Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter April 2, 2005
Issued from on the road ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE Monday evening I embark on a Greyhound bus heading west into the night. At dawn on Tuesday I'm at a rest stop in Bowie, northern Texas. Next to the highway the rumble of traffic is oppressive, plus a freight train is lumbering by, but still I can hear the raspy, homey call of the phoebe, as well as cacophonous whistles, snaps and crackles of Great-tailed Grackles, in trees across the street. I'm trying to stay in the spring spirit and the phoebe helps me, but those sassy grackles put me more in the mind of tropical Mexico than a Natchez spring. Northwest of Bowie there's low and scrubby forest, mostly oak, averaging maybe 20 feet high. However, spring is clearly at hand, as attested to by super-green grass, gorgeously white-blossomed pear and plum trees, tenderly yellow-green, leafing-out willows, and a shaggy coyote inexplicably standing next to the highway wagging his tail and grinning. http://www.backyardnature.net/n/05/050402.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Ntf6vA/esnJAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com BiFem :) a bifem.net publication -------------------------------- Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem Chatoom: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem/chat Visit BiFemLounge our 24 hour chatroom at http://bifem.net Get a New Orleans Free Email account at http://bifem.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
