Welcome to My Blog

In many ways our world is a very large place, but at the same time in other ways it is small and becoming smaller. It’s large in its variety of species and diversity of habitat from deserts to glaciers, rainforests to savannahs, and butterflies to whales. There is more to experience than one lifetime could ever accomplish. But the world is small and in some ways becoming smaller. As this blog expands it will relate some of the challenges faced by species, habitat, and environment as well as share some of the challenges of getting the picture.

 


Red Robin Tells Shrink Wrap Story

Red Robin Tells Shrink Wrap Story  From my perch on a pine tree branch I’m looking for material to build my first nest. On the ground a snarl of plastic shrink American Robin tangled in plastic,…

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Raging Bull Charges Into Lion Pride

Raging Bull Charges Into Lion Pride The hot and tired twelve member lion pride is curled up under a shade tree at a waterhole in Masai Mara National Reserve. It is Cape buffalo charges into a lion…

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Skinny Wolf Tries Fat Bear Diet

Skinny Wolf Tries Fat Bear Diet! What difference does a fat rich salmon diet make to Alaska’s grizzly bears? Take a look at the interior Alaska grizzly bear Coastal Brown Bear catching a leaping…

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Bears Are Good Hosts When Humans Use Good Sense

Bears Are Good Hosts When Humans Use Good Sense They share their trails, their beach and even share the river with anglers in waders. Men and bears in the same river with a common goal: catch salmon!…

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Monarch Butterfly Born In My House

Monarch Butterfly Born In My House When I noticed a solid green monarch butterfly chrysalis on my lawnmower shed October 2nd in Maine I feared it would be too cold for it to develop into a butterfly.…

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In The Path of a Williwaw

In The Path Of A Williwaw What had been a sunny pleasant day turned breezy as clouds began building over the southeast horizon of the Bering Sea. I decided to make my…

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Monarch Butterfly Migration

North American Monarch Butterfly Migration The monarch butterflies seen flitting about northern backyards during September are on their way to the Sierra Madre…

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