Adventures Posts
My recent outings and adventures for the podcast
April 22, 2025
This is more complicated than I expected
Dogbane: Apocynum Cannabinum. Photo by Stan Shebs. Copyright note. A closer look at a plant with many stories I can think of a half dozen reasons to despise dogbane. Its milky sap causes blisters, it can kill dogs and sicken livestock, every part…
Oct. 27, 2023
Urban Wildlife Week in LA
Michelle at P-22 Day with one of the ORIGINAL puppets used to care for baby California condors in the late 1980s. It's been four days since I drove back to Sacramento from LA, and I'm still buzzing. This year marked the 8th annual P-22 Day, a ce…