Archive for March, 2007

good planets are hard to find

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

We’re back with another wonderful edition of Good Planets. For this edition, I asked contributors to send photos that are associated with memories. I believe you’ll agree that the following images and text are both lovely and fascinating.
Note: Click on all images to see larger views.
Xris of Flatbush Gardener sent this photo […]

chimney swift migration watch - citizen science

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) descending into the chimney of the
Robie Tufts Nature Centre pavilion in Wolfville, N.S. - July 2005
I’ve just added an new link to the Citizen Science page on this blog. This one is for Chimney Swift spring sightings on the Driftwood Wildlife Association’s Chimney Swift.org website. If you visit that […]

finding caterpillars

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Pandora Sphinx - Eumorpha pandorus
In my last post on nature photography, Ruth commented:
I seldom see unusual animals, insects or birds, but I would like to be able to recognize the signs that they were there, whether by identifying feeding habits, scat, trails, etc. I likely would see more if I knew how to look […]

nature photography - questions anyone?

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

With the weather we’re getting this morning, you would never know it’s almost spring here. At 7:45 a.m., it’s about -15C (6F), with strong, gusting winds, and a windchill of -21C (-6F). However, the crazy thing is, by Thursday, the temperature is supposed to be 16C (61F). Our region is certainly […]

Good Planets reminder

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Just a reminder to all — The next edition of Good Planets will appear here on March 24th. For the upcoming edition, the theme is A Memory — however you wish to interpret that. As of today, I have received just a couple of submissions, so get busy and dig around through […]