Scott | August 27, 2010

TweetA quick flick of her wrist and her index finger was motioning me to check my lip.  There was a little blood, but I wasn’t surprised considering over the last two days we had logged 17 hours under the increasingly warming sun.  My lips were cracked but I hadn’t noticed until now.  Lines of dirt [...]

Category: birds, conservation, Endangered species, Human Threats, Migratory Birds, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife, Wildlife management | 10 Comments »
Tags: burrowing owl conservation, burrowing owls, Umatilla Chemical Depot

Scott | August 26, 2010

TweetCover-up!  Yeah, it’s an understatement and it’s more than a strategy of concealment under the classic definition.  The sad thing about the situation is that I’ve witnessed an ACTUAL owl cover up.  Literally. Active burrows that we have been monitoring since February, one of which safeguarded the results of a successful breeding pair, were covered [...]

Category: birds, conservation, Human Threats, Migratory Birds, Owls, Urban sprawl, Wildlife | 8 Comments »
Tags: burrowing owl conservation, burrowing owls

Scott | August 18, 2010

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Category: birds, Owls, Photos | 2 Comments »
Tags: barn owl, owl photo, wordless wednesday

Scott | August 13, 2010

TweetI took a stroll through a museum last week. I sat. I stared. I assumed a Rodin-esque pose by which those who may have seen me knew I had something on my mind. I wasn’t in St. Petersburg, New York, Paris, London or Spain. And I didn’t need to be as nature was providing all [...]

Category: invertebrates, Photos | 3 Comments »
Tags: hornworm, macrophotography, tomato worm