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The Wild Suburbanite: The 'Glades
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. I could not believe that I was seeing mangroves! I had only seen these strangely adapted trees on TV, but now I was seeing whole islands of them was we cruised by on a tour boat through a small section of Big Cypress National Preserve. Our main goal was to look for manatees and dolphins, but my main goal was just to experience the Everglades (and to do a little bird watching). When they are born, barnacle larvae are planktonic, m...
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The Wild Suburbanite: December 2009
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Were the ones looking to grub out. Later, a Red-shouldered Hawk. Lit in a hickory next to my stand. A 2-year old Wild Turkey. Quietly crept onto the plot fed for a moment and moved back into cover. I even saw a older looking doe, but a fawn was still with her, so I watched the mother take her time browsing on the plot while the hyperactive kid bounced around. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Magpie Goose eaten by a crocodile! I'm a gr...
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The Wild Suburbanite: June 2009
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. I returned from Tall timbers Research Station to check up on some Athens area shrikes to find two shrike nests we have been monitoring on the ground with no sign of eggs or young. I watched this hatch-year bird for an hour in the hopes that it's parents or sibling would join him/her, but to no avail. Since their second nests failed, did the adults disperse to another location? What about the juvenile? Did he relocate as well?
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The Wild Suburbanite: September 2010
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The tubenose group includes not only shearwaters, but also albatrosses. All three of these groups are in the order Procellariiformes, which is derived from the Latin word procella,. Meaning "a strong wind or storm." This is most likely a reference to seeing these birds frequently in storms on the open ocean. The nerdy name for the tubes are naricorns, and their primary function is a matter of debate. Many tubenoses can lock their...
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The Wild Suburbanite: October 2008
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The Loggerhead Shrike ( Lanius ludovicianus. Even though the focus of this blog will consists of updates and personal thoughts on my research, my hope is to get folks interested in the project and to develop and maintain an open dialog of not just my project, but of any relevant conservation work going on in the Southeast; from university research to environmental education to personal wildlife observations. Ode to Dr. Strange.
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The Wild Suburbanite: Tubenose
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The tubenose group includes not only shearwaters, but also albatrosses. All three of these groups are in the order Procellariiformes, which is derived from the Latin word procella,. Meaning "a strong wind or storm." This is most likely a reference to seeing these birds frequently in storms on the open ocean. The nerdy name for the tubes are naricorns, and their primary function is a matter of debate. Many tubenoses can lock their...
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The Wild Suburbanite: View from the tree stand
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. View from the tree stand. It all happened so fast.sort of. January 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM. Nice I believe many times spikes were just born a bit later than there forked horned brethren and will do just fine in do time. A few studies have also shown that culling is an almost useless practice unless when dealing with a free-ranging deer herd. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View from the tree stand. Ode to Dr. Strange.
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The Wild Suburbanite: November 2008
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Tall Timbers Research Station. This past weekend I went down to Tall Timbers Resear. To color band Loggerhead Shrikes to see if the bands will actually stay on the birds. Our worry is that these ferocious birds are ripping the bands off and spittin' them out. We hope that with continued surveillance at Tall Timbers, we can see if this suspicion is merely paranoia or not. How to band a shrike (don't try this a home). We age and se...
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The Wild Suburbanite: Order Aves?
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. So there we were, in the city of Jacksonville on an overcast day. Our mission was to explore the MOSH, or the Museum of Science and History. And then attend a Jacksonville Suns minor league baseball game - all the ingredients to having a good day. The MOSH had several great exhibits including a native plants garden, which contained a pond with the largest alligator snapping turtle, named Tonca. Were the words "Order: Aves". Unles...
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The Wild Suburbanite: February 2009
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Reflections on nature from a boy raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Stable Isotopes and Shrikes. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Some new developments have come up in my research. What started out as a peripheral interest to my project is quickly taking more precedent. For a brief introduction to what stable isotope analysis is all about. Lucky for us, there is a machine that can analyze these heavy isotopes! Depending on how the plants photosynthesize in an ecosystem, the concentration of hea...
