At the far side of the pond, Yellow Dog spotted a moccasin before anybody else. The small but deadly Agkistrodon piscivorus didn’t stand a chance against the pair of experienced snake wranglers, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog.
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Snake of the day
Mocassin
For the rest of the story, see Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29.
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Rattler
Snaky motion across the road to Chesser Island, Okefenokee NWR, November 19th 2016.
Yellow Dog on her new bed
The new dog bed
Brown Dog does not approve of Gretchen and Yellow Dog’s shenanigans.
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Dogs, creek, beaver pond 2016-11-05
Yellow Dog and Brown Dog convinced Gretchen Quarterman to walk a log across a beaver pond.
Here are a couple of videos and there are more pictures below. Continue reading
Grits and corn flower: red, white, blue, and yellow
Gretchen with Okra Paradise Farms grits and corn flour fresh from the mill: in four colors, including the rare blue 2016 vintage.
Never a pesticide was seen by these grits, and yes they are Continue reading
Ripe Passionfruit
Four fruits grew on this vine, then fell down. The one in Gretchen’s hand we found caught half way down. It seemed to be ripe, so we tested it.
Skink 2016-10-17
Found this large lizard (at least seven inches long) in a large tub of water. He couldn’t seem to get out, so I set him on the side. After a while he went on his way.
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Dr. Elsie Quarterman, Plant Ecologist, at Cheekwood
A bench inscribed simply “Dr. Elsie Quarterman, Plant Ecologist” sits
under cedar trees in the herb garden at Cheekwood Botanical Garden;
appropriately for a scientist whose specialty was cedar glades.
She was involved with Cheekwood for many years, and was its Acting Director from 1967 to 1968. She helped establish the herb garden in which the bench sits. Continue reading