Weather Forecasting

[cowboydoc]

Pitbull,
I listen to the weather and then just look outside to see what's really going to happen! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Seriously we pay pretty close attention the almanac and what the coat condition is on the animals. If they're getting really furry early in the year it's going to be a bad one. If their coat isn't as thick may not be so bad.

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>I was wondering what kind of oak that would be. I thought those looked much like acorns, but I've never seen an acorn shaped like that.</font color=blue>

Well, Bird, I guess TBN is accessible from beyond the Pearly Gates, 'cuz my dad provided the answer.

This last weekend up at the property, I was browsing through some of the many books Pop left behind, and in his "A Guide To Field Identification -- Trees of North America", he highlighted the entry for California White Oak. Like you say, there are not too many acorns shaped liked the ones I posted earlier, but the attached excerpt from the book matches up pretty good.

I guess wireless internet has a greater range than I thought. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Bird]

California White Oak, huh? No wonder I've never seen (or noticed) any of them. Only been to California three times, and that was flying into San Diego, Los Angeles, and Sacramento on business and stayed in town.

Bird