Re: [MidValleyNature:6785] Digest for mid-valley-nature@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics
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Ruby Moon
Nov 6, 2022, 6:49:31 PM11/6/22
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I would like to let people know about our Evening garden club talk January 9th with Doug Tallamy(Natures Best Hope). It's a zoom talk with a $5 donation.
How can I do this?
Ruby
On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 10:41 PM <mid-vall...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Tim Johnson <tim.the....@gmail.com>: Nov 04 04:44PM -0700
Hi all,
Salem Audubon's November's Birder's Night focuses on the African countries
of Ethiopia and Dijibouti.
Ethiopia is a rare African country without a European colonial past. Italy
tried to conquer Ethiopia without success, and to this day, they have
conflicts with neighboring Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti. The dominant
religion is Coptic Christian, and the primary language is Amharic, reputed
to be what Christ spoke. The country is rocky, mountainous, and dry most of
the year except for the months-long monsoon season, which isolates some
areas for months. Over 850 bird species are found in this area, plus a
variety of apes and other mammals like the Ethiopian Wolf.
Long-time Salem Audubon members Pat and Joann Gallagher have used birding
to see the world, including places not high on the usual tourist lists.
This month they share photos and experiences from their 2017 visit to
Ethiopia and Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa.
Tuesday, Nov. 8. 6:30 - 8:00 pm (Doors open at 6 pm) Broadway Commons 1300
Broadway Street NE, Salem (take the elevator to the 3rd floor).
To join the meeting remotely through Zoom, register using the following
link
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0l6XI4IjQLqv7IWIkoAByQ
Tim Johnson
President
Salem Audubon Society
www.salemaudubon.org
Randy and Pamela Comeleo <rott...@peak.org>: Nov 04 02:32AM -0400
Here is an older episode of Oregon Field Guide from way back in 2001 with a piece on rain beetles starring some folks that may look very familiar. It's the 3rd segment.
OREGON FIELD GUIDE
Season 12 Episode 4 | 28m 52s
Wildlife experts check in on nesting peregrine falcons in the city and the woods. Join host Steve Amen and family in their effort to find the ultimate camping experience. An in-depth look at one of our oldest insects and their brief, but very active life cycle.
Aired: 02/01/01
[ https://video.pbsutah.org/video/season-12-episode-4-7koeyt/ | https://video.pbsutah.org/video/season-12-episode-4-7koeyt/ ]
Our dog Luna has amazing rain beetle detection skills. She tracks them down by some olfactory means and locates them underground. Unfortunately for the beetles, she finds them to be a gustatory delight! We do our best to discourage her beetle-icide tendencies but it does make me curious about what other wild animals, besides Luna, eat these fuzzy little fat packets
.-Pam
From: "Marge Alig" <mvict...@gmail.com>
To: "Jim and Karan Fairchild" <alde...@peak.org>
Cc: "Catherine Otto" <catheri...@comcast.net>, "mid-valley-nature" <mid-vall...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 9:19:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MidValleyNature:6779] Beetle ID?
They ARE very cool! Lucky you. Interesting life histories.
Nice little Oregon Field Guide piece on them here.
[ https://watch.opb.org/video/rain-beetles-north-fork-smith-river-oil-art-wheat-farming-w9p0u6/ | https://watch.opb.org/video/rain-beetles-north-fork-smith-river-oil-art-wheat-farming-w9p0u6/ ]
On Nov 3, 2022, at 7:33 PM, Karan Fairchild <alde...@peak.org> wrote:
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It is a rain beetle- genus Pleocoma, not sure of the species. They're very cool!
Karan Fairchild
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From: "Catherine Otto" <catheri...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 7:08:07 PM
Subject: [MidValleyNature:6777] Beetle ID?
Greetings,
Today on a hike in the forest near the Lewisburg Saddle a friend and I saw this beetle flying slowly like a bumblebee in among the ferns and brambles. It landed long enough for a few photos.
I looked up bumblebee scarabs and found some similar ones, but not this exact one
. Any ideas on the exact ID of this beetle? It’s quite striking really-so dark and shiny with what so interestingly looks like fur all around the edges of its body.
Happy fall exploring!
Catherine Otto
Corvallis
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Lisa Millbank <millba...@gmail.com>: Nov 04 01:23AM -0700
We found this old deposit of several predator scats, one of which was
entirely composed of chewed-up rain beetle wing covers. This was on a road
in McDonald Forest in January. The scat had been rained on a long time, so
everything else had washed away, yet the wing covers were quite durable.
On the left is the washed-out remains of a scat filled with soft fur, such
as from rodents. It's not uncommon to see several bobcat scats of various
ages deposited next to one another, but in this case I thought a coyote was
also a possibility. Anyway, there was no way to know who had feasted on
these delicious bug nuggets, but clearly there were enough at the time to
fill someone's belly.
Lisa Millbank
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On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 11:32 PM Randy and Pamela Comeleo <rott...@peak.org>
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Mary Garrard <spring...@gmail.com>: Nov 04 07:53AM -0700
Thanks everyone for these most interesting photos and OFG episodes.
Mary
Nancy Betty Baumeister <bee....@gmail.com>: Nov 04 11:34AM -0700
That was neat!
Nancy (Betty) Bee
Blog: https://nancybird375.wordpress.com/
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." -Lao Tzu
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