The Science Behind Nature - in Layperson Speak
With summer in full force in our yard, there's a variety of subjects on my mind, including missing lizards, mating beetles and even something for plant lovers - so I thought I would provide an update on previous subjects I've written about. Painted Lady: Part of the Circle of Life I had a number …
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An article I wrote about rats, snakes and bees appeared today in our local paper. Since I gave an update about rat poison and wildlife last month, let's talk snakes. I like snakes. I know I'm unusual in this, perhaps because I didn't have brothers that terrorized me with them (real or not), and …
It's springtime in the nature world. We came across two mating lizard couples yesterday while many others are running around like cuckoos trying to get into the game. (… looked up cuckoos and they're a family of birds that include roadrunners.) The season of love has also struck other animal …
Dr. Erika Nowak from Northern Arizona University commented on my last rattlesnake blog on relocating rattlesnakes, and provided the following info - so I thought I would provide it as a separate blog. In a nutshell, if you must relocate rattlesnakes (which is preferable to the alternative of …
I took a hiatus with our Bushnell wildlife camera, but have put one up again the last couple months in 3 different places to track our wildlife visitors. Thought I would post a few photos of what's been in our yard, plus what's been waking up my husband most early mornings as it goes through the …
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Here's a more recent post on rattlesnake research by Dr. Erika Novak. A reader and nature appreciator, Gary MacGrumbley from New Mexico, responded to my earlier article Rattlesnakes! Relocating them works just fine, saying there was not enough evidence to say that relocating rattlesnakes worked. I …
Continue Reading about More on Relocating Rattlesnakes – including a research bibliography
