Nature Notes
by Bob Thomas

I’ve been plagued for several years with gnawing rats with bushy tails (i.e., eastern gray squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis). I love their antics, and don’t mind seeing them on my birdfeeders. In fact, I call my feeders wildlife feeders so the squirrels’ presence doesn’t make me angry.

by Bob Thomas

Delta Journal
by Bob Thomas

Delta Journal
by Bob Thomas

There was a time in the 1960s when naturalists were excited to discover more and more beaver spoor (sign) appearing further south in Louisiana. During the 1940s and 1950s, many beaver (Castor canadaninses) were captured and relocated all over the state. Following a period of adjustment, the species has established many healthy colonies.

Nature Notes
by Bob Thomas

I’ve been plagued for several years with gnawing rats with bushy tails (i.e., eastern gray squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis). I love their antics, and don’t mind seeing them on my birdfeeders. In fact, I call my feeders wildlife feeders so the squirrels’ presence doesn’t make me angry.

Delta Journal
by Bob Thomas

Roundworms, better called nematodes, are among the most common critters on earth. It is said that if one could remove every speck of living and non-living material from the earth, leaving only nematodes, that one would still see a perfect outline of the planet, its mountains and valleys, and its inhabitants.

Delta Journal
by Bob Thomas

In The Wild
by Bob Thomas

The Cajuns call them souris-chaude and most people find them repugnant, more due to misinformation than truth.

Though bats are among our most interesting native citizens, locals believe bats true purpose in life is to become entangled in their hair, infest their homes with bedbugs, and give them rabies. The first two beliefs are absolutely false, and rabid bats are virtually unheard of in our area (though rabies is a serious issue and live bats should be handled with extreme care).