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So I’m sad to tell that the Black Vulture family didn’t make it. First let me tell there were no predators involved. However I am showing step by step what they did. Moreover I thought it was very touching, though sad watching them taking of care of the now dead embryos. Now nature moves on….
We continued on across the prairie! Still on the prairie we were getting closer to why we had come to this particular prairie. No hurries though, we didn’t want to miss anything. In Alabama, a Social Media Influencer Really Gets Wild “Strange” – Scientists Discover Ghostly 23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints in New Mexico Stand Up for…
Yesterday, Jeanne and I headed out to explore on the grasslands. More tomorrow! Touch the Sky Bringing out the Dead Joshua tree visit shows impact of park budget cuts Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
So it was another day for Jeanne to check nest boxes! Furthermore I needed to be outside so it was perfect. 😉 A nice way to spend the morning! Thanks Jeanne! How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago The Human Epoch Doesn’t Officially Exist….
Now that summer has settled in, I guess we won’t be getting much more rain for the summer, eh. These Sandhill Cranes Have Adopted a Canada Gosling, and Birders Have Flocked to Watch the Strange Family Saved From the Saw: Conservation Deal Spares 8,000 Acres of Sensitive Land in Alabama From Becoming a Wood Pellet…
Indeed I have been thankful for the wind the last few days! So I think I can see the saddle in the movie. Bats live long, cancer-free lives using extra tumor-fighting genes and stable immune systems. This may unlock new ways to fight aging. Thanks Judy! A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis about…
We were seeing good stuff as we walked along on the Dixon’s prairie. So no luck on the Thurber’s Pilostyles this time. But I am hopeful that I will have success and find another population somewhere sooner or later. 🙂 And it is always a pleasure to be out on the prairie! Thank you to…
If you remember, I only said we had not walked in this next area before. So we continued on into the unknown at Dixon. Darn I say…the Golden Dalea is having a golden moment this summer. 🙂 More from Dixon tomorrow! Engineers Are Racing to Harness the Dazzling Magic of Feathers. They Haven’t Solved the…
Today Jeanne and I headed over to the Dixon Water Foundation. My goal was to look for Black Dalea and a parasitic plant that grows on it, Thurber’s Pilostyles. We headed to a spot that I thought might be promising. So I didn’t remember the Black Dalea being there before at this particular location. However…
Indeed it is time to update you on the Black Vulture family. On Monday we decided it was time to renovate. The plants were obstructing the view. The plants had to go. On Tuesday afternoon, this parent was persuaded to come out. And with a little more coaxing they flew off to a nearby tree….