The remnants of a small paper wasp nest.

Listening

The latest episode of Vox’s The Grey Area features an insightful interview with Tom Nichols: Who Needs Experts?

Reading

• How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past
• How Life Really Works

Photos

Insect eggs

The eggs of an insect on the underside of a leaf. These are possibly the eggs of Orgyia antiqua, the Rusty Tussock Moth.

Eriophyes gall mite

These strange growths on the leaves of a city street tree (Crimean Linden, Tilia x euchlora) are the galls created by a mite in the Eriphyes genus (probably Eriophyes tiliae).

Dawn at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park

Gull nesting season…

There’s still at least another three weeks until the first chicks hatch, but this morning I took a walk across the Granville Street Bridge to check in on some of the nest locations. Most of the traditional locations had brooding birds. I also found a new nest location that should provide some good photographs.

Until next time.

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