Little guy. Big guy. Don’t be fooled. These critters get close to 5 centimetres long. They are extremely curious, and when spooked will immediately return to keep their two big eyes on […]
Curious Grassland Insects
Dressing Up for Work
First the workplace, nothing but the best … Mariposa Lily … and then the worker. Just because a flower is a worksite, doesn’t mean you have to dress down. Beautiful Furry Bee […]
Pollination Dance
When one insect …. … crawls, buzzed on nectar … …out of a mariposa lily and flies off to the next flower … Zebra Wasp Takes Wing … another insect that was over […]
Don’t, Just Don’t!
I mean, don’t cut into a hill on the syncline side of the mountains. The water leaks out, and then ……mosquitoes. See these guys? Don’t come back tomorrow, I say. Sheesh.
June 24 And Summer Is So Over
Well, either that or it means nothing here in the grasslands of the North American North West. Beautiful, though.The way it busts up concrete is also beautiful, don’t you think?
Abandoning Wildness
Mourning Cloak drinking at the mud hole (leaking pipe)… Western Swallowtail in the vetch (feral forage crop). Old one at the watering hole (irrigation leakage and trail flood.) Things have come […]
After You Leave the Nest, What Then? Build a New Nest!
So, you get kicked out of the nest, right? Luckily, there are cherry trees. You can hide. Robin Fledgling Without a Nest to Go To You can wait there for the world […]
When a Noxious Weed is Our Hope for Salvation
Welcome to the Scotch Thistle. She’s a beautiful thing, don’t you think?The British Columbia Ministry of the Environment has listed it as one of our most noxious (i.e. disgusting) weeds. Aw. Look […]
Raven is Still Talking
He talks like this (note the connections between the feathers and the voice) … … and he talks like this. (This is a bit of punctuation. We humans would take a breath at […]
Butterflies in the Grass
Dusk is a good time to walk. The insects are few, but they are slow. Here’s a western swallowtail on the trail up to the vineyard and the grassland and oilmen’s […]
Okanagan Okanogan 