Summer? What Summer? – Muir of Dinnet NNR — Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve

Summer? What summer? No, that’s not a reflection on the weather, even though it’s blowing a northerly gale as I write this. It’s just that, for a great many creatures, there’s no such thing as ‘summer’ ….the year segues seamlessly from spring to autumn. And yes, I do know that it’s not even the summer […]Summer? …

Burrowing Owls — Meet The Kids! — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I believe that I can safely say that of all the subjects that I photograph nothing is cuter than baby Burrowing Owls. They bear an uncanny resemblance to small children’s plush toys and their behaviors are totally […]Burrowing …

Bee ‘n’ Bees — Too Lazy To Weed

https://video.wordpress.com/embed/yaTFQMpA?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0 We have always tried to make our garden as bee friendly as possible – we garden organically, there are plenty of weeds providing nectar through most of the year and we put up bee hotels. We’ve had these regular bee hotels dotted around the garden for a few years and they’ve proved very popular …

Celebrate Nebraska Pollinator Week — Nebraska Lepidoptera: A Butterfly Big Year

Nebraska Pollinator Week is June 22-28. To recognize pollinators importance to the world as we know it a number of fun activities and training opportunities have been scheduled during the month of June. Check them all out at https://www.nebraskapollinatorweek.org/ Thanks in advance for your support!! NeilCelebrate Nebraska Pollinator Week — Nebraska Lepidoptera: A Butterfly Big Year

Two-way education — Le Drake Noir

“I’m not young enough to know everything” *Oscar Wilde – irish poet and playwright* ….. “Young people believe old people are fools and old people know that young people are “ “The more we know the more we find out we don’t know“ It is said that life must be lived forwards and understood backwards. […]Two-way …

Changing climate is narrowing options for migrating birds — More Than A Dodo

This article is taken from European research magazine Horizon as part of our partnership to share natural environment science stories with readers of More than a Dodo. Across an entire desert or ocean, migratory birds make some of the most extreme journeys found in nature, but there are still huge gaps in our understanding of …