Monthly archive for October 2013

Elk – In the summer you see big bull elk like this all time.  They act lazy and walk around the meadows and parks and pretty much ignore you.  They are growing their antlers and this stage is called the “velvet”.  Every year they grow a new

Fall – Fall is my favorite season. So many things are happening outdoors and indoors. In the outdoors everything is prepping for winter like this paper wasp on wild buckwheat. She is eating nectar and preparing to hibernate all winter. I see these wasps all the time

Prickly Pear Cactus – This spiky plant’s nickname is “paddle cactus”.  The Prickly Pear has two types of poky thorns; the big, long ones that you see, and small, short ones that you can’t see. They both hurt. One time, on a dare, I stuck my finger

Bobwhite Quail – These beautiful quail got their name from their whistle call that sounds like “bob–white…bob-white”.  I can make their sound pretty good myself. This bird is really shy and it lives on the ground.  Bobwhites live in most of the southern half of the U.S.

Hummingbird Moth – These are big moths that look, act and sound like hummingbirds. When it feeds on the nectar of flowers it hovers in the air and makes a humming noise – which is how it got its name. I hear hummingbirds a lot because my