Santa Fe on Saturday October 28 at 4:45pm at the CCA and in Albuquerque on October 29 at 1:00pm at the Guild. The movie and panel presentation is a Wildlands Network presentation! Sponsored by New Mexico Wildways! Hosted and co-sponsored by Albuquerque Wildlife Federation, BirdsEye View GIS, Defenders of Wildlife, Ecotone Landscape Planning, New Mexico Wilderness […]
Read more "Born to Rewild movie"I took a class in casting prints of wildlife from Mitch Johnson and Peter Callen of Pathways. The class was really good, and amid puns of “come to the casting call” and “someday my prints will come” attendees learned a lot about getting good casts of wildlife prints! We were using 30-minute set (or so) […]
Read more "Casting Wildlife Prints"During my work today at the museum, I was logging Voles (red-backed, gray-sided red-backed, and Southern red-backed), Collared, Alpine, and Turkestan Red Pika, and Least Weasels. Also logged one Mexican Harvest Mouse, and a Stout. The skin of the Stout is below. Google has some good images of these animals in the wild. I never […]
Read more "Of Mice and Stoats"Got a chance to get closer to the cats in the corner of the mammal collection at the Southwestern Museum of Biology. There was one that I thought was a jaguar (Panthera onca) – native to the Americas. It is a leopard (Panthera pardus) – a cat native to Africa! Below is a closer image of the […]
Read more "Leopard vs. Jaguar"Part of obtaining a Master Naturalist certificate is completing a service project. I chose to do my service project at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Museum of Southwestern Biology – or MSB for short. This museum is a research facility at the University of New Mexico. In this clip, David Attenborough explains how a […]
Read more "Museum of Southwestern Biology"The Sandia Mountain Bear Fair is presented by the Sandia Mountain Bear Collaborative and Bernalillo County Open Space. It is an educational and fun event for the whole family! Learn about living with bears close to home and what resources are available to help both families and bears! One to Four pm, September 24 in […]
Read more "Sandia Mountain Bear Fair"There is a local group that I work with called Pathways. We set out cameras to see where wildlife passes through in the area. The idea is to ultimately gain understanding of what pathways nature/wildlife uses to move between regions. Observations are coordinated with UC Davis. In the case of cougars, males can range hundreds […]
Read more "Pathways"A little over 4 weeks ago, I had a total knee replacement. The surgery was good, and then came the physical therapy! That has been hard. Good, but hard. I am getting most of my range of motion back, and getting my strength back as well. I am really enjoying having time with […]
Read more "Healing"Today is the Bio-blitz at the Rio Grande Nature Center. A bird walk has started, and a porcupine walk as well. It is a nice, cool day here. Roadrunners dart across the ground. A turtle was brought in from the Bosque for viewing. He is trying to climb out of the cooler. […]
Read more "Bio-Blitz"Tomorrow, I have a total knee replacement. I look forward to not being in constant pain, although I know the pain will be bad for the next couple of weeks at least. Couldn’t hike today, to keep the knee from inflaming prior to surgery. Saturday was the final weekend class for Master Naturalist. There are […]
Read more "Random thoughts, pre-surgery"
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