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Mud Daubers in the Barn
This the start of my “mud dauber research” as I have much to learn about these wasps that fly around the Mesquitey collection of...
My Magical Monsoon Belief System
Well, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out and...
Pituophis in the Hen House!
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus looks like a combination...
Quercus Quest
It’s always fun to have a quest when headed into the hills. It’s okay if the search doesn’t work out. It’s like the great...
The Story of Numida meleagris
I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as...
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...