avril 2013


Great Egret Plunging Its Head Into The Water To Catch A Fish

Strike Your Target, Even Before You Move A Muscle. The Egrets-Eye Is Within You ~

ddd 30 avr., 2013

Great Egret Plunging Its Head Into The Water To Catch A Fish

Strike Your Target, Even Before You Move A Muscle. The Egrets-Eye Is Within You ~

ddd 30 avr., 2013

White-nose Syndrome Decimates North Carolina’s Bats

Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have determined that white-nose syndrome (WNS) con...

ddd 29 avr., 2013

Signs of Spring (4)

Pasque flower (Wikipedia). • Pasque flowers and spring beauty ( Claytonia ) finally in bloom. • Flocks of high country-bound motorcyclis...

ddd 29 avr., 2013

Papillon inconnu (Madagascar)

Photographié en forêt d'Ialatsara aux abords du parc de Ranomafana à Madagascar, ce papillon diurne est resté une énigme pour moi, comme...

ddd 28 avr., 2013

Solving a Cryptozoological Puzzle

The "Edwardian lynx" in the Bristol Museum This is not a southern Rockies post, just so you will know. We have lynx (re-introduc...

ddd 28 avr., 2013

Advances in Colorado Agriculture

Image from infohemp.org. In far southeastern Colorado, a farmer plans t he first legal hemp crop since the World War II era. "I belie...

ddd 27 avr., 2013

Honey Bee Pollinating Garden Flowers

Every Corridor (Core Door) Has A Door That Opens Up To Core Truth. ~

ddd 27 avr., 2013

Honey Bee Pollinating Garden Flowers

Every Corridor (Core Door) Has A Door That Opens Up To Core Truth. ~

ddd 27 avr., 2013

Hiking the Beautiful USA

Quick: What's the longest National Scenic Trail in America? If you answered the Continental Divide Trail you would be wrong. In fact, th...

ddd 27 avr., 2013

Low Water on the Arkansas

River running about 200 cfs The guide scrambles back into his seat after dragging the raft through a riffle. Sport #1 is fishing. Sport #2...

ddd 27 avr., 2013

Northern Rough Winged Swallows On A No Parking Sign

True Birds Can Read and Laugh at Lies. ~

ddd 26 avr., 2013

Northern Rough Winged Swallows On A No Parking Sign

True Birds Can Read and Laugh at Lies. ~

ddd 26 avr., 2013

Smokies Offers Mountains-to-Sea Trail Hike and Presentation

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is offering an opportunity for visitors to learn about the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) on Saturday, May...

ddd 26 avr., 2013

Forest Therapy — You Don't Need to Be Japanese

In Japan, "forest therapy" is a formal process, complete with leaders . "To help us along, Kunio—a volunteer ranger—had us st...

ddd 26 avr., 2013

Online Colorado Fishing Atlas

It's a searchable o nline fishing atlas for Colorado. Pretty cool.

ddd 25 avr., 2013

Think It Has Been Cold This Spring?

Here's a map of record lows during April 2013 . M. keeps telling me that more trees should be leafed out by now at low altitudes, such a...

ddd 24 avr., 2013

Firefly Viewing Schedule - Passes Required Now

Park officials have announced the Elkmont Firefly Viewing event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will take place from Thursday, June 6...

ddd 24 avr., 2013

Smokies Recruiting Volunteers for Elk Bugle Corp in Cataloochee

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking volunteers to assist rangers with managing traffic and providing visitor information on respo...

ddd 24 avr., 2013

May Classic Hikes of the Smokies: Big Creek Scenic Hike

On the third Tuesday of each month this year, Friends of the Smokies will be offering guided hikes as part of their Classic Hikes of the...

ddd 24 avr., 2013

Double Crested Cormorant Facial Gestures

Show Your True Face, By Expressing Honestly What You Feel. ~

ddd 24 avr., 2013

Double Crested Cormorant Facial Gestures

Show Your True Face, By Expressing Honestly What You Feel. ~

ddd 24 avr., 2013

Mental Illness and Gun Rights: Some Hidden Traps?

Recent debates over gun-ownership have seen the pro-gun rights side reacting to calls for restriction with the counter-argument that what we...

ddd 23 avr., 2013

Updates on Flood Damaged Trails in the Smokies

Great Smoky Mountains National Park crews are making needed repairs on both Chimney Tops Trail and Noland Creek Trail which received signifi...

ddd 23 avr., 2013

National Junior Ranger Day on April 27

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate the seventh annual National Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p....

ddd 23 avr., 2013

Snowy Egrets Mating In A Nest On Bay Farm Island In Alameda, CA

Oneness is being Insertive and Receptive All at Once. ~

ddd 23 avr., 2013

Snowy Egrets Mating In A Nest On Bay Farm Island In Alameda, CA

Oneness is being Insertive and Receptive All at Once. ~

ddd 23 avr., 2013

Snowy Egret Jumping From Its Nesting Tree On Bay Farm Island In Alameda CA To Gather Sticks For Its Nest

Be Treated With The Intensity Of Life, By Jumping Head First Into Everything You Do. ~

ddd 22 avr., 2013

Snowy Egret Jumping From Its Nesting Tree On Bay Farm Island In Alameda CA To Gather Sticks For Its Nest

Be Treated With The Intensity Of Life, By Jumping Head First Into Everything You Do. ~

ddd 22 avr., 2013

Chattanooga To Be Named First Official Trail Town Of The Great Eastern Trail

Chattanooga will be named as the first official trail town of the Great Eastern Trail at a ceremony to be held at the Tennessee Riverpark’s ...

ddd 22 avr., 2013

Blog Stew: Cook it for a Merit Badge

• "Pimp My Walk" — an article on the glory days of walking canes , with comparison to today's hiking apparatus: "I’ve n...

ddd 21 avr., 2013

Signs of Spring (3)

(Illustration from National Geographic) While I was away in South Carolina, M. reported that she came outside on the 13th to find a bird-f...

ddd 20 avr., 2013

Noland Creek Trail to be closed for 2 weeks

The Noland Creek Trail will be closed from the trailhead to campsite #64 for approximately two weeks. Beginning on April 22nd, the trail, lo...

ddd 20 avr., 2013

Ludlow, 99 Years Ago Today

Ludlow Massacre site the day after (Wikipedia). People toss the phrase "class warfare" around a lot these days — and with reason...

ddd 20 avr., 2013

Papillon de nuit - 2 (Madagascar)

Photographié dans le même secteur que celui publié ici, à Ambatomirahavavy près de Antananarivo à Madagascar, ce papillon à la forme particu...

ddd 19 avr., 2013

The National Park Week Getaway Giveaway

The National Park Foundation has partnered with Globus to launch the National Park Week Getaway Giveaway! The lucky winner of this sweepstak...

ddd 19 avr., 2013

Rufous Hummingbird Visiting An Angel

Angels Have The Best Beyond Time Service. ~

ddd 19 avr., 2013

Rufous Hummingbird Visiting An Angel

Angels Have The Best Beyond Time Service. ~

ddd 19 avr., 2013

100,000 Geotourism Maps

Geoz had an article this week titled New South Wales holidays all mapped out. This article refers to a new map which has been developed whi...

ddd 18 avr., 2013

Appalachian Trail Enthusiasts to Meet at Western Carolina University for 39th Biennial Conference

Registration is now open for the 2013 Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) Biennial conference, scheduled for July 19-26, at Western Carolina...

ddd 18 avr., 2013

Yesterday versus Today

Yesterday: A wild tom turkey struts his stuff near Beulah, Colorado. Snow, snow, glorious snow. And the best part is that the snow is co...

ddd 18 avr., 2013