Author: Amy Law
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What Friends Do
We got Darwin, the pure bred, championship-quality Pembroke Welsh Corgi, as a freebie from our vet. Why? Darwin was born with an incurable heart problem that was supposed to kill him within his first few months. With a new medication, and great care from the vet, Darwin’s made it to six years old – far…
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Hummers in Snowstorm
Here at the base of the Rocky Mountains, we often have late spring snow storms. In fact, these late storms are often some of our biggest and wettest of the year. Today’s snowstorm is no exception. It has been snowing hard all day, and we don’t expect it to let up until tomorrow. Normally in…
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Raven in the backyard
We often have ravens and crows in the neighborhood.Crows and Ravens Angry Bird’s Feathers Ruffled Last night we saw another lone raven in our back yard last night, preening on a post for about five minutes. It eventually flew away. Three minutes later we saw it come screaming back across the yard, mobbed by four crows.…
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Science not Silence
I spent the day protesting at the March for Science rally in downtown Denver to draw attention to the political attacks on science. In doing so, I was privileged to join some incredibly creative, passionate, smart and remarkably funny people. March for Science rally draws thousands . Marchs were held around the country and around the…
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Spectacular Starlings
In 1890 and 1891, about 100 European starlings were released into Central Park, in New York City. Beloved in Europe, they quickly became pests in North America. These aggressive birds often congregate in large flocks that can take over a feeder, leaving a mess behind. They evict native woodpeckers and bluebirds from their nests in…
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Maui: Part Two
When my husband and I weren’t watching whales, we were tooling around the island. At one point, we found some green sea turtles. According to the locals, they’d hauled themselves out on the beach to warm up. One had encountered a shark, the only predator of adult sea turtles besides humans. One of the…
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Maui Part One: Humpback Whales
My husband and I just got back from the fabled island of Maui, Hawai’i. We went to see humpback whales, sort of a continuation of our whale-watching trip to Alaska 18 months ago.Alaskan whales But we ended up enjoying much, much more. The humpback whales in Hawai’i come from feeding grounds in colder waters, like…
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Happy Pi Day
Today is Pi Day: 3.14 — that never-ending irrational number that we couldn’t do without. Enjoy your Pi!
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What went into this mutt?
We’ve been having a lot of fun with Tegan, the new puppy. We play with her constantly. And between ourselves, we try to guess what breeds of dogs her parents were. She is long and low. The gene for short-leggedness in dogs is their version of dwarfism. It is found in only a few breeds,…
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Puppy Play
We got a new puppy in November, and it has been a pleasure to watch her as she grows. We named her Tegan, which is a Welsh term of endearment that means “number one girl”, “sweetie”, “honeybunch”. She is a Mutt. Based on what she looks like and how she acts, her ancestry probably includes…
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