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rhamphotheca: Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:32 -0400

Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis)

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Endemic to a tiny area in the western Andes of Colombia, this resplendent hummingbird remained undiscovered until 1967. Unfortunately, the mild Andean climate of the puffleg’s habitat has made it very attractive to human settlers, who have been clearing the cloud forest for crops and cattle grazing.

In 2005, ABC and its Colombian partner Fundación ProAves established the 3,341-acre Mirabilis-Swarovski Bird Reserve, to protect a core area of habitat from deforestation, and to ensure that this species survives for future generations. This reserve also protects the critically endangered Munchique Wood-Wren, endangered Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer, and other vulnerable bird species.

(via: American Bird Conservation) (photo: Luis Mazariegos)

rhamphotheca: Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) NEAR...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:28 -0400

rhamphotheca:

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

NEAR THREATENED

The Yellow-billed Loon is the largest of the world’s five loon species. It can be told from the Common Loon, which it resembles, by its larger yellow or ivory-colored bill. This species has very specific habitat requirements, needing deep, clear, clean bodies of water for successful breeding. Its nest is a small depression in a hummock constructed of mud or peat and lined with grasses, built close to the water’s edge. It feeds largely on fish, but takes some invertebrates and vegetation.

Threats include fishing bycatch, marine pollution coastal oil spills in both its breeding and wintering ranges (as many as 870 Yellow-billed Loons were killed in the Exxon Valdez spill), oil and gas development, rising sea levels caused by climate change, and subsistence harvest by Native Alaskans.

The Yellow-billed Loon was designated a candidate species for listing under the Endangered Species Act in 2009. Unfortunately, it is still awaiting the attention it requires.

(via: American Bird Conservancy) (photo: Luke Seitz)

Help ABC conserve this and other birds and their habitats!

staff: Attention West Coast: Check out our official Tumblr...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:25 -0400

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Attention West Coast: Check out our official Tumblr meetup in Los Angeles on Tuesday 5/1! RSVP here.

rhamphotheca: Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) … a...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:17 -0400

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Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)

… a small species of New World warbler. Adults grow to 12.5–16 cm (4.9–6.3 in) in length and 11–20.5 g (0.39–0.72 oz) in weight. The wingspan averages at 23 cm (9.1 in). They feed on insects and other invertebrates.

Swainson’s Warblers are uncommon, mostly found in flooded swamplands and canebrakes of the south-eastern United States. They are a migratory species, with part of the population migrating southeastwards to the Greater Antilles and the other southwestwards to the Yucatán Peninsula region in winter. Pairs form and stake out and defend a territory for nesting. Nests are fairly large and bulky, constructed from moss, grass, and small leaves situated above ground in a tangle of tall reeds or vines. The female will lay between 3 to 5 eggs…

(read more: Wikipedia)

- illustration from Warblers of North America (1907), by Louis Fuertes Aggasiz

rhamphotheca: A Late Pummeling For Earth by Richard A....

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:12 -0400

rhamphotheca:

A Late Pummeling For Earth

by Richard A. Kerr

From the Mars-size object that slammed into our planet 4.5 billion years ago, forming the moon, to a bombardment that boiled off early oceans as recently as 2.5 billion years ago, Earth has taken some massive stonings in its lifetime. Now scientists think they know where the rocks were coming from. In a paper published online today in Nature, planetary dynamicists finger the now-depleted inner edge of the asteroid belt, located just outside the orbit of Mars.

Researchers had previously proposed that Jupiter and Saturn wandered toward the sun about 4 billion years ago, gravitationally slinging asteroids toward Earth as they went. But new computer simulations suggest that these planets would have also flung some innermost asteroids into inclined, but not perfectly stable, orbits. Slowly, these asteroids escaped from these orbits, pummeling Earth for billions of years to come.

(via: Science NOW) (image: Don Davis/NASA)

hitrecord: “The Office Cat” Illustration by...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:02 -0400

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“The Office Cat”

Illustration by Nattie

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spx: GB Tran does AMERICA.

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:59 -0400

spx:

GB Tran does AMERICA.

typewriterblues: I’m looking for some quality penpals. If...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:56 -0400

typewriterblues:

I’m looking for some quality penpals. If you’re interested click here.
Also, I have a book you can buy here.

typewriterblues: I’m looking for some quality penpals. If...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:53 -0400

typewriterblues:

I’m looking for some quality penpals. If you’re interested click here.
Also, I have a book you can buy here.

typewriterblues: I’m looking for some quality penpals. If...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:47 -0400

typewriterblues:

I’m looking for some quality penpals. If you’re interested click here.
Also, I have a book you can buy here.

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staff: Olá! Today we’re launching Tumblr’s official Brazilian...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:28 -0400

staff:

Olá! Today we’re launching Tumblr’s official Brazilian Staff Blog while we finish polishing our upcoming Brazilian Portuguese localization. We haven’t forgotten our users in Portugal, either — Tumblr’s official Portuguese Staff Blog also just launched, and we’ve got a European Portuguese version of our interface on the way too. Em breve teremos mais novidades! / Fiquem atentos às próximas novidades!

(Photo: Josh)

staff: Name The Underground New York Public LibraryLocation...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:22 -0400

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Name The Underground New York Public Library
Location NYC
First post December 2011

The Underground New York Public Library is a visual library featuring the plentiful and diverse reading-riders of New York City’s subways. Beneath the streets, photographer Ourit Ben-Haim takes candid shots of commuters with their books and posts them with the book titles and other commentary. Weekly features include a Sunday bible-reader, a Friday e-book reader, and mystery titles that are solved by the Tumblr community.

Also check out…

FULLMETALPIXEL!
Development blog for Full Metal Pixel, a game created by this guy.

PenLive
The Pen American Center is liveblogging its annual World Voices Festival of International Literature. Hear from authors like Salman Rushdie, Tony Kushner, Jennifer Egan, Margaret Atwood, Colson Whitehead and many more.

Tonight: I Love Charts Book Launch and NYC Tumblr Meetup
Celebrate Tumblr’s own I Love Charts book launch with a special Tumblr Meetup 6-11pm at Hôtel Americano.

staff: If you’re a fan of Tumblr’s recently updated Android...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:18 -0400

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If you’re a fan of Tumblr’s recently updated Android app, consider the wisdom of Tumblr’s own Android expert Chris Haseman. He recently released his second book, Creating Android Applications: Develop and Design. Available for Kindle download and paperback purchase via Amazon, Chris shows you how to use the powerful set of Android tools to begin creating the next generation of Android applications.

“I wrote the book because learning Android is hard in a few ways,” he says. “Doing a bunch of searches on how to write an Android application gives you information without knowledge.”

Creating Android Applications provides a complete introduction to developing for Google’s mobile OS, offering tons of insights and hard-earned advice. After a tour of how to install and configure the Android SDK and Eclipse IDE, you jump right in to build your first Android project.

“Android has several traps for beginners all of which I’ve fallen into. The book, in a way, is my best attempt to help new people avoid them,” Chris says. “Plus, I’ve always wanted to dedicate a book to my wife, and this seemed like the shortest path to get there.”

staff: Exciting fashion news from Vogue and The Metropolitan...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:14 -0400

staff:

Exciting fashion news from Vogue and The Metropolitan Museum of Art! For the first time, Tumblr bloggers Jamie, Jillian, and Julia will cover the red carpet of the prestigious Costume Institute Gala on May 7 in New York. Check out the action on their Tumblrs as well as the museum’s live feed. (Photo: PMc)

staff: joey: The Ministry of Design has a flag now. Salute!

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:10 -0400

staff:

joey:

The Ministry of Design has a flag now.

Salute!