Posted on June 28, 2008 by Janice D. Green
Various environmental scientists are expressing concern over lowered water tables in areas where there has been sustained drought. Farmers and homeowners are having to dig deeper wells to replace wells that have run dry.
Not only are we having a shortage of water, we are also experiencing a settling of land in some parts of the [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2008 by Janice D. Green
The second baby bluebird hatched on June 22 which is unusual. Normally bluebirds don’t start incubating the eggs until all are laid so the babies will all hatch on the same day. Since South Carolina had some extremely hot weather about the time the Mama bird was laying eggs, I suspect incubation began immediately without [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2008 by Janice D. Green
The baby bluebirds are hatching today. This is the first one. I want to go out and peek again, but I don’t want to risk causing problems. I know I’m missing a lot of chances to get some good pictures. This baby held its head up with its beak open but I wasn’t fast enough [...]
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