The Science Behind Nature - in Layperson Speak
Once in awhile, I can't ignore writing about significant news about our Earth's woes, which are caused by we humans. The occasion is yesterday's publication of a article Approaching a State Shift in Earth's Biosphere in the journal Nature. Before you stop reading, I do include some positive …
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Note: I've started a new category "Great Hikes" which features especially good hiking experiences in native habitat and wildlife (for now in Southern CA.) I tend to prefer hikes where I have the place to myself. Frankish Peak north of Upland CA satisfies that need, and a recent May late afternoon …
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I just did a walk up to Caroline Park and luckily had my camera to capture the flowering natives, birds and bunnies. Caroline Park is a native plant park set aside in Redlands CA by Olivia Phelps (of the Phelps-Dodge family) in 1929 to honor her sister Caroline. While the many flowering plants in …
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Here are things you can do to help birds of all kinds - songbirds, raptors and shorebirds - especially as they fly from their winter homes to their summer breeding ground. To help them avoid the many perils along the way: (from Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation plus 2 of mine …
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We've got lots of carpenter bees -- visiting the Cleveland Sage in our front yard, and now laying eggs above. About a year ago I saw sawdust below an old parrot perch sitting outside and over the next few months got to witness an adult carpenter bee drilling into the wood prior to laying eggs. Then …
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About a month ago, I got a letter in the mail from a termite company, Terminix, which began with the following: "Ants can be more harmful to your family than you think. That's because these monsters (and others, like cockroaches may carry more than a dozen kinds of bacteria, like strep and staph. …
