Slipper Orchid © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Marc Schacter has Am I a Photographic Cheat? at the Luminous Landscpae
Mail Online has ‘The noise rang in my head for hours’: Incredible photos of 1.3million geese taking off on their migration home
PetaPixel has Swedish Wildlife Photographer of the Year Admits to Faking Photos
Pixiq has Wildlife Photo-Faker – LYNXED
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Mother Nature Network has Record droughts in Florida fuel spread of invasive plant Melaleuca
BBC has Plant has evolved a specialist bird perch
Washington Gardener has Landreth Seed Company Needs Our Help! part 1 and part 2
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Canadian Charged With Spray Painting Names Over Famous Rock Outcrop In Grand Canyon National Park, Many National Parks Get The Indian Story Wrong, and National Park Service Working With IUCN To Bolster National Park Protection World-Wide
National Geographic has Top 10 Issues Facing National Parks
Wildlife Links
Eureka Alert has Warming streams could be the end for salmon
National Parks Traveler has Where Can You See Wildlife Right Now: Elk At Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Birding in the National Parks: Fall Migration’s On the Way
UPI has Turtles surviving by changing habitats
Washington Post has Marine mammal experts from Calif. to build Hawaiian monk seal “emergency room” in Kailua-Kona
The Telegraph has Island species ‘sliding towards extinction’
Environmental Issues Links
NYTimes has Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs
Houma Today has Most Americans say saving coast is federal government’s responsibility