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The exploding whale is one of the best stories ever. It is the perfect marriage of lack of common sense and complete absence of forethought. It will never get old.

My best guess would be because the pines is where the hosts are. Hosts for Lone Star ticks are typically deer and wild turkeys but they need to feed a few times during their life, so they can choose a number of hosts, including you!

I thought this was an interesting article on the biodynamics of vector-borne disease. https://www.dovepress.com/the-relationship-between-biodiversity-and-disease-transmission-risk-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RRBS

Also something to note: Black-legged ticks have a two year life cycle, so the weather pattern and other ecological factors of two years ago will have an effect on the population now.

Tick populations (speaking in terms of absolute numbers) wax and wane over time. Ticks of some species are definitely spreading to new areas, shortly followed by the diseases they carry. Lone Star ticks are increasing their territory at sort of an alarming rate, as are black-legged ticks. I...

I love how popular this camera is. I've been tuned in for about a week. What a thrill to see an eaglet this morning!

I have to fly to Knoxville next week. Should be interesting from the plane.

What a travesty. We figured it would happen eventually. Small airports are disappearing at an alarming rate. We loved the restaurant there, and that plane-shaped pool is so cool.

How odd that gas prices jumped in Michigan by 23 cents overnight.

Oh dear God.

These are beautiful! What are you shooting with?

that looks a lot like the formitopsis we get here in Michigan. I am no mycologist though, so I am probably wrong.

I love the little ones underneath, too. They are just phenomenal, like they belong in a storybook.

I think that's the same thing. I agree with Jessica!

WOW! Those are gorgeous. Are they fly amanita?

Looks like a juvenile Bobwhite quail.

My first thought was to liken this to a fence around a pool. Not impenetrable, but it sends a message to deter people from an attractive nuisance.

Thank you!

Lots of host variety and good environmental conditions. If I were you, I'd use a Preventic or Seresto collar on the dog. Too many terrible diseases he can get.

Amazing! Baby rattlesnakes! Was this the same snake you posted last week?