Infatuated with Hummingbirds
July 12, 2018
Two years ago, when Mark Jagnow and I were building a 50-foot-long trellis across the south side of my house... Read More →
Collecting Seeds of the Little Guys
July 9, 2018
Typically in January, after the chill of winter has settled into my bones, I’ll find myself dreaming of springtime on... Read More →
A Favorite Sunset
July 5, 2018
One of the joys of being outdoors daily is witnessing ephemeral sky phenomena like crystalline sun dogs, rainbowed lunar halos,... Read More →
The Chalcid Wasp: Not Your Everyday Pollinator
July 2, 2018
The diversity of nature is astounding. Even in the small corner of the world [Bur Oak Land Trust properties or]... Read More →
Dwarf Crested Iris, A Rare Native Woodland Species
June 28, 2018
Like so much of our native flora and fauna, the core of the range for dwarf crested iris is southeast... Read More →
Magic Time
June 25, 2018
The autumn full moon hangs low in the western horizon. Moon beams of light are pouring over the ridge creating... Read More →
East Bats, West Bats
June 21, 2018
Western culture, brought over here by Europeans, has long held a negative view of bats, those creatures of darkness, the... Read More →
Ring of Fire
June 18, 2018
Bur Oak Land Trust blogger Lon Drake recently wrote a fine commentary titled Why We Burn, What We Burn,... Read More →
Survival Food for the Birds
June 14, 2018
As we slipped into spring this year, native survival foods for the birds again played an important role. The robins,... Read More →
The Humble Pineapple Weed
June 11, 2018
If there is one plant that is evocative of my youth, it is the humble Pineapple Weed (Matricaria discoidea). The... Read More →
