We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

• Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Merry Christmas
• It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Parker Dmitri Napping
• The Little Professor: Outta here
• Huffle Mawson, Explorer Cat: How to deal with the pupparazzi and Happy Christmas!
• Rusty’s World: Happy Holidays
• Our Furry Boys: A Recycled Xmas Gift ~ Spike
• Life from a Cat’s Perspective: Merry Christmas From Your TX Furiends
• Pocahantes County Fair: Snow Princess
• The Island Cats: It’s Christmas Eve!
• Purrchance To Dream: is that santa on the roof?
• Cat-a-holic, Laila and Minchie: Merry Christmas
• Ecobirder: Happy Hollidays
• Here, There and Everywhere (2nd Edition): One Happy Kitty!
• Shilgiah The Huntress: My New Collar
• All About Lacocoon Dante: Dante Says: “It’s better to give than to receive”
• Mercury Rising: Christmas Eve Cat Blogging ~ The kitties are nestled all snug in their beds…
• Cat Banter with Kimo & Sabi: Happy Holly Daze!
• CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging ~ Holiday Windows boarded 12/26
• House of Chaos: Ze Vite Schtuff boarded 12/27

Birds

• xenogere: …the best gift I could ever receive ~ Baket
• Viewing Nature With Eileen: Black Necked Stilt reflection
• Aerchies Archive: More Sparrowhawks
• The Fenland Walker: Pheasants in the snow
• Country Captures: Winter Feeder Bird ~ White-throated Sparrow
• Let’s Paint Nature: Woodland Birds
• Ecobirder: Canada Goose
• Robin’s Nesting Place: Cooper’s Hawk
• Rural Ramblings: hang On ~ Tufted Titmouse
• Birdfreak: Bald Eagles and Black-capped Chickadee
• Trevor’s Birding: Apostlebird
• Search and Serendipity:
  Merry Christmas!
• Nature Tales and Camera Trails: Northern Shrike
• Owl Box – It’s An Owl’s Life: Sharing a Christmas Owl
• Skev’s B.L.O.G.: Garden Game ~ Pheasant
• Sand Creek Almanac: Christmas eve visitor ~ Black-capped Chickadee
• The Birder’s Report: A Cedar Waxwing and A Lesser Goldfinch…
• Nature Knitter: Merry Christmas!
• Body Soul and Spirit: Merry Christmas
• Montanagirl: Merry Redpolls Christmas boarded 12/26
• Hasty Brook: My Christmas Prayer boarded 12/26

Dogs

• Danes World: Merry Pawmas & Christmas
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ Here’s a puppy enjoying…
• Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Would you know my name? Sasha and Dexter
• Ironicus Maximus: Hounds Home For The Holiday ~ aden is very curious and likes to explore…
• Mountain Musings: Fridays are Golden ~ Have A Wonderful Christmas! Lucy and Ellie
• The Devil Dog: Merry Christmas Everyone
• Pop Culture Gadabout: Holiday Pet Pic ~ Kyan Pup
• Greenbow: Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas ~ Luna

Other Vertebrates

• Nature Canada: Wet Squirrel
• Tylerfarm Homestead: An enormous equine post….literally!
• Pure Florida: Now, THAT Would Have Put A Damper On Christmas

Invertebrates

• Kind of Curious: Arachnid Lungs Evolved From Horseshoe Crabs
• Myrmecos Blog: The best insect photos of 2009 and Ho, Ho, Ho!
• Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Veggie shopping. On the Beach ~ Too big for his britches boarded 12/26

In Memoriam

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Didn’t Make It

• Laelaps: The extended twilight of the mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius)
• Paleoblog: Belalugosisaurus ~ Sinornithosaurus

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

• Musings of a Mad Macedonian: Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat #32 ~ A Christmas Gift From Daddy boarded 12/26

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

• Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday
  • The 301st edition, 12/20, is up and hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome
  • The 302nd edition , 12/27, will be hosted by When Cats Attack!

• Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
• The 237th edition, 12/19-20, is up at Paulchen’s FoodBlog?!
• The 238th edition, 12/26-27, is supposed to be hosted by Tabbylicious
• Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up monthly
• The 110th edition, 12/7, is hosted by Kashim & Othello and Salome
• The 111th edition, 1/3/10, will be hosted by TBD
• Do go shout out at The Catbloggers Frappr Map

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

• The 115th edition , 12/17 is up at xenogere
• The 116th edition, 1/7, will be hosted by Listening Earth Blog

For the spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

• The 45th edition, December, is up at Greg laden’s Blog
• The 46th edition, January, will be hosted by Life Photo Meme

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

• The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor

• The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey’s Musings

has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival