Sometimes instincts win out over logic. Many creatures have actions that just come naturally and they can’t help themselves. Ducks swim, frogs hop, birds fly. And beavers chop down trees.
In each case they are displaying their adaptation to a habitat, and if a beaver didn’t use its big teeth to imitate a […]
Today may be Groundhog Day, but regardless of whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow this morning, I think we’ll probably have a bit more cold weather before Spring arrives.
In case you’ve missed out on this exciting bit of nature lore, Punxsutawney is a village in Pennsylvania, and each year at this time the local groundhog, […]
Acorn woodpeckers leave very little to chance. Pessimists by nature, these birds devote their waking hours to storing insects and acorns from late summer through fall, making sure that they’ll have ample food for the coming winter.
In much of California and the Southwest, you can’t help seeing or hearing acorn woodpeckers. They’re common wherever you […]
A rose by any other name looks better without aphids. And eating aphids is the specialty of the ladybird beetle, affectionately known as the ladybug. The ladybug earned its nickname by devouring pests that have been tormenting man ever since the Garden of Eden.
Back in the Middle Ages (and before the Age of Insecticides), […]
It was cold before dawn on the first day of the New Year as Kaye broke ice off the water container outside our office window. We put it there for the birds, but the squirrels and an occasional deer make use of it too.
We don’t make too much of New Year’s Eve, but look […]
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