Hawks becoming highway hunters in Austin area

Our local paper runs a short piece about red-tails perched along highways, but without a picture of a perched bird. Just this one of rehab birds. Red-tails have fixed territories along roads and at highway intersections (we've watched one red-tail using the 183 and 969 interchange for 6 years now). Interesting how the media picks up on these changes, but then shallowly brushes passed the deeper change unfolding as nonhumans respond to new opportunities and a humanized landscape. But as these stories accumulate the public constructs a new context for understanding nonhumans in the city. Read the story here HighwayHunters

the books are now sprouting enormous orange mushrooms

The Jardin de la Connaissance was established in June 2010. Since then, the garden has been interacting with the forest. The book structures have decayed in the natural setting, but have also provided various micro-environments for a range of local creatures.


Seedlings and insects have activated the walls, carpets and benches. Mushrooms - those cultivated and those who have come by themselves - have made the garden their home. Many of the originally bright colours of the books have faded. Culture is fading back into nature.

the books are now sprouting enormous orange mushrooms, and this year the designers introduced moss.More at
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