The Monarch life cycle starts as a tiny green egg underneath a milkweed leaf. I’ve found several young caterpillars not long after they’ve hatched. Some I’ve brought home on their leaf, and put in a large well-ventilated jar with lots...
Western Chorus frog Springtime brings the frogs and toads out of hibernation. We hear them croaking near vernal ponds. They must have clean, calm water to complete their life cycle. All frogs absorb water through their skin from wet grass,...
Healthy black bear boar, NL It’s autumn and bears are eating anything they can find. They aren’t picky; it’s calories that count, preferably around 20,000 daily. They search for food 20 hours a day in order to layer on enough...
Praying Mantis hidden in the grass. Just happened to see a praying mantis lurking in the grass and decided it would make a good topic for this nature factoid addition. They’re difficult to see, so usually go unnoticed; which is...
The “Nature Detective” section of a recent mailing from Boulder County Parks and Open Space reminded me how much I like lizards. Apparently in the county we have only 3 small species; out of a world population of thousands. Lizards...
So that isn’t the end of the turkey story. Every time the turkeys wandered back through to check for spilled birdseed, there was one fewer. We started with nine and last we saw them (a few months ago) there were...
I picked Wild Turkeys for my first blog post because they are a bright spot in a often dismal overview of species decline. Turkeys are thriving after nearly going extinct in the 30s. Most of the time when turkeys are...
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