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Oncidium, Euphonia, and Physalaemus

Posted in Adventure!, Art, Environment, Nature, Stupid Critter Tricks, Wildlife, bird art, birds, field sketching, painting, plein air, rainforest, travel, tropics on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »

You’ll enjoy, loving cool words as you do, knowing the names of two of the organisms found in the artwork above: Oncidium (thanks, Julie Zickefoose for identification) and Euphonia laniirostris, commonly known as thick-billed euphonia. Nice names to store away in your natural history vocabulary folder.
This is a mixed media piece measuring 27″x35″, pastel [...]

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Dynamic Complexity In Your Basic Jungle

Posted in Art, Drawing, Environment, Evolution, Nature, Panama, Science, bird art, birds, field sketching, painting, plein air, rainforest, random speculation, tropics on June 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »

There’s no one simple answer as to why the rainforest is so diverse; keen minds have worked hard at the problem. For example, why are so many different species of trees found in the tropics? One answer: pests at work. In an environment without the seasonal variation of the temperate zone, i.e., no freezing [...]

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Got Bad Weather? Call a Blogger

Posted in Adventure!, Oklahoma, Weather on June 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Last night around 10 our weather alarm warbled and said “Tornado Warning”. The sky had looked a little iffy earlier in the evening- piled-up cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds all around us glowing fuschia pink with dark gray bases. The air had a stagnant odor, a miasma if you will. While I was getting ready [...]

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