Well, there is nothing more fun, well okay, for me, than starting in the desert grassland and slowly driving and stopping your way up into a sky island. The journey into the hills talked about here was inspired by my friend Bill Radke, who told me about these hybrid populations of Aqulegia chrysantha X desertorum. Well, of course I had to go see for myself and I did. Very cool.
Chalybion californicum is the name of the metallic blue black wasp. Both male and female feed on nectar and they are easily spotted on...
I’m lucky to live beside the Ol’ Guajolote. It’s not on the land where we live, but runs through other neighbors’ properties next to...
