There is not a whole lot more I want to add to this show, except that there is a road across the grassland and I still go there for stories. I hope you have a road or trail or special place that makes you want to sing. Happy 2019 my friends.
The Loggerhead Shrike is common, but still a fun sighting when your are out in the field. The first time you find an insect...
The photos are mine of Verbesina encelioides. Although it’s quite pretty, “a common weed of roadsides and waste places.”* *Kearney and Peebles, Arizona Flora
Burroweed is in the Asteraceae. In the olden days…well, it wasn’t that long ago… some botanists had the sunflower family (Compositae) split up into...