Springing into Action

So here we go. I've been thinking about doing this for so long now but have always put it off because of school responsibilities. Now, there is nothing stopping me! No guilt, no procrastinating, no pencil pushing.

This is my attempt to put my education to action. To share with friends and family the knowledge I've acquired throughout school and discuss the wonders of the world that surrounds us. My aim is to keep it short and sweet. Probably most of these posts will concern birds and plants, but I will try and include as much as the other taxa as possible: fungi, macroalgae (seaweeds), invertebrates (insects, crustaceans, anemones, jellies etc.), fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. I will try my best to include Latin names as well as common names, where they were founds, what are some key characteristics, and where they fit into the tree of life (who they are related to). Ill try my damnedest to be accurate and reliable... but I could be wrong and any help would be much appreciated.

Also, I will be having lots of fun trying out my new camera and taking on a role of wildlife photographer, so all the pictures posted will be my own that I have snapped with my own finger. I hope people will enjoy!

Anyways, I'm pretty excited. Hopefully this will inspire others to get out there and get observing! 

-Barnacle Babe

ps. anyone who sees anything, takes a picture of something of interest, send it to me!