Humboldt
I think we talked about him in class. I know some of you have read about him.
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John James Audubon
Well worth a read!! Audubon Magazine article
Beauty in Evolution
Here’s a nice talk on a subject we discussed in the B3 class a few years ago — Beauty in evolution! Hot Science Website
“Wheatear”
Anyone been curious about the word “Wheatear”? According to Peter Mathisson in “The Tree Where Man was Born” it’s old english for “whte arse”. (Painting by David A. Sibley)
TOS Bulletin
TOS Bulletin is out. Here’s the contents. Birds of Victoria and Egg collecting in Texas look especially interesting.
Saving Birds at Hawk Mountain
Smithsonian Magazine Article
Greg Lasley
If you want to understand better how to be a great naturalist, you can find no better example than Greg Lasley. I only met him once, but he was a good friend of my grandfather’s, so I had heard of him by the late 70s. When I met him in 2008 he recited my grandfather’s…