Yes, It’s My Party

Message in a Bottle. This vintage had kind of a harsh edge to it. Good legs, though.
Yup, another year gone by, another circle around the sun (Rodney Crowell). I’m finding all sorts of reasons to celebrate today. For one thing, Spring’s arrived on the prairie, no question about it. That’s a joy all [...]

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The Sultry Sounds of Spring, Identified

Janalee Caldwell is a noted herpetologist who works on dendrobatids (poison arrow frogs) in the Amazon. A professor at OU and curator of herpetology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, she has kindly identified the sounds of the amphibious love-fest in the sound clip below.
I listened to your frog calls twice [...]

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When Bloggers Collide

Two Birds of a Feather
Just chillin’ with my homey over here at the Rancho Motmot; TR came by for some liquid beetle juice. Nothing like cochineal on the rocks with a twist and a lifer black-and-white warbler to get your mojo going.
TR: “Motmot serves the best beetle juice in town and a wicked platter [...]

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