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Zoo day, part one
Sep. 14th, 2014 05:50 pm
Thursday was Zoo Day--the day that the conference delegates visit the host zoo. Here's a mob of zookeepers waiting to be let in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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Thursday was Zoo Day--the day that the conference delegates visit the host zoo. Here's a mob of zookeepers waiting to be let in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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Orlando Science Center
Sep. 11th, 2014 07:15 am
Orlando Science Center is not too different from the Boston Museum of Science where I got my start in animal care. They have a lot more alligators though.
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Weird Orlando
Sep. 7th, 2014 09:39 am
Here's a roundup of stuff I took pictures of on my first day in central Florida. These frogs are in the airport.
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Somehow in the midst of all the dog-related chaos, with Alexis out of town, I was able to complete a scheduled Urban Nature Walk! My idea for this year is to start at the mouth of the Charles, then follow it upriver on the North side. It's not much, but it's a theme. Here I am, as the weather app indicates, in the fair city of Cambridge. The mercury hit the Fahrenheit scale at 14, a bit colder than yesterday, but the motivation of an Urban Nature Walk is enough to get me out there to see North Point Park.
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What's the name of that movie where the museum exhibits come to life at night? Is it Jurassic Park? Here's a feathery little t-rex--the museum's approximation of a seven year old animal.
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Here is my wonderful entomologist friend
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rockbalancer taking us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Natural History Museum. She's holding an insect with astounding cryptic shape and color making it look like a damaged leaf. These are in the same group as walking sticks--us bug nerds call them all "phasmids."( more NHM )
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Here's the hot and tired in the car snapshot. Follow to the end to see the nice family portrait.
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3:00 snapshot #1020-1023
Jul. 16th, 2012 11:27 am
On the route between Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo you pass by the oldest house in Boston. I have not been to the James Blake House but some time I'll go there with my dad.
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