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My New Neighbor

Allie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:29:06 +0000

One of the best things about living in Florida is the neighbors. At any given time I have anoles and butterflies outside my window, and on the rare occasion, teeny tiny geckos. However, I’ve discovered I have a new neighbor, as this rather large gecko has been hanging out on my porch window a few nights recently. Pretty cool, huh?

Nature Photography Day 2010

Allie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:05:49 +0000

Credit: Allie Wilkinson

Today is the fifth year that the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) celebrates Nature Photography Day, a day to celebrate the natural world through photography and advance the cause of conservation.

Check out some nature photography tips from PhotoNaturalist.
Read up on what conservation photography is at the International League for Conservation Photographers (ILCP) website or on my other blog.
Submit your photos to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Photo Contest or The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest.
Oh yeah…..and you can also check out my photography gallery!

Hello Again, and Happy New Year!

Allie — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:14:27 +0000

Credit: Allie Wilkinson

Happy New Year! I’ve settled into my new job and I have a few weeks until I have to start thinking about school again. With Science Online ’10 quickly approaching, it seems like the right time to pick up the blog, dust it off and begin writing again.

Starting things off slow and easy, I wanted to share this photograph of an arctic fox I took at the Denver Zoo (during my trip for the Defenders of Wildlife Carnivore Conservation Conference). These little guys are much better adapted to stand the cold than I can–they can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as -58℉ (-50℃)! I can’t even stand it when it gets cold here in New York….these winter months have me daydreaming of laying on a beach surrounded by palm trees.

She Who Flips Rocks, Finds No Pill Bugs

Allie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:32:45 +0000

In an attempt to help my sister with her science homework, I spent two hours being attacked my mosquitoes while I flipped over rocks in search of pill bugs. After flipping rocks and bricks, I had only found 4 of the little buggers.

My day did have a surprising turn though. While flipping bricks in the butterfly garden I planted last year, I discovered that my little garden is now a haven for bees, and lots of them.

Add a Little Nature to Your Photography

Allie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:13:02 +0000

Four years ago, the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) designated June 15th as Nature Photography Day to recognize and promote the use of photography for nature appreciation and conservation.

I love photography. I love nature. It seems obvious that I would love the combination of the two. In fact, I almost exclusively take photos of landscapes and wildlife. So in honor of Nature Photography Day, I would like so share a bit of my own photography:

Some suggestions from NANPA:

Select a subject in nature that is small or common and thus easily overlooked. Then photograph it in a way to make the ordinary seem extraordinary.
Take your kids and grandkids on a nature trek and give them a single-use camera to use. Then print some of their photos and present them, in a mat or frame, to those young photographers.
Pick something that you’ve never photographed before, and then make plans to photograph that subject or scene every June 15.
Look for and photograph something that detracts from the beauty in nature – images that show how human beings sometimes adversely affect our environment.
Finally, ask yourself how your images can help to bring positive changes to your world!