Since the end of January, I have been obsessed with snails. Usually found in leaf litter in wooded areas, typically along stream courses (Roth & Coan, 1986) All of the Helminthoglyptidae are hermaphroditic. Some species (Helminthoglypta) reproduce throughout the fall and deposit eggs in litteror in talus slopes. In northern and central California Helminthoglypta may […]
Among herons
On my way to work last year, I made a discovery. A bird about three times larger than a pigeon was hunched on a power line overhead, an unfamiliar silhouette stooped over the street. This called for a closer look. I pulled over and confirmed that, as I had suspected, it was a Black-crowned Night-Heron […]
Among Animals 