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Spadefoots and Puddles
In July of 2002 I produced an episode about the summer monsoon and spadefoots. It was so much fun to write and record. In...
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Monsoon Pudding Days
Phemeranthus aurantiacus, the former Talinum aurantiacum, is now in Talinaceae, the flameflower family, “a family of two genera and 28 species.” There’s more; the...
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A Chicken in Your Back Yard
I revealed most of my personal chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control of...
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Desert Celebrations and Byrd Baylor
I read from the book I’m in Charge of Celebrations, but I could have read from many others. If you live in Tucson or...
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A Pigeon and a Pine
The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to...
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Western Soapberry Tree
Western soapberry is Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii and is in the family Sapindaceae. In the soapberry family there are around twelve species. I say...