Monthly Archives: April 2012

Farm “moist soils” conservation area pics

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Two summers ago we built a water impoundment levee on the low end of the farm.  The purpose of this area was to catch farm runoff, provide a settling pond for that runoff and to provide a wetland habitat for … Continue reading

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Panama

Here are some selected photos from the Panama trip.  Most are birds photographed in the parks around Panama City (Soberania and Metropolitano NP’s) and there are some other random shots from El Valle and from Coiba Island where we did … Continue reading

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Panama

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We are currently exploring the Soberania National Park in Panama. The park runs more or less parallel and south East of the Panama canal. The park is bisected by “Pipeline Road” where the US built an emergency fuel delivery pipeline … Continue reading

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Garlic

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Surprise harvest These elephant garlic grew “volunteer” from last years crop.  Since they were kind of in the way, I dug them a bit early to make room for other stuff.  One of these is softball sized.  The main garlic … Continue reading

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Wood ducks start another season

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Wood Ducks usually come to the MS Delta around mid February and start looking for nest sites. Usually, good nest sites (including the man-made nest boxes) get used twice during the nesting season. One hen gets her brood hatched and … Continue reading

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New Canon 7D takes on the blue winged teal

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I’ve finally decided to take the plunge and get back in to photography after a 30 year hiatus.  I chose the Canon EOS 7D and dropped in a couple of pics to show what my first day was like.  The … Continue reading

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2012 Planting Starts

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Below you can see plants sprouting in seed trays filled with screened compost.  Some tomatoes, squash and zucchini have been moved to the garden (second pic) already.  Still coming along in trays are tomatoes, peppers, basil, lettuce, spinach, eggplant and marigolds … Continue reading

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