tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720410469574289442024-03-05T01:34:13.649-06:00Life On The Tallgrass PrairieThis blog is dedicated to my thoughts and experiences living, loving life, and working on southwest Missouri's tallgrass prairie.Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-56232369576819319232023-05-15T21:42:00.006-05:002023-05-15T21:42:55.548-05:00Majesty on the Hoof<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjairVtaSGBrVb5-D1cvPaKDi5WdC_VOMX6BYTleyJLYVYDicz2-DTx_HrC7GKi1fM0vdWLS0h9UjtcpoO0-zhIUJbAqEsRBkCJpJ_4eidBN7vXY_Qo87hyr-0h07wVfce0h0o99e62QxPkvJ3XOI_-7Yo7wQjyYHb1W6VMOo5zHWvd75Tz8qkZ-PEc/s1572/343372052_548944887415691_4845626685486594171_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjairVtaSGBrVb5-D1cvPaKDi5WdC_VOMX6BYTleyJLYVYDicz2-DTx_HrC7GKi1fM0vdWLS0h9UjtcpoO0-zhIUJbAqEsRBkCJpJ_4eidBN7vXY_Qo87hyr-0h07wVfce0h0o99e62QxPkvJ3XOI_-7Yo7wQjyYHb1W6VMOo5zHWvd75Tz8qkZ-PEc/w400-h400/343372052_548944887415691_4845626685486594171_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">That's all!<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">Until next time...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-tallgrass-prairie-morning.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">A Tallgrass Prairie Morning</span></a></h3></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-little-fog-on-prairie.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">A Little Fog on the Prairie</span></a></h3></div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-late-arrival.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;">A Late Arrival</span></a></h3></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-48613462133417279352022-09-15T19:56:00.001-05:002022-09-15T19:56:15.450-05:00A Tallgrass Prairie Morning<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was a beautiful morning on the tallgrass prairie this morning. The sun was just coming up as I was leaving for work. I left super early and took the long way around. Here are some of the sights that I enjoyed along the way...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7_26O3uGJmIffrHDmN_a5jIvfDdDOxjK7rn9fX9Yo7TVyeXMItAtRbVZsC93Dp9og6RbMdNWmikgtSqs6Mp4_XNthE6dzXjpxTTHiEy1env0txyPUe-MMNFiZzTyFIYQP3mczGFlnGJkXbGR0T7zhGCMngf3NQbc6pc28nIuVHwtFtu1KzlfCZjf/s4608/DSCN5285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7_26O3uGJmIffrHDmN_a5jIvfDdDOxjK7rn9fX9Yo7TVyeXMItAtRbVZsC93Dp9og6RbMdNWmikgtSqs6Mp4_XNthE6dzXjpxTTHiEy1env0txyPUe-MMNFiZzTyFIYQP3mczGFlnGJkXbGR0T7zhGCMngf3NQbc6pc28nIuVHwtFtu1KzlfCZjf/w400-h300/DSCN5285.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Morning Sunrise Over Our Little Town</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GwxIzLCMe6C5BoyWq54xwwblCwqJoLPMuY9FNAFFJF7S1w31kzZvRX9SPSa9aTVdcZMx7tmpiL0g8gzaFqvdDqTP2tGB8mFbln6zFtGN0ZIXNOq_F5_TLykIWj84CDfMOVkG2dszX88vpSdkrEdesUE3iMT_HatXTvANrLvVrpyR-27t5amn2d3i/s4608/DSCN5299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GwxIzLCMe6C5BoyWq54xwwblCwqJoLPMuY9FNAFFJF7S1w31kzZvRX9SPSa9aTVdcZMx7tmpiL0g8gzaFqvdDqTP2tGB8mFbln6zFtGN0ZIXNOq_F5_TLykIWj84CDfMOVkG2dszX88vpSdkrEdesUE3iMT_HatXTvANrLvVrpyR-27t5amn2d3i/w400-h300/DSCN5299.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunshine Breaking Forth Over Tallgrass Prairie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJiXYixYA_Sw_DyfmK-o1ovaDi4-442CP9HbupkxuptERkKd1EivoBfItky3oR_iruzf_RMIVI6Ubi3omONPo7st-MKlsOW3i1szdz7mcs5bK-LSexPZX7vXtCRLgIvToMFdkVKYI8SGhsZclLJFJzAmg6QZZGK5wP6yrN5R7GlqcNEZ51Q0YrCC_/s4188/DSCN5315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3141" data-original-width="4188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJiXYixYA_Sw_DyfmK-o1ovaDi4-442CP9HbupkxuptERkKd1EivoBfItky3oR_iruzf_RMIVI6Ubi3omONPo7st-MKlsOW3i1szdz7mcs5bK-LSexPZX7vXtCRLgIvToMFdkVKYI8SGhsZclLJFJzAmg6QZZGK5wP6yrN5R7GlqcNEZ51Q0YrCC_/w400-h300/DSCN5315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Morning Sun and Tall Grasses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Big Bluestem)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eSSInIbsb3IElcXSHRpszVDstvZaeEyh6sKmdT7imDVUKRUfSnPkEz9p_AjtlOK_2huDPe-z_x3LkrPY9x_eOXs8N3Mq_WP1ASyEp6v4qNjEjS_oHCWDG9mSBEM7AACK4NheowSn1CKHpsOJXCoh9tcTN1WGDbRm5iNtBzIhYueeDm4bYOuINbsZ/s4608/DSCN5311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eSSInIbsb3IElcXSHRpszVDstvZaeEyh6sKmdT7imDVUKRUfSnPkEz9p_AjtlOK_2huDPe-z_x3LkrPY9x_eOXs8N3Mq_WP1ASyEp6v4qNjEjS_oHCWDG9mSBEM7AACK4NheowSn1CKHpsOJXCoh9tcTN1WGDbRm5iNtBzIhYueeDm4bYOuINbsZ/w400-h300/DSCN5311.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roadside Wildflowers and Tall Grasses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bur Marigold and Big Bluestem<br />(Bidens aristosa and Andropogon gerardii)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtKX0cCHtNnxmuJ6WtnMjYsCFLDILO-nWcL9r1wpGAYnvbDfgKROXlSd-mVJmEodp6bRArK_G_1LT3cAdMyhdEIPDRWfF-J-foYflcrZ4BfTT5WLD7H-3Cl5MZo0qk2HTG2Bq3gkfb-7LoSXcth0ATCBafPXQTY4KNXH8U7ppuODDOSwR8d5mEJkM/s4608/DSCN5308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtKX0cCHtNnxmuJ6WtnMjYsCFLDILO-nWcL9r1wpGAYnvbDfgKROXlSd-mVJmEodp6bRArK_G_1LT3cAdMyhdEIPDRWfF-J-foYflcrZ4BfTT5WLD7H-3Cl5MZo0qk2HTG2Bq3gkfb-7LoSXcth0ATCBafPXQTY4KNXH8U7ppuODDOSwR8d5mEJkM/w400-h300/DSCN5308.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bur Marigold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(a.k.a Tickseed Sunflower or Beggar's Tick)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-WPZ3Pz0wJWd-dWknpmwpP5OWLo33zSFGXBzOMwNfyLrONcjIE-0UJbWheyMBRaiOg6mgkOL8ET1rSNl3CoS633UDTQGPACr38auE2QmX2qWkhglMzBOcpvQVOt3mCn8enBxbFZrcTdyJkDvMAVDXCF1IjY_PAF1YL3PjDGw1cWd1jyOhC_5wA1G/s3511/DSCN5319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="3511" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-WPZ3Pz0wJWd-dWknpmwpP5OWLo33zSFGXBzOMwNfyLrONcjIE-0UJbWheyMBRaiOg6mgkOL8ET1rSNl3CoS633UDTQGPACr38auE2QmX2qWkhglMzBOcpvQVOt3mCn8enBxbFZrcTdyJkDvMAVDXCF1IjY_PAF1YL3PjDGw1cWd1jyOhC_5wA1G/w400-h300/DSCN5319.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White-tailed Doe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AxiaZa0TXMH0k-KGHsbrDODKr9vKStoRnDQ2OMH_qDc-dOB2z8YmAHMJ3kUxKCoWTXjNsUlCqZz0shCyxzHyIMZjDqHScCMmCi44JTUAxjAIBVO_588_wLTPAzpVUCT4PH05O291ezGamZ6e4kF-V6uY8nNVbjc5BmucOvJLwPSemf8xmObMtL-j/s2605/DSCN5325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2605" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AxiaZa0TXMH0k-KGHsbrDODKr9vKStoRnDQ2OMH_qDc-dOB2z8YmAHMJ3kUxKCoWTXjNsUlCqZz0shCyxzHyIMZjDqHScCMmCi44JTUAxjAIBVO_588_wLTPAzpVUCT4PH05O291ezGamZ6e4kF-V6uY8nNVbjc5BmucOvJLwPSemf8xmObMtL-j/w400-h300/DSCN5325.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Nursing Doe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It was a beautiful morning to be sure! What are late summer mornings like where you're at?</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-little-fog-on-prairie.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Little Fog on the Prairie</span></a></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-late-arrival.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Late Arrival</span></a></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/06/remington-russell-or-me.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Remington, Russell, or Me?</span></a></h3></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><div><p></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-78140095624695845132022-09-05T21:07:00.002-05:002022-09-05T21:07:41.235-05:00A Little Fog on the Prairie <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was a little foggy Saturday morning. I took these photos on my way into work and, as you can see, it got less foggy the further I went.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVjzb_PAkWYcJY95bYA9r098rFV5O2y5oq0plsnlJ35Ku8kq3An8K4usoGd6fvQRvMUx7PB-ZcXeYgfCWUr17JwdvCC85Lhj5Hoip0ea4LV49NtPgJ-C3D61_HvTCG8Z4nbPaFNixmAgsY8yXyytTOwWRB9nF_qOj_CNwZ8QlCL-5l_WbdlVKP3-s/s4608/DSCN4821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVjzb_PAkWYcJY95bYA9r098rFV5O2y5oq0plsnlJ35Ku8kq3An8K4usoGd6fvQRvMUx7PB-ZcXeYgfCWUr17JwdvCC85Lhj5Hoip0ea4LV49NtPgJ-C3D61_HvTCG8Z4nbPaFNixmAgsY8yXyytTOwWRB9nF_qOj_CNwZ8QlCL-5l_WbdlVKP3-s/w400-h300/DSCN4821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Twin Bucks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM94Fk6JR6X6ol_LH6w7lNWhJhWdkK6QeelqnaDi8uzhpM2gbD7Qc9ZB1fPNyZXOarb8iIIx78aH6twzXrlizvUam6TMI8rjBS1W-fSMy4Q-Hmg7a7sci-Z1Lg49Du0NECDaNsT4ZjFM2JqmyTqyT1isfhvuR8McV1V3xp0Gwjos6K3NlNv6Mcp9tY/s4362/DSCN4833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3271" data-original-width="4362" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM94Fk6JR6X6ol_LH6w7lNWhJhWdkK6QeelqnaDi8uzhpM2gbD7Qc9ZB1fPNyZXOarb8iIIx78aH6twzXrlizvUam6TMI8rjBS1W-fSMy4Q-Hmg7a7sci-Z1Lg49Du0NECDaNsT4ZjFM2JqmyTqyT1isfhvuR8McV1V3xp0Gwjos6K3NlNv6Mcp9tY/w400-h300/DSCN4833.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Herd</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFKP6ogienHcmJf4vKngWGG_jkfeWehKcAxs3w_jn7utzeSRykLmUukyETwNPDvBTpaBR1iMWrcPaFESSwxMv3mlGhL55B42jotRICvzztvdSwYCf4bPhxBGTv47h_OtkpykzSY__Z2VM_MrYFb1qvpZlT-RAISm2in1WNamcUI5RMvMh6ao9b9gN/s3561/DSCN4841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-late-arrival.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Late Arrival</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/06/remington-russell-or-me.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Remington, Russell, or Me?</span></a></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/03/exploring-homestead-hill-and-beyond.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Exploring Homestead Hill and Beyond</span></a></h3></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-35739294427587282782022-09-01T13:39:00.001-05:002022-09-01T13:39:25.805-05:00A Late Arrival<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Most bison calves arrive at <a href="https://mostateparks.com/park/prairie-state-park" target="_blank">Prairie State Park</a> by late spring, but, occasionally, one comes along much later. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This little one arrived just a few days ago in late August.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiVUMNMJgLb0umGTHRjEc_1kocMRaGUG7x1PDu6t8qos4iXwum2chvKxsmazKjRxzNSSArTwUtdxDLkWePoNNTk6Y4VkWShftfNt9EUH9ksr05m-IW9hAqTaA4YI6ImDUn9jlmp2sflv25FIGuSK0SEkEi1QfrI26SC_W5Ax2F2g6Hj-WAFXX85bE/s2048/302299999_10159757545278141_717052388668502309_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiVUMNMJgLb0umGTHRjEc_1kocMRaGUG7x1PDu6t8qos4iXwum2chvKxsmazKjRxzNSSArTwUtdxDLkWePoNNTk6Y4VkWShftfNt9EUH9ksr05m-IW9hAqTaA4YI6ImDUn9jlmp2sflv25FIGuSK0SEkEi1QfrI26SC_W5Ax2F2g6Hj-WAFXX85bE/w400-h300/302299999_10159757545278141_717052388668502309_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I don't know if it's a boy or girl, yet, but it sure is a cutie!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcVPU0TenwYGMt8MqjYxlJjtrv41n_399ExFM-dX35Qwnvoh6F5KMcIwF6s4nt_qzFoSxMejtN2dDltu63tRDEPIT-tZPSq1a1WffTlUIYUPtDUVmhigyP7fN_ska0tG-oHo5RbENjgm9KDsQ2ALvQNYTe_F9C9sCmPvWFYRm2rr0kt6W-Bbc85tv/s2048/302215953_10159757545518141_6616867750856521586_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcVPU0TenwYGMt8MqjYxlJjtrv41n_399ExFM-dX35Qwnvoh6F5KMcIwF6s4nt_qzFoSxMejtN2dDltu63tRDEPIT-tZPSq1a1WffTlUIYUPtDUVmhigyP7fN_ska0tG-oHo5RbENjgm9KDsQ2ALvQNYTe_F9C9sCmPvWFYRm2rr0kt6W-Bbc85tv/w400-h300/302215953_10159757545518141_6616867750856521586_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bison calves weigh between 30 to 70 pounds at birth and are a pumpkin-orange in color for the first few months. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oO-icNp-XQuIpJthtr3KV_RINohmz4DkHNVL9I1TQjJeYmpdLD_EgkeqXptswgXxsRdmX73cydo4g70LLoU8yUGF0Oae2hmCfeLsJxRn2DGuugRoGyzSEl5JiryCIPLNfUIk-x9D-F2f9Lpu9k0CJ5cOvKW0VY-dEXwDiZgErJ2gXC0MZi0NDi9h/s2048/301721510_10159757486088141_7908681447605136828_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oO-icNp-XQuIpJthtr3KV_RINohmz4DkHNVL9I1TQjJeYmpdLD_EgkeqXptswgXxsRdmX73cydo4g70LLoU8yUGF0Oae2hmCfeLsJxRn2DGuugRoGyzSEl5JiryCIPLNfUIk-x9D-F2f9Lpu9k0CJ5cOvKW0VY-dEXwDiZgErJ2gXC0MZi0NDi9h/w400-h300/301721510_10159757486088141_7908681447605136828_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Calves are protected, not only by the mother, but by the whole herd.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioluG9CJIHaXmVA5yzu7H-PSnDZq9sUz4M8oCa4ESnX6sAE5YAvUYIN3ULlbA5zgJ6lAnSpXRWzZBn7wnFAPlDaarwMB63ro2EQO7y5NLiCijIRxlwQrlXHgLknxN1yTL4zx9AgRS2gXceztG9NBAO25kCJXWdBddHxA_4hcJzc4xjKqm7rtQWP_RW/s2048/301769627_10159757485018141_2117451945004765014_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioluG9CJIHaXmVA5yzu7H-PSnDZq9sUz4M8oCa4ESnX6sAE5YAvUYIN3ULlbA5zgJ6lAnSpXRWzZBn7wnFAPlDaarwMB63ro2EQO7y5NLiCijIRxlwQrlXHgLknxN1yTL4zx9AgRS2gXceztG9NBAO25kCJXWdBddHxA_4hcJzc4xjKqm7rtQWP_RW/w400-h300/301769627_10159757485018141_2117451945004765014_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My co-workers and I call baby bison "pumpkins", but I recently heard another friend describe them as "pennies on the prairie." I kind of like that, too! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I hope your September is off to a great start!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/06/remington-russell-or-me.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Remington, Russell, or Me?</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/03/exploring-homestead-hill-and-beyond.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Exploring Homestead Hill and Beyond</span></a></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prescribed Burn - March 3, 2022</span></h3></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-21212731646618499122022-06-07T10:21:00.001-05:002022-06-07T10:24:27.822-05:00Remington, Russell, or Me?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal-pin3faYcdqbnHp3wvf1VaNBLBuf4ms90aRHUv6-Nf56FTnxwRGFagi5iYgRijvvQyODVrMFBqHRW_bp16oKY14kQm1NMmmSxQn_nruNJBlbZPHWlcyDZhyvFTbZBZ4AU5j3YtFjIS9P3sn0nmillUbwaVl7sywIl96y4riGgMQ0i8bokK2Xt4m/s1228/charles%20russell%20buffalo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1228" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal-pin3faYcdqbnHp3wvf1VaNBLBuf4ms90aRHUv6-Nf56FTnxwRGFagi5iYgRijvvQyODVrMFBqHRW_bp16oKY14kQm1NMmmSxQn_nruNJBlbZPHWlcyDZhyvFTbZBZ4AU5j3YtFjIS9P3sn0nmillUbwaVl7sywIl96y4riGgMQ0i8bokK2Xt4m/w400-h235/charles%20russell%20buffalo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bison Trail, 1908, Charles M. Russell</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have had the pleasure of viewing many original works of western art by artists such as Frederic Remington and Charles Russell at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, but wow! Last night, I felt like I was IN one of those paintings! What an amazing evening on the tallgrass prairie of southwest Missouri! </span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNfl2XchYJUDqaSoUwMCZ5g6iwcTnU39sQqMfD5H64qjBYpqsBFAaVXt7OyVM7YWFT8R-ZPmyrWnYlo0YsGxwyDf1_EEtKtq_vCjI1K_s89HdpseJw9sfcv1myJy4bQGB1LW0BA42IdrTXTzUTdt9XdEiqJ14bmV8_YPYIJO1kVGPu3X3EL4scH74/s2048/paint1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNfl2XchYJUDqaSoUwMCZ5g6iwcTnU39sQqMfD5H64qjBYpqsBFAaVXt7OyVM7YWFT8R-ZPmyrWnYlo0YsGxwyDf1_EEtKtq_vCjI1K_s89HdpseJw9sfcv1myJy4bQGB1LW0BA42IdrTXTzUTdt9XdEiqJ14bmV8_YPYIJO1kVGPu3X3EL4scH74/w400-h300/paint1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the way...they're all me (except for the top one, of course) and they're all photos.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Until next time...</span><br /><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">~Rebecca</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/03/exploring-homestead-hill-and-beyond.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Exploring Homestead Hill and Beyond</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prescribed Burn - March 3, 2022</span></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/saturday-was-beautiful-day-in-southwest.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Saturday On the Tallgrass Prairie - February 19, 2022</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/american-bald-eagles.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">American Bald Eagles</span></a></h3></div></div></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-33131748223946276232022-03-27T20:36:00.001-05:002022-03-27T20:36:22.759-05:00Exploring Homestead Hill and Beyond<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Homestead Hill...that's what we call it, because that's what it used to be...someone's homestead. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">All that remains of that homestead now is a row of bright, yellow daffodils that, more than likely, lined the drive or a walkway that lead up to the house. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEmkP3IWiNWPWmLsiWRu2c7Ou2Ji8b_RI56H1W0gBMdTCYXxbyIBkTXy3RMXwEdClcW6zLFsXClU0zsIZ4wHu9BB9N-Ebv5D3dpCOMF98Rp4g2X14kW0YiExSG8tFYCh30X-4Sb3ZnKH1kl2JOU55XbOcX2DEAac6HTVBcAmAlio8H3gaNdN7Dcnu/s4608/DSCN3443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEmkP3IWiNWPWmLsiWRu2c7Ou2Ji8b_RI56H1W0gBMdTCYXxbyIBkTXy3RMXwEdClcW6zLFsXClU0zsIZ4wHu9BB9N-Ebv5D3dpCOMF98Rp4g2X14kW0YiExSG8tFYCh30X-4Sb3ZnKH1kl2JOU55XbOcX2DEAac6HTVBcAmAlio8H3gaNdN7Dcnu/w400-h300/DSCN3443.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I've visited this spot a couple of times recently, but never went beyond the break of the hill. Today I ventured further. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGUgwhcZQCem1VjYmE6LLbpm3i4g3nWqayAg_q-pN4Id_lBjjdAV0zzYnaTqXwAgcAIEFIm2CXDDyncOyYdb59D9a36FMfNpvPOXGI5byGSDu_7OmH6KhNePyYOh9Yupi_IRceNQxG19n3HkRaQnDlHLFkA_DikHi0C6mAJn1WyJO7mf01qEkKeSY/s4608/DSCN3442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGUgwhcZQCem1VjYmE6LLbpm3i4g3nWqayAg_q-pN4Id_lBjjdAV0zzYnaTqXwAgcAIEFIm2CXDDyncOyYdb59D9a36FMfNpvPOXGI5byGSDu_7OmH6KhNePyYOh9Yupi_IRceNQxG19n3HkRaQnDlHLFkA_DikHi0C6mAJn1WyJO7mf01qEkKeSY/w400-h300/DSCN3442.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From the top of the hill I could see a smattering of old bones...big bones...bleached white from the sun. Upon closer inspection the bones revealed the remains of, not one, but, two different bison. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFEOXUPObdGkIxPq5iguJVykM1uPe-fgD77eliePjy6ffEGaxOFmPfiwHYxHftg2MzNF9YOKYNJjvGML4Bsh7-dZDE7ActVa8HQ-_QXj90x1dAKJwZEp6P_LEM_vKtI1Dr9U5BIk9Aa-qZSiJ7GnpkLeZ7Ja4cTw3OhPofu7vIQNgOTISByjbYJi3/s4608/DSCN3426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFEOXUPObdGkIxPq5iguJVykM1uPe-fgD77eliePjy6ffEGaxOFmPfiwHYxHftg2MzNF9YOKYNJjvGML4Bsh7-dZDE7ActVa8HQ-_QXj90x1dAKJwZEp6P_LEM_vKtI1Dr9U5BIk9Aa-qZSiJ7GnpkLeZ7Ja4cTw3OhPofu7vIQNgOTISByjbYJi3/w400-h300/DSCN3426.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>The two sets of bones were several yards away from each other and both had been there a very long time. One set of bones was much larger than the other. </span>One set, most likely, came from a</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">bull bison; the other from a cow or, perhaps, a juvenile animal that had not quite reached maturity. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOaBMdwsL7UuGFInwE3ie0cFyQOolndHOEWaCR3g2_3kDwp7-w5OQOQY0jSUS8TWoB-1Bc9lGe3ZobjZbrzRbzGt1CnH3Cdzd01ST47O4QikEaaMfqw_z8ee7g1UQqR_hUh97e7o1DSygz8RJJBZ3aw5YPbDSIp1CwxCa6ttX57w6qcOyAR3LbZj3/s1808/DSCN3441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1808" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOaBMdwsL7UuGFInwE3ie0cFyQOolndHOEWaCR3g2_3kDwp7-w5OQOQY0jSUS8TWoB-1Bc9lGe3ZobjZbrzRbzGt1CnH3Cdzd01ST47O4QikEaaMfqw_z8ee7g1UQqR_hUh97e7o1DSygz8RJJBZ3aw5YPbDSIp1CwxCa6ttX57w6qcOyAR3LbZj3/w400-h300/DSCN3441.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This jawbone was found some distance away. It was probably dragged there by a coyote long ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As I made my way toward the creek I thought about Homestead Hill. Who had lived here? And how long ago? What were the people like that lived there? I imagined a fresh-faced, young farm wife planting those lovely daffodils. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrCVF3um775Fsed1NdQ34tr3F6CxkiOFHR4GuwDxF_HxlCfjpsSPtW_5rrLdmLvAeXVDSoye7VkhvMZDjYG5YFlzYZl3PuLftxEo_zO3hjuVSdZCxPv6Qj82YDOS9LaFg2FesnSD5D3Phda9V_VHFPwPx_pgVNOCarrRE-z37xk5L9YAygNEHlwET/s4608/DSCN3421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrCVF3um775Fsed1NdQ34tr3F6CxkiOFHR4GuwDxF_HxlCfjpsSPtW_5rrLdmLvAeXVDSoye7VkhvMZDjYG5YFlzYZl3PuLftxEo_zO3hjuVSdZCxPv6Qj82YDOS9LaFg2FesnSD5D3Phda9V_VHFPwPx_pgVNOCarrRE-z37xk5L9YAygNEHlwET/w400-h300/DSCN3421.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I could almost see her, years later, standing in the doorway of her farmhouse, smiling at their sunshiny-faces...thankful to see them after a particularly long, cold, and snowy prairie winter. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As I neared the ridge above the creek I thought of my Grandma Viola. When I was a kid she and Grandpa lived on place very much like this surrounded by pastureland. She and I would often walk the pasture and make our way down to the creek just like I was doing today...only their creek was much deeper and wider than this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU6ScveSQPxudz_0DvbT3AdrREhTx2uZ55MDImp_6NIOV6zOfZSHrnvVY4ClpLjRLCbvKMNxH5lDUV7hHTTRj0jQlbZOW9pTEH6RY060wvktYABITS1KPfGoL1CD5xjn54HfXqIJ_1X1_UeiNn7angZO9BvUOVAWy347UWYfZBWTxmcE0Xgde75NS/s4420/DSCN3430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3315" data-original-width="4420" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU6ScveSQPxudz_0DvbT3AdrREhTx2uZ55MDImp_6NIOV6zOfZSHrnvVY4ClpLjRLCbvKMNxH5lDUV7hHTTRj0jQlbZOW9pTEH6RY060wvktYABITS1KPfGoL1CD5xjn54HfXqIJ_1X1_UeiNn7angZO9BvUOVAWy347UWYfZBWTxmcE0Xgde75NS/w400-h300/DSCN3430.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At the ridge's edge a deep ravine led down to the creek. It was much too steep for me to try to make it down. I continued on. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Along the way I passed this animal den. I have no idea what might live in it, but it was the largest den I've seen on the prairie.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LDLzJlkd8FIkjPnuZh8QtQMJc-B-nXoh3frhxyIierz9SiOjmWXFV4CcWZYTKpkENUhkUoyVU8tEVSMPX9bw5PcMKIgZL-oDSAaDuvWvPgPaN3u360koagy6VeVMb3thSqP-G-q2jtKrcGTTn1vVk5Jjw2_vRHX54QLChFEqn24033JfX2E-7Ag_/s3031/DSCN3423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="3031" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LDLzJlkd8FIkjPnuZh8QtQMJc-B-nXoh3frhxyIierz9SiOjmWXFV4CcWZYTKpkENUhkUoyVU8tEVSMPX9bw5PcMKIgZL-oDSAaDuvWvPgPaN3u360koagy6VeVMb3thSqP-G-q2jtKrcGTTn1vVk5Jjw2_vRHX54QLChFEqn24033JfX2E-7Ag_/w400-h300/DSCN3423.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Another thing I noticed along the way were these rocks. They were completely covered in lichen. Lichen indicates that the air quality here is very good!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JdR_54EBCZJHX5-Ylk_Oz7o7I7if9Lhh9-crEILK_Fqfgc2d7WvEeR-BXZSj1EldnQZDenaenli61NiE_UkgTTmU8zlddMSy6FCH-oWldVkRTTkIRslxIcHi64UNeftPH7TX-e2VYucfv4fKO9HmGlwtAu67FHXMdmQNRMJ5SLS6CngQViZJCGDx/s3271/DSCN3434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2453" data-original-width="3271" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JdR_54EBCZJHX5-Ylk_Oz7o7I7if9Lhh9-crEILK_Fqfgc2d7WvEeR-BXZSj1EldnQZDenaenli61NiE_UkgTTmU8zlddMSy6FCH-oWldVkRTTkIRslxIcHi64UNeftPH7TX-e2VYucfv4fKO9HmGlwtAu67FHXMdmQNRMJ5SLS6CngQViZJCGDx/w400-h300/DSCN3434.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7RJIux7vaJ3Xw4a6swhMG6NvoAbVJogAToCs2aectx_4iCQKPJ9KXQAgItB6Jo9GO0K_pwDSGhzxmp7VZYrYSOABXOXGtkh6hMcy0UesLoUSSTyVPl3myyRNpDrr-nMez5jN9D6itgZDYnIkpyNHfAJNY5GtGSwKvlERKWUwKvwgS4UGp6YnnCZA/s995/DSCN3435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="995" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7RJIux7vaJ3Xw4a6swhMG6NvoAbVJogAToCs2aectx_4iCQKPJ9KXQAgItB6Jo9GO0K_pwDSGhzxmp7VZYrYSOABXOXGtkh6hMcy0UesLoUSSTyVPl3myyRNpDrr-nMez5jN9D6itgZDYnIkpyNHfAJNY5GtGSwKvlERKWUwKvwgS4UGp6YnnCZA/w400-h300/DSCN3435.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lichen Close-Up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Soon I came to a flatter, more gentler slope that led down to the creek. It was, obviously, a favorite crossing for the bison. Hundreds of hoof prints were left behind in the well- and, obviously, often traveled-ruts. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpywem1TOAOPYBrMPyjEvkjfNQ5efTCUqkaZxJCR9lCvT0tRsyUFk3TaBzSMnHTINlwOIRnL9kdAXU7H1f44w0JqdZvE19RWJAWTBiEuy790d7rzcIan_5OyfbsmTX-W8dk0MC25jtZDzxJVzyXyhdUeeuzE0RaGIc4pYqL4VCUA_QLsE0JKGBK_v/s4608/DSCN3436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpywem1TOAOPYBrMPyjEvkjfNQ5efTCUqkaZxJCR9lCvT0tRsyUFk3TaBzSMnHTINlwOIRnL9kdAXU7H1f44w0JqdZvE19RWJAWTBiEuy790d7rzcIan_5OyfbsmTX-W8dk0MC25jtZDzxJVzyXyhdUeeuzE0RaGIc4pYqL4VCUA_QLsE0JKGBK_v/w400-h300/DSCN3436.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The creek wasn't wide here, but it was pretty.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNTgQFzUd59yrkMLZac9qCjRkgp4BplAp7obuu4yx-xlKcHBas8sSDktP3qQkAAIdg70HyaBucRpvEtikfDfq6s8mz7AYNbJrcoztGBeNpjx8eCmlqdJYfjIIyREikDmlIbdiNxr1u8GMrmTD2Ypit73WXd9sHjs_-E-tfm8xTvHh4H3lQ6t9SMDJ/s4608/DSCN3437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNTgQFzUd59yrkMLZac9qCjRkgp4BplAp7obuu4yx-xlKcHBas8sSDktP3qQkAAIdg70HyaBucRpvEtikfDfq6s8mz7AYNbJrcoztGBeNpjx8eCmlqdJYfjIIyREikDmlIbdiNxr1u8GMrmTD2Ypit73WXd9sHjs_-E-tfm8xTvHh4H3lQ6t9SMDJ/w400-h300/DSCN3437.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After exploring a bit around the creek crossing, I made my way back to the ridge and followed a deer trail that ran parallel to the creek for a while.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfDNY_n9qlc2L9diolxqOMeu06juJukOSIL0_4csKO_hIZe4hIC_7E1HJKq0uJY_x-QyO953CyTQVMkW_fRHDNMe9g_aoOzWc6yWJ4k0mzBW_qxBT-3q8DWOzxYdlGC1w4yNoSsUXdLaHwXtpoPtj5Hc9CTQ9KHBForoHFPfCMyEjL8T-x_7TIaWH/s4608/DSCN3433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfDNY_n9qlc2L9diolxqOMeu06juJukOSIL0_4csKO_hIZe4hIC_7E1HJKq0uJY_x-QyO953CyTQVMkW_fRHDNMe9g_aoOzWc6yWJ4k0mzBW_qxBT-3q8DWOzxYdlGC1w4yNoSsUXdLaHwXtpoPtj5Hc9CTQ9KHBForoHFPfCMyEjL8T-x_7TIaWH/w400-h300/DSCN3433.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Soon, I turned and started making my way back to the place I started from. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaUc5dC848IPeG59Eh6TYPlzBvFsxo3FxUkaxcWqIRsEt-KZpX26K-FtVdx5d2HNLpYIwikVR1A1-w8lXRMFCqQGFctVDmoBYje9YJt0ex4SjZFEYO8ihfomOha8wAazVlJgCMQziTsVaU-Zw2m-ZABewU4Z2nLMIR9eBiqtOdAf1j5oBnH3-BqzA/s4608/DSCN3443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaUc5dC848IPeG59Eh6TYPlzBvFsxo3FxUkaxcWqIRsEt-KZpX26K-FtVdx5d2HNLpYIwikVR1A1-w8lXRMFCqQGFctVDmoBYje9YJt0ex4SjZFEYO8ihfomOha8wAazVlJgCMQziTsVaU-Zw2m-ZABewU4Z2nLMIR9eBiqtOdAf1j5oBnH3-BqzA/w400-h300/DSCN3443.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was fun exploring another never-seen-by-me area and I look forward to doing it again soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/american-bald-eagles.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;">American Bald Eagles</a></h3></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-23487540311638398882022-03-13T21:00:00.000-05:002022-03-13T21:00:52.503-05:00Prescribed Burn - March 3, 2022<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Scenes From A Recent Prescribed Burn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@ Prairie State Park</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mindenmines, Missouri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/saturday-was-beautiful-day-in-southwest.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Saturday On the Tallgrass Prairie - February 19, 2022</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/american-bald-eagles.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">American Bald Eagles</span></a></h3><div style="color: #666666;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/coyote.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Coyote</span></a></h3></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-26114604478936562132022-02-21T11:00:00.004-06:002022-02-21T11:05:19.282-06:00Saturday On the Tallgrass Prairie - February 19, 2022<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Saturday was a beautiful day in southwest Missouri! The sun fairly gleamed as it's light spilled out over the frozen prairie landscape.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhioaLh2Eeyos_wTqEXfnNYlwfPolKeWGwqfvEPXqlw1GwevAl9xbKc97i9-4bmVYhZVsGERWSTmbSvknvsb_UtXt9jK5TlhzHqfdjUk3wrXU-Ql7ITwl3Y532pR20xLQPZaHn4L5htXUwIRB2_q4J56CsL6Bo2R66yEnQDOczN1OUyA7WHdhFp8S5g=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhioaLh2Eeyos_wTqEXfnNYlwfPolKeWGwqfvEPXqlw1GwevAl9xbKc97i9-4bmVYhZVsGERWSTmbSvknvsb_UtXt9jK5TlhzHqfdjUk3wrXU-Ql7ITwl3Y532pR20xLQPZaHn4L5htXUwIRB2_q4J56CsL6Bo2R66yEnQDOczN1OUyA7WHdhFp8S5g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The creek sang merrily as it made its way across the low-water bridge, moving along to bigger things downstream.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRK1fgAhQuD2kF9D9luzLV8mt7CcNWX8pFEcb1pMZ5AgE5mqkNAk8G_9PGtoXvfia_zyAJQlaa4NpLdIP_-72KMfOp3k6Lv0s1zootKBtQ8nnEZJC6ZG6elNpr0TjsjdHGxYCw0W9vysqWAsUJUjI-Re3Jr3Kxl0lmiQUbaNmZFq0Up6yRFkUPx4jB=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRK1fgAhQuD2kF9D9luzLV8mt7CcNWX8pFEcb1pMZ5AgE5mqkNAk8G_9PGtoXvfia_zyAJQlaa4NpLdIP_-72KMfOp3k6Lv0s1zootKBtQ8nnEZJC6ZG6elNpr0TjsjdHGxYCw0W9vysqWAsUJUjI-Re3Jr3Kxl0lmiQUbaNmZFq0Up6yRFkUPx4jB=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">There was evidence of beavers hard at work along it's edges. The following two photographs were actually taken the Monday before...</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7F4nOOX16Xq1cxPAwK9NR4gqcm2dh6H1YS0NfbQ7Ow3J-A9NQWHPuwgCTNa0NptfqtWDHxrfORC8PMFQcEYbGgZmPa3BhAN_ps8KMP_2JkQlNFzMBaal79XvCc0JffP2HVrqdYrojQOwg3PsgebMeWixKa8nN4o7H2IKw0PAjE4bzgZ7V0-p4qgDC=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7F4nOOX16Xq1cxPAwK9NR4gqcm2dh6H1YS0NfbQ7Ow3J-A9NQWHPuwgCTNa0NptfqtWDHxrfORC8PMFQcEYbGgZmPa3BhAN_ps8KMP_2JkQlNFzMBaal79XvCc0JffP2HVrqdYrojQOwg3PsgebMeWixKa8nN4o7H2IKw0PAjE4bzgZ7V0-p4qgDC=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9PsRMtCBhXl2xCUjqNQAAL58OIcMDBCPZoqbg5sTHgCe2tSYrHrLz5FpM8U8Qc88gI3FqkYb6Cakh5y9IBGdxP4Uob8cG9AHi3Vlh37Vl5o2hucyj8V4oKn5yRTTngFGBiJryHdR082KcebsbDPsR7451SQtpSpHDexbY8qZEjSxEPFKlglrHHrfN=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9PsRMtCBhXl2xCUjqNQAAL58OIcMDBCPZoqbg5sTHgCe2tSYrHrLz5FpM8U8Qc88gI3FqkYb6Cakh5y9IBGdxP4Uob8cG9AHi3Vlh37Vl5o2hucyj8V4oKn5yRTTngFGBiJryHdR082KcebsbDPsR7451SQtpSpHDexbY8qZEjSxEPFKlglrHHrfN=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> had bison on the way in to work Saturday morning and bison on the way home that night. I even had bison in the middle between opening and closing!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">There were bison on the west side of the park on my way in to work that morning...</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="3811" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitkqUi9GfFmhbXOkt25L5PkhK_Ioel58lTFypozJznWUNq7Qck7fGorlxYbgYfyRKmMkp92hQsLLdH0lqcAzfOrPLyORX_ahvmAeyw2zsATO3V0x20KgI8ViBmPiGi8TfJojl3WstxaaimkH0uFS8iEMdBwNVBFdek_CGzmvpffZmuAgzEyjymmR0e=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3311" data-original-width="4414" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3KAWNPDjVyMdIpmjFyUvBCidyxBHkCkzZ1zZpMZLf0dqPvgYpW4s3or2GxPLUkK25AUuPN0DeUNMANk776-PrV9-sQjY0UYvp2TlxCTMXSXxTIve-TBSsZlve3SsPBsFnwuDdgpN8YjRKG3E3Y11tzgkgP_rIy5J2XbR89mZQpBvAcXA_A5EUhHqs=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Betcha can't see me now!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">...bison came past the nature center around 10:30 a.m...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFU6vpZWuNUJIM9uPaVg0P6Q_LzGrflDp_8dTV8JDCspFSn-WGpBgS2M_1_bFAcubH0bqqbcEAtcmTUSyL399bhqGQaNnYKdXRuDhUcLj_gakb9Jm8h7ryY9RoXURnV6qiy-1l9aD_dxiARISosYEaWQu1JlEWHXQrP_b-Gje8Dre9_fM7zpk3tzejBQ=w400-h300" style="background-attachment: initial; 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clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Looking Through the Diorama and Out the East </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Window of the Nature Center</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">...and, then, I saw bison on the south end of the park on my way home...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXPW8OI6-8mwSry7OoflpwrCHaSGNYXJJFLQXTeRFWkdIX57_cc4sIZe9p8tR4yH1kQRWnR1AQndBW7aUb9ABsGIwPLz-6FwUbi03YH7QAAsCuYa_vjWVczj2Y6mihi7eF5D_1vTQDZNGJcYqshX0YpDjTJkLTziNW93vO97XYHO2V87ewIf7Y7O-zow=s3189" style="color: #2288bb; 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color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It was great!!! It's been twenty-six years since first discovering the bison at <a href="https://mostateparks.com/park/prairie-state-park" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Prairie State Park</a>, going on eight years of working with them, and I never ever get tired of seeing them!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Until next time...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/american-bald-eagles.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">American Bald Eagles</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/coyote.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Coyote</span></a></h3><div style="color: black;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-been-long-time.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It's Been A Long Time</span></a></h3></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-34368078097606620952022-02-13T18:54:00.003-06:002022-02-13T18:55:06.195-06:00 American Bald Eagles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On the way to visit my son and his family on Saturday, I was delighted to see two American bald eagles in 'the eagle tree' that sits along the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNwry7LjFRcj9tqmP8hG-k1jemeNKsPT_urWhyR4CbW3tm1q7Yw69h0W_2uKcCg-F_goEOnRv-TCIWf57z4CQuX_H3YBHNxt3xk2JafyocJoHJ58vG5vNPTy5bIBHY8mODCuvNFFK36TWn74F2czGtFFoKCAcMkov8zWErfwcRDKGRSQpkTPEXYi_t=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNwry7LjFRcj9tqmP8hG-k1jemeNKsPT_urWhyR4CbW3tm1q7Yw69h0W_2uKcCg-F_goEOnRv-TCIWf57z4CQuX_H3YBHNxt3xk2JafyocJoHJ58vG5vNPTy5bIBHY8mODCuvNFFK36TWn74F2czGtFFoKCAcMkov8zWErfwcRDKGRSQpkTPEXYi_t=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The eagle's nest in the tree sits high above the ground; the eagles were sitting much higher.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7_HazQ2MRxsUhkvJZeL47Fx1oNLfcN2T3eWEpJQSZkUx0q4-pG-925782BdfJONipOyCNhKjSD9wFj3YvE-mExLAEwMUxdMCbaAI0RpK30CjZWlZsWLi0666zzdIQ38xBp54fmk5e9aal74CCSEmmTlmsJ2g4ZpzAjzM9HC6gu_FRQveGqDcUCBTC=s2352" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2352" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7_HazQ2MRxsUhkvJZeL47Fx1oNLfcN2T3eWEpJQSZkUx0q4-pG-925782BdfJONipOyCNhKjSD9wFj3YvE-mExLAEwMUxdMCbaAI0RpK30CjZWlZsWLi0666zzdIQ38xBp54fmk5e9aal74CCSEmmTlmsJ2g4ZpzAjzM9HC6gu_FRQveGqDcUCBTC=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I was able to get several photographs both coming and going. There was only one eagle in the tree on my way home.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9YkYLr3FnfZHVfnXlnLrfJdzz9zBta2Af3U_oJi9W-gMPqr3_bfGoQdPIP9IErQLGUMBUDZk2dSLgrF7Czq2M8xxwyhGpDgOg-S-ORbTaAlQtlp-IdskG5JGdSNgJV8p2AcfczKUA-yD7a0FjtUEEDrsD1LgsYiYlpjtGWy952_TMWipGgzgX6Dlq=s2974" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="2974" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9YkYLr3FnfZHVfnXlnLrfJdzz9zBta2Af3U_oJi9W-gMPqr3_bfGoQdPIP9IErQLGUMBUDZk2dSLgrF7Czq2M8xxwyhGpDgOg-S-ORbTaAlQtlp-IdskG5JGdSNgJV8p2AcfczKUA-yD7a0FjtUEEDrsD1LgsYiYlpjtGWy952_TMWipGgzgX6Dlq=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bald-eagle" target="_blank">learn more</a> about <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bald-eagle" target="_blank">the American bald eagle in Missouri</a>, visit the <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bald-eagle" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Conservation website</a>. You can get there by clicking <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bald-eagle" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/coyote.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Coyote</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-been-long-time.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's Been A Long Time</span></a></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/in-search-of-ferruginous-hawk.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In Search of the Ferruginous Hawk</span></a></h3></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-43869221498420195912022-02-08T09:12:00.005-06:002022-02-08T09:12:45.482-06:00Coyote<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I saw this gorgeous guy on the way to work Saturday morning...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxtoUP1UeRV9xEWfm8TNArBfmdkTeX8gfq0Smn2O6aikKKQyzNoGX7IMwAlhpgS6YHs34r6oZfR5FDjQP12yypznvFXDl8TqnjmVNDCP2YzwdUdNC1LXj6pS5iPPMDHReZa8koy4qjSKGBXKf188FCC5S9yvsV8mwYc3lZNR3vYOuW2WnR702J9O7/s1728/273412460_10159388824013141_7755673777367532287_n (1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxtoUP1UeRV9xEWfm8TNArBfmdkTeX8gfq0Smn2O6aikKKQyzNoGX7IMwAlhpgS6YHs34r6oZfR5FDjQP12yypznvFXDl8TqnjmVNDCP2YzwdUdNC1LXj6pS5iPPMDHReZa8koy4qjSKGBXKf188FCC5S9yvsV8mwYc3lZNR3vYOuW2WnR702J9O7/w400-h300/273412460_10159388824013141_7755673777367532287_n (1).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I had driven through the park and was going to turn around to head back to the nature center. When I pulled into the service road that leads to the corral, there he was! It was a dream come true, too. I have waited years to get a picture of a coyote, but, normally, they don't hang around long enough for me to even get a chance. This fellow just stood there looking at me for a full two to three minutes. I took several pictures, but this one was the best of what I got. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-been-long-time.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's Been A Long Time</span></a></h3><div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/in-search-of-ferruginous-hawk.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In Search of the Ferruginous Hawk</span></a></h3></div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-red-shouldered-hawk.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Red-Shouldered Hawk</span></a></h3></div></div></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-44639097694099854082022-02-06T15:46:00.004-06:002022-02-06T15:48:57.274-06:00It's Been A Long Time<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I've shared a post here...too long, in fact...but, the truth is, the past year or more has been rough. I will avoid the details and simply relate that my husband and I were both sick with COVID in January of 2021; a short time later my husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He passed away in July; I've been trying to find my way without him ever since.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzU1EehasCw6uVZsSY0aXdcfsCpHsaNCJtJNIUiELaKAHfJjPWjrF4rod9KvFoET8rRQMKWXCuiMOmPJLufnfh0FU3NkzTUg8xzKNDBeuGB1b9q4rpoGsGukvjWrIJreGMD7Ws0kZ1mYOHPEYHDJ9JkEH-F6TsBQW18vh_E8bY-636DHzpzkuiy-0y=s565" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzU1EehasCw6uVZsSY0aXdcfsCpHsaNCJtJNIUiELaKAHfJjPWjrF4rod9KvFoET8rRQMKWXCuiMOmPJLufnfh0FU3NkzTUg8xzKNDBeuGB1b9q4rpoGsGukvjWrIJreGMD7Ws0kZ1mYOHPEYHDJ9JkEH-F6TsBQW18vh_E8bY-636DHzpzkuiy-0y=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John and I hiking Path of the Earth People</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">@ Prairie State Park - July 8, 2018</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All this time I've been trying to keep up with my <a href="https://www.rebeccashearthandhome.com/" target="_blank">HEARTH AND HOME</a> blog, but, the truth is, with my children grown and married with families of their own, and without my husband here, there's no one to make a home for now but me. I find my solace in spending as much time enjoying the intricacies of God's creation, taking pictures, and sharing them with others. It only makes sense that I should concentrate my efforts here, rather than there, because that's what I post about most of the time there anyway. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_wZj0hrA7TFmJwhSVzl4406fq6Dwz4f-65l2DsdhI9OlscZjEWnR2yAmGcGTt_E_PpVImjODSbrrpRLqzu6hnB4C0RZoPLzzBBunofCX3ItimObgN6DScSpPEcxF7_p5h5OeEMFz8xVHYbVUct_eg8Fi8pbQCBNfy0RnSTynNS31C9D_E3r9fI4IY=s510" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="382" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_wZj0hrA7TFmJwhSVzl4406fq6Dwz4f-65l2DsdhI9OlscZjEWnR2yAmGcGTt_E_PpVImjODSbrrpRLqzu6hnB4C0RZoPLzzBBunofCX3ItimObgN6DScSpPEcxF7_p5h5OeEMFz8xVHYbVUct_eg8Fi8pbQCBNfy0RnSTynNS31C9D_E3r9fI4IY=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Taking Photographs On One Of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Our Treks Along Gayfeather Trail</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I returned to work at the park in the fall and, even though it was really hard, at first (my husband and I spent a great deal of time there hiking and exploring together), it's proving to remain a great source of blessing. My plan is to share many of those blessings here in the days ahead.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/in-search-of-ferruginous-hawk.html" style="color: #5a6606; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In Search of the Ferruginous Hawk</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-red-shouldered-hawk.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Red-Shouldered Hawk</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/11/at-edge-of-woods.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At The Edge of the Woods</span></a></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-1051930826972317982020-12-18T20:00:00.003-06:002020-12-20T13:48:14.459-06:00In Search of the Ferruginous Hawk<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Have you heard <a href="https://moprairie.org/2020/12/01/ferruginous-hawk-at-prairie-state-park/" target="_blank">the news</a>? A <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ferruginous_Hawk/id#" target="_blank">ferruginous hawk</a> has been <a href="https://moprairie.org/2020/12/01/ferruginous-hawk-at-prairie-state-park/" target="_blank">sited at Prairie State Park</a> (this is the park where I work)! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTG1hG9QvumXSOpB1iR16Jex3yed84FsWmD-sDvITnwZINEbScetCn9wNDoTZ_nBf1YPM38czW884DTaZjmYSqIH1KIyn7L6-Kec6UCfYX67cOfLWstxBhawUY10KXHOO33y5_nCntHmI/s800/800px-Ferruginous_Hawk_RWD3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTG1hG9QvumXSOpB1iR16Jex3yed84FsWmD-sDvITnwZINEbScetCn9wNDoTZ_nBf1YPM38czW884DTaZjmYSqIH1KIyn7L6-Kec6UCfYX67cOfLWstxBhawUY10KXHOO33y5_nCntHmI/w400-h300/800px-Ferruginous_Hawk_RWD3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mature Ferruginous Hawk</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferruginous_hawk" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit</span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Normally these hawks are <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ferruginous_Hawk/maps-range" target="_blank">found in the western half of our nation</a>...from western Kansas to California...not here on the tallgrass prairies of southwest Missouri. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The hawk was first identified by a visitor to the park on November 23rd and was reported daily through the 29th; I found out about the hawk on December 5th and have looked for it ever since.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over the month of December I've spotted hawks of practically every native kind...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">...red-tailed...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSLv7fYUl914nJHTxr0tSD3AHSst9t7iePO7B2m7VlxPCDtn3k0x-Ntta9cfDXn3Tvjzut5VsR-byBlSkxxRZjgHtlG9J7V7OWrZSmmbI7AlIHqLrkRkO1RFn9Tyj-2BFnxkNqskN_kY/s1642/DSCF0162.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1642" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSLv7fYUl914nJHTxr0tSD3AHSst9t7iePO7B2m7VlxPCDtn3k0x-Ntta9cfDXn3Tvjzut5VsR-byBlSkxxRZjgHtlG9J7V7OWrZSmmbI7AlIHqLrkRkO1RFn9Tyj-2BFnxkNqskN_kY/w400-h300/DSCF0162.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />...red-shouldered...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHv6p1JjuXPTk-iEvKP3a_HYNGwRl3x95SiqMTDcuA1Ckj666OmUduTsE2yPJRoNte8-uQZJ4EvhJf61RYs4rhdVXThfv3JLmEIZjynnqg5wRaF2rq2V7s8oWrluM6FCG7R0GSwTKw3A/s2048/121620HAWK.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHv6p1JjuXPTk-iEvKP3a_HYNGwRl3x95SiqMTDcuA1Ckj666OmUduTsE2yPJRoNte8-uQZJ4EvhJf61RYs4rhdVXThfv3JLmEIZjynnqg5wRaF2rq2V7s8oWrluM6FCG7R0GSwTKw3A/w300-h400/121620HAWK.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">...rough-legged, broad-winged, northern harriers, and the smallest and one of the prettiest hawks in our state...the American Kestrel (a.k.a. a sparrow hawk)...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqx6DbTJgkZ-Ta_zQVYv13l8dKRrK0Tk6LxlIdbFungjosSRr3ON1mP9J2i5Rogtv0LWM8v7RYQ_6rmPFtPnvl0koIJGFKvxnZEdDTpdUoxvndGVIN_4cUfcFXerWZH8lsPhFGhPWH3g/s1506/130188526_10158448132228141_3378728378415935281_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1506" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqx6DbTJgkZ-Ta_zQVYv13l8dKRrK0Tk6LxlIdbFungjosSRr3ON1mP9J2i5Rogtv0LWM8v7RYQ_6rmPFtPnvl0koIJGFKvxnZEdDTpdUoxvndGVIN_4cUfcFXerWZH8lsPhFGhPWH3g/w400-h300/130188526_10158448132228141_3378728378415935281_o.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />A couple of times I thought for sure that I had found the bird that I was seeking, but, much to my chagrin, after contacting a birding friend within the <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Conservation</a>, the hawks that I thought might be the ferruginous turned out to be nothing more than red-tails.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Look at that beak!" my friend told me. "Look at the beak!"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeEE5P_rzcQBtgCSNMCHbUjBA45Fo3_yA95gQPJuPR_c6SPjG-eUdCDIHSAEoLFcjp_ppsVUa5fnccckcG5RXSmq5lZdGKceh_F4RHUG-x-GxSdKPTb9xSLzPfw4Vmym6zT8n-_8-EM0/s850/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="850" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeEE5P_rzcQBtgCSNMCHbUjBA45Fo3_yA95gQPJuPR_c6SPjG-eUdCDIHSAEoLFcjp_ppsVUa5fnccckcG5RXSmq5lZdGKceh_F4RHUG-x-GxSdKPTb9xSLzPfw4Vmym6zT8n-_8-EM0/w400-h278/thumbnail.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo of Ferruginous Hawk Taken by Visitor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Prairie State Park - November 23, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S76618736" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I looked at the beak. The beak looked more like an eagle's beak than any hawk beak I knew!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Finally, on my way home from work on Monday, I spotted a really big hawk on top of a utility pole. I stopped and started taking pictures. None of the pictures turned out very good, but I could tell that the beak on this bird was different than the others.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On Tuesday my husband and I went back out and we discovered that the big hawk was hanging out in the same general area that I had seen it the day before. This time I got better pictures!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EZEhceO4auzLkyK70jEEcumjAyDUm3HGdqCFCMc2vnrhQoCltf0Ul5HVch5VuiwznOS5rp2B0wGYJ6byqSLP9dkVoCVZ7jNzW8nUGRnrM3vhP5tytOfhmzn2hlbzMOtvgZpON31wbv0/s1848/131707926_436946987300126_1649464098368918310_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1848" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EZEhceO4auzLkyK70jEEcumjAyDUm3HGdqCFCMc2vnrhQoCltf0Ul5HVch5VuiwznOS5rp2B0wGYJ6byqSLP9dkVoCVZ7jNzW8nUGRnrM3vhP5tytOfhmzn2hlbzMOtvgZpON31wbv0/w400-h300/131707926_436946987300126_1649464098368918310_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Immature Ferruginous Hawk</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12/17/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prairie State Park</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I again sent them to my friend in the <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Conservation</a>...and this time, he said, "Look at that beak!!! YES! You've got it!" </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After days of looking I had finally found (and photographed) the ferruginous hawk! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmzFkLcaDCqh_FLfpysD094XKy-_r_4mjrue4RfdYyIaHkmBeuxLmJtB5V3jBUZI7Va3zYqTZNjv1Afo8d352jxzeoamzDnY0xtP1UG3PMKCUQVIfxAKXXAq1hPtt0NsTckPxkanbFYc/s275/131639836_397061841623397_8291224405832463115_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmzFkLcaDCqh_FLfpysD094XKy-_r_4mjrue4RfdYyIaHkmBeuxLmJtB5V3jBUZI7Va3zYqTZNjv1Afo8d352jxzeoamzDnY0xtP1UG3PMKCUQVIfxAKXXAq1hPtt0NsTckPxkanbFYc/w400-h300/131639836_397061841623397_8291224405832463115_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Immature Ferruginous Hawk</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12/17/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prairie State Park</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It has now been added to my life-long bird list and I cannot tell you how excited I am about seeing it!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What about you? What kind of hawks do you have where you live?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related articles that you might enjoy reading...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-red-shouldered-hawk.html" style="color: #7f8164; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Red-Shouldered Hawk</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At The Edge of the Woods</span></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/07/prairie-at-night.html" style="color: #7f8164; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prairie At Night</span></a></h3></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-37442774902278527302020-12-13T22:17:00.002-06:002020-12-13T22:22:21.184-06:00The Red-Shouldered Hawk<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We have a pair of red-shouldered hawks that frequent our neighborhood. In fact, this spring the birds nested less than a block away from our home; last year they nested in a tree that grows in the fencerow behind us and casts its shade into our backyard.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UABPBq4vDAiVfaZ3iStY2Ib8DjQgKcH3mK2JWZh7Wzd60Spdd4Tj6zSmsC_kBpMJQjIhmKjoIpopB8SCKPd2xn-XAvfKjnpfmR9Gxzt8RnDhDjqVpj8goOZiqNj_i5ex26KvPAoKNf4/s1961/hawk+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1471" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UABPBq4vDAiVfaZ3iStY2Ib8DjQgKcH3mK2JWZh7Wzd60Spdd4Tj6zSmsC_kBpMJQjIhmKjoIpopB8SCKPd2xn-XAvfKjnpfmR9Gxzt8RnDhDjqVpj8goOZiqNj_i5ex26KvPAoKNf4/w480-h640/hawk+1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday afternoon, while it's mate perched precariously atop a catalpa tree across the street, this red-shouldered beauty perched on the electric pole that sits next to the alley at the corner of our property. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQz4LqAY9XWru8OG6jMk_kIhPpOPVjTwfMWgynu5THSCkeb18Hqb8eiCZkC1thyphenhyphenEI4mON-zWTF2RHCPWoQyYEWOiBbVN2z3CaI97dDoDPDX45N5MZzcbX2Mz9K_lBNyeCfICH7oOEjLdI/s2048/hawk+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQz4LqAY9XWru8OG6jMk_kIhPpOPVjTwfMWgynu5THSCkeb18Hqb8eiCZkC1thyphenhyphenEI4mON-zWTF2RHCPWoQyYEWOiBbVN2z3CaI97dDoDPDX45N5MZzcbX2Mz9K_lBNyeCfICH7oOEjLdI/w480-h640/hawk+2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The bird put on quite a show for us by flying from one pole to another. It was so awesome to see the pair of them and this one from such a short distance away...only a few yards!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was surprised to discover that, although red-shouldered hawks </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">are found statewide, they are generally associated with forests and near water. They are also considered uncommon in southern Missouri and rare in the western quarter...which, I would say, includes here, where we live, on the tallgrass prairie in the southwest corner of the state. Interesting!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">To learn more about <a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/red-shouldered-hawk" target="_blank">red-shouldered hawks in Missouri</a> click <a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/red-shouldered-hawk" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Until next time...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">~Rebecca</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At The Edge of the Woods</span></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/07/prairie-at-night.html" style="color: #7f8164; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prairie At Night</span></a></h3><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/07/buffalo-bison-whats-difference.html" style="color: #92ac1f; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Buffalo? Bison? What's The Difference?</span></a></h3></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-33675045472912969102020-11-23T21:55:00.000-06:002020-11-23T21:55:17.234-06:00At The Edge of the Woods<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> It was quite foggy this morning. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm2y-PYdX3ywRin-acdTxG89Vj0krzBKLZyj9nA36MAktY4s3V8Ac1IrPZf8DtW1ppJGkdThUH93fTOmByNt1_sJP3u4WaAsTHf3k9irxrY4jDZXfbfGsCW1HxhM0mIoIex6kCtzfe4M/s2048/112320foggypicnicarea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm2y-PYdX3ywRin-acdTxG89Vj0krzBKLZyj9nA36MAktY4s3V8Ac1IrPZf8DtW1ppJGkdThUH93fTOmByNt1_sJP3u4WaAsTHf3k9irxrY4jDZXfbfGsCW1HxhM0mIoIex6kCtzfe4M/w400-h300/112320foggypicnicarea.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I started my day just a bit early in hopes of discovering a few frost flowers on my way to work, but, alas, there were none. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU2Y-ekqXMO-AblrRGtp8SkNmvaQ8t5sFmww3yFv4QB2VdqCYSsKmlSGTyWXZgI-34cVtfQXqrClbzFiIoXYVZACQtE8BhRN4ve7FCatAXwJFOcGeQAjHZO3UT36Y3IpIgYKNyOyeqWc/s2048/20191108_131741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU2Y-ekqXMO-AblrRGtp8SkNmvaQ8t5sFmww3yFv4QB2VdqCYSsKmlSGTyWXZgI-34cVtfQXqrClbzFiIoXYVZACQtE8BhRN4ve7FCatAXwJFOcGeQAjHZO3UT36Y3IpIgYKNyOyeqWc/w300-h400/20191108_131741.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I think it might have been a tad too warm and way too wet...although...a friend that lives 40-some-miles south of us was posting pics of frost flowers found on her property this morning. Maybe she didn't get as much rain as we did over the weekend? I don't know. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There were plenty of deer though. I saw at least ten on my way in to work. 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I watched it through the big, plate-glass window as it performed it's mesmerizing, acrobatic ritual of gliding down...almost touching its wingtip to the earth...then rising back up in search of prey. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGnObTiZoW3iFIh0VtrBRM3HjW_Y-IdiamJPftFaoCByDXYoVp6PD7E198zPMr-dCJPJkqWnZfE8Its131UXQVN519_uJm2sc5qjWBtHXoT39ZWkwRyuKli-tnPcfAK6qP3RIMDoil1c/s480/70774731-480px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGnObTiZoW3iFIh0VtrBRM3HjW_Y-IdiamJPftFaoCByDXYoVp6PD7E198zPMr-dCJPJkqWnZfE8Its131UXQVN519_uJm2sc5qjWBtHXoT39ZWkwRyuKli-tnPcfAK6qP3RIMDoil1c/w400-h300/70774731-480px.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Harrier/id#" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Photo Credit</span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite sights during cold weather months on the tallgrass prairie. I will share more on northern harrier hawks at a later date.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What are some of your favorite sights during cold weather months where you live?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6yZfcO-fAgLgxG19JRWDS_Gf_TDSy04EVgAiuMAHdpyPnZXAiw20sUdhh9NrU_yvPcaolO-2JiflWgzxo798NjeNjaP8GzNO-zQUY3PvqgTDd1g4z8YEuBJJS6xcLzguyXtqh-ExOww/s2048/112320foggycreek.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6yZfcO-fAgLgxG19JRWDS_Gf_TDSy04EVgAiuMAHdpyPnZXAiw20sUdhh9NrU_yvPcaolO-2JiflWgzxo798NjeNjaP8GzNO-zQUY3PvqgTDd1g4z8YEuBJJS6xcLzguyXtqh-ExOww/w400-h300/112320foggycreek.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recent and related posts that you might enjoy reading...</span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/07/prairie-at-night.html" style="color: #7f8164; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prairie At Night</span></a></h3><div><div style="background-color: white;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://lifeonthetallgrassprairie.blogspot.com/2020/07/buffalo-bison-whats-difference.html" style="color: #92ac1f; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Buffalo? 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Our goal was to identify a couple of constellations and a specific star, observe the <a href="https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm">International Space Station</a> on its way through, and, maybe, catch a glimpse of <a href="https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise">Comet Neowise</a>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">What a beautiful thing the prairie at night is! When was the last time you went out and enjoyed the night sky where you live?</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: large;">P. S. - In the end, John and I got so excited about seeing the <a href="https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm">International Space Station</a> fly right over our heads, and finding the constellations and star that we were looking for, that we forgot all about the <a href="https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise">Comet Neowise</a>!!! ☄</span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Cape Buffalo and the Water Buffalo are the big animals that early Europeans recognized, and could more readily relate to, early on when seeing the bison for the first time, thus, the name, "buffalo" was used and stuck. </span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">However, as you can see for yourself, there are distinct differences when comparing these animals, including size, weight, horn size and shape, and even in the number of ribs.</span></div>
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-25263885332891747442020-06-12T16:24:00.002-05:002020-06-12T16:27:58.856-05:00Oh, Deer!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Good afternoon, Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">This is my first Friday off with the new work schedule and I'm lovin' it! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">💗</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">First thing this morning THIS happened...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">A female deer walked across the street in front of our house, right past my office window, circled around the house, made a loop through the backyard, then, took off down the alley that runs next to us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">She seemed to be on a mission and, obviously, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">k</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">new where she was heading. Even though this was our first time of seeing her, something tells me, that this isn't the first time that she's visited our yard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It was AMAZING!!! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I mean...living in a rural, farming community, and working at Prairie State Park, we see deer all the time, but this is the first time that we've ever witnessed a deer in our own backyard! What a gift! 💗</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">And, by the looks of things, I'm guessing that this is a mama deer with young hidden out near by! How exciting! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">💗</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I wish this little mama and her offspring well and, hope, that someday, we'll get to see her again! Maybe her offspring, too! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Until next time...</span><br />
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-82586825988288437272020-05-30T18:37:00.000-05:002020-05-30T18:37:10.723-05:00Massive Bull Bison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was fortunate enough to see this big guy two days in a row this week and, let me tell you, he is MASSIVE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This guy is one of three that <a href="https://mostateparks.com/park/prairie-state-park">Prairie State Park</a> received from the <a href="https://www.fws.gov/refuge/neal_smith/">Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge</a> a couple of years or so ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the time the park received them they were only two-years-old, but, even then, they were HUGE! In fact, they were nearly as big as some of the cows in the established herd!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were big boys then, but they are even bigger boys now! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I often share pictures of plants and animals found on the tallgrass prairies of southwest Missouri, but, rarely, if ever, have I shared the more domesticated side of life here in cattle country. 🐮</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we first came here, all there was in every pasture was black angus cattle as far as the eye could see...or, at least, being from the Kansas City suburbs, that's how it seemed to us anyway...and, while, black angus still seem to be the predominate bovine on the agrarian landscape, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">here lately, we've noticed that they're not the only breed of cattle around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">More recently we've noticed some white cattle, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a few black and white ones, a few that are </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">brown, and even a red and white one, although I have no idea what breeds most of them are. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">🐄</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) This first photo is one of my favorite spots in the country. Here, the gravel road that I travel when coming or going to work the back way, crosses a prairie stream that's a little wider than most, and it's a popular hangout for local wildlife. I've seen great blue herons, turtles, raccoons, and all kinds of other animals here over the years, but, as you can see, on this particular day, the cattle that live in the pasture that the creek passes through were gathered together at, what I'm sure, is their favorite watering-hole. I couldn't resist stopping and getting a picture of these cute and curious creatures...especially the little calves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">2) The black angus calves in the photo at the top of this post and the one below are three of many in a pasture just south of our home here on the edge of town. These little guys are super curious and often line up at the edge of the fence to watch my husband as we stroll by on our evening walk. We always talk to them and, sometimes, they cautiously follow us a bit before getting bored and returning to whatever it is that they were doing before they noticed us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) This brown cow was one of three that was in a pasture that my daughter and I passed when cutting through the country on our way home from visiting family in Mindenmines on Wednesday. Me, being me, stopped, of course, to get a picture of this curious, friendly, and pretty cow. I love how she posed and the lick of her lips in the picture below just made my day! 😋</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4) This picture was taken in March of last year. It is of a calf that had escaped its own pasture and was running loose in the field across from our home. He (or she) never made it to our side of the street before the owner caught it, but he (or she) was curious and watching us, so I snapped a picture while I could. I loved the white face, white socks, and white underbelly! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">🖤</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">🐄🤍</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">5) Our youngest daughter-in-law and I made a special trip out to the country to get this picture of the only white cattle in the area that I know of. It's not the best photo, I know. It was taken from quite a distance away and it was raining, but at </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">least I got one. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that th</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">ey'</span><span style="font-size: large;">re <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charolais_cattle">White Charolias</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">As a chil</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">d, I rem</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ember riding past a farm that specialized in White Charolais cattle on the way to and </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">from my grandma and grandpa's place. I remember being mesmerized by that field-full of white cows and some of the biggest bulls I had ever seen. They were the only white cattle I had seen until these cattle right here and they look just like them.</span></div>
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-54790367343371412392020-05-26T15:50:00.000-05:002020-05-26T15:50:53.466-05:00Literary and Musical Fun With Tumblebugs (a.k.a. Dung Beetles)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever heard of a tumblebug? How about a dung beetle? (Tumblebug...dung beetle...they're both one and the same.) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you know how the tumblebug or dung beetle got its name? Have you ever been fortunate enough to see one?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a picture of the very first dung beetle I ever saw...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was THRILLED to have been fortunate enough to see one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I'm going to share an excerpt with you from <i>Springtime on the Plains</i> by Hal Borland, just one of many short stories found in a book that I recently finished called <i>The Great North American Prairie - A Literary Field Guide</i> edited by Sara St. Antoine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is the part of the story where Mr. Borland mentions dung beetles (he calls them tumblebugs)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"...I dismounted to watch an ant hill, and I saw two tumblebugs pushing each other around in the grass. They butted and rolled and nipped and got to their feet and butted each other again, until one of them drove the other off. The victor pursued a little way, then came back and began rolling the ball of dung over which they probably had been fighting. They were strange creatures with the mark of antiquity on them, though I didn't know then that they were close cousins of the ancient Egyptian scarabs. All I knew was that these big, dark, timeless looking beetles fashioned balls of cow manure three-quarters of an inch in diameter and rolled them from place to place, walking backward and rolling the balls with their hind legs. They laid eggs in the balls and the eggs hatched into grubs which ate their way out and eventually turned into beetles which laid their own eggs in other dung balls. It seemed to me that the way the birds did it, laying eggs in nests, eggs with shells on them and food inside, was much simpler." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I watched the tumblebug maneuver his ball to the edge of the bare space around the ant hill, and I watched the ants gather to repel the invader, who paid almost no attention to them. The tumblebug rolled his ball across the little clearing and into the grass beyond, the ants rubbed feelers in a conference</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> as though telling each other that they had driven off a major threat to the colony, and everybody went back to work...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think Mr. Borland did a fine job of explaining the life (and life cycle) of a dung beetle in just a short couple of paragraphs, don't you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, if you liked that, now you're in for a real treat!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While you're here, take time to enjoy this song that my friend, <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/">Annie Wilson</a>, of <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/">Tallgrass Express String Band</a> wrote about Dung Beetle Bill...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How much fun was THAT??? </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">😄</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I absolutely love <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/">Tallgrass Express String Band</a>'s music and own two of their CD's! To <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/">learn more about them</a>, <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/music.html">their music</a>, or to s<a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/schedule.html">ee their concert schedule</a> click <a href="http://www.tallgrassexpress.com/">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To learn more about </span><a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/dung-beetles-tumblebugs" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">dung beetles</a> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in general (a.k.a. </span><a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/dung-beetles-tumblebugs" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tumblebugs</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) be sure and visit the </span><a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/dung-beetles-tumblebugs" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Missouri Department of Conservation</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> by clicking </span><a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/dung-beetles-tumblebugs" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span><br />
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-82159475097962313272020-05-11T15:53:00.002-05:002020-05-11T15:53:28.625-05:00Birds of the Tallgrass Prairie - The Dickcissel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In her book <i>Little House on the Prairie</i>, Laura Ingalls Wilder mentions the "dickie-bird", or dickcissel, as it is more properly called, more than once.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">"Meadow larks were springing straight up from the billows of grass into the high, clear sky, singing as they went. Small pearly clouds drifted in the intense blueness overhead. In all the weed-tops tiny birds were swinging and singing in tiny voices. Pa said they were dickcissels.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">“Dickie, dickie!” Laura called back to them. “Dickie-bird!”</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">(Quote taken from <i>L</i><i>ittle House on the Prairie </i>by</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> Laura Ingalls Wilder)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dickcissels are small, compact birds with a thick bill and short tail. They are about the same size as a house sparrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adult males are grayish on the head with a yellow face and chest, crossed with a bold black V. The back is brown and gray, with warm reddish-brown shoulders. Females have a similar but more subdued pattern, but they lack the black V on the throat. Immatures are browner, without the cool gray or bright yellow tones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The dickcissel's call in flight is described as an "electric" buzz; their song described as a sharp<i> dick dick</i> followed by a buzzed <i>cissel</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here, in their Midwest summer breeding grounds, it seems that male dickcissels can be found singing their name from every fence-post, wire, and plant-stalk in tall grasslands, which includes prairies, farmlands, and roadsides. In autumn, the birds migrate in large flocks to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America, where they</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;">To </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAi0oAdzEj0" style="background-color: white; color: #4c0077; text-decoration-line: none;">see a dickcissel up close</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;"> or to </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAi0oAdzEj0" style="background-color: white; color: #4c0077; text-decoration-line: none;">hear what a dickcissel sounds like</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;">, click </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAi0oAdzEj0" style="background-color: white; color: #4c0077; text-decoration-line: none;">HERE</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;">.</span></span><br />
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-11400115865744346582018-09-26T14:26:00.000-05:002018-09-26T14:26:52.977-05:00Around The Border and Along The Edges<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided to take a little trip around the border and along the edges of our backyard this afternoon to see what I might find there. Here are a few of the things that I discovered and observed...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Late Boneset Growing Along the Edge of the Grapevines</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An Empty Snail Shell</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Lovely Shelf Fungus Growing on a Dead Branch</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More Fungi and Lichen Growing on Another Branch</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Pecan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Large Fungus Growing Out of an Old Stump</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Wooly-Worm Making His Way Along the Edge of the North Shed</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Live Snail Inching His Way Along Not Too Far Behind the Wooly-worm</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are just a few of the things that I discovered and observed on my walk around the border and along the edges of our backyard today. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What can be found around and along yours?</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's early Sunday morning. In fact, it's still dark. I woke up on my own a full two hours before the alarm was set to go off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's a heavenly 56 degrees right now and all the windows are full open. I have a cup of hot tea, ready to enjoy, and am wishing that I had a can of pumpkin to turn into muffins for breakfast, but I don't, so that will have to wait until another day. Either way, I'm content. It's autumn! 🍁</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mind is trying it's best to jump ahead and think of all the things that need to be done this week. It's going to be a busy one, for sure, but, as I keep telling myself, there's plenty of time for all that later. Right now, I just want to relish these first early morning hours of the first Sunday in a new season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I type this, male crickets chirp merrily among the marigolds along the front edge of the porch and a few early-rising birds begin their morning twitter as they awake to a brand new day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I open the curtain on my west-facing office window. As the minutes pass, the sky changes from black-of-night to early-morning-gray. Objects that, just moments ago, were hidden in a shroud of darkness come into focus as the sun's first rays are cast from somewhere far away on the eastern horizon. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suddenly a shaft of rosy light shoots forth directly and the very top of the neighbor's utility pole is bathed in first morning light. It shines, briefly, then is swallowed up again in subdued gray. The western sky is streaked with light and clouds and a mourning dove coos in the distance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I continue to type, the sun continues to rise in the eastern sky. Here in the valley we remain in morning shadow, but, suddenly, the neighbor's place just to our west is bathed in first-morning-light. Sunlight spills across the fields beyond and I hear the distinct hum of hummingbird wings as they begin their daily back-and-forth pilgrimage to the feeder on our front porch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the sun climbs higher in the eastern sky, it spills more and more of its brilliant light across the fields across the way. I hear a woodpecker drilling into a distant tree trunk in search of breakfast and the first train of the morning rumbles down the track towards town. It blows it's whistle as it approaches. I look at my watch and find that it's time to start getting ready for church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a beautiful morning this first Sunday morning of autumn is turning out to be here in southwest Missouri! Thank you for allowing me to spend a bit of it with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span><br />
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Rebecca Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867206090978570737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772041046957428944.post-11581906800642225552018-09-20T08:54:00.000-05:002018-09-20T08:54:39.786-05:00Early Morning on the Tallgrass Prairie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As summer fades into fall, there's nothing quite like an early morning excursion out on the tallgrass prairie. In fact, it's a completely different world.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As warm days give way to cool nights a misty veil of morning fog hangs over the whole of the prairie landscape.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As morning sunlight spills over the tall grasses they sparkle and shine as though some overly-industrious fairy had come in the night, sprinkling the whole of the prairie with glittering diamond dust... </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and every cobweb looks as though it has been strung, laced, and outlined with beautiful, glittering diamonds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When visiting the tallgrass prairie early in the morning...especially at this time of year...it's easy to see just how many spiders there really are living in North America's tall grasses (an estimated 2 1/2 million individuals per acre) and their glistening gossamer webs are spectacular! 🕸</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the sun rises a little higher in the morning sky, the fog quickly fades and the dewy cobwebs begin to dry.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soon the late-summer sun is out in full force. The temperature rises and the morning magic is over. The wildflowers, who just moments ago were taking a backseat to the sparkle and shine of diamond dust, are left standing, straight and tall, to endure another happy day on a sun-soaked tallgrass prairie landscape.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until next time...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Rebecca</span><br />
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