Nov 07
Posted: under Activities, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, bird behavior, census, observation, photography, wildlife management November 7th, 2009
Forgot to mention yesterday that though I had heard a White-crowned Sparrow call in the yard a few days ago, I hadn’t spotted one until yesterday evening, up in the dry woods. I came into the south end of the dry woods trail and startled some White-winged doves, who flapped off with their usual noisy […] [...more]
Forgot to mention yesterday that though I had heard a White-crowned Sparrow call in the yard a few days ago, I hadn’t spotted one until yesterday evening, up in the dry woods. I came into the south end of the dry woods trail and startled some White-winged doves, who flapped off with their usual noisy behavior, but one smaller bird just hopped to the top of a cactus and sat there.
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Nov 06
Posted: under Activities, photography, Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, beauty, butterflies, census, native plants, photography, prairie restoration November 6th, 2009
Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall. This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which. [...more]
Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall.
This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which.
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Nov 06
Posted: under Activities, photography, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, census, insect, new species, observation, photography, wildlife management November 6th, 2009
Our on the land with visitors yesterday, I spotted a new fly (new to me): That spotted abdomen was very obvious with the naked eye. It’s a similar pattern to a spotted jumping spider we have (also white spots on black) and until I saw it fly I was thinking “There’s another P. audax, never […] [...more]
Our on the land with visitors yesterday, I spotted a new fly (new to me):
That spotted abdomen was very obvious with the naked eye. It’s a similar pattern to a spotted jumping spider we have (also white spots on black) and until I saw it fly I was thinking “There’s another P. audax, never saw one on heath aster before.” The “face” and antennae are the same golden color as the wings.
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Nov 04
Posted: under Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: beauty, butterflies, insect, native plants, photography November 4th, 2009
The dry-woods swale is slowly drying up: The pale area is where water stood for several weeks. [...more]
The dry-woods swale is slowly drying up:
The pale area is where water stood for several weeks.
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Oct 30
Posted: under Activities, Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, beauty, dragonfly, native plants, natural water, photography October 30th, 2009
Instead of raining yesterday as the front came through, the sky slowly cleared from the west, and today dawned chilly and clear. While Richard worked on fence, I put on rubber boots and went out to see if anything’s drying out yet. [...more]
Instead of raining yesterday as the front came through, the sky slowly cleared from the west, and today dawned chilly and clear. While Richard worked on fence, I put on rubber boots and went out to see if anything’s drying out yet.
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Oct 27
Posted: under photography, Wildlife.
Tags: beauty, insect, native plants, natural water, odonates, photography October 27th, 2009
After the additional three inches of rain yesterday, the saturated ground is leaking water down every slope, making the grassland look like a marsh, or at least the margins of a marsh. [...more]
After the additional three inches of rain yesterday, the saturated ground is leaking water down every slope, making the grassland look like a marsh, or at least the margins of a marsh.
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Oct 24
Posted: under Activities, photography.
Tags: Activities, beauty, dragonfly, native plants, photography October 24th, 2009
We have a new species for the list, another bug (literally bug–a stinkbug found on a bush honeysuckle yesterday morning.) There were lots of them, in fact: all adults, this time. (You can tell by the wings folded onto the back.) [...more]
We have a new species for the list, another bug (literally bug–a stinkbug found on a bush honeysuckle yesterday morning.) There were lots of them, in fact: all adults, this time. (You can tell by the wings folded onto the back.)
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Oct 22
Posted: under Water, Weather.
Tags: beauty, photography, rain, Weather October 22nd, 2009
Last night we got another three inches of rain. [...more]
Last night we got another three inches of rain.
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Oct 20
Posted: under photography, Plantlife, Water.
Tags: beauty, grass, native plants, photography, prairie restoration, rain October 20th, 2009
An introduction to some more of our “big” grasses, now flowering beautifully after the rain. Two are climax tallgrasses, and one is (in my opinion) one of the most beautiful grasses in the country and deserves to be used more as a landscape accent. Meet Lindheimer Muhly (Muhlenbergia Lindheimeri). All the Muhlys are pretty grasses; […] [...more]
An introduction to some more of our “big” grasses, now flowering beautifully after the rain. Two are climax tallgrasses, and one is (in my opinion) one of the most beautiful grasses in the country and deserves to be used more as a landscape accent.
Meet Lindheimer Muhly (Muhlenbergia Lindheimeri). All the Muhlys are pretty grasses; some are more striking than others, but Lindheimer Muhly is the queen of the lot:
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Oct 19
Posted: under photography, Water.
Tags: beauty, natural water, photography October 19th, 2009
I came home to find the creek running clear… [...more]
I came home to find the creek running clear…
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