Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
I’ve seen these strange flower-like growths on Utah Junipers here in Southwestern Colorado for years, but have not known what they were. I assumed they were galls, but was having a heck of a time figuring out what type of…
It’s April 9th, 2023 – Happy Eostre Day. At this time last week we were having snow, wind and rain here in Southwestern Colorado. Now the snow is gone, and it finally feels like Spring is here. I saw my…
Most Summers, we’ll get several pairs of Barn Swallows nesting in the garage. They’ll raise young in the Spring, and then perhaps try for a second clutch later in the Summer. There are usually a couple of weeks in the…
In mid-June of 2021, I was hiking along a river in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Their were Aspens trees lining the trail. The sun shone through the Aspen leaves, making them glow. It was very pretty, and I stopped to…
Here’s a photo of a a couple of Aphids on a Brittlebush leaf, taken in Tucson, Arizona, in March of 2004. The Aphid in the foreground is smaller, darker, and you can see that there’s a shed skin on the…
Yesterday (2022-10-23) I was walking along a trail in Southwestern Colorado, at an elevation of about 6200′. As I looked down, I saw a bit of white fluff in the middle of the trail, one that was moving of its…
The monsoon rains have come, and I’ve been spending quite a bit of time watching tadpoles in temporary desert ponds and pools. Most of the pools I’ve found this year have not been in my usual cattle tanks and silty mud…
I was on a hike the other day in a Ponderosa Pine forest in Southwestern Colorado, at about 7000′. There were a number of small Gambel Oak seedlings in the trail, and some of their leaves had a line of…
In early June of this year, I was up in the San Juan Mountains, checking cattle tanks for Tiger Salamanders. There were lots of Salamanders – and also Damselflies. The Damselflies were mating and just generally flitting and darting just…