Yesterday afternoon, fed by warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, thunderstorms began to form east of Sarasota Bay; their slate-gray base...
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Friday, 30 May 2014
Greeted by Storms & Kites
10:30
After some hiking in the Cumberland Plateau, we continued southward toward our condo on Longboat Key, Florida. Approaching the Tampa area, ...
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Lookout Mountain of the Southeast
18:14
Like the Allegheny Front in western Pennsylvania, Lookout Mountain, which stretches from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Gadsden, Alabama, repres...
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Grundy Forest Natural Area
19:40
Driving southeast on Interstate 24, one encounters the first ridges of the Appalachian Plateau (known in Tennessee as the Cumberland Plateau...
Monday, 26 May 2014
The Nature of Soldiers
11:15
Throughout human history, young men and women have been the fodder for war. Whether they volunteered or were drafted into service, they hav...
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Cattle Egrets in the U.S.
13:44
Though cattle egrets were first observed in North America in the 1940s and were breeding here by the early 1950s (see Global Egret ). they a...
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Mountain Plovers
06:29
The only thing "mountain" about mountain plovers is that they summer and breed in the Mountain Time Zone. Preferring short-grass ...
Friday, 23 May 2014
Southern Plains Monsoon
10:04
The annual Southwest Monsoon, which develops during the summer months, results from low pressure over the northern Baja and high pressure ov...
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Summer Mode at Eagle Bluffs
11:32
After months of hosting frenzied migrants, beginning with snow geese in February and ending with various songbirds and shorebirds in early M...
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Genetics & Disease
09:52
The study of human health reveals that there are a group of diseases that are clearly genetic in origin, caused by defective genes or chromo...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Rivers of the Flint Hills
14:26
The scenic Flint Hills of eastern Kansas are composed of Permian strata, lifted and carved into a maze of ridges and valleys by numerous str...
Monday, 19 May 2014
In Rattlesnake Country
04:30
At the trailhead for the Sharptail Ridge Open Space preserve, south of Denver, a sign warns of rattlesnakes in the area. Of course, similar...
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Lazuli Buntings
06:01
On a hike through Roxborough State Park yesterday morning, I encountered most of the birds common to the foothill shrublands of Colorado...
Saturday, 17 May 2014
The Nature of Thought
06:48
Thought is the intellectual process of digesting personal experience, acquired knowledge and the ideas of others; it is through this process...
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Swallow Squadrons
12:25
On this cool, sunny morning along the Colorado Front Range, we headed down to South Platte Park. In the course of our hike, the resident bi...
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Ditch Digging
11:37
Prior to this morning, my volunteer activities with the Carson Nature Center, at South Platte Park, had consisted of participation in waterf...
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Westward into Winter
05:16
Heading back to our Colorado farm yesterday morning, we left Columbia under hazy skies; the temperature at dawn was 71 degrees F and the dew...
Monday, 12 May 2014
Life's Tragedies
04:34
Many humans face tragedy in their life, whether from war, accident, illness or natural catastrophe. For some, such events are accepted as f...
Sunday, 11 May 2014
More Mothers than Fathers
05:17
On this Mother's Day, it's appropriate to acknowledge that, in nature, there are more mothers than fathers. Among the many inverteb...
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Grass Plovers at Eagle Bluffs
12:34
Thanks to a heads-up from a friend and fellow birder who was arriving at Eagle Bluffs as I was leaving, I was fortunate to observe four upla...
Friday, 9 May 2014
Preventing Dementia
05:31
As the Baby Boomers enter their late sixties and seventies, increasing attention is focused on dementia and other diseases of the elderly, e...
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Blocking Highs
04:53
Domes of high pressure may sit above an ocean or land mass for an extended period of time, shunting storm systems around their periphery; in...
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Along Grindstone Creek
05:37
Grindstone Creek Nature Area, in Columbia, Missouri, is another excellent area for birding. Riparian woodlands line the stream and limeston...
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Public Prayer
05:31
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of government organizations to begin their meetings with a public prayer, as long as that...
Monday, 5 May 2014
Heavenly Days at Eagle Bluffs
11:14
Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, southwest of Columbia, is an excellent destination for birding during any season. However, the diversity of...
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Evening Visitors
05:38
As I am prone to do during the pleasant weather of mid spring and early autumn, I stepped out back last evening to see who might be visiting...
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Warbler Weeks
05:33
The last week of April and the first three weeks of May are of special interest to veteran birders. During this period, warblers are stream...
Friday, 2 May 2014
Returning to October
05:24
After more than a week in the balmy, humid air of Ohio, we returned to Missouri yesterday afternoon, arriving at dusk. Stepping from my pic...
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Birth, Death & Survival
05:27
Following the gradual thaw of March and the steady transition of April, an explosion of life occurs in May and June across the Northern Hemi...
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