#naturejournal — Public Fediverse posts

We see White-winged Doves in summer in Tucson, sitting on top of Saguaros, eating the Saguaros’ nectar, pollen, fruit, & seeds. Here’s 1 in my Perpetual Journal. See more on my blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/more-avian-visitors

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Here are my Perpetual Journal nature observations fm my yard 1, 2 & 3 yrs ago this week: Prickly Pear fruits; Velvet Mesquite catkins & seedpods; Western Tanager. This week in ‘26 we see lots of PP fruits, some VM catkins, & no Tanagers.

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Here’s another recent Illustrated Journal page—my art & notes celebrating little things in everyday life: 16 Queen Butterflies; yummy fruit, tofu & blue cornmeal; & a trip to the mountains. See more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/lots-of-butterflies-yummy-food-and

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I keep a Perpetual Journal; here are my entries from 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week: organic local produce; 9 Saguaro seedlings; Palo Verde seedlings. We donated our baby Saguaros to a local enviro. non-profit & now we’re just starting to see little PV seedlings.

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I keep a Perpetual Journal; here are my entries from my yard 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week: Foothills Palo Verde Seedpods turning red; 0.82” rain; Saguaro fruits! In ‘26 the seedpods are turning tan; Saguaros have had fruit for weeks & we got .4” rain the previous week.

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Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of Saguaro & Hedgehog cacti in bloom in my Tucson AZ yard this Spring. Read more about cacti in bloom on my recent blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/saguaro-and-hedgehog-flowers

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1 of the joys of keeping a Perpetual Journal is seeing what happened this week in previous years. Here’s my PJ art of Tucson nature observations 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week. In ‘23 we got snow. In ‘26 the temp’s been over 90°!

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I love watching Prickly Pear tunas (fruits) change color from green>pink>maroon so I used data visualization in my art to track the color change. On Day 19 I saw a Harris’s Antelope Ground Squirrel eating it & on Day 20 the tuna had fallen off the cactus, onto the ground.

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We’re starting to see more Queen Butterfly eggs & larvae on our Milkweeds (1st time since May; here they are in my Perpetual Journal). I love watching butterflies’ life cycle from egg>caterpillar>chrysalis>butterfly!😍

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Couldn't decide whether it is worth reading any further this #NatureJournal article.

"Simple steps could shrink US beef industry’s carbon #hoofprint. #BeefProduction accounts for 3% of country’s #CarbonEmissions, but measures such as tree-planting offer help." 🙄

First of, #cattle carbon emission, if you factor in everything, are surely higher than 3%

Second: planting trees? Really???

Publishing such ridiculous claims as science? I'm baffled.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02848-x

#ClimateAction #methane