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#Naturalhistory #photo #photography #photographer #news #journalism #information #honeybadger #porcupine

I was fortunate to see whooping cranes for the first time recently. As the sun was setting, three took to the air, circled, passed right overhead, and honked--close enough to hear their wing beats.

In the 1980s, my biology professor used them as an example of a species about to go extinct--he wasn't optimistic as to their fate. By 1860, their numbers had dropped to 1400. By 1942, there were 16--all in one Texas population. Today, there are ~536 in Texas and ~800 total.
#NaturalHistory #Nature

You don’t need much to get you started. A field guide, common sense and stout boots to take you from your door to where you can see creatures and plants.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #NaturalHistory #Nature #Gardening #Wildlife #Birds #Birding

https://1001species.substack.com/p/beginning-a-new-wildlifing-year

Next print in progress …

When not having visions or composing music, Hildegard was working in the infirmary, working in the garden, writing medical textbooks and natural history textbooks, corresponding with all the kings and queens of Europe or inventing her own language and alphabet. She’s credited with introducing natural history to German speaking lands so she’s next in my #womenInSTEM series.

#linocut #printmaking #naturalHistory #botany #conlang #histsci