Pneumonia. Back soon. Peace and good bird watching.
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Despite “Crash,” NJMFC Vote Goes Against the Red Knot
A mere one day following the premiere of “Crash: A Tale of Two Species” on the award-winning PBS series Nature, the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council rejected by a vote of 5-4 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed moratorium on the harvest of Horseshoe Crabs. The information presented in “Crash” clearly and unequivocally […]
Pollution, Asthma, and a Lesson from Ornithological History
Last night I had to be rushed twenty-five miles from my home to an urgent care facility (like many rural areas, our county of residence has no hospital) in order to treat a severe asthma attack. After spending some time on a nebulizer and presently under a regimine of Prednisone, I am slowly recovering from […]
Krista Tippett’s “Speaking of Faith” – an Excerpt
As the title of this site implies, I find something deep and profound in the contemplation of nature in all its myriad forms. From the time I was young, the natural world has always held both a physical as well as a metaphysical quality for me and it is in my observation of it that […]