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Out My Backdoor: Best Bet for Black Swallowtails
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Out My Backdoor: Ever Heard of Grancy Graybeard?
By Terry W. Johnson
One of Georgia's least known flowering trees goes by a number of colorful names. Some people call it grancy graybeard. Others know it as grandfather graybeard, granddaddy's beard, old-man's beard, snow flower tree or flowering ash. Botanists, on the other hand, have named it fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
Out My Backdoor: Birds Love Georgia Pecans
By Terry W. Johnson
Out My Backdoor: Nuthatches at Work
By Terry W. Johnson
In the not too distant past, humans were considered the only animals that used tools. However, biologists throughout the world have discovered that an amazing array of animals including mammals, insects, fish, birds and even cephalopods (e.g., octopus) all make use of tools.
Out My Backdoor: White Squirrels Up Close
By Terry W. Johnson
Most homeowners who feed birds in their backyards consider gray squirrels a nemesis. Squirrels eat more than their share of the food put out for birds and then add insult to injury by gnawing on the feeders. Indeed, the war on squirrels is constantly fought on many fronts throughout the entire state.
Out My Backdoor: More to Chipping Sparrow Than Meets the Eye
By Terry W. Johnson
Out My Backdoor: Birdbaths Key to Wildlife Abundance
By Terry W. Johnson
Out My Backdoor: It's Four O'Clock Time
By Terry W. Johnson
Out My Backdoor: Heat Affects Birds, Too
By Terry W. Johnson
Out My Backdoor: The Eastern Mole
By Terry W. Johnson
