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With no paying visitors because of the coronavirus shutdown, zoos are struggling to cover the fixed costs of caring for their residents. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) via Zoos Look For Ways To Offset An Elephant-Sized Plunge In Revenues — News : NPR

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. In southern Arizona Honeybees are active throughout the year. Even in what passes for our winter — all three weeks or so of it — one usually can find a few plants in bloom and consequently, at […] …

Continue reading "Honeybees On Fairy Dusters — Sonoran Images"

A photo on social media showing Africa's second-highest mountain from Nairobi made many Kenyans cry foul. But the photo — shot on a day free of pollution, because of COVID-19 restrictions — is real.(Image credit: Osman Siddiqi) via From Nairobi, A Rare, Clear Glimpse Of Mount Kenya Drives Disbelief On Social Media — News : NPR

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LBjKN9I4xQg?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Source: Multiple If you thought baby donkeys were cute, wait until you get a load of this zonkey! A zebra at the Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya was recently found with a peculiar-looking foal by her side. It had stripes, but they weren’t dark and barely covered her body. When caregivers at the …

Continue reading "It’s a Zonkey! Zebra gives birth to rare baby after mating with a Donkey — Straight from the Horse’s Heart"

WC seems to have been writing a lot of obituaries lately. It’s a hazard of being a geezer blogger: your friends, childhood heroes and the folks who wrote the soundtrack of your life get old and die. The world is depressing enough without back-to-back – three of the last five blog posts – obits. WC […] …

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Orchesella villosa – Please do not mistake this for a bottle or pipe cleaner. It is a springtail, and boy do they spring when you uspet their day. At least this species has a nice short name. Amazing what you can find by just lifting a small plant pot. For more info on Springtails you […] …

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F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 250. Desert Cottontail Rabbit What is a tree’s favorite drink? Root beer! Interesting Fact: The lifespan of a cottontail that reaches adulthood averages less than two years, depending on the location.[6] Unfortunately for the cottontail, almost every local carnivore larger or faster than the lagomorph is its predator. Some predators, like snakes …

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Here’s the release from the Western Slope Conservation Center (Ben Katz): [On February 10, 2020]…the Bureau of Land Management released its Uncompahgre Field Office Resource Management Plan despite concerns and formal protests from stakeholders in the North Fork Valley and beyond. While Colorado’s governor and the public are focused on a major health crisis in […] …

Continue reading "Feds approve drilling plan for North Fork Valley that endangers communities — Western Slope Conservation Center #ActOnClimate #KeepItInTheGround — Coyote Gulch"