The ideal time to photograph a Wolf Moon is at moonrise, along the horizon, when the illusion of size will be greatest. At moonrise yesterday, we were socked in with drizzle, clouds and brume.
Even though I missed the classic horizon shot, I still wanted a glimpse and capture of this Wolf — a near-full moon
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We used to live down the road from a lightbulb store called “Lightbulbs Unlimited.” In Los Angeles. The shop had an illuminated sign. Naturally, of course . . . it was a lightbulb store. But for seven years, the shopkeepers never replaced the dead bulbs in their sign.
So for the entire time we lived in
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Years ago, Hugh and I trained with EARS — Emergency Animal Rescue Service — part of United Animal Nations (UAN). The training prepared us to deploy in the event of natural disaster. That’s my disclaimer, there’s a slight conflict of interest in linking out to an organization of which I’m a part. But it’s one
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Friday roundup of nature and environmental stories — and a related Flickr fave. Many thanks to David Ian Roberts for licensing this photo of an Arctic Tern under Creative Commons.
Photo by David Ian Roberts – Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirpics/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

From National Geographic, mini transmitters now show that the Arctic Tern has the world’s longest
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Imagine you’re a songbird . . . but nature has mandated you dine like a raptor. What are you to do with those gentle little feet that should be talons?
You develop a workaround. That’s what this little bird has done.
I saw him in my periphery and noted the bright white breast and the sporadic
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I’m a perfect fit with Northern California, loving the storm-whipped ocean as I do. From the shoreline, that is. Keeping my eye on that 7th wave. Wrapped in layers. Wishing I could still operate my camera while wearing gloves. Keeping the UV filter on for the salt. Loving every second of this El-Niño-driven swell.
Some
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This video is about people who’ve cared enough for pigeons to effect positive, cultural change on their behalf. There are humane ways for humans to cohabit with urban pigeons.