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Whenever I do of my “pictures and stories” presentations I always show some photos of our chickens, followed by photos of some of the wildlife they...
- Added: Jan 29, 2020
- Length: 05:16
This week, Petey talks about his experience at the March on Frankfort.
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 05:28
There are five species of mistletoe found in Arizona and they all can be found somewhere in southern Arizona at various elevations and on different...
- Added: Jan 17, 2020
- Length: 05:12
Eumorpha typhon or the Typhon sphinx moth is out and about from June to August in the borderlands. I realized very quickly that we had everything t...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 05:10
There is a road across the grassland and I still go there for stories. I suspect that everyone needs a road or trail or special wild place that mak...
- Added: Jan 03, 2020
- Length: 04:51
We love our annual tree hunt and it’s been going on for a long time. I have 35 mm slides of hunts from 30 years ago…kids and dogs and Christmas trees.
- Added: Dec 19, 2019
- Length: 05:51
Can you believe I was whining about rainfall? It’s funny because as Ms. Mesquitey and I were driving to and from Cascabel we talked about coming ba...
- Added: Dec 19, 2019
- Length: 05:07
White-tailed deer in southwest North America are Odocoileus virginiana couesi or Coues white-tailed deer. The naturalist Elliot Coues is probably r...
- Added: Dec 18, 2019
- Length: 05:12
The scientific name for Mearns quail is Cyrtonyx montezumae. The genus refers to its big claws for scratching around in desert soils. It has big fe...
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 05:07
This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves changing color on ot...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Oh my goodness, there are beetles, bees and moths that visit the open flowers of Calylophus harwegii from late afternoon and through the night. Som...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 05:45
I guess I don’t have a whole lot more to add about this show. Well, I have been known to sing a little better than this.
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 04:37
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
We wrap up our seven-part thematic overview of the ocean edge this week by discussing the cultural edge: the place alongshore where we interact wit...
- Added: Feb 19, 2019
- Length: 05:03
This week with "Hard Edges" we kick off a 7-part series dedicated to the ocean edge, exploring what takes place there, from the real to the symboli...
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- Added: Jan 08, 2019
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 1
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
I suppose the thinking is that any wildflowers blooming along the side of the road will beautify that road and who cares what’s in the hydro-seed m...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:09
House finches are pretty darned cute and that’s why pet stores back in New York City in 1939 were selling them as “Hollywood Finches”. The Migrator...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 04:43
It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...
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- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Well, the getting out of the growing business thing is not going well at all and I’ve had to come to grips with the fact that that I still need to ...
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- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 05:15
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The scientific name for jaguar is Panthera onca and these large wild felines range from Sonora, Mexico down to portions of central and South Americ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 02:23
It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:02
Herbalist Ras Bobby talks about the importance of eating local, organic food, and his experience treating thousands of people throughout the Caribb...
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 18:15
Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 04:56
In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar, ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 05:22