by Kyle J Webster | Jan 18, 2011 | Ecology, Natural History
Evelyn Greene sent a link to this video to show how frazil ice is formed in Yosemite. It is the same process that builds the ice we see on the ice meadows at The Glen on the Hudson River. Evelyn has studied this phenomenon for years and how it affects the unique...
by Kyle J Webster | May 20, 2010 | Natural History
Since we are out observing and photographing wildflowers all the time, our friends over on the zoology side of the Natural Heritage Program are asking us to keep our eyes out for a couple of bumblebees which might be in severe decline. On February 10, 2010, a broad...
by Kyle J Webster | Jan 29, 2010 | Field Techniques, Natural History, Plant Distribution, Rare Plant Surveys
The link below shows the need for complete botanical surveys when old railroads are converted to trails for the public. The article is by Steve Daniel who has had experience with a trail conversion near Rochester. The article also appeared in a recent issue of the...
by Kyle J Webster | Nov 19, 2009 | Natural History
See the following article on the biodiversity of leaves from another angle. http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/bio-diversity/?hp
by Kyle J Webster | Oct 22, 2009 | Happenings, Natural History
What animals, plants and significant habitats are found in your county, town, and neighborhood? What places in New York are home to the American dragonhead, the black-throated blue warbler, Virginia pine, or riverside ice meadows? Anyone with an interest in the...
by Kyle J Webster | Aug 21, 2009 | Natural History, Plant Identification
From Steve Young – When we were in Catskill Marsh last week we came across many examples of narrow-leaf cattail with double spikes that joined together to form the gap you see in the photo below (sorry for the bad focus). I had never seen this before and would...
