On August 21, 2017, the United States will be able to experience a rare astronomical event! A Total Solar Eclipse will cross the Pacific and make landfall just south of Portland, Oregon and exit into the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina. Where will YOU be? Wait! Where can I see it? How can I safely see it? Will it be visible near me? This and more will be discussed in the coming weeks! The two greatest sources for maps and information where the Solar Eclipse path will be are below: If you click on the maps they will open in a new window. Xavier M. Jubier http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html If you click on Jubier's interactive map, it will display information on duration and partiality/totality. And Fred Espenak's https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20170821 Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy...
OneDay2010melBirdwalkLAx.mov from Michael Lawshe on Vimeo . A beginners Birdwalk in an Urban Area - Los Angeles, California. Introducing a family originally from the midwest US to the wildlife in the Los Angeles River Basin. Ospreys, ducks, egrets, grebes and herons. Keri Dearborn from Animalbytes.net takes a family on a bird watching trip in an Urban Area! Lat: 34.2 Lon: -118.491 Video, Editing and Original Music by Michael Lawshé - eclipse-1.com
Photos and text by Keri Dearborn In the past few weeks, 31 island foxes from the Santa Rosa Island breeding facility have been returned to the wild. November 7, 2008 - as Pat Meyer and Friends of the Island Fox, Inc. board members and members of the press looked on, National Park Service biologist Tim Coonan opened the door to freedom for M67. The little 6 year-old male fox was born in the captive breeding facility and over the years had been paired with several females. Now, he sat gazing at the wide open expanse around him. After a quick look over his shoulder, the little island fox bounded off through the low bushes. As he disappeared over a small hill, we heard the hardy beep, beep, beep of the signal from his radio tracking collar. This historic little fox has returned to the wild wearing a radio collar funded by donations to Friends of the Island Fox . Congratulations to the Channel Islands National Park NPS Staff, vets, techs, and the Friends of the Island Fox, Inc