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.

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

Cats

• Blog d’Elisson: The Penetrating Stare ~ Hakuna
• Elms in the Yard: Because I Had To
• Catymology: Falling
• Sisu: Tiny visits… and Baby and Tiny
• Texas Oasis Purrsday Night ~ The Bystanders
• Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging ~ No Trust
• It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday Cat Blogging ~ We’re Tired
• Perfectly Parker: Thankful Thursday ~ Chilly Edition
• Middle Fork: Maple at Midnight
• Cat-a-holic: Formerly Feral Friday
• Melange: Where Did All The Birdies Go?
• Mind of Mog: Finally Friday ~ Cece
• Reading in the Dark: Friday Cat Blogging
• Allan Thinks: Asleep
• Women Who Serve: Friday cat blogging ~ fine art edition
• Cat Whisperer: Snow-Cat
• Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging ~ The Next Generation: Reine and Dash
• The Poupenette: Frootbat Friday ~ Tama-Chan and Tommy
• The Island Cats: See that lump in the bed???
• Cascade Exposures: Not Crying in the Rain
• konagod: Friday Pussy Blog ~ Synchronized Pussies
• Julie’s Web Journal: Feline Friday ~ Feline, Furball, and Feathers Friday!
• Historianess: Friday Cat Blogging with Pepper the Crazy the Cat
• Little Cat Feet: Happy Squillions Day boarded 2/28
• The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: Friday Alert Mau Blogging ~ Lotus boarded 2/28
• KeesKennis: Desi and Pushy

boarded 3/1

• Ego: Morris relaxingr boarded 3/1
• House of Chaos: Growing Older boarded 3/1
• My Cats and Funny Stories: Rosie Hunts A Spider; boarded 3/1
• The Scratching Post: Orange, Black and White boarded 3/1

Birds

• Frugal Homesteading: Caring for Pullets in Winter
• The Nemesis Bird: Winter Wren
• Living the Scientific Life: Rock Wren, Salpinctes obsoletus and more in Birds in the News #160
• Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): End of a chickadee
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ a not quite Brown-headed Nuthatch
• A DC Birding Blog: Loose Feathers #176 ~ Heerman’s Gull and birding news
• Huckleberry Days: Yellowlegs, Big or Small?
• Outside My Window: One Good Tern Deserves…
• Jeffrey A. Gordon: Mexico Red and White and Green ~ pajaro bandera
• Snail’s Tales: Vultures disturbed
• Aimophila Adventures: Mallard, Of Sorts,…
• shady character: Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) boarded 2/28
• 10,000 Birds: Sharpe’s Longclaw boarded 3/1

Other Vertebrates

• Southern Fried Scientist: Shark Of The Week ~ Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
• Living the Scientific Life: Successfully Keeping Celebes Rainbowfish, Telmatherina ladigesi, in Captivity
• The Daily Kos: Marine Life Series – The Coolest Fish on Earth: Pacific barreleye, Macropinna microstoma
• Sisu: Purple-tailed Eastern Grey Squirrel
• Swamp Suburbia: Riding Lessons
• The Pet Blog: Funky fish found ~ the frogfish
• Earth, Wind & Water: Anole en bleue…
• Rock Paper Lizard: Friday Fauna ~ Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchelli)
• Ishtar News: : Animal Communication without Human Intervention… Kalahari and Sheba
• Sphere: Have It Your Way ~ You Heard a Seal Bark
• Las aventuras de Brownie: Viernes de Amigos ~ Mi primo el cobaya boarded 2/28
• Nature Canada: Nature Photo of the Month – Ssssss… Garter Snake boarded 2/28
• KeesKennis: …a lion woulda ignored it – Africa style; boarded 3/1

Dogs

• Wide Awake in Wonderland: Forget the killer chimp ~ This is news!
• Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Both Sides : Sasha and Dexter
• Blackberry Creek Home Arts: Rain, Rain, Go Away ~ Sophie
• Cactus Blog: Friday Whippet Blogging ~ Benjamin
• Pamibe: Dreams
• The Poupenette: Frootbat Friday ~ Tama-Chan and Tommmy
• Edhat: Lip Licking Good
• Three Happy Heelers: What is it?
• Ishtar News: : Animal Communication without Human Intervention…Kalahari and Sheba
• The World In Black & White: Taking a Swim
• Suger Mountain Farm: Molly the Good News Dog
• Life from a Cat’s Perspective: Hello & Thank You from Maverick boarded 2/28

Invertebrates

• Pharyngula: Friday Cephalopod ~ Cephalopod solidarity!
• Myrmecos Blog: Friday Beetle Blogging ~ : Trichodes Checkered Beetle , Trichodes ornatus
• Echidne Of The Snakes: Friday Butterfly Blogging
• Gossamer Tapestry: Desert Bloom (scroll down)
• KeesKennis: Stok Gogga – Stick insect – Africa style; boarded 3/1
• My Cats and Funny Stories: Rosie Hunts A Spider; boarded 3/1

In Memoriam

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Didn’t Make It

• x

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

• x

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 258th edition, 2/22, is up at When Cats Attack
  • The 259th edition, 3/1, will be hosted by Artsy Catsy

• Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
• The 194th edition, 2/21-22, is up at CatSynth
• The 194th edition, 2/28-3/1, will be hosted by TabbyLicious
• Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up every weekend
• The 85th edition, 2/22, is up and hosted by Samantha and Mr. Tigger
• The 86th edition, 3/1, will be hosted at Bad Kitty Cats
• 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 94th edition, 2/19, is up at the The Birder’s Report
• The 95th edition, 3/5, will be hosted by Birds O’ The Morning

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

• The 35th edition, February, is up at The Other 95%
• The 36th edition, March, will be hosted by Invertebrate Diaries

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