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Dawn Traveler by Percy G. Ulsamer 

For purchase as prints here

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Dawn Swim by Percy G. Ulsamer

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I’ve worked at a Ren Faire for about 2 years and a good half of all the costumes were pop culture, just twisted to be period clothing. That fourth photo is actually my friends at my local faire!

the renaissance faire is just comic con but outside and with jousting on horses instead of deadpool with a katana vs a brony with a lightsaber

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Name Change

Hello everyone! Sorry that I haven’t been on in a long time. I’ve been finishing up school and actually just graduated from high school Monday! 

With high school over and a new beginning with college, I’m finally changing my name! 

I’m going from Gale Ulsamer to Percy Gale Ulsamer. I’m working on getting a probate court date as well as a gender change on my birth certificate. Feel free to still call me Gale, as it will take a while to change everything around.

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idk why people act like ufos are so elusive and rare. i see ufos all the time. every bird i don’t recognize is a ufo

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A special eye protein is helping birds to “see” Earth’s magnetic field! If that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.

The ability to see Earth’s magnetic field, known as magnetoreception, relies on the presence of specifically the blue wavelength of light. The complex process involves “radical” intermediate molecules which are sensitive to Earth’s magnetic field. The Earth’s magnetic field, as it relates to the direction the bird is facing, could alter the intermediate radical molecules differently, giving the bird a sense for where it is facing in relation to the Earth’s magnetic field.

While the exact way birds visualize Earth’s magnetic field is part of further investigation, scientists believe the Cry4 protein acts as sort of a filter over the bird’s vision. This filter would allow birds to see a sort of compass of the Earth and direct their migratory flights accordingly.

Source: Forbes

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Name Change

I don’t really talk about my personal life too much on Tumblr but I’m ready to announce I’m legally changing my name! I’ll now be going by Ezra, but you can still call me Gale if you’d like.

It’s a huge step in my FTM transition and I’m excited about it! I’ll be eventually changing all my social media accordingly.

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Okay since @jensteed said so, here we go!

So there is a difference between natural and sexual selection. Natural selection happens when a mutated trait helps the animal gather more food, defend food sources, etc. If we focus on food, this happens when food sources are closely clustered, meaning males have to compete. The survival aiding traits spread through the population.

Sexual selection happens when there are a lack of predators or the food source is maybe more spread out, making it so everyone is happy and no competition is in play. Now, it is up to the females to chose. So, a mutation like the Greater Bird of Paradise’s plumage might have happened. The females liked it as an appealing trait. So, as more males bred with the long feather trait, we’ll call it, more males started showing up with it. Males with longer, colorful feathers were more appealing so they got more elaborate to the point where they look like that. The problem with sexual selection is that typically, the males don’t survive as long as they’ve sacrificed survival aiding traits to appeal to males. Like, look at this Long-tailed Widowbird; he can barely keep himself above the grass!

So, that’s how we got all of these crazy, fancy, colorful birds.

At this point, I should just make a whole post about the Bird of Paradise and their crazy evolution story!

This video really helps explain it:

underappreciated bird species

nicobar pigeon

golden pheasant

victoria crowned pigeon

kakapo

blue footed booby

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A Fitting Meal by Gale Ulsamer Via Flickr: I’ve been learning how to use Lightroom so not my best edit but good practice!

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I’ve been super busy but here is a sneak peek into something I’ve been working on! I’m not showing the complete poster yet because it still needs many edits. 

I am doing this with the Natural Resource Conservation Academy at UConn! I’ll be presenting it at the Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources in March. 

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Who wants to hear how some of these species didn’t evolve due to natural selection but rather sexual selection because it is so cool

underappreciated bird species

nicobar pigeon

golden pheasant

victoria crowned pigeon

kakapo

blue footed booby

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1. I need these shirts

2. Thank you for the explanation! It’s been a huge argument at my museum.

making two extremely bitter dinosaur shirts for myself to wear to the June 22 2018 Jurassic World 2 premiere

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I hope to make it back to a SPG show some day. The lightning, makeup, outfits, and effects always make really awesome photos. With more photography experience now under my belt, I really want to get the opportunity again! 

Can’t wait to see more photos from the show! 

Rabbit 1/27/18 | photo by trekkiebeth

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Just got a Canon 80D. Oh what beauty it is! I can’t wait to start using it as opposed to my Rebel T5. Praying for a jump in quality with my photos!

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we drifted apart a few years ago, but I'm really happy you have become so talented. i'm really, REALLY proud of you!

Aww... I don’t know who you are but thank you so much! Feel free to message me off anon if you want to get back in touch!

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Thank you! Hoping to make it a part of my career!

SPG’s show tonight was fantastic. I took lots of photos.

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I can’t wait to see them! Your SPG photos are what inspired me to start photographing in the first place!

SPG’s show tonight was fantastic. I took lots of photos.