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Divinebunbun lives in a log cabin on 100 acres in the rocky Ozark foothills. This is her journal of chores and mysteries, natural history, and nature photos.
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Armadillos This Far North
Armadillos are tropical mammals (that's right, mammals!), but they've been in southern Missouri for several years, working their way up Interstate 44. Three years ago I saw an armadillo on Highway FF....
Hummingbirds Return
Hummingbirds are back, just about at normal numbers here in eastern Missouri. Ecstatic to see mine. I asked them where they had been, but they didn't answer. That means, "Don't question us. Just enjoy...
Midwest Scarce on Hummingbirds
No hummers. Day after day, I watch my three feeders. Usually they're buzzing with five or six dive-bombing rubythroat males and elegantly costumed females. But not this year.Online "bird boards" in Mi...
Bird Migration News
Seen yesterday: a Yellow-Throated Warbler. My first! Now he's gone. So spring migration is finally in full swing.Spring's first hummingbird this morning at 7:30. In 2007, first sighting was on April 1...
Hungry Hummingbirds
In droves -- glittering little bits of birds, but geared for battle -- hummingbirds are fueling up at the nectar feeders for their annual trip to Mexico.They are tough little things but weigh less tha...