Category: Nature Note

We usually think of rabbits as being rodents because their teeth continue to grow, like those of a mouse or

Egrets and herons are wading birds with long necks and straight pointed bills, which they use to capture prey.  When

Assassin bugs belong to the insect family Reduviidae and are often just referred to as reduviid bugs.  Wheel Bugs The

A burl is a knot or wart-like growth on a tree in which the grain has grown in a deformed

Voles, often referred to as meadow mice or field mice, are small mouse-like rodents.  They are brownish with dense fur

There are four groups of hawks that we see in the Skiatook area: accipiters, buteos, falcons and kites. Accipiter is

Oklahoma has three state flowers.  Mistletoe is the State Floral Emblem, the Oklahoma rose, a deep red hybrid tea, is

What’s the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?  The short answer is that a chrysalis is made by a

Beginning in 2024, the American Ornithological Society will start to rename 70-80 bird species in the U.S. and Canada that

We’ve seen seven kinds of woodpeckers on our property: downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, northern flicker, pileated