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Nature Notes

We hope this will be a growing set of notes, some quite in-depth, about things we care about in Yosemite — evening primroses, squirrels, and so forth.

  • Coyote in in the snow

    Winter Time Machine: Animal Tracking in the Snow

    Fresh snow makes tracking easy, like a time capsule of activity since the storm.

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  • Mule deer buck with large antlers

    All About Antlers!

    No, those aren't horns! Deer antlers are a unique wonder of mammalian biology.

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  • Evening primrose close up

    The Evening Primrose Nature Show

    Once they dominated the meadows and now they are all but gone.

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Tom hanging from the branch of a sugar maple with Theresa looking on
Your hosts, hanging out in Yosemite Valley, so to speak

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Once or twice (if we're diligent) each year we send out a newsletter about Yosemite news and nature and a bit about ourselves. At least that's the plan.

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