Archive for June, 2009
Spreading the Word
Here’s a clip of my recent appearance on WCVB-TV’s Chronicle, once again trying to spread the word about the problem of invasive alien species. When I say that, I know most people think of UFOs and little green men. Producer Ernie Sarro even leavened this story with some great stock footage of those kinds of [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2009 under Invasive Aliens, Rare Sightings.
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Walden Biodiversity Day
On July 3rd and 4th I’ll be leading the second Walden Biodiversity Day, a gathering of top naturalists and field biologists — many of whom participated in the first Biodiversity Day in 1998 — who will fan out to find, identify and photograph over a thousand species of mushrooms, plants and animals in a day. [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under Biodiversity, Invasive Aliens, News, Rants & Raves, Rare Sightings, Wild Life.
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When Birds Go Bad
As reported by the Wall Street Journal: a tiny blackbird has been tormenting pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district, guarding his nest in a behavior called “mobbing.” But has this bird gone bad or is he just getting back at the bankers for fine the economic mess they’ve gotten us in? I’ll [...]
Posted: June 9th, 2009 under News, Rare Sightings.
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