Author Archives: Harriett Raptor

  Harriett’s first egg hatched today at 3:46 PM.  Most of the hatching took place beneath Harriett’s brooding pouch. She seemed reluctant to let the world know what was happening. It caused a lot of excitement in the Doctor’s office; … Continue reading →

Hello, Mary Asbell’s class.  Hello, Mister Alex Glass’s class.  Hello, Beaufort Elementary school.  Hello children and grandchildren of the faithful readers.  And hello to the bridge world, who share the concept of age and time as being existential. It’s time to … Continue reading →

Unlike most birds, osprey will continue to brood (keep warm) their chicks even after they are born. Often they will brood their hatchlings until the last egg has hatched. Like all diurnal birds of prey, osprey hatchlings emerge as “semi-precocial” … Continue reading →

May 31                 Gestation day # 36 June 1                   Gestation day # 37 June 2 (Tuesday)                   Gestation day # 38 June 3 (Wednesday)             Gestation day … Continue reading →

Songbirds and most seabirds Songbirds and most seabirds have altricial young, meaning that the newly hatched birds are blind, featherless, and helpless. Immediately after hatching, altricial birds can do little more than open their mouths to beg for food. They … Continue reading →

“Wow!” Exclaimed Ozzie. “Who do you think showed up today?” The elusive Tricolored Egret passed through on her way north.  “How are you, Tricolored Egret,” asked Ozzie with baited breath. Tricolored Egret was in no mood to chat. She was … Continue reading →

Behind the Doctor’s giant nest that sits on the bank of the North River, the secondary consumers find an abundance of primary consumers from which they can consume the sun’s energy. Some of the more familiar secondary consumers are the … Continue reading →

Detritus is where the energy lies.  It has been captured from the sun.  Energy hungry animals can’t wait to take a bite. Meiofauna are microscopic invertebrates that live between sediment grains and feed on detritus, bacteria, and protozoans.  The term “meiofauna” … Continue reading →

Salt marshes are marshy because the soil is composed of deep mud and peat. Peat is made of decomposing plant matter that is often several feet thick.  The salt marsh life cycle may have been undisturbed for hundreds of years. … Continue reading →

Omnipotent Omnipresent Omniscient “The sun god (Ra – Egyptians, Helios – Greeks, Mithras – Persians, Apollo – Romans, Huitzilopochtli – Inca) takes charge every day,” said Harriett’s great, great, great, great, great… grandfather. Harriett knows because of her epigenetic memory. “Let them … Continue reading →