Nearly done! Pretty girl - I love the shadows from her feathers. ✨
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#Embroidery
❤️! I haven’t been close enough to get a good feet look myself, but I find ptarmigans to be both goofy and feisty, which I always appreciate:)
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Wednesday early afternoon: mandatory evacuation for the entire city of Kotzebue (posted on the city FB page) for expected coastal flooding later today. No roads in or out of Kotz, so in this case, evacuation means go to the High School. #akwx #weatther #Alaska
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Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
I picked her because she’s standing in the low winter sun and it’s making beautiful shadows on her feathers. ☀️
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#Embroidery
Did you know that the scientific name for willow ptarmigans refers to their fluffy ‘bunny’ feet? 🐇
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The next #Embroidery will be a willow ptarmigan in the snow with her very fluffy feet on display. 🐓
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End of an era and a sad day for those that care about Arctic work done in the best ways possible. 😢 Nonetheless "… the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve." #Arctic
Or that I must drink more permafrost ale and not look too closely. 🤣
How’d the ice wedge survive in the active layer like that?🤣
🖤🤍🐺
Getting closer. Need to check on his coloring with his mom Clarissa.:)
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Getting closer. Need to check on his coloring with his mom Clarissa.:)
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