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Counting Cormorants

Counting Cormorants

Betty | April 3, 2018

“Call me when you’re finished,” the Tres Rios employee offered as he closed and locked the gate behind us at the Tres Rios Wetlands, “and I’ll come let you out.”  As the gate closed behind us, we entered a birder’s paradise.For the next four hours,…

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Birds, Featured, Other Animals
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Trash on the Trails

Trash on the Trails

Betty | March 20, 2018

Trash belongs in garbage cans, dumpsters, and landfills. It does not belong in parking lots, along roadsides, in school yards, or on lawns. But for some reason, it’s especially offensive when found along a nature trail. On the Trail Generally, very little trash is found…

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Featured, Miscellaneous
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Out of Comfort Zone

Out of Comfort Zone

Betty | February 14, 2018

After years of using my mammal skull collection for education, I feel comfortable at this point talking with anyone about the adaptations these animals had for surviving. I even enjoy these discussions and look forward to greeting people who might be interested in learning some…

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Featured, Miscellaneous, School programs, Skull program
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A Cool, Cloudy Day Hike

A Cool, Cloudy Day Hike

Betty | January 12, 2018

Years ago, on a trip to Australia, we took a hike with a guide in one of their national parks with the hopes of encountering native animals. After hiking 14 miles, we returned to our cabin with no sighting of wildlife except for one spider…

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Desert After Dark

Desert After Dark

Betty | December 15, 2017

Who would enter the desert after dark? As it turns out, lots of people did recently at White Tank Mountain Regional Park in Waddell, Arizona, northwest of Phoenix. White Tank is the largest of the Maricopa County Parks with about 30,000 acres in rugged desert…

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Zoology or Botany?

Zoology or Botany?

Betty | November 19, 2017

Animal life has always excited me more than plant life – zoology over botany. Why would anyone want to study dull, boring vegetation? However, my attitude toward plants began to change when we headed to the Sonoran Desert the first year we volunteered for U.S….

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Featured, Miscellaneous
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Signs and Sounds of Wildlife

Signs and Sounds of Wildlife

Betty | October 8, 2017

“We saw a bear running up the butte on our way home tonight!” some other volunteers told us recently. The butte rises next to our camp area on the National Elk Refuge, but we rarely see animals on it during summer. Two days after the…

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Featured, Miscellaneous, Other Animals, Our refuge work
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