Phil’s Photo Monday
Cooper’s Hawk
Cool Facts
Dashing through vegetation to catch birds is a dangerous lifestyle. In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s Hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, … Read more
Orb Weaver Spider
Range
Prolific throughout entire continental United States, Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Habitat
Anywhere with abundant prey and structures to support the web – around light fixtures used at night, or tree branches, tall grasses, and bushes. human growth hormone … Read more
Belted Kingfischer
Cool Facts
The breeding distribution of the Belted Kingfisher is limited in some areas by the availability of suitable nesting sites. Human activity, such as road building and digging gravel pits, has created banks where kingfishers can nest and allowed … Read more
Animal Pic of the Week
Have you guessed what it is yet?
common name: California Kingsnake
scientific names: Lampropeltis getulus californiae
habitat: grasslands, freshwater marshes, desert, farmland, chaparral, forest, and woodland
size: 27 to 76 cm
description: The California Kingsnake is dark brown or … Read more
CONTEST FOR FREE GAS
OK so why is this non profit land trust, dedicated to saving the environment and educating kids, giving away gas? Good question, because everyone needs gas. I know I don’t walk to work, nor does anyone in … Read more