What Did You Succeed in Learning Today?

[catherine]

Do they control Japanese beetles? They have been bad this year so wasps who do keep other insects under control would be welcome.

https://cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr...owjackets.html

No mention of wasps preying on Japanese beetles on this site or others I looked at.

[rosarugosa]

I learned more than I ever wanted to know about Asian jumping worms.

[Klunick]

I learned that people don't pay attention to their surroundings. Driving into work at 4am, I saw that there was a MD State Trooper ahead of me. Speed limit went down to 45 so I slowed to 50. Car behind me sped up and went around me. He had to see the Trooper because I surely did. I guess not because he flew by and got lit up. I laughed as I passed him. I also learned that people are idiots. Two car accident and they stopped right in the lane. Guy almost plowed into them. Lucky for him, I saw him coming up beside me and slowed down so he'd have room to pull in front of me without hitting them. Damage wasn't bad enough that they couldn't have either pulled over to the shoulder or drove further down and gotten onto a side street.

[Tybee]

I learned that Georgie Fame, who sang "Yeh, Yeh," also sang "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde."

[razz]

I finally downloaded a free Cornell bird ID app and learned that a bird song that has puzzled me for years is the first song of the day for the Northern Cardinal and the chattering in the background is a Bluejay.

[Tybee]

Neat--I will have to try that, now that I am hearing loons on the lake.

They get REALLY loud, and can sound like coyotes at dawn.

Although there might be coyotes too. It's a crazy place.

[herbgeek]

I am learning about Protists, from a Coursera course. Back in high school biology, I learned that there were 2 kingdoms: plants and animals although I remember there being some talk about creating a third group for fungi. Now there are 6 kingdoms, and I have no knowledge of the added kingdoms, so I signed up for this class.

[Tybee]

This is a Cornell youtube on the loon sounds and how loud they get:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU

[razz]

That is lovely, Tybee. When I was at a family member's cottage recently, a pair of loons with two chicks was keeping us company. I loved watching the chicks dash around trying to lift their wings copying the parents.

[Tybee]

That is lovely, Tybee. When I was at a family member's cottage recently, a pair of loons with two chicks was keeping us company. I loved watching the chicks dash around trying to lift their wings copying the parents.

How neat! I have never seen them on the lake, just heard them. How fun.