Nature at work

[urbpan]

I take these pictures in large part to remind me that I work in a beautiful place, and to stop complaining and enjoy it.




One of the exhibits I take care of has a concrete stairway down into a basement, opposite a vernal pool (pictured in icon). When amphibians leave the vernal pool (because they have metamorphosed, or the pool is drying up) they get trapped in the stairway. Usually they are little things--salamanders and wood frogs. This bullfrog was there, attracting the attention of many visitors. I carried him to the next pond, and set him in the water, where he sat regaining his strength so I could take this picture.


One recent rainy day I was talking to a coworker when I noticed this nematode crawling across the top rail of a wood fence. A giant roundworm, at about 2cm long.


One of our new teachers likes to balance rocks.

Comments

[nevers.livejournal.com]

i can't believe those rocks are balanced! good game.

[sin-agua.livejournal.com]

I thought, "Now WHY would someone nail pancakes to an old tree stump?"

And I LOVE rock-balancers! There's a guy in Seattle who does some amazing similiar things.

[droserary.livejournal.com]

Maybe the same gentleman responsible for this rock-balancing exhibit in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC:

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i love the rocks :)

HEY! i saw your bicyclist drummer tuesday in central sq... i heard him first and went "i know that..." cuz i watched yer video (i'm SMRT!) and saw him, flying along, doing his little rhythm thing JUST LIKE IN THE VIDEO. too cool. sometimes things on the internet ARE real :) hah.

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[bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com]

What fun pictures...there was a guy who balanced rocks like that in San Diego, in SeaPort Village...he just hung around all day doing that...;)