Articles

156 - The Bobolink: A Backward Colored Bird

155 - The House Wren: A Very Perky, Plain Songster

154 - A Deep, Solid Blue in the Summer Sunlight

153 - Fireweed: Symbol of the North

152 - Two Common Western Jays thast are Blue

151 - Nest Parasitism and the Brown-Headed Cowbird

150 - Muskrat: The Beaver's Lesser Cousin

## PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL - Mini-Cassia

##149 - Idaho Rails

##148 - Water Bird Eyes

##147 - Eyes: Windows to the Personality

##146 - The Horned Lark

##145 - Bison: Remnants from Massive Herds of Yesteryear

##144 - Say's Phoebe Likes to Nest Under Eaves

##143 - Take Time to Listen and Look for the Quiet Things

##142 - Animals Tend to be Opportunistic

##141 - Rock Pigeons and Adaptability

##140 - Masking Factors

##139 - Sandhill Crane

##138 - Pika: A small, haystack building, rabbit

##137- South Padre Island: A Spring Bird Bonanza

##136- Scarlet Tanager: A Special Kind of Bird

##135- EASTERN KINGBIRDS: Stately Perchers

##134- Wild Burros: Masters of Adaptaion and Survival

##133- The Power of the Drip

##132- The Black-Crowned Night Heron

##131- The Cotton Rat: Pest or Prey

##130- Vermillion Flycatchers are Easily Identified

##129- Feathers on a Fowl

##128- The Coati Mundi: The Raccoon's Big Cousin

##127- Black Vultures can be Urban Pests!

##126- A Raucous Blue and Gray in the Live Oak

##125- A Gift from Nature

##124- Seashore Wildlife and "Haste makes Waste"

##123- Aransas Wildlife Preserve: A National Treasure

##122- The Purple Gallinule: Colorful, Warm Climate, Wader

##121- The Red Fox: Observations of Learned vs Innate Behaviors

##120- Cactus Wren - The Voice of the Desert

##119- The American Dipper: Under-Water Walker

##118- Brown Pelican: Beak as big as his "bellycan"

##117- Northern Mockingbird: Bird Symbol of Five States

##116- Eared Grebes - Colorful Divers

##115- Estivation and Lizards

##114- Anting: Another way of Bathing

##113- A Sparrow with Head Stripes

##112- A "Snow-Like" Blizzard

##111- Elk: Majestic Forest Denizens

##110- Brown Thrashers: A Pleasant Find in Dinosaur Park

##109- Sign Stimuli

##108- The Gray Partridge

##107- "Flocks Flee"

##106- Mule Deer: Graceful Symmetry

##105- The Common Raven: Common Things are Often Unappreciated

##104- Mallards and Shovelers: Common Green-headed Ducks

##103- American Goldfinch: Thistle Bird

##102- Black Bears and Individual Distance

##101- Things are not always as they appear

##100- Bitterroot and an Indian Legend

##99- Early Rising Brings Wildlife Pleasure

##98- Stilt- A Fitting Name for this Wader

##97- Woodpeckers Favor the Color Red

##96- The Opossum: American Marsupial

##95- Yellow-Headed Blackbirds: Lords of the Cattail Realm

##94- Ptarmigan: A Good Lifeform Comparison of Similar Habitats

##93- Goss's Rule and the Canines of Yellowstone

##92- What are those birds in our Black Walnut Tree?

##91- A Spring Mountain Greeting

##90- American Avocet: Graceful Wader

##89- White Ghosts High on the Mountain

##88- The Blue Crow

##87- Courtship and Mourning Doves

##86- The Black-Tailed Prairiedog: A Disappearimg Entity

##85- Saguaro Cactus and Gila Woodpeckers

##84 - Killdeer and a Specialized Behavior

##83 - Burrowing Owls: Small, Open-Country Predators

##82 - Long-Billed Curlew: Bird of Isolated, Moist Meadows

##81 - Dark-Eyed Juncos and the Good Old Boys Club

##80 - Caribou: The Northland's Deer

##79 - Black-Bellied Whistlings Ducks: Tree Ducks!

##78 - Pine Grosbeak:A High Elevation Bird

##77 - The Sharp-Shinned Hawk: A Never Ending Presence at Bird Feeders

##76 - Hooded Skunks

##75 - Utah State Bird: The California Gull

##74 - Raucous - Tumultuous - Texas Mornings!

##73 - Living Without Water: A Desert Adaptation

##72 - Water: A Powerful Attraction

##71 - Green Jay: Essence of the Rio Grande Valley

##70 - Genuine Beauty Has Substance

##69 - The Great Hunt for the BLUE GROSBEAK

##68 - Cedar Waxwings Love Fruit

##67- The Beavers of Beaver Mountain

##66- The Spotted Towhee: A Colorful Sparrow

##65 - Sparrows

* PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTH IDAHO PRESS

*64 - August: The Time of Hummingbirds in the Yard

*63 - Its Not a Chipmunk!

*62 - Lupine: A Purple Contrast Amid the Colors

*61 - Mosaics of Yellow

*60 - American Kestrel: Small Falcon on Power Lines

*59 - Swainsons Hawks are Long Distance Migrators

*58 - Pronghorn: An Animal from a Distant Past

*57 - Black-Headed Grosbeaks: Colorfully Exciting

*56 - BLUE JAYS: Very Hard to Approach!

*55 - Kids Creek: Duck Wintering Pond

*54 - Collared Peccary - Pig of the Desert

*53 - Species that prey together, stay together!

*52 - The Latitude Variety Rule

*51 - The Coyote: Natures Trickster

*50 - A Barred Owl in our Yard

*49 - The Butcher Bird

*48 - Acorn Woodpeckers make Punch-board Patterns on Trees

*47 - Grizzlies and an Indian Myth

*46 - The Bald Eagle: A Fitting National Symbol

*45 - Great Gray Owl - A Rare Bit of Excitment!

*44 - My Bull Snake: A Biology Class Attraction!

*43 - The Edge Effect Principle

*42 - Mountain Bluebird: A Serendipitous Experience

*41 - A Family of Moose

*40 - An Unmistakeable Call in the Woods

*39 - If you build it, will they come?

*38 - Eurasian Collared Dove _ An Immigrant Comes to Burley

*37 - BIGHORN and a Little Bit of Eden

*36 - Great Blue Heron: A Large and Common Wader

*35 - The Yellow-Breasted Chat is well named

*34 - American Alligator: The Ultimate Bass Voice

*33 - LAZULI BUNTING: A Small Bundle of Color

*32 - Evening Grosbeaks are where you find them

*31 - Bears: Everybodys Favorite

*30 - The Varied Thrush: The Northern Robin

*29 - Ears are an interesting adaptation

*28 - Marsh Wren: A Very Vocal, Perky Fellow!

*27 - Phainopepla or the "Black Cardinal"

*26 - The Bobcat - A Surprise in the Grass!

*25 - Vivid white against dark vegetation

*24 - Magpie: Our Black and White Jay

*23 - A River Otter Experience

*22 - Magic Sap Trees

*21 - Turkey Vultures: Environmental Clean-up Crew

*20 - The Red Crossbill: An Unusual Beak

*19 - How many rocks could a Rock-Chuck chuck

*18 - Western Tanagers and an "Invisible" Experience

*17 - The Common Snipe: My Introduction to the Bird World

*16 - Coopers Hawk - A Bird Eating Bird

*15 - Orioles are "Sugar Daddies"

*14 - Badgers are unexcelled excavators

*13 - Cardinal Cousin

*12 - Grizzlies have an amazing digestive system

*11 - Nutcracker and Pine: A Healthy Relationship

*10 - Sage Grouse and a "March Madness"

*9 - American Robin: Myths and Truths

*8 - Rattlesnake at my Feet

*7 - A Race Across the Beach!

*6 - Flashes of Red and Bobbing White Rumps

*5 - The Great Horned Owl - Fighter or Lover!

*4 - A bird in the hand equals two in the bush

*3 - Raccoons

*2 - Our Neighbornood Kingfisher

*1 - Mysterious Interloper

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