Watching the World Wake Up

Quick Life Update/Preamble to Post So 2 things real quick. First, this has been kind of a cool week. On Saturday I kicked ass in a brutal r...

So a couple weeks back when I was in San Diego, I mentioned that Wonder Boy was in Bird Camp . Bird Camp was a roaring success, adding to hi...

So for several days I’ve been suspecting I made a significant ID error in my July 1 post . And I confirmed today that indeed I did. When I r...

Yes, another wildflower post. I know it seems like I’m posting an awful lot about wildflowers , which is odd, given that I’m really much ...

Today I have a couple of updates, a new/old flower, a new example of a type of pollinator relationship we’ve seen earlier this year, and a T...

Last Fall I went through a period of searching for, and finding, a number of rare hybrid oaks. These oaks will be something I cover in a fut...

It’s hot, hot, hot. No rain in the forecast. The valley air has a whitish, unhealthy-looking haze, and all I want to do is zip up one of the...