Surprise !?!?! After some three decades of time spent wandering the forests regularly, one is not expecting surprises. But, it does happen! And, when surprises do happen, it usually is a bumper. One such surprise awaited me when I was…
Whip Scorpion
I was introduced to bird watching as a hobby during my late teens. It didn’t take too many visits to the nearby scrub forests to get addicted to this activity that I only had just begun to discover. This also…
Ant homes – a piece of art
Grain after grain, grain by grain, the ants of a colony move soil particles to build their citadels. Sit next to an ant nest and you will sight these tiny, albeit important, inhabitants of planet Earth. Ants are all too…
Dragonfly – a full circle!
Dragonflies. For many of us the word dragonfly brings up memories of childhood when we perhaps tried to catch them for fun. It must have been a very disappointing experience for most as the dragonfly got away. All this experience…
Giant Wood Spiders
I stopped in my tracks suddenly and closed my eyes. This was an involuntary reaction to encountering something unexpected. I slowly opened my eyes as I cleared from my face, the spider web that I had walked into. I must…