Another great talk -- by Abby Harned from Three Sisters Farm in Redlands CA -- at our Redlands horticulture meeting last night. (One advantage of being program chair is you get to invite wonderful speakers.) We learned first-hand how an organic farm is set up, and how they attract natural predators …
Positive News to End Predator Wildlife Killing Contests in California
Many states have killing contests for our nation's predators, such as coyotes. Now there's good news in ending this - at least in California. In past posts I've written about the efforts of Project Coyote to promote co-existence between humans and coyotes and other predators. At their request, …
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Favorite Birding Spots in Inland Southern California
In my previous post, For the Love of Hummingbirds, I mentioned Kurt Leuschner shared his favorite birding places in the Inland Empire and desert areas east of Los Angeles. Leuschner is a professor of natural resources at College of the Desert in Palm Desert and leads many birding and nature walks. …
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For the Love of Hummingbirds
People obviously love hummingbirds. A large audience came to hear Kurt Leuschner, a professor at Palm Desert’s College of the Desert, speak to the Redlands horticulture group about hummingbirds. He started out reminding us that we’re lucky. While folks in the East get excited about their …
Bright Bird Brains: A Tribute to Dusty
Our eccentric died in December. Ten years ago we adopted Dusty, a 30-year old African grey parrot into our family. All we knew about Dusty was he had three prior homes that ended in divorce or break-ups. Doing a little math tells you that with three homes, six people didn’t want to keep him …
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The Lesson of ‘Little Bill’
I received this story about a blackbird named Bill in a Christmas card from my childhood friend, Linda Gurtz Hildreth. Such a good message…. thank you Linda. Linda and her husband Jeff go out on their large sailboat nearly every weekend and sometimes take the 10-12 hour trip from the west …