The Loggerhead Shrike is common, but still a fun sighting when your are out in the field. The first time you find an insect or small reptile stuck on a mesquite spine or a barb wire is always a “what the heck?” moment. Years ago it lead me to investigate the natural history of this wonderful songbird predator or as my friend Peacock calls it, “the homicidal songbird.”
I think that if I went back twenty or so years and looked at my notes, I would probably be waxing poetic about fall....
We love our annual Christmas tree hunt and it’s been going on for a long time. I have 35 mm slides of hunts from...
A few days of traipsing and hunting deer in the hills and all Petey can talk about is hearing his heart beat. Oh dear. ...
