Foxxy has Passed
It is with a heavy heart that PEEC announces the passing of Foxxy the Hognose Snake. Foxxy was a very old snake, and we […]
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Trees are Cool and so are Our Teachers
How did I come to illustrating and journaling? When my daughter’s son was about 5, she had written a story for him. She asked me one day if I would illustrate it. “I can’t do that. I don’t have the skill!” was my reply. She had responded “Yes you can!” With great misgivings I did it! She was the one that pushed me to do what I believed was unthinkable. We all need someone like that!
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Art and Nancy Freed Leave a Quarter-Million-Dollar Legacy for PEEC
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) supporters Art and Nancy Freed have left an amazing legacy for PEEC in the form of a $250,000 bequest.
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The Magic of Merlin Sound ID
Enter technology in the form of a free app…Merlin ID. The purpose is to help answer the question “What’s that bird?” through visual sightings(2014, photos you take (2017), and now audio sounds (2021). Designed by the folks at the Cornell Institute of Ornithology, along with some help from Caltech, its accuracy continues to improve through observational data input from over 5000 users using artificial intelligence to refine the entries.
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Springing Gleefully Forward
© Steven J. Cary, April 2023 Happy April all you New Mexico butterflyers. I hope it has been worth the
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Mythology, Mango Trees, and Growing Up in India
My February blog was on the Mythology of Trees. Selvi Viswanathan contacted me and said, “In India they worship trees.” This intrigued me because I had made the statement “worship of trees was worldwide.” I was only familiar with the Celtic tribes because I had traveled to Ireland…
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Chasing New Mexico Monarchs in California
Read about Steve’s latest adventures viewing Monarchs in California.
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My Rare Red Breasted Robins
In the Spring of 2022, I had a very rare observation of a pair of RedBreasted Robins rearing their family’s two broods right on the front porch of our home ‘Srinivas’.
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A New Lighting Ordinance in Los Alamos!
At the Regular County Council meeting on December 13, 2022, the new Development Code, including the lighting ordinance, was passed unanimously by the Council.
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