Tuesday, May 05, 2020

ANDROCLES AND THE GILA MONSTER

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In Greek mythology, Androcles was an escaped slave who made friends with a lion by removing a thorn from the lion's paw. Years later, wh...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

OFFBEAT NATURE NOTES #1: How to tell a Pyrrhuloxia call from a Cardinal call

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Those lucky enough to live in the southwestern United States often encounter not only the beautiful northern cardinal, but also the similar-...
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

FAREWELL TO A KINGSNAKE

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I first met Leo in October, 2009, when I was studying to be a docent at Tohono Chul Park. One of our lessons involved getting to know snakes...
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Sunday, September 03, 2017

The Doves of Our Lives

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White-winged dove season is finally over. There are only a handful of these beautiful birds remaining, and soon they will be gone too, back...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

St. Francis and the Lizards

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We have now lived in our "new" house nearly three years. The yard came with a small statue of St. Francis. Though we are not Ch...
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Monday, March 13, 2017

How is a Snake Like Ginger Rogers?

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It was said of  the actress/dancer Ginger Rogers that she could do everything her partner, Fred Astaire, could do--but she did it backwards...
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Sunday, September 04, 2016

As the Dove Turns....A Tale of Obsession and Devotion in the Desert

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 Friends on social media know that for the last several weeks I've been obsessed with a particular white-winged dove that nests on my pr...
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