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
If you’re reading this chances are you love animals! Me too! However, as animal lovers, we need to know how to best protect and care for them, especially in the wild. This question “To rescue or not,” is a difficult one to answer. Short answer – if it’s human caused (ex. A bird hits a …
Category: Animals, birds, Climate Change, conservation, Endangered Species, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: animal lover, Animals, baby animals, deer, great horned owl, nature, owls, pa wildlife rehabilitators, predators, prey, rescue, save animals, turtles, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior, wildlife rehabilitation
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
Right now there is a trend in “owl-love”. People think they’re so cute and decorate everything from paper-products, to clothes, to wall art with rather cartoony looking owls. Is there anything wrong with that – NO! Owls definitely are super cute, but they are so much more than just fluffy balls of feathers. They are …
Category: Animals, birds, The Art of Ecology Tags: Animals, barred owl, cute, diet, ecology, environment, food, food chain, great horned owl, owls, photography, predators, rodent, screech owl, wildlife
We always think of birds as migrating south for the winter (wish I could too!), but obviously, some birds do stick around. These birds are able to adapt to the colder temperatures and can find enough food to stick around chilly Pennsylvania! Birds adapt in many ways that are similar to humans. They eat yummier …
Category: Adaptations, Animals, birds, Seasons, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: Adaptations, Animals, bird feeding, birds, cardinal, chickadee, cold, ecology, education, photography, Seasons, songbirds, sparrow, weather, wildlife, winter
Sometimes you visit a place, not knowing what impact it’ll have on you, and when you leave it, all you want is to return! For me, that place is Kenya. I have had the opportunity, in high school and again after graduating from college, to go to Kenya, to a small village on the coast …
Category: Animals, conservation, Endangered Species, The Art of Ecology, Travel Tags: Animals, art, baby animals, birds, blog, conservation, ecology, education, egret, elephant, Endangered Species, giraffe, international, kenya, nairobi, ostrich, photography, wildlife
Being Flamboyant means being colorful and vibrant. It only makes sense then that a group of Flamingos would go by this name (among other names like a “flock” or a “pat”). Flamingos are vibrantly pink birds that live in tropic and subtropic regions that have saltwater. They love lagoons, estuaries, mud flats, and saltwater lakes. …
Category: Animals, Art Exhibits, Climate Change, conservation, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: art, art display, birds, Climate Change, conservation, ecology, environment, flamingo, habitats, nature, photography, wildlife
Traveling, especially to places that look and feel different than Pennsylvania where I have lived for all of my life, is so exciting! Fortunately for me, I had the chance to go out to New Mexico to do some photography this past summer! It was amazing to see how many plants and animals that a …
Category: Adaptations, Plants, The Art of Ecology, Travel, Wildlife Behavior Tags: Adaptations, Bosque del Apache, desert, ecology, environment, hummingbird, Lincoln National Forest, nature, New Mexico, photography, Plants, reptiles, Valley of Fires, White Sands National Park, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior, yucca
I’ll gladly go bungee jumping or skydiving. Not much scares me, yet for some strange reason, I gasp at small things. A door closed unexpectedly? Gasp. Did a leaf fall on my shoulder? Gasp. I’m startled for a fraction of a second and react. Who knew that this is a similar trait to shy, cute, …
Category: Adaptations, Animals, The Art of Ecology, Wildlife Behavior Tags: Animals, bold, chipmunk, communication, personality, rodent, shy, speech, vocalization, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior
Welcome to The Art of Ecology! The Mission of The Art of Ecology is to “Build Visual Connections between people and nature through art in order to create a deeper understanding and respect for the natural world – therefore increasing the desire to protect and conserve its resources.” I have a BS Wildlife Conservation & …
Category: The Art of Ecology Tags: art, blog, conservation, earth, eco-friendly, ecology, education, environment, nature, photography, science, The Art of Ecology, welcome, wildlife