I often enjoy going for a random stroll around my campsite, surveying the land. Not because it’s my land for any length of time but because I want to survey it and understand it as fully as possible during my brief occupation of the land. A simple walk is a way to pass the time without going anywhere.
But so called oil of lemon eucalyptus sold commercially is actually synthesized PMD, according to EPA. But people hate science, but they eat up marketing surrounding organic products.
I used up the last of the picardin I had over the weekend, and are running low on high-concentration DEET. But black fly season is almost over. I am going to get more picardin for sure, as doesn’t stain clothing or damage rubber/plastic, doesn’t cause allergic reaction, smells nicer, and works fairly well, but maybe not as good as DEET.
But I’m interested in PMD too. I’m going to have to try a bottle of it.
The species lives in open or semiopen country, and often travels in flocks, sometimes mixed with red-winged blackbirds (particularly in spring) and bobolinks (particularly in fall), as well as common grackles or European starlings.[2] These birds forage on the ground, often following grazing animals such as horses and cattle to catch insects stirred up by the larger animals. They mainly eat seeds and insects.
Before European settlement, brown-headed cowbirds followed bison herds across the prairies. Their population expanded with the clearing of forested areas and the introduction of new grazing animals by settlers across North America. They are now commonly seen at suburban birdfeeders.
The brown-headed cowbird is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other small passerines (perching birds), particularly those that build cup-like nests. The brown-headed cowbird eggs have been documented in nests of at least 220 host species, including hummingbirds and raptors.[12][13] The young cowbird is fed by the host parents at the expense of their own young. Brown-headed cowbird females can lay up to 36 eggs in a season. More than 140 different species of birds are known to have raised young cowbirds.[14]
The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is native to western North America and has been introduced to the eastern half of the continent and Hawaii. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus Haemorhous.
Spotted one right out my window on this rainy day. Pretty bird with a red - pinkish chest and a brown coat.
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Each type of water: whether expansive oceans and lakes or meandering streams and rivers – have their own unique hazards that challenge the paddler. Some are natural such as currents, rip tides, rocks, reefs, narrowing channels, winds and myriad natural obstacles (surface and submerged). Other hazards are man-made (dams, weirs, spillways, structure abutments, stump fields, barge wake) that can also cause the flowing waters to act in ways that can be very dangerous to paddlers of all skill levels. Of these, arguable none present the diversity and intensity of hazards as do the flowing channels of water we call rivers.