Originally posted on SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG:
Visit the La Brea Tar Pits, our favorite bilingual redundancy, both inside and out. 50,000 years of local prehistory can’t be wrong. This comes from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above.… Continue reading Tar Pits Ecosystems with Emily Lindsey | Natural History Museum’s Curiosity Show

Originally posted on Adam's Art and Bonsai Blog:
I have two ficus trees for you to ponder today. This sweet sumo: ….and this one that’s in serious training. Let’s look at it first. My daughter removed most of the wire on it already for me…..….but she left me the bigger wire. I should probably have had her do it about a month ago….. …..the… Continue reading The wind in the willow…leaf ficus

View this post on Instagram Speaking of miracles, do you remember the #99percentcrabapplecutting from a while ago? Another case of simply shoving a cutting into some soil with practically zero chance of it working. Well look what my little eye spied today! 25-08-18. #bonsai #bonsailovers #bonsaiwork #bonsaipot #australianbonsai #bonsaitree #bonsaipot #livingart #nature #naturephotography #gardening #balconygarden #bonsaiwork #malus #courtyard #courtyardgarden #growth #leaves #green #pruning #winter A … Continue reading greebybeeby on Instagram: “Speaking of miracles, do you remember the #99percentcrabapplecutting from a while ago? Another case of simply shoving a cutting into some…”

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Continue reading The 2018 World Shorebirds Day campaign opens

Originally posted on SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG:
The male Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise sports more colors than any other bird in the family. Each splash of color has a story. Yellows and reds are paintlike pigments. Blues and greens are created by the interaction of light and the microscopic structure of feathers and skin. By whatever mechanism they are produced, the combined result is one… Continue reading Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise: A Full Spectrum | Cornell / National Geographic

Continue reading World Shorebirds Day: 5 – 11 September, 2018

Originally posted on SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG:
Ho hum – Just another young Magnificent Frigatebird crusing o’er Malibu Lagoon (Larry Loeher, 8-10-18) Yes, it’s true. Larry Loeher and Grace Murayama were exceedingly fortunate a few weeks ago, and not only (1) saw a Magnificant Frigatebird flying over the lagoon approaching “from inland,” but (2) got a photo of it in flight, and (3)… Continue reading Malibu Lagoon Field Trips: Sunday, 26 August, 8:30 & 10am.

Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
This post shows the progression of a taxus that was purchased as raw material in the autumn of 2016 by my friend Gerry. The first picture was taken round about the time he acquired it. The most interesting part of this tree was in the lower trunk and the low hanging first branch with movement to the right. The… Continue reading Taxus Baccata from raw material to first styling.