Travis Knowles
@conbioknowles.bsky.social
Conservation, birds, mammals, natural history, ecology. I teach undergraduates. Director of WildSumaco Biological Station, Ecuador. https://www.facebook.com/wildsumaco.bio.station
Some photos from the same event.
June 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some photos from the same event.
For a small southern city in the heart of Trump country, today's No Kings protest (Florence, SC) was astounding. The last attendance estimates I heard were 300+ people. By my estimate, the response of honking passersby was overwhelmingly positive. Signs of hope.
June 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For a small southern city in the heart of Trump country, today's No Kings protest (Florence, SC) was astounding. The last attendance estimates I heard were 300+ people. By my estimate, the response of honking passersby was overwhelmingly positive. Signs of hope.
Southern Plains Bumblebee (Bombus fraternus) on Longleaf Milkweed (Asclepias longifolia). #endangered
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Southern Plains Bumblebee (Bombus fraternus) on Longleaf Milkweed (Asclepias longifolia). #endangered
Hands Off! Today in Florence SC.
April 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hands Off! Today in Florence SC.
Last year I bought a single clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) at a plant sale downtown. Photos from last October and today. True to form, it has spread via roots—look at all those fresh green shoots. It’s gonna be a pollinator magnet! 🐝 🧲 I hope it takes up half the back yard!
March 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Last year I bought a single clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) at a plant sale downtown. Photos from last October and today. True to form, it has spread via roots—look at all those fresh green shoots. It’s gonna be a pollinator magnet! 🐝 🧲 I hope it takes up half the back yard!
Over sixteen years ago, we began a long-term camera trapping survey at WildSumaco Wildlife Sanctuary in Ecuador. This photo was among our first captures of a Margay (Leopardus wiedii).
February 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Over sixteen years ago, we began a long-term camera trapping survey at WildSumaco Wildlife Sanctuary in Ecuador. This photo was among our first captures of a Margay (Leopardus wiedii).
Coup: An unelected, private, foreign-born citizen with zero legal authority, Elon Musk, has taken control of the US Treasury’s payment system. Six young hackers, college age or younger, have broken into the system at Musk’s behest.
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Coup: An unelected, private, foreign-born citizen with zero legal authority, Elon Musk, has taken control of the US Treasury’s payment system. Six young hackers, college age or younger, have broken into the system at Musk’s behest.
Orange bracket or shelf fungi - possibly chicken of the woods? (Laetiporus sulphureus) or related - growing on the dead trunk of a strangler fig tree, WildSumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Ecuador. Photo from July, 2010.
February 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Orange bracket or shelf fungi - possibly chicken of the woods? (Laetiporus sulphureus) or related - growing on the dead trunk of a strangler fig tree, WildSumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Ecuador. Photo from July, 2010.
Dún Aonghasa (Dun Aengus) on Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Ireland. May 2013. The fortress itself; stone wall with vertical defensive stones (cheval de frise) just beyond; view from the cliffs.
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Dún Aonghasa (Dun Aengus) on Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Ireland. May 2013. The fortress itself; stone wall with vertical defensive stones (cheval de frise) just beyond; view from the cliffs.
An American Mink (Neogale vison) near the jetty at Huntington Beach State Park. February 2024.
January 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An American Mink (Neogale vison) near the jetty at Huntington Beach State Park. February 2024.
Antisana Volcano, viewed from Papallacta Pass, Ecuador, July 2024.
January 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Antisana Volcano, viewed from Papallacta Pass, Ecuador, July 2024.
If you see this, quote post with flowers from your gallery. 🌿 #nativeplants Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), South Carolina.
January 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you see this, quote post with flowers from your gallery. 🌿 #nativeplants Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), South Carolina.
A much-needed corrective that will take herculean effort and patience to achieve. But there's no time like the present to get started. Click the link below to read. (Image credit: Denver Post via Getty Images. Copyright: 2018 The Denver Post, Medianews Group.)
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January 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A much-needed corrective that will take herculean effort and patience to achieve. But there's no time like the present to get started. Click the link below to read. (Image credit: Denver Post via Getty Images. Copyright: 2018 The Denver Post, Medianews Group.)
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Pine Barren Gentian (Gentiana autumnalis) has returned to the Longleaf Pine ecosystem in Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve (Lee County, South Carolina), thanks to years of careful management with prescribed fire.
January 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pine Barren Gentian (Gentiana autumnalis) has returned to the Longleaf Pine ecosystem in Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve (Lee County, South Carolina), thanks to years of careful management with prescribed fire.
A temporarily stunned Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis) after a window strike at Wildsumaco Lodge, Ecuador, in 2013. It fully recovered. Subsequently, the Lodge installed AcopianBirdsavers that virtually eliminate window strikes! Find out how in the comments.
January 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A temporarily stunned Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis) after a window strike at Wildsumaco Lodge, Ecuador, in 2013. It fully recovered. Subsequently, the Lodge installed AcopianBirdsavers that virtually eliminate window strikes! Find out how in the comments.
Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule), near Crabtree Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. Photo from May, 2015.
January 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule), near Crabtree Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. Photo from May, 2015.
My "lifer" Montezuma Quail. Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Arizona, July 2023.
January 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My "lifer" Montezuma Quail. Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Arizona, July 2023.
Juvenile red eft stage of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), with downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens). Crabtree Falls Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. Photo from 2015.
January 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Juvenile red eft stage of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), with downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens). Crabtree Falls Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. Photo from 2015.
Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on the Dingle Peninsula, Republic of Ireland. It attracts pollinators, including bumblebees, other bees, and butterflies. Photo from June, 2013.
December 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on the Dingle Peninsula, Republic of Ireland. It attracts pollinators, including bumblebees, other bees, and butterflies. Photo from June, 2013.
A Christmas gift to songbirds and small mammals: Seeds from Splitbeard Bluestem (Andropogon ternarius). Near Florence, South Carolina, USA.
December 25, 2024 at 1:59 PM
A Christmas gift to songbirds and small mammals: Seeds from Splitbeard Bluestem (Andropogon ternarius). Near Florence, South Carolina, USA.
A rare crested (or cristate) Saguaro on the Bajada Loop Nature Trail, Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona. Santa Catalina mountains in the background.
December 19, 2024 at 1:35 PM
A rare crested (or cristate) Saguaro on the Bajada Loop Nature Trail, Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona. Santa Catalina mountains in the background.
From my small South Carolina "lawn to wildflowers" conversion plot.
December 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
From my small South Carolina "lawn to wildflowers" conversion plot.
The beloved Celo Inn (near Burnsville, NC) was ravaged by flooding during Hurricane Helene. So many memories of spring migrant warbler days...
December 9, 2024 at 10:39 AM
The beloved Celo Inn (near Burnsville, NC) was ravaged by flooding during Hurricane Helene. So many memories of spring migrant warbler days...