Crotalaria pumila or Rattle Box is a sweet little legume found out in the grassland and up slope as well. The family Leguminosae may be Fabaceae now or maybe it is the other way around, but one thing is for sure: at night Kangaroo Rats use the pods of rattle box to shake out rhythms as they swirl beautiful patterns in dust with their long tails . It’s true.
Petey has a new wildflower book and likes it so much that he is probably reading it under the covers at night. Oh dear....
Loggerhead shrikes are more common in the winter out where we live in Cochise County, Arizona. Some winters and springs it seems there is...
Anxious for some early morning light and something green in the grassland, Petey remembers an early blooming wildflower to look for in the nearby...
