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Great video made by a friend of mine. Only in French at the moment.
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Snowy Days
We’re almost ready to release the first rescued Western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) of the season, which hatched behind the scenes in May.
During the breeding season of this threatened shorebird (March through September), we rescue injured adults and chicks as well as abandoned eggs, which we incubate behind the scenes.
To date, we’ve reared and released more than 120 birds, including 80 that hatched from eggs. We keep an eye on them in the wild, too – and know that many we rescued have successfully reproduced.
It’s Wild out There
These fluffy, feisty shorebirds struggle for survival. They nest on the same beaches where people and dogs like to play, their tiny eggs lying in a mere scrape in the sand. When their nests are approached, nervous parents scurry away and sometimes don’t return.
That’s when we and other snowy plover rescuers and watchers step in. As one of the main rehabilitation sites in Northern California for shorebirds, we work hard to make a difference for this vulnerable population.
You can help keep adult plovers from abandoning their nests by keeping your dog on a leash on beaches and staying out of areas that are blocked off as bird nesting sites.
Listen to our associate curator of aviculture describe our Western snowy plover rescue and rehabilitation program
Visit our Animal Guide for more information on this little shorebird
Our thanks to National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore for the wonderful images of our animals that he created for his PhotoArk project.
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These look deliciously cool
Hilarious Miniature Movie Scenes by Nicolas Knepper
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Wait, what did they just say?! Jimmy reads his favorite fan-submitted #MisheardLyrics tweets!
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L’agglo et la colère généralisée des quartiers : déjà en crise sous Baïetto, la Métro se prépare à une crise généralisée des quartiers d’une force inédite.
Dans la ville-centre (Grenoble), c’est la contestation généralisée. Le centre-ville proteste contre son déclassement (AG tumultueuse lundi 18 mai au soir).
Mais le Sud de Grenoble proteste contre son non-reclassement. Des promesses financières avaient été faites pendant la campagne et sans lendemain 500 jours plus tard.
(NB : pour les articles presse du jour comme celui ci-dessus du Dauphiné Libéré, nous publions des extraits pour respecter la version papier seule dépositaire de l’intégralité de l’article en question).
Mais il en est de même ailleurs. A Meylan (UMP), la protestation s’organise autour d’une piscine à l’abandon. A La Tronche (PS), il est question d’une urbanisation trop densifiée suite à la loi ALUR. A Varces Allières et Risset (PS), de même. A Vif (UMP), c’est au contraire la révision du PLU qui se fait trop attendre. A Pont de Claix (PS), les commerces du centre-ville s’inquiètent du projet de restructuration. A St Paul de Varces (UMP), les critiques fusent sur la place inhabituelle et désormais permanente du bruit sur la Commune.
…. : actuellement, pas une Commune sans une crise sérieuse au minimum. Pourquoi ? Parce que la politique a perdu le respect. Exemple caricatural : la presse étrangère consacre de longs articles à la dérision portée par des questions posées vendredi via le dialogue de Twitter avec Sarkozy. Des questions qui en annoncent long sur le climat de la présidentielle 2017.
Parce que l’élection de mars 2014 a d’abord été la sanction du Gouvernement PS et donc le feu vert pour l’absence de visions locales. Il suffisait de capitaliser la sanction du PS. Il est impossible de citer un grand projet local mobilisateur. Donc les abcès de contestations occupent toute l’attention.
Mais surtout parce que les citoyens dans l’agglo ne comprennent plus rien au qui fait quoi. Et les élus municipaux deviennent donc les premiers coupables désignés. C’est une crise sans précédent qui s’annonce à seulement 500 jours des élections de mars 2014 dans un climat inédit de contestations.
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Post it forward
Hi.
I started my tumblr thinking of all the things I had to say. And as usual, they stay in my head.
But post it forward was something that called to me and I couldn’t not participate.
My mum starting suffering from depression since I was 8 or 10. It was probably underlying before, but it all came to light after a big blowout with my father’s family.
She started withdrawing into herself, exploding at the weirdest times at my dad and as the only one who reacted in my family I was kind of caught in it. 20 years on and she is better, but she still has moments when things just go wrong.
I am always a very silent person, very withdrawn. That probably came from the fact that I am very akward, and people didn’t get me. I crave recognition. Not attention, not credit, not revards, just somebody to recognise me. So I get out of my way to be nice, to work the best I can.
And doing that I forget sometimes to be happy.
It took me a very long time for me to realise that the life I had was actually making me more miserable than happy. And as painfully shy as I was, and despite the panic I felt, I left my country and went to Ireland for a work placement.
8 years on and now most days I am happy. What changed was the people I met here. I ended in a company where the culture is mixed, with people coming from all over europe and a few from further down the road.
It took me a while to leave behind the sad shy person I was at 21. And at almost 30 well it is starting to be very good.
What changed was that people saw me for me. They didn’t know my past and I got to leave it behind and find who I was on my own.
I read a book called “the secret” and it helped so much. Yes it was the kind of things you would expect from a feel good book, but it helped start thinking in positives about me.
Somedays it is hard to remember that I am happy and that I have a good life and even more great things ahead of me. But then I think about all I have done and I just give me a little kick and to just put a smile on my face and take it all in.
My message would be to look at the little things in life that are good and bring them in. If that songs makes you forget for a few minutes about the worries you have then blast it on on repeat. Don’t let others get in your head, you are probably already there enough kicking yourself to the curb,
One thing very sappy but so true is that the more positive you think even on the darkest day, the more positive you get your life.
And on a day you don’t feel good, just smile to a stranger and say hello, the big smile you will get back will make you feel better. Because sometimes all you need is a smile. And when it’s not enough, a mini dance party to shake your endorphines and that should even for a few minutes.
So good luck, keep strong and remember that nobody but you can make you happy and that the smallest change should come from within you before trying to change other people views.
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