Originally posted on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region:
The International Piping Plover Census, which takes place every five years, is conducted in part to answer an important question: where exactly do piping plovers spend their winters? This winter, the USFWS Migratory Birds Division participated in the first ever comprehensive piping plover and shorebird census on the Turks and Caicos Islands, an island group… Continue reading The search is on for piping plovers

Originally posted on Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle:
This tree is an air layer created by my great friend Hans van Meer, it’s been 4 years in the making and was styled by me in March this year. The potting took place as it was strong and ready to go into a bonsai pot. Prior to repotting work was done on the deadwood, it… Continue reading First potting for a Prunus Mahaleb