tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082986783120904424.post8893216225950843799..comments2022-03-26T20:03:34.356-06:00Comments on My Backyard: Signs of a MonsoonStephen R. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336423800514491700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082986783120904424.post-11542080171655338032010-02-07T20:27:49.082-07:002010-02-07T20:27:49.082-07:00A skink I'd never seen before, but I've de...A skink I'd never seen before, but I've dealt with plenty of rattle snakes in my time. I grew up in Las Cruces and we used to have a house next to the Rio Grande in Truth or Consequences and rattle snakes were a common fact of life.Stephen R. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336423800514491700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082986783120904424.post-10889439548401704292010-02-06T20:54:54.405-07:002010-02-06T20:54:54.405-07:00The Falls Trail is one of my favorite hikes. I us...The Falls Trail is one of my favorite hikes. I used to run it back in the day in HS when I worked at Bandelier...I must do it again, it's been so long! The first time I saw a juvenille Great Plains Skink it freaked me out too. New Mexico herpetofauna is one of my great interests ;) I'm glad I wasn't there to see the rattle snake...I've only ever seen one in all my years of hiking here in NM...Mrs. Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600668789445329470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082986783120904424.post-33017399142975491372008-08-26T05:00:00.000-06:002008-08-26T05:00:00.000-06:00Thanks, Jimbo! The poison ivy is indeed impressiv...Thanks, Jimbo! The poison ivy is indeed impressive. Particularly toward the Upper Crossing of the Frijoles...Stephen R. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336423800514491700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082986783120904424.post-87432735202616791912008-08-25T22:18:00.000-06:002008-08-25T22:18:00.000-06:00Cool photo of the blue-tailed skink, Stephen! Tha...Cool photo of the blue-tailed skink, Stephen! Thanks for the tour. This year has seen a bumper crop of poison ivy, hasn't it? Keep on truckin'!<BR/><BR/>--JimboJimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391927383206223790noreply@blogger.com