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The Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled Grey Catbird, is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family.
This one is perched in a loquat tree in my backyard in Polk County Florida.
Stenoorpia polygrammaria
State Listed as Threatened in Massachusetts
The faded gray geometer belongs to the Geometridae butterfly family, and has a wingspan of about 30-40 mm. The butterfly has a white-gray coloration and thin, brown bands spread along their wings. A light, whitish line outlines their forewings and hindwings, and the species can be found in scrub-oak shrublands and woodlands. Like most butterflies, the geometer spends a very short time as an adult and their flight seasons only lasts from mid-June to early-July. At this time the butterflies mate, lay their eggs, and perish. Their eggs hatch and the larvae feed on the oaks they were laid on. By early September, the larvae will reach full maturity and enter into the pupa stage, which will last overwinter. In the spring, the caterpillar will emerge as a butterfly and repeat the life cycle.
For a species to be listed as threatened, in Massachusetts it must have ‘vulnerability, as determined by threats to the species or its habitat; specialization, as determined by unique habitat requirements; restricted distribution, as determined by limited or disjunct geographic range; and rarity, as determined by a limited number of occurrences or by occurrence in limited numbers’. The penalty for the unauthorized taking, possession and sale of species in the state or federal list shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a second or subsequent conviction such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 180 days or both such fine and imprisonment. In addition or as an alternative to such penalties, any such person may be ordered to restore the Significant Habitat to its prior condition.
The faded gray butterfly is currently threatened in the state of Massachusetts, and one of the leading factors for this decline is the loss of habitat due to fire suppression and human activity. Periodic, natural fires are needed to maintain a healthy regrowth of trees and habitat, but within the last few decades consistent fire suppression has reduced the fires’ role on the environment.
The Endangered Species Project: New England
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - April 14, 2019
Public Lecture and Closing Reception with the Artist: Saturday, April 13
Gallery Hours: M-F 10am - 8pm; Weekends 10am-5pm
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.
Read more about this exhibition here:
ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/gallery224/endangered-specie...
This Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) was in the process of cleaning and thus had feathers going every-which-way. Mt. Pleasant, Howard County Conservancy, Maryland.
I came upon this Hairstreak basking in the sun. When I tried to get an open wing shot of her she took off so I followed. Not long after she landed on this plant and laid eggs.
This Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, was photographed in the United States, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
QUAD (Matthew Gray, 2011)
QUAD is a Beckett play, performed by robots.
"Quad" is Samuel Beckett’s wordless short play, written for television in 1981. Instead of spoken text for the actors to learn, Beckett provides stage directions and movement diagrams that he insists the performers follow exactly. This inevitably results in the ‘mechanization’ of the performers.
In this production of Beckett’s play, directed by STUDIO Fellow Matthew Gray, we circumvented the process of mechanizing humans by starting with machines 'ab initio'. With the help of a computer vision system, wireless radio communications and hobbyist microcontrollers, four Roomba robots became the performers of Beckett’s enigmatic play. In the course of so doing, their subtle quirks and characters as individuals are revealed.
More information: studioforcreativeinquiry.org/projects/quad
A rare sighting on my garage roof. Came for a snack of birdseed.
Never saw one in 22 years, but I noticed that raccoons are not as abundant now A connection, perhaps?
A Gray Partridge runs around a field on the outskirts of Carrington, ND. Recorded in digiscope on 06/14/2013.
Ta Nung Valley, Da Lat, Vietnam, 21 Mar 2011. Not a rare bird for the site, but a rare bird globally, as this Da Lat endemic was only recently rediscovered in 1994. Originally known from just five specimens collected ca. 1939, it is now known from just three sites, including this one where I had 6 today. This was apparently eBird's first for this species, bringing eBird one closer to 10,000 species.