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A Race to the End

Black Racer Snake Like snakes? This is a story of snake predation skills, so this is a story for you.  Hate snakes?  One meets his demise so this is a story for you as well.  How is this possible?...

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Of Seedheads and Berries in Autumn

Sycamore Leaf with Purple Sage (Salvia) Seedheads, Santa Monica Mtns, Photo by Kathy Vilim   In California autumn comes slowly, taking her time after a start that might be called “Indian Summer” in...

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Talk About Stuffed…The Things I Find In My Garden

Garter Snake Disclaimer:  This article is not for the feint of heart.  I was a little grossed out myself. It starts off pleasantly enough.  The new English Setter doggie “Elliot” is working out quite...

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That Sinking Feeling, Islands in the Stream

A tussock island in a wildlife garden pond Just this past August 2013 when I think it was its most beautiful My tussock island is gone from my wildlife garden pond.  I wrote about its arrival two years...

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What’s Scaring the Wildlife?

  High Voltage Power Lines Span the Countryside, photo from Kid’s Brittanica On a recent trip to Village Nurseries in Huntington Beach, CA, my first trip to this garden center, I was surprised by its...

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Squirrelly Squirrels in the Garden

Squirrels are a normal occurrence in a great many beautiful wildlife gardens.  Up until this year, suprisingly my yard was not one of them. Perhaps not so surprisingly after all.  When I purchased my...

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Fireflies in the Garden

  Elkmont Synchronous Fireflies, Photo Credit to Judd Patterson Fireflies in the Garden, a Poem by Robert Frost Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, And here on earth come emulating flies,...

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Where Golden Ornaments Adorn Sycamore Trees

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) Photo by Las Pilitas Nursery A glint of gold caught my eye from up in the top of a young Sycamore Tree.  “Click click” I heard a familiar call and looked closer....

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What Native Plants Will Stay Green In Summer Drought?

Coyote Brush with Butterflies, (Baccharis pilularis consanguinea)                                             Photo courtesy of Las Pilitas Nursery In Southern California, we have a problem: There’s no...

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What’s Hiding in the Garden?

Sycamore Seed Dispersal Halted by Black-eyed Susan “We must look for a long time before we can see”. – Henry David Thoreau What is hiding in your native area? Thoreau says we must look a long time...

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Gardening Change of Attitude

YIKES!  Another year flew by and this article begins my fifth year as a writer here at Beautiful Wildlife Garden. Four years in the tank…every Friday since October 8, 2010.  Mother Nature has provided...

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Peeking into the Wildlife Rehabilitator’s World

When I first read Crow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt I remember being absolutely transported to another place as I tried to picture a day in the life of a wildlife rehabilitator, like Ms. Haupt herself....

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