Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Best Things in Life Are Free

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The moon belongs to everyone. The best things in life are free. The stars belong to everyone. They gleam there for you and me. The flowe...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Where are the conservationist hunters of yesteryear?

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Spruce Grouse and other members of their family are national treasures, far more important in American history and culture, and for their ...

Spruce Grouse!

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Last year during my Conservation Big Year, I spent a morning with my friend Troy Walters searching for a Spruce Grouse where he often find...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Weird Warbler Behavior

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The spring of 2014 has been colder than usual, just like our winter was. Birds that winter in the southern states can mosey north with goo...

Endangered Species Day

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May 16, 2014, was Endangered Species Day. The predecessor of the Endangered Species Act was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 196...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Scale Insects and Passenger Pigeons

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Right now, one of my orchid plants is suffering from a scale insect infestation. I’ve been trying to keep it under control without resorti...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Nesting Black-capped Vireos

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I was in western Oklahoma for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival the last weekend in April, and then headed a bit further south to Oklaho...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival

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Last October, I got an email from John Kennington in Oklahoma, inviting me to speak at this year’s Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival in ...