Source: Los Angeles Times “County commissioners in the rural American West possess the daunting authority of Afghan warlords, it’s been said. They wield their power by demanding federal agencies do their bidding in the vast expanse of public lands in which the counties are embedded.” By STEPHEN TRIMBLE County commissioners in the rural American West …
UC Merced Student Unearths 65 Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull — KTLA
A college student made the discovery of a lifetime on a recent paleontology dig when he unearthed a partial Triceratops skull. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California, Merced, uncovered the 65 million-year-old skull in the badlands of North Dakota. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California,… via …
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Photo Capture # 117 – Tricolored Heron — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Tricolored Heron “You call this… a fish?” © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 117 – Tricolored Heron — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
Malibu Lagoon Monthly Field Trips: Sunday, 28 July, 8:30 & 10am. — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
The migrating shorebirds are already starting to return in their bright colors. And the mullet may be jumping! Some of the great birds we’ve had in July are: Gadwall, Pied-billed and Eared Grebe, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Snowy Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Willet, Whimbrel, Ruddy Turnstone, Western Sandpiper, Heermann’s & Western Gulls, Least, […] …
Playero Diminuto/Least Sandpiper/Calidris minutilla — Birds Colombia: 854 especies hoy
Nombre en español: Playero Diminuto Nombre en ingles: Least Sandpiper Nombre científico: Calidris minutilla Familia: Scolopacidae Foto: Juan Pablo Arboleda/Rodrigo Gaviria/Leandro Vargas Canto: Andrew Spencer La menudilla, becacina, tinguís, patudo, correlimos enano o chichicuilote (Calidris minutilla) es una pequeña ave de la familia de los escolopácidos. Descripción Mide en promedio 14 cm y pesa 21 …
How BLM “researches” their Wild Horse and Burro Usage Data — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
The “welfare ranchers” on public lands whine and blame the wild horses & burros for eating too much forage, but the bigger problem is that the Bureau of Land Management turns a blind eye to the impacts of privately owned livestock grazing on public lands. This article by Grandma Gregg rings true today. by Grandma […] …
Rarest Fish on Earth Rode Out 10-Foot Waves When Ridgecrest Earthquake Hit — KTLA
The rarest fish on Earth swam for their lives when a powerful earthquake rattled Ridgecrest earlier this month. The magnitude 7.1 quake that split open the floor of the Mojave Desert on July 5 shook up life far beyond its epicenter. In Death Valley National Park — some 70 miles away from where the earthquake… via …
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Lizards Galore — Letter From Norfolk
We were treated to some spectacular sightings of one of our rarest reptiles this month. We were able to watch and study Sand Lizards for quite some time. One of four species of Lizard seen on the Jurassic Coast Tour. Bookings for next year now open. https://www.wildlifetoursandeducation.co.uk/app/download/11123950/Itinerary+-+Birds++Wildlife+of+the+Jurassic+Coast+2020.pdf via Lizards Galore — Letter From Norfolk
Baby Flamingo’s Struggle to Stand on One Foot Is Basically All of Us — TIME
Spend enough time in Florida or Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood and eventually you’ll see a plastic pink flamingo perched on someone’s lawn, standing in its usual one-legged pose. Despite what the plastic flamingo manufacturers have lead us to believe, flamingos don’t come out of the egg knowing how to strike that particular pose, though. It turns… via …
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BBC News: Big Butterfly Count: Which common UK species to look for
BBC News - Big Butterfly Count: Which common UK species to look for https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49041006
The Northern Herper 
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