Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
After a long hiatus, Bruce Lyon, a biology prof at UC Santa Cruz, has returned with some great photos of his favorite bird, the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Bruce’s narration and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them. The Beach Boys song, California Girls, has the lyric “I wish they … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Better late than never, I present you with today’s batch of wildlife photos, but also importune you to send in your photos lest we run out. Today’s batch comprises bird photos (and one mammal) from ecologist Susan Harrison from UC Davis, whose text and IDs are indented. You can enlarge the photos by clicking on … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
It’s Sunday, and so we have a themed batch of bird photos by John Avise. (I forgot to put this batch up last week!). Today’s theme is “sports”; John’s narrative and captions are indented, and you can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them. Mascot Birds Many people love and admire birds, and perhaps nowhere … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Today is Sunday, and that means a passel of themed bird photos from John Avise. His narrative and IDs are indented; click on the photos to enlarge them: Non-perching Birds Perched on a Stick Birds in the taxonomic Order Passeriformes constitute about 60% of all living avian species, and are often called “perching birds” for … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
We have local wildlife today: photos of nesting peregrine falcons, which are not rare in Chicago. The contributor is Robie Mason-Gamer, an evolutionist and systematist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her notes are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them. Her captions are indented. These pictures were taken a … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Here’s an example of how indigenous peoples, on the basis of their superstitions and religion, try to control modern technology or how it’s used and science. In this case, reported by CNN (click on screenshot below), a commercial enterprise is taking some small amounts of human remains (presumably ashes, though it’s not clear) to the … Continue reading The Navajo Nation tries to prevent human ashes from being sent to the Moon
Today’s batch comes from ecologist Susan Harrison, whose notes and IDs are indented. Click on the photos to enlarge them, and don’t forget to keep those pictures coming in! The northern end of California’s Redwood Coast, from Smith River to the Klamath River, Feb. 11-13, 2022 Calm harbor waters, Crescent City: Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator: … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
I am weary of begging readers to send in wildlife photos, as I have about three days left. If nobody sends any in, we’ll go to sporadic presentations and then. . . . nothing. Then the Caturday felids will go and then. . . the void. But today we have a presentation by UC Davis … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
