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Continue reading →: Gray Fox MorningEven at 8:15 in the morning the temperature of the air began to feel ominous, rising by the minute, six days into a heat wave that was starting to feel permanent. The chorus of birdsong was beginning to slow down, and even the clouds of insects seemed a bit unenthusiastic…
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Continue reading →: Make Way for DucklingsIn 50 years of living beside the South Fork of the Eel it is always with eager anticipation that I begin to look for duck families on the water in the late spring, early summer. We see Common Mergansers more than any other species near where I live, and I…
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Continue reading →: Grasshopper Sparrows at the Community ParkThis small sparrow has probably travelled over a thousand miles by the time it arrives in our local community park where it will raise a family and then migrate back to Mexico for the winter. At first glimpse it appears drab, but upon closer examination it has fine detail in…
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Continue reading →: American Beaver on the South ForkSightings of the American Beaver have been slowly increasing on the South Fork of the Eel, but are still rare enough that when I saw one, swimming in the river at some distance, for the first time last May I at first assumed it was an otter until I checked…
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Continue reading →: American Mink with Pacific Lamprey CatchAmerican Minks are small and fierce members of the weasel family, and they make their living along the South Fork of the Eel, catching a wide variety of prey, and sometimes that prey is significantly larger than the mink itself. One morning in late May I watched a mink travel…
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Continue reading →: Wood Ducks on the South ForkIn 50 years of observing wildlife on this little stretch of the South Fork of the Eel, it has always been a special occasion when Wood Ducks visit. I have only seen a family with young once, many years ago, but the fact that I have seen this pair multiple…
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