A reminder that I have bird photo calendars for 2025, for sale via Lulu.com. There are three this year. One is the perennially popular Bird Butts calendar, the second is Birds of Flyover Country, and the third is Hummingbirds. Check them out at drintoul.myportfolio.com/calen…

#NaturePhotography #Nature #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #FlyoverCountry

When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts

openculture.com/2024/12/when-c…

"‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media"

#Animals #Wildlife #SocialMedia

theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts

^{Sam Meadows (The Guardian)}

"Imperiled western monarch butterflies to get habitat boost in Oregon, other states from $760K grant"

oregonlive.com/environment/202…

The Xerces Society will get $300,000 to continue offering free kits that contain native milkweed and pollinator friendly wildflowers and shrubs to Oregon farmers and community groups in the Willamette Valley and Klamath-Siskiyou regions of the state, as well as eastern Washington and California.

#Butterflies #Monarch #Nature #Environment #Oregon #Washington #California

Imperiled western monarch butterflies to get habitat boost in Oregon, other states from $760K grant

The western monarch population has declined more than 95% since the 1980s, according to research from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a Portland-based nonprofit and one of the recipients of the Oregon grant.

^{Alex Baumhardt (oregonlive)}

🦋 Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study

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#insects #flowers #city #nature #conservation

Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study

Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings

^{Phoebe Weston (The Guardian)}

This is a great time of year to visit Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Prime time for migratory birds, especially Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes. 😍

#nature #birdwatching #birds #geese #ducks #cranes #wildlife #NewMexico

"This year, Oregon State University scientists confirmed that an accidentally introduced European mason bee has set down roots in British Columbia, Canada, and could find wide swaths of suitable habitat in both the Pacific Northwest and eastern North America. They say their research demonstrates the value of archived biodiversity data and community science for detecting exotic species." - Entomology Today

#bees #biodiversity #citizenScience #openData

entomologytoday.org/2024/12/11…

European Mason Bee Lands in North America's Pacific Northwest, Likely to Spread

The mason bee Osmia cornuta has become established in British Columbia, and a new study finds wide swaths of suitable habitat in North America.

^{Entomology Today (Entomological Society of America)}

“ #TheGiants are huge grandfather trees in #Tasmania & chainsaws are coming for them. This is the story of one man standing up for them, rallying others, going to jail, becoming a politician, fighting for gender diversity, falling in love & living simply."

TICKETS: tickets.demand.film/event/1309…

#Conservation #Forests #Trees

#OnThisDay First Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to #RedCross founder Jean Henri Dunant (1901).

Birth Anniversary of Ada Lovelace (1815). She is regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first #Computer #Programmer.

Today is #HumanRights Day.

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"The Anti-Subscription Catalogue unites 110 non-subscription, free, open-source, and one-time fee software in 16 categories — which can provide relief from monopolized and financialized platforms."

#FOSS

It recently dawned on me that an affordable and awesome gift for #naturalist / #conservation types would be federal duck stamps.

For those not in the know, these annually-issued, gorgeous $25 stamps are required for waterfowl hunters. But their purpose, and beauty would make them a welcomed gift for non-hunter hippie types (like me!) too.

98% of proceeds go to the migratory bird conservation fund for wetlands acquisition and conservation.

Buy from the USPS or outdoorsy stores.

#birding #wildlife #wetlands

From OSU Extension: A collection of articles and videos of native bee interactions with plants

This collection features a variety of plant species and indicates which pollinators are attracted to them, as well as practical information such as their growing season, physical traits and more.

#nativeBees #pollinators #bees #plants

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Native bee interactions with plants

Learn which pollinators are attracted to various flowering plants.

^{OSU Extension Service}

Land degradation and desertification

"Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. Three-quarters of the world’s land suffered drier conditions in the past 30 years, which is likely to be permanent...Unlike droughts – temporary periods of low rainfall – aridity represents a permanent, unrelenting transformation. Droughts end. When an area’s climate becomes drier, however, the ability to return to previous conditions is lost. The drier climates now affecting vast lands across the globe will not return to how they were, and this change is redefining life on Earth.”

“For the first time, a UN scientific body is warning that burning fossil fuels is causing permanent drying across much of the world, with potentially catastrophic impacts affecting access to water that could push people and nature even closer to disastrous tipping points.”

“Intensive agriculture is the leading driver of land and soil degradation, fuelling biodiversity loss, carbon sequestration decline, and worsening floods, droughts and wildfires – issues rapidly increasing across the globe.”
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#agriculture #farming #overextraction #extractivism #soil #degradation #desertification #droughts #DustBowl #ClimateBreakdown #aridity #water #food #biodiversity #FossilFuels #climate

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says

An area nearly a third larger than India turned permanently arid in past three decades, research shows

^{Fiona Harvey (The Guardian)}

The Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon believed to be extinct for over a century, this elusive ground-dwelling bird was rediscovered in 2022 on Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea. #wildlife #conservation

https://www.thequeenzone.com/10-extinct-animals-that-made-a-surprise-comeback/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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10 "Extinct" Animals That Made a Surprise Comeback - The Queen Zone

Learn about the remarkable world of extinct animals and recent rediscoveries. Discover how conservation efforts and exploration contribute to preserving biodiversity.

^{Dede Wilson (The Queen Zone)}

💔 New York issues first drought warning in 22 years as dry conditions persist

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#climate #weather #newyork #drought #ny

New York issues first drought warning in 22 years as dry conditions persist

City also pauses major repairs to aqueduct as residents and local agencies ordered to cut down on water usage

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}