Category Archives: Reflections

Critters, Books, and Breaking Through

I’m just back from an in-service training about beekeeping. It was interesting; hives can be made out of all sorts of materials. I want to try a clay pot hive, because clay pots are much cheaper than lumber here, especially when you consider transport costs. Matthew, my supervisor, thinks that kids will more easily disturb a clay pot hive, breaking the pots to get to the honey inside.
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Migration Season

Note to readers: I will very likely be putting Junden.com under a system to require a login for reading. I’ll plan to send email to those of you who have commented on posts. For others, there will be instructions on the site, or drop me a note if you need help. At the moment, I’m thinking that I’ll keep this site private but start a new more public blog. There are things I’ve been wanting to write about here that I haven’t felt comfortable sharing, but would like to try to start, among friends at first.

Hawk watch starts soon, and yesterday some of our team rode around the back roads of Davis, looking at the Swainson’s Hawks who are staging for their migration to South America. These hawks congregate in the fields, eating insects, and then begin their journey for South America…one of the longer raptor migrations. Continue reading Migration Season