We are now moving through autumn full speed ahead. Today’s post features more of what’s happening during this season, from the Ecological Calendar. Interesting stuff!

TactfulTortoise. The Mojave desert tortoise can …

We are nearly two-thirds through with our fall season. Color still remains; yellows, oranges, rust and bits of evergreen. Today, focus on three poets and their November
thoughts.

After rain the empty mountain
stands autumnal in the evening,
Moonlight falls among the pines
And lays across the quiet streams.
Bamboos whisper of days long past,
Lotus-leaves yield before a sudden wind, …

Ahh, glorious fall.
Face toward the mid-morning sun. Temp in the high 40s.
Leaves, sumptuous shades of red, rust and orange, flutter
like crisp butterflies.

For today’s post, look again to the Farmers’ Almanac. Nature Wisdom passed down through time for anyone who is willing to learn.

Nov. 1887 Almanac
The cool nights and the frosty mornings remind us that winter is at hand. It is better to …

Will Rogers is one of Oklahoma’s favorite sons. Will Rogers Day is celebrated Nov. 4 in Oklahoma, but for my blog, today will have to do.

Will …

Most of us don’t worry too much about endangered species. We doubt the loss of any one plant, animal or microbe will have much effect on our lives – or the
lives of any other living thing on the planet.

One of the things that ecologists and other scientists …

Happy Halloween!

Bats are the only flying mammal. A bat’s wing is formed of fine double-layered skin stretched between the greatly lengthened fingers and forearms. Like …

We are now deep into the season of Autumn, the world around us changes, offering a feast of color to the discerning eye. Today, two more acclaimed poets provide
their thoughts about this iconic autumnal month – October – as it comes to a close.

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The Farmer’s Almanac is a great place to read ‘old wisdom’ – folklore our ancestors believed to be true. Sometimes this wisdom was based in scientific truth, as was
later discovered. But sometimes there was no basis at all in fact.The almanac is also a great place to find tips that make life easier, and quotes you can apply to your life.

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Here are more great autumn factoids from Chris Hardman’s Ecological Calendar.
These facts give us insight into the natural world around us, and help us to make sense of what’s happening during this season with mammals, birds, insects and more, as well as in the sky.

OctoberOrators  One would expect to hear birdsong in spring, but some species renew their warbling ways in autumn to establish winter feeding territories. Entire families of
Carolina wrens, northern mockingbirds, and northern cardinals serenade the cooling days in North …