Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:12:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Strickland Subject: Subject: Who is eating the pine seeds? Squirrels are the culprit Nabooko. And it only takes a couple with a strong appetite to lay waste to a crop of cones. If you sit out in the yard aroundContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:17:53 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: My friend Ralph, the Argiope aurantia Not too long ago, a friend asked me if I had seen any signature spiders this year. He said that he had not seen any near his home. He discribed the spider he hadContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:33:04 -0400 From: Cathy Holt Subject: pump Nabooko, I would contact Joe Superick to replace your pump. He’s who I called and was glad that I did. Reasonably priced and a nice guy. His e-address is . CathyContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:45:23 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Who is eating the pine seeds? I have lived at my present location for 35 years- just east of Pittsboro. I have plenty of trees- a lot of older pine trees- some 85-90 feet tall. Yet, I have never hadContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:28:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Machai St. Rain Subject: Re: Answer to “look what else I dug up . . .” Thanks for sharing your beautiful ‘mystery moth’ with us N.A. Booko…now THAT’s worth sharing! Nature can be such a perfect metaphor…from such an unattractive cocoon toContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:38:05 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Answer to “look what else I dug up . . .” I spotted this beautiful creature less than 2 feet away from where I had placed the mystery item. I went to check the “mystery” and found only a shell.Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:00:56 GMT From: Jackie Strouble Subject: Re: Look what I dug up now… N.A. Booko, Your mystery find is a pupa, but of what? It took some “digging” of my own to figure it out. My money is on the Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) –Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:22:50 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Look what I dug up now . . . While digging the natural processed compost off the surface of old Highway 64 (another story for another time) I dug up this stange, strange object. No it is not an oldContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:23:04 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Suicide and Baby Snakes Last week I posted about finding a baby snake, wondering if it was poisonous, etc. I received at least 45 personal emails and at least 15 posts were made directly to the Chatlist. Many warned meContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:58:53 GMT From: Jackie Strouble Subject: Baby snakes NA Booko Thanks for the update and the great picture of the baby snake! She is so beautiful! You are so lucky! Your snakes are definitely NOT copperheads. Copperheads don’t lay eggs, they give birth to liveContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:11:02 GMT From: Jackie Strouble Subject: Re: Chimney swifts Kira You have no idea how it lifts my spirits to hear from you and all other like-minded folks who are curious and engaged and caring about the world around them… including all the other creaturesContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:06:25 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Birds in the Fireplace What a delightful story and well written. I am a little disappointed now, that I don’t have a chimney. Two things come to mind about this situation with the birds so accessible- I hope you doContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:10:27 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Whose eggs are these? I dig the earth . . Sat I tried to cultivate a garden area that had not been tilled in several years. Very hard and rocky. To my astonishment, I dug up a bunch of whiteContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:40:52 -0400 From: “nabooko” Subject: One More Time . . . maybe for the 72nd time Last summer was a bad season for beans – or at least for my beans. Others growers complained too. Excessive heat and humidity- some experts claim is the reason.Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 16:10:48 -0400 From: nabooko Subject: Only Nature Can do it . . . Only Mother Nature is clever enough to do it . . Try as we may- it would be an impossible feat. Yesterday there was only green leaves and red dirt. Today, red,Continue Reading
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