Porcupine Love; a Spiny Affair Reproduction for porcupines – the subject of many speculative jokes- is a chancy affair. The female is fertile only once a year in the autumn and then only for a window of several hours. The male, being a solitary creature, must...
Christine’s Field Sketching Kit List Handout Click HERE to download the complete list of what I bring on a field sketching expedition. I keep a laminated copy of this list in my kit so I can double-check that I have all my supplies before each trip. My Favorite...
A Mystery Solved on Sanibel Island When I’m out in nature, it’s as if I’m still a wide-eyed child, noticing everything around me and watching for new and interesting stuff to discover. We were recently on Sanibel Island in Florida and I found the...
A howler monkey hoots in the distance; his voice, one of the loudest in the animal kingdom, echoing throughout the mangrove swamp, a flock of white-crowned parrots flies overhead, speeding across the river canyon, cicadas buzzing their incessant zeee, zeee, zeee in...
