Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide

Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.

Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark. Leafsnap currently includes the trees of New York City and Washington, D.C., and will soon grow to include the trees of the entire continental United States.

This website shows the tree species included in Leafsnap, the collections of its users, and the team of research volunteers working to produce it.

Free iPhone app available soon!

Free iPad and Android apps coming soon!

Leafsnap website

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I went out for a shoot along the Suwanee River. I found these two babies up in the tree. They were no bigger than the palm of my hand.  More Photos>>>

The ‘Tortucam’ as it’s called, is a waterproof GoPro Hero HD Camera attached to a turtle. We loved the GoPro Hero enough already but this just takes it to another level of awesomeness. The Tortucam captures life from a turtle’s perspective and we never knew so much was going on down there. From the standoff with a dog to the effortless dive the turtle makes into the pool, this non-teenage, unmutant turtle is cooler than Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello combined. [BuzzFeed]

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“The miniature pinto stallion was born Friday morning weighing just 6 pounds and measuring 14 inches tall.The horse may be the smallest horse in the world, and Einstein’s breeder has contacted the “Guinness Book of World Records.” His owners said they haven’t heard back yet.” More>>>

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The Daily Mail has published some cute photos of a group of cheetahs capturing a young impala and then playing with it rather than using it as a delicious meal.

Several photos show the impala being licked, pet, and temporarily joining the pack of cheetahs before sprinting away from the group. Check out the photos below.

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Photographed on the lower Suwannee River. Yesterday I got a chance to go out and shoot for the first time in months. These guys are hard to shoot because they’re so skittish. This one stood perfectly still and at first I wondered why. Then I saw a panther just at the edge of the woods walking north. I could just barely see him and hoped he would come out in the open, at last he never did. That was the second time that day I got a glimpse of the panther.

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Green Heron

Baby Alligator

Female Wood Duck

Male Wood Duck

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Rhesus Monkey

Plantwire is a fun, easy way to find and learn about plants. Information is provided on many of the world’s most beautiful, interesting, and important plants.

You can search by plant name, flower color, or by tags. The database now includes over 300 plants and is growing quickly. More than 6000 images are included.

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