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Category Archives: Animals
Not seen at Skyline, or was it?
During Skyline’s virtual trek in Australia pre-COVID-19, Pam and Bob just might have brought Jack home with them. But how did he wind up in Florida? The article about Jack is below in the Seattle Times. Mystery yet to be … Continue reading
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Crows object to 800 Columbia reopening
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Fishing or Phishing?
Thanks to Jeff E.! Ed note: Not sure if this is fake or real, but here’s one explanation I found. “In humans, our lungs work to exchange oxygen from the air to replenish our blood cells and exhale waste gasses. … Continue reading
Is the end of meat here?
From the NYT by Jonathan Safran Foer – Thanks to Diana C. for send this. Is any panic more primitive than the one prompted by the thought of empty grocery store shelves? Is any relief more primitive than the one … Continue reading
Wouldn’t this be fun?!
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
A gift of Spring – on our deck
We were delighted today to find 4 eggs from the happy finches nesting in this fir tree on our deck. New life highlights the joy of the season.
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Furry friends
No need for social distance here. Thanks to Marilyn W.
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Friends
Thanks to Magarete B for the smiles! We need them in times like this.
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A Cat Man: Mr. Lincoln
by Meg Groeling – thanks Ann M. for letting us know! There are times when research seems repetitive. Battles, generals, troop movements, the effects of one thing upon another, and on and on. It is an endless stream, and once one … Continue reading
Two eagles make a heart
Great pic from Mike C.
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New Seattle Aquarium will inspire next generation of conservationists
Thanks to Barb W. for send this along By Melissa Mager and Martha KongsgaardSpecial to The Seattle Times Water is life. The ocean produces nearly every other breath we take. A warmer ocean has less oxygen. A more acidic ocean produces less food. … Continue reading
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The lady and the owl
This short documentary introduces us to the McKeevers, who care for injured owls. They live in the country and have built special cages for different purposes and species. There are many ways of being wounded, yet many ways of being … Continue reading
David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature
In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading
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Do the Volgelkop bop: how a newly discovered bird-of-paradise dazzles his mate
From Aeon: Beginning in 2004, the evolutionary biologist Ed Scholes of Cornell University in New York and the US nature photographer Tim Laman embarked on an ambitious project to find and film the 39 then-known members of the birds-of-paradise family … Continue reading
Get a Dog, Live Longer?
Benefits of dog ownership may be particularly pronounced in those who have already had a heart attack. From the NYT: People who own dogs live longer, a new review of studies suggests. And the benefits may be particularly pronounced in … Continue reading