On the one hand, my walk along the #Eno River this morning was about as low-critter as they have all been this fall.
(I'm curious if any #naturalists or river #ecologists or #herpers on here have thoughts about the impact of the massive flooding caused by TS Chantal on the reptiles of the Eno River basin.
I just literally haven't seen a single Nerodia species along the Eno or New Hope Creek since Chantal.)
OTOH, I saw a gorgeous Kingfisher rocketing along the river, so that was awesome.
#naturalists
Wild and Wonderful : An ethnography of English naturalists by Vanessa Manceron,
2025
In Wild and Wonderful, social anthropologist Vanessa Manceron investigates an understudied but indispensable scientific practice: getting to know and recognize the living worlds around us.
We are just one week away from Let’s Get Quizzical: Trivia, #Bioblitz & Food by the Gorge, happening on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 11 AM to 5 PM at #GorgeEsquimaltPark - right outside the Gorge Nature House.
This exciting, #free #FamilyFriendly event is packed with activities for all ages:
🧠 Sustainable Smarts #Trivia – Three rounds of engaging trivia with fantastic #prizes from local favourites like HAVN, Axe & Grind, and Quazar’s Arcade + some of Esquimalt's finest, Warm Gift Shop, Errant Empire, and 4Cats Esquimalt!
🌿 Bioblitz #CommunityScience – Join guided walks and help document local plants, bugs, birds, and more on iNaturalist.
🐞 #BugWalk & #PlantWalks – Led by the #GWAS team to connect you with the biodiversity of our beautiful #GorgeWaterway.
🎟️ Passport to Science Wrap-Up – Explore hands-on science with our friends from Passport to Science, Victoria Bug Zoo, Centre of the Universe, and more!
And, of course… delicious food all day long:
🍦 Hazel’s Ice Cream – Serving cold treats and smiles.
🌯 Greek on the Street – Flavour-packed eats and street-side classics.
🥗 Naked Dressings – Fresh, healthy bites made with love.
Whether you are coming for the science, the food, the trivia, or simply to enjoy the community atmosphere, there is something for everyone. So, choose your favourite method of Active Transportation and come get quizzical on Saturday, August 30!
Support Your Local #NatureHouse
This #fundraiser helps support much-needed improvements to the Gorge Nature House, enabling us to continue providing #environmental #education and #CommunityPrograms for years to come.
Mark your calendars, bring your friends and family, and come celebrate the Gorge with us!
Learn More →
http://triviabythegorge.eventbrite.com
Unable to make the event but still want to support the cause?
No problem – Donate today!
https://www.gorge.ca/donate?link_id=14&can_id=885c887d51f4f2992844bbc18a1523b7&source=email-one-week-until-lets-get-quizzical-trivia-bioblitz-food-by-the-gorge&email_subject=_-one-week-until-lets-get-quizzical-trivia-bioblitz-food-by-the-gorge-_&&
#Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #YYJ #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Nature #HandsOnLearning #CitizenScience #YYJParks #AllAges #InclusiveEvents #AccessibleEvents #FreeEvent #FunAtThePark #Naturalists #LearnAboutNature #CommunityEvent #CommunityBuilding
Off to Central Park Conservatory Garden and Harlem Meer to look for bugs!
#Naturalists #MasterNaturalist #CentralPark #NYC #MacroPhotography #Insects
Hey there, people who are going to Evolution 2025 this weekend! I’d like to offer #Evolution2025 as a hashtag. What do you think, @evol_mtg ?
#evolution #ecology #naturalists #SystematicBiology #conference
Deux jolies échasses blanches (avec des hirondelles de fenêtre qui volettent autour) pour embellir votre jeudi.
#Nature #Bird #Birds #BlackWingedStilt #BirdVideos #Birding #Naturalists #BirdsOfMastodon
"Thao graduated from Como Park Senior High School in St. Paul and headed to the University of Minnesota to study computer science. But subject and student did not mesh well. He’d get headaches just reading about computers, Thao recalled."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/07/for-27-years-kao-thao-has-brought-hmong-people-to-minnesota-state-parks
In Springfield, MA until Monday for the Northeast Natural History Conference (NENHC). Anyone else?
Any locals wanna recommend a good greenspace to visit? (Edit) It looks like tomorrow, Friday is the only non-rainy day during my stay. I'm on the wait list for a field trip to Vermont in the afternoon, but I'll get out one way or another.
https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2025/program/scheduleoverview.shtml
cc: @darwin
#SpringfieldMA #NENHC #NENHC2025 #Naturalists #Conference #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
Garden Museum in London, England
Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.#gnomes #gardens #naturalists #naturalhistorymuseums #museums #section-Atlas
Garden Museum
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Leopold’s journals that informed ‘A Sand County Almanac’ more accessible than ever before . “Thanks to the careful work of passionate volunteers, University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries Digital Collections Center, University Archives and Records Management, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation, all 1,100 handwritten pages of Leopold’s Shack journals are […]
wrote a guide for visiting Cuc Phuong national park in northern #vietnam ,where I made many #iNaturalist observations. Highly recommend the park to #naturalists
It is the oldest national park in Vietnam
https://potoo.is/guide-to-visiting-cuc-phuong-national-park-a-treasure-of-nature-in-vietnam
#NationalParks #biodiveristy #wildlife #forests #tootsea #cucphuong #hanoi #travel
A few more birds from the Edmonds waterfront last Wednesday. These are the little birds that flit quickly through the shrubbery. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #PNW #Edmonds #Naturalists
Out at the Edmonds waterfront yesterday. A small flock Surf Scoters were hanging around the pier. A few Red-necked Grebes, too. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #PNW #Edmonds #Naturalists
I try and make Mondays my birding day. I didn't get out today, rain. Here's a few birds from the Edmonds waterfront last Monday. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #PNW #Edmonds #Naturalists
Sneaky bunny
Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) at the Edmonds waterfront. #Naturalists 🌿 #mammals 🐰 #nature #naturephotography #photography 📷 #rabbit #PNW #wildlife
waterways, land, and the air-atmosphere are rubbish dumps for big business; the whole biosphere, and internally our bodily ecology is polluted by profit-minded psychopaths.
#landfill #toxicwaste #incinerators
#fossilfuel #plastics #microplastics #nan oplastics
Synthetic Stuff
https://ecology.iww.org/PDF/Bookchin/OurSyntheticEnvironment.pdf
I'll be at #Esquimalt #GorgeWaterway /Kinsmen park in a few hours to join the invasive green crab monitoring team. It's another trapping/netting day & I'll be documenting some of the project's work.
[ Since 2022, we have participated in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ European Green Crab Monitoring Project. European green crabs are a destructive invasive species that removes eelgrass very efficiently, destroying habitat for everything else in the Gorge. Unfortunately, we caught adult European green crabs in the Gorge for the first time in August 2024 through our monitoring program.
We are working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Peninsula Streams Society to remove as many as possible before the problem worsens. To prevent the spread of European Green Crabs, make sure to clean, drain, and dry off any watercraft according to BC Invasives. ]
https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring
#YYJ #Esquimalt #GorgeWaterwayPark #LekwungenTerritory #Songhees #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Environmental #InvasiveSpecies #EuropeanGreenCrab #marine #DFO #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #conservationists #ecological #ecosystems #Naturalists #Cascadia #VanIsle #PNW
Margaret Renkl writes about "Trash" trees deserving an observant second look
#Ecosystems #Conservation #Naturalists #MargaretRenkl
https://archive.ph/7GxOH
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