Ever heard of them? They are a rhizomatic native plant species originating in Louisiana and, until recently, there were five native species: Iris giganticaerulea, hexagona, brevicaulis, fulva, and nelsonii. Recently confirmed as a sixth native Louisiana iris is Iris savannarum (which I have not yet seen or studied). The first three species listed are all…
And they eat acorns! Inspired by my illustrious writer-friend Shoreacres way down in Texas and her most recent blog post about these noisy, black birds, I decided to share with you a recent set of photos, which I posted on Facebook. (Yes, many of you know I’m guilty of falling into, and residing in, that…
This was a very special day for me on this project because my oldest son accompanied me. Nat, the bird biologist, was out of town at some kind of bird bio conference and the day was much too beautiful to not be out on the water checking the nest-box progress. D.W. was on his “off…
DAY 3 Week two of the PROW project happened just one week after we cleaned the boxes in preparation for the males to return from Central and South America. And as we checked each of the 30 boxes around Lake Palourde, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the males had already arrived. We detect…
Well, folks, I had every intention of keeping these posts up to the day, but there really aren’t enough hours in the day to get photos uploaded, edited, and into some semblance of a decent post twice a week. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I’m whining, but when I started this blog back in 2007,…
Hello,friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about fishing, since fishing hasn’t been at the forefront of my activities for the past year or so. Certainly, my oldest son and I have enjoyed a couple of bass fishing trips, but we didn’t catch many–just had an enjoyable time on the water together. Today,…