Comments on: International Rock-Flipping Day

By: Joe Public

Joe Public — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:27:07 +0000

As Ted suggested please, please return rocks back to the position you found them *after* removing any snakes, salamanders, etc that are under them. You can use a stick to prod any snakes out from under the rock. If you’re not sure how to identify it, use a stick anyway just to be safe to gently move it. Set whatever you moved somewhere near the rock and it will go back under it most of the time. Don’t try to turn rocks over with snake hooks or sticks, that does not work and it will slip off and smash things. Use your hands.

By: Beetles In The Bush

Beetles In The Bush — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:38:18 +0000

Thank you for reminding people to replace the rock. In a recent post, I showed some of the damage done to glade habitats south of St. Louis by those who flipped rocks and failed to return them to their original position. In some cases it may not be so important, but it could be critical in others. Best regards -- Ted

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:14:20 +0000

Finally got around to posting the video from my IRF Day efforts.

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Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:12:23 +0000

[...] Official IRFD declaration [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:16:20 +0000

Shai, you can blog about rock-flipping any time you want! But International Rock-Flipping Day comes but once a year. (And we haven’t quite decided whether that will be September 2, or the first Sunday of September.)

By: Shai Gluskin

Shai Gluskin — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:40:07 +0000

Dave,

How strict are ya on the Sept. 2 part of it all. Assuming that you are, I look forward to the next.

Thanks for all your great work and creativity.

By: Burning Silo » Blog Archive » International Rock-Flipping Day - Report and Updates

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:17:52 +0000

[...] After returning home from our trip to Nova Scotia, I made a little tour of the yard, checking out the vegetable garden and insect activity, but also carefully turned a few rocks in honour of International Rock-Flipping Day. This is my report: [...]

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:57:57 +0000

Dave, I’ve posted my entry on the Blaug, a day late but anyway. I guess I should go and post it to the Flickr site now.

By: Flip this « Hoarded Ordinaries

Flip this « Hoarded Ordinaries — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:30:23 +0000

[...] I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. Today was International Rock Flipping Day, and I have nothing to show for myself. Granted, had I tried to flip any of the tombstones I saw in the Old Burying Ground in Harvard Square this afternoon, I would have probably gotten arrested. But this morning, while walking Reggie along a quiet, shady trail that follows a woodsy right-of-way in suburban Newton, Massachusetts, I couldn’t find any properly flippable rocks. I flipped several small stones, but nobody was home underneath. And all the larger rocks I encountered were either huge, unmoving boulders or mid-size landscaping stones in people’s gardens…and even I with my bad, bad blogging self don’t feel comfortable flipping rocks in someone else’s backyard. [...]

By: International Rock Flipping Day « Nature Woman

International Rock Flipping Day « Nature Woman — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:09:17 +0000

[...] Sep 2nd, 2007 by Pam Okay, I didn’t realize there were some rules for international rock flipping day until I started this post, but I did spend part of my day flipping rocks where my older brother and I used to spend hours when we were kids, in LaFayette, NY. Â I wasn’t disappointed.Â There were tons of fossils! What, you were expecting me to go out and try to find insects under rocks.Â Well, I did that, too, but it wasn’t too exciting.Â Okay, I didn’t really”flip” rocks, I peeled rocks back in layers to find the fossils. [...]