wrote about some years back. From the Desert Sun, written by James W. Cornett of Desert Magazine: “Why do Roadrunners disappear from the desert each winter. This ecologist has a guess.” It addresses questions like: How many kinds of roadrunners are there? Can […] …
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