Superb Sky
There was a superb sky around the moon after sunset one night last week, though only for a few minutes. It was a case of the atmosphere looking better through the camera lens and polarizer with the latter enabling the former to see what we could not with our eyes. I thought the view looked otherworldly to say the least. I guarantee that I was on Earth, but it felt like another planet. It helps to remind us how much is truly going on around us in nature and the atmosphere, all of it impacting the life of thousands upon thousands of species that we must work to keep protecting…including...
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #3 – Heading Our Way?
Snowy Owls, Rough-legged Hawks, the Townsend’s Solitaire and other western vagrants, winter finches and other winter birds featured in the latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and RTPI. Check it out here!
Read More1956: The Rising Threat of Carbon Dioxide
From 1956! Nineteen fifty-six. And way back around 1859 to 1861 John Tyndall was first figuring this out. The only thing that they were wrong about was how fast the planet would warm and the subsequent rapidity with which the entire climate system would begin to spin out of control. Climate change is as real as the blue sky on a sunny day and we have known about it for literally centuries. Anything to the contrary is extremely dangerous denial of a fixable problem with solutions that benefit every life form on Earth. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
Read MoreRed-bellied Woodpecker
This is one gorgeous bird! It is a male Red-bellied Woodpecker enjoying the warmth of this December weekend, soaking in some sun between feeding on acorns and all sorts of natural food – which seems to be in abundance this season. Between the temperatures in this wonderfully warm stretch of weather and the varied menu to select from it is easy to see why species like this one are able to make a push further north to expand their range. The last two frigid years were an exception to the new warmer-than-average rule, and this incredible positive temperature departure is really going to...
Read MorePolar Vortex Blocked
Via NWS New York, here’s a nice explanation of why we are baking in December heat with a scorched brown earth instead of freezing in frosty snow-covered lands as we were the past two years right about now. El Niño should continue blocking the polar vortex as long as it stays strong, and considering it’s amounting to be the strongest ever recorded…
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