SPRING SEMESTER CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: North American Birds and Their Ecosystems. We will be exploring a wide variety of North American birds and their ecosystems through slideshows, lectures, field guide study, and some limited field time. Students will be introduced to bird taxonomy and bird species roles in their home ecosystems. Ecosystem explorations will include Arctic […]
Just Across the County Line
A somewhat late report on the “newest” species of North American bird, the Cassia Crossbill. As occurs annually, the taxonomy of birds in the U.S. and Canada is reassessed by the American Ornithological Society. In 2017 this group was split off into its own species for the first time. This bird has been studied in […]
Firsthand Fungus
Enjoyed a lunch of scrambled eggs and my first wild harvested mushrooms! Found these along a trail growing out of decaying Doug fir logs and a stump. It is called western coral hedgehog or bear’s head. It is the only toothed fungus of its genus found in the Western U.S. Its scientific name is Hiercium […]
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