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.
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
Today’s bird photos come from Paul Edelman, a Professor of Mathematics and Law at Vanderbilt University. Paul’s captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them. We also have two singletons by other readers at the bottom. Some more bird pictures from our neighborhood pond. We have a pair … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Posting will be light today, but I’ve prepared this in advance for Grania to post when I’m downtown. It’s another great series of photos and stories from Bruce Lyon, documenting the lives of his local peregrine falcons. Bruce’s notes are indented. Here is another installment of photos of the nesting peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) I have … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Reader Jacques Hausser from Switzerland sent photos of animals we don’t often see: bats! His captions are indented: Bats are seldom featured on Reader’s Wildlife Photos: we have few opportunities to meet them at close view and few people would describe them as “cute”. But it is the season for promoting public interest through “bat … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Reader Bruce Lyon greets us this day with marine mammals. His notes are indented: A couple of days ago Sanctuary Cruises, my favorite whale tour company, posted that the whale activity was going through the roof down at Moss Landing, including lots of orcas. The surf forecast for last Thursday was for unusually calm seas … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
