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December 12, 2013

December 14, 2014Nature JottingsDragonflies & damselflies, Ducks & teals, Toads & frogsCindy Salo

Mallards are increasing. Nancy sees a frog jump into The Stockpond, but it is the last until we welcome back another Easy Season next year and warmth returns. Dragonflies have whittled themselves down from their broad variety of Summer to a single species, the bronze one–and only one of those appears today at the water.

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About Woody & Nature Jottings

Woody Hume cares for the land and livestock in the Middle San Pedro River Valley of southern Arizona. Woody is a skilled naturalist and keen observer of the birds and wildlife that visit the pastures, stock pond, and mesquite bosque where he works.

The Sweetwater Center shares excerpts from his writings as part of our work exploring links between conservation and agriculture.

Woody uses the Tucson Audubon Society's book, Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona.

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Woody and Loompy moving cattle.           Photo, Sue Newman.Woody and Loompy moving cattle

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