tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.comments2013-05-18T10:57:57.627-07:00Richard C. Hoyerhttps://plus.google.com/107667668051076014765noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-87500565901823280022013-05-18T10:57:57.627-07:002013-05-18T10:57:57.627-07:00Goodness--those moths are spectacular!Deb Marshhttp://aroundthebendohio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-34983209832214297492013-05-16T08:37:45.152-07:002013-05-16T08:37:45.152-07:00Nothing like a Scurbfowl when you need one!Alan Contrerashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05151043022057689513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-18421058984794483022013-05-05T08:40:07.509-07:002013-05-05T08:40:07.509-07:00Love it! You are in my favorite area, and the sonoran gogher is just awesome!<br />I have yet to see any in my yard this year because of the crazy weather, but soon the will be out.<br /><br />Keep up the awesome post!Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010822606940606949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-87212566674449708282013-04-25T01:00:04.780-07:002013-04-25T01:00:04.780-07:00thanks for share<a href="http://www.cool007.org/" title="徵信" rel="nofollow">.</a><a href="http://www.detective-safeguard.org/" title="私家偵探" rel="nofollow">.</a><a href="http://www.detective-safeguard.org/" title="私家偵探社" rel="nofollow">.</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-17531158377857458142013-04-15T19:39:14.103-07:002013-04-15T19:39:14.103-07:00Beautiful! Kelly Rishorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737290934409569104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-36838493467095477102013-04-08T10:32:28.991-07:002013-04-08T10:32:28.991-07:00That IS a big girl. I lifted one up here in our front yard and she was about as long as I am tall, but I&#39;m only five something (170 cm). I saw her later mating, then again when she&#39;d grabbed a squirrel in its hole...and we see her babies every year...Margarethe Brummermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-43154013561017094672013-02-26T17:23:28.354-08:002013-02-26T17:23:28.354-08:00Neoptychodes trilineatus is also common in Huachucas and Chiricahuas<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/margarethebrummermann/7670291972/ Margarethe Brummermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-57146901762580856082013-02-11T20:12:26.009-08:002013-02-11T20:12:26.009-08:00Very cool finds Rich! Birds, whales....doesn&#39;t get much better than that:)Rohrerbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-24046323228762255742013-02-09T20:01:26.317-08:002013-02-09T20:01:26.317-08:00Wow, Rich, what a fantastic experience! I wish we&#39;d had time to visit Bahia Magdalena when we were in Baja.Bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03500478038180399541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-38839426291540163162013-02-02T20:46:36.740-08:002013-02-02T20:46:36.740-08:00Have fun and be safe! Hope you find wonderful birds!Rohrerbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-38530965664939642702013-02-02T16:56:03.552-08:002013-02-02T16:56:03.552-08:00I&#39;ve tried flooding Meadow Vole tunnels with absolutely no success. I&#39;ve let a hose run for hours with no apparent impact on the Voles. They may eat all my plants, but at least they&#39;re also a vector for Lyme&#39;s Disease ...Anthony Collertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308875499042824601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-41968538604358948072013-01-29T00:47:30.011-08:002013-01-29T00:47:30.011-08:00You think you&#39;ve got it bad, Rich - my yard invaders weigh about a ton and have done $500 damage to my yard this month. <a href="http://www.arizonabirder.com/2013/01/open-range-fiasco-in-rio-rico/" rel="nofollow">Bovine Buggers!</a> As for your problem, maybe eat fewer greens? :DRichard Frayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830682217476011628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-3091787171210549452013-01-22T20:42:54.190-08:002013-01-22T20:42:54.190-08:00Wow! This is an ambitious count and what a beautiful place! You may just be able to temp me on this one as long as I am in a group or have a companion! I can&#39;t believe you camped out there alone!Kathie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-25289658036180753102013-01-22T06:49:06.360-08:002013-01-22T06:49:06.360-08:00Beautiful! I hope I can make it one of these years.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15395998386365614876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-59735177129376097172013-01-21T11:06:04.512-08:002013-01-21T11:06:04.512-08:00We carried what we could under the patio roof. Most succulents survived. My bell peppers, tomatoes, basil didn&#39;t. All latice and arrugula are fine even though they stayed outside uncovered. But of my chiltipins (spelling?) only the ones that I brought inside are alive. Too bad, I hoped they would make it, being native? But who knows where the Tohono Chul ones came from.Margarethe Brummermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-29666153683603645922013-01-13T14:51:14.954-08:002013-01-13T14:51:14.954-08:00Don&#39;t worry Deb. Your spring will come. And it will be more glorious and exciting than what passes for &quot;spring&quot; in these parts.Richard C. Hoyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839261136397086450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-71716866158796284182013-01-13T13:28:26.827-08:002013-01-13T13:28:26.827-08:00Gorgeous photos and great birds! A little jealous here in Ohio...Deb Marshhttp://www.aroundthebendohio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-29921745355046358522013-01-12T06:15:26.653-08:002013-01-12T06:15:26.653-08:00I started with just 2 feeders when I moved to this house 15 years ago. Then when I discovered the state&#39;s first record of Ruby-throated Hummingbird wintering here, I added a few more so she would have her own feeder and not be chased away by the more territorial Anna&#39;s. I&#39;ve slowly added more, keeping most the feeders well spaced around the yard so the less belligerent individuals have a chance to feed. I keep the feeders full and clean as long as I&#39;m home, and my landlords (who live in the front house) help out when I&#39;m away on tour. I use a concentration of about 1 part white cane sugar to 3 1/2 parts water. I&#39;m convinced the number of feeders is directly proportional to the number of birds in the yard. Presently I can estimate that there are about 12 Broad-billed Hummingbirds (six probably at any one time), and upwards of 30 or more Anna&#39;s. Once or twice a day a Costa&#39;s comes through, but never for long. For five winters I had a Violet-crowned, and one of those winters a second one set up a winter territory at the opposite end of the yard.Richard C. Hoyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839261136397086450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-78195316807585734432013-01-11T21:01:53.634-08:002013-01-11T21:01:53.634-08:00I had no idea you had so many feeders Rich. Please elaborate on your feeding habit. What all is coming to these and how many?Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214565203184531897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-17638002206439234482012-12-22T13:06:43.233-08:002012-12-22T13:06:43.233-08:00Congrats Rich on compiling a mega-count and doing what sounds like a fantastic job. You even got to do one of the most fun areas on the count, if I was down there I would volunteer for that area ever year.<br /><br />Oh, I liked the lichen photos on your blog too!<br /><br />Have a great rest of the CBC season and a merry 2013.<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-24944680117916623742012-12-05T17:57:30.962-08:002012-12-05T17:57:30.962-08:00Frost?I mist that. Your garden looks good, especially considering that you took off for Texas. If I leave Randy has a hard time keeping stuff alife, but if we both go...We need a huse sitter for xmas! Or we&#39;ll just have to eat everything before we leave for CAMargarethe Brummermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-84803484020665080172012-11-29T14:12:29.400-08:002012-11-29T14:12:29.400-08:00The ruins lizard is S. crassicaudatus. I captured both species on my camera and had S. ochoai professionally ID&#39;d.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-25469344570625692612012-11-02T18:36:29.231-07:002012-11-02T18:36:29.231-07:00Rich, I had a hunch this would be your blog. I began following the blog a couple of days ago. You might be interested in my new business: www.gardenhousesforbirds.com. <br /><br />Keep leading your great bird hikes!<br />WendyWendy Sykorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130318712632368202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-79912517721378778402012-10-28T11:24:51.042-07:002012-10-28T11:24:51.042-07:00Thanks, MN. Yes, it&#39;s the right name. There is a little woody stem in the photo, but the plant is indeed totally herbaceous. It&#39;s distinctive and very widespread, and we have it also here in SE Arizona. I think native plants used in cooking are vastly under-appreciated. Why do we continue to put only Old World thyme, oregano, and basil in our native foods?Richard C. Hoyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839261136397086450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578555892697401095.post-25519718566253709652012-10-27T07:36:04.985-07:002012-10-27T07:36:04.985-07:00Regarding your pic of porophyllum ruderale, please double check that you have the correct name. P.ruderale is an herb used in Mexican cooking and is not a tree. Thank you.Macaroni Necklacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400998261213549905noreply@blogger.com