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Hance Roy Ivor was born in 1880 and lived on the family farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. He gained a modest amount of fame at age 10 when he discovered the first nest and eggs ever found of the Richardson’s merlin.

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Sweet salad gets a summery makeover

With climate change affecting weather around the globe, including the heatwave we’re currently experiencing in the Hill Country, more and more people have taken an interest in plants.

Today, I am here to say let’s give up the Dog Days and create a celebration of ‘The Tiger Days of Summer’. I am, however, not talking LSU, Auburn or Clemson starting football workouts. I am however touting states like Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia coming together for the one thing they have in common, and that is they have all chosen the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their state butterfly.

Brave Combo’s music can be described as wild. The Denton-based quintet began 30 years ago as a band built around polka music, even though none of the five members grew up around it. Polka then opened a door to a myriad of traditional rhythms, including salsa, conjunto, zydeco, ska and punk.

Q. I saw on the news a report that something called monkeypox is spreading. Should I be concerned? Is it a virus?

My backyard birdbath is a popular place these hot summer days and one species that delights in cooling off there is a large black vulture.