Archive for March 2009
March 15, 2009 | 
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Spring is such a beautiful time of year – I love to walk around my gardens to see plants waking from their winter slumber. The new buds and blooms bring the bees and butterflies. I’ve even got frogs, eggs, and tadpoles! I’ve got a lot of pictures of “spring at my house,” so I hope you enjoy. 
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Look at this gorgeous couple! Ducks are famously glamorous, especially those brightly-colored males. When I first laid eyes on a Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca), I could only marvel that they “really DO look like the picture in my field guide!” Read the rest of this entry »
The Texas Master Naturalist program is a volunteer community service organization sponsored by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, and the AgriLife Extension Service. The program educates a corp of volunteers in the natural sciences, so that the participants emerge with new knowledge and heightened enthusiasm, ready to give back to their communities. I’ve been in training for the last four weeks, and I’m loving it! There’s about a 50% chance that your state offers a similar program. Read the rest of this entry »
The time has come for me to wrap up my series on Bosque del Apache, and I’ve saved the Sandhill Cranes for last! The Bosque is a National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, NM, and it is most well known for its huge flocks of wintering Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis).
Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) are adorable, even if they are loud and congregate in huge flocks. The story of the Snow Goose is a real roller-coaster. Their numbers once dropped so low that hunting them was prohibited. Today, our government is trying to decide how best to reduce their population. What happened? I’ll tell you… Read the rest of this entry »
