‘Ghost Bird,’ story of extinction and hope, to be shown
at Kansas Wetlands Education Center
HAYS, Kan. — Sightings and a video a few years ago gave ornithologists hope that a bird believed extinct since the 1940s was still alive. But no one since has found an ivory billed woodpecker in the [...]
Wish I would’ve had my flip camcorder yesterday to capture the movement and the sound of the water.
Jason Black and Curtis Wolf
At the Kansas Sampler Festival, I found the guys from the Kansas Wetlands Education Center – Jason Black and Curtis Wolf. Perhaps you’ll recall that a few weeks ago I wrote about the KWEC and Cheyenne Bottoms.
Curtis manages the KWEC. Jason is a grad student at Ft. Hays State University and [...]
A boy stands on the stone floor map in the Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluff, Ark. Yep, as in Arkansas. Not Kansas. No delta here.
Lots of nice boardwalks on the trails.
Swampy ponds.
A turtle on a log in a duckweed-filled pond.
Mom told me what these are, but I already forgot. Names [...]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS
I’ve probably driven through Cheyenne Bottoms a couple dozen times in my life. This wetlands area is in Barton County, about 20 miles from my childhood home.
But I’m not an outdoorsman or a biologist, and to be honest, my bird identification skills [...]
Don’t know what kind of weed is in this field, but it’s a fluorescent yellow. Even without direct sunlight on it – it just glows.
UPDATE: See, I don’t know much! The folks at Santa Fe Trail Research, Larry and Carolyn Mix, looked at this photo and sent me a link. It just may be a [...]
While in Olathe last week, I found the Ernie Miller Nature Center, just off K-7. You can hear the sounds of traffic out here, but other than that it was almost like being in the real woods. Lots of trails, an information center with a focus towards kids.
A bird’s nest hanging in a tree.
Yeah, I [...]
A month ago, the yard was drab. Now there are tulips. (We purchased these bulbs from the neighbor girls years ago – school fundraiser.)
The dogwood is very happy these days.
Cheery dandelions.
The lilac was dead, consumed by bore worms (or whatever they are) and we were going to replace it, but it grew back.
Grape hyacinths – [...]
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