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More netizen science

Encyclopedia of Life One of my first posts to this blog mentioned Encyclopedia of Life, a major international collaborative effort to document the living world around us. Its list of sponsors and supporters starts at the highest possible levels (Smithsonian … Continue reading

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What’s around – mid April

The Wet season has departed, we think, since my mid-March report. It went out with a bang (splash?), too: nearly 500 mm in the week of March 15 – 22. In fact, our last night of real rain was the … Continue reading

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Early morning walk at Hidden Valley

I woke at 6.30 on the Sunday morning of our weekend at Hidden Valley and took my camera for a walk down to the river nearby (I would have taken people, too, but they were still asleep). It was barely … Continue reading

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What’s around – mid March

What’s around in the garden today is just rain but we have had enough clear weather lately to keep the insects happy. Our bright yellow Eurema butterflies are beginning to return and we are seeing more Ulysses swallowtails passing through. I … Continue reading

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