Category: Blogs
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The Vital and Prolific Eastern Cottontail
by M. Kathy Raines The big-eyed cottontail, crouching amid a bed of purples, mimicked a garden statue. A four-foot bull snake sprawled nearby, alert to the slightest motion. Neither budged. I watched for twenty minutes, rooting for the rabbit, but never saw how the drama played out. Snakes can be mighty patient. Like other ready-to-eat…
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Annual Texas Pollinator BioBlitz through October 17
Published October 2, 2021, McAllen Monitor — Citizen Scientist projects, like the annual Texas Pollinator BioBlitz, provide important habitat information.
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Anita’s Blog– Pollinator Challenge Invitation
Take the Challenge! Texas Pollinator BioBlitz 2021 is important — Sign up for the project — Grab your camera!
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Barnacles might be some of the ocean’s superpowers
Published in the McAllen Monitor September 18, 2021. They’re everywhere. Nothing sea-submerged is safe from these unique creatures.
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Unlikely yard birds; not so unlikely mates
Published September 4, 2021, McAllen Monitor. Peculiar environmental events can provide interesting habitat up-sets . . . .
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Beneficial or pest, beetles are unique and interesting
Published August 21, 2021, McAllen Monitor. Beetles – not the music group — have different jobs in the habitat