A Black Necked Stilt enjoying some quiet time alone in a temporary pond created by spring rains. Soon the pond will be gone and the Stilt will have moved on.Reflection — nature has no boss
Mercer’s Musings: A Study of Red Knots — SIB
This article, written by Robert Mercer, originally appeared on page 11 in the June 2020 edition of The Seabrooker. As I leave South Carolina behind, so are the Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa). Early in the year, when the Red Knots started to show up on Seabrook Island beaches, my friend, Mark Andrews, talked me […]Mercer’s …
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Bloomin’ around noon in June — View From Casita Colibrí
Given the barrage of bad, sad, depressing, and infuriating news these days, I’m finding it difficult to string together more than a few words. However, who needs words when Mother Nature is speaking from my terrace — succulents and cactus to the rescue. Wishing all health, safety, and a bounty of […]Bloomin’ around noon in June …
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New Jersey State Botanical Garden: Lilac Garden — National Parks With T
Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T! The Lilac Garden at NJ State Botanical Garden» The Skylands section of Ringwood State Park in northern New Jersey consists of the historic Skylands Manor, Shepherd Lake and the New Jersey Botanical Garden. In 1966, the State of New Jersey purchased the estate to form…New …
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Horses — Photography Art Plus
Remembering this moment.Horses — Photography Art Plus
Making Time for Nature — The TerraCycle Blog — Life & Soul Magazine
The World Environment Day 2020 theme is “Time For Nature,” an urgent call to protect biodiversity and rethink humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Making Time for Nature: World Environment Day 2020 — The TerraCycle BlogMaking Time for Nature — The TerraCycle Blog — Life & Soul Magazine
#OTD in 1952 – Birth of actor, Liam Neeson, in Ballymena, Co Antrim. — Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland
Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, truck driver, assistant architect and an amateur boxer. He had originally sought a career as a teacher by attending St. Mary’s Teaching College, Newcastle. However, in 1976, Neeson joined the Belfast Lyric Players’ Theater and made his professional acting debut in the play “The Risen People”. After…#OTD in …
The language of nature — Forvie National Nature Reserve
There is a book The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that has seen campaigns to get a copy in every school in Scotland and further afield, you may know it already. The book started as a response to the Oxford Children’s Dictionary deciding to drop nature words such as ‘acorn’ and ‘bluebell’ […]The …
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Efter en lang dags arbejde er det godt med kærlig omsorg — Beretninger fra et autentisk landbrug
og varmt omslag. LoneEfter en lang dags arbejde er det godt med kærlig omsorg — Beretninger fra et autentisk landbrug
Masked Woodswallow — Birds in Sydney
I was puzzled when I heard a series of different bird calls coming from one location. I looked up, expecting to see a butcherbird, as they’re good mimics. Instead I saw what looked like a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, also called a shufflewing. I decided the mimicked noises must be coming from a hidden bird, and I […]Masked …
The Northern Herper 
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