Sweating the Small Stuff

Monday, July 19, 2021

Venomous Creatures

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 We have recently discovered a new park which is (we can scarcely believe our good luck) an eight-minute drive from our house. It's an o...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Gopher Snakes

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   When I was little and growing up in Berkeley, I kept lots of snakes for pets, but they were all little snakes, ring-necked snakes and gar...
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Saturday, June 5, 2021

Around this time...

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 It happens faithfully once a year: Mule Deer (AKA Black-tailed Deer) suddenly invade our yard. They are always males, their antlers either ...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Gila Monsters

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 When we moved here, and the wildlife began to reveal itself to us creature by creature, one that we hoped for was the Gila Monster. We knew...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Juggling

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We love all the wildlife here, but unfortunately the wildlife doesn't love each other, and since we use meal worms to attract everything...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

On Scorpions

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 I don't know what it says about my character that people think Scorpions make perfectly appropriate gifts for me, but they do. The spec...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

The Coming Year

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I finished my last blog bemoaning the fact that the special birds, the ones we had fed and tamed all winter, now that spring has arrived hav...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

I'm (Mostly) Happy Winter is Leaving

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 Winter is my least favorite season here in Tucson. It's not the weather, which is mild enough. In fact it might be more reasonable to w...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

How Many Hummingbirds?

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 When we first moved in here we put up bird feeders, with grain or suet for the regular birds, and with sugar water for the hummingbirds. I ...
Monday, February 22, 2021

Coyotes

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I expect most people know that wolves and coyotes have bushy tails that hang straight down, whereas by the time dogs were domesticated, they...
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