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Introduction
Nature is not some far-away object, it exists in our backyard and on the concrete strips of the highway. While we may not always care notice, it is worth luxuriating in the awareness of other living beings that make up our present-day. This is a collection of peresonal (and friend-submitted) photography and stories (augmented by sources below) that centers elements of nature we unthinkingly collect in the backgrounds of our phone-camera photos.
Resources
Toronto Wildlife - Citizen science observed species list
Bug Guide - Online insect species reasource
I Naturist- User-submitted species observations
The Wild Pigment project Not creature related per-se but intreguing to former dirt poriton makers
Macaulay Library Collection of creature audio
Good Books
Welcome to the Lichen Museum by Laurie A. Palmer
Braiding Sweetgrass
The Secret Language of Maps
Entangled life
Melanistic Sciurus Carolinensis
Photo by: Flora Tam
"The local little black squirels make quite good neighbors, a family fell out of a tree after a storm and a kind neighbor watched over their recovery. They're not tame by any means but they'll hapily share some nuts." - Senka
Pied Columba livia
Photo by: Flora Tam
"There's a handsome pidgeon in the park by the university, white pied; if you talk to him he poses for photographs." - Flora