Coyote Crossing

Barn Owls Giggle When They’re Happy

Just learned that this … (continues)

Bogs in Elk

Wait. I guess that should be “elk in bogs.”

The foreleg splash at 0:30 just kills me.

… (continues)

Ich bin ein Sonoreño

This week marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I remember that event very well. (Even then I was older than most bloggers are today.) It was a watershed event. It was stirring.

And thus I understand why there was a bit of

The Wild Ones

It’s the same old story: a raucous gang of leather-clad toughs invades a small town, wreaks havoc.

“What are you rubbing against?”
“Whattaya … (continues)

Good news for the Amargosa toad

Amargosa toad, FWS photo.

[From a press release sent along by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Center for Biological Diversity]

Amargosa Toad Takes Long-overdue Hop Toward Endangered Species Protections

LAS

Morning

Cactus wren call and the smell of blackbrush. Four months since I woke in the Joshua tree forest. Sage sparrows and wind through pointed leaves. Four months ago I awoke after sleeping little. Patches of snow in the shade of Joshua trees.

There are

How I feel after the last week of coding

I was gonna photoshop a keyboard and trackball under his fingers there, but I’m too … (continues)

Metaunderfoot

Erica caught the above photo of me taking this photo of a snake. If the snake has a photo of Erica taking this shot, then, um, it’ll bite its tail or… … (continues)

N. N. Jaeschke kills baby bats

A disturbing, sad story from the BatWorld Wall of Shame. Please reprint, link, and otherwise spread.

During a record breaking CA heat wave during the summer of 2008, Bat World San Diego received a rescue call for six abandoned pups at La Estancia

Obama administration reprieves wolf protection

A bit of promising news from the Obama administration after its first full workday:

With a new administration in charge, federal regulators Wednesday promised a second look at a recent decision to drop gray wolves in the Great Lakes and Northern