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.

ALERT 10:31 MDT (7/17): The Ark Crew is on the road this weekend. Expect long delays in boardings through Sunday evening.

Cats

• Blog d’Elisson: Hakuna Speaks!
• Elms in the Yard: No Rest for the Weary
• Sisu: “Had we but world enough, and time”, Tiny and Earl Grey, Tiny (above) and Baby (below) and Tiny’s wish is…
• TGAW: Cats in Suitcases Milestone!
• Why Now?: Adante’s Zoo ~ Trouble and Randy, Bandit, Nicky, Cujo and Grandpuppy Pippin
• It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Can’t remember this cat’s name
• The Poor Mouth: Ted
• No Deep Thoughts: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Friday Cat Blogging” >tripin haserd
• Two Sisters, Lucy and Trixie: Lucy Tries Hypnotism
• The Fine Felines: Wordless Wednesday ~ string lover Boo
• Huffle Mawson, Explorer Cat: A Week of gardening, part 4
• The Wide Awake Cafe: Cats, Science and Shakespeare
• Cat Whisperer: Raining cats and…more cats!
• Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Dash and Reine
• CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging ~ Rocks, and remembrance boarded 7/18

Other Vertebrates

• A Blog Around The Clock: Animals on the island of Mainau are so tame
• Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Roadside attraction ~ skinny young deer
• Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog: Camera Phone Zen ~ Deer
• Three Happy Heelers: Protective Momma!
• Tina’s Bird Yarns: The Giving Pond
• Laelaps: Walking Under the Water ~ Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius)
• Farmgirl Fare: Wednesday Dose of Cute ~ Getting Ahead. . .
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ Bearded Dragon

Birds

• A Blog Around The Clock: Animals on the island of Mainau are so tame ~ Part 1 and Part 2
• Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Yes, I’ve got my head on backwards ~ Gulls
• Rondeau Ric: Tiny Feet
• Coyote Mercury: The Heronry at Shangri La in Orange
• Ecobirder: Grebes
• Bird Ecology Study Group: Azure-winged Magpie defending its food
• Take Joy!: Assorted Wildlife boarded 7/18

Invertebrates

• A Blog Around The Clock: The Butterfly House on the island of Mainau
• Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): A small patch of wet sand ~ a bucket of crabs
• My Wildlife Sanctuary: Bees and butterflies
• Tina’s Bird Yarns: The Giving Pond
• Niches: Carolina Satyr, (Hermeuptychia sosybius) and Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
• Snail’s Tales: Necrophagy in the backyard ~ Necrophila americana feeding on a dead shrew
• Take Joy!: Assorted Wildlife boarded 7/18

Dogs

• Why Now?: Adante’s Zoo ~ Trouble and Randy, Bandit, Nicky, Cujo and Grandpuppy Pippin
• Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Ambulating Along: Sasha and Dexter
• red lake rosie’s rescue: Holloway is Hobey now…
• Three Happy Heelers: Protective Momma!
• Echidne Of The Snakes: Reading Is Good For You! Sasha boarded 7/18
• Pop Culture Gadabout: Weekend Pet Pic ~ A great closeup ofZiggy Stardust boarded 7/18

In Memoriam

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Didn’t Make It

• x

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

• Suger Mountain Farm: Mushroom in Grove

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 278th edition, 7/12, is up at The M-Cats Club
  • The 279th edition , 7/19, will be hosted by Artsy Catsy

• Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
• The 214th edition, 7/11-12, is up at The Sour Dough
• The 215th edition, 7/18-19, is In Honor of Sher and will be hosted by Paulchen’s Food Blog?!
• Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up monthly
• 2nd Anniversary edition, 7/12 is up at Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos
• The 106th edition, 8/2, will be hosted by the House of the (Mostly) Black 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 104th edition, 7/9 is up at A birding blog by Gunnar Engblom
• The 105th edition, 7/23, will be hosted by Picus Blog

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

• The 36th edition, March, is up at Invertebrate Diaries
• The 37th edition, April, will be hosted by Living the Scientific Life

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