Gerald Hickman's Blog - Posts Tagged "wildlife"
Blue birds - reflections
Bluebirds WLBBook
What do you remember from the first time you saw a bluebird? They are really Blue and often hungry. They may even be kind of friendly to humans.
some might say that the blueist piece of the sky fell to earth and became a charismatic member of the woodland community.
It is common to have bluebirds nesting near human habitation. Houses help create edge to increase food sources for feeding the young during nesting season.
One year when we lived in a rural area with 3 acres of Ponderosa Pine woodlands, one of our nest boxes was used by a pair of Mountain Bluebirds which were uncommon in our area. Part way through the fledging of the young, the male disappeared and the female seemed to be having difficulties feeding the 4 otherwise healthy young.
I went to the nest box daily and offered worms, small bugs and other tidbits to the young who eagerly availed them selves of my offerings. All went well and in a short time the young flew from the nest and thus a successful nesting season was accomplished.
What do you remember from the first time you saw a bluebird? They are really Blue and often hungry. They may even be kind of friendly to humans.
some might say that the blueist piece of the sky fell to earth and became a charismatic member of the woodland community.
It is common to have bluebirds nesting near human habitation. Houses help create edge to increase food sources for feeding the young during nesting season.
One year when we lived in a rural area with 3 acres of Ponderosa Pine woodlands, one of our nest boxes was used by a pair of Mountain Bluebirds which were uncommon in our area. Part way through the fledging of the young, the male disappeared and the female seemed to be having difficulties feeding the 4 otherwise healthy young.
I went to the nest box daily and offered worms, small bugs and other tidbits to the young who eagerly availed them selves of my offerings. All went well and in a short time the young flew from the nest and thus a successful nesting season was accomplished.
Thorn Creek or Crick
Thorn Creek is in northern Idaho between Moscow and Genesee. My Granps was born there on the family ranch and grew up there working on the ranch. He was a cow hand driving stock from Thorn Creek to eastern Oregon for sale on a couple of occasions. There was a POST OFFICE there and then later Gpa moved to Genesee and married Anna Kambitch and settled down there to raise a family which included my Mother, Irene Manderfeld.
I was at Genesee Community Days yesterday and then on my way home to Cheney drove the Thorne Creek Road. There are not many thorn bushes and thorn trees on the drainage now a-days. It is all clean farming and few trees remain for wildlife habitat. The area was a much better place for wildlife when my Gpa Manderfeld lived there. I long for the old days of 1890's when wildlife had a place to live.
I was at Genesee Community Days yesterday and then on my way home to Cheney drove the Thorne Creek Road. There are not many thorn bushes and thorn trees on the drainage now a-days. It is all clean farming and few trees remain for wildlife habitat. The area was a much better place for wildlife when my Gpa Manderfeld lived there. I long for the old days of 1890's when wildlife had a place to live.
Wild Turkeys
Jerry Hickman
Just now ·
Greetings !!! I had a nice meeting with the Regional Director of National Wild Turkey Federation this am. His name is Richard Mann, contact infor: cell - 509-571-3322 and:rmann@nwtf.net.
Rich is hoping to reach out and contact anyone interested in Habitat work, public education about wildlife (especially turkeys), Conservation efforts of the National W Turkey Fed in Oregon and Washington. Rich is a great guy who just like me used to work for wildlife in Washington State. He is working with women hunters and youth hunters in for safe experiences in the woods in our area. If you have questions please call Rich.
Just now ·
Greetings !!! I had a nice meeting with the Regional Director of National Wild Turkey Federation this am. His name is Richard Mann, contact infor: cell - 509-571-3322 and:rmann@nwtf.net.
Rich is hoping to reach out and contact anyone interested in Habitat work, public education about wildlife (especially turkeys), Conservation efforts of the National W Turkey Fed in Oregon and Washington. Rich is a great guy who just like me used to work for wildlife in Washington State. He is working with women hunters and youth hunters in for safe experiences in the woods in our area. If you have questions please call Rich.
Free BOOK
Please help me out by ordering a Kindle version of my latest book: SIXTY YEARS IN THE SCABLANDS BY GERALD HICKMAN.
On March 7, 2019, please order a free e-book so I have a good showing when the book is published. Sixty Years in the Scablands is not available with pre-order on KDP.amazon.com.
On the 7th go to KDP.amazon.com and search for the book by title and you will receive a electronic copy delivered to you.
The book "Scablands" is your chance to walk a historical, scientific and cultural path through this area of Idaho, Washington and Oregon with the author and my family. Photos lavishly show the reader many aspects of the unique Geological area which is mostly in Eastern Washington with features like Palouse Falls, Scabland lakes and the pre-historic and current wildlife residents of such an area.
The full name of the area is "The Channeled Scablands" created in olden times by the repeated floods that rushed out of Ice Age Lake Missoula over the centuries. I hope you will enjoy reading my book as much as I am enjoying bringing it to my favorite readers.
On March 7, 2019, please order a free e-book so I have a good showing when the book is published. Sixty Years in the Scablands is not available with pre-order on KDP.amazon.com.
On the 7th go to KDP.amazon.com and search for the book by title and you will receive a electronic copy delivered to you.
The book "Scablands" is your chance to walk a historical, scientific and cultural path through this area of Idaho, Washington and Oregon with the author and my family. Photos lavishly show the reader many aspects of the unique Geological area which is mostly in Eastern Washington with features like Palouse Falls, Scabland lakes and the pre-historic and current wildlife residents of such an area.
The full name of the area is "The Channeled Scablands" created in olden times by the repeated floods that rushed out of Ice Age Lake Missoula over the centuries. I hope you will enjoy reading my book as much as I am enjoying bringing it to my favorite readers.
Not what I expected
Eager is a disappointment to this reader. The writing was troubling and it was neither a scientific review or a journalist's coverage of a very large topic about the largest rodent in North America. In several areas of the book the writing seemed to be more interested in writing witty journalism rather than dealing with the facts of wildlife management.
Eager was a very poor choice for a title of this tome. I was disappointed by the Introduction by Dan Flores.
I found very little of this book I could identify with.
I was very glad that I waited to get a copy from the local public library than to wait for a Good reads give away or to spend hard earned cash to buy this book.
Eager was a very poor choice for a title of this tome. I was disappointed by the Introduction by Dan Flores.
I found very little of this book I could identify with.
I was very glad that I waited to get a copy from the local public library than to wait for a Good reads give away or to spend hard earned cash to buy this book.
