Ravens Complain on the Power Pole

Common ravens Corvus corax have become more common in Southern California.

One very hot afternoon we heard incessant throaty calling outside the window.
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These three were sitting on the power pole across the street.

106 degrees Fahrenheit
41 degrees Celsius

Check out the "Hot Dog" in the video.... 
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The Earth Minute: Ruffled Feathers - What's That Bird?

Visit Homes High Above Palm Springs (woodpecker nests)
Walking the L.A. River - Glendale Narrows (black-necked stilt, American wigeon)
Band-tailed Pigeons Take over FeederWatch
 Experience Mamukala Wetlands at Dusk (magpie geese, pied heron, royal spoonbill, great egret, whistling kite, plumed whistling duck, bush hen) 

Listen to Dinosaurs in Australia!

Dinosaurs calling in Kakadu?
Well, maybe! Listen in! HD 
The sounds are the calls of the Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) defending their territory - slowed down 150%!

Take a look at  the Earth Minute we posted back on Thursday, July 16, 2015.  Remember: Sulfur-crested Cockatoo on the Defense (Kakadu, Australia)  when a common brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis) disturbed the birds?

 

Also Take a Wildlife Cruise on the Yellow Water, Kakadu (birds and saltwater crocodiles)

• More Australian Earth Minutes
• Flying Fox Bats in Cairns
• Spotting a Lace Monitor in the Wild

Where there's smoke, there's Fire - Central Oregon 2014

Central Oregon, 2014.
August... Fire Season.
Normally clear skies were hazy with smoke as we were between two big fires along Highway 26.

The towns of John Day and Prairie City were enveloped with clouds of smoke.
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Ring of smoke puffs out as the mountain fire starts in the distance.

 

This is smoke from over 50 miles away peering over the mountains.

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Discover Mountain Wildflowers in Wyoming - (near Tetons National Park, Wyoming)
Storm Brewing over Grand Tetons National Park, WY
Sounds of Summer - August in Illinois  

Train Crossing in Illinois - Listen to August 

Swim with the Spotted Jellies!

What is swimming in a circle?

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The Spotted Jelly - Mastigias papua at the Vancouver Aquarium!
Their brown color is from algae that live symbiotically inside their tissues. 

 

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Floating the Outlet Stream - Squanga Lake, Yukon, Canada (arctic grayling) 
  Listen to the Rocky Surf - Glacier Bay, Southeast Alaska

Swim along with the Canada Geese - Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Swim with us and the Canada Geese - in Canada!

We took a stroll bird watching through Stanley Park which is on the edge of downtown Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

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We had joggers, walkers and these swimmers for quiet company.

This flotilla of Canada geese! (Branta canadensis)
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Sea Birds on Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia 

Band-tailed Pigeons Take over FeederWatch
Discover L.A. River at Sepulveda Basin (red-tailed hawk, Canada geese, American wigeon)

Australia (azure, little, & forest kingfishers, brolga, white-bellied sea eagle, & saltwater crocodile)

Record a stream! Mount Seymour Provincial Park

How do you listen to a stream?
How do you record a stream? 
At Mount Seymour Provincial Park, we took a walk through damp British Columbia rainforest.

As we crossed a footbridge on the Baden-Powell trail,

I really liked the sound of the water trickling down the mossy logs and across the stones into a small rivulet.   Listen!

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Baden-Powell Trail blaze sign

 

I made a mental note to record it when we hiked back by.
Listen to the Stream!

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Listen to the River! Russian River Adventure Canoe Trip, Healdsburg, CA
The Voices of a River - Lamoille Canyon, NV

Up a Tree - Ants - After the Fire - Calabasas, CA Part 3

In the "V" of an oak tree, something is very busy.

In fact, thousands of somethings!
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These tiny but dedicated creatures are rapidly moving and harvesting oak leaf litter after the Calabasas Fire in June 2016.

 

Sit back and watch the ladies at work! 
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After the Fire - Calabasas, CA   {part1}  

See the Oaks Calabasas Fire Part 2

For a video of ants from the other side of the globe:
Watch here on TheEarthMinute.com

Watch Green Tree Ants, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

And for you bee lovers!
Water for Hot Summer Bees (California)