Comments on: bioblitzing here at the farm http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Cindy http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45069 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:04:52 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45069 I did the right thing by dropping out, you're doing ALOT of work.. but fun work ;) Glad to hear Sabrina is ok.. we have deer ticks here, although I've been lucky so far to not have them on us or our dogs. Sure seems early for fireflies.. it's turned cold here again, so things have slowed back down... and don't you love those little 'cups' on the lichens? Such a small fascinating ecosystem. Happy blitzing :) I did the right thing by dropping out, you’re doing ALOT of work.. but fun work ;)
Glad to hear Sabrina is ok.. we have deer ticks here, although I’ve been lucky so far to not have them on us or our dogs.
Sure seems early for fireflies.. it’s turned cold here again, so things have slowed back down… and don’t you love those little ‘cups’ on the lichens? Such a small fascinating ecosystem.
Happy blitzing :)

]]> by: vicki http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45038 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:23:17 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45038 I'm loving this BioBlitz series and learning so much. A lot of what I am seeing is helping me put names to previous discoveries I couldn't identify. Speaking of which, I'm just about to post a photo of a caterpillar you can probably name for me. And it's Good Planets day for submissions. I’m loving this BioBlitz series and learning so much. A lot of what I am seeing is helping me put names to previous discoveries I couldn’t identify. Speaking of which, I’m just about to post a photo of a caterpillar you can probably name for me. And it’s Good Planets day for submissions.

]]> by: Ontario Wanderer http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45011 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:09:07 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-45011 What I have discovered, during our bio blitz, is how little I know about insects and we've not touched the lichens yet. (And the damned income tax that I've been putting off seems to taking up time now too.) What I have discovered, during our bio blitz, is how little I know about insects and we’ve not touched the lichens yet. (And the damned income tax that I’ve been putting off seems to taking up time now too.)

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-44975 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:52:21 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-44975 Cathy - Yes, a non-flashing firefly is a bit of a disappointment. When I first found this species a couple of years ago, I brought some indoors hoping they would flash, but no dice. Then I read about the diurnal species and discovered why. I have a friend in NJ who has Golden Retrievers and had one get Lyme Disease. It had to be kept on antibiotics for quite a long time. There are quite a few tick-borne diseases, so it always makes me worry when there are ticks around. It's annoying to suddenly have them here after 30 years of never seeing them. Oh well! - Jimmy - Hi! It's good of you to drop by for a visit! Glad you find the photos and writings of interest. - Marcia - I'm not sure which kind this is. It was probably small to start with, but when they get engorged, they puff up so much that it's hard to say what they were like before. I'll probably try to get it checked at a lab if this is available. There haven't been too many *known* cases of Lyme up here, but last summer, the city newspaper did a story on 3 people who contracted Lyme -- probably in this area -- so I guess it has arrived. - Wayne - I was wondering what you do about your cats. Don't the ticks climb aboard when the cats go out on walks with you? I know some people use these systemic treatments to keep ticks and fleas off of dogs, but we tried using 2 different kinds with Sabrina a couple of years ago when she got a bad case of fleas after we took her with us on a road trip. She got very sick from both of the treatments, so I wouldn't want to use anything like that again. - robin - I guess there is Lyme even out west, but it seems confined to certain areas. Last year, before I went out west, I was doing some reading about hiking trails in the Klikitat River area along the gorge and found warnings about ticks and Lyme Disease. I also found quite a few references to people who had picked up Lyme after being bitten by ticks in some areas of N. California. I try to be careful about ticks wherever we go these days as they seem to be present in many places and Lyme is starting to show up just about everywhere. I don't much like ticks to start with, and knowing they could be carrying a disease makes me like them even less. - Dana - I'm glad you found your way to my blog. There's usually a lot of info here, so it may be helpful for nature study. - Celeste - Thanks! I thought it was a neat photo - an offbeat combination of flora and fauna. We get the brightly flashing fireflies in summer too -- in fact, we get some great displays of flashing here at the farm. We have a large bedroom window looking out onto our yard where we let the grass grow very tall. On warm, damp summer nights, the air is just filled with streaks of greenish light as the fireflies zip and zoom across the garden. It's really quite magical! Cathy - Yes, a non-flashing firefly is a bit of a disappointment. When I first found this species a couple of years ago, I brought some indoors hoping they would flash, but no dice. Then I read about the diurnal species and discovered why.
I have a friend in NJ who has Golden Retrievers and had one get Lyme Disease. It had to be kept on antibiotics for quite a long time. There are quite a few tick-borne diseases, so it always makes me worry when there are ticks around. It’s annoying to suddenly have them here after 30 years of never seeing them. Oh well!
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Jimmy - Hi! It’s good of you to drop by for a visit! Glad you find the photos and writings of interest.
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Marcia - I’m not sure which kind this is. It was probably small to start with, but when they get engorged, they puff up so much that it’s hard to say what they were like before. I’ll probably try to get it checked at a lab if this is available. There haven’t been too many *known* cases of Lyme up here, but last summer, the city newspaper did a story on 3 people who contracted Lyme — probably in this area — so I guess it has arrived.
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Wayne - I was wondering what you do about your cats. Don’t the ticks climb aboard when the cats go out on walks with you? I know some people use these systemic treatments to keep ticks and fleas off of dogs, but we tried using 2 different kinds with Sabrina a couple of years ago when she got a bad case of fleas after we took her with us on a road trip. She got very sick from both of the treatments, so I wouldn’t want to use anything like that again.
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robin - I guess there is Lyme even out west, but it seems confined to certain areas. Last year, before I went out west, I was doing some reading about hiking trails in the Klikitat River area along the gorge and found warnings about ticks and Lyme Disease. I also found quite a few references to people who had picked up Lyme after being bitten by ticks in some areas of N. California. I try to be careful about ticks wherever we go these days as they seem to be present in many places and Lyme is starting to show up just about everywhere. I don’t much like ticks to start with, and knowing they could be carrying a disease makes me like them even less.
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Dana - I’m glad you found your way to my blog. There’s usually a lot of info here, so it may be helpful for nature study.
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Celeste - Thanks! I thought it was a neat photo - an offbeat combination of flora and fauna. We get the brightly flashing fireflies in summer too — in fact, we get some great displays of flashing here at the farm. We have a large bedroom window looking out onto our yard where we let the grass grow very tall. On warm, damp summer nights, the air is just filled with streaks of greenish light as the fireflies zip and zoom across the garden. It’s really quite magical!

]]> by: Celeste http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-44972 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:51:15 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/26/bioblitzing-here-at-the-farm/#comment-44972 hey! just wanted to say I REALLY like your firefly photo, love the lichens, the bug, the ochre color. I'm going to go check out your other pictures. Lucky you to have fireflies, all I've got is glow in the dark fungified firewood ;0) hey! just wanted to say I REALLY like your firefly photo, love the lichens, the bug, the ochre color. I’m going to go check out your other pictures. Lucky you to have fireflies, all I’ve got is glow in the dark fungified firewood ;0)

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