Comments on: porcupine highway http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/ one naturalist's observations and field notes Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:44:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Randa http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-8 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:06:31 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-8 Thanks for your response, Bev. That's wonderful that you have learned so much through friends and associates, and by your own observation. Nature is endlessly fascinating. Here is the link for the porc photo. The photo is taken so that you see the entire tree; the porcupine looks quite small. But I wanted to show the effect of how unwieldy the animal looked on that skinny branch. http://gardengeek.blogspot.com/2006/01/pixie-penthouse-i-just-made-baking.html#comments Thanks for your response, Bev. That’s wonderful that you have learned so much through friends and associates, and by your own observation. Nature is endlessly fascinating.

Here is the link for the porc photo. The photo is taken so that you see the entire tree; the porcupine looks quite small. But I wanted to show the effect of how unwieldy the animal looked on that skinny branch. http://gardengeek.blogspot.com/2006/01/pixie-penthouse-i-just-made-baking.html#comments

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-7 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:28:06 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-7 I shall have to have a look for your porcupine post on Garden Geek. If you have a link, please do post it. and: <i>did you go to college/university for something nature-related? Or does your knowledge come from personal interest and research done on your own time?</i> I have an unrelated graduate degree, so most of what I know has been largely through interest, experience and research. Also, I have a number of friends who are biologists, or do biology-related work, and I've done volunteer survey work for graduate biology students, so I've picked up a lot from them. My nature photography is sometimes done with others doing field work, so that has also contributed to the learning process. However, I guess when it comes down to it, a lot of what I've learned (so far) is just from time spent observing nature, especially in the case of invertebrates. Still plenty to learn though -- which is one of the nicest things about nature -- always lots to learn and many surprises. --bev I shall have to have a look for your porcupine post on Garden Geek. If you have a link, please do post it.

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did you go to college/university for something nature-related? Or does your knowledge come from personal interest and research done on your own time?

I have an unrelated graduate degree, so most of what I know has been largely through interest, experience and research. Also, I have a number of friends who are biologists, or do biology-related work, and I’ve done volunteer survey work for graduate biology students, so I’ve picked up a lot from them. My nature photography is sometimes done with others doing field work, so that has also contributed to the learning process. However, I guess when it comes down to it, a lot of what I’ve learned (so far) is just from time spent observing nature, especially in the case of invertebrates. Still plenty to learn though — which is one of the nicest things about nature — always lots to learn and many surprises. –bev

]]> by: Randa http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-6 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:48:16 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog1/2006/02/20/porcupine-highway/#comment-6 A porcupine highway! I love it! I posted a pic of a porc up in a tree right near my place about a month ago (on Garden Geek). I think they are fascinating creatures. Bev, did you go to college/university for something nature-related? Or does your knowledge come from personal interest and research done on your own time? A porcupine highway! I love it!

I posted a pic of a porc up in a tree right near my place about a month ago (on Garden Geek). I think they are fascinating creatures.

Bev, did you go to college/university for something nature-related? Or does your knowledge come from personal interest and research done on your own time?

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