Articles from December 2006
The Nature Notes archive is where you'll find my past writings and natural history notes. You are currently viewing a list of articles that were published in December 2006.
Plenty of Personality Packed Into One Little Bird · 31 Dec 2006
There is a robin that visits our garden every day and he has a lot to say. So much, in fact, that he insists on starting to say it at five o'clock in the morning, just to be sure he has enough time to say his piece in its entirety, before sundown.
New Species Discovered in French Frigate Shoals · 14 Dec 2006
On October 8, a group of researchers set sail from Honolulu aboard NOAA's research vessel the Oscar Elton Sette en route to French Frigate Shoals, the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The crew included taxonomists,...
Those Busy Little Chipmunks · 13 Dec 2006
I miss the chipmunks that bounced around my yard all summer. I think they are snoozing deep in their burrows these days. But in the warm summer months they served as constant entertainment, scampering across the lawn...
