Remarkable Reptiles!
Elusive “blue-tailed” western skink
A boa constrictor in Idaho!
Garter snakes most common snake in Idaho
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Red-winged blackbirds: Only males true to their name
A bird true to its name is the red-winged blackbird. The descriptive name of the red-winged blackbird only applies to the male though. The female…
Spinning a web comes naturally for spiders
Without a single lesson, a young spider can build its own web. As the spider grows, so does the size of the web. While every…
Some deciduous trees forgo showy flowers, pollinate early
Buds are beginning to swell on some plants as the amount of daylight increases, such as the red twinberry. Some plants will wait longer to…
No, you don’t have maggots in your house
Not a single fly buzzes through the house all winter and on a sunny spring day they all seem to come out of the woodwork–quite…
Rare white raven
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Ravens are black, rarely white. I’m lucky to have a white raven frequenting the field near our house. I didn’t get a close look but…
Comets offer a glimpse of deep space
One doesn’t forget seeing a comet trail across the night sky for weeks. Many may remember Hale-Bopp visible in 1997 or Halley’s comet in 1986.…
Who-Whoo is that calling in the dark?
A deep whoo, whoo, whoo-whooo, whooo-whooo resonates across the field as evening quickly fades away. The three to eight loud, deep hoots come from…
Room to roam: Home range fluctuates with food supply
Fences, stakes and lines on a map define my property from my neighbors’s property. Animal’s have property lines too but they define them differently. Some…
First Robin
Is it too early for spring? The first robin sighting is a hint of what’s to come. Looking back at my calendars, this sighting is…
Masked bandit commonly strikes at night
Small, five-toed tracks in the snow that are suggestive of miniature bear tracks amble away from an empty dog food dish outside a door–the masked…