http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog daily 0.75 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1429405914028-BNTASMDXGB94M5HNA5WN/IMG_0065.jpg Musings http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2018/4/4/all-new-posts-can-be-found-on-the-arrants-outdoors-facebook-page monthly 0.5 2019-01-21 http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2017/8/30/rust-fungi-complexity-in-simple-life-forms monthly 0.5 2017-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1504122992011-QHSUJPMK4VH2K8XI7C0C/CedarAppleRustFungus.jpg Musings - Rust Fungi: Complexity in Simple Life Forms Cedar-Apple Rust Fugus (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae), seen here on Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1504123604059-IA4VFE5GGLEAJYJMLSRV/PineNeedleRust.jpg Musings - Rust Fungi: Complexity in Simple Life Forms Pine Needle Rust (Coleosporium sp.) blisters found on the needles of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1504122257915-AGCMDSLRK9EMULDTS28S/PineOakGall.jpg Musings - Rust Fungi: Complexity in Simple Life Forms Pine-Oak Gall Rust (Cronartium quercuum fusiform sp. quercuum) found on Virginia Pine (Pinua virginiana). http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2016/9/10/detective-work monthly 0.5 2016-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1473536555687-MJ6FO69NHUK4J98GGVFQ/image-asset.jpeg Musings - Detective Work The first photo is chocked full of clues... These clues will be invaluable to our success in working out this puzzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1473538478047-KCL1TGE3YFBSBRV43U7Z/image-asset.jpeg Musings - Detective Work A second blob. This one is made up of the same material, but is in a different location. This photo also has many clues that will help us solve this mystery. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2016/3/11/lovely-lupines monthly 0.5 2016-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457729549720-INC2PAEXDXKV4EPTM05M/Sandhill+Lupine+%28Lupinus+diffusus%29 Musings - Lovely Lupines Sandhill Lupine (Lupinus diffusus) growing in the Sandhills Region of South Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457730733430-HI4QDCQIFMSVCUZ4E2XG/Sandhill+Lupine Musings - Lovely Lupines The racemes (flower stalks) on this lupine were about 10" in height. The white spot on the standard is obvious in each individual pea flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457731053725-MAALNKH079CAPXG6EY5X/Texas+Bluebonnet+%28Lupinus+texensis%29 Musings - Lovely Lupines The deeper blues and palmately compound leaves of the Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457731170363-1P5XP8A531USWZL6I3AX/Texas+Bluebonnet Musings - Lovely Lupines The spots on the standards of these Texas Bluebonnets have begun turning lavender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457731271329-HRODKW9Y8EO6S60OIO8T/Black+Gumbo+Soil Musings - Lovely Lupines Limestone rocks and black gumbo soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457731359898-JG2PWFN6LQSQR7Q94LN4/Roots+and+rocks Musings - Lovely Lupines Roots must make a way in this difficult terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457730897954-BEHVHEUJDM5U42PXJ5LR/Gray+Hairstreak+on+Texas+Bluebonnet Musings - Lovely Lupines Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) on Texas Bluebonnet. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2016/1/28/whats-our-excuse monthly 0.5 2016-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1454170713042-RSBXXSBU037YWF2U7H0I/Rufous+Hummingbird.jpg Musings - What's Our Excuse? Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) at feeder in the snow. A heat lamp and fresh nectar was provided throughout her accidental winter stay. Showing up in December 2013, she stayed until April 2014. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1454170962898-BQUZ1QXII0BN24C8W83W/Rufous+Hummingbird+in+snow.jpg Musings - What's Our Excuse? The determined little survivor braving her second snow storm of the winter. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1454171243597-YLDNQPU54RWCLI8G7BA4/Ann+and+Me.jpg Musings - What's Our Excuse? Just before leaving for the airport to head back to South Carolina, Ann met me for coffee here in Texas. My career has been punctuated with encounters with great naturalists. She is on that list. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/12/5/tis-the-season monthly 0.5 2015-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1449338061118-GM402UJXQLS12A8YS7QF/BaldEagle1.jpg Musings - 'Tis The Season Bald Eagle on nest in SC. The adults at this nest made a very good living taking wintering gulls from nearby lakes and ponds (and even a landfill). Photo taken 12/31/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1449338616455-K582944AHW6K1VCMNH9M/Bald+Eagle+Nest.jpg Musings - 'Tis The Season Adult Bald Eagle sits alert out on a limb, while two nestlings (one sits on the rim of the nest and one sits down inside the nest) wait for the other adult to bring the next meal. I watched the nestlings exercising their wings before the photo was taken. They fledged four weeks later, taking to the sky with the adults. Photo taken 4/12/12 http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/8/21/one-week-four-salamanders-and-one-snake monthly 0.5 2017-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1440203585923-6OES3V3FA5TJEELKGQMM/Dwarf+Salamander.jpg Musings - Seven Days, Four Salamanders and One Snake Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata) in the leaf litter at the edge of a small, bring fed pool. Click to enlarge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1440207419687-8IQPZR0A2GUOZDRS58DI/Eurycea+quadridigitata.jpg Musings - Seven Days, Four Salamanders and One Snake A fully grown Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata) in the capable hands of Josh Castleberry. Click to enlarge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1440207482379-LIV7Y9IRAC6N4YPPTYIY/Western+Diamondback.jpg Musings - Seven Days, Four Salamanders and One Snake A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) blending into the dead leaves in my backyard. Notice the black-and-white banded tail, giving it the colloquial name "coontail rattler". Click to enlarge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1440207538830-Z42R75G03JHT716S7EM1/Texas+Blind+Salamander.jpg Musings - Seven Days, Four Salamanders and One Snake Even through the ripples, there is no mistaking the haunting beauty of a Texas Blind Salamander (Eurycea rathbuni). Click to enlarge http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/8/11/night-time-is-the-right-time monthly 0.5 2015-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439327340475-EKVE8F81TXAFGLFE7QBV/Resh+Cicada-1.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time Freshly emerged Resh Cicada (Neotibicen resh) nymph preparing to molt. The dried soil on it is what is often referred to as "black gumbo" soil by the locals in central Texas. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439328133328-9IAG490P95FYFTXBVZLT/Resh+Cicada+Emerge+1.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time This cicada decided to attach itself to the shed exoskeleton of another. The process of emerging always begins with a vertical slit along the mesonotum region of the thorax. Meso means middle and notum refers to the back... the middle of the back. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439328544913-V3R1D2S7IVK95NL0AZ7O/Resh+Cicada+Emerge+2.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time As the cicada pushes out, it is still very soft and must take care not to damage the nodes that will later unfurl to become its wings. This is also the case with butterflies and moths. It is very vulnerable at this time. Take a look at the beautiful compound eye, now fully freed from the clouded old exoskeleton. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439330180524-OEJY95AZZE6Z9SFYINDU/Resh+Cicada+Emerge-3.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time Almost completely free of its old shell, the wing nodes are now very easy to see. As with other insects, vascular processes will pump hemolymph into the wings to unfurl them for drying. Another terrific look at the fresh compound eye. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439330481936-CBKZU18RW9QC89TIR77K/Resh+Cicada+Newly+Emerged.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time The wings have now become completely unfurled and are beginning to dry. The "Resh" letter is starting to become apparent on the thorax. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1439330653880-Z9VNGLJSEBYPCHXHT9DR/Resh+Cicada.jpg Musings - Night Time Is the Right Time Finished product, now dry and back on the branch. This cicada began singing very soon after drying and was broadcasting quite a high decibel rating! (Click to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/7/20/one-tough-coleoptera monthly 0.5 2015-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1437439503485-9CLRKL52DCOKFUJU4O4N/Texas+Ironclad+Beetle+%28Zopherus+nodulosus+haldemani%29.jpg Musings - One Tough Coleoptera Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) Click to enlarge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1437443011012-VHZFGRV1VN454NYDKDZP/Zopherus+nodulosus+haldemani.jpg Musings - One Tough Coleoptera Another look at Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) Click to enlarge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1437443265685-E2XPIKPHM59ZETAGGXYU/Texas+Ironclad+Beetle.jpg Musings - One Tough Coleoptera The yellow mouth of the Texas Ironclad Beetle Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) Click to enlarge http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/6/26/an-interrogative-lepidoptera monthly 0.5 2017-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1435427546640-929LQM8AZUVD5B8JDGS9/Question+Mark+Butterfly.jpg Musings - An Interrogative Lepidoptera The Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) feeds on nutrients in scat. The distinct sideways silver-white question mark found in the middle of the underside of the hindwing, seen in the photo above, gives this beautiful butterfly its common name. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1457114883532-XM8NHPRDE1NED201VKN0/Green+Comma+Butterfly+%28Polygonia+faunus%29 Musings - An Interrogative Lepidoptera Green Comma (Polygonia faunus) for comparison. Note the lack of period under marking. I spotted this lovely butterfly while hiking in Coeur d"Alene National Forest, in Idaho. It is lapping up nutrients from what appears to be old Mountain Lion scat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1435430703185-8G5SK8IXUZERUAOJ9LM6/Question+Mark+Butterfly+%28Polygonia+interrogationis%29.jpg Musings - An Interrogative Lepidoptera The many angles of the wings of a Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1435432527064-H6PPVJD0QTXM0KUQHWBA/Question+Mark+%28Polygonia+interrogationis%29.jpg Musings - An Interrogative Lepidoptera The many angles of the wings of a Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). (Click to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/6/23/ma-mas-bleeding-heart monthly 0.5 2017-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1435080366041-IQLVLM72TYCBA8GN7P7F/Turk%27s+Cap.jpg Musings - Ma-Ma's Bleeding Heart (Plant) (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) Turk's Cap, or Bleeding Heart, as my grandmother would call it. Notice the way the petals twist and overlap to resemble a turban, giving it the common name Turk's Cap. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1435082373068-FHM7BG1I4XO8I5N72GXI/%28Malvaviscus+arboreus+var.+drummondii%29.jpg Musings - Ma-Ma's Bleeding Heart (Plant) Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) is a pollinator favorite and can bustle with insect activity. This Carolina Anole (Anolis carolinensis) blends in with the greens of the leaves while it patiently waits for a meal. (Click to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/6/10/thirty-minutes monthly 0.5 2017-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433958081942-4SBB9XP6AQUBAUD44JYW/Barn+Owl+Flight+Feathers+and+Pellets.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Primary flight feathers and numerous pellets left by Barn Owls (Tyto alba) (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433959719366-HSANC3VYFBDDF5EBC95D/Common+Milkweed.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) blooming trailside. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433960519518-25NYA09MD86J1IUYLNQC/Common+Milkweed+%28Asclepius+syriaca%29.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Two Eastern Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa virginica) on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433961887974-ZOEOVDDQYWUFDDD93KDN/Patch+of+Common+Milkweed+%28Asclepius+syriaca%29.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepius syriaca). Note the many plants in various stages of blooming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433963448786-CFX5CNL02ZSOMSB4HTUS/Yellow-breasted+Chats.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Two Yellow-breasted Chats banded at Fort Jackson, 5/21/13. It is with great fondness that I remember mist-netting and banding with Nicole Hawkins and Stanley Rikard. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1433961930539-G4CUB2BLYRSFJWTBY3L3/Widow+Skimmer.jpg Musings - Thirty Minutes Female Widow Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa). (Click to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/5/26/texas-flooding-impacts-area-flora-and-fauna monthly 0.5 2015-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432660603595-NYT4JRRYRZ0427D6G166/BlancoRiverFlood.jpg Musings - Texas Flooding Impacts Area Flora and Fauna Blanco River at I-35 bridge, San Marcos, TX, after flash flood. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432666414604-IBVA22THKZ3N1VAM450K/BlancoRiverFlood2.jpg Musings - Texas Flooding Impacts Area Flora and Fauna Debris under the bridge, even lodged underneath the bottom. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432666956748-TUCEAEM6D3D7I7QSTT20/BlancoRiverFlood3.jpg Musings - Texas Flooding Impacts Area Flora and Fauna The power of the river. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432667099609-2MV5DYD9NHL0ZJQKFDI8/Sunset.jpg Musings - Texas Flooding Impacts Area Flora and Fauna Sunset after the storm. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/5/19/painting-the-pastures-and-prairies monthly 0.5 2015-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432057496563-Q7Q3EU7HBQW224LPYFAU/%28Castilleja+indivisa%29+meadow.jpg Musings - Painting the Pastures and Prairies Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) in a meadow. Notice the orange becomes almost solid as you look towards the top of the photo. (Click on photo to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432059950783-JWIIPVU8M1682RXHCYU7/Texas+Paintbrush+%28Castilleja+indivisa%29.jpg Musings - Painting the Pastures and Prairies Texas Paintbrushes (Castellija indivisa) (Click on photo to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432061140872-TG6AQ4Y6W65S9X3OAPR6/Single+Texas+Paintbrush.jpg Musings - Painting the Pastures and Prairies Close up view of this spring wildflower, Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) (Click on photo to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432061881145-12FS3ELNFNYRN0EZHW3U/BonnetsandBrushes.jpg Musings - Painting the Pastures and Prairies Forgive me, but I thought I'd get a little artistic with this photo to relay a little of the sheer wonder and beauty of a simple scene of rural hill country Texas. Striking small pasture filled with Texas Bluebonnets and Texas Paintbrushes... Bonnets and Brushes. (Click on photo to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/5/11/fuzzy-wuzzy-was-a-caterpillar monthly 0.5 2015-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1431386640657-GJPXGKMXRD28KMHQOIAX/AmericanDaggerMothCaterpillar.jpg Musings - Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Caterpillar American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana) caterpillar. One of the "hairy caterpillars", this moth caterpillar feeds on the leaves of a variety of trees. (Click to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1431388697782-0ATWG9UA5SI7DXYW845R/AmericanDaggerCaterpillar.jpg Musings - Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Caterpillar Notice the black tufts, pairs beginning at A1, then A3 and the single tuft at A8.. When you see that, you can immediately identify this caterpillar as an American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana) caterpillar. (Click to enlarge) http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/5/6/wait-thats-not-a-caterpillar monthly 0.5 2015-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1430929235208-AYV2C7IUYXKVN4AZWCHO/Elm+Sawfly+%28Cimbex+americana%29+Larva.jpg Musings - Wait... That's Not A Caterpillar Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americana) larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1430931235112-D7B7V293DP6D7E5ZCGQG/Elm+Sawfly+%28Cimbex+americana%29+larva.jpg Musings - Wait... That's Not A Caterpillar Count the prolegs of the Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americana) larva in this photo and you'll quickly see how to distinguish it from the caterpillars of butterflies and moths. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/4/21/87coyygwmk00aqfdofemqajn3a5akx monthly 0.5 2015-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1429633886733-404AFUBNR31CQUMKXRY9/RedAdmiralButterfly.jpg Musings - Common and Not-So-Common Lepidoptera at the Park Red Admiral Butterly (Vanessa atalanta) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1429634850470-LAXQX1VL1XQTT7DASFXD/Wilson%27s+Wood-nymph+Caterpillar.jpg Musings - Common and Not-So-Common Lepidoptera at the Park Wilson's Wood-nymph Caterpillar (Xerociris wilsonii) - note the spiracles (holes) along the length of the body used for respiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1429635719781-PJ0G9ETNEM7BP43OEG7O/Wilson%27sWood-nymphCaterpillar.jpg Musings - Common and Not-So-Common Lepidoptera at the Park Wilson's Wood Nymph (Xerociris wilsonii) caterpillar on Honey Mesquite tree (Prosopis glandulosa) limb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1429636919047-XDO14F74QK53KPXYREJI/Wilson%27s+Wood-nymph+Caterpillar+head-on.jpg Musings - Common and Not-So-Common Lepidoptera at the Park Wilson's Wood-nymph Caterpillar, with head-on view of tentacles. http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2014/11/19/standing-among-giants monthly 0.5 2018-03-15 http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2014/7/29/truly-honored monthly 0.5 2015-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432064392100-6IIGFSLIM9UM76V2M3P1/Arrants+Outstanding+Alumni-1.jpg Musings - Truly Honored Accepting award at Central Carolina Technical College graduation ceremony Photo courtesy Becky Rickenbaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432064443487-90DMW8Q5HKCG93LSJHJ7/Josh+Arrants+Outstanding+Alumni.jpg Musings - Truly Honored Dr. Tim Hardee presenting Outstanding Alumni Award. Photo courtesy Becky Rickenbaker http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2014/6/28/the-first-naturalist-i-ever-knew monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432064567687-IM3BQD4VGL0Q6HLPJAW0/MabelArrants%2FJoshArrants%2FMa-Ma.jpg Musings - The First Naturalist I Ever Knew Mabel Arrants One part naturalist and one part saint. (Click on photo to enlarge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53aec7dae4b09c295063dab5/1432064718153-RG46ZF8AFMW7T29HUQC5/CWWInest.jpg Musings - The First Naturalist I Ever Knew Chuck-will's-widow nest. 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