Author: wildlens

Author: wildlens

Treefrogs in Thailand: Film Teaser

** The following is a guest post from Wild Lens biologist and filmmaker Adair McNear who spent the summer and fall of 2012 in Thailand studying an endemic species of treefrog. She is currently editing a short film about the ...
Week 1 - Northern Cardinal

Week 1 – Northern Cardinal

Welcome to Week 1 of my 52-week bird photography project where I will be uploading one bird photograph every week, and one wildlife video clip every month. Given internet access, every Wednesday I will unveil my photograph of the week ...
52-week, 12-month project

52-week, 12-month project

I have been toying with this idea for some time now, looking for a way to use my camera on a weekly basis. The idea is simple and two-fold: 1) take a photograph of a bird every week for one ...
Meet the new Wild Lens Board Members!

Meet the new Wild Lens Board Members!

Wild Lens is happy to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors! We are excited to introduce Sean Bogle and Erin Strasser. Sean was formally educated in fine arts and worked as an interior designer ...
Mark Stern Podolsky, 1958-2012

Mark Stern Podolsky, 1958-2012

As I’m sure many of our followers know by now, my father, who served as the chairman of our board of directors for Wild Lens, passed away a little over a month ago. This has been a difficult transition for ...
Boise Peak Raptor Trapping = awesome

Boise Peak Raptor Trapping = awesome

From late August through the end of October I am trapping and banding hawks, falcons, and (hopefully) eagles as they migrate southward for the winter. Situated at the southern edge of the Boise Ridge at 6525 feet elevation, perched within ...
Lead Ammo Issue Receiving Attention in England

Lead Ammo Issue Receiving Attention in England

Two scientific papers concerning lead ammunition and poisoning have recently been published by researchers in England, and are receiving quite a bit of attention overseas. The first, by Green and Pain (2012), documents the potential health risks to families consuming ...
Gathering Aerial Footage for IBO

Gathering Aerial Footage for IBO

In February, we released four Webisodes detailing the research and education being conducted by Idaho Bird Observatory’s fall banding station at Lucky Peak. During the fall of 2012, we are continuing this partnership by gathering more video to produce a ...
From Honduras with Love

From Honduras with Love

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Honduras and hope to return in the near future. The people were friendly and hardworking, the landscape beautiful, the birds abundant, and the food delicious. One of the things I loved most about Honduras ...