Animal Hibernation by David Williams Winter is a time of magic in the animal world. Species as diverse as bears and beetles disappear from the landscape, with hibernation on their minds. Most do not travel far. They venture into caves and dens, descend from mountains, burrow deep underground, or simply dig under rocks or logs. […]
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Wildflower Touring Text By Gregory McNamee (repurposed from DesertUSA.com – original March ’99) If you are sensitive to the rhythms of the desert, you’ll know that the period from March to mid-April is a time when a special kind of natural magic can occur. All through February, if the gentle winter rains have arrived on
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Wild Horse Round Up In Nevada By Mitch Kumstein – The Dog That Blogs “It’s the end of another year, and I figured before I barreled into 2010, I would look back on some of the events that made 2009 the most memorable time of my life! It started off really rough. I was dumped
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Seeking Out the Desert Bighorn The Travelin’ Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein Guest Blogger on DesertRoadTrippin Desert Road Trippin’ would like to welcome guest blogger “Mitch Kumstein”, a dog who lives in the desert near Las Vegas, NV. He recently encountered a big herd of Bighorn Sheep and he was able to take some great photos
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DesertUSA Is A Great Resource For School Projects Learn about desert plants, animals and geology. By L. Bremner of DesertRoadTrippin When we first started DesertUSA.com, it was designed be a multimedia resource for information about plants, animals and geology of the North American Deserts. We have since expanded DesertUSA into a website that includes information
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Surviving Summer In Death Valley Adaptations and common sense by L. Bremner – DesertRoadTRIPPIN.com The Hottest Place on Earth was recorded on Sept. 13th 1922 in El Azizia, Libya. The temperature reached a 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius). The second hottest place was recorded on July 10th, 1913 in Death Valley, California. The temperature was
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Wildlife Tour of the California Wolf Center North American Gray Wolves, Alaskan Wolves and The Mexican Gray Wolf The summer is a good time to take short day trips or weekend trips to nearby areas to get out of the heat. One nearby location is Julian, CA. Many of you have probably been to Julian
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This photo was taken last year. My mom was cooking in the kitchen and nearly jumped out of her shoes when she saw this critter looking in at her from outside the kitchen window. It was a baby Screech owl. My dad was able to get a few shots of the little owl before he
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This is a photo of a baby barn owl that fell out of its nest. There were two babies, but only this one survived. We were able to get the baby owl to hop in a box and we took it to the wildlife rescue center in Ramona, CA. The photos and video was taken
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Tips on how to keep our four-legged friends safe in the summer heat. Horses, Dogs, cats and other pets need to become acclimated to the heat as the temperatures start to rise. Dogs and cats can’t sweat, so they have to release the heat in their bodies through respiration, breathing and through their tongue and
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