There are four endangered species found in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a 515-square-mile federal natural reserve in southwest Arizona, which is marked by 200-year-old majestic saguaro cacti. This part of the Sonoran desert is vast and desolate – and it's an area where the National Park Service is trying to promote the growth of… via …
Top Shots – Number 4 — Wildonline.blog
Top Shot number Four Grumpy’s first day out in the garden. A real adventure for this young hedgehog. I can only imagine what must have been going through his mind . Top Shot number Five Starting of the list is this shot of a Brown Hare , taken at one of my favourite local locations […] …
The Big Climate Fightback: One million required to pledge to plant a tree in the UK’s largest mass tree planting campaign — Life & Soul Magazine
The Woodland Trust is launching the UK’s largest mass tree planting campaign with the aim to get one million people to pledge to plant a tree on 30 November to help fight the climate emergency. Known as The Big Climate Fightback, The Woodland Trust will be hosting planting days across the UK on November 30 […] …
Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR
The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals trampled their crops. Others aren't so sure.(Image credit: Greg Du Toit/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) via Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR
Cockatoos: Quirky Sorts With an Anarchic Streak — Professional Moron
https://www.youtube.com/embed/5UUjJysUMTw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Okay, we decided to cancel our previous post after House of Heart’s post about birds. As we’ve really wanted to do a post about the cockatoo. Thusly, we scrawled this all out over the last 20 minutes. Over the last few months we’ve become rather fascinated by their intelligent, if weird, behaviour. So let’s …
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Return of Bird of the Week: Vermillion Tanager — Wickersham’s Conscience
Not to be confused with the similarly colored but unrelated Vermillion Flycatcher, the Vermillion Tanager is a bird of the eastern slopes of the Andes. It’s another canopy species; this is another photo from a steep hillside, looking at downslope treetops. Yes, the shot was photobombed by a Golden-naped Tanager, but that’s a pretty good […] …
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Government Sellout: Wild Horses and Burros are the Canaries in the Mine — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by R.T. Fitch ~ President and Co-Founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “We STILL speak for the voiceless…” My apologies, I have been silent the past 48 hours as I attempted to digest the tornado of misinformation and lawlessness that has a death grip on the throat of our, obviously, inept federal government. The paralyzing, […] …
Zapotec chef Abigail Mendoza Ruiz keeping the culinary techniques and traditions of Ancient Mexico alive — Life & Soul Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_-NRMYO1Ak?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Zapotec chef Abigail Mendoza Ruiz has become well-known for her indigenous Oaxacan cuisine made using ancient techniques from recipes passed down through the generations. Mexico’s Zapotecs are an indigenous community living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Before Spanish colonisation, Zapotecan civilisation was a thriving epicentre of food, culture and tradition. At Abigail Mendoza Ruiz’s Oaxaca-based restaurant, …
Greater Roadrunner On A Wooden Post — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve described my drives through rural Arizona’s farmlands as hours of boredom punctuated by a few seconds of adrenaline rush. The roads that I traverse regularly are flat, monotonous, and often, choking with dust. Sometimes I’ll drive […] …
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Don’t Worry BEE Happy! — Through Open Lens
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 320. Bumblebee Why don’t elephants use cellular phones? So the rest of the world won’t know their plans. Interesting Fact: The bumblebee tongue (the proboscis) is a long, hairy structure that extends from a sheath-like modified maxilla. The primary action of the tongue is lapping, that is, repeated dipping of the tongue …
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