Friday, December 31, 2010

Tennis Shoes Ok For Hiking The Grand Canyon

Forget 2010. Happy 2011 to Italian Parks!


Let us hope a really good year for Italian protected areas.
A good 2011 to all.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Red Capillaries On Breast

Christmas gift: Stelvio goodbye! In defense of the Italian Parks

Christmas gift for so very little of Parks appreciated. The Stelvio National Park is finally broken up by giving each of the three provinces manage their slice of territory.

Parks.it From: http://www.parks.it/news/dettaglio.php?id=11848
AIDAP From: http://www.aidap.it/dettaglio . php? id = 11821
Greenreport From: http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=8229
Eddyburg From: http : / / eddyburg.it/article/view/16387 /
From Tiscali http://notizie.tiscali.it/articoli/cronaca/10/12/24/messner-Reinhold-stelvio.html
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

South Park Sub Eng Streaming

Disturbo antropico e convivenza

Mi ero promesso che in questo Blog non avrei trattato di argomentazioni che portano ad una opinione personale. Non sono un "esperto" ma un semplice appassionato che parla in base a quello che vede.
Ma una cosa  ci tenevo a dirla.

Sono un fotografo amatoriale e un cercatore di stanghe (anche se piuttosto maldestro!) : entrambe le attività arrecano un disturbo più o meno importante alla popolazione di Ungulati .
Credo sia giusto che si parli di quali comportamenti adottare per limitare al massimo ogni tipo di "disagio" verso gli animals. But I think those who truly love nature and animals do not need to read a book on "how to behave "....

know a little biology Cervi know:

- The bellowing is a very stressful for the animals and the male deer in this period can lose up to 20% of its weight is required for mating and peace of mind. Leaks caused by curious hikers and photographers certainly do not help the animals.

- The Bucks lost the poles in late winter-early spring. The animals are coming from the winter (which too early if he was unable to recover fully the hardships of post brama) and hunters are shafts to cause a disturbance evident.

These two categories are added (at various times of the year), also the mushroom hunters, and all activities that invade their range (hiking, motocross, etc. ...)

But I think the two biggest "problems" for the population of ungulates are:

- The use of dogs ("racket") for hunting
I saw venison chased by dogs until they are exhausted .. . while still-hunting photo I tried not to see / hear per fare qualche scatto..

- Il modo in cui l'opinione pubblica (giornali) parla di loro
Troppo spesso i giornali locali per riempire qualche spazio vuoto domenicale intitola articoli con "Ci sono troppi Ungulati", "Allarme zecche" ecc.. causando un odio secondo me inconsiderato...
Un esempio:
Per due anni consecutivi ho stampato a miei spese alcuni cartelli con scritto "NON TOCCATEMI". Mi riferivo ai piccoli ungulati che in maggio-giugno possono essere trovati nel bosco da qualche escursionista e che, pensando siano abbandonati, vengono presi e portati via...
Ho attaccato quei piccoli manifesti vicino the most popular trails and in areas suitable posting ...
not have lasted for more than two or three days ! All were promptly torn or "offended" ..
I wonder, but as you can "educate" people when this is the card?
In my small and unassuming, I hope that with this simple blog I can do a little more love these animals.



Sunday, December 19, 2010

How To Dry Rose Petals

IL CERVO in Italia Biologia e gestione tra Alpi e Appennini

I must point out this beautiful book, published recently, dedicated to Deer



PRESENTAZIONE

Il cervo è il più imponente rappresentante della fauna selvatica italiana. L’uomo è da sempre profondamente legato a questa specie, che ha acquisito in passato, come simbolo di forza, bellezza e rinascita, anche un significato magico e religioso.
Dopo la distruzione degli habitat idonei e la caccia sfrenata, che hanno portato tuttavia la specie alla fine del ‘700 a scomparire da gran parte del territorio italiano, finalmente il cervo ha riconquistato negli ultimi decenni, con una serie di più o meno ponderate reintroduzioni, una parte important forest areas of the Alps, Apennines and Sardinia.
The new presence of the deer in Italy and its growth in numbers made it possible to regain an important part of the original fauna (with various and certain benefits), however, these conditions have also caused local opportunities for conflict with agricultural crops and forest human, requiring the need to achieve appropriate direct and indirect actions aimed at managing the species. E ', however, essential that any initiative taken in this direction, not to retrace the damaging examples of the past, is characterized by an approach based on rational and scientifically sound.
This book, the fruit of the joint work of two authors with different and complementary skills on the biology and management of the species, it offers the possibility to know in depth the deer, his behavior, his lifestyle needs and the relationship established with other components of wildlife and humans, in the rooms occupied in our Peninsula.
From this information, described in a clear and suitable for beginners, the reader can gain knowledge on the populations, which constitute the indispensable basis to support any management options. Below, are analyzed critically the methods of implementation of direct interventions and those aimed at improving environments and relationships with men. Finally, the text includes a chapter on health issues. The book includes over 120 color photos, 28 tables and 29 between text and graphics and can be purchased on-line at www.geographicasrl.it library or order by quoting the ISBN 978-88-905229-1-8.

Authors:
Silvana Mattiello, Milan, graduated in 1986 as Animal Production Science at the University of Milan, where he earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science and where he currently holds the position of associate professor, teaching in several courses on subjects relating to the management of wildlife.
Vito Mazzarone , Casentino, graduated in Forestry in 1986 at Florence University with a thesis on the management of deer in the Casentino. He always played the profession of wildlife technician working on ungulates in several Italian cities. He is currently head of the Defense of Fauna of the Province of Pisa.


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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Menstrual Cycle Hemorrhoids

PER CHI PENSA CHE SIA FACILE!!


Dedico questo video, girato qui sull'Appennino tosco-emiliano, a tutte le persone che fotografano e seguono in modo rispettoso il Cervo.
In giro ci sono tante (e belle) foto sul nostro amato Cervus elaphus ma non tutte sono da attribuire alla bravura del fotografo... Molti scatti sono "furbi" e arrivano da recinti faunistici o peggio ancora da allevamenti...
Non è una criticism, but I think those who have never seen this animal in freedom can not understand how difficult it is to approach without being noticed ...
The movie shows a photographer stalking and the arrival of a deer in the company of a Fuson.

I like this video because it enhances the wildness of these animals and the fear that sacrosanct to Us ...





Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Acceptable Bilirubin In Newborn

IL CERVO PIU' VICINO

For several reasons, it is a period of "standstill" (picture talking about!) for me and I often relate to the pictures I took in the past two years.
I remember a particularly pleasant than the ones made on the morning of October 4, 2009 ....
I was in ambush in a "cut" with my friend Cameramen.
Suddenly, to my left, is checked by a vegetation Hart.
was really close (as never before that had happened to me) and I have not had the courage to take immediately for fear that I felt and saw ... I waited and approached further, especially during its noisy bells, I ran several photos to "blast" ... These
that posto sono due delle ultime immagini (in formato originale) che ho fatto quel giorno.
Di seguito il filmato, con l'inconfondibile rumore della macchina fotografica.


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Short And Longeffects Of Syphilis

Parlando dell'inverno...

Parlando dell'inverno (anche se ufficialmente siamo ancora in autunno!!) mi viene in mente quello del 2008-2009 qui sull'Appennino tosco emiliano.
A parte il freddo e la neve, fattori naturali e normali a certe altitudini, é stata la carenza di frutti del bosco (ghiande e castagne) a fare our friends suffer some ungulates.
remember that many animals have come closer to roads and houses to feed on hedges (much like those of Prunus laurocerasus and Viburnum tinus) and "peel" the trunks of fruit trees are not properly protected.
signs of hunger in the woods were clearly visible on the young chestnut trees and ivy, completely devoid of leaves up to "high Cervo.
Alps the situation is really dramatic with the discovery of so many dead deer.
That winter has been much debate whether or not interventions were just feeding the animals.
I do not want to go into the discussione ma, se da una parte l'inverno è l'unico "selettore naturale" (se escludiamo i pochi predatori naturali)  di questi animali, dall'altra bisogna considerare che i Cervi e i Caprioli sono specie meno adatte alle dure condizioni dell'inverno alpino rispetto a bovidi come lo Stambecco o il Camoscio.

Il grosso problema non è tanto la temperatura rigida di questa stagione ma la quantità di neve caduta e la sua permanenza al suolo che impedisce la deambulazione e dunque la possibilità di cercare cibo.
Un istituto di ricerche faunistiche ed ecologiche di Vienna ha svolto recentemente studi sulla biologia del cervo; ad alcuni soggetti sono stati applicati apparecchi che, using telemetry techniques, transmitting data on heart rate and subcutaneous temperature.
has discovered that during the winter, the nights cooler and in a few hours of the day, to save energy can lower both the Deer and enter these parameters in real lethargic hibernation phase lasting 8-9 hours ( W. Arnold, Der verborgene Winterschlaf des Rothirsches , in "Wildbiologie Physiologie", 9, 3, 2003).

Some pictures of winter 2008-2009:

debarking in fruit trees and forest

stripping of Prunus laurocerasus "height Cervo"
What is left of ivy

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A BOOK that I recommend!

I recently read "With the eyes of a fawn" Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (Longanesi Publisher, € 18.60).

We are in rural New Hampshire, where the oak trees in the fall of 2007 decided to discontinue the usual production of acorns, jeopardizing much of the wildlife of the region.
A terrible episode in its simplicity, which gave to Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, the world-famous naturalist, the inspiration for a much broader search.
Trying to overcome the announced killing of starvation, it decided to distribute some corn fields next to his house more than thirty white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus ) came to eat, a larger sample enough for a careful naturalist like her.

One of the chapters is titled "The risks of giving food to the animals "....

I highly recommend it! Let me know!!




Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Images Of Boxing Gloves

Il bianco inverno...

January 22, 2010: Women flock


To someone is also his first winter ...

Ringrazio come sempre "Peloton Video" (che mi perdonerà per essermi dimenticato una "o" nel titolo iniziale!!) per le immagini che mi fornisce!


 



Sunday, November 21, 2010

Scrapbook Birthday Invites

Sfregamento del palco e ghiandole preorbitali


Archiviata da oltre un mese la stagione degli amori dei Cervi, rimangono sulla vegetazione alcuni tangible signs of their presence.
This beautiful movie, kindly provided, shows a beautiful adult deer intent to vigorously rub their stage on a young tree.
be emphasized as the animal nose rub in the trunk of the tree, corresponding to the periorbital glands.
These glands (and I quote W. Tarello) are placed just in front of the nose angle of the eye, in the infraorbital sinus (or lacrimatorio) and are especially visible during the mating period.

From this photo you can see quite well their presence:

It is assumed that these glands serve a brand territory, as they are rubbed by adult males on tree trunks and branches of plants, to facilitate the evacuation of the secretion.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Nice Things To Write In A Wedding Guest Book

Quando è Lui a venire da Noi!!



One day an acquaintance of mine, very good at taking pictures, he said
"To make the photos not to Deer we need a goal too "pushed" (and therefore expensive ....). You should be good to approach us to them. " This
frase me la sono impressa nella mente...
Ho un 300mm f4 che molti reputano "corto" e non moltiplicabile in quanto si perderebbe troppa luminosità (la maggior parte delle foto agli Ungulati le ho scattate al mattino).
La mia passione è andata oltre i mm disponibili e ho cercato di perfezionarmi in modo da avvicinarmi io a loro! Ho sbagliato tante volte lo ammetto (e purtroppo mi capita ancora) ma la conoscenza dell'animale e del territorio dove fotografo, mi hanno permesso  di togliermi qualche soddisfazione.
In questo caso la fotografia in appostamento è il metodo migliore: si scatta meno forse (a volte si arriva a casa senza nemmeno una foto) ma c'è la possibilità di fare qualcosa good.

The video I posted is of my friend cameramen (who knows how to blend well!) And portrays a beautiful subadult that goes a little too close to the lens of his video camera!

How Can I Apply At Vans Shoes

L'unica foto del giorno!

morning full of sightings!
Among others, a large herd of females along with a handsome male.
They get too close to me and although I had hitherto refrained from taking photos for not making me feel (I have limited myself to film), became suspicious and moved away ... The male but seemed to want to understand why that "Change" and he stopped to take a little bit on my side, allowing me to take this picture!




A movie of the same male, which is close to my pending ambush:




Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Preston And Steve Sound Clips

CERVI: Le miei foto

Some shots that I care particularly but not yet published on Blog ...


I took all these photos with a Nikon D200 and a lens AF-S D IF-ED Nikkor 300 mm f4 (except the first run with a Nikkor AF 70-300 mm f 4-5.6 G).





Sunday, November 14, 2010

What Do Purple And Yellow Bands Mean

Acciacchi post bramito!!


This large adult male, tired and lame, it's a bit the emblem of the state of many male deer after the season of love ...


In this still image taken from the movie, you can better see the physical differences between the two deer.
be noted, among other things, the different "openness" of the stage between the Deer adult subadult to the subject that follows it.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Walgreens X Box Live Cards

Reporter d'assalto!!!

After a week of work finally comes Saturday! The persistent rain of recent days seems to give a little respite, and this has allowed me to go to spot deer. At 6:15
are in place. After a short distance on foot and I applied pending good light, and especially my friends' ungulate!.
Soon, however, I see two guys go on the path. I was well camouflaged and I have seen ... They had a small camera (I noticed by the flash!) And after some comments have disappeared from my view.
again I hope to photograph some animals! They were just after 7:00 am when a deer tick on a hillock in the distance. I take the camera and the film is waiting for the right distance for the camera ... The following is a puppy. I noticed immediately but nervousness still headed to the my area. At some point, however, the couple abruptly stopped and ran away ... Want to know why? Watch this video!


a somewhat unusual to photograph, what do you think ?!!!!

Shortly after he appeared in a herd made up of males and females of different ages: only in this time of year you can see these formations so special ...
hearing, most likely, the smell of the passage of the two subjects bipedal, the animals have moved away very quickly.
Here is a still image taken from one of my movie:



Un pò scocciato dalle "vicende" decido di andarmene.
I due  finalmente mi vedono!!!
Entro in macchina e mentre mi cambio le scarpe un'altro branco "misto" di Cervi mi passa davanti correndo...
Faccio appena in tempo a riaccendere la telecamera per filmarne qualcuno..
Un fermo immagine di uno dei soggetti:


Insomma, una mattinata iniziata e finita in una maniera piuttosto originale!!!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

President George Cb-radio

MAPPING PROJECTION ROUND UP TOP FIVE

It 's time to talk about Projection Mapping, which is the newest trend in urban media intervention. The technology is not new, but it is only recently that the number of performances of this type has increased dramatically. And most importantly, if such interventions were beginning midway between experimental and underground art (remember the brilliant laser tag), now the largest advertising agencies and big corporations have shouldered the trend e. .. like say .. . "The ball is mine and I play with it!

Seriously, the effect vanished by now wonder (personally my jaw fell to 555 Kubik, see below), are beginning to see things frankly kitsch, or real spot (short-mapped find the shoe store, I'm afraid). The play is broken and we did not even take a walk? But no, the projection mapping can be used in so many ways, we must strive to adopt it as a language and not merely as a special effect.

And whatever spot Toyota Auris, with its seven lamps for a total of 100,000 ANSI lumens, certainly can not go unnoticed ... Bob







Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sell Blood In Chicago

Branchi "separati" e gravidanza


After the mating season, deer tend to "split" to form clusters winter usually unisexual (only a few young male remains with the girls).
I born this year have been 5-6 months. Completion of weaning, the female must wait 235 days before giving birth to a new baby.