Joshua Klein had an idea. It was an idea that could revolutionize the world, and, at the same time, revolutionize how we perceive one of the most maligned creatures inhabiting the skies: the corvid. Corvids are known tool-users. For centuries, crows and ravens have symbolized death, poverty, trickery, theft, and a million other negative things. [...]
Archive for October, 2010
30 Oct
Teaching Crows to Contribute to Society.
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Fauna. Tagged: adaptation, aves, bad rap, birds, corvids, crowbox, crows, culture, evolution, joshua klein, nature, ravens, survive, teaching, thrive, wildlife. 6 Comments
29 Oct
Fall Photos, Last Batch
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Biology/Ecology, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: autumn, cattails, fall, lake, meadow, nature, photography, plants. 8 Comments
28 Oct
Fall Photos, Batch 3
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Biology/Ecology, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: autumn, colors, death, fall, lake, leaves, nature, owl bones, photography, plants. Leave a Comment
27 Oct
Fall Photos, Batch 2
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Biology/Ecology, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: autumn, changing colors, deciduous, fall, leaves, nature, photography, plants. 1 Comment
26 Oct
Fall Photos, Batch 1
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Biology/Ecology, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: autumn, changing colors, deciduous, fall, flora, leaves, nature, photography, plants. Leave a Comment
I’ve been dealing with some life issues lately and hate being absent here, so for the next few days, I think I’m just going to focus on images since that’s what moves me the most. I finally got outside with my camera and took a few fall photos, which is highly reparative for the soul. [...]
25 Oct
Weekly Photo Wunderbar
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: autumn, blue, deciduous, fall, leaves, nature, outdoors, photography, plants, sky, tree, yellow. 2 Comments
Even though winter is a hard time for me (the long, dark hours make it hard to do anything but sleep and read books) – like a lot of people – autumn possesses some very real magic. What I notice the most is that the increasingly sideways position of the sun casts a beautiful slanted [...]
22 Oct
In Praise of the Heron.
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Fauna. Tagged: aves, behavior, birds, eating, ecology, fish, great blue, green, heron, nature, photography, pterodactyl, reptile, tri colored, wildlife. 5 Comments
Recently I’ve been fascinated with the many varieties of heron and have come across some equally fascinating photos. Herons are marsh birds with long legs, long necks, and long beaks. They remind me of pterodactyls in flight and are extremely patient hunters. They stalk slowly through the shallows in search of just about anything they [...]
19 Oct
Vintage Owl Eye Candy
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Fauna, Uncategorized. Tagged: art, barn, brass, ceramic, elf, etsy, glass, great horned, nature, owl, raptor, vintage, wildlife. 2 Comments
I’m not feeling very educational tonight, so I think instead I’ll just present you with some vintage owl eye candy. These sweet finds are all located on the awesome Etsy website, one of my favorite places to piddle around when I have an extra ten minutes… or four hours. (ahem) If you’re not familiar with Etsy, [...]
18 Oct
Mystery Photo Answered!
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: flora, flowers, four o clock flower, micro photography, mirabilis jalapa, mystery photo, nature, photography, plants, pollen. Leave a Comment
Not that I should, for you people took no guesses! I still love you anyway. The funtastic photo (repictured below) is a microscopic shot of the stigma and pollen of the four-o-clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa). Click on it to see the Best Micro-Shots of 2010 by National Geographic – they’ll blow your mind! [...]
16 Oct
Weekly Photo Wunderbar
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: gardening, lupine, nature, outdoors, photography, plants. 1 Comment
Hello friends. You can tell I’m stuck on summer (even as the heat comes on in the house above my head) because I refuse to get outside and take photos of autumn-type things, but maybe that will be this week’s task… le sigh. Oh, how I hate to see summer go! Here’s some lupine leaves [...]
