Nicola Finch
@nkwala.bsky.social
Picture taker, bird lover, death talker, pathwalker, writer, reader.
Our burnt and ravaged forest was looking especially beautiful in the hoar frost today. 2017 Wildfire.
15 out of 22 #albatross species are threatened with #extinction. To raise awareness of this #conservation crisis, we celebrate #WorldAlbatrossDay on June, 19th. On that occasion, I share a great science fact about albatrosses in my latest newsletter. 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/albatross-...
Albatrosses listen to the ocean to find their way
Albatrosses follow infrasound signals from the ocean to find feeding grounds and optimal flight conditions.
beaksandbones.substack.com
So happy my (sort of) review essay on Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social is out in the world! scroll.in/article/1082...
‘Is a River Alive?’: Radical resistance and solidarity between humans and the natural world
Robert Macfarlane’s new book is a tripartite ecological-literary tour de force.
scroll.in
Studies for a series of images I’m making called ‘On my Knees at the Bridge’. Small framed stories from the Creek.
So many beautiful tree swallows. Every one of our 50+ nesting boxes claimed!
This is how you write a headline. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
nbcnews.com
Late March on the meadow. Our resplendent Redwing Blackbirds
This sweet young Fir broken in a recent March wind/snow storm. We will stand her up with a prosthetic trunk and tender her recovery. We have other trees who have recovered this way.
