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Category Archives: Nature
Jupiter And Saturn Will Be Together Again For The Holidays
From NPR by Colin Dwyer. Thanks to Mike C. for finding this! If popular culture has taught us anything about the holidays, it’s that this is a season of reunions: a time when people conquer great distances and lengthy separations … Continue reading
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Birth of a bee
After just three weeks of development, worker bees emerge from their brood cells fully formed, flying out to begin supporting their hive. In a stunning high-definition time-lapse video, the US photographer Anand Varma follows the bee’s stages of development from … Continue reading
Yes, it’s a strange appendage
Nine of the weirdest penises in the animal kingdom: don’t miss the leopard slug video at the end! Click the link above for the full article. Ann M.
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The eagle builds a home
From a friend of Al MacR. The sun peaked out for a couple of hours in West Seattle yesterday morning, and I was fortunate enough to witness some of our local eagles continue with their nest fortification activities. With the … Continue reading
A frightened owl was rescued Monday after being found in the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, days after it had been chopped down upstate.
Thanks to Linda W. – “Only in New York!” By Nick Garber, Patch Staff Nov 18, 2020 2:43 pm ET|Updated Nov 18, 2020 10:01 pm ET MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — On Monday afternoon, Ellen Kalish got a call from a woman she didn’t know, asking … Continue reading
Mother nature at word
From Ann M: The bright red leaves from the maple tree outside our front windows are so heavily scattered that the rhododendron appears freshly in bloom with red blossoms, even though it normally blooms white!
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Not for your dinner
From Mike C: The picture shows Aminita muscaria (at Seattle University), which is poisonous, but not deadly. Some eat it for hallucinogenic effect. And put up with the vomiting and diarrhea. Aminita phalloides, which is white, is lethal and commonly … Continue reading
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Sharks and fish hooks – how to make friends
Thanks to Donna D!
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See spectacular Norwegian Fjords by drone
Thanks to Sybil-Ann!
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Amazon Woman – kayaking down the Amazon
From Berta Beveridge: My daughter-in-law, Darcy Gaechter, is once again scheduled to be on the Today Show to talk about her book, Amazon Woman. Darcy and my son, Don, spent 142 days kayaking down the Amazon River, making her the first woman … Continue reading
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Nature before us
Thanks Sybil-Ann! 3200 YEARS IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH It seems that, every once and again Mother Nature gets it RIGHT 3200 YEARS IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH ~ AT SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK ~ Thankfully, no loggers took it down, nor forest fires or … Continue reading
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Disappearing elms
Thanks to Mike C. for this photo.
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From Crosscut by Courtney Flatt Mountain goats, mule deer and black bears all move across the rugged basalt cliffs, forest and grasslands that make up the Klickitat Canyon Conservation Area. Salmon and steelhead swim up the Klickitat River, Washington’s longest wild … Continue reading
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When your check engine light comes on – in Australia
From Paul T. – thanks.
Bellevue botanical garden – a nice place to stroll
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See what no human eyes have seen before, deep in the sea off Western Australia
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