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Yellow-billed magpie, W. Paul Gorenzel, UC ANR
The Real Dirt: Article

Yellow-Billed Magpie

February 11, 2022
Magpies are amazing birds! They are strikingly handsome, intelligent, and bold. They build nests with domed roofs and side entrances and decorate these homes with the bright shiny objects they collect. They hold funeral services for their dead. They can mimic human speech.
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Pruning in The Orchard

February 10, 2022
A properly pruned tree produces better fruit and is easier to manage because it is kept to a manageable size. There are lots of things one can learn about pruning and lots of resources available to learn from.
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Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Guess Who's Back?

February 10, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Guess who's back?" butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, asked in his "posse" email today. "Guess, who's back?" has nothing to do with the catchphrases uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson.
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Cracked and leaking hose. photos by Janet Snyder
Under the Solano Sun: Article

TLC for Your Sprinkler System

February 10, 2022
We are now about halfway through winter, yet here in California, signs of spring are well underway. Trees are blossoming, daffodils have bloomed, the days are getting longer (I was working in my yard tonight until 6 pm).
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

A Taxonomy of Rangeland Drought

February 10, 2022
By Daniel K Macon
I feel like I've said this every year for the last decade, but what a strange weather year we're having! Here in Auburn, we experienced the most intense rainfall in October that I can remember (with more than 8 inches falling in a 48 hour period).
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