Odds & Ends Information Just for Fun
Weekly Journal CREW volunteer reference Demotivation 1
Quotations Wildlife Profiles Demotivation 2
Thoughts Ferns of South Florida Demotivation 3
Daisy Big Cypress Fox Squirrels Demotivation 4
Green Treefrogs Tips for Swamp Hikers
 Identifing photograph  Pig Frogs Uncommon Southwest Florida birds
Orchids ~ Wading birds OGWIT book What Birds Think
Mammals ~ Spiders Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians Identifying lights in the sky

Turtles ~ Snakes

Collective names for wildlife

Improbable wildlife

 

October history

1 - Model T car on sale for first time (1908)

4 - East and West Germany united as Republic of Germany (1990)

6 - The Jazz Singer, first full-length "talkie" film opened (1927)

8 - The Great Fire of Chicago erupts (1871)

20 - U.S. and Britain set U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel (1818)

24 - Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in jail for income tax evasion (1931)

26 - Shoot-out at the O.K. Corrall between the Clanton and Earp families (1881)

27 - NYC subway begins operating, the first underground rail system in the world (1904)

31 - Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to Wittneberg's palace church


October holidays: 16-World Food Day ~ 31-Halloween

 

October Birthdays

1 - Julie Andrews
2 - Groucho Marx
4 - Frederic Remington
9 - John Lennon
10 - Dale earnhardt Jr
13 - Paul Simon
14 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
16 - Angela Lansbury
20 - Bela Lugosi
23 - Johnny Carson
25 - Johann Strauss
31 - Dan Rather