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Sideblog for gardening and projects. Coastal BC & PNW focus. Main: Yansurnummu

[rexuality]

hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are a accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)

[dsudis]

Maybe... can have shit in Detroit?

Historic wild rice restoration underway in the Detroit River: ‘Living tribute to the First Nations'

Historic wild rice restoration begins in Detroit River as tribal partners work to bring back sacred grain that disappeared from ancestral wa

[seabeck]

Salamander on a mushroom

[pnwnativeplants]

Night flying insects use moonlight and starlight to navigate. Many use bioluminescence to communicate and breed. Fireflies are in danger as they lose more habitat, the least we can do is make our human-developed spaces more survivable for them. Moths don't "love lamp" either. Artificial lights cause their navigation to go haywire until they starve to death. Stick to orange leds over white leds. Protect the tops of outdoor lights and always use motion activated lights!

[garryoakenthusiast]

one of the dense-flowered lupine (l. densiflorus) seeds I planted is starting to sprout!!!

there are only 3 populations in BC, all of which are small areas on southern Vancouver Island. Aside from habitat loss and trampling, a major factor in their endangered status is a combination of the density of their seeds and the rocky coastal bluffs they inhabit, leading to many of the seeds they drop being washed into the ocean.

[garryoakenthusiast]

she's doing well :) I'll probably try to sow more seeds in the fall

[dat-aster]

My favorite garden in the neighborhood

[dat-aster]

Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hairgrass

[garryoakenthusiast]

Xestoleptura crassipes on pearly everlasting

[batsandboba]

do not start gambling. go outside and locate a bug. now post it on inaturalist. bam. nature's gacha game

[hope-for-the-planet]

Global mangrove forests rebound, offering hopeful sign for climate and coastal resilience

A new study from Tulane University researchers has found that after decades of loss from deforestation and coastal development, mangroves ar

Mangrove forests used to be considered one of the world's most threatened ecosystems. However, recent analysis of satellite data shows that mangrove forests are no longer in decline and in fact the global coverage of mangrove forests has been increasing over the last 16 years due to restoration and natural habitat expansion.

The health of mangrove ecosystems is particularly relevant in the era of climate change, since they place a crucial role in protecting coastlines from storms and erosion in addition to storing carbon.

[seabeck]

Wild mint

[onenicebugperday]

Yes, your fireworks are harming wildlife

Trigger warning for graphic descriptions of injured and dead wildlife.

When a fireworks display occurs near a wild bird roost, the birds simultaneously explode into the night skies in utter panic, which can lead to huge numbers of deaths, usually because these birds either smash their skulls or break their necks as the result of flying into trees, fences, billboards, houses and other solid objects that they cannot see in the gloom and ensuing chaos.

Many of the startled birds who take flight fly at much higher altitudes and for much longer durations than they’re used to to escape the noise, which is energetically costly and physiologically stressful.

Small birds and bats can be knocked from the air and killed by the sonic shock. In 2010, 40 dead sparrows were discovered dead under a roost in a nature reserve after a local fireworks display. The manager of the reserve witnessed a tawny owl fluttering and convulsing on the ground after a particularly loud explosion. It died shortly after.

In Arkansas in 2010, some 5,000 red-winged blackbirds, European starlings, common grackles and brown-headed cowbirds suffered blunt-force trauma after colliding with cars, trees and buildings, an ornithologist from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission would tell National Geographic.

In 2008, federal officials showed that seabirds in the northern California town of Gualala abandoned their nests after a fireworks show, leaving their eggs vulnerable to predators.

Each year in Austin, Texas, the Congress Bridge bats can be seen fleeing the fireworks display en masse on weather radar, and emergences from their roost diminish noticeably in the days following the Fourth.

In 2018, the Galapagos banned the sale and use of pyrotechnics. According to the BBC, conservationists said that fireworks caused elevated heart rates, trembling and anxiety in many animals. 

The threat to wildlife doesn’t stop at startling lights and sounds; fireworks also have the potential of starting wildfires, directly affecting wildlife and destroying essential habitat. Litter from firecrackers, bottle rockets and other explosives can be choking hazards for wildlife and may be toxic if ingested.

So what do you do if you want to watch fireworks responsibly? Experts say municipalities are more likely to be aware of these dangers than private consumers. Their best advice is to stick to the shows put on by professionals and local governments, which tend to follow guidelines put forth by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, among others, about animal safety.

The National Audubon Society offers similar guidelines: “Commercial fireworks are concentrated in one location, rather than in several locations at once, which is what often happens in neighborhoods. This allows birds to take off and land again in a ‘safer’ location rather than continuing to flee noises coming at them from all directions.”

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[onenicebugperday]

Yearly reminder :)

[headspace-hotel]

every year of restoring native plant species I have more pollinators and new species. went out this morning and there were literally clouds of tiny bees swarming my smooth sumac. mountain mint and coneflower is attracting loads of pollinators too.

Shifting baseline syndrome can occur with things getting better as well. I found myself thinking "huh it seems like there isn't as many pollinators on my coneflowers this year" but then realized it's just because the pollinators attracted to my sumac, mountain mint, gray headed coneflower, blackeyed susan etc. are so numerous that the pollinators on the coneflowers SEEM like relatively few

Had to give myself a reality check remembering how I used to spend ages chasing down one butterfly to get a picture of it and now the butterflies are everywhere.

Like, there are bug species in the meadow that I used to take lots of pictures of but no longer have very many pictures of them. And it's because there's so many of them now I straight up stop noticing them.

[rondleberg]

Finished the latest mend literally right before I had to leave for a flight not perfect but it'll do

[garryoakenthusiast]

I loooove stinging nettle it's such a cool plant but it is funny having it in my garden because it's forbidden to touch. I always wanna touch it so bad but I must not lest I suffer consequences.

[nature-travel-photography]

Watersprite Lake , BC, Canada - Author: LazyLuminouss

[amygdalae]

still fucks me up what a bad rap coyotes get in peoples eyes. like ive talked to people who  see em as like. gross pests who should be culled. theyre literally just as cool as wolves just a lil smaller and less confident. i love them with all my heart to balance out all the coyote haters out there, coyotes rule theyre doing great

[amygdalae]

imagine having hatred in your heart for this beast

[amygdalae]

this post was so fucking funny I literally was just like “I like coyotes I think they’re cool” and so many people fucking hated it. Shut up I’m trying. To enjoy animal