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In this day long, intensive drawing workshop participants will undertake a series of skill-building exercises in perception, as well as learn to use values and tones. Through botanical subjects, they will be introduced to the technical skill of measuring in nature drawing. This course is aimed at …beginners who are interested in pursuing visual art, especially with a focus on nature and graphite pencil drawing. ✏

🌿Dates: 15 February 2025
✏Day/Time: Saturday 9.30am -3.30pm
🌼Location: NatureArt Lab, M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, ACT

Book now via our website or the shop link!
https://natureartlab.com.au/products/drawing-for-beginners-intensive-with-taylor-singh

#pencils #australianflora #traditionalart #artsandcrafts #tutorials #artclass #artclasses #citsci #nature #arttherapy #canberra #natureart #botanicalart #whatsoncanberra #natureartlab #illustration #drawing #drawingclass #illustrations #howtodraw #graphite

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Can photographers do more as citizen scientists? As a retired biologist, I recognize the value of information from those who are the “eyes in the field”, like hunters and wildlife photographers. Hunters provide millions of data points …each year through programs like harvest reports and band recoveries for waterfowl. They also provide millions of dollars for conservation through programs like license sales and taxes on hunting equipment. Seems like photographers have an opportunity to contribute more information to conservation as well. I just shared this photo of a collared Caribou and associated metadata with biologists as I have done in the past. I wonder how much we as a community could advance conservation by sharing our photos with decision makers in an organized manner. For example, Denali just launched a study of Dall Sheep survival by collaring rams. Seems like photographers could greatly complement this effort by providing an organized set of some of the 1,000s of photos of rams taken at Denali each year, which I’m sure could be used to estimate survival based on horn characteristics. I wonder what others think about these types of efforts? #natgeoyourshot #animals_in_world #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifeaddicts #wildlife_perfection #discoverwildlife #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #naturephotography #lastfrontier #travelalaska #sharingalaska #dailyalaska #alaskamagazine #thealaskalife #animals_illife #caribou #ourdailyplanet #wildlifemanagement #conservation #citizenscience

Spring Harvestman (Rilaena triangularis)

Not too much to say about this one, just a cool harvestman I saw on a brief macro walk while in London for the nhm_wpy awards.

📸: Fujifilm X-H2, Laowa 65mm f/2.8, flash with #cygnustechdiffuser

#harvestman #opiliones #arachnid …#macrophotography #makrofotografie #cupoty #wholelottabugs #insectguru #fujifilmxh2 #fujixh2 #fujifilm #laowa65mm laowa.deutschland venuslaowa #laowa #macro #focusstacking #inaturalist #citizenscience

We had an amazing bipocbirdingclubofwi Christmas Bird Count at Elver Park this year! Last year, nine species were recorded, but this time we reached fifteen! The highlight was a cooperative Hermit Thrush, a lifer for a couple of birders in the group. This event is always such a special way to …connect with others and celebrate the birds. Huge thanks to swibirds for making this one of my favorite collaborations every year. Let’s go!!!! 🎄🐦✅

#ChristmasBirdCount #BIPOCBirdingClubOfWI #Birding #CitizenScience #Birdwatching #Community #Madison #Wisconsin #DaneCounty #DaneCountyParks #ElverPark #HermitThrush #BirdingWisconsin #BirdJoy #BirdingIsFun

A glimpse into our ongoing Takayna BioBlitz in northwest Lutruwita / Tasmania 🌿

Takayna is a breathtakingly intricate ecosystem, home to towering ancient trees, lush ferns, lichens and vibrant fungi. Yet, this natural wonder is under threat from mining and logging.

Yesterday, …our team of dedicated citizen scientists — including an enthusiastic group of kids — explored the threatened Que rainforest, uncovering its hidden life.

Today, we shifted to the forests at Jasper Hill, a haven for rare plants and orchids, documenting some stunning finds. Swipe to see one of the orchids spotted during the day.

We are now halfway through our 10th annual Takayna BioBlitz. Stay tuned — there’s so much more to come!

📸 1 – 2 by ramji_ambrosiussen
📸 3 – 6 by karenkeefephoto

#TakaynaBioBlitz #BioBlitz #CitizenScience #Tarkine

#FlowersOnFriday: westernsydneyu PhD student, Sienna Grady, asks for your help to collect data on locations of current and past eucalypt flowering events across eastern Australia.

This will help Sienna create large-scale maps that show the distribution of eucalypt flowering, which would …be highly beneficial to the conservation management of several threatened nectarivorous species.

To take part:
1) Take a photo of a flowering eucalypt, with close up photos of flowers and as many other identifying characteristics as possible (buds, fruit, leaves, bark, full tree photo).
2) Upload your observations to the iNaturalistorg platform via the free app or your web browser.
3) Once uploaded, tap the observation and edit the 'annotations' section to include 'flowers'. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to do this during the upload stage.
4) Voila! Your observation is automatically included in the Flowering Eucalypts project! 🥳

For more information and to see other people's observations, head to the project page: (🔗 link in our 'Resources' highlight)inaturalist.org/projects/flowering-eucalypts.

You can find more information about Sienna's PhD research atanimalecologylab.org/sienna-grady.html.

🌳: Yellow Gum/South Australian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)

#LoveAGum #eucbeaut #FloweringNow #inbloom #wildoz #ozplants #ozpollinators #australianpollinatorweek #eucalyptus #gumblossom #treestagram #inaturalist #citizenscience #treelovers #westernsydneyuniversity

Why it’s so important to protect wombats!
1. Look at that face! How could anyone not want to save wombats, they are beautiful animals each with their own unique personalities.
2. Wombats are so important to the Australian ecosystem. By digging burrows, wombats promote soil health and …help to distribute fungal spores deep into the ground, as well as providing safe havens for other wildlife.
3. Sadly Australian wildlife are seriously undervalued and not given the respect they deserve, they have more right to this land than we do and we should all be protecting them.

#wildlife #bluemountains #wombatwednesday #citizenscience #volunteer #nsw #australia #love #science #abcmyphoto #wombat #nationalgeographic #babywombats #wombattv #csiro #wildliferescue #wombats #wombatrescue #australiangeographic #marketing #instagram #radio #socialmedia #baby #photooftheday #photography #environment #animals #kangaroos

On This Day – November 12-13, 1833

The Leonid meteor storm lit up the night sky across the United States, astonishing those awake to witness as between 50,000 and 150,000 meteors fell each hour. Yale professor Denison Olmsted, eager to understand the phenomenon, wrote a letter to the New …Haven Daily Herald, asking the public for any information about what they saw. Responses poured in from across the country, allowing Olmsted to crowdsource eyewitness accounts to study the meteor storm. His findings, published in 1834, marked an early example of citizen science, as Olmsted used everyday descriptions to advance our understanding of meteors.

#OnThisDay #LeonidMeteorStorm #1833 #History #Astronomy #CitizenScience #DenisonOlmsted #Meteors

Any doctor who posts something like this has an Ego / Emotional Intelligence ratio of infinity ♾️. If someone cites a degree for THE reason they’re an authority… back away

P.S. This is no more or less true for the fact that it’s being posted by someone getting his second …doctoral degree from Harvard… but it does make it funny 😆

#citizenscience #futureofmedicine