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You may remember this water feature as the spa for the armadillos. However many others are coming as well. You have to learn and here is how to do it! This is not meal time silly birdies! An immature White-eyed Vireo get its bath! Apparently this is how the vireos take their baths Paula told…
Continuing on from yesterday’s nature nerds’ outing. A gentle poke got our friend to move just a little. Scientists Reveal Why Asp Caterpillar Stings Are So Excruciatingly Painful A Popular Fish Found in Aquariums Is Actually a Whole New Species Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
No Bobwhites were heard on this morning survey. Maybe tomorrow we will have better luck. Fingers crossed. However despite no the quail it was a great day. It was another drive-about after the survey with a couple of nature nerds. Oh goodness it was a great day. Thank you nature nerds, Jeanne and Suzanne! Birds…
Indeed it is definitely hot. Our morning walks start between 7 and 8am. High temp 105F, heat index 120F today! The armadillo looked like its tail had been slammed in the door…ouch! Plus someone had take a nip out of its left ear. Maybe it will be heading to the spa this afternoon for a…
Today’s post will include a few more shots from yesterday short walkabout. Plus I brought home a tiny treasure. 🙂 More Than a Pest – The Importance of Saving Moths An Explosion of Life Happens on Earth Every 36 Million Years. Now We Know Why. This Fake Beach in the Canary Islands Is a Baby…
Up early for the second quail survey. I would say bright-eyed and bushy-tail but I was not. LOL Finished with our last survey point we took a short walk. Great morning! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
It was a “cold” morning. Well at least that was what one critter thought. So when I took my morning walk it was cloudy and about 74F. Additionally we were lucky and got .12″ of that wet stuff. If I remember correctly it goes by the name of rain. 😉 More rain chances for the…
Quail surveys start at sunrise. Additionally the protocol says we must be finished by 8am. Each survey point should be done three times. So this will take a couple of weeks to complete the whole survey. After the morning survey there will be time to do a hike or a driving tour before it gets…
Indeed, the Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex) was my best find on the First Wed outing. I found it at the very end of the outing. So she was just traveling along slowly. Most of the time I find the Rainbow Scarabs in a pile of poop. So since she was nowhere near a pile, I…