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The Bird Vocalization edition, #144, of I and the Bird is up at Greg Laden’s place!
Fly on over and practice your tweets, chirps and awks!”
Yearly Archives: 2011
Friday Ark #326
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
- Down And Out In Athens-A Cat’s Tale: Going nowhere fast
- It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday cat blogging ~ Tiger! Rocky Girl
- Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Adapting
- Life from A Cat’s Perspective: Finally Friday With Samantha, Clementine & Maverick
- The Accidental English Teacher: Weekend Cat Blogging #297
- The Second Half: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Just Hanging Out: Edison
- Watermark: Cousin Sue’s Little Bibs
- Women Who Serve: Friday cat blogging ~ sisters heart u edition
- Kool-Kittie-Krew: Waiting for Spring
- Sumac Stories: Thursday in the Garden….sort of… a day late
- Poppy Q: Tasty
- Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Frankie and Sammy
- Farmgirl Fare: Friday Dose of Cute ~ Waiting for Water
- It’s All Good.: TAbby’s Place Forever Home Friday ~ Heather
- Purrchance To Dream: Florida Fresh Air ~ Baby Daphne in Sunshine
- Melange: Musical Beds Monday
- Forty Paws: Chillin’ Out
- An Angel and a Wizard: Angel’s Gotcha Day
- The Poupenette: Seiturday boarded 2/12
- CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging ~ Construction Again: Luna boarded 2/12
- Noir’s Nook: Brother Earl Gray board 2/13
- Meowsings of An Opinionated Pussycat: Carnival of the Cats #361
Birds
- Trevor’s Birding: Diamond Dove
- The Natural Capital: Vultures (They Make Better Valentines than Teddy Bears)
- A Little Piece of Me: Friday Feathers ~ Wings in Flight
- Backyard and Beyond: Just ducks, ducky
- A DC Birding Blog: Loose Feathers #276 ~ Young American Kestrel and birding news
- Birds O’ The Morning: Wesley, Draco, Buttercup and Marley and babies
- The Early Birder: Inside Isabella ~ Red Deer stags, Squirrel, Geese, Ducks, Tits, and Sparrow Hawk
- faith, fabric, and photos…: Finches everywhere…
- Dawns bloggy blog: Coots-Feet~Sweet
- Farmgirl Fare: Friday Dose of Cute ~ Waiting for Water
- Hakodate Birding: Views from a bridge
- Body Soul and Spirit: Winter Bird Banding
- The Birder’s Report: Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Montanagirl: Rare Visitor ~ Varied Thrush
- The Pine River Review: World Bird Wednesday XII ~ White Breasted Nuthatch
- pittswood birds: Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, and Squirrel boarded 2/12
- Nature Knitter: Great Gray Owl, many more birds, and Sophie boarded 2/13
Other Vertebrates
- The Wild Photographer: Yellowstone Wolf
- xenogere: Fuzzy turtle travelin’ ~ Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
- Goat Berries: Valentine’s Day kiss from Pasquilina
- Philly Herping: Red Salamander
- Smockity Frocks: Baby Goats and Baby Donkey
- The Early Birder: Inside Isabella ~ Red Deer stags, Squirrel, Geese, Ducks, Tits, and Sparrow Hawk
- For the Joy of Flowers: Moose (a cow and a calf)
- The Life and Times of Bunnies: Structurally Compromised ~ Betsy
- Bedfordshire Wild: Snake in the grass
- pittswood birds: Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, and Squirrel boarded 2/12
- The Urban Pantheist: Moses the Leopard Gecko boarded 2/12
- Here, There and Everywhere (2nd Edition): Jonathan Seagull Meets Gre-be Coot; boarded 2/13
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- The Ohio Nature Blog: A White-tailed doe boarded 2/13
Rambling Woods: Deer and Dragonfly
Dogs
- Stale Cheerios: Ginger’s Snow Day
- Life from A Cat’s Perspective: Finally Friday With Samantha, Clementine & Maverick
- Tbogg: Thursday Night Basset Blogging
- Southern Beale: Pittie Party ~ Riley
- Cactus Blog: Friday Whippet Blog ~ Jason
- Jungle Jil: Sun Run ~ Puppy Gracie and her Aunt Martini
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ a Dog in a sunbeam
- Farmgirl Fare: Friday Dose of Cute ~ Waiting for Water
- Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Change is Happening: Sasha and Dexter
- Esther Garvi: An Update on Sandy
- Kelly the Little Black Dog: Doggy snow angels
- The Poupenette: Seiturday boarded 2/12
- The Alternate Brain: Chooch and Ziva boarded 2/12
- Nature Knitter: Great Gray Owl, many more birds, and Sophie boarded 2/13
Invertebrates
- The Shell and Mantle: Circus of the Spineless #59
- Beetles in the Bush: Brazil Bugs #12 – Desafio de identificação #5
- The Nature of Robertson: Black Leaf-rolling Weevil
- Mon@rch’s Nature Blog: Spring Azure
- Rambling Woods: Deer and Dragonfly
- Esperance Fauna: Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper – Goniaea opomaloides
- Fall To Climb: Arctic Spur-throated Grasshopper (Cyrtacanthacridinae, Acrididae)
- Skev’s B.L.O.G.: Pail Brindled Beauty and an Early Moth boarded 2/12
- Can It Happen Here?: Unwanted Visitor boarded 2/12
In Memoriam
- x
Didn’t Make It
- Tetrapod Zoology: Insight on the sex lives of Perosaurs
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 360th edition, 2/6, is up at CatSynth
- The 361st edition , 2/13, will be hosted by Meowsings of An Opinionated Pussycat
- Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
- The 296th edition, 2/4-6, is up at Sidewalk Shoes
- The 297th edition, 2/11-13, will be hosted by The Accidental English Teacher
- Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos
- The 122nd and last edition,12/22/2010, is up at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat
Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.
- The 143rd edition , 2/3 is up at Slugyard
- The 144th edition, 2/17/2011, will be hosted by Greg Laden
For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.
- The 59th edition, February, is up at the The Shell and Mantle
- The 60th edition, March, will be hosted by Bug Girl
For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.
- The 14th edition, January, is up at The Little House in the Not-So-Big Woods
- The 15th edition, February, will be hosted by Philly Herping
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
Bird Dropping 2011-02-08 PST
Some recent Tweets. Follow me at @slathe.
- 2011-02-09 06:50:43 slathe: I suspect no bill was sent to Fox or the NFL: “The Era of Belt-Tightening” http://t.co/qfGSR0n
- 2011-02-09 01:42:41 slathe: And not nearly as evil as the world wide corporate state.
- 2011-02-09 01:41:55 slathe: No comparison to organized gov.“@wired: Organized Crime: The World’s Largest Social Network (Interactive infographic). http://ow.ly/3SPxm”
- 2011-02-09 01:37:58 slathe: RT @normative: 148 people who deserve a round of applause #PatriotAct http://bit.ly/hPYPa2 (via @jbarro)
- 2011-02-09 01:06:22 slathe: The great bald eagle comeback | Iowa City Press Citizen http://t.co/ZHOboXC #birding
- 2011-02-09 00:07:27 slathe: If becoming potus is finishing 1st then numbers 7 and 1 are a good match: “What They’re Reading on College Campuses” http://t.co/Ud0bmzG
- 2011-02-09 00:03:33 slathe: WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices | The Guardian http://t.co/Fy1Xanj #peakoil
- 2011-02-09 00:00:48 slathe: Something to go along with the Chrysler Super Bowl add: “Urinals of the Day: Detroit, Michigan” | http://t.co/FPYvqnq
- 2011-02-08 21:10:25 slathe: RT @JPBarlow: House on Course to Pass USA PATRIOT Act Extension Today. Call your Congressloon! Now! http://fdl.me/eerOA5
- 2011-02-08 20:56:24 slathe: RT @hnfirehose: The Federal Communications Commission tries to regulate the Net: http://bit.ly/hc4keD
- 2011-02-08 17:01:02 slathe: RT @JPBarlow: 15 years ago today, I wrote A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. It’s still true. http://goo.gl/6cP7s
Dates and times are GMT.
Extracted from TweetBackUp.
Bird Droppings 2011-02-07
Some recent Tweets. Follow me at @slathe.
- 2011-02-08 05:46:45 slathe: Marijuana Wins the Culture War | http://t.co/wM56HbH Hilarious!
- 2011-02-08 05:27:41 slathe: The master machine | http://t.co/9jgMmpT
- 2011-02-08 02:57:29 slathe: RT @GaianCollective: Why can’t the US legalize drugs? There’s ‘too much money in it,’ Clinton says. http://bit.ly/hgpaHh
- 2011-02-08 02:43:36 slathe: RT @Antiwar2: Jacob Hornberger: We need a foreign policy revolution here at home http://bit.ly/fQlwvN
- 2011-02-08 02:40:37 slathe: RT @ProfBainbridge: Regulated professions http://bit.ly/glBqep
- 2011-02-07 23:51:03 slathe: If The US Wants To Have Any Credibility On Internet Freedom It Should Drop The Attempt To Prosecute Assange | Techdirt http://t.co/157KFh7
- 2011-02-07 23:28:58 slathe: U.S. seeks veto powers over new domain names | http://t.co/Pd3BhDk And we seek veto power over the US and other corp states #internet
- 2011-02-07 21:18:43 slathe: RT @BigPictureAg: New Post: Debunking Krugman: NYT’s “Soaring Food Prices – Blame the weather.” . http://bit.ly/hej03H #commodities #whe …
- 2011-02-07 21:16:44 slathe: RT @TimHarford: Steve Landsburg explains what’s missing from the Baby Sitting Co-Op story: http://goo.gl/EhQfp (Disagree w/ tone)
- 2011-02-07 21:14:18 slathe: “@SubComJohn: Air Force legal office: Almost anyone can be prosecuted for reading WikiLeaks http://is.gd/ObCzjs #wikileaks” gov must end
- 2011-02-07 21:12:19 slathe: “@TheAtlantic: Who’s actually better for the economy: Democrats or Republicans? http://theatln.tc/e1BC3N” Would do better without either
- 2011-02-07 17:21:16 slathe: RT @normative: RT @OpenCongress: PATRIOT Act renewal is up for a quick vote this week in the House. Full schedule here: http://bit.ly/hiwtOc …
- 2011-02-07 17:13:22 slathe: RT @markmorford: Sorry, Mr. Bikram, but you actually *can’t* copyright an ancient yoga pose. Love, Shiva. http://bit.ly/eJzibq
- 2011-02-07 17:09:28 slathe: RT @radleybalko: F’n libertarians. Is there anything bad in the world that they *aren’t* responsible for? http://tinyurl.com/4t4e3a8
Extracted from TweetBackUp. Times appear to be GMT.
Friday Ark #325
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
- Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Evil Roi and Reine & Dash
- Ego: Morris
- Lost in the Cheese Aisle: Sparkle ~ Hakuna and Hakuna: Surly Girlie
- Life from A Cat’s Perspective: Finally Friday with Samantha & Clementine
- Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Tip, Brave’s New World, Molly, Wishing & Hoping and This Is Florida?
- Crazy Cat Lady Carm: Moonlight-Kitty and Sunshine Kitty…
- Women Who Serve: Friday cat blogging ~ winter sunshine edition
- Allan Thinks: What?
- Katnip Lounge: May Ling
- All About Lacocoon Dante: Snow Bath
- Bunny Trails: Where’s the mouse?
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ a lovely cat
- Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Reine & Dash
- konagod: Friday Pussy Blog ~ Snow Cat Edition: Sweet Pea, Tot and Sissy
- Cat Whisperer: Cold and Snow and Sleep ~ Rascal, Sylvester, Tristan, Bandito and Chaiyka
- Writer & Cat: Who Gets the Chair?
- Take Joy!: Victoria Enjoys the Sun
- William of Mass Destruction: Snowdays With Russell
- Our Furry Boys: I Spy With My Little Eye
- We Love Luna: Oh no…snow!
- Knatolee’s World: Ruglets
- It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday cat blogging ~ Grey Feather, Zorro, Werro and Beanbag again! Grey Feather
- The Poupenette: SEIturday Supervising ~ Sei-Chan boarded 2/5
- Sidewalk Shoes: Weekend Cat Blogging #296
- CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging ~ Luna boarded 2/5
- Life from A Cat’s Perspective: It Snowed In TX with Samantha, Clementine & Maverick; boarded 2/6
Birds
- The Nemesis Bird: Snow Hawks
- Slugyard: I and the Bird CXLIII
- Gouldiae’s Blog: Camouflaged
- The Birder’s Report: Acorn Woodpeckers and Dark-eyed Junco Compete for Suet
- Birdchick Blog: Hawk On A Deer Carcass
- Vickie Hendeson Art: Wild Turkey and Eastern Bluebirds
- West Seattle Blog: Eagle Family goes fishing off Alki
- Pure Florida: Pigeons? We Don’t Need No Stinking Pigeons!
- Aimophila Adventures: California Scaup & Gambel’s Quail, Mourning Doves and Cooper’s Hawk
- Nature in the Ozarks: White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Dawns bloggy blog: Birding Merritt Island NWR
- A Little Piece of Me: Friday Feathers ~ Joy in the Morning
- A DC Birding Blog: Loose Feathers #276 ~ Common Eider and birding news
- 10,000 Birds: Florida Scrub-Jay
- Trevor’s Birding: Flamingos
- Milepebbles: swans at dusk
- Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Bird silhouettes on tinted mud
- It’s Morning Somewhere: Friday cat blogging ~ Beanbag again! Grey Feather and Flying Kitties
- Trees, Plants & More: Pigeon Saga – Day 6; boarded 2/5
- Walk the Wilderness: Birding in India ~ Himalayan Bulbul boarded 2/6
Other Vertebrates
- back yard draft: Sunday Trot Trotting
- The Vacation Gals: Sea Turtle Conservation in Action Video>
- Esther Garvi: Camel Beauty
- A Houseful of Rabbits: Story time, Bunns ….
- First Draft: Friday Ferret Blogging ~ Warmth Edition
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ a baby goat
- Anybody Seen My Focus: Hmmm… Should I Or Shouldn’t I?
- Adventures of Freckles and Deb: Happy Year of Freckles!
- Dipper Ranch: Beefeaters of the Santa Cruz Mountains; boarded 2/5
- Throwback At Trapper Creek: Nothin’ Better Than… boarded 2/6
- DDD: Frog boarded 2/6
- A Penny For Your Flops: Snowflakes in the eyelashes ~ Hugs boarded 2/6
Dogs
- Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Rain As Metaphor: Dexter and Sasha, Alertness to Danger ~ Sasha and Dexter,Deja Vu ~ Dexter and Sasha and Transitions ~ Sasha and Dexter
- Farmgirl Fare: Tuesday Dose of Cute ~ Ahem
- Val’s Bien: Another Snow Storm ~ Casey
- Scratchings and Sniffings: Puppies in Love! Chester and Emily
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ Nonnie and a snowy dog: Otis
- Tbogg: Thursday Night Basset Blogging
- red lake rosie’s rescue: Hello from Sweet as a Tootsie roll or Sody-pup 😉
- Ironicus Maximus: Friday Hound Blogging ~ Bill is really sweet and loving
- Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ Turn, Turn: Sasha and Dexter
- Neil Gaiman: Cats in the Sauna ~ Sun boarded 2/6
- Life from A Cat’s Perspective: It Snowed In TX with Samantha, Clementine & Maverick; boarded 2/6
- Throwback At Trapper Creek: Nothin’ Better Than… boarded 2/6
Invertebrates
- Listening Earth Blog: Summer Spiders
- Gouldiae’s Blog: Camouflaged
- The Nature of Robertson: February – The Month of Insects
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ Butterfly
- Pharyngula: Friday Cephalopod ~ Vividly molluscan
- Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Last year’s critters, Hermits, hairy, blue, orange, Snail and hermit mystery, and a cute globular springtail
- The Backyard Arthropod Project: Banded Millipede boarded 2/5
- Outside My Window: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug boarded 2/6
- Fall To Climb: Tiger Moth Caterpillar
In Memoriam
- x
Didn’t Make It
- Paleoblog: Titanoceratops… or…
Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)
- Mad Kane’s Humor Blog: Kitty Limerick
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 359th edition, 1/30, is up at Katz and Other Tales
- The 360th edition , 2/6, will be hosted by CatSynth
- Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
- The 295th edition, 1/29-30, is up at CatSynth
- The 296th edition, 2/4-6, will be hosted by Pam’s Sidewalk Shoes
- Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up monthly
- Not sure if this will continue; no activity for a while.
- The 121st edition, November, is up at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat
- The 122nd edition, December, will be hosted by Three Tabby Cats in Vienna
Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.
- The 143rd edition , 2/3 is up at Slugyard
- The 144th edition, 2/17/2011, will be hosted by Greg Laden
For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.
- The 58th edition, January, is up at the Cephalove
- The 59th edition, February, will be hosted by
the Shell and Mantle
For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.
- The 14th edition, January, is up at The Little House in the Not-So-Big Woods
- The 15th edition, February, will be hosted by Philly Herping
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