https://kusamurabonsai.org/MemberStories/BendingPine/index.html Continue reading Kusamura Bonsai Club – Making Dramatic Bends in a Pine

Originally posted on Munster Bonsai Club:
Munster Bonsai Club View original post Continue reading Workshop with Phil Donnelly

Originally posted on Munster Bonsai Club:
Munster Bonsai Club View original post Continue reading Next meeting

https://earthstar.blog/2018/09/20/birding-at-llandegfedd-reservoir/ Continue reading Birding at Llandegfedd Reservoir | earthstar

Originally posted on HERBS:
The Hermanus Botanical Society heartily congratulates Chairman Dr Di Marais on winning the 2018 Mayoral Award for Environmental Conservation. The awards ceremony took place on 4th October. Di’s award is richly deserved. She has worked tirelessly to promote the priceless botanical assets of the Hermanus area, vigorously defending the Society’s constitutional mandate to promote the integrity of the Fernkloof Nature Reserve.… Continue reading Dr Di Marais wins Mayoral Award for Environmental Conservation

Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Jean Potter • A common nighthawk rests on a metal railing. With September advancing on the calendar, I have been keeping an eye on the skies. For the most part, I focus on the upper branches of trees and feeders during the migration season, but I don’t forget the need to look skyward from time to… Continue reading Common nighthawk flocks form part of fall migration spectacle

Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Duncan Wright The sooty tern, pictured, nests mainly in Hawaii, but some also nest on the islands of the Dry Tortugas, west of the Florida Keys. In 2004, Hurricane Frances blew one of these tropical birds to Holston Lake in Bristol. Severe storms also present devastating obstacles for other birds. With Hurricane… Continue reading Mother Nature’s whims can produce major impacts on birds