A Wonderful Neighbor: The Pollen-Bellied Leafcutter
October 9, 2017
Most people are familiar with bees that collect and carry pollen on their legs in either specialized pollen baskets called... Read More →
The Burning Butterfly Problem
October 5, 2017
I went out to hunt up a couple of pawpaws late in the afternoon in late September, and noticed a... Read More →
Fundraiser Supports Conservation and Brings Community Together
October 4, 2017
The Celebration Barn was an inviting venue for the 11th annual “Under a Cider Moon…a Celebration of Autumn” fundraising event... Read More →
The Value of Drought
September 28, 2017
This year, spring and early summer had quite adequate rainfall. But as we slip into late summer and early autumn,... Read More →
Bees Everywhere and Nowhere to Go
September 25, 2017
A flash of white catches my attention, and my eyes scan in that direction. The diversity of shapes, sizes and... Read More →
Rose Mallow: Our River Flower
September 21, 2017
The mallow family is quite extensive in the tropics, with fewer species as one proceeds poleward. The domestics probably most... Read More →
Connecting with Nature at Family Day
September 18, 2017
Just over a week ago, Bur Oak Land Trust held its fall Family Day at Belgum Grove, one of the... Read More →
Vanessa Invasion
September 14, 2017
If you’ve set foot outside in the past couple of weeks and found yourself in the vicinity of any flowers,... Read More →
Record Rains
September 7, 2017
Two decades ago I was still teaching Engineering Geology, with several weeks of lecture, lab, and field trips devoted to... Read More →
Is Perpetuity Forever?
September 4, 2017
I’m taking a break by a small wetland pool, secluded in an area of willows with a small silver maple... Read More →
