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More details for each event at http://hubevents.blogspot.com which is also a free listserv Forest Loss in 2023: Regional Contexts and Global Trends Thursday, April 4 9 - 10am EDT Online RSVP at...
by gmoke
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 08:49 PM PDT
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The Morning Open Thread consortium ( a term that fits us) is seeking writers to join our ranks. �We have provided 12 years of daily banter, music and musings with plans to continue that commitment. �...
by CaptBLI
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 03:30 AM PDT
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Some birds, bugs and beasts seen lately in Florida.
Red Bellied ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 06:43 AM PDT
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 11:47 AM PDT
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Imagine a court hearing where the plaintiff is not a person, but a damaged river, lake or mountain. The plaintiff is a sea turtle or a Mexican grey wolf. The plaintiff is nature itself. Imagine a world where nature, and all the living beings of the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 09:19 AM PDT
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Great Egrets are a pretty common bird in Florida, and I’m pretty much guaranteed to see at least one any time I walk around outside, in virtually any permanent body of water. They spend nearly all ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 08:35 AM PDT
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Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour.Take a cuppa and a cookie and join us. Like most of the country, we had April weather in February, not just a day of it but weeks with temperatures reaching ...
by Aashirs nani
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 01:06 PM PST
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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Rod Lamberts wrote a decade ago: If there’s one thing decades of advertising, public relations, psychology research and science communication have taught us, it’s that throwing facts at opposing opinions with the hope of changing people’s minds is like...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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This is only half an hour away from my winter base camp, but I have not been here before. This little park sits right in the middle of the beach town of Indian Rocks, and preserves a tract of ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 06:45 AM PST
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A story of sand and shit.
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"Wild Florida" is a diary series that explores the flora and fauna of the Sunshine State.
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Rainbow Scarab, found in the ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 01:06 PM PST
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Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of science stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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Florida lawmaker says bill to loosen rules on killing bears is aimed at ‘the ones that are on crack’ A Florida lawmaker seeking looser regulations on the killing of wildlife has claimed that black bears high on crack are breaking into people’s homes and “tearing them apart”. The allegation from Republican state congressman Jason Shoaf, whose biography...
by Lenny Flank
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on Mon Feb 05, 2024 at 08:21 AM PST
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The Colorado State Open Thread is used to bring together people interested in our beautiful state, whether they’re interested in the people, politics, natural beauty, denizens, purple mountains majesty, fruited plains, history, future or any other part...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 05:53 PM PST
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I’ve been posting a number of Open Threads that focus on political subjects lately, including my second-most recommended diary in my seventeen years here, and quite honestly, I have resolved to not do this one on the Boeberts, the races for the various...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 06:00 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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Sprague’s Pond is smallish water body in a suburban setting. The pond covers an area of about 2.5 acres. On the pond’s northwestern side is a mini park with playground and a grassy area. Two ...
by BrownsBay
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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I visited the Wheeler NWR this morning. It opens at nine am and it is by far best to be there at 9:01 because of both the light (from the east) and the birds. After about 10, the birds move away from the easiest viewing areas to use. I made a couple of...
by backwoodsbob
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on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 10:58 AM PST
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Birds on a feeder, in slow motion, not much else but I thought you might enjoy it. These are fairly common fall/winter birds in the Southern Appalachians. I like using slow-ish motion (100fps) because it catches the small expressive motions that you...
by backwoodsbob
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on Sat Dec 16, 2023 at 10:44 AM PST
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