fascinating migratory birds
the other day i did a presentation on bird migration for a seminar at university. doing some research, i stumbled upon some astonishing strategies of bird-species – for example, the […]
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a toad that makes cricket noises
just a few days ago, friends of the family told me that there was a strange-sounding toad in their “swimming pond” (swimming pool & pond, all at once): “it sounds […]
innsbruck’s pasqueflower
on april 10th i got a chance to meet romed unterasinger, who is running what could be called the “pasqueflower protection project”. as i’ve written here before, innsbruck’s pasqueflower (pulsatilla […]
nature photo update
photos have started to pile up here. this is a mix of the past month’s nature related photos, enjoy! to explain this photo: i’ve been very lucky to come across […]
project “waldrapp”
a team of austrian biologists are hand-raising northern bald ibis chicks (geronticus eremita; “waldrapp” in german) to save them from extinction (or, actually, try to reintroduce them here). since these […]
microbats in the house, pt.2
i recently mentioned that i had …microbats in da house. well, they were released about a week ago… i was asked to take care of two parti-coloured bats (vespertilio murinus, […]