tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post5875397568777358022..comments2023-07-04T08:53:22.130-07:00Comments on In the Kitchen: Going NutsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-63371127474999486172010-10-27T09:26:29.921-07:002010-10-27T09:26:29.921-07:00Your girls are just so smart. I love that Evelyn f...Your girls are just so smart. I love that Evelyn figured out that the squirrel wasn't a chipmunk, and that Greta was so indignant about the Georgia woman's misidentification. I'm just bummed that Greta won't be there for our habitat group, because she is so entertaining. But the other two--having them there is a joy. They're so knowledgeable. How could we have ever identified that California Slender Salamander without Evelyn? And we'd have never learned about goose pens!patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344799869066551079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-56764474309374722672010-10-26T20:59:25.444-07:002010-10-26T20:59:25.444-07:00Glad your guppies dodged the bullet :-)
My 10-year...Glad your guppies dodged the bullet :-)<br />My 10-year-old loves trying to ID the birds and other animals that wander through our suburban yard, he'll spend hours looking through guidebooks. And, he was given a book recently called Know Your Chickens, which has gotten him all excited about chicken genetics! Cool stuff.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033206940045546960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-13221750151425215572010-10-24T09:48:47.508-07:002010-10-24T09:48:47.508-07:00Kat, the guppies made me laugh, too, which may hav...Kat, the guppies made me laugh, too, which may have undermined our impromptu foray into ethics in science. I called for us to terminate our experiment since it was terminating our subjects. I was relieved when they revived though.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779866178920345344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-34757054638788941652010-10-24T09:33:46.062-07:002010-10-24T09:33:46.062-07:00This one made me laugh out loud. Too funny about t...This one made me laugh out loud. Too funny about the guppies. And very interesting about the chip/squirrels.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399805400249672910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-64818340955661508192010-10-24T07:40:18.667-07:002010-10-24T07:40:18.667-07:00Michigander, oh yes...we have inquiring minds here...Michigander, oh yes...we have inquiring minds here.<br /><br />Carolyn, chipmunks tend to live at higher altitudes which may be why you haven't seen them. Those that live at the highest altitude have apparently disappeared:<br />http://www.care2.com/greenliving/chipmunks-vanish-from-california-mountains.html#<br /><br />Sarah, oh yes--hopeless without photos. Unless you know their calls. Apparently we could have used calls to distinguish chipmunks as well, but was that chipmunk saying chit chit chit or chee chee chee? I'm not sure! We finally found a guidebook that had a page of California squirrels with helpful arrows pointing to the most important differences. That, combined with range info, allowed us to ID with reasonable certainty.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779866178920345344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-36652431388989677122010-10-24T04:57:11.981-07:002010-10-24T04:57:11.981-07:00Ha! Sounds about like trying to id female warbler...Ha! Sounds about like trying to id female warblers. Frustrating but fun.sarah in the woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781200255390580449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-30733581762438228142010-10-24T00:28:28.531-07:002010-10-24T00:28:28.531-07:00So there ARE chipmunks in California! In my 3 yea...So there ARE chipmunks in California! In my 3 years in the Bay Area I never saw a one. For that matter I never saw a golden mantled ground squirrel. I'm feeling deprived.Carolynhttp://monsterfool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739153214386464945.post-24413872163663668732010-10-24T00:02:17.520-07:002010-10-24T00:02:17.520-07:00Wow. I guess the birds and the bees were dispense...Wow. I guess the birds and the bees were dispensed with long ago ...Michigandernoreply@blogger.com