Kindergarten Daffodils (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some sites I found interesting recently. Links post is a day late this week – our power wasn’t back on until Friday afternoon.
Photography and Art Links
Photo Attorney has Copyright Office Tries Easier Method to Register Photographs
PetaPixel has Government Issued Internal Notice Affirming Photographers’ Rights
Plagiarism Today has Why Mass Copyright Lawsuits Must Stop
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
NYTimes has Spread of Deadly Virus Tied to Forest Decline
Christian Science Monitor has Plants’ global warming dilemma: climb to escape heat or stoop for water? and Nobel Peace Prize winner finds spiritual values in planting trees
Science Daily has Islands in the Sky: How Isolated Are Mountain Top Plant Populations?
Associated Content has Obtaining Native Wildflowers for Your Garden or Woodsy Area
The Guardian has New to Nature No 29: Mastigostyla torotoroensis
The Orange County Register has Wildflower worries at Anza-Borrego
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has North Carolina Man Reportedly Thought it Would Be “Cool” To Carve His Name On Rock Art Panel At Glen Canyon NRA, House Natural Resources Committee Plans Keen Oversight of National Park Service, Other Land-Management Agencies and State of Wyoming And One of Its Counties Again Seeking Permission To Sue Over Yellowstone National Park Snowmobile Limits
Consumer Traveler has A natural gem in the midst of historic Philadelphia
Wildlife Links
NPR has Elaborate Nest Decorations Show Bird’s Vitality
National Parks Traveler has Exhibit At Great Smoky Mountains National Park Addresses White-Nose Syndrome in Bats,
BBC has Two forms of world’s ‘newest’ cat, the Sunda leopard and Seahorses’ body shape explained
ABC Science has Smaller corals take the heat
Environmental Graffiti has Nepal Successfully Relocates Wild Tiger For First Time
Delaware Online has Petition seeks protection for Delmarva fox squirrel
The Bay Citizen has Butterfly Could KO Antioch Power Plants
Art & Other Adventures with Narca has A Snow Goose Named 5-1V
The Library of Congress had Hawk Rescued from Main Reading Room
Miami Herald has Invasive species continues to spread despite supposed obstacles