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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….
Second day of the Bobwhite survey today. There will be more but I’m waiting until July to conclude the survey. So no Bobwhites today, but I will be hopeful for July. In fact, a person who has a place near units at the grasslands, said there is covey that she sees quite regularly. Indeed that…
Well, the rain this morning was unexpected, at least for me. And we got 1.47″! Humans Have Smoked Meat For Almost 2 Million Years, Study Suggests Research shows rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle Native Seed Libraries Stand Up for Science!…
Getting be the time of year to do walks earlier in the day, eh! A really gorgeous yellow mushroom! The photo on the left was taken at 7:50am. The right was at 9:41am. Tomorrow I will check it again. Scientists Studying Earth’s Trees Issued a Stark Warning to Humanity Cutting off rhinos’ horns is a…