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Anyone have a dollar?
Recently several of us were reminiscing about the good old days when we were teenagers in high school back in the 1950’s… barely old enough for a driver’s license and still using the family car, very occasionally, for transportation. Rainier was a small town… you could walk from one end …
Malheur Mammal List
This winter (2012-13) I had the privilege of spending nearly a month at the Malheur Field Station (MFS) in Harney County, Oregon. If you are ever in need of solitude you will find it here. The population of Harney County is about 8, 500 people and over half of those …
California Ground Squirrel
Most probably a California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) although this one was found roadside on the Dalles Mountain in Klickitat County, Washington, March 9, 2012. The genus has been recently reclassified to Otospermophilus so you may find references under either name. This little fellow looks like he would appreciate some …
Spring peepers are singing
We are beginning to hear from the frogs. A few more warm nights and the spring peepers will be singing in full cry, maybe that should be “full croak”. We also hear that our native frogs are disappearing and a few show signs of “modification”. As usual we don’t seem …