by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 25, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Pink Cosmos (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Can Milkweed be Bad for Monarchs
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
NBC News has America’s national parks weigh solitude against cellular access
National Parks Traveler has UPDATED: Landslide Closes Newfound Gap Road Across Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has On Louisiana Range, the Giraffe and Antelope Will Play
The Washington Post has Erratic bat behavior at Great Smoky park may be linked to lethal syndrome
MSNBC has Panda boot camp gives cubs survival skills
Environmental Issues Links
The New York Times has In Thoreau’s Flower Journal, Clues for Climatologists
Photography and Art Links
Plagiarism Today has The Challenge Faced by Photographers
Paid Content has News companies must pay for swiping Twitter pics
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Shooting With the Long Lens
The Russian Photos Blog has Agence France Presse vs Morel: Photo Agency Found Guilty Of Theft, Faces Million Dollar Bill
Nature and Photography has Savoring vs. Harvesting Nature Photography
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 18, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Strike it Rich Rose (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Can Milkweed be Bad for Monarchs
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Conservation Association has Grand Teton Gets $16 Million to Preserve Threatened State Lands—Just in the Nick of Time
National Parks Traveler has What To Look For When Shopping For Bear Spray For Your Next National Park Adventure and 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Intended To Put Youth, Veterans To Work On Public Lands
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has Energy Industry Awaits U.S. Ruling on Prairie Chicken
National Geographics has Antarctica Braces for Influx of Invasive Species and Stop Stimulating the Ivory Trade; Just Stop Trade
Photography and Art Links
BBC News has Trees removed from famous paintings by Edinburgh scientist and Uncovering the past
The Trichordist has The Copyright Policy Reality Gap
PetaPixel has Should Photographs Captured in Zoos Be Considered Legitimate ‘Nature’ Pics? and Judge Rules News Agencies Cannot Use Twitter Photos Without Permission
the Atlantic has Rare Photo of the Mushroom Cloud Over Hiroshima Discovered in a Former Japanese Elementary School
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Losing the Color and Capturing the Mood and The Magic Minute Before Sunrise
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 11, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Black Eyed Susans III (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has New Year’s Garden Resolution: Cultivate Untidyness
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has 112th Congress Took Backward Steps When It Came To Designating Wilderness In National Park System and More Than 900 Species New To Science Found In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wildlife Links
Discovery News has Deepest Corals in Great Barrier Reef Discovered
The Christian Science Monitor has Rare river otter returns to San Francisco – a sign of progress? (+video) and Poaching crisis escalates with ‘targeted, efficient’ slaughter of 12 Kenya elephants
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Chesapeake Bay’s health improving slightly, report says
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has Nature Conservancy links ecosystems, yard by yard
The Christian Science Monitor has ‘Fiscal cliff’ deal bodes well for green energy
The New York Times has Rinks in Canada’s Arctic Turn to Cooling Systems
The Nature Conservancy has The Heart of Why Nature Matters
Photography and Art Links
Art and Artifice has Instagram’s New Terms Cause Backlash and a Class Action Lawsuit
Photo Attorney has YouTube Demands Additional Info for DMCA Takedown Notice
Eric Goldman has The Problem of “International Orphan Works” (Guest Blog Post)
TorrentFreak has Google Starts Reporting False DMCA Takedown Requests
Copyhype has Three Reasons Copyright is Not a Monopoly
The Trichordist has Free Culture’s Epic Fail – If Free is Working, Why Fight Copyright?
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 4, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Nightshade (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has A Message From Wildlife To Humans: Our Recommended ‘Do Not Do’ List
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Service Buys 86 Acres Of Wyoming Lands Surrounded By Grand Teton National Park
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has To Save Wildlife, and Tourism, Kenyans Take Up Arms and Conservation Militias Fight Poaching in Kenya
Photography and Art Links
PetaPixel has The Photographs Norman Rockwell Used to Create His Famous Paintings
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 28, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Ice Punch Poinsettia (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Science Daily has Invasive Plant Species May Harm Native Grasslands by Changing Soil Composition
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior: Toppling Off Fiscal Cliff Won’t Immediately Impact National Park Operations and Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Friends Of The Smokies Team Up To Hang Bear Wires In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wildlife Links
Huffington Post has Uncollared Florida Panther Seen Moving Kittens In National Wildlife Refuge For First Time Time Ever
The Raw Story has ‘Yak insurance’ plan saving Nepal’s endangered snow leopard
Environmental Issues Links
Sierra Club has MELTDOWN: Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models predicted
USGS has Emerging Consensus Shows Climate Change Already Having Major Effects on Ecosystems and Species
Photography and Art Links
George DeWolfe and Lydia Goetze have an article on The Synthesis of Chinese Landscape Painting and Photography at Luminous Landscape.
Art Wolfe has some amazing images in his 2012 Year in Review
The Trichordist has The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland
PDNOnline has Agencies Step Up Copyright Enforcement as Infringers Fight Back
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 22, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
DaVinci Poinsettia (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Revising the 12 Days of Christmas
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Refuge Watch has Defenders of Wildlife: Sea-Level Rise at National Wildlife Refuges
National Parks Traveler has More Than Five Tons Of Elk Meat Donated To Needy Through Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Elk Reduction Program and Congress Asked To Approve Supplemental Appropriation Of $400 Million For National Parks To Recover From Sandy
Wildlife Links
Slate has Why White Tigers Should Go Extinct
NBC News has Video of rare tiger cubs proves breeding in Sumatran forest
National Geographics has Lion Numbers Plunge as African Wilderness Succumbs to Human Pressure
Free Roaming Photography has Why America Needs More Predators
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Will the West ever solve its water woes?
Mother Jones has Are Your Kids’ Books Killing Tigers?
Journal Sentinel Online has Chicago River has become invasive species super highway
Huffington Post has Diverting the Missouri River to the West: ‘Can’ Does Not Mean ‘Should’
BBC News has Invasive insects changing Antarctic landscape
The New York Times has Scientists See Promise for People and Nature in ‘Peak Farmland’
Photography and Art Links
Light Space & Time has The Best Times for Artists to Post to Social Media
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has Creative Commons Licensing
Borrowlenses.com has 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Photo Tips
Slate has The Best Astronomy Images of 2012
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 27th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!
