Source FLAMINGO ART Giant flamingo sculpture coming to Tampa International Airport in the Spring of 2022 based on an actual underwater picture of a foraging flamingo. A lot of public art leaves me unimpressed but this is a cool idea. I love the water dappled light on the floor.

Alaskan sockeye 10 million more than expected. That is some serious protein. Compared to our empty rivers here it is a miracle. “Just because the habitat doesn’t have fish in it now doesn’t mean it’s not holding the potential for fish in the future.” The big take away and hope. A good piece.

Fly Fishing Movie How good? I am not hopeful but we will see.

Lake Erie Trout Recovery Some good news. Not something I ever expected to see.

Beagles redeemed for the prior post.    

  Source facebook Lots of unexpected things here. The harpy holds its own with griz. The raven was a surprise.  

Tree Height Map Source The accuracy is not perfect but it may be interesting. At some point, this tech is going to be able to monitor every tree in the world. Roughly 3 trillion trees.  

Beagle, for sale, going cheap.

  Source Our boy in the middle. Meg at the top.   Source   I am seeing Livyatan everywhere lately. I first heard of it in a tv doc years ago when its fossils were new in Peru. Since then it appears it has become an extreme apex predator badass symbol for the public. It …

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  East meets West This being a western site I imagine there is interest in elk. What is different here is this is an elk in PA. Coal mines stripped off the tops of mountains and grass was encouraged. Elk were added later  for better or worse reasons. I knew it was a thing there …

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