A week in the life of a wandering walrus, dolphins, elephants, condors, and bald eagles, There was also good news about the condor. This magnificent bird that once roamed the skies between British Columbia and Mexico had nearly died out in the wild in 1980 when only 22 remained. But after reintroducing the condor in central and south California, the numbers started to increase, and there are now an estimated 300 condors in areas between Baja California and Utah. Their return is vital for the ecosystems of the American West.
Another very interesting article exploring nature & species. Wandering Wally, sad, sad elephant news, dolphins swimming in The City, good news for American bald eagles (although the country it represents can’t say the same) & hopeful news for the California Condor. A couple weeks ago I read a very interesting article that may give that species even more hope. It’s recently been found they can reproduce asexually, one of few known species that can. (https://www.npr.org/2021/10/31/1050919647/female-california-condors-reproduce-without-males-for-the-first-time)
Wonderful photos & videos including a link to the arrival of Lord & Countess Minto in Canada. So glad you included the reference to that earlier article. It was wonderful & the archival footage is a treasure. Imagine their reaction to their new home country! I also like the peatlands photo, It reminds of your excellent Easter article, Early morning in the peatlands of Mer Bleue. The tulips are always beautiful & special.
I find this exercise of doing a week in a day a strange experience. When I started, it was the first week of January 2021, and the month of January 2022 is just five or six weeks away. But by now, the storyline is already in springtime with the first flowers popping up, while the real-time is moving slower and there is still no snow on the ground in Ottawa. It feels for me that the winter is already behind us, and every day the summer feeling gets a week closer. Soon I will be on the island again, perhaps on the day that we get the first serious snowfall here.
It does seem like a bit of a vortex, or the unbalanced seasons due to climate change. But also a little like time travel. Just enjoy. As a spring/summer person I love the flowers popping up & can barely wait for the island! ;-)
I really enjoyed reading this at 5 in the morning. Love animal story, especially the encouraging ones. I also like revisiting your newsletters, there's always something I missed. What a treat!
In late June I was way up high in the Alps (they had just opened the Grimsel Pass) and I saw that the snow had melted around the trees just like in a picture you'd shared. See, I'm totally learning stuff. It makes sense, but I had never really thought about it or noticed it before.
Those peatlands go on my list and loving the flowers. Crocuses are called Krokussli in Swiss German. Just like the Dutch, we do like our diminutives ;-)
If we keep putting it on the agenda, and show that it can work, I am also hopeful that we will see more succesful projects. At the same time, I am deeply worried about the rate of destruction in key ecosystems where we lack a committed government to change policies.
Another very interesting article exploring nature & species. Wandering Wally, sad, sad elephant news, dolphins swimming in The City, good news for American bald eagles (although the country it represents can’t say the same) & hopeful news for the California Condor. A couple weeks ago I read a very interesting article that may give that species even more hope. It’s recently been found they can reproduce asexually, one of few known species that can. (https://www.npr.org/2021/10/31/1050919647/female-california-condors-reproduce-without-males-for-the-first-time)
Wonderful photos & videos including a link to the arrival of Lord & Countess Minto in Canada. So glad you included the reference to that earlier article. It was wonderful & the archival footage is a treasure. Imagine their reaction to their new home country! I also like the peatlands photo, It reminds of your excellent Easter article, Early morning in the peatlands of Mer Bleue. The tulips are always beautiful & special.
I find this exercise of doing a week in a day a strange experience. When I started, it was the first week of January 2021, and the month of January 2022 is just five or six weeks away. But by now, the storyline is already in springtime with the first flowers popping up, while the real-time is moving slower and there is still no snow on the ground in Ottawa. It feels for me that the winter is already behind us, and every day the summer feeling gets a week closer. Soon I will be on the island again, perhaps on the day that we get the first serious snowfall here.
It does seem like a bit of a vortex, or the unbalanced seasons due to climate change. But also a little like time travel. Just enjoy. As a spring/summer person I love the flowers popping up & can barely wait for the island! ;-)
I really enjoyed reading this at 5 in the morning. Love animal story, especially the encouraging ones. I also like revisiting your newsletters, there's always something I missed. What a treat!
In late June I was way up high in the Alps (they had just opened the Grimsel Pass) and I saw that the snow had melted around the trees just like in a picture you'd shared. See, I'm totally learning stuff. It makes sense, but I had never really thought about it or noticed it before.
Those peatlands go on my list and loving the flowers. Crocuses are called Krokussli in Swiss German. Just like the Dutch, we do like our diminutives ;-)
Thanks, I will share some more of the old stories
Thank you Alexander (-:
Loved rereading the animal stories! It seems by chasing around the calendar year you have the Tiger by the tail . . .
:-)
If we keep putting it on the agenda, and show that it can work, I am also hopeful that we will see more succesful projects. At the same time, I am deeply worried about the rate of destruction in key ecosystems where we lack a committed government to change policies.