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Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD
Exciting August
As Kissed by a Fox races to the finish line—with an official book release date of September 11!—the month of August is getting exciting. New website. Stay tuned for a brand-new website with this blog folded into it. The awesome book … Continue reading
Nestlings
I’ve been volunteering this summer as a nestbox monitor on Bald Mountain, ostensibly for bluebird boxes. However, the bluebirds have been in the minority this year. Several boxes housed pygmy nuthatches, like the one investigating this box: She went on to … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, bluebirds, hatchlings, nestbox monitoring, nestlings, nuthatches, pygmy nuthatches, swallows, violet-green swallows, western bluebirds
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Publisher’s Weekly reviews Kissed by a Fox
I’m thrilled to announce that Publisher’s Weekly today reviews Kissed by a Fox. I’m even more thrilled that the reviewer has a lot of good things to say about it: a tenderly woven collection of essays an entertaining and emotionally resonant book … Continue reading
Birding half a world away in the Rio Botanical Gardens
So after the marathon UN conference in Rio, I had one last day to enjoy poking around the city on my own. I could have spent it literally following my nose—to all the corner bakeries and sandwich shops for buttery … Continue reading
A day at the Rio Earth Summit
Note from Priscilla: This is my third post from Rio. Early light seeps through the gap in the blackout curtains in this little rental apartment two blocks from Ipanema Beach. The predawn lightning and thunder have moved on, and today, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Indigenous, indigenous traditions, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20, rivers, water
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Making waves at Rio
Note from Priscilla: This is the second of my posts from the Rio+20 Earth Summit. It was an art installation made by 1500 bodies—a huge painting on a canvas of silky sand at the Flamengo Beach in Rio next to … Continue reading
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Tagged aerial art, indigenous traditions, People's Summit, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20
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The people say, “It’s time to end handouts to big oil!”
Note from Priscilla: This is my first post from the Rio Earth Summit, where I’m a guest of tcktcktck.org after winning their blogging contest earlier this spring. “The people are having their say,” Jamie Henn, communications director for 350.org, announced … Continue reading
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Tagged 350.org, Avaaz.org, climate change, fossil fuel subsidies, global warming, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20, Twitter
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