Maryland Golden Asters (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are a few interesting sites I found this week – hope you enjoy them
Photography Links
Alain Briot has an essay on Composing With Color at the Luminous Landscape
Dan Williams has Keeping it Simple Can Produce the Best Results
Dear Rich has Linking and Photos: Permission Needed?
The Copyright Zone has I’ll Gladly Pay you Tuesday for a Photo Today
PDN Pulse has two related articles – Copycat cat or Not and Copycat or Not Part II
CopyrightAction has UK Gov Nationalises Orphans and Bans Non-Consensual Photography in Public
Gardening & Flower Links
Ron Nieubrugge has 2010 Desert Wildflower Predictions
CSM has Snow can Help – or Harm – the Garden,
Garden Variety has Glass Slipper?
National Parks and Wildlife Refuges Links
National Parks Traveler has Cape Hatteras National Seashore Rangers Counted 204 Sea Turtle Nests in 2009 and Power Line Debate at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Highlights National Issues
Wildlife South has a guide to Savannah National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina (and lots of other great info – I just found this page since I photographed at Savannah NWR on Wednesday morning)
Refuge Watch has Oahu Wildlife Refuge to Expand and Refuge Gun Ban to End on Feb 22 With Little Clarity on the Effects
NPS has information about Manatee Protection in Everglades National Park
Wildlife Links
MSNBC has American Songbirds Evolve with Forests
Giraffe Conservation Foundation has info about Giraffes Being Fitted with GPS Collars
WPLN has White Nose Confirmed in Tennessee
Environmental Issues Links
WTOP has Road Salt an Environmental Concern for Plowed Snow