Paul Napper, Class of 2015 – Black Coyotes (melanistic) comprise about 5.7% of the coyote population.
The first one I’ve ever seen appeared on my trail cams this year. Over the years, I’ve had many coyotes on trail cams but never a melanistic one. I set up three or four trail cams on deer trails and deer scrapes yearly. The goal is to find where and when the bigger bucks are moving.
Who can forget the Weather Class with David Baker. He gets so excited to teach it that you just get excited to be there.
One thing that he said was related to old farmers and other people who live outside. They can predict the weather just about as well as a weather man.
Paul Napper, 2015 – Hiking at Oak Point in Plano is something Cindy and I enjoy. In March this year we were hiking part of the trail that gets close to the bank of Rowlett Creek. I noticed a place where we could climb down the bank and explore a small gravel bar. As we slowly walked through the gravel looking for interesting rocks or arrowheads I noticed a tooth and picked it up.
Paul Napper, 2016 – Project Manager for Allen Senior Center Native Plant Garden Paul brought up an interesting observation at the Allen Senior Center Native Plant Garden. He has noticed… Read More →
By Bryan Beck, 2017 The native plant garden at the Plano Heritage Farmstead Museum has been through a lot in the past month or so. First, came the boot-deep snows… Read More →
By Bob Mione, 2012 The past three years, Kristin and Mark Payne have incubated and brooded BW quail chicks for us at Connemara. When the BW’s were old enough, normally… Read More →
It was something I’d never seen and it still had a little hide and a section of the vertebrae attached. HOW COOL IS THAT! Some research told me it was a skunk.
