Listen to The Earth Minute in an Antique Clock Shop - Pacific Grove, California

Time to listen carefully...  to a minute from an earlier age.

 
 HD sound and Pix
Listen to the Sounds as The Earth Minute visits the Antique Clock Shop in Pacific Grove, CA. 

Hundreds of clocks are ticking away and being wound for the day. 
It was a great pleasure to be among such craftsmanship. Many of these clocks are hundreds of years old.

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See a Whale's Tail! Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Dozens of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were around us as we took a trip into the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Humpbacks migrate to Alaskan waters to feed during the summer months.

Walk the Beach in Malibu, California

Take a Walk on the beach in Malibu, CA.

How many different species of birds do you see? 

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Check out the cruising long billed curlew (Numenius americanus).

Look for the rare and threatened western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus).  SO  CUTE!!

Open your eyes and take a deep breath...

Do you smell the surf?   - Michael Lawshe

about the western snowy plover

about the long billed curlew

Bewick's Wrens Build a Nest

Sometimes an EarthMinute happens on your doorstep.
 
The Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii) is a small brown bird with a large voice and a constructive nature. The male builds several nests and his mate chooses the one she likes best. Nests are built in cavities–holes in trees, nest boxes, even baskets and gourds. One year Bewick's wrens built a nest in a pot on our back porch.  This year they’ve built a nest in the brain cavity of a cow skull.

Listen for their vocalizations as they communicate with each other.

For an extended 4 minute version with more building action, check out AnimalBytes.net.

 

Watch Green Tree Ants, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Green tree ants (Oecophylla 
smaragdina) are found through out the tropical rainforest of northern Queensland, Australia. They are occasionally referred to as weaver ants as they form large leafy nests fastened together by strands of silk secreted by their own larvae.
 These large ants range in size from 4-10 mm in length. These green ants were about 7mm - over a quarter of an inch long.
This HD video and audio were recorded in Cape Tribulation in Tropical North Queensland, Australia on the railing of our bungalow in the rainforest. Listen for the sounds of the rainforest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant

Hiking Los Virgenes Open Space, CA

Take a Hike in the mountains rimming Los Angeles, CA.


 
Look for the native coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), valley oak (Quercus lobata), the white trumpet flower of Jimson weed (Datura stramonium), and a coyote (Canis latrans).

You don't have to travel far to be a world away. - Keri Dearborn

For more on the Las Virgenes Open Space. 

 

The Earth Minute is Coming!

Take a minute to experience the Earth around you. 

Starting March 21st, 2014, The Earth Minute will bring you a weekly escape to the natural world. Spend a minute with us to open your eyes and ears to the uniqueness around you.

Join us March 21, 2014

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