Nature Workshop Contents covered in the session 9 (10/12/2009)
2009-1 º December.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Air Duster Refillable
present on this occasion the focus at present bird, and three species, two large birds and a small bird.
Since the beginning of November came early to Cartagena and throughout this month and so far in December, two copies remain in the Navy the Carmolí. This crane (Grus grus ), one of the largest species among the birds flying in Spain. Moreover, there is the peculiarity that the two copies, one looks slightly melanoma, emphasizing its dark plumage of his mate next to more "orthodox."
Also in December so far, there have been three observations Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris ) from our partner Juan Antonio Capel Workshop, along the coasts of Cartagena Sierras.
This species, in Iberian Peninsula, nests in the mountains, divided by all the high hills, in winter descends down to the level of the sea and travels significant distances from their breeding grounds .
Finally, a spectacular group of more than 2,000 cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) was observed on December 9 in waters of the Mar Menor.
According to records kept by ANSE of this species, there is a higher figure of one group in our region.
Structure of the Universe. The Solar System.
The Universe, our big house, how is it structured?. Are we living in "buildings", "duplex" or cosmic chalets?. If we take into account the distances with which astronomers measure the distances between celestial bodies (ly), would tend to think quickly that our planet is like a house in the country, far from our closest neighbors. But when we delve into the distance, not only our closest neighbors, but the rest of the neighborhood, that distance is so great that we will realize that if there is a contagious distribution between the various celestial bodies. Thus we can describe the universe as the individual to the galaxy, and from it raise or lower our approach or scale, and understand the organization of matter in the cosmos.
Let us go first, and have at our galaxy, the Milky Way, in a neighborhood of about 40 nearby galaxies (local group). The best known is Andromeda which, together with our Milky Way are the most important (large and bright). These groups, in turn, come together in "clusters" of thousands of galaxies.
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Hundreds or thousands of galaxy clusters gravitationally interacting with each other, form the "superclusters".
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And I superclusters are arranged in "filaments." Now, finally, we understand that the superstructure called "Universe" would be comparable to a large sponge where the filaments of galaxies are the "fabric" of our sponge. On the other hand, can we imagine the size of "bubbles" of our great sponge?.
This description overwhelms us even more if we think that the latest ideas of the scientists suggest that the universe "atomic", that consists of atoms, the only thing we know we can directly observe and measure, and we just described, could represent only 4% of all matter and energy that holds the Universe. The rest, called dark energy (73%) and dark matter (23%).
But now we go down the ladder and we the Milky Way, our galaxy, comprising between 200 and 400 billion stars, distributed in the form of a large spiral, with five main branches.
In turn, each star, will have its celestial bodies orbiting around it. Ours, the sun, has 8 planets (from Mercury to Neptune), dwarf planets (like eg. Pluton) and other small bodies: asteroids, meteors, comets, ...
These small bodies are distributed in:
- Asterioides Main Belt (between Mars and Jupiter.)
- The Kuiper Belt, made up of objects located beyond Neptune.
- Oort Cloud, spherical cloud of comets and asteroids hypothetical (ie, not directly observed) located on the edge of the solar system, almost one year
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collybita Phylloscopus identification.
And we ended the workshop by learning to recognize the Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), very abundant in winter in our area.
In these cold months is the only species that can be seen, but the migratory, and in summer, we visited three other Warbler species, the Musical (Phylloscopus trochillus), abundant in migration; Whistling (Phylloscopus sibilatrix), much more scarce and in migration, and the Papialbo (Phylloscopus Bonelli), whose phenology is contrary to the policy, it only gets to spend the warmer months and nest in our region.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Blood Donation Clipart
Nature Workshop Talk Eagle Owl, next Thursday, December 17, 2009, by Mario León
On Thursday 17 December, the Nature Workshop People's University of Cartagena, organized the lecture titled "Owl ecology in Mediterranean Ecosystems" . The talk-visual will take place from 20:00 h at the premises of the People's University Cultural Center Ramón Alonso Luzzy (vs. Marist). Admission is free until all places.
owls, the largest nocturnal bird of prey in Europe, breaks with some topics that, on the raptors, have regularly. It seems that the greater size, larger species should have conservation problems. However, the Eagle Owl, has an interesting population in our region with the highest densities of the Peninsula. Knowing the reasons for this abundance, distribution, flexibility in habitat and food requirements and other aspects of the biology of this bird, are some of the interesting issues that Mario will reveal.
Mario Leon is a biologist, an expert ornithologist and expert on raptors in Murcia. He is currently preparing his doctoral thesis which will focus precisely on the Eagle Owl in Mediterranean environments. 
On Thursday 17 December, the Nature Workshop People's University of Cartagena, organized the lecture titled "Owl ecology in Mediterranean Ecosystems" . The talk-visual will take place from 20:00 h at the premises of the People's University Cultural Center Ramón Alonso Luzzy (vs. Marist). Admission is free until all places.
owls, the largest nocturnal bird of prey in Europe, breaks with some topics that, on the raptors, have regularly. It seems that the greater size, larger species should have conservation problems. However, the Eagle Owl, has an interesting population in our region with the highest densities of the Peninsula. Knowing the reasons for this abundance, distribution, flexibility in habitat and food requirements and other aspects of the biology of this bird, are some of the interesting issues that Mario will reveal.
Mario Leon is a biologist, an expert ornithologist and expert on raptors in Murcia. He is currently preparing his doctoral thesis which will focus precisely on the Eagle Owl in Mediterranean environments.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Architekten Notebooks 2010
Contents covered in the session 8 (3/12/2009) Nature Workshop. Contents
Wintering Bird Atlas, sampling in the Cola del Caballo (The Gorguel), the 28/11/2009.
The first "Atlas of Wintering Birds" in Spain is about to end its most participatory. One in which hundreds of volunteers in every corner of our country are leaving the field to gather the precious and valuable information, experts then analyzed and "give way" so we can all learn about the species, their distribution and abundance during the harsh winter season. This winter, 2009/2010, is the third and last of those engaged in this work.
XG86 The grid has one of the most beautiful and threatened Murcia: The Gorguel - Cola del Caballo. As a wedge is placed between the Portman Bay and the Sierra de la Fausilla (Valley of tailings). Inexplicably, or perhaps what was coming, he was outside the boundaries of the SPA of the Sierra de la Fausilla, right on its border, and therefore has no legal protection, at least the main part and largest area. After the environmental disaster that resulted in the construction of tailings macropuerto edge in the Gables, and that was the physical elimination of land species threatened flora and fauna and protected by national and regional law!, A new port project has set their sights on this stretch of coastline. The current draft of Gorguel macropuerto container is located in the waterfront area known as Horse Gorguel-Cola and also be introduced into the SPA, LIC and IBA in the Sierra de la Fausilla!.
To complete the sampling grid were XG86 8 transects (sampling linear) in the area of \u200b\u200bthe horse's tail in the area affected by the possible future port.
The results show, once again, the environmental quality of the area. From the ornithological point of view, that day we noted three important things:
- your area is a pair of Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraetus fasciatus), a species considered as "Vulnerable" in the National Catalogue of Threatened Species. The male and the female flew together on the first flights to synchronize their reproductive physiology.
- also the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) has territory here and flight hunting high and fast, does not preclude enjoyment for the eyes of the attentive observer.
- The winter of Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) develops on the bushes of the Sierra with densities about double the average of what might be considered normal in other places with similar characteristics. The Dartford, small passerine smaller than a sparrow, shows his wine-colored breast and belly proud at the top of the branches of shrubs. Meanwhile, as some males, even stop singing their pleasant song.
also 12 other species were observed: Red Partridge (Alectoris rufa), Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae) Airplane Rocker (Ptyonoprogne rupestris), meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis), Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), Sardinian warbler (Sylvia melanocephala), Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Chaffinch (Frigilla coelebs), Serin ( Serinus Serinus), linnet (Carduelis cannabina) and Bunting (Emberiza cia).
To end this part of the workshop saw the presentation on this area and the proposed port by the Fundación Sierra Minera.
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Biology American Giant (Megaceryle Alcion).
After spending part of a session before the arrival of the American Kingfisher, we released noteworthy aspects of their biology and habits ...
... ...
differentiate the male ... female ...
... and more Cosic. And we finish
Workshop with audiovisual projection of our colleague Encarna Cierva dedicated to the captive in his last trip to the Sierra de Cazorla.
Thank Encarna. 
Wintering Bird Atlas, sampling in the Cola del Caballo (The Gorguel), the 28/11/2009.
The first "Atlas of Wintering Birds" in Spain is about to end its most participatory. One in which hundreds of volunteers in every corner of our country are leaving the field to gather the precious and valuable information, experts then analyzed and "give way" so we can all learn about the species, their distribution and abundance during the harsh winter season. This winter, 2009/2010, is the third and last of those engaged in this work.
XG86 The grid has one of the most beautiful and threatened Murcia: The Gorguel - Cola del Caballo. As a wedge is placed between the Portman Bay and the Sierra de la Fausilla (Valley of tailings). Inexplicably, or perhaps what was coming, he was outside the boundaries of the SPA of the Sierra de la Fausilla, right on its border, and therefore has no legal protection, at least the main part and largest area. After the environmental disaster that resulted in the construction of tailings macropuerto edge in the Gables, and that was the physical elimination of land species threatened flora and fauna and protected by national and regional law!, A new port project has set their sights on this stretch of coastline. The current draft of Gorguel macropuerto container is located in the waterfront area known as Horse Gorguel-Cola and also be introduced into the SPA, LIC and IBA in the Sierra de la Fausilla!.
- your area is a pair of Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraetus fasciatus), a species considered as "Vulnerable" in the National Catalogue of Threatened Species. The male and the female flew together on the first flights to synchronize their reproductive physiology.
- The winter of Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) develops on the bushes of the Sierra with densities about double the average of what might be considered normal in other places with similar characteristics. The Dartford, small passerine smaller than a sparrow, shows his wine-colored breast and belly proud at the top of the branches of shrubs. Meanwhile, as some males, even stop singing their pleasant song.
To end this part of the workshop saw the presentation on this area and the proposed port by the Fundación Sierra Minera.
Biology American Giant (Megaceryle Alcion).
After spending part of a session before the arrival of the American Kingfisher, we released noteworthy aspects of their biology and habits ...
... ...
distribution 
... their appearance in comparison with known species ... 
Workshop with audiovisual projection of our colleague Encarna Cierva dedicated to the captive in his last trip to the Sierra de Cazorla.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Welcome Notes For New Employee
treated in Session 7 (11/26/2009)
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With greater wealth, was the sighting of the queen of the mountains, the Golden Eagle. One copy we flew close enough to show its dark plumage and absence of white spots, a sign that we were dealing with an adult.
Revolcadores Departure (Moratalla), 22/11/2009.
La Sierra Revolcadores, SCI (Site of Community Importance) since 2000, is a landscape and a species that is well worth a visit. Placed in a high mountain scenery in the region of Murcia, is privileged if we appreciate the differences.
La Sierra Revolcadores, SCI (Site of Community Importance) since 2000, is a landscape and a species that is well worth a visit. Placed in a high mountain scenery in the region
From Puerto Alto, moved by their small agricultural plots, and then boarded Murcia summit, "Revolcadores."
griffon vultures as Cazorla, Cadiz and Navarra, small passerine large forests such as Coal Tit, agate or the nuthatch, all unknown on the coast of Cartagena, where we came.
can only live in the most resistant trees as white pine (Pinus nigra ssp. clusiana) or shrubs well protected, "chamaephytes pulvinulares" calling botanists, when referring to plants that adopt forms of "cushion", or bearing creeping round to withstand wind, snow and cold.
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If all of this, we add the condition of wintering area Capiblanco Blackbird, or more sporadic presence of the Alpine Accentor and the even rarer Greenfinch Serrano (José Pedro Portillo saw a flock of a dozen individuals, on 14 November), is a mixture with enough symbolism for the naturalist, as to just stroll along the steep trails worthwhile.
Unfortunately, we had a meeting with the corpse of a Marten, with no apparent signs of predation, we think of a shot or poison as a possible cause of his death. But it is only a guess.
With greater wealth, was the sighting of the queen of the mountains, the Golden Eagle. One copy we flew close enough to show its dark plumage and absence of white spots, a sign that we were dealing with an adult.
more humble, Black Redstart, met us at the top of Revolcadores. Only in winter on the coast, here finds an appropriate home for the entire year.
Among mammals, no luck with herbivores, but the trails, and rooting of feral pigs allowed us to imagine the kind of highway that Puerto High could mean for their deslazamientos.
Abundant Black Sabina (Juniperus phoenicea ), poor (Amelanchier rotundifolia) or the thorny Barberry (Berberis hispanica) were part of a wide range plant at a time when hard and cold, we still allowed to watch our most rupicola Fern, the Doradilla (Ceterach officinarum).
Monograph: Armand Delille and myxomatosis.
If Armand Delille, a famous French physician (a member of the French Academy of Medicine) had not been a vineyard, what would be the Lynx and Iberian Imperial Eagle today?.
This, and any other questions, was addressed in this special issue dedicated to one of the most terrible diseases for Mediterranean ecosystems: rabbit myxomatosis.
Armand, in 1952, tired of the rabbit eat its vineyards, inoculate the virus of myxomatosis a few loose and hoping they infect the rest. And what if they did, this disease spreads rapidly (Imported from South America) and Europe. A year later entered our country and is a real catastrophe for predators.
Especially for the two aforementioned rabbit superspecialists.
Random Hearts "or absolute irresponsibility?, Seeing the picture of our rivers and wetlands as well as other ecosystems, it seems clear that Spain did not learn from mistakes and our environmental managers seem more concerned with hunting and fishing conservation of nature. And if not tell that to the quail, crayfish, not to mention the catfish or the Rabbit. Examples abound where looking for, a "bunch".
And finally we saw a presentation on " modern Noah's Ark ", located on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
Here has built a silo full plant seeds in Norwegian Arctic.
will store seeds from all known varieties of plants, a "backup", that will preserve from extinction.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Blisters And Mouthwash
Nature Workshop Results Revolcadores Departure (Moratalla) 22/11/2009
this Sunday (11/22/2009) eight participants in the workshop of Nature's People's University Catagena / ANSE, were in Revolcadores (Moratalla .)
The visit was primarily aimed at observing the Capiblanco Blackbird (Turdus torquatus) wintering species, found in the high mountains of Murcia. No luck, but we have other attractions of this cold and harsh place. The day, meteorologically speaking, we got cold and foggy, a circumstance that allowed us to enjoy, at least 15 Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) flying low, very close to us.
Throughout the day we climbed to the peak Revolcadores, with 2,027 m is the highest mountain in the region.
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The afternoon gave us a little sun we knew to watch the birds take advantage of the farm near the spring, water point and watering hole for the fauna.
We saw a total of 22 species, among which 1 Golden Eagle, much crossbill and Chaffinch, and the typical big tits forests (Coal Tit and tit.)
broader will treat information in Thursday's workshop. 
this Sunday (11/22/2009) eight participants in the workshop of Nature's People's University Catagena / ANSE, were in Revolcadores (Moratalla .)
The visit was primarily aimed at observing the Capiblanco Blackbird (Turdus torquatus) wintering species, found in the high mountains of Murcia. No luck, but we have other attractions of this cold and harsh place. The day, meteorologically speaking, we got cold and foggy, a circumstance that allowed us to enjoy, at least 15 Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) flying low, very close to us.
+Revolcadores,+Moratalla+082+(Large).jpg)
We saw a total of 22 species, among which 1 Golden Eagle, much crossbill and Chaffinch, and the typical big tits forests (Coal Tit and tit.)
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