#WildWatcher

[thiswildwatcher]

Welcome to This Wild Watcher! My name is Kaimera (Kai) and I have been a watcher of all things wild and animal for most of my life. Wild Watcher was something my husband called me one morning while I was doing just that, watching the wild. In the past 15 years I have have had a study focus on animals and wildlife, their care, their health, their healing, their conservation, etc. I have volunteered and worked with animals (wild & domestic) and wildlife as a trainer, a caretaker, and a literal wildlife watcher. My path in life has been scattered but what has remained constant is my love for animals and nature. In addition to this, I have always been a spiritual/magical soul. I am one that is many, a chimera in both name and being. So, as I continue my path as a Wild Watcher (and all it encompasses) I have decided to share my passion, life, thoughts, and adventures here with you all. Welcome to my WILD adventure!

This Wild Watcher, Kaimera

[funnywildlife]

Junior Branch Manager Phinda Mountain Lodge #ThrowbackThursday shot by #wildographydudette @_taylajean_ with @andbeyondphinda @andbeyondtravel #Wildography #wildographyandsafaris #proudlyandbeyond #wildwatch #phinda #leopard #natgeowild #safari #bigcatconservation #travelandbeyond #wildlifephotography #taylabrown (at Phinda Mountain Lodge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpR_iHuMVWa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[everydaydeeds]

Day 3658 - It's been a while since I did classifications of African projects - definitely rusty on my antelopes!

[zephyrenn]

Some silly owls from the Wildwatch Burrowing Owl project on Zooniverse!

[notjustyourhealers]

Meet Cat's D&D Characters

It's fairly obvious from the things that I post...well, everywhere, but I'm a massive D&D nerd. So, let me introduce you to some of my (many) characters! Maybe you can draw some inspiration for your next game.

Name: Erdin Lurjax Medrax

Race/Class: Dragonborn Sorcerer

Erdin is a character I play in a Discord play-by-post server. He's the runaway son of a would-be tyrant who wanted to use the magic of their draconic bloodline to take over the world. All Erdin wants is peace and safety - but he's willing to do whatever it takes to protect the people he loves from his father's nefarious scheming. Recently, he reconnected (well, sort of) with his estranged older brother and fell in love with a former cop wood elf.

Name: Agene Wildwatcher Valu-Nakane

Race/Class: Goliath Barbarian

Agene is a no-nonsense, calm under all circumstances except in a fight woman with a wicked wit and a more than wicked axe. Also, she has a dire tiger companion named Yarkye! In an early session of her campaign, she cut the rope of an escaping cultist with an excellent axe throw, pinned him down, and spit in his face. She's awesome.

Name: Wheeze Wallwalker

Race/Class: Air Genasi Rogue

Wheeze is, and I say this with all affection, a kleptomaniac little shit. He's your classic every-man-for-himself rogue who's just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing. In one of the campaigns I played him in, his best friend was a lizard blizzard wizard.

[theburrowsgarden]

Artificial Burrows

Empty mole hill in your yard? While burrowing owls might take to it like they’re on an episode of House Hunters, the burrows left behind by burrowing mammals can be a bit of an eyesore to us. Artificial burrows may be an appealing alternative, but hold your horses! There are advantages and disadvantages to the use of artificial burrows to attract burrowing owls.

Artificial burrow systems (frequently shortened as ABS) refer to small, simple constructions that are buried underground by researchers and conservation organizations to provide housing to burrowing owls where burrows are scarce.¹ That’s right: there’s a housing crisis for the burrowing owls, too. Steep declines in the populations of native burrowing mammals such as prairie dogs and ground squirrels and isolation of these colonies as a result of habitat fragmentation have resulted in fewer naturally occurring burrows for burrowing owls.² In places where burrowing mammals are scarce, conservation organizations use artificial burrows as a tool in their habitat restoration toolbox. 

A row of simply designed artificial burrows made using juice barrels, HVAC tubing and plastic buckets. Home, sweet home! Credit to Urban Bird Foundation.

Another reason these burrows have been used is to allow researchers to have easy access to the nesting sites without potentially damaging the eggs or fledglings that may live inside. If you’ve participated in Wildwatch Burrowing Owl on Zooniverse, you’re most likely looking at the entrance to an artificial burrow. They can monitor all sorts of things, such as the health and behavior of its occupants or the type of environment that burrowing owls like to keep inside of their burrows. Being able to open the artificial burrows up also allows researchers to attach bands to fledglings before they’ve left the nest, which lets us keep track of individuals year after year. Bonus: the fledglings may be so traumatized from the encounter that they’ll avoid humans and become less likely to rely on them for resources!

POV: an alien over seven times your size has captured you, given you a fancy anklet, and is dropping you off at your front door. Terrifying. Credit to Matt Poole.

So it’s true, burrowing owls do utilize artificial burrows, they may even have a preference for them!³ You know who else likes artificial burrows? Burrowing mammals.⁴ So, if you were hoping to avoid seeing ground squirrels digging in your garden, artificial burrows might not be the solution you were hoping for. It’s also important to remember that these burrows are utilized as part of a larger strategy for population management, and that there are a lot of other factors that are required for them to be habitable, such as the availability of prey items.¹

Maintenance can also be difficult with artificial burrows. For one, it requires quite a bit of terraforming to get right! Making sure the opening is just the right size for the burrowing owls while preventing predators from entering is really important.¹ Getting these things in the ground is a difficult task on its own, since they are relatively large and require nearly full coverage. Finally, maintenance needs to be done consistently yearly between occupancies, with a deep clean being required every five years.³ Unlike owl boxes, which can simply be nailed up to a post, creating the right habitat for a burrowing owl to move in using artificial methods is quite a bit more involved.

A raven desperate to get inside of a burrow for some delicious owl-nuggets. Probably one of the more common non-owl animals seen on Wildwatch Burrowing Owl–alongside cows. There’s a lot of cows and ravens.

So, while extremely cool, it’s definitely not a solution for everyone. Rather than make one yourself, consider sponsoring an artificial burrow! If you’re dead-set on installing artificial burrows, it would be best to contact nonprofits that specialize in bird conservation such as Urban Bird Foundation or local wildlife rescue organizations to get a better idea of what work needs to be done to install and maintain an artificial burrow on your land.

¹Johnson, D. H., Gillis, D. C., Gregg, M. A., Rebholz, J. L., Lincer, J. L., & Belthoff, J. R. (2010). User guide to the installation of artificial burrows for burrowing owls. Tree Tops Inc. https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01199

²Klute, D., Ayers, L., Green, M., Howe, W., Jones, S., Shaffer, J., Sheffield, S., & Zimmerman, T. (2003). Status assessment and conservation plan for the western burrowing owl in the United States. United States Fish and Wildlife: Staff Publications. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usfwspubs/483

³Menzel, S. (2018). Artificial burrow use by burrowing owls in northern California. Journal of Raptor Research, 52(2), 167–177. https://doi.org/10.3356/jrr-17-05.1

⁴Keppers, J. L., Skoruppa, M. K., Woodin, M. C., & Hickman, G. C. (2008). Use of artificial burrows by western burrowing owls and other vertebrates during winter in southern Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society, 41(2), 59–64. http://mail.texasbirds.org/publications/bulletins/bulletin_vol_41_2.pdf#page=23

[dailyzooniverse]

Into the Zooniverse: Wildwatch Burrowing Owl

As part of Citizen Science Month 2023, we’re sharing excerpts from ‘Into the Zooniverse’, a series of books celebrating the projects and people of the Zooniverse. You can find and download all editions of ‘Into the Zooniverse’ here. Wildwatch Burrowing Owl THE RESEARCH TEAM, made up of members of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, monitors this delicate species which lives underground rather…

[pineclans]

Moon 12 : Newleaf : Year 8

Flashpaw dies after slipping down the cliffsides during a rainy day at 7 moons. They are mourned by the whole clan.

Sweetkit reaches 6 moons and becomes Sweetpaw. He is mentored by Driftwood.

Sunstrike, Wildwatcher, Nettlebite, and Hickoryspot battle and kills a coyote that attempted to enter the camp.

A tom by the name of Bigheart joins the clan with his two children, Smokekit and Turtlekit.

Twinespot manages to take on four rogues who invaded Pineclan territory, skillfully defeating them all and sparing their lives.

[jadesjunk]

Week 53 Drawing Challenge

Last drawing for 2020, I know there were only two days left but I still wanted to do a final piece to finish it off. Here’s my boy Dio (nickname for his nickname Dionysus aka Wildwatcher.)

2021 will be a series of month long projects now with hopefully weekly updates starting next Wednsday!

[cataleerc]

For one Shava Wildwatcher: 4, 7, 15, 21 :P

Shava, my sweet, feral child.

4. Do they have any verbal ticks? Do they have trouble pronouncing certain words or getting their thoughts across clearly?

Shava’s most prominent verbal tick is her habit of beginning her sentences with “um”. It’s a tick that formed out of her own insecurity when addressing other people. She’s lived most of her life thus far with almost no need for interpersonal communication, so she’s not sure how to address others effectively. It’s also for this reason that she almost always refrains from addressing groups as a whole and instead chooses to speak with one person at a time. It may be less effective, but it’s really all she can handle.

7. How does your character perceive themselves? Positive? Negative? Neutral?

Shava has a very negative perception of herself. She doesn’t think she’s a bad person, but she doesn’t believe herself to be enough. In her mind, she falls short of satisfactory in everything she does, and it’s been this way for as long as she can remember. It’s a very exhausting state of mind, but so far she hasn’t received the sort of confirmation she needs to change this perception of herself. 

15. Can they multitask or must they focus on one subject at a time?

She’s an absolute nightmare at multitasking, but it doesn’t stop her from trying. She doesn’t have to focus to work one task at a time, but when she tries to tackle multiple things at once something almost always ends up either incomplete or forgotten. 

21. Your character has been granted 3 wishes: what would they wish for and why?

She wouldn’t have to think about her first wish: She wants to find her birth parents. This unknown facet of her life has always left her with a lot of questions. She doesn’t have a complete perception of herself, and she’s always wondered if finding her biological parents would help her find the answers she needs to finally understand who she is and where she belongs. 

As for the other two, she’d likely ask if she can gift them to other people since she doesn’t have anything else to wish for. If that’s not an option, she might save them for an instance where she can use them to benefit those she cares for.

[karibuafricasafaris]

The world has currently been full of uncertainties. Plans disrupted. But this week we received some good news. Tanzania has been awarded a Safe Travels stamp by The World Travel and Tourism Council (@wtandtc) and we couldn't be more happier. So, contact us. Tanzania is called the "safari country," not only for its national parks but also for their variety in size, landscape, experience and abundance of wildlife. And there is no better way to end a holiday than sunbasking on the sandy beaches of Zanzibar. Click the link on our bio and let us help you to plan and book your safari holiday in Tanzania. . . #tanzania #safariinafrica #safetravels #tanzaniaunforgetable #serengeti #stillatraveler #familytravels #traveldeeper #wildwatch #lockdown #openforbusiness #tourismstrong #lockdown https://www.instagram.com/p/CD335H9hHtC/?igshid=ke8ch6ke9ym6

[thiswildwatcher]

I had a female praying mantis visit my house last week and since then, I have had a different animal messenger each day, each of them bringing me messages about the path that I have recently started. This was my first encounter with a wild praying mantis and the lessons she brought were priceless. Since then, my goals have manifested, my confidence has soared, and all is right in life.

Be Still, Breathe. This is the lesson of the Praying Mantis.

The Praying Mantis is a creature of stillness. They represent the calm and the patient. They also represent good luck in many cultures. If you are lucky enough to be visited by a Praying Mantis, take some time to reflect on your life and make time to be still.

-This Wild Watcher

[funnywildlife]

Who Let The Dogs Out! Who, who, who, who? #Repost @andbeyondtravel ・・・ Look at who is "making their way" to @andbeyondtengile! Perfect timing to welcome our guest back to this magnificent area of the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, South Africa! #SAisTravelReady. See what lies beyond... --------- Guest visiting Tengile River Lodge can once again indulge and explore over 10,500 hectares (26,000 acre) of the world famous Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve. Sharing an unfenced boundary with the iconic Kruger National Park, and with access to over 10 km of the Sand River, the opportunity for exceptional and exclusive game viewing has never been better! -------- 🎥: @joshvdploeg 📍: @andbeyondtengile 🌍: Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, South Africa. --------- #WildographyandSafaris #AfricanSafaris #AndBeyondTravel #seewhatliesbeyond #wildwatch #wilddogs #pups #kirkmanskamp #tengile #andbeyondtengile #southafrica #wildlifephotgraphy #andbeyondkirkmans #travelbecause #andbeyondathome #luxurytravel #travelinspiration #virtualtravel #traveldeeper #paintedwolf #wilddogs #endangeredspecies #africanwilddog #dog #dogsofinstagram #babyanimals #predators #stillatraveler #andbeyondexperiences https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHm3iigOSV/?igshid=144obbzzxh3qg

[safarieyes-blog1]

Other side of wildlife safari#wildernesstanzania#wildlifesafari#wildwatching#Serengeti#travel#tourism#tour#photography#photosafari#phototour#trip#traveling#journey#travel#cameratime#camera#amazingtour#excellentsafari#excitedwild#awesometanzania https://www.instagram.com/safarieyes/p/Bs2HUc0lHUl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eox9mv1rintg

[zookeeperrick]

Help our local #wildlife - Follow @wildlife_conservancy and check out the link in their bio. #CitizenScience for the WIN!!! Posted • @wildlife_conservancy Who-o-o-o-o dis? Just a bird in need of your help. Western burrowing owls are at risk of going extinct in San Diego, but now you can help save them. Wildwatch Burrowing Owl is an exciting new project that asks volunteers to assist our researchers in learning more about this charismatic local species. You can help us develop programs to protect them without even leaving your couch. Click the link in our bio to join our 🦉 research team. #EndExtinction #BurrowingOwl #SanDiego . . . . . #birdnerd #igbirds #animallovers #igscwildlife #animales #exclusive_animals #best_birds_of_ig #birdfreaks #wildlifeaddicts #wildlifephotography #animalworld #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #animalsaddict #planet_of_animals #wildlife_seekers #sandiegozoo (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxa9fj-lCVa/?igshid=15me5l10edo5w

[trendpickle]

Best Drama Movies On Netflix For All Time

Are you looking for stylish best netflix drama movies to spark up your life? We got it all for you mixed in everything one could ask for from crime suspenser to love, from true classics to award winning pictures. When's the list of stylish drama pictures on Netflix India.

Disclaimer: Pictures listed in this blog are available on Netflix on a temporary basis.

Stylish Drama Pictures from Netflix

The Intern

An each- time favorite movie about an old retired successful business proprietor who's 70 times old and is also a companion. He ultimately lands up getting an externship offer at a fashion website. The fashion website is owned by a youthful woman. “ The Intern” shines out because film showcases fellowship between manly-womanish which is n’t what we see in other pictures – domestic or sexual. This movie surely qualifies as a fish out of water comedy.

Director Nancy Meyers

Cast Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo

Into The Wild

Watching this movie will surely refresh you and gear up the feeling of wanderlust. This movie is one of the stylish effects to watch. It falls under the category of “ Happy Go Lucky Spirit” . It presents a story of a joe who gives down$ to charity, burns all the cash, and abandons his auto. Into The Wild has an amazing background score that connects its followership with every scene of the movie.

Director Sean Penn

Cast Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener

The Trial of the Chicago 7

This Netflix film dramatizes the events that unfolded the ignominious 1969-1970 court case. Movie takes you along for an absorbing look at American legal history. Aaron with The Trial of the Chicago 7 just proved that he's as poignant behind the lens as at the typewriter.

Director Aaron Sorkin

Cast Yahaya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty Click here to read more