We began tracking whooping cranes in the late 70s, and wrote this article in 1983. But last week we found a wonderful video from National Geographic where you can see how these magnificent birds are “trained” to migrate following an ultra-lite aircraft.
There have been great success stories in the whooping crane recovery saga, with […]
It was rainy today, so we repeated a drive we took about a week ago when searching for some late fall colors. We like gaining enough altitude so the changing shades of different plants are set off by the ever-present green of the pines. Last week the yellows and reds were outstanding.
This week […]
By December of most years we’ve retreated from the northern cold, with our journey usually ending in the deserts of the Southwest. Some people go to the deserts only to escape - we return year after year because we love the open spaces, the low humidity, and the many desert creatures that live there year-round.
Many […]
If you can’t beat them, trick them instead.
Possums are famous for “playing dead” when threatened, but they aren’t playing. Scientists say that the opossum actually goes into shock when overly stressed. So if you see a ‘possum lying on the ground, limp and unconscious, stand back. It has only fainted. Give it time, and it […]
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