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Bears for Grade School

Uncommon Birds for Idaho Folk

15 Burley Birds for Grade School

15 Common Cassia Wildflowers

15 Game Birds

American Big Game Species

Mammal Heads

Carolyn

Beauty-Beast Syndrome

Wrestling

Stress and the Superficial

The Lucifer Syndrome

PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL - Mini-Cassia

##326 Reverence is Love

##325 The Ring-Tailed Lemur

##324 Puffins

##323 - I Have a Home in Idaho

##322 - A Learning for Life

##321 - Someone is always thinking up something worse!

##320 - Getting photos of wildlife

##319 - Alligators have sensitive jaws

##318 - I Really Like to be in Southern Texas

##317 - Turkey Vultures prefer their road-kill to be fresh

##316 - Deferred Maturity

##315 - Two Ecological Terms and Examples

##314 - Arizona: A winter month bird bonanza

##313 - The Phenomenal Speed of Bird Migration

##312 - The eyes of Love

##311 - Reptiles: Carryovers from an Ancient Past

##310 - The Sharpening of one's Senses

##309 - Arena Behavior

##308 - The Bruce Effect

##307 - Keeping Forest Communities Healthy

##306 - Rude Awakenings

##305 - An Experience with Snakes

##304 - A Special Train Ride

##303 - Hair: Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don't!

##302 - Habitat around homes fill gaps:

##301 - The Chukar: A favorable introduction

##300 - Night Sounds

##299 - The Importance of Variety

##298 - Dream World

##297 - The Habitat Directs Animal Adaptations

##296 - Oh, give me a home - where the Buffalo roam!

##295 - The Importance of Mom!

##294 - Insatiable Spring

##293 - Four Warblers - Not Common in Idaho

##292 - The Effects of TORPOR or the Lack thereof

##291 - Run Rabbit Run!

##290 - Courtship Variety

##289 - The Domestic Cat: A Miniature Tiger

##288 - Females: Larger than Males in many Species

##287 - The Finch Family: Diversity Personified

##286 - House Flies and Butterflies

##285 - Wrentit: Bird that's Half Tail

##284 - Prey species must be vigilant

##283 - Feathers equal Warmth

##282 - How to digest an Alligator!

##281 - Wildlife Sentinels

##280 - Twin Woodpeckers

##279 - Lewis: An Unusual Woodpecker

##278 - OUT AND ABOUT

##277 - Making Bird Photo Studios

##276 - Factors Influencing Speed

##275 - The land of the one-eyed car

##274 - CONTENTMENT

##273 - European Starling: Ugly, but a diverse Singer

##272 - The Rise and fall of Wildlife Populations

##271 - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

##270 - Protective Coloration

##269 - Homeostasis and Waterfowl

##268 - Grizzly - Autumn Preparation

##267 - Anthropomorphism

##266 - Nature's One-Tenth Rule

##265 - Many Look - Few See

##264 - Nuthatches: The Big to the Little

##263 - Musk Oxen Form Defensive Circles

##262 - The Importance of Sequence

##261 - Types of Migration

##260 - Painted Turtles: The kind we see most often

##259 - Critical Minimums and Extinction

##258 - Do you Eat like a Bird

##257 - Goldfinch are July Nesters

##256 - The Krumholtz Zone

##255 - Two Large Dabbling Ducks

##254 - Rocky Mountain High

##253 - Wetland Habitats are Vital

##252 - The Northern Plague

##251 - Flight Patterns and Woodpeckers

##250 - Lawrence's Goldfinch

##249 - Woodland Caribou: The lesser known Cousin

##248 - Blue Grouse: A Gift

##247 - Nighttime in the Woods

##246 - THE SNIPE: An essay of personal history

##245 - Bird Song

##244 - Masters of Camouflage

##243 - The Sense of Smell: A foremost asset to most animals

##242 - Bird Feeding Levels in Water

##241 - The California Mole: Underground Burrower

##240 - Mt McKinley and the Oriental Express

##239 - Northern Bobwhite

##238 - Precocial Chicks and the Killdeer

##237 - Bird Body Language

##236 - Quill Throwing is a Myth

##235 - A Sage Grouse Tale

##234 - Bird Tails: Varieties and Functions

##233 - The Formation and Function of Color

##232 - Venom

##231 - A Migratory Convention and a Swamp Songster

##230 - Bird Listing Fanatics

##229 - Seal or Sea Lion

##228 - Willet: A Large, Inland Sandpiper

##227 - Releasers and Heermans Gull

##226 - The Mothering Instinct

##225 - Scaup are Often Observed Ducks

##224 - Factors Involved in Seed Selection

##223 - Bird Distribution

##222 - Christmas all year!

##221 - The Deer Mouse: Food for Many

##220 - The Red-Winged Blackbird

##219 - Color Hues and Geographic Location

##218 - The Gray Catbird: A Meowing from the Shrubbery

##217 - Answering a Call in the Woods

##216 - Warblers and Identification Stress

##215 - Red Squirrels, Grizzlies, and White-Bark Pine

##214 - Wilson's Phalarope: An unusual species

##213 - Stomach Comparisons

##212 - Life Lists and Warblers

##211 - Thrushes: A Family of Variety

##210 - The Common Nighthawk

##209 - Woodland Surprises

##208 - Bird Symbols and the Ibis

##207 - The Short-Eared Owl: A Diurnal Owl

##206 - The Eye of the Avian

##205 - THIS EARTH: Some Thoughts

##204 - Mud Nests under the Eaves

##203 - Bird Metabolism

##202 - High Country

##201 - Common Yellowthroat: Warbler of Wetlands

##200 - Summer Tanagers: Totally Red

##199 - Indian Paintbrush: Wyoming State Flower

##198 - UHURU

##197 - Cassia's Common Ground Squirrel

##196 - Taiga: "Land of the Little Sticks"

##195 - Bullock's Orioles Nest at our Place

##194 - Two Orioles - East of the Rockies

##193 - VERTICAL HABITATS

##192 - BEARS ARE WHERE THEY FIND YOU!

##191 - Bird Life is a Hazardous Life

##190 - Flight Speed and Altitude

##189 - Egg Laying

##188 - Elephant Seals: Monsters on the Beach

##187 - Black, White, and Rose: Subtle Beauty in the Bushes

##186 - Strange Things can Happen

##185 - The Meadowlark - True Harbinger of Spring

##184 - The Behaviors of Tree Squirrels

##183 - Nughttime Migration

##182 - A Bright Eye and Plume amid the Greenery

##181 - The Common Loon: Bird of Northern Lakes

##180 - The World is Glorious when Eyes are Opened!

##179 - Mating Behaviors in Birds

##178 - Held Captive to Instinct

##177 - Cinnamon Teal: Small, Solid-colored Ducks

##176 - Woodpeckers have special traits

##175 - The Nine-Banded Armadillo

##174 - Red-Tailed Hawks and Ice Cream Species

##173 - Curve-Billed Thrasher

##172 - The American Lion

##171 - Roseate Spoonbill: Pink amid the Shallows

##170 - Don't let Dreams Rob You of Joy!

##169 - Gambel's Quail: Bird of Desert and Suburb

##168 - A Shaggy, Scottish Beast

##167 - The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

##166 - The Cattle Egret: A Pasture Presence

##165 - How Birds Sleep on a Limb and a Northern Stray

##164 - Long-Tailed Weasel: Feared Predator of the Lesser World

##163 - An Attractive Brown - Capped with Red

##162 - Bullying: Big isn't always the bully

##161 - Generalist - Specialist

##160 - Cassia's Commom Gartersnake

##159 - The Ubiquitous Coot

##158 - Ubiquitous

##157 - The Bobolink: A Backward Colored Bird

##156 - Our Yard: Cottontail Habitat

##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

##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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