Steve Roark

1 week ago | newportplaintalk.com | Steve Roark

Though their numbers vary from place to place, you likely have seen and for sure heard the periodical cicada, which has emerged this year in vast numbers and creating a loud drone during the warm part of the day. Cicadas are native insects, of which there are many species. Most show up every year, but seven species have synchronized development and come out periodically in large numbers, hence their name periodical cicada. There are two cycles of them, a 13-year and a 17-year cicada.

1 week ago | therogersvillereview.com | Steve Roark

Walking in the woods you are bound to see rocks, soil, even the base of trees covered with a thick, green carpet. Moss may appear fairly plain, but it has a few features that call for more attention. It is an old and venerable life form unique to other plants you find in the forest. kAm%96 =@H[ 8C66? >@DD 4@>>@? :? @FC 2C62 :D D@>6E:>6D 42==65 4FD9:@? @C 42CA6E >@DD] xE :D @?6 @7 E96 ECF6 >@DD6D F?56C 2 A=2?E 4=2DD 42==65 |FD4:] |@DD :D G6CJ 5:776C6?E 7C@> @E96C A=2?ED :?

2 weeks ago | therogersvillereview.com | Steve Roark

From personal observation and talking with others, it seems to be a good year for carpenter bees, as there are plenty of them. Usually when I get asked about them, it’s how to get rid of them. kAm%96 62DE6C? 42CA6?E6C 366 Wk6>m)J=@4@A2 G:C8:?:42k^6>mX =@@<D D:>:=2C E@ 2 3F>3=6366[ 36:?8 2C@F?5 2? :?49 =@?8 2?5 <:?5 @7 49F33J[ H:E9 3=24< 2?5 J6==@H 4@=@C2E:@?] *@F 42? E6== E96> 2A2CE 3J =@@<:?8 2E E96 235@>6?[ H9:49 @?

2 weeks ago | newportplaintalk.com | Steve Roark

Sometimes you find an immature bird that has fallen out of the nest, which can happen in the spring when the birds are old enough to move around in the nest but too young to fly. Their flopping about sometimes puts them on the ground and in serious trouble. So what to do? If you can find and safely reach the nest it fell out of you can try putting it back. There is no truth to the belief that a parent bird will reject a baby bird touched by humans, as songbirds have no appreciable sense of smell.

4 weeks ago | therogersvillereview.com | Steve Roark

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