Archives: March2010

• Black Honeyeater

  
  
  A female Black Honeyeater (Certhionyx niger), photographed in the Greater Bendigo National Park.
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  <br />EXIF: Canon EOS 50D : 1/200 sec : f/6.3 : 400 mm : ISO 160

• Eritrichium nanum var. aretioides

  

  …and another thank you to Alan Tracey for sharing an image with us for the “Plants of the North” series. Mahsi’ choo!

  I’m away on vacation, so another series of links instead of a written entry, this time on arctic alpine forget-me-not:

  • some web sites or paper references use Eritrichium aretioides for this taxon, but I’ve opted for the name as in the USDA PLANTS database: Eritrichium nanum var. aretioides
  • a description of the taxon is available from Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska: (here named) Eritrichium aretioides
  • additional photographs from Paul Slichter

  One of the other taxa in this photograph will conclude the “Plants of the North” series in a few days…

• Lead “Burrito” Sarcophagus Found Near Rome

  The 1,700-year-old lead sarcophagus found in an abandoned city could contain a gladiator or a Christian dignitary, archaeologists say.