During Invasive Species Awareness Week, we ask the question, “What does it mean to be an invasive species?”, and “What can we do about them?” Fortunately, both questions are relatively easy to answer. What is an Invasive Species? First we need to define Native Species. These are plants and animals that are indigenous to a …
Category: Animals, conservation, Gardening, Plants, sustainability, The Art of Ecology Tags: Animals, ecology, gardening for wildlife, invasive animals, invasive plants, invasive species awareness week, native plants, pennsylvania, wildlife, wildlife habitat
As part of the Wild Art 2021 November Challenge, put on by Zoe Keller, I illustrated two pieces focusing on the theme, “In Peril”. Each month, I will focus on two pieces – one highlighting flora, the other highlighting fauna. This month, the first is a flower who brought me great joy picking them as …
Category: Animals, birds, conservation, Endangered Species, Flowers, Illustrations, Plants, The Art of Ecology Tags: Animals, botanical illustration, conservation, drawing challenge, eastern blue eyed grasses, Endangered Species, Flowers, habitats, in peril, least bittern, native plants, nature, pennsylvania, Plants, scientific illustration, Wild Art 2021
Snakes are wonderful for so many reasons! I can see it, some of you are thrilled by this and others…. not so much, but yes – snakes are good, even if they’re not your cup of tea. Snakes don’t have to be your favorite animal for you to realize that they play a vital role …
Category: Animals, Backyard Habitats, conservation, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: Animals, backyard habitat, conservation, diy, ecology, ecosystem, environment, food chain, habitats, hibernaculum, nature, pennsylvania, reptiles, snake, snake home, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior, wildlife habitat
One of the things I remember my father saying the most when I was a child was – “There’s always evidence!” This was typically said because I would wonder how he knew that I didn’t do a certain chore, but it definitely applies in the ecology world too. Mammals are among some of my favorite …
Category: Animals, Identification, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: animal tracking, Animals, deer, diet, ecology, environment, evidence, fox, Identification, mammals, nature, pennsylvania, photography, raccoon, scat, skeleton, skull, skunk, squirrel, teeth, tracks, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior, woodland