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AnimalBytes: Bewick's Wrens Build a Nest
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Thursday, April 03, 2014. Bewick's Wrens Build a Nest. The Bewick’s wrens committed to building a nest in the cow skull. On the back patio this spring. Both the male and female are in on this venture, but I can’t tell them apart. Listen for their communications as one works and the other makes suggestions or comments. Once you watch this, you will never question that birds communicate specific things to each other. Or even a ceramic pot. Friend...
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AnimalBytes: Propagating Epiphyllums
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Thursday, May 02, 2013. The flower diversity at the Southern California Spring Garden Show prompted Douglas Welch of A Gardener's Notebook. And I to talk about plant propagation. I've successfully grown two variety of epiphyllum for years. The Sunset Western Garden Book. Leaf litter, they thrive on rain water and nutrients washing off the surrounding plants. The wild plants have large, mostly white-or-cream-colored flowers that bloom at night w...
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AnimalBytes: California's Native Cherry
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Monday, August 05, 2013. Native plants are the basis for creating wildlife habitat. The scarlet blush spreading across the Catalina cherry fruit alerts birds, insects and even mammals that this important native chaparral fruit is ripening. Frequently introduced fox squirrels. Will ravage the fruit before it can ripen, but as more of our native plants. Is found across the southern California Channel Islands ( Santa Cruz Island. We have both holl...
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AnimalBytes: What Kind of Junco?
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Monday, February 16, 2015. What Kind of Junco? My friend Douglas Welch. Of a Gardener's Notebook. Recently asked me this question:. What's the current name for, what I knew as, the Oregon Junco? Male Oregon dark-eyed junco. Sometimes it does seem like bird names are constantly in flux. However, this is a different situation. There are several, what Sibley refers to as "regional populations" of dark-eyed juncos. Dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis).
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AnimalBytes: Great Backyard Bird Count 2014 Bigger Than Ever
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Thursday, February 20, 2014. Great Backyard Bird Count 2014 Bigger Than Ever. Last weekend, people around the world counted birds in their backyards, local parks, neighborhoods and wildlife areas. India turned out a large number of people submitting this year. In total, 132,656 observation lists have been submitted as of today. The last day to submit lists from the Feb. 14-17 Great Backyard Bird Count. Is Feb. 28th. Malibu Lagoon State Park.
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AnimalBytes: Publications by Keri Dearborn
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Publications by Keri Dearborn. The Rabbit that Sat on Dad's Shoulder and Other ANIMAL TALES. My family is notorious for its Animal Tales. Paperback edition BUY Now. Kindle edition BUY Now. Backyard Birding Journal (Southern California). And the Oregon dark-eyed juncos. See how I use this Backyard Birding Journal. 1500; plus $6 shipping. Send e-mail to 4animalbytes@gmail.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Life in a Shell.
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AnimalBytes: Backyard Bird Journal by Keri Dearborn
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Monday, April 06, 2015. Backyard Bird Journal by Keri Dearborn. The visiting winter birds are leaving, long distance travelers will soon be passing though and summer visitors will be arriving. I know who to look for because I keep track in a Backyard Bird Journal. It is a spiral-bound book that lets me document four consecutive years. Each calendar day has a space to write specific sightings and weather information. 8211;were still with us.
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AnimalBytes: White-Crowned Sparrows Arrive
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Monday, October 09, 2006. Perhaps people in Southern California overlook the changing seasons because we have surrounded ourselves with plants and animals from other environments that don’t reflect California's natural landscape. Reintroducing native plants to our hillside has magnified our appreciation of the changing seasons. This afternoon I had a distinctly California-autumn moment. Finding only a few morsels, the Bewick’s wren. It must be ...
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AnimalBytes: The Earth Minute
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One Yard in a Great Big City. Publications by Keri Dearborn. Take a 1 minute adventure. Hike a hillside, walk a beach, see wildlife in its natural surroundings. Each week The Earth Minute. Will take you on a 1 minute escape to see the world in a different way. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Keri Dearborn is a writer, poet, and urban naturalist in the Los Angeles area. She has an MA in Education and teaches zoology and environmental education in the San Fernando Valley. View my complete profile.
