Category: Blogs
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Unusual summer sightings during early morning walk
Published August 7, 2021, McAllen Monitor. Early morning excursions often tell what nature’s been up to in the night . . . .
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Stay up late during National Moth Week and see what flies in the dark of night
Published July 17, 2021 in the McAllen Monitor. Citizen scientist projects collect valuable data about things that fly in the night . . . .
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Beautiful but toxic night blooming plant attracts moths
Published July 3, 2021 in the McAllen Monitor. Sunlight shows off flowers in all their daylight glory; others are spectacular only in the moonlight . . . .
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Anita’s Blog — Cicadas Sing; Dragons Fly
Late summer is abuzz with sounds and sights as the natural world continues its annual mission . . . .
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Anita’s Blog — The Hoppers
The naming of things — humans are the only species (as far as we know) compelled to put a name to things — even the tiniest of things . . . .
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The Intriguing but Maligned Bronzed Cowbird
by M. Kathy Raines A bronzed cowbird is not a bad bird for depositing her eggs in the nest of an unwitting host, whose own brood often dies. No, the cowbird, like ourselves, does what it does to survive and prosper. An obligate brood parasite—like about 1% of bird species, including some cuckoos—a cowbird never…