Prairie w Cold Spring Morning

On a brisk 37 degree morning in Northern Illinois I decided to dust off my camera and explore the progress ofspring”. I hit Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve by 6:30Na, just in time for first light to melt the patchy frost. A week and a half ago temps were pushing the upper 80’s and summer . . . → Czytaj więcej: Prairie w Cold Spring Morning

Żaba Niespodzianka

Over on Arthropoda, fellow SFS blogger Michael Bok shared an image of his field buddy, Plugg the green tree frog. My first thought was of a similar tree frog that haunted welcomed me everywhere I went in Santa Rosa National Park, Kostaryka. Needless to say, Costa Rica instills a sudden habit of double checking . . . → Czytaj więcej: Żaba Niespodzianka

Weź to, kręgowce!

I’ve known for a while that beetles and other inverts occasionally have vertebrates on their menu, but I didn’t really know how large of an animal they could subdue! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Czytaj więcej: Weź to, kręgowce!

Richard Branson is an Idiot

 

Source: Wikipedia

It turns out that Richard Branson has a new idea; to save the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) by importing them to his private British Virgin Island. As the article points out Branson spent millions of pounds and years of effort to turn the island intothe most ecologically . . . → Czytaj więcej: Richard Branson is an Idiot

Bison na Catalina

Być może jedynym miejscem na świecie, gdzie można znaleźć amerykańskie bizony (vs. bawół) stojących w pobliżu plaży obok palmy. Tydzień na Santa Catalina był wspaniałym jeden, i mimo chłodnej wiosny z kilku przymrozków poza sezonem, kilka przyzwoitych zbieranie zostało zrobione. Oto tylko . . . → Czytaj więcej: Bison na Catalina

Have you seen me?

For those Californians reading, especially those in the south, keep an eye out for this beautiful little spider, Latrodectus geometricusthe brown widow. Arachnologists at UC Riverside are monitoring the spread of this invasive species. Ironically it turns out to not be as dangerous as our native black widow. Nonetheless, it is not . . . → Czytaj więcej: Have you seen me?

The Art of a Goose Chase

For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix flocciferaa CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Czytaj więcej: The Art of a Goose Chase

Now is our chance

A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2!