Todd Michael Cox's Blog, page 2
July 20, 2012
Cicada Nymphs and Dog Day Arias
Cicada Nymphs and Dog Day Arias
New “Unhuggables” blog post. Slightly different tone than the others… a little more digressive, which is my normal way of writing. –TmC
July 16, 2012
New “Unhuggables” blog post
http://www.wisconsintrails.com/commun...
New “Unhuggables” blog post, this time on a katydid nymph we found in our backyard. I was going to call it “Nymphomania,” but was for some reason attacked by an insidious bout of good taste and decided otherwise….
July 13, 2012
July 10, 2012
Dung Beetles
New “Wisconsin Unhuggables” blog entry, this time on the handsome and hard-working dung beetle.
http://www.wisconsintrails.com/commun...
July 6, 2012
Who’s Calling Who Unhuggable? (An American Badger)
Who’s Calling Who Unhuggable? (An American Badger)
New blog entry up at “Wisconsin Unhuggables,” this one concerning the American badger.
July 3, 2012
New blog entry at Wisconsin Trails.com
New blog entry at Wisconsin Trails.com
“A Menominee Forest Fox Snake.” Concerning a western fox snake I happened upon while on the way up to northern Wisconsin this past weekend. Includes a couple nice photos of the pissed-off serpent. –TmC
June 25, 2012
New “Wisconsin Unhuggables” blog post
This one deals with a certain snapping turtle mother I had the pleasure to know. –TmC
http://www.wisconsintrails.com/community/blogs/160279795.html
June 22, 2012
“Wisconsin Unhuggables” blog
I’ve just begun blogging for Wisconsin Trails magazine, with the topic being the Dairy State’s less-loved and least-cuddly critters. As I say in the first entry (“Greetings”) this will be an appreciation of these animals, not a strict study of natural history, although I intend to include that wherever necessary. I’m looking to get across what writer and naturalist Robert Michael Pyle (“Chasing Monarchs,” “Mariposa Road”) calls “solid, meaningful encounter,” rather than a strict field-guide-style listing of facts and figures. Check it out now and then.
http://www.wisconsintrails.com/community/blogs/Wisconsin_Unhuggables.html
–TmC
May 21, 2012
On a bluff prairie in western Wisconsin
Very precarious walking on these things… steep drops, loose earth, many loose rocks, and maybe a timber rattler at every step. We did, in fact, see a rattler on this excursion but it was a prima donna and did not allow for any photo opportunities. Next time!
Gray ratsnake
Elaphe obsoleta spiloides Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin. May 2012. My wife spotted this beautiful critter near the women’s restroom. Here I’m just starting to pick it up so I could move it to the woods.
