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From Forest to Skillet: Edible and Native Plants in the Cross Timbers of Oklahoma. 751 yard species and counting!
It’s 22 degrees F and sunny and with very light north wind now, so we walked over to the OU duck pond to see what was happening. All the geese and ducks were at the north end at a patch of open, flowing water on the creek. We also saw two Belted Kingfishers tangling in the air – squabbling? Courting?