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Happy Earth Day 2025 to the E14 Community!

ralphjy

Technically Earth Day here in the US is on April 22 but it is generally celebrated for the whole week.   Reminded me of it this morning because I need to watch my son's dog while he participates in a cleanup activity in downtown Portland (OR) with his company and others.

I'm still making my small contribution with my solar system,  It just got past 39 MWh of production.  Hopefully much more to come.

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I also noticed that iNaturalist is doing their City Nature Challenge 2025 which encourages people to make observations of wild plants and animals 25-28 April, and take part in one of the largest community science events in the world while helping us better understand – and therefore, take care of – nature that lives in and around urban areas.

I've been trying to observe the native bees and plants in my neighborhood so I'll try to document some observations this weekend.  I have some pics from earlier this week but need to submit new ones to satisfy the observation window.

Trillium

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Skunk cabbage

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Camas

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Happy Earth Day!

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  • The other day, my wife took this short video inside our garden.  Make sure to turn up the sound for a greeting from the birds and the bees.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/nJzDX0f9w1s?feature=share

  • in reply to genebren

    Wow, that’s sort of what I would expect it to be like in our neighborhood now with so many flowers blooming.  Something is amiss - not just in our yard but in the surrounding neighborhood.  I encounter a few bees where I would normally expect dozens.  The community honey bee hive that is doing well is a couple of miles away.  I will need to start checking with others in the area that do bees (mainly mason bees).  I would normally see lots of honey bees and bumblebees and smaller numbers of mason bees in this area.

    And our coyote problem is getting worse to the point of people fearful of walking their dogs or letting them outside alone to potty.  I think they have determined that it is a mating pair.  The city is hesitant to interfere with them but they could be dangerous to children in this situation.  I’m away from home this week so I’ll make sure that my wife does not take my grandson or granddog out alone.

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  • in reply to genebren

    Wow, that’s sort of what I would expect it to be like in our neighborhood now with so many flowers blooming.  Something is amiss - not just in our yard but in the surrounding neighborhood.  I encounter a few bees where I would normally expect dozens.  The community honey bee hive that is doing well is a couple of miles away.  I will need to start checking with others in the area that do bees (mainly mason bees).  I would normally see lots of honey bees and bumblebees and smaller numbers of mason bees in this area.

    And our coyote problem is getting worse to the point of people fearful of walking their dogs or letting them outside alone to potty.  I think they have determined that it is a mating pair.  The city is hesitant to interfere with them but they could be dangerous to children in this situation.  I’m away from home this week so I’ll make sure that my wife does not take my grandson or granddog out alone.

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