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This Summer Tanager was having a hard time shaking off the rain this afternoon. I watched her through my kitchen window until the rain slowed down, and off she went.

Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)

(Male)

The female loggerhead was stuck upside down in the rocks, and rescuers from the FWC and Nature Conservancy managed to lift the sea turtle out of the rocks so it could continue on its way.

 

Photo by Trish Randall (FWC)

The Nature Conservancy, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

The Gator makes a big splash entering the water on a dark and gloomy day. (Of course, Alligators are almost entirely freshwater creatures, but I didn't name it, and if you look closely it definitely doesn't look like a croc...)

 

When the water is much too rough to go in, you have to settle for exploring the rock features, nooks and crannies along the coastline.

 

Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve, Jupiter Island, Florida, USA

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Shelf fungus (unknown species; possibly a tinder fungus [Fomes fomentarius] or a Ganoderma) in the forest north of Grass Lake, Monroe County.

 

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The partnership received one of 33 education and outreach grants awarded by the Long Island Sound Futures Fund this year.

Whetham Cabin, Clinton County, at the West Branch Forest Preserve.

 

This is a restored Civilian Conservation Corps–built cabin at the site of the Whetham Fire Tower (removed in the early 1990s).

Jack-o'-lantern mushroom (Omphalotus illudens or Omphalotus olearius) at the West Branch Forest Preserve, a Nature Conservancy preserve in Clinton County.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and Audubon Connecticut.

Chair we fabricated for the 'Design for a Living World' exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, developed by the Nature Conservancy, on view May 14, 2009 – January 4, 2010.

 

1 sheet of 4'x8' plywood yields 3 chairs.

 

Laced upholstery is over 200ft of shaker tape.

 

Chair material is FSC A-1 Maple Europly with Bolivian hardwood.

 

Photograph by Jay Zukerkorn.

 

Chair design by Abbott Miller / Brian Raby / Pentagram.

 

Fabrication by Associated Fabrication.

 

Each summer, up to 80% of the world's population of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) arrive in the upper Bay of Fundy from their breeding grounds in the Arctic. The extreme tides of the bay expose mudflats which extend for 3 or 4 Km and are the habitat of mud shrimp (Chorophium volutator). These shorebirds feed on mud shrimp at low tide and, in the 10 to 15 days spent here, they double their weight in fat reserves in order to complete a nonstop 72 hour flight to South America. At high tide, they roost at the water's edge. Other shorebird species are also found in these huge flocks.

 

This photo shows the birds advancing across the mudflats with the receding tide. For a fascinating account of the origin of mud shrimp in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine, please see the following CBC Radio link:

 

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maritime-sea-life-li...

 

These photos were taken at the Nature Conservancy Canada Interpretive Centre, Johnson's Mills, New Brunswick.

Boardwalk trail through a spring-fed wetland, Monroe County, within the Thomas Darling Preserve.

The Nature Conservancy hosts a group of roughly 30 visitors for a vernal pool hike at Forest Pools Preserve, adjacent to Kings Gap State Park in Cumberland County, Pa., on March 25, 2016. Because vernal pools, or seasonal wetlands, dry up every year, they don't harbor fish and thus are critical habitat for many amphibian species. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe addresses partners, school students, and local neighborhood groups at the New Haven Harbor Watershed Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership designation.

Some of the tasty local food at the Pohnpei Picnic for the Planet.

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Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County.

 

In this area, pockets of agriculture border the protected lands of the Nature Conservancy and Bethlehem Water Authority. Agriculture is rare on the high, windswept Pocono Plateau; the soil, filled with glacial till, is infertile across most of the region.

“Clone” of Aspens, or a bunch of birch? I think these trees are Betula papyrifera, or white birch.

Edmonton and Area Land Trust

Nature Conservancy of Canada

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Hardwoods and white pines at the West Branch Forest Preserve, a Nature Conservancy preserve in Clinton County.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Director Wendi Weber addresses partners, school students, and local neighborhood groups at the New Haven Harbor Watershed Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership designation.

Florence Shelly Preserve in Susquehanna County, Pa., on Aug. 2, 2016. The 357-acre preserve is owned by the Nature Conservancy and features forest, fields, a stream, and glacial pond surrounded by a floating bog. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Fall color at the Metolius Preserve along Lake Creek. Photo: Jay Mather.

Surf washes the water up onto the flat, and then it returns back through the pockets and crevices.

 

Blowing Rocks is a Nature Conservancy Preserve and is just North of Coral Cove Park on Jupiter Island on the Atlantic Coast.

 

Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve,

Jupiter Island, Martin County, Florida

The Nature Conservancy

 

Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve

 

While the rocks are distracted by the ocean's frontal assault, another wave launches a flanking attack from the side.

 

Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve,

Jupiter Island, Martin County, Florida, USA

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy hosts a group of roughly 30 visitors for a vernal pool hike at Forest Pools Preserve, adjacent to Kings Gap State Park in Cumberland County, Pa., on March 25, 2016. Because vernal pools, or seasonal wetlands, dry up every year, they don't harbor fish and thus are critical habitat for many amphibian species. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Toson Hulstai Nature Reserve was established in 1998 and protects 4,700 square kilometres of dry steppe ecosystem spread across Khentii and Dornod provinces in eastern Mongolia. Key conservation goals include providing suitable habitat for 50,000 gazelle, doubling the number of active marmot colonies and establishing a viable wolf population.

 

When we arrived in Hulstai we were met by Amar. For two days he stayed with our group, leading us across the land he protects. In the background is one of the reserve’s few springs, fenced off to keep trampling livestock away from the delicate source point.

 

Amar is wearing a Nature Conservancy hat, fitting as the reserve is receiving important support from the organization.

Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea), one of several species of Sarracenia found in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, North Carolina.

 

Foundation of the Whetham Fire Tower (removed in the early 1990s) at the West Branch Forest Preserve, a Nature Conservancy preserve in Clinton County.

Wonders of Nature in the Beech Wildlife Reserve (2 km to the south of Sierakow). One of the oldest beeches struggles for survival. Its dead trunk in large part, the rotting remnant lies nearby. A single beech tree can live for 400 years.

 

A view from the other side after the trunk falls off.

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Vernal pool at the West Branch Forest Preserve, a Nature Conservancy preserve in Clinton County.

Kankakee Sands Preserve, IN

G was fascinated by the Arizona Sister butterfly that he found. And in awe that it sat so peacefully on his fingers...

Then it pooped on his hand.

He was completely grossed out.

And, mad at me for laughing and taking a picture.

Dense forest of spruce, hemlocks, and northern hardwoods, Monroe County, within the Thomas Darling Preserve.

When I visited the Green Swamp in early June, I saw Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) in bloom. The chiggers were also quite active, a problem that I did not experience when I visited in early May. The Green Swamp is located near Wilmington, North Carolina.

A rare, dry, visible sunset on Palmyra Atoll

Paul Hansen, Hansen Livestock Co, Medicine Lodge, Mont., talks to Lindsay Schmidt, NRCS district conservationist, about his grazing management system. Beaverhead County, Montana. June 2017.

 

Spotted salamander larvae develop inside eggs at Forest Pools Preserve, adjacent to Kings Gap State Park in Cumberland County, Pa., on March 25, 2016. The Nature Conservancy hosted a group of roughly 30 visitors for a vernal pool hike at the 70-acre property, which features restored vernal pools that provide habitat for many amphibian species. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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from 1,000 feet up on McCall Point. We are going to have to come back here on a sunny day, the scenery is fantastic. We could see from Mount Hood on our left to Mount Adams over in Washington and I bet there'd be more on a clear day. Next time.

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