Since GoBlog laments he never hears from me anymore, I can at least link his post about how to pet cows. Seems there’s a right way and a wrong way. Just for fun, here’s a letter from somebody who read…
Wildlife
Standard avoiding venomous snakes article
by tmangan • May 11, 2007 • 1 Comment
Whatever you do, don’t try to pick one up. (I sorta think people who trifle with rattlesnakes get what they deserve … snake’s just slithering about his business and gives you a polite rattle that says “stay away or I’ll…
Interesting facts about vultures
by tmangan • May 11, 2007 • 1 Comment
Happened across a blog posting from a guy who visited Pleasanton Ridge Park the other day and had this to say about vultures: These ubiquitous birds are pretty amazing: They feed primarily on a wide variety of carrion, from small…
Great, now I have to worry about bees, too?
by tmangan • May 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
Guess so, according to a story in the paper in Olympia, Washington. Among the tips for avoiding angry buzzers: Wear light-colored clothes. Bees zero in on objects that resemble their natural predators, such as bears and skunks, when they defend…
Why no work’s getting done at San Jose City Hall this week
by tmangan • April 30, 2007 • 3 Comments
Everybody’s watching the Falcon Cam! The falcons are a nesting pair named Jose and Clara, and they’ve just had new babies hatch over the weekend. The last time I looked, one of the parents was wiggling and nudging the brood…
What about bison?
by tmangan • April 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
The place to see them is Badlands National Park, says Lisa Brainard, news editor for the Republican-Leader and Chatfield News inn southeastern Minnesota. South Dakota is currently my favorite place to go bison hunting, so to speak. You can find…
Logging in the national forests
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 11 Comments
WTA Blog offers the following. As I’ve stated earlier, the Forest Service’s budget is being hammered because it is no longer generating any revenue. This decline began in the early 1990’s under the Clinton adminstration and has only been exacerbated…
I thought sure this was a joke…
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
… but there really is a Web site called predatorpee.com. Here’s the pitch: f you have ever watched nature shows on TV, you know that in the wild, the relationship between predator and prey defines the daily routine of virtually…
Yellowstone haunted?
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
National Parks Traveler reports; you decide: There are certainly stories that won’t die — eerie tales of macabre hauntings, such as the bride who stalks the upper reaches of the Old Faithful Inn with her head firmly tucked under her…