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(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 →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …Ear wax, body odor and itching This week I have decided to get into some of the real nitty-gritty of what it means to be human. … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Artificial meats Two weeks ago, we developed a number of ideas ideas about humans and meat. Looking at evolution and human physiology, we determined that … Continue reading →