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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Dream first… Reality will come. BD
Central Apennines, Italy. 23 February 2011 – 7.00 AM Last February, I have been sitting for a total of seventy hours over ten days on the same spot. Sitting on the very same turf almost every sunrise and sunset. In … Continue reading
A late Christmas card. NB
Following my friend and colleague, Pete Cairn’s recent advice about not criticising cats, I’ll just light the blue touch paper and stand back.
Posted in Creativity
Tagged cats as killer, dead robin, garden bird mortality, predation, spoof Christmas card
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“Ornata: The world’s most beautiful chamois.” by Bruno D’Amicis . PHD
If variety is the spice of life then La Vita Italiana might be termed a ‘Vindaloo”. Most days I end up thinking that things have turned out quite differently from what I might have imagined at first light…. Recently, one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Italian Life
Tagged Apennine Chamois, book, Bruno D'Amicis, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata
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Revealing Beauty in Motion. CB
Spider mom from Amprods on Vimeo. Isn’t this an amazing little video by Alvaro Mendoza Productions? When I think of all of the small-world processes occurring as close as my own backyard which, as far as I can tell have … Continue reading
Posted in Insects and Spiders, inspiration, video
Tagged alvaro mendoza productions, close to home, film, mini documentary, spider, video, widlife
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Conservation – But Not In My Bird Reserve. A guest post by Andrew Mason.
Every so often we hear stories from friends and colleagues in personal correspondence that deserve a wider airing. This one comes from wildlife photographer (and refugee from the world of corporate law), Andrew Mason about dark doings on his own … Continue reading
Whale Fall (After Life of a Whale). CB
Whale Fall (after life of a whale) from Sharon Shattuck on Vimeo. Although some of you may have seen this already, I had to share it again. This video represents such a clever way to illustrate a complex biological process. … Continue reading
Posted in video
Tagged artem agafonov, biology, clever, flora lichtman, sharon shattuck, sweetfern productions, video, whale fall
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Piotr Naskrecki’s “Relics” Evokes Sadness and Wonder. CB
Most of us can recall a moment when we discovered a book that altered the way that we look at life. For me, the discovery of Piotr Naskrecki’s breathtaking work, The Smaller Majority, was a game changer. I literally stared … Continue reading
You amount more than the things you own. OK!! NB
If you are reading this post on Christmas Day then you are the perfect audience for this piece by Jeffrey Kaplan published in Orion‘s May/June 2008 issue. In it he provides the most lucid account of the origins and intentions … Continue reading →