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(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog  ….Banana Slugs The term  “slug” does not have a precise definition in zoology. It is similar in quality and precision to the term “weed” in botany. … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio verison of this blog …Modern Breads I have written about bread in two previous blogs (“Delicious Microbial Systems,” February 2, 2017, and “Ecology of Sourdough” February 29, 2024). Bread making … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….Seattle Crows Part 2 The American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is a loud and obvious avian species that inhabits a variety of habitats all across North America. … Continue reading →

(Click on the folloiwng link to listen to an audio version of this blog …Seattle crows Part 1 Going for a walk on any of the narrow streets of the Olympic Hills section of Lake City, Washington, you almost always … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Seattle Hummingbirds Part 2 The Rufous Hummingbird is more slender and shorter than the Anna’s. It is between 2.8 and 3.5 inches long with a … Continue reading →

(Click on the folloing link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Seattle Hummingbirds Part 1 Most birding guides list four hummingbird species that live in the Seattle area: Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna), the Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. People in seattle As Deborah and I walk around our new neighborhood in Seattle’s Lake City section, or as we wander through the lobby of … Continue reading →

(Click on the folowing link to listen to an audio version of this blog .. Tale of Two Cities I’m back! I plan to write new blogs on a semi-regular schedule: every other week? Once or twice a month? The … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Vernal Pools revisited (This a re-publishing of a blog I wrote back on April 26, 2016. Enjoy! I am going to take some time away … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio verison of this blog …. Mourning cloaks A number of years ago (Signs of Spring 3, March 15, 2018) I wrote about the evolution of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). … Continue reading →